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College of William and Mary

Booker T. Washington Institute (Kakata, Liberia) Photograph Album, 1960/1970

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Collection of 33 captioned photographs and four postcards of the Booker T. Washington Institute in Kakata, Liberia. Many of the photographs feature three African American teachers at the school: Lawrence E. James, the so called US Adviser to the school, Sarah Dennis, a Fulbright scholar and Secretarial Science teacher, and Jerry Chambers, Bookkeeping and Accounting instructor. The school was the first agricultural and vocational school in Liberia. Many of the images show both teachers and students engaged in class activities. There are also pictures of the local Zor Zor Teachers College, an image of the President of Liberia, and images of church dedications. It appears that the album may have belonged to Lawrence James as he appears in many of the photographs and one of the photographs is inscribed to him.

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Booker T. Washington Institute (Kakata, Liberia) Photograph Album, 1960/1970 0.15 Linear Feet

Jeffrey Rovenpor Rare Books

Collection of 33 captioned photographs and four postcards of the Booker T. Washington Institute in Kakata, Liberia. Many of the photographs feature three African American teachers at the school: Lawrence E. James, the so called US Adviser to the school, Sarah Dennis, a Fulbright scholar and Secretarial Science teacher, and Jerry Chambers, Bookkeeping and Accounting instructor. The school was the first agricultural and vocational school in Liberia. Many of the images show both teachers and students engaged in class activities. There are also pictures of the local Zor Zor Teachers College, an image of the President of Liberia, and images of church dedications. It appears that the album may have belonged to Lawrence James as he appears in many of the photographs and one of the photographs is inscribed to him.

College of William and Mary

Rev. James M. Priest Letters, 1843/1853

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Two letters, a total of five pages, written by Rev. James M. Priest to Rev. Daniel Wells, and Hon. Walter Lowrie, respectively. Rev. Priest was a formerly enslaved person, freed on the condition that he emigrate as a missionary to Africa. In both letters, Rev. Priest complains about the lack of funds being provided to his mission and the school he founded in Liberia.

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Rev. James M. Priest Letters, 1843/1853 0.1 Linear Feet A single legal sized folder.

Priest, James M., Reverend

Two letters, a total of five pages, written by Rev. James M. Priest to Rev. Daniel Wells, and Hon. Walter Lowrie, respectively. Rev. Priest was a formerly enslaved person, freed on the condition that he emigrate as a missionary to Africa. In both letters, Rev. Priest complains about the lack of funds being provided to his mission and the school he founded in Liberia.

College of William and Mary

Thomas Wilson Letter, 1846

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A three page letter written and signed by Thomas Walker, an African American emigrant teacher in Liberia.

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Thomas Wilson Letter, 1846 0.1 Linear Feet One legal sized folder.

Wilson, Thomas

A three page letter written and signed by Thomas Walker, an African American emigrant teacher in Liberia.

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