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A Biography of the Lives of Cortez W. Peters, Sr., World's Accuracy Typist and Cortez W. Peters, Jr., Author and Recorder of Championship Keyboarding Methodology
June 2017
Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A Biography of the Lives of Cortez W. Peters, Sr., World's Accuracy Typist and Cortez W. Peters, Jr., Author and Recorder of Championship Keyboarding Methodology, narrated by JoAnne Peters King. The document is spiral bound with a black plastic spine and white front cover, and a black plastic back cover. The front cover centrally features a color photocopy reproduction of an oil painting of Cortez W. Peters, Sr. Peters is depicted in bust pose, seated behind a black typewriter, with his face turned towards the viewer. He is wearing a light colored suit with a tan tie. His hands are poised over the keyboard. The painting has a gilded frame. The subtitle of the document is printed in black text at the top of the page and reads ["THE EVEOLUTION OF THE CORTEZ PETERS CHAMPIONSHIP / TYPEWRITING METHOD FROM THE MANUAL TO THE / COMPUTER].
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