Alice M. (Carpenter) Scott cabinet card portrait
Scope and Contents
Albumen photograph, 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches, on photographer's mount. Salisbury, MO: Crowder. Reference materials include information on her grave, census information on her husband William C. Scott, and reproductions of the Detroit Free Press obituary and a substantial profile of her in the July 1902 issue of the Colored American Magazine.
Dates
- 1900
Biographical / Historical
Alice M. (Carpenter) Scott (1855-1903) of Lathrop, MO was born into slavery in Clinton County, MO on January 21, 1855 and emancipated in 1865. As a free adult, she made a career of lecturing and fundraising on behalf of the American Baptist Home Missionary Society. She became ill and died on May 9, 1903 at the age of 48 after arriving in Detroit for a lecture series. Her Detroit Free Press obituary (10 May 1903) noted that "she has often been compared to Booker T. Washington and was one of the leaders of her race in this country."
Extent
1 items. : Albumen photograph, 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches, on photographer's mount.
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Albumen photograph of Alice M. (Carpenter) Scott.
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Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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