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Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943

 Person

Biography

George Washington Carver was a noted agricultural scientist in the first half of the 20thcentury. He was the head of the Agriculture Department at the Tuskegee Institute from 1896 until his death in 1943. As part of his duties as head of the Agriculture Department, he administered the USDA Agricultural Experiment Station farms that were part of the Tuskegee Institute. Aside from researching peanuts and sweet potatoes, he was interested in mycology, the plant diseases caused by fungi, and the taxonomy of fungi. He corresponded regularly with researchers at the USDA, including John A. Stevenson, a director of the USDA Mycology and Disease Survey, Cornelius L. Shear, head of the Division of Mycology and Disease Survey at USDA, and Anna E. Jenkins, a USDA researcher.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Paul R. Miller Collection of George Washington Carver Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS0372
Content Description The Paul R. Miller Collection of George Washington Carver Correspondence contains correspondence between Carver and his friend Paul R. Miller, who was an Agricultural Research Service scientist. There are three handwritten letters dated 1932 and 1933 from Carver to Miller, and a reply from Miller dated 1932 regarding rust specimens. A signed portrait from Carver to Miller (1938) is included. Additionally, there are two typed letters dated 1943 from Rackham Holt to Miller. Holt, who was the...
Dates: 1932-1943
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

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