Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute traveling program advertisement
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Scope and Contents note
This advertisement for the traveling program, "Negro Education in Black Belt of the South," features a photograph of the Tuskegee Quintette. The Quintette included three women and two men: Mrs. L. N. Calloway, leader; Esther L. Spies, soprano; Edna A. Spears, alto; William Bolden, tenor; and Edward N. Broadnax, bass. The singers were students at Tuskegee.
The advertisement includes a sample program of songs and key address by Thomas J. Calloway, "Aims and Results of Work at Tuskegee Institute." It includes endorsements by several New York City-area religious leaders who had hosted the program at their churches, along with a statement by Booker T. Washington.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1900
Creator
- Tuskegee Institute (Organization)
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 advertisement)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
An advertisement for the traveling program, "Negro Education in Black Belt of the South," featuring the Tuskegee Quintette.
Provenance
Purchase, 2006
Processed by
Rosanne Rumstay, 2008
- Title
- Guide to the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute traveling program advertisement
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- March 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository