Title: 1912 Scarce Program for fund-raising tour by Black and Native American students of Hampton Institute, Virginia Author: Place: Publisher: Date: 1912 Description: Hampton Institute. Programme of performance by Negro and Indian boys (Hampton Inst . Press, Virginia 1912) Printed on brown paper, possibly handmade, string-tied. 5 x 7.25”, 6pp .+ decorative front cover, map on rear cover. Scarce promotional pamphlet and program for a fund-raising tour by Hampton students who lived in tents while performing all along the East Coast north of Virginia. The show included costumed African Zulu and Cherokee and Chippewa Indian dances, with a chorus of Black slave and Civil War songs. The Institute, an historically black university founded in 1868 by white missionaries, later expanded to include Native American students. Its most famous early graduate was Booker T. Washington. WorldCat locates only three copies. (See also the 1874 and 1906 Hampton-related listings in this sale) Lot Amendments Condition: Back cover soiled with remnants of removed backing sheet. Item number: 247621
Title: 1912 Scarce Program for fund-raising tour by Black and Native American students of Hampton Institute, Virginia Author: Place: Publisher: Date: 1912 Description: Hampton Institute. Programme of performance by Negro and Indian boys (Hampton Inst . Press, Virginia 1912) Printed on brown paper, possibly handmade, string-tied. 5 x 7.25”, 6pp .+ decorative front cover, map on rear cover. Scarce promotional pamphlet and program for a fund-raising tour by Hampton students who lived in tents while performing all along the East Coast north of Virginia. The show included costumed African Zulu and Cherokee and Chippewa Indian dances, with a chorus of Black slave and Civil War songs. The Institute, an historically black university founded in 1868 by white missionaries, later expanded to include Native American students. Its most famous early graduate was Booker T. Washington. WorldCat locates only three copies. (See also the 1874 and 1906 Hampton-related listings in this sale) Lot Amendments Condition: Back cover soiled with remnants of removed backing sheet. Item number: 247621
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