Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Willson, Augustus Everett, 1846-1931. Papers, 1865-1921. 21 cubic feet.
Call No.
Mss. A W742 SB 3,4,6,8,14,16
Content
Scrapbook 3 contains articles and cartoons (between pages 82-86, 100-103) accusing Willson of using Black voters and then denouncing them. The tone of the articles is mostly patronizing when not disparaging. A cartoon on page 138 continues the theme. In Scrapbook 4 (pg. 2, 3, 12, 36) are articles portraying Willson's betrayal of"colored" supporters. In Scrapbook 6 (pg. 13, 16), news articles point out attitudes toward Black people in 1892. This scrapbook also contains a cartoon and description of R. W. Christian and his "frauds" (pg. 53,54; see also pg. 61-63). Scrapbook 6 (pg. 183) also contains a political cartoon portraying a Black man grossly as the "Force Bill." In Scrapbook 8 (pg. 133) are further depictions of Black voters. Scrapbook 14 (pg. 174-175) includes newspaper, articles of the lynching of a Black man, as well as a murder that revealed the attitudes of white people and Black people. Scrapbook 16 (pg. 90-91) includes articles on the lynching of a young Black man in Frankfort. See also "Black Patch War" subject card for Willson Papers.
