Paul R. Miller Collection of George Washington Carver Correspondence

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 author of George Washington Carver: An American Biography, wrote to Miller about his contribution to the book regarding Carver's standing in the scientific world.

Paul R. Miller’s sons, Peter P. Miller and Richard W. Miller, donated the correspondence and photograph to the National Agricultural Library’s Special Collections in 2008. Special Collections staff member Emily Somach completed the finding aid for the collection in 2018.