Stearns-Sykes, 1892-1904

The Horace Bumstead records is the fourth series in the Atlanta University Presidential records.

This series contains the correspondence and administrative records of Horace Bumstead, Congregationalist minister, educator, and second president of Atlanta University. The correspondence includes letters to and from Northern philanthropic groups who contributed to student scholarships and for improvements to the University's physical plant. Of comparatively small proportion is the professional correspondence, mostly from members of the Atlanta University faculty and influential friends. The majority of the letters are concerned with administrative affairs of the Bumstead administration. Among those correspondents are Charles W. Chesnutt, W.E.B. DuBois, Clark Howell, Augustus J. Orr, E.O. Thayer, and Booker T. Washington. These records also consist of correspondence of some of the students who attended Atlanta University from 1887 to 1904. Included are letters from students giving accounts of their school life and personal background. Newspaper clippings on noteworthy events such as the Atlanta Race Riot, and the Brownsville, Texas Race Riot are contained in subseries four. Copies of several issues of the Atlanta University Publications are contained among the printed materials in series six. News clippings comprise series seven.