[African Americana]: [Alabama]:

Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama [cover title].

Tuskegee, Al. Tuskegee Institute Steam Print, [ca. 1900]. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Old horizontal crease, minor toning around edges, light overall wear. Very good. Item #4088

A humbly-produced fundraising pamphlet printed at the Tuskegee Institute around the turn of the 20th century, produced by two members of the Committee on Investment of Endowment Fund. The text touts the current statistics of the school's enrollment, including that the student body is comprised of students from "twenty-seven States and Territories, from Africa, Porto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica and Barbadoes." The text also makes special mention of the school's commitment to female students: "This year we have made progress in the matter of training young women in outdoor occupations...poultry-raising, bee-culture, dairying, gardening, fruit-growing, etc. In this climate there is no reason why women should not be trained in such industries, and thereby get a knowledge which will command a good living." The text also covers details on the industries served by the school's curriculum, its property value, needs, and a concluding section relating "Some Results." The text ends with an assertion that "The feeling grows stronger each year that the main thing that we want to be sure of is that the Negro is making progress day by day." The pamphlet is signed in type by Booker T. Washington and his long-serving treasurer Warren Logan. The final page prints the trustees and a bequest form. An ink stamp in purple has been applied to the bottom of the last page informing recipients that Booker T. Washington would be in Philadelphia for the next four days.

Price: $550