(PHOTOGRAPHY) BATTEY CORNELIUS MARION Inmates of Mt Meigs Re

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(PHOTOGRAPHY.) BATTEY, CORNELIUS MARION. Inmates of Mt. Meigs Reformatory * Mt Meigs Reformatory. two 8 x 10 matte finish silver print photographs, with typed descriptions attached to the reverse, presumably for the use of the press; faint paperclip impression to upper left blank margins; archival paper repair to a short tear in the bottom right margin of the first piece, not affecting the image. Tuskegee, Alabama, circa 1913

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The Mount Meigs Reformatory was founded by Mrs.Booker T. Washington and was for many years backed by her and the Colored Women's Federation Club of Tuskegee. Mt. Meigs was what people used to refer to as a "reform school," essentially a jail for underage offenders. According to the caption attached to the photo, it had just been taken over by the state. "Mr. J.R. Wingfield, a former Hampton graduate is now Principal. Under his watchful care and training, these wayward Negro youth are developing into a more appreciable citizenry."