Steve, thanks for the reminder. I cover Twichell and Atlanta Univ. in my
book, pp. 145-6. I wonder if he talked about this with Twain? No, there
are no mentions of Du Bois in Twichell letters, that I can discover.
Related, as many of you may recall: Twain met Booker T. Washington and
spoke in his support, and introduced him to some of his rich friends.
Washington also spoke at Asylum Hill church, at least twice, and Twichell
knew him as well, of course.
Also: there is a brief article on MT and the NAACP, by Larry Marshburne in
the MT Journal, if anyone is interested in this topic.
thanks, --Hal B.
On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 5:52 PM, Steve Courtney <
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> Hal, Twichell was a trustee of Atlanta University (his sister had been
> marr=
> ied to its first president) and he encountered DuBois in 1904. From my pr=
> =E9cis of Twichell's journal for that year:
>
> May 20 - To Atlanta, bacalaureate sermon.
> Preached First Cong. Ch. (colored)
> address U. morning prayers
> classmate Buck Wilson
> Mrs Buck widow of late Minister to Japan and "great friend of my sister"
> Maj and Mrs French at Fort McPherson "whom Ned Ware knew (Ned being in my
> c=
> ompany all day)"
> "Tuesday I attended the Ninth Annual Conference (at the University) on the
> =
> subject of "Negro Crime in Georgia." The speakers were mostly Negroes (men
> =
> and women) but three white pastors of Atlanta made addresses as did Mr.
> F.B=
> . Sanborn of Concord, Mass. The Conference was under the direction of
> Prof.=
> Dubois and was vastly interesting. Wednesday p.m. the meeting of the
> Trust=
> ees was held."
> Has to return to Hartford for ordination of Charles K Tracy, Philip C
> Wolco=
> tt
> "The persons I met whom I was most interested to see were Prof. Dubois and
> =
> Mr. Sanborn, with the latter of whom I made a call on Mr. Joel Chandler
> Har=
> ris ("Uncle Remus") who received us most kindly. I had seen him before
> more=
> than once."
>
> Steve Courtney
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> -----Original Message-----
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> r
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> Subject: Re: Twain and Du Bois never met??
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>
> http://marktwainindc.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/the-humor-of-negroes-by-w-e-b=
> -du-bois-mark-twain-quarterly-fall-winter-1942-1943-5-312/
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Dear wonderful LIST-members:
> >
> > I've dug around, grinding the wheels -- but it remains my=20
> > understanding that Twain and Du Bois never met: David Levering Lewis=20
> > says as much (chief biographer of WEBD). There are no mentions of Du=20
> > Bois, or any letters to or from Du Bois, in the MTP databases.
> >
> > Again, I defer to the hundreds of truly expert readers here to confirm
> > simply:
> >
> > Is that accurate?? was there any contact whatsoever?? thanks, --Hal B.
> >
> >
> >
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