Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute fundraising letter for bust honoring George Washington Carver, 1937 February 10.

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Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute fundraising letter for bust honoring George Washington Carver, 1937 February 10.

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In 1896, Booker T. Washington, founder of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, asked George Washington Carver (1864-1943) to head the school's Agricultural Department. Four decades later, school officials desired to honor Carver for his years of service to the Institute, the South, and the nation by commissioning a bronze bust of him. This collection consists of a 1937 letter from F.D. Patterson, president of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, seeking donations to pay for the bust; and "contribution blank" that accompanied the form letter. The "contribution blank" includes a biographical sketch, tributes, and celebration event calendar.

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Southern Methodist University DeGolyer Library

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Southern Methodist University DeGolyer Library

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Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943

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Agricultural scientist, teacher, humanitarian, artist, and Iowa State alumnus (1894, 1896). George Washington Carver was born ca. 1864, the son of slaves on the Moses Carver plantation near Diamond Grove, Missouri. He lost his father in infancy, and at the age of 6 months was stolen along with his mother by raiders, but was later found and traded back to his owner for a $300 race horse. He enrolled in Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa in 1890 studying music and art. Etta Budd, his art instructor ...

Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute

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Washington was an African-American educator and founder of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, later the Tuskegee Institute. From the description of Letter : Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala., to George W. Benson, 1898 May 10. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 34657012 ...

Patterson, Frederick D. (Frederick Douglass), 1901-1988

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African American educational administrator and advocate. From the description of Frederick D. Patterson papers, 1861-1988 (bulk 1965-1988). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132581 African American educator. From the description of Papers, 1861-1988 (bulk 1965-1988). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28424351 College president. From the description of Reminiscences of Frederick Douglass Patterson : oral history, 1980. (Columbia University In the ...