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Lot 259
Sale 759 - Selections from the Library of Gerald and Barbara Weiner
Oct 8, 2020
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CARVER, George Washington (1860s-1943). Autograph letter signed (“Geo. W. Carver”), as Director of the Department of Agriculture at Tuskegee Institute, to Emily Howland. Tuskegee, AL, 1 October 1897. 1 page, 8vo, on Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute Department of Agriculture letterhead, with envelope, light creasing.
To abolitionist, suffragist, and Tuskegee benefactor Emily Howland (1827-1929) presenting a copy of Carver’s first publication Progressive Nature Studies, soliciting her opinion: “I hope you will both look at it and tell me what you think concerning the science.” The publication intended to instruct teachers on implementing nature studies in science education.
Written in his first year as the Director of the Department of Agriculture, a post offered to him by Booker T. Washington after Carver completed his master’s degree in 1896. Here he pioneered agricultural science and taught students for 47 years. He writes to Howland, “my students still talk about your helpful words to them and wish to be remembered to you.”