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Special Collections and Archives, Johnston Memorial Library 2002 Lucious Edwards,Jr. Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special Collections and Archives, Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State University Descriptive Summary Special Collections and Archives, Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State University Thomas Patterson Papers 1888-1913 1888-1913 4 items English Thomas B. Patterson was a student at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in 1888. Among his papers as a charter of a proposed normal school in Bullock County, in the state of Alabama. One member of the board was Booker T. Washington. There is also an interesting letter from Thomas Fortune. Acc # 1913-23- S.B. Thomas Patterson Administrative Information Access

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The Thomas Patterson Papers, 1913-23 , Special Collections and Archives, Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA.

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Was in Johnston Memorial Library in 1976.

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Thomas B. Patterson was born in South Carolina in 1866. He graduated from the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in 1890. In 1908 he joined the faculty at Livingston College where he remained for two years. Mr. Patterson also worked as the county farm demonstration agent in Rowan County, North Carolina, before coming to Virginia as district agent for agricultural development and was based at Virginia State University.

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Interesting letter from T. Thomas Fortune expressing their pleasure regarding the policies of Booker T. Washington.

 Box List Contents List Declaration of Incorporations 1:1 Certificate From Hampton Institute 1888 1:2 Letter, T. Thomas Fortune 1913 1:3