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Collection on George Washington Carver
Collection
Identifier: MS0226
Content Description
The Collection on George Washington Carver consists of photographs and text used in an exhibit at the National Agricultural Library (NAL). Photographs are not originals. NAL staff requested them from other sources for the exhibit. The exhibit is undated.
Additionally, there are photocopies of articles about Carver, published between 1920 and 1996.
There are photocopies of documents from Carver's official federal employee personnel file, which were obtained from the National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, Civilian Personnel Records, 111 Winnebago Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63118-4199.
There is also an undated script of a one-person play titled "Listening to the Still Small Voice: The Story of George Washington Carver" by Paxton J. Williams. The script is autographed by the author. Donated by Esther Edwards, USDA Visitor's Center, in 2001.
Dates
- Creation: 1920-1996
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1940-1977
Conditions Governing Access
Contact Special Collections for access.
Biographical Sketch
George Washington Carver (1864-1943), farmer, agricultural chemist, and educator, dedicated his life to agricultural research. Among his contributions were crop-rotation methods for conserving nutrients in the soil, and new uses for peanuts and sweet potatoes, which helped to improve the agricultural economy in the Southern United States. Carver was the first African American to serve on the faculty of Iowa State University. He spent the majority of his career as director of agricultural research at the Tuskegee Institute. Beginning in 1935, he worked for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a collaborator in the Division of Plant Mycology.
Total Size of Collection
5 boxes (4 boxes, 12.5 x 10.5 x 3.5; 1 box, 24.75 x 20.75 x 3)
6.25 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
NAL Resource List on George Washington Carver
NAL General Collections
Author: Miller, Basil, b. 1897. Title: George Washington Carver: God's ebony scientist / by Basil Miller. Edition: 4th ed. Published: Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan Pub. House, c1943. Description: 166 p.; 20 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: S417.C3 M56 1943
Author: Yost, Edna, 1889- Title: Modern Americans in science and invention, by Edna Yost; drawings by Margaret Ayer. Published: New York, Toronto, Frederick A. Stokes [c1941] Description xiii p., 1., 270 p. illus., plates. Type of Material: Book Call Number: 119 Y82
Author: Ferrell, John S. Title: Fruits of creation: a look at global sustainability as seen through the eyes of George Washington Carver / John S. Ferrell. Published: Shakopee, MN: Macalester Park Publishing Co.; Wynnewood,PA: Christian Society of Green Cross, c1995. Description xi, 117 p.: ill. ; 22 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: HD75.6.F47 1995
Author: Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943. Title: George Washington Carver in his own words / [edited by] Gary R. Kremer. Published: Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1987. Description xv, 208 p.: port. ; 24 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: S417.C3C3—On Loan
Author: McMurry, Linda O. Title: George Washington Carver: scientist and symbol / Linda O. McMurry. -- Published: New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. Description x, 367 p.: ill. ; 22 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: S417.C3M3
Author: Holt, Rackham. Title: George Washington Carver, an American biography [by] Rackham Holt. Edition: Rev. ed. Published: Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday [1963] Description: 360 p. illus., ports. 22 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: 120 C25 1963
Author: Carroll, William Richard. Title: The scientific contributions of George Washington Carver / by William R. Carroll and Merle E. Muhrer. Published: [Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri], 1962. Description: 60 leaves; 28 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: S417.C3 C37 1962
Author: Means, Florence Crannell, 1891- Title: Carvers' George, a biography of George Washington Carver; illustrated by Harve Stein. Published: Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1952. Description: 176 p. illus. 22 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: 120 C25M
Author: Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1906-1977. Title: Dr. George Washington Carver, scientist, by Shirley Graham and George D. Lipscomb, illustrated by Elton C. Fax. Published: New York, J. Messner, inc. [1944] Description: viii, 248 p. incl. front. (port.) illus. 22 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: 120 C25G
Author: Burchard, Peter Duncan. Title: Carver: a great soul / Peter Duncan Burchard. Published: Fairfax, CA: Serpent Wise, c1998. Description 79 p.: ill. ; 22 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: S417.C3 B87 1998
Author: Adair, Gene. Title: George Washington Carver / Gene Adair; senior consulting editor, Nathan Irvin Huggins. Published: New York: Chelsea House, c1989. Description 110 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: S417.C3A63
Author: Stevenson, Augusta. Title: George Carver [microform]: boy scientist / by Augusta Stevenson ; illustrated by Clothilde Embree Funk. Edition: 1st ed. Published: Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, c1944. Description 202 p.: ill. ; 20 cm. Series: Childhood of famous Americans series. USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. Alabama. Type of Material: Book Call Number: Film 1746
Author: Hunter, J. H. (James Hogg), 1890- Title: Saint, seer and scientist [microform]: the remarkable story of George Washington Carver of Tuskeege, Alabama by J.H. Hunter. Published: New York: Evangelical Publishers, c1942. Description 32 p.: ill. ; 18 cm. Series: USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. Alabama. Type of Material: Book Call Number: Film 1705
Author: Clark, Glenn, 1882-1956. Title: The man who talks with the flowers [microform]: the intimate life story of Dr. George Washington Carver by Glenn Clark. Published: Saint Paul, Minn.: Macalester Park Pub. Co., [1939?] Description 64 p.: ill. ; 16 cm. Series: USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. Alabama. Type of Material: Film Call Number: Film 1703
Author: Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943. Title: Papers of George Washington Carver (1864-1943). Edited by John W. Kitchens and Lynne B. Kitchens. Edition: microfilm ed. Published: Tuskagee, Ala., Tuskagee Institute, Carver Research Foundation, Description: 67 reels. Type of Material: Book Call Number: Film 1283
Author: Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943. Title: George Washington Carver [computer file]: papers, notes and letters. Published: Beltsville, Md.: National Agricultural Text Digitizing Program, National Agriculture Library, [1993] Description 1 computer laser optical disk; 4 3/4 in. + 1 user's guide (16 p. ; 13 x 13 cm.) + 1 WPL user manual (viii, 143 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.) + 1 notes to system administrators (4 p.) + 1 license agreement sheet. Type of Material: Computer File Call Number: aS417.C3A42 1993 Location: Electronic Media Collection Call Number: aS417.C3A42 1993 Author: Burchard, Peter Duncan. Title: Carver [sound recording]: a great soul / Peter Duncan Burchard. Published: Fairfax, CA: Serpent Wise, c1998. Description 2 sound cassettes (101 min.): analog. Type of Material: Nonmusical Sound Recording Call Number: Audiocassette no. 402
NAL General Collections—Not Found in Stacks
Author: Epstein, Sam, 1909- Title: George Washington Carver; Negro scientist Published: [New York, Dell c1960] Description: 79 p. illus. Series: Discovery Type of Material: Book Call Number: jS417.C3E6
Author: Coy, Harold, 1902- Title: The real book about George Washington Carver; illustrated by Elinore Blaisdell. Published: Garden City, N.Y., Garden City Books, by arrangement with F. Watts [New York, 1951] Description: 191 p. ill. 21 cm. Type of material: Book Call Number: 120 C25C
Corporate Author: Tuskegee (Ala.). Normal and Agricultural Institue. Title: Facts of interest about the late George Washington Carver and the George Washington Carver Foundation. Published: Tuskegee Institute, 1947. Description [14] leaves Type of Material: Book Call Number: 120 C25T
Author: Hill, Harvey Jay. Title: "He heard God's whisper," / by Harvey Jay Hill ... Published: Minneapolis, MN: Print. priv. by Jorgenson Press, [1943] Description: 80 p.; 18 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: 120 C25H
Author: Imes, George Lake, 1883- Title: I knew Carver / by G. Lake Imes. Published: [Harrisburg, Pa.: Printed by J. Horace McFarland Co., 1943] Description: 24 p.; 20 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: 120 C252
Author: Miller, Basil, b. 1897. Title: George Washington Carver: God's ebony scientist / by Basil Miller. Edition: 4th ed. Published: Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan Pub. House, c1943. Description: 166 p.; 20 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: S417.C3 M56 1943
Author: Yost, Edna, 1889- Title: Modern Americans in science and invention, by Edna Yost; drawings by Margaret Ayer. Published: New York, Toronto, Frederick A. Stokes [c1941] Description xiii p., 1., 270 p. illus., plates. Type of Material: Book Call Number: 119 Y82
Author: Ferrell, John S. Title: Fruits of creation: a look at global sustainability as seen through the eyes of George Washington Carver / John S. Ferrell. Published: Shakopee, MN: Macalester Park Publishing Co.; Wynnewood,PA: Christian Society of Green Cross, c1995. Description xi, 117 p.: ill. ; 22 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: HD75.6.F47 1995
Author: Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943. Title: George Washington Carver in his own words / [edited by] Gary R. Kremer. Published: Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1987. Description xv, 208 p.: port. ; 24 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: S417.C3C3—On Loan
Author: McMurry, Linda O. Title: George Washington Carver: scientist and symbol / Linda O. McMurry. -- Published: New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. Description x, 367 p.: ill. ; 22 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: S417.C3M3
Author: Holt, Rackham. Title: George Washington Carver, an American biography [by] Rackham Holt. Edition: Rev. ed. Published: Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday [1963] Description: 360 p. illus., ports. 22 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: 120 C25 1963
Author: Carroll, William Richard. Title: The scientific contributions of George Washington Carver / by William R. Carroll and Merle E. Muhrer. Published: [Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri], 1962. Description: 60 leaves; 28 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: S417.C3 C37 1962
Author: Means, Florence Crannell, 1891- Title: Carvers' George, a biography of George Washington Carver; illustrated by Harve Stein. Published: Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1952. Description: 176 p. illus. 22 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: 120 C25M
Author: Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1906-1977. Title: Dr. George Washington Carver, scientist, by Shirley Graham and George D. Lipscomb, illustrated by Elton C. Fax. Published: New York, J. Messner, inc. [1944] Description: viii, 248 p. incl. front. (port.) illus. 22 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: 120 C25G
Author: Burchard, Peter Duncan. Title: Carver: a great soul / Peter Duncan Burchard. Published: Fairfax, CA: Serpent Wise, c1998. Description 79 p.: ill. ; 22 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: S417.C3 B87 1998
Author: Adair, Gene. Title: George Washington Carver / Gene Adair; senior consulting editor, Nathan Irvin Huggins. Published: New York: Chelsea House, c1989. Description 110 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: S417.C3A63
Author: Stevenson, Augusta. Title: George Carver [microform]: boy scientist / by Augusta Stevenson ; illustrated by Clothilde Embree Funk. Edition: 1st ed. Published: Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, c1944. Description 202 p.: ill. ; 20 cm. Series: Childhood of famous Americans series. USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. Alabama. Type of Material: Book Call Number: Film 1746
Author: Hunter, J. H. (James Hogg), 1890- Title: Saint, seer and scientist [microform]: the remarkable story of George Washington Carver of Tuskeege, Alabama by J.H. Hunter. Published: New York: Evangelical Publishers, c1942. Description 32 p.: ill. ; 18 cm. Series: USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. Alabama. Type of Material: Book Call Number: Film 1705
Author: Clark, Glenn, 1882-1956. Title: The man who talks with the flowers [microform]: the intimate life story of Dr. George Washington Carver by Glenn Clark. Published: Saint Paul, Minn.: Macalester Park Pub. Co., [1939?] Description 64 p.: ill. ; 16 cm. Series: USAIN State and Local Literature Preservation Project. Alabama. Type of Material: Film Call Number: Film 1703
Author: Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943. Title: Papers of George Washington Carver (1864-1943). Edited by John W. Kitchens and Lynne B. Kitchens. Edition: microfilm ed. Published: Tuskagee, Ala., Tuskagee Institute, Carver Research Foundation, Description: 67 reels. Type of Material: Book Call Number: Film 1283
Author: Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943. Title: George Washington Carver [computer file]: papers, notes and letters. Published: Beltsville, Md.: National Agricultural Text Digitizing Program, National Agriculture Library, [1993] Description 1 computer laser optical disk; 4 3/4 in. + 1 user's guide (16 p. ; 13 x 13 cm.) + 1 WPL user manual (viii, 143 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.) + 1 notes to system administrators (4 p.) + 1 license agreement sheet. Type of Material: Computer File Call Number: aS417.C3A42 1993 Location: Electronic Media Collection Call Number: aS417.C3A42 1993 Author: Burchard, Peter Duncan. Title: Carver [sound recording]: a great soul / Peter Duncan Burchard. Published: Fairfax, CA: Serpent Wise, c1998. Description 2 sound cassettes (101 min.): analog. Type of Material: Nonmusical Sound Recording Call Number: Audiocassette no. 402
NAL General Collections—Not Found in Stacks
Author: Epstein, Sam, 1909- Title: George Washington Carver; Negro scientist Published: [New York, Dell c1960] Description: 79 p. illus. Series: Discovery Type of Material: Book Call Number: jS417.C3E6
Author: Coy, Harold, 1902- Title: The real book about George Washington Carver; illustrated by Elinore Blaisdell. Published: Garden City, N.Y., Garden City Books, by arrangement with F. Watts [New York, 1951] Description: 191 p. ill. 21 cm. Type of material: Book Call Number: 120 C25C
Corporate Author: Tuskegee (Ala.). Normal and Agricultural Institue. Title: Facts of interest about the late George Washington Carver and the George Washington Carver Foundation. Published: Tuskegee Institute, 1947. Description [14] leaves Type of Material: Book Call Number: 120 C25T
Author: Hill, Harvey Jay. Title: "He heard God's whisper," / by Harvey Jay Hill ... Published: Minneapolis, MN: Print. priv. by Jorgenson Press, [1943] Description: 80 p.; 18 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: 120 C25H
Author: Imes, George Lake, 1883- Title: I knew Carver / by G. Lake Imes. Published: [Harrisburg, Pa.: Printed by J. Horace McFarland Co., 1943] Description: 24 p.; 20 cm. Type of Material: Book Call Number: 120 C252
Genres
photographs
Subject
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the National Agricultural Library Special Collections Repository
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National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Avenue
Room 309
Beltsville Maryland 20705 USA
301-504-5876