The Southern Notes. Love and Service

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Utica, Mississippi, The Utica Institute, 1919

fine

1919 two issues of The Southern Notes. Love and Service., published by the Utica Institute, Mississippi, March and June, Nos. 8 and 10 of volume 16. The institute was founded in 1903 by William H. Holtzclaw (1870-1943), a son of former slaves and a graduate of Booker T. Washington’s Tuskegee Institute. He was president of the Utica Normal and Industrial Institute and the editor of the publication. 4 pages each. The “last paragraph at foot of page 4” is a plea by Hotzclaw for assistance in apprehending an imposter and ex-convict who is collecting funds ostensibly for the institute. 9”x12”