George Washington Carver Letters
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence from George Washington Carver to Reverend Axel Lundeberg concerning agricultural experiments and Lundeberg’s efforts to secure the Nobel Prize for Carver; newspaper articles; and one letter from Booker T. Washington to Lundeberg acknowledging receipt of Lundeberg’s previous letter. Also contains correspondence between George Washington Carver and Alabama Polytechnic Institute student Troy Foster.
Dates
- 1924-1938
Conditions Governing Access
Researchers should consult photocopies of 04-009 in box 2 at 11-E-4 unless they have the department head's permission to use the originals at A-4-G-5.
Biographical / Historical
George Washington Carver (b. 1861?, died January 5, 1943) served as the director of the Tuskegee Institute Department of Research and Experiment Station from 1896 through the 1940s. He was an agricultural chemist, agronomist, and inventor whose development of new products derived from peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans helped revolutionize the agricultural economy of the South. Axel Lundeberg (1852-1940) was a Swedish-born minister, political activist, author, and botanist.
Extent
0.75 Cubic Feet (3 Half doc boxes)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Guide to the George Washington Carver Letters
- Author
- Processed by: Anthony Donaldson, Tommy Brown Digitized by: Noah Biblis
- Date
- 2004-03-09; 2010-08-24; 2021-01-28
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732
archives@auburn.edu
