In Memory of Robert Curtis Ogden: True Friend, Patriotic Citizen, Unofficial Statesman, Christian Gentleman
Hardcover, N. P. Privately Issued, 1916. Good with no dust jacket.
Sound binding. Cracked front hinge, sound rear hinge. One photographic plate of Ogden is loose in book. Age-darkened pages have occasional pencil markings in margin. Paper over boards is edge rubbed with wear to bumped corners, general light shelf wear. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Book plate identifies the book as belonging to William A. Blair of North Carolina, a treasurer of the Conference for Education in the South at the time that Ogden was its president. Presentation copy from Henry E. Fries to Blair (indicated on ffep). ; Writings that serve as tributes to Robert C. Ogden, merchant, philanthropist and educator, whose life was devoted to improving education in the South in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Ogden was interested in strengthening educational institutions for both white and black Southerners; he was acquainted with Booker T. Washington and served as president of the Board of Trustees of Hampton Institute. ; 7.5" tall; 55 pages; Signed by Editor.
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