A Guide to the Thomas Patterson Papers 1888-1913
A Collection in
Special Collections and Archives
Collection Number 1913-23
Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State University
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Preferred Citation
The Thomas Patterson Papers, 1913-23 , Special Collections and Archives, Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA.
Acquisition Information
Was in Johnston Memorial Library in 1976.
Biographical/Historical Information
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.
Scope and Content Information
Interesting letter from T. Thomas Fortune expressing their pleasure regarding the policies of Booker T. Washington.