Manuscript/Mixed Material National Negro Business League Correspondence, 1922 (E-H).

Title

• National Negro Business League Correspondence, 1922 (E-H).

Created / Published

• 1922

Headings

• -  Advertising
• -  Moton, Robert Russa, 1867-1940
• -  National Negro Business League (U.S.)
• -  Afro-American businesspeople
• -  Manuscripts

Genre

• Manuscripts

Notes

• -  Typed originals, carbon copies, and, in a few cases, handwritten correspondence to and from the National Negro Business League pertain to the league's 1922 and 1923 annual conventions, in Norfolk, Virginia, and Hot Springs, Arkansas, respectively. As indicated in the title, most last names of correspondents in this folder begin with the letters "E" through "H." Key players in the organization in the twenties were Robert R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute and league president, and Albon L. Holsey, secretary to Dr. Moton at Tuskegee as well as league secretary. The selection includes letters from black businessmen across the country requesting information about how to start or reinvigorate local leagues. Correspondence with Advertising Clubs manager Carl Hunt highlights a project undertaken with the prestigious Associated Advertising Clubs of the World, headquartered in New York, to publicize the existence of the league more widely. There are also references to a number of black professional associations, including the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools and the National Negro Undertakers' Association. Selections reproduced as facsimile page images: 33 of 120 pages.

Call Number/Physical Location

• Container 1066. Non-Tuskegee Material: National Negro Business League
• Folder: Correspondence 1922 (E-H)

Source Collection

• Booker T. Washington papers.

Repository

• Manuscript Division

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/amrlm.mss44669_04

Online Format

• online text
• pdf
• image

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