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Booker T. Washington asserts that the charges against Robert Lloyd Smith are baseless, given that Texas officials previously deemed him fit for office.
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1902-06-30
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Booker T. Washington meant to tell George B. Cortelyou that he will be in Washington, D.C., on Friday morning.
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1901-10-22
Booker T. Washington asks George B. Cortelyou to inform President Roosevelt that he will see him at ten o’clock Monday morning.
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1901-12-20
Booker T. Washington encloses an article that summarizes the work being attempted at the Tuskegee Institute.
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1912-08-08
Booker T. Washington encloses a copy of his annual report and hopes that Theodore Roosevelt can read it before the meeting of the Tuskegee Board of Trustees in October.
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1912-09-25
The Tuskegee Board of Trustees will have their winter meeting in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 21-23, 1913.
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1912-11-11
Booker T. Washington hopes that Theodore Roosevelt can attend the Tuskegee Board of Trustees meeting tomorrow. If not, he would appreciate a word of greeting with Roosevelt’s regrets.
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1912-06-26
Booker T. Washington encloses a letter from Governor O’Neal.
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1912-05-06
Booker T. Washington encloses a report by A. F. Owens on the standing and work of the Tuskegee Institute’s graduates and former students in the Birmingham, Alabama, area.
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1912-05-24
Booker T. Washington understands why Theodore Roosevelt cannot attend the Tuskegee Board of Trustees meeting but is pleased to announce that Julius Rosenwald of Sears, Roebuck and Company has agreed to join the Board. Washington felt that it was his duty to press charges in the Ulrich assault case even though he doubted there would ever be a conviction. Almost all evidence presented in Henry Albert Ulrich’s defense has been “pure fabrication.”
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1911-12-12
Booker T. Washington encloses a letter from Julius Rosenwald.
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1911-12-04
The next meeting of the Tuskegee Board of Trustees that Theodore Roosevelt would be expected to attend will be in February in Tuskegee, Alabama. Booker T. Washington hopes that Roosevelt can attend.
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1911-12-02
Booker T. Washington requests that Theodore Roosevelt deliver a brief speech at a meeting for the Tuskegee Institute to be held at Lake Mohonk, New York.
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1911-07-22
Booker T. Washington tells Theodore Roosevelt that the Tuskegee Board of Trustees has decided to accept a gift from Mrs. Charles E. Mason to build a new hospital. At the request of Mrs. Mason, the building will be named John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital.
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1911-07-12
Booker T. Washington encloses an account of the Tuskegee Institute’s commencement exercises from The Montgomery Advertiser. Commencement was very successful with around 8,000 people in attendance.
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1911-05-27
Booker T. Washington has decided to follow Theodore Roosevelt’s advice regarding Henry Albert Ulrich, a man who had assaulted Washington. He believes that Roosevelt will be sympathetic to the “sensational newspaper misrepresentations” accompanying Ulrich’s prosecution.
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1911-04-19
Booker T. Washington suggests moving up the date for the meeting of the Tuskegee Board of Trustees.
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1911-02-22
After consulting with Seth Low, Booker T. Washington has been directed to inform Theodore Roosevelt that the annual meeting of the Tuskegee Board of Trustees will be held in New York City on June 29.
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1911-02-11
Booker T. Washington encloses a letter extract from one of his friends in Wisconsin. He hopes that Theodore Roosevelt can attend the Board of Trustees meeting for the Tuskegee Institute.
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1911-01-23