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1943 Mar. 1
Columbia Broadcasting System, inc.
Letter from Columbia Broadcasting System to W. E. B. Du Bois
New York (N.Y.) - Signed Edwin D. Mellinger, Department of Education; confirming his participation an impending broadcast concerning Booker T. Washington's "Up from Slavery," describing logistical and remunerative details of the arrangement, and enclosing a notice requesting his social security number.
1915 Nov. 17
Du Bois, Nina
Letter from Nina Du Bois to W. E. B. Du Bois
London (England) - Concerning Dr. Haggan, and deaths of Booker T. Washington and Robert Woods.
1911 Sept. 1
Peabody, George Foster, 1852-1938
Letter from George Foster Peabody to W. E. B. Du Bois
Lake George (N.Y.) - Criticism of Du Bois' methods of opposition to Booker T. Washington
1941 Sept. 24
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to International Mark Twain Society
Atlanta (Ga.) - Addressed to Cyril Clemens; returning a corrected proof of his article, per Clemens's request (see musm312-b095-i217) and relaying that he was personally acquainted with Booker T. Washington.
1945 Mar. 13
Powell, Savannah
Letter from Savannah Powell to W. E. B. Du Bois
New York (N.Y.) - Introducing herself as a Master's student in Elementary Education and seeking for work related thereto his referral to information on individuals who opposed Booker T. Washington's theory.
1914 Jan. 11
Spingarn, Joel Elias, 1875-1939
Letter from Joel Spingarn to W. E. B. Du Bois
Chicago (Ill.) - Telegram concerning refusal by Roger Baldwin to allow speech at St. Louis City Club by Spingarn after negative remarks concerning Booker T. Washington.
1955
Historic site sought
Short feature noting Booker T. Washington's daughter's purchase of his 207-acre birthplace as at auction for $16,000.
1945 July 11
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to Basil Mathews
New York (N.Y.) - In answer to his query (mums312-b106-i396), denying that his assessment of Booker T. Washington has changed much in the past 40 years, but referring him nonetheless to a more recent rendering in Rayford Logan's "What the Negro Wants" and his own "Dusk of Dawn."
1940 Apr. 8
Tuskegee Institute address
Tuskegee (Ala.) - Remarks made at Tuskegee Institute at its celebration of the Booker T. Washington postage stamp.