Correspondent:

Carver, George Washington 1864?-1943  Search this

Addressee:

Porter, Grady active 1930  Search this

Former owner:

Lende, H. W. Jr. DSI  Search this

Associated name:

Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute  Search this

Author:

H.W. Lende, Jr. Manuscript Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this

Physical description:

1 sheet (2 unnumbered pages) : illustration ; 28 cm + 1 envelope

Type:

Manuscripts

Manuscripts (documents)

Date:

1930

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Autograph letter signed, handwritten in black ink on unlined paper with the printed letterhead of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute.

George Washington Carver was an American botanist and inventor, who actively promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion.

SCDIRB copy (barcode 39088019929900) is the gift of H.W. Lende, Jr. and has Lende accession number C-2.

SCDIRB copy has source: David Schulson Autographs, New York, January 17, 1995.

SCDIRB copy is housed in an archival box together with other manuscripts from the H.W. Lende, Jr. Manuscript Collection, filed in Dibner accession number order.

Summary:

Letter to Mr. Porter thanking him for his help in identifying diseases in peanut specimens, mentioning a sample Carver sent to a U.S. government mycologist and containing a small drawing of the specimen.

Topic:

Peanuts--Diseases and pests  Search this

Call number:

MSS 002024 A

Restrictions & Rights:

Use by appointment with Dibner Library staff.

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1100514