George Washington Carver Papers
Overview
Letter written to Mr. Hardwick from George Washington Carver on July 25th, 1924. The collection also includes a modern portrait print of Carver and a fragment of an unidentified second letter. The items are housed within a decorative case from a previous repository, the Copley Library in La Jolla, California.
Dates
- Creation: July 25, 1924
Creator
- Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 (Author, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of George Washington Carver
Born near Diamond, Missouri in 1864, George Washington Carver began life in slavery and ultimately became one of the world's greatest botanists, agricultural chemists, and educators. He helped restore prosperity to the agricultural South through the use of crop rotation to restore nutrient-depleted soils. He was an instructor at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama, until his death there on January 5th, 1943.
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
MS P743
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, James Cummins Bookseller, 2011.
- Title
- Guide to the George Washington Carver Papers
- Subtitle
- George Washington Carver Papers
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by lmb. Finding aid encoded by lmb.
- Date
- 2016-05-04
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/1911262821
- Preferred citation
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George Washington Carver Papers, MS P743, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository