Report of the Eleventh Annual Convention of the National Negro Business League booklet
Scope and Content Note
This item is the “Report of the Eleventh Annual Convention of the National Negro Business League,” held in New York City, New York, from August 17-19, 1910, reported by William H. Davis, Official Stenographer. The 237-page booklet was published in Nashville, Tennessee, by the A.M.E. Sunday School Union in 1911. Booker T. Washington was the president of the league in 1911 and is pictured on the first page of the booklet.
Dates
- Creation: 1911
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Historical Note
The National Negro Business League was founded by Booker T. Washington in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1900 with the goal to enhance the commercial and economic prosperity of the African American community. Washington believed that the solution to the issue of racial discrimination was primarily economic and that African American entrepreneurship was vital. He founded the league to further the economic development of African American businesses and its members included doctors, lawyers, farmers, small business owners, and other professionals. The league was renamed as the National Business League in 1966 and remains in operation today.
Extent
0.04 Linear Feet (1 folder )
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The National Negro Business League was founded by Booker T. Washington in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1900 with the goal to enhance the commercial and economic prosperity of the African American community. This item is the “Report of the Eleventh Annual Convention of the National Negro Business League,” held in New York City, New York, from August 17-19, 1910.
Physical Location
Housed in a shared box.
- Title
- Report of the Eleventh Annual Convention of the National Negro Business League booklet
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Laura Edgar
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special Collections Repository
Collins Memorial Library
1500 N. Warner Street #1021
Tacoma 98416-1021 United States us
archives@pugetsound.edu