A Collection in
Special Collections and Archives
Collection Number 1913-23
Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State
University
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Funding:
Funded in part by a grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities.
Processed by:
Lucious Edwards,Jr.
Repository
Special Collections and Archives, Johnston
Memorial Library, Virginia State University
Collection number
1888-1913
Title
Thomas Patterson Papers
1888-1913
Physical Characteristics
4 items
Collector
Thomas Patterson
Language
English
Abstract
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 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.