- GLC#
- GLC05508.255.01-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- April 14, 1940
- Author/Creator
- Pittman, Portia Marshall Washington, 1883-1978
- Title
- to Alice J. Cutright Kaine
- Place Written
- Tuskegee, Alabama
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 24 cm, Width: 16.4 cm
- Primary time period
- Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
- Sub-Era
- World War II
Washington writes to Kaine, a friend of her father's, about the ceremony issuing a commemorative stamp of her father, Booker T. Washington. Discusses the family members in attendance, and mentions that she "received the first sheet of stamps from Post Master General [James A.] Farley." She reminisces about his famous Atlanta Exposition speech, and how his success was due to prayer. She laments: "My people are not as grateful as yours - and many are trying to profit from my father's fame for selfish motives. This has hurt Tuskegee Institute." Written on Music Studio, Tuskegee Institute stationery.
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