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Emmett J. Scott collection, 1916-1951

Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957

Morgan State University,-- Beulah M. Davis Special Collections Room

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77 linear ft
Organized into the following series: I. General Correspondence; II. Howard University; III. YMCA
Collection consists primarily of correspondence relating to Scott's activities as secretary at Tuskegee Normal School, special assistant of the Secretary of War, secretary of the Southern Education Foundation, and member of the Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole -- Material relating to these activities in the correspondence series includes minutes, reports, and financial statements. Correspondents include Theodore Roosevelt, Channing H. Tobias, Frederick D. Patterson, Ambrose Caliver, Benjamin E. Mays, Charles S. Johnson, James A. Cobb, Mary McLeod Bethune, George S. Wilson, and Col. Charles Young. Topics include race relations, Booker T. Washington National Memorial Project, black migration, lynching, selective service of black soldiers, World War I, and the National Race Congress of the U.S.A. Material in the Howard University series includes reports of the secretary-treasurer, minutes of the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee, and budgets. Material in the YMCA series includes statistical reports and minutes of the National Council and its committees
Secretary to Booker T. Washington and of Tuskegee Normal School Board of Trustees (1897-1919); special assistant, U.S. Secretary of War (1917-1919); secretary-treasurer and secretary, Howard University and its Board of Trustees (1919-1938); assistant publicity directory, Republican National Committee and advisor to the chairman of its Negro Affairs Committee (1939-1942); director, employment and personnel relations, Shipyard No. 4, Sun Shipbuilding Co. in Pennsylvania (1942-1945); secretary, Southern Education Foundation (1931-1954); a founder and secretary of National Negro Business League (1900-1954); member, National Council, YMCA (1930-1937); member, Board of Indetermined Sentence and Parole, Washington, D.C. (1932-1937); and author
Part of the Cooperative HBCU Archival Survey Project (CHASP) to survey the archival collections housed in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
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