SIMPSON COLLEGE ARCHIVES
[Last u p dated Fall 2011]
George Washington Carver
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File: 8/ 6/ 1/ 8
GWC ind ex
Three copies of the ind ex for the Carver Correspond ence files
(8/ 6/ 1/ 8-21 and 8/ 6/ 1/ 8-38)
Copy of the list of Carver Books at Dunn Library,
Sim pson College, April 2004
Tw o copies of List of Carver m aterials from the archives
on d isplay in the Carver Science H all
List of the papers of G. W. Carver 1864-1943 UMI Research
Iow a Public Television (PBS) ―Living in Iow a: George
Washington Carver‖ 02.08.05 (1 DVD copy, 1 VH S copy)
T-shirt ―Dr. George Washington Carver‖
Photograp h Files:
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Art class at Sim pson
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Carver w hile attend ing Iow a State
Carver and Tuskegee Institute
Carver in his laboratory
Carver‘s 1941 Baccalaureate visit to Sim pson
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Ded ication of the Carver Art Gallery at Tuskegee
Carver m em orials and m onum ents
Carver Poster
Carver and H enry A. Wallace
Carver and Others (10 pictures)
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Ded ication of Carver Science H all
Carver Lecture 1982
Photo Blocks
Aw ard s — Carver, etc.
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8/ 6/ 1/ 8-07.10
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Carver Plaque, 1974
Miscellaneous N egatives
CDs w ith Several Carver Im ages
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General Files:
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Carver from his birth until 1896
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Sim pson and Carver, 1890s
Sim pson and Carver in Art Departm ent, 1890s
Carver and Iow a State
H onorary d egree from Sim pson in 1928
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Biography of Carver, ―The Man Who Talks With the Flow ers,‖
by Glenn Clark, 1939
Carver and Presid ent F.D. Roosevelt, 1939
Interview with Carver (Pres. Gross), July 17, 1940
Sim pson Baccalaureate, June 1, 1941
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H onorary Degree: University of Rochester, June 18, 1941
Art and Carver
Carver and H enry Ford, 1942
Carver cartoon ―Goober Wizard ,‖ 1942
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Publications by Carver, 1936 - 1942
Carver‘s Selm a speech, 1942
Carver‘s Death, January 6, 1943
Carver Correspond ence 1896 - 1943
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Cond ensed Biographical Sketch of Carver, 1864 - 1943
Cond ensed Biography of Carver by Dr. Joseph Walt, 1989
George Washington Carver: H is Life and Times
Carver postage stam p, 1948
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The Carver Chair of Science, 1956
H enry A. Wallace rem iniscence of Carver, 1956
Ded ication of the Carver Science H all, 1956
Interview with Mrs. Pauline Tyler Tow nsend/ Rem iniscence of
Carver, N ov. 1957
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Tow nsend interview tapes, 1957
Mem orial Bronze Bust of Carver, 1962
Carver Centennial Com m ittee, 1962
Read er‘s Digest article on Carver, 1965
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G. W. Carver Day, March 15, 1966
Ev ery bod y M agaz ine article on Carver, 1974
Carver and Winterset, Iow a
Carver‘s hom e w hile attend ing Sim pson (not confirm ed )
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The G. W. Carver N ational Monum ent, Missouri
Correspond ence about Carver, 1943 - present
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Rem iniscences and Speeches about Carver
Carver -- Journal articles
Carver -- N ew spaper clippings
Carver -- Presentations
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Plays and Poetry about G. W. Carver
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee Institute annual reports 1940-1947/ 1945-46
Carver d isplays
Carver exhibits
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Carver
Carver
Carver
Carver
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Carver scholarship inform ation
Carver Grants for Sim pson College
Carver Bible Institute and College
Ded ication of Carver Science Center (H all) Oct. 22, 1993
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Visit Day
Aw ard Lectures files 8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.1 - 46.35
Centennial at Sim pson College 1890 - 1990
Tour Guid e 1990
Biography of Carver, Carv er, a Great Soul by Peter
Burchard , 1998
USDA George Washington Carver Center
The Iow a Aw ard (presented to Carver posthum ously)
The Carver Tradition
Carver H istorical Marker on Sim pson College Cam pus
Boy Carver Sculpture, 1991
Book about Iow a‘s African Am erican history featuring Carver,
Outsid e In, by H al Chase, 2002
Carver: Sexual Orientation
Claud e C. George: Correspond ence 1988-2005
Claud e C. George: Miscellaneous
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Com p lete d escrip tion of files:
Photograp hs:
Art class at Sim pson
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-01
Tw o original photos of Carver and art class [SCP1]
-- Four copies
-- One negative
-- List of people in art class
-- im age on d isc (carver.SCP1.artclass.jpg)
Original photo of Carver painting in art class, 1890/ 1892 [SCP2]
-- Five copies (plus tw o filed in d raw er 3-8)
-- Four copies of close-up of art class
-- Three copies of Carver painting (extrem e close-ups)
-- im age on d isc (carver.SCP2.paintinginartclass.jpg)
Original photo of Carver at Sim pson, 1890/ 1892 [SCP3]
-- Five copies
-- im age on d isc (carver.SCP3.atSim pson.jgp)
Carver w hile
attend ing Iow a State
Original photo of Carver w hile attend ing Iowa State, 1890s [P5]
--One copy
Carver w ith faculty at Iow a State
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-02
Carver and Tuskegee
Institute
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-03
Tw o original photos of young Carver as Prof. at
Tuskegee, age 40? [P6] (Tuskegee University Archives)
-- Tw o copies
Photo of Carver w ith fan m ail with subscript of 1937 [P7]
-- Tw o copies
Photo of Carver w ith five m en w ith caps and gow ns [P8]
Photo of the Tuskegee Chapel
Photo of Collis P. H untington Mem orial Build ing at
Tuskegee
Photo of d ressm aking class at Tuskegee
Photo of seven m en at Tuskegee holding telephone parts
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Photo of the H arness-m aking class at Tuskegee
Photo of class at Tuskegee w ith stud ents stand ing around
tables
Tw o photos of Carver as Prof at Tuskegee, age 50? [P9]
(Carver N ational Monum ent, Diam ond MO)
-- One copy
-- One postcard
Photo of Carver w alking c. 1933 [P10]
Tw o original photos of President Gross and Carver [SCP11]
-- Seven copies
-- One negative
Photo of Gross and Carver with tw o unid entified w om en [P12]
-- One negative
Packet of thirteen photos of Carver sold by Tuskegee
Carver in his
Laboratory
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Photo of Carver hold ing a bottle [P13]
Photo of Carver stand ing by a table with peanuts in hand [P14]
(Tuskegee University Archives)
Photo of Carver in Greenhouse [P15] (Tuskegee University
Archives)
Photo of Carver in lab hold ing bottles in both hand s [P16]
(Tuskegee University Archives)
Photo of Carver right arm up, left hand holding flask [P17]
(Tuskegee University Archives)
Tw o photos of Carver in lab next to a scale, weighing peanuts
[P18] (Tuskegee University Archives)
Photo of Carver crocheting [P19] (Tuskegee University
Archives)
Three postcard s of Carver looking in m icroscope
Carver‘s 1941
Baccalaureate visit
Original photo of Carver, head and should ers [P20]
-- Tw o copies
to Sim pson
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-05
-- Five block im pressions
-- One negative
Photo of Carver, head and should ers #2 [P20a]
Tw o original photos of Carver on Presid ent‘s porch in cap and
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gow n [SCP21]
-- im age on d isc (carver.SCP21.onPresident‘sporch.jpg)
Original photo of Carver w ith hand s on pulpit [SCP22]
-- im age on d isc (carver.SCP22.hand onpulpit.jpg)
Photo of Carver pointing with left hand [SCP23]
-- im age on d isc (carver.SCP23.pointin g.jpg)
Original photo of (l to r) Presid ent John O. Gross, Carver, and
Walter W. Scheuerm ann [P24]
-- One copy
Photo of Carver outd oors w ith others as he com es out
of building in his baccalaureate robe [P25]
Photo of Carver in his robe w ith others [P25a]
Copy of photo of Carver on porch steps with Presid ent Gross‘
fam ily m em bers [P25b]
Ded ication of the
Carver Art Gallery
At Tuskegee
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-06
Photo of Pres. John Gross talking to Carver across a railing [P26]
Photo of Carver pointing to a painting w ith Gross to h is left
[P27]
-- One negative
Photo of Gross and Carver talking across railing, both w ith
right hand s on rail [P28]
Photo of Carver talking w ith thum b in air [P29]
Photo of Carver talking w ith right hand on railing [P30]
Photo of Carver and Gross sid e-by-sid e looking at tw o
paintings of flow ers [P31]
Tw o photos of Carver painting [P32] (Tuskegee University
Archives) (Msg one copy)
Carver m em orials
and m onum ents
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-07
Tw o photos of the George Washington Carver Museum a t
Tuskegee
Postcard of the entrance sign at G W C. N ational Monum ent
near Diam ond, Missouri
Photo of a d isplay of Carver‘s College life in Iow a at the
Carver N ational Monum ent
Photo of Carver‘s bed at the Carver N ational Monum ent
Photo of a bust of Carver at the Carver N ational Monum ent
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Photo of the ―H anging Tree‖ at the Carver N ational
Monum ent
Photo of a sculpture show ing Carver as a boy at the Carver
N ational Monum ent
Profile of sculpture (from an article)
Photo of the visitor‘s center at the Carver N ational
Monum ent
Photo of shack Carver possibly lived in w hile attend ing
Sim pson [SCP]
Photo of the ribbon cutting to G. W. Carver Museum at
fairground s
Envelope containing nine color photos from GWC N ational
Monum ent in Diam ond , MO
Entrance to G.W. Carver Exhibit, Field Museum Chicago
Carver Poster
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Poster of Carver in lab, right arm held up, left hold ing flask
(located in Map Draw er 3-8)
Carver and
Painting of H enry A. Wallace and Carver in field [SCP33]
H enry A. Wallace
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-07.2
-- N ine photos
-- Four negatives
(Original painting is in Matthew Sim pson Room )
Quote of H enry A. Wallace about GWC (3 copies)
Carver and Others
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-07.3
Tw o photos of Carver and H enry Ford talking [P34]
(Associated Press)
-- One copy
Photo of Carver and H enry Ford eating [P35]
(Tuskegee University Archives)
Photo of Carver and Roosevelt shaking hand s [P36]
(Tuskegee University Archives)
Ded ication of
Science H all d uring
Carver Science H all
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-07.4
Photo of several people exchanging envelope in front of Carver
d ed ication
Photo of tw o m en in grad uate gow ns pulling curtain to
reveal Kresge-Carver End ow m ent
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Photo of unknow n m an at a lectern
Picture of Carver Science H all
Tw o photos of plaque reading, ―In Mem ory of G. W. Carver‖
Three photos of the Carver plaque that hangs in the Carver
Science H all with photographs of im age [SCP]
Tw o photos of the Carver plaque (one w ith nam e engraved )
Photo of the Carver plaque w ith tw o m en that hangs in
Carver Science H all
Photo of a plaque that states by Carver, ―At Sim pson I
d iscovered that I w as a H um an Being‖
Photo of a m an and w om an (stud ents?) in front of the
GWC Plaque
Carver Lecture
1982
Photo of Don Sm ith
Photo of Don Sm ith next to Carver d isplay
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-07.5
Photo of Don Sm ith giving aw ard
Three photos of Don Sm ith posing with aw ard and aw ard
w inner Anthony Turner
Tw o photos of Don Sm ith accepting aw ard
Tw o photos of Don Sm ith speaking at the podium
Tw o photos of the view of the aud ience
Tw o photos of five m en talking
Tw o photos of Don Sm ith speaking at the podium
Photo of Don Sm ith giving speech at the pod iu m w ith hand
in pocket
Photo of the aud ience view of Sm ith speaking
N egatives – Don Sm ith/ Mered ith Sand ers
Photo Blocks
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-07.6
George Washington Carver
Carver and Art Class
Carver and Presid ent Gross
Aw ard s – Carver,
Etc.
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-07.8
Photo of Major Scott A. Shackelford (Ret.) ‗66 receiving an
aw ard from Gen. Charles A. Gabriel, Chief of Staff of USAF
(left)
Photo of alum ni breakfast Presid ent‘s Aw ard presentation
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Carver Plaque,
Carver Plaque
1974
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Misc. N egatives
[N OTE: negatives together on photo strips]
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-07.10
Carver‘s bed at Carver N ational Monum ent
(photo at 8/ 6/ 1/ 8-07)
H ead shot of Carver (photo at 8/ 6/ 1/ 8-02)
Profile of sculpture (photo at 8/ 6/ 1/ 8-07)
Shack Carver possibly lived in w hile attend ing Sim pson
(photo at 8/ 6/ 1/ 8-07)
Profile of Carver (photo at 8/ 6/ 1/ 8-03)
Carver w ith pile of fan m ail on table (photo at 8/ 6/ 1/ 8-03)
Visitor‘s center at Carver N ational Monum ent
(photo at 8/ 6/ 1/ 8-07)
CD w ith Carver
Im ages
carver.SCP1.artclass.jpg
carver.SCP2.paintinginartclass.1890.jpg
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carver.SCP3.atSim pson.1890.jpg
carver.SCP21.onPresid ent‘sporch.1941.jpg
carver.SCP22.hand onpulpit.1941.jpg
carver.SCP23.pointing.1941.jpg
carver.card.jpg
carver.card back.jpg
carver.artroom .tif
carver.H iResw hileattend ingsim pson.tif
carver.house.jpg
carver.house.tif
carver.plaque.jpg
carver.plaque.tif
carver.w ithboy.jpg
carver.w ithboy.tif
carver.w ithm an.jpg
carver.w ithm an.tif
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General Files:
Carver from his
birth until 1896
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―The Early Life of George Washington Carver,‖ by
Robert P. Fuller includ ing these exhibits:
-- Letter from G. W. Lem penau to Clarence Schultz
talking about Carver having a bank account opened on
Dec. 31, 1881
-- Letter from G.W. Lem penau to Charles Shultz about
Carver taking out a real estate loan in 1883
-- Report of Carver‘s birthplace, 11 pages
-- Service Record of John Bently in the Civil War
-- Four copies of a H om estead, Pre-em ption and
Com m utation Proof
-- Letter from L. A. Calkins to Clarence Schultz talking
about tw o births
-- Copy of a d eed belonging to Carver
Copies of original d ocum ents talking about hom estead
application, thirteen pages
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―H istory of H ighland Com m unity College,‖ by Arlyn John
Parish
Sim pson and
Carver, 1890s
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Sum m ary sheet on Carver from 1890-1891
Sim pson College Catalogs
Quantity
2
1890-1891
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1891-1892 (one original/ 2 copies)
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1892-1893
Statem ent of the college cred its of Carver (original and copy)
Sim psonian issues talking about Carver:
-- June 1891
-- February 1893
-- Decem ber 1894
-- February 1895
―George Washington Carver and Sim pson College,‖ Ind ianola
H erald , May 29, 1941
-- one original
-- one copy
Letters about Carver in the 1890s at Sim pson:
To John Gross/ from Austin Curtis, February 3, 1943
To William Kerstetter/ from R.W. Feyerharm , Mary
Marquis, and David Moberley, April 12, 1957
To Earl H all/ from William Kerstetter, May 24, 1958
To Robert Good loe/ from Charles Brecht, August 16, 1962
To John Marion/ from Ralph John, January 22, 1970
To William H are/ from H elen Dibble, May 23, 1974
Slip of paper stating that Sim pson should d edicate a chapel
to Carver
Article continuation ―Cow les,‖ Indianola Record , June 23,
1944
―Trio from Carver Found ation seeks d ata on fam ous
N egro scientist at Sim pson,‖ publication unknow n 1951
Copy of m inutes of Carver Com m ittee Meeting
October 1, 1953(?)
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―Carver‘s thirst for w isd om is answ ered by Sim pson,‖
Sim psonian, October 1, 1956
Page prepared by Ruth Jackson d ated N ov. 24, 1964, w hich
sum m arizes the im portant d ates r elevant to Carver and
Sim pson
―One Man‘s Opinion,‖ w ritten by John Marion,
January 13, 1970
Mem o: FYI Keokuk editorial urging creation of N egro
H istorical Shrine at Sim pson
Tw o pam phlets titled ―The Carver Trad ition,‖ d ated 1971
Inform ation sent by Mrs. Dibble
--Short biography of Carver taken from the Iow a State
College Bulletin of 1895-96 (Msg)
―Carver exhibit, conference at Sim pson,‖ Des M oines Tribune
March 29, 1979
Article showing the hom e of W. A. Liston, d ate unknow n
(1 copy)
Facts about Carver and Sim pson College
Statem ent of the Carver Tradition and Sim pson College
List of questions concerning Dr. George Washington Carver
d uring his stay at Sim pson, Feb. 7, 1939
Copy of the Proposed Carver Opportunity Grants Program
at Sim pson College
―Carver: His life at Sim pson,‖ by Kim Mend enhall
W inginam en, 1982 (2 copies)
―The spirit, the story of Carver,‖ Record -H erald and Ind ianola
Tribune, June 27, 1990 (2 copies)
―The Carver Tradition Lives at Sim pson,‖ by Chris Coon
and Lisa Green - Sim pson College A nnual Report Vol. 1
N o. 4, Fall 1990 (2 copies)
―A history of change on Iow a cam pus,‖ Des M oines Register,
Septem ber 23, 1990 (2 copies)
―Presents Carver cartoon to college,‖ publication and d ate
unknow n, with copy of picture referred to in clipping
Article and accom panying photograph ―Beneath these trees…,‖
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publication and d ate unknow n (m sg)
―Mrs. W.A. Liston, 76, Passes Aw ay in Los Angeles,‖ d ate
unknow n.
―The Carver Tradition and Sim pson College‖ revised by Melvin
Wilk and Deird re And erson
Sim pson and Carver
in Art Departm ent
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-10
N ote w ith stud ent id entifications for GWC art photo
―Picture Gift to Sim pson,‖ on Carver and Art Class, 1890s
d ate unknow n
Original painting by Carver, a Christm as card to Mr. and
Mrs. Sim m s, Decem ber 1931
-- im age on d isc (carver.card .jpg; carver.card back.jpg)
Letter from John H orsley to Mrs. Talley d ated N ov. 9, 1942
Sim pson College Bulletin, May 1946
Original article, ―Carver once devoted his tim e to art
at Sim pson,‖ on Carver and Art Class, July 14, 1953
--Three copies
Letter from A. C. DeLuise to Jam es Zahnd d ated May 12,
1976
―Art Class,‖ Greeley Tribune, Greeley, CO, Oct. 19, 1978
-- one original
-- one copy
Carver and Iow a
State
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Transcripts 1880/ 1891-1894
Letters pertaining to transcripts:
To William H are/ from Toby Fishbein, April 16, 1974,
April 26, 1974
―Carver: The Man, The Build ing,‖ 1970
Letter from Chalm er J. Roy to Dr. R.E. Buchanan concerning
d ed ication of Carver H all, July 30, 1970
Ded ication of George Washington Carver H all Program,
Septem ber 27, 1970
―George Washington Carver,‖ N.O. Callow ay, M.D., Ph.D.,
Septem ber 27, 1970
―Tied Only to the God of the Flow ers,‖ The Story of George
Washington Carver, W.H . Stacy, The October 1970 Alum nus
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N ew spaper clipping, ―50th reunion of Carver‘s class,‖ about
Carver‘s 50th reunion at Iow a State
Book titled The ‘Centennial A lum ni’ of A m erica’s State
and Land -Grant Univ ersities
Tw o copies of the Carver article ―Serving the World ‖
Tentative George Washington Carver Sched ule, 1990-1991 Fall
(2 copies)
The Legacy of George Washington Carver – Celebrating
Diversity Program , 1991
―The Legacy of George Washington Carver‖ Celebrating
Diversity, N ancy A. N orm an, 1991
The Legacy of George Washington Carver Veishea 1994
―Scientist Carver honored in program at Iow a State,‖ Des
M oines
Register, January 6, 1994
List of GWC letters from Iow a State University archives
―George Washington Carver: A Legacy of Inspiration,‖ by
Karol Crosbie, Iow a State Univ ersity Visions,
Septem ber/ October 1998 (2 copies)
―Interpreting the Legacy of George Washington Carver‖ by
Mem bers of the Iow a State University H onors Program
Sem inar, Spring 1999
―Carver‘s niche in science, hum anity to be celebrated at
Reim an Gard ens,‖ by Lind a N aeve, Des M oines Register,
Feb.
21, 2004 (2 copies)
Welcom e speech, Torch run cerem ony, April 21
-- One copy
H onorary Degree
from Sim pson
―Dr. Carver given honor d egree June 5,‖ Sim pson College
Bulletin, p.3, Septem ber 1, 1928
1928
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-- Tw o originals
-- Three copies
Picture of Carver, Sim pson College Bulletin, p.6,
Septem ber 1, 1928 (Msg)
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―Expect record crow d at 61st com m encem ent‖, Sim pson College
Bulletin, June 1, 1928
1928 com m encem ent program (located in 10/ 2/ 0/ 5)
Biography of Carver,
Original copy of this Biography
1939
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-13
―The Man Who Talks With the Flow ers‖ by Glenn Clark
Carver and Presid ent
Roosevelt, 1939
Tw o new spaper clippings of article ―N egro Scientist greets F. D.
Roosevelt,‖ Des M oines Register, about their m eeting March
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-14
31, 1939
N ine clippings of Carver and Roosevelt shaking hand s,
―Charm ? H ere it is‖
-- One photocopy of photograph of Carver and Roosevelt
Clip about Roosevelt Mem orial Association
Interview with
Carver (Pres.
Tw o transcripts of Carver Interview by President Gross at
Tuskegee, July 17, 1940
Gross), July 17,
1940
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-14.1
Copy w ith arrow s noting im portant things said about
Sim pson - m sg
Short statem ent about this interview includ ing Carver‘s
Vision
Letter from Laura Illige to President Jennings w hich
includ es a photocopy of said transcript, July 31, 1990
Sim pson Baccalaureate ―Dr. Carver to preach at Sim pson Baccalaureate,‖
June 1, 1941
The Sim psonian, 1941 (m onth and d ate unknow n)
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-15
―Dr. Geo. W. Carver to d eliver annual ad d ress at
Sim pson,‖ V illisca Rev iew , April 3, 1941
―Dr. Carver, noted N egro scientist, speaker June 1,‖
Ind ianola Record , April 4, 1941
―A very nice thing to d o,‖ A m es Tribune, April 5,
1941
―A m an‘s real w orth,‖ Ced ar Rapid s Gaz ette, April
6, 1941
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―Dr. George Washington Carver to d eliver
Baccalaureate,‖ Grand Junction Globe, April 17, 1941
―N egro scientist,‖ Clearfield Enterprise, April 17,
1941
―Carver m ay be at Sim pson,‖ Pleasantv ille N ew s,
April 17, 1941
―Tw o great speakers,‖ Indianola Record , May 22,
1941
―George W. Carver and Sim pson College,‖ Ind ianola
H erald , May 29, 1941
―N oted N egro will speak at Sim pson,‖ Jefferson
H erald , May 29, 1941
―N egro scientist to speak at Sim pson; once stud ent
there,‖ W aterloo Courier, May 29, 1941
―Sim pson to hear Dr. Carver, scientist,‖ M arshalltow n Tim esRepublican, May 29, 1941
―Dr. Carver to speak at Sim pson Sund ay,‖ M t.
Pleasant N ew s, May 29, 1941
―Carver and Land on on Sim pson College grad uation
program ,‖ A tlantic N ew s Telegraph, May 29, 1941
―Carver and Land on to Ad d ress Class of 1941,‖ A lum ni N ew s
Bulletin, May 1941
―Tw o great Am ericans to speak at com m encem ent,‖
Ind ianola Record , May 30, 1941
―Tw o great Am ericans to speak at com m encem ent,‖
Ind ianola Record , May 30, 1941
Four copies of article ―H is ‗talks w ith God‘ help the hum ble
m an,‖ Des M oines Register, June 2, 1941
-- One photocopy
―Roosevelt vague, in Land on‘s view,‖ N ew Y ork
Tim es, June 3, 1941
Eight copies of article ―Dr. Carver, noted scientist, w alks and
talks w ith God as he add resses class at Sim pson
Baccalaureate here Sund ay,‖ Indianola Tribune, June 4, 1941
―Over 2,000 persons hear Dr. Carver in Indianola,‖
publication unknow n, June 5, 1941
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―Iow a honored a N egro last Sund ay at Sim pson
College Baccalaureate,‖ M onticello Express, June 5, 1941
―Truth sets m en free,‖ Sioux City Tribune, June 5,
1941
―Interest springs anew in Dr. George Washington
Carver…,‖ W est Liberty Index, June 5, 1941
―Dr. George Washington Carver,‖ Dennison
Bulletin, June 5, 1941
―The presence of Dr. George Washington Carver…,‖
Jefferson Bee, June 10, 1941
―The presence of Dr. George Washington Carver…,‖
H um eston N ew Era, June 11, 1941
―H e talked w ith God,‖ Beav erd ale N ew s, June 20,
1941
―Carver thrills com m encem ent aud ience,‖ Sim pson
College A lum nus Bulletin , October 1941
--2 originals
-- 5 copies
―One of Am erica‘s greats approaches evening of
career at Tuskegee: Dr. Carver looks back at half a century,‖
M ontgom ery A d v ertiser, N ovem ber 23, 1941
―H ears add ress by Dr. Geo. W. Carver,‖ publication
unknow n, d ate unknow n
―Carver,‖ a continuation from page one of an unknow n article,
publication unknow n, d ate unknow n
Sim psonian d ated May 31, 1941
A lum ni N ew s Bulletin d ated May 1941
Original A lum ni N ew s Bulletin d ated October 1941
-- Tw o copies
Tw o original articles ―Truth sets m en free,‖ June 5, 1941
-- One copy,
-- One original
Introd uction of G.W. Carver at Baccalaureate May 31, 1941
Letters concerning request for copy of the story of Dr. George
Washington Carver presented by Presid ent Gross,
17
N ovem ber 1940 - June 1941
Original and copy of Sim pson College 74th Com m encem ent
Baccalaureate Service Program
Posthum ous article ―His last visit to Sim pson,‖ Des M oines
Tribune, July 14, 1953, w ith letter from Kenneth MacDonald
to Mr. Pullm an d ated August 5, 1953 – 2 originals
-- tw o copies of article
-- tw o copies of front page on photo paper
―Carver gives baccalaureate speech,‖ Record -H erald and
Ind ianola Tribune, August 15, 1990
H om ecom ing 1956 Pam phlet that highlights Carver‘s
Baccalaureate speech
H onorary Degree: University of Rochester
8/ 6/ 1/ 8/ 15-1
The Rochester Alum i-Alum nue Review June-July 1941, p. 3
―More H onors for Dr. Carver‖ – close-up photograph and
d escription
The History of the Univ ersity of Rochester 1850-1962, by
Aruthur J. May, Rochester N Y 1977
―Dr Carver to be Aw ard ed …‖ Atlanta Daily World , June 15,
1941
―Dr Carver Gets Degree at H om e‖ The Chichago Defend er, June
Art and Carver
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-16
28, 1941
―Rochester University to H onor Carver‖ Atlanta Daily World ,
June 6, 1941
N ew spaper clippings from various sources about Carver's art:
―Carver Museum is d ed icated,‖ Des M oines
Register, March 12, 1941
―Carver paintings now on exhibit,‖ publication
unknow n, N ovem ber 1941
―Carver collection is being exhibited ,‖ Bay ard N ew s,
Decem ber 11, 1941
Tw o copies of article ―George Washington Carver as artist,‖
Christian Science M onitor, August 10, 1960
―Exhibit photo of Carver in Iow a,‖ Des M oines
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Register, February 11, 1971
Pam phlet on the Carver Art Collection at Tuskegee
Invitation to the d edication of the Carver Art Room at
Tuskegee
Tw o program s for the Opening Exercises of the Carver Art
Collection
Flyer on Carver Exhibit, ―Com m union w ith Nature‖
Article on Carver, ―Black Leonard o,‖ Tim e, Novem ber 24,
1941
Flyer about Carver‘s art w ith photo at bottom about
Sim pson
Carver and H enry
Ford , 1942
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-17
N ew s articles:
―Dr. Carver and Ford,‖ Des M oines Tribune, July 11,
1942
―Collaboration,‖ publication unknow n, July 22, 1942
Article, untitled, H erald , published by the stud ents of The
Ed ison Institute, August 14, 1942
―Dr. Carver had great friend in H enry Ford,‖
Pittsburgh Courier, April 12, 1947
―Carver to m ake synth etic rubber,‖ publication
unknow n, d ate unknow n
Carver cartoon
―Goober Wizard ,‖
1942
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-18
January 9
January 16
Exlibris June 3, 1943
Green Pastures by Rex Manning
Publications by
Carver, 1915 - 1942
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-19
―When, What, and H ow to Can and Preserve Fruits and
Vegetables in the H om e,‖ 1915 (2 copies)
―The Pickling and Curing of Meat in H ot Weather,‖ June 1925
―H ow to Grow the Tom ato and 115 Ways to Prepare it for the
H om e,‖ August 1936 (2 copies)
―H ow the Farm er Can Save H is Sweet Potatoes,‖ N ovem ber
1936 (4 copies)
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―Som e Choice Wild Vegetables That Make Fine Food s,‖
February 1938
―A Sund ay Evening Talk,‖ October 20, 1940
―H ow to Build Up and Maintain the Virgin Fertility of Our
Soil,‖ January, 1940
―The Farm er's Alm anac,‖ January, 1940
―The Raising of H ogs,‖ February, 1940
―Can Live Stock be Raised Profitably in Alabam a?‖
January 1940 (tw o copies)
―H ow to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it
for H um an Consum ption,‖ January, 1942 (3 copies)
―N ature‘s Gard en for Victory and Peace,‖ March, 1942 (5) - m sg
one copy
―A Brief Sketch of m y Life‖ (2 copies)
Carver Quotes
―Equipm ent,‖ a poem by Ed gar A. Guest
List of Bulletins by George Washington Carver
Carver‘s Selm a
Cassette tape
Speech, 1942
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-19.1
CD copy from cassette
Carver‘s Death,
Thank you from Tuskegee Institute
January 6, 1943
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-20
Letter from Presid ent Voigt to Presid ent Patterson of Tuskegee
Institute, June 21, 1943
Resolution of Respect in Mem ory of Dr. George
Washington Carver signed Sam uelson, Flint, and Good w in
Letter from Patterson to Voigt accepting resolu tion, June 28,
1943
A lum ni N ew s Bulletin from Sim pson d ated May 1943
N ew spaper clippings on Carver‘s d eath:
―Sim pson‘s m ost d istinguished son,‖ publication
unknow n, January 1943
―From a college m ate of George W. Carver,‖
Ind ianola Record , January 1943
―Dr. Geo. W. Carver fam ous Sim pson scientist
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d ead ,‖ publication unknow n, January 1943
―G.W. Carver, noted N egro scientist, dies,‖
Des M oines Register, January 6, 1943 (tw o copies)
―Dr. Carver, N egro scientist and grad uate of Am es,
d ies,‖ W aterloo Courier, January 6, 1943
―Dr. Carver is d ead ; aid of agriculture,‖ Fairfield
Led ger, January 6, 1943
―Dr. Geo. Carver, N egro Scientist, Dies at Tuskegee,‖ The
A tlanta Journal, January 6, 1943
―N oted N egro scientist d ies at Tuskegee,‖ Keok uk
Gate City , January 6, 1943
―Outstand ing N egro scientist, Dr. Carver, d ies at
Tuskegee,‖ Baltim ore Sun, January 6, 1943
―Carver, fam ed N egro scientist, dies in south,‖
Chicago Sun, January 6, 1943
―H ow slave boy rose to fam e as scientist,‖ Des
M oines Register, January 6, 1943
―Carver d ies at Tuskegee, slaves‘ son,‖ Des Moines
Tribune, January 6, 1943
―George Washington Carver,‖ Baltim ore Sun,
January 7, 1943
―Carver‘s first agricultural training received here,‖
Iow a State Daily Stud ent, January 7, 1943
―Dr. G. W. Carver, noted N egro scientist, d ies,‖
Ced ar Rapid s Gaz ette, January 7, 1943
―A great genius succum bs,‖ Dav enport Dem ocrat,
January 7, 1943
―Fam ous N egro scientist d ies,‖ Dubuque TelegraphH erald , January 7, 1943
―G. W. Carver,‖ Osceola Sentinel, January 7, 1943
―The passing of George Washington Carver,‖
W ebster City Freem an Journal, Janu ary 7, 1943
―Salem m an w ho knew Dr. Carver d uring his college d ays
recalls fam ed scientist‘s struggle to get ed ucation,‖
publication unknow n, January 7, 1943
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Draw ing ―The Meaning of Am erica,‖ The Chicago Daily N ew s,
January 8, 1943
One reprint of ―The Meaning of Am erica‖
Cartoon ―And w e talk about sacrifices,‖ Dav enport
Dem ocrat, January 10, 1943
―Mod est greatness,‖ Dav enport Dem ocrat, January
10, 1943
―An assistant of Dr. Carver his successor,‖ Des
M oines Register, January 10, 1943
―A visit from Carver,‖ Grinnell H erald , January 11,
1943
―Dr. Carver hailed as one of the greatest and best m en of
all tim e by Rotarians,‖ Tusk egee N ew s, January 14, 1943
―George Washington Carver,‖ Lam oni Chronicle,
January 14, 1943
Tw o copies of article ―I.S.C. and Sim pson knew George
Washington Carver as a struggling stud ent,‖ Des M oines
Register, January 17, 1943
―Mrs. Flum m er rem em bers Dr. Carver at Ind ianola;
helped set up laundry,‖ Des M oines By stand er, January 21,
1943
―A resolution has been introd uced …,‖ Chariton
Lead er, January 26, 1943
―A great figure dies,‖ Des M oines Plain Talk ,
January 28, 1943
―Dr. John Gross eulogizes Dr. George W. Carver,‖
Ind ianola H erald , January 28, 1943
―Sim pson College‘s greatest gift to the United
States,‖ Bloom field Dem ocrat, February 4, 1943
―Tw o great Am ericans,‖ Iow a Falls Citiz en,
February 11, 1943
Serv ice, The Carver Mem orial Edition, May 1943
Method ist Inform ation
Carver
Correspond ence
List of all the individ ual correspond ence
One copy of all correspond ence d ating from
22
1896 - 1942
1896 – 1942 (tw o gold bind ers)
Letter w ritten by Carver in 1897 (provid ed by Dibble)
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-21
Cond ensed
Biographical
Letter from Tuskegee Institute, to William H are from H elen
Dibble
Sketches of Carver,
1864-1943
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-22
Tw o copies of Cond ensed Biographical Sketches of Carver
Biographical note
G. W. Carver Report by Toby Fishbein (2 copies)
Program from Phi Beta Sigm a Fraternity in m em ory of Carver
Cond ensed biography of Carver -- Unknow n author
Tw o copies of Biographical Sketch USDA
Obituary of Rackham H olt w ho w rote George W ashington
Carv er: A n A m erican Biography
Rackham H olt book (located betw een 8-22 and 8-23)
―George Washington Carver 1864-1943,‖ publication unknow n,
d ate unknow n
A Cond ensed
Letter to Joseph Walt / from Curt Deitz
Biography of
Carver by Joseph
Walt, 1989
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-23
Self Portraits: Carver Self Im age over tim e
Three letters betw een H elen Strover s, Crispus Bosw orth, and
Joseph Walt
Three copies of ―Sim pson in the Nineties‖
Chapter IX notes
George Washington
Carver: His Life
And Tim es
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-23.2
George Washington Carver: H is Life and Times
Rad io Show Prod uced by Sim pson College Broad cast Class
at WH O rad io stud ios in Des Moines Circa, 1930s-1940s
-Large 331/ 2 RPM recording of Dr. Carver from WH O on
Decem ber 6, year unknow n ―Insid e to out‖ (United Artists
Bureau of Des Moines
-Vinyl Analog Record ing (in large box on shelf)
3 CD copies of recording
Carver postage
Stam p, 1948
N ew spaper clippings telling about the stam p:
―Post office honors Carver on stam p,‖ publication
23
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-24
unknow n, 1948
―Carver‘s m agic d ream pow er new U.S. stamp
forerunner,‖ W estern Stam p Collector, January 6, 1948
-- four stam ps
―To recognize Sim pson at stam p show ,‖ The Record H erald and Ind ianola Tribune, May 4, 1978
―U.S. Postal Service to unveil Carver stam p tod ay,‖
Iow a State Daily , February 3, 1998
N ine GWC Proposed lab/ Tuskegee stam ps
Four GWC Found ation/ Tuskegee stam ps
Ord er form and photo of postcard of stam ps‘ first d ay of issue
First Day of Issue Stam ps in Display (d ouble card board in top of
box)
George Washington Carver stam p pin
The Carver Chair
of Science, 1956
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-25
N ew spaper clippings talking about the funding for the new
Carver Chair of Science:
―Sim pson gets $1,000 gift,‖ Des M oines Register,
May 18, 1956
―$100,000 granted to Sim pson College,‖ Fairfield
Led ger, May 18, 1956
―$100,000 grant to Sim pson,‖ M t. Pleasant N ew s,
May 18, 1956
―Sim pson faces job of raising $100,000‖ publication
unknow n, 1957
H enry A. Wallace
rem iniscence of
Tw o copies of Wallace reminiscence
Copy of plaque w ith H enry A. Wallace and Carver
Carver
8/ 1/ 6/ 8-26
(original in Matthew Sim pson Room .)
N ew spaper clippings about this relationship:
―Festival; H enry Wallace,‖ Des M oines Tribune,
October 6, 1956
―A tim e for heroes, H enry A. Wallace,‖ This W eek
M agaz ine, June 24, 1962
Ded ication of the
Tw o original fold ers for the October 6, 1956, Christian Liberal
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Carver Science H all,
1956
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-27
Arts Festival
-- One copy
N ew spaper clippings about the building of Carver Science H all:
―Tow n Talk,‖ The Boone N ew s-Republican, January 15, 1943
Tw o copies of ―Bunche: Race barriers are being lifted,‖
Des M oines Register, October 7, 1956
Tw o copies of ―Ed ucation aim s are discussed ,‖ Des
M oines Register, October 7, 1956
Tw o copies of ―George Washington Carver honored ,‖
Des M oines Register, October 7, 1956
―Carver led the w ay,‖ publication unknow n,
October 1957
Copy of The A ME Church Rev iew , ―A w orld significance of
The Carver Story,‖ d ated October –December 1956
―Ralph Bunche…,‖ The M essage M agazine, October, 1957
Article on Carver by Dorothy Dew itt Richard s
Check stub for Carver H all Fund
―Sim pson build ing nam ed for Carver,‖ Record -H erald and
Ind ianola Tribune July 4, 1990 (2 copies)
An interview with
Mrs. Pauline Tyler
Tow nsend /
Rem iniscence of
Carver, N ov. 1957
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-28
Tow nsend interview
tapes, 1957
Various correspond ence and notes about the
interview
Reel to reel tape
Cassette tape
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-29
Mem orial Bronze
Bust of Carver, 1962
Photo of bust
N ew spaper clippings about bust:
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-30
Tw o copies of ―Sculptured portrait,‖ Santa Ana,
California, The Register, January 20, 1963
Three copies of ―Carver bust given to Sim pson College,‖
Ind ianola Record -H erald , February 7, 1963
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Three copies of ―Carver bust to Sim pson,‖ Des M oines
Tribune, February 7, 1963
Tw o copies of ―Sim pson gets Carver bust,‖ Des M oines
Register, February 8, 1963
The Cornerstone, N ovem ber 1990
Tw o appraisals from Percival Galleries
Letter from Jane Poyer, Sculpture
Letter from Paul Vollm ar to Mr. Kerstetter, January 20, 1963
List of d onors for bust from Southern California
Phone m essage from Michael Ad am s to Mr. Carroll Rierson
Copy of d irections
Chronicle of loan d ated October 18, 1990
N ote to Suzanne from Kath y O. about bust, October 22, 1990
Thank-you letter from Michael Ad am s to Mr. Carroll Rierson,
October 26, 1990
N ote about lost-found -lost from Kathy O.
―Solved : The Mystery of the Carver Bust,‖ Sim pson
M agaz ine Sum m er 1997
Letter from Kay Rierson d onating bust to Simpson d ated May,
19, 1997
Carver Centennial
Com m ittee, 1962
Correspond ence about Centennial:
Letter to Dr. Kerstetter/ from Mrs. Mallie Robinson,
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-31
Septem ber 17, 1962
Letter to Mrs. Robinson/ from Dr. Kerstetter, Septem ber
21, 1962
Read er‘s Digest
Seven originals
article on Carver
1965
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-32
-- One copy
―ISU‘s first N egro stud ent,‖ N ew s of Iow a State, d ate
unknow n
Letters regard ing reprints from Read er’s Digest
-- Letter asking about reprints, February 10, 1969
-- Letter about reprint prices, March 7, 1969
-- Letter ord ering 100 reprints, March 10, 1969
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G. W. Carver Day,
March 15, 1966
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-33
Correspond ence about Carver Day:
-- Letter to Mr. F., Dr. John, Dr. Pete/ from Jones, June
28, 1965
-- Letter to Presid ent of Sim pson College/ from
William H . Dinkins, August 14, 1965
-- Letter to William H. Dinkins/ from Ralph C. John,
August 19, 1965
-- Letter to Mr. William H. Dinkins/ from Ralph C.
John, Septem ber 8, 1965
-- Letter to Rev. Jam es E. Allen/ from Katherine
Krause, secretary to J. Archie H argraves, March 10, 1966
-- N ote regard ing Dr. H argraves‘ convocation speech,
March 15, 1966
N ational Stud ent Christian Fed eration Program
Inter-office m em orand um to Dr. Allen/ from Ellen Jones,
August 3, 1965
Inter-office m em orand um to Dr. Jam es Allen and Dr. Terry
H oy/ from Dr. John regard ing the Carver anniversary,
August 18, 1965
Ev ery bod y
M agaz ine article
on Carver, 1974
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-34
Correspond ence about this article from Ev erybod y M agazine:
-- To Sim pson College/ from Jam es Ruffin, Novem ber 22,
1976
-- To Jam es Ruffin/ from Frank N ow asell, Decem ber 22,
1976
-- To Jam es Ruffin/ from Frank N ow asell, March 23, 1977
-- To Frank N ow asell/ from Jam es Ruffin, March 30, 1977
-- To Jam es Ruffin/ from Frank N ow asell, July 7, 1977
-- To Frank/ Mac, October 7, 1977
-- To Jam es Ruffin/ from Frank N ow asell, October 13, 1977
-- To Dear Sir/ from Jam es Ruffin, N ovem ber 28, 1977
-- To Sim pson College/ from Jam es Ruffin, Decem ber 20,
1978
-- To Sim pson College/ from Jam es Ruffin, Decem ber 26,
1978
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Carver and
Winterset
One Ded ication Program
Tw o different G. W. C. Mem orial Park brochures (4 copies)
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-35
―A star in Winterset‘s crow n: Installm ent I,‖ W interset
M ad isonian, N ovem ber 25, 1987
―A star in Winterset‘s crow n: Installm ent II,‖ W interset
M ad isonian, Decem ber 2, 1987
―A star in Winterset‘s crow n: Installm ent III,‖ W interset
M ad isonian, Decem ber 9, 1987
―A star in Winterset‘s crow n: Installm ent IV,‖ W interset
M ad isonian, Decem ber 16, 1987
―A star in Winterset‘s crow n: Installm ent V,‖ W interset
M ad isonian, Decem ber 23, 1987
―A star in Winterset‘s crow n: Installm ent VI, Part 1,‖ W interset
M ad isonian, Decem ber 1987
―A star in Winterset‘s crow n: Installm ent VI, Part 2,‖ W interset
M ad isonian, January 1988
Story of Carver and Winterset by Mildred H oskinson Wood ,
1988 (one original, one copy)
Photo of park sign
―Road Race held in Carver‘s m em ory,‖ W interset M ad isonian ,
April 20, 1988
G.W. Carver Mem orial Run Volunteer form
―A Winterset Welcom e; the rest is history,‖ Des M oines
Register,
August 8, 1988
―Fam ed Scientist George Washington Carver had roots in
Winterset,‖ The Festiv al Fly er, October 8 and 9, 1988
George Washington Carver Mem orial Park sign, The
Cornerstone, October 12, 1988
―George Washington Carver-His Mid w est Connections,‖
Published by Mad ison County Historical Society, com piled
by Mild red H oskinson Wood , October 1989
―Mad ison County celebrates African -Am erican history m onth,‖
W interset M ad isonian, Feb. 17, 1999
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―George Washington Carver ties w ith Winterset: letters to
Mad ison County,‖ W interset M adisonian , Feb. 24, 1999
Carver‘s hom e w hile
attend ing Sim pson
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-36
―Along the w ay,‖ Rem ind er, October 17, 1988
Tw o copies of original articles telling about Carver‘s hom e in
Ind ianola Record -H erald , ―Preserving Carver‘s
Struggle,‖ April 19, 1989
Original article telling about the m oving of Carver‘s hom e Ind ianola Record -H erald , ―Carver hom e m oved to historical
m useum com plex,‖ N ovem ber 29, 1989
Mem o from Presid ent Jennings to Stan Malless, October 11,
1989 regard ing Carver Dw elling
Tw o copies of report on Carver d w elling from Stan Malless
to Presid ent Jennings, October 23, 1989
Tw o copies of add end um to Carver d w elling report from Stan
Malless to Presid ent Jennings, October 30, 1989
The G. W. Carver
N ational Monum ent,
Five Planning and Inform ation Packets
The Flora and N atural History of G.W. Carver N ational
Missouri
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-37
Monum ent
Program of Carver Day d ated July 10, 1988
Program of Carver Day d ated July 9, 1989 (2 copies)
Five booklets on G.W. Carver N ational Monum ent
(Cover photo of Carver in lab)
Five brochures on G.W. Carver
(Cover photo of 3 pictures of Carver)
Tw o brochures on G.W. Carver
(N o cover photo)
Three brochures on Carver (Msg one copy)
(Cover photo of boy sculpture)
Four brochures on ―The Story Behind the Boy Carver Sculpture‖
―H is last visit to Sim pson,‖ Des M oines Tribune, d ated
July 14, 1953
-- One original copy (Msg)
-- Tw o copies of cover (Msg both)
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―Born a Slave: Mem orialized a Genius,‖ The Cooperativ e
Consum er, August 15, 1960
―H om e of N egro Scientist to be Monum ent in Missouri,‖ Kansas
City Star, March 29, 1953
Annual Statem ent for Interpretation and Visitor Services
Prairie Day Flyer d ated Septem ber 10, 1988
Com ing Events at G.W. Carver N ational Monum ent:
1 October 2 to N ovem ber 27
1 October 29 to Decem ber 11
M onum ental N ew s d ated Fall 1988; 2 from 1990
U.S. Departm ent of Interior Bibliography
Six articles on Carver (Dates Unknow n):
―Erect m onum ent in honor of Carver,‖ publication
unknow n, 1943
-- Tw o copies
―George Washington Carver,‖ publication unknow n
―U.S. plans to buy Carver‘s birthplace,‖ publication
unknow n
―U.S. to buy hom e of G.W. Carver,‖ publication unknow n
―What our d em ocracy offers at its best,‖ Des M oines Tribune
Three postcard s from G.W. Carver N ational Monum ent
Tw o Business Card s from G.W. Carver N ational Monum ent
N ew spaper clippings regarding George Washington Carver
N ational Monum ent:
-- ―Dr. Carver, scientist,‖ Des M oines Tribune,
May 16, 1942
-- ―Bill signed for m em orial to Carver, N egro
scientist,‖ Chicago Tribune, July 15, 1943
-- ―Sim pson d elegation to Carver m em orial,‖ Des
M oines Register, July 12, 1953
-- ―N o second class citizens, says McKay of
Carver,‖ Des M oines Register, July 15, 1953
-- ―Carver honored Iow a,‖ Clarind a H erald
Journal, July 20, 1953
-- ―N ational Mem orial,‖ Osceola Sentinel, July
23, 1953
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-- ―Iow an to attend fete for Carver,‖ Des M oines
Register, July 10, 1955
-- ―Carver farm, a national shrine,‖ unknow n
publication, July 22, 1955
-- ―H onor to an ex-slave grow ing in Missouri,‖
Kansas City Star, Septem ber 19, 1955
Letters pertaining to the N ational Monum ent:
-- To David Pullm en/ from Jam es V. Lloyd, Septem ber 18,
1953
-- To Daniel Thornburgh/ from Clarence Schultz, July 25,
1957
-- To Clarence Schultz/ from William Peters, June 23, 1959
-- To William Peters/ from Clarence Schultz, June 29, 1959
-- To Don Berry/ from Ralph Lew is, February 8, 1960
-- To Ralph Lew is/ from J. Robert Walker, February 17,
1960
-- To J. Robert Walker/ from Ralph Lewis, February 24,
1960
-- To Ralph Lew is/ from J. Robert Walker, March 8, 1960
-- N ote from J. Robert Walker, March 8, 1960
-- To Ralph Lew is/ from J. Robert Walker, March 18, 1960
Three program s for exhibit ―Com m union w ith N ature: The Art
of George Washington Carver,‖ Aug 18 – Oct 16, 1988
Flyer for exhibit ―Com m union w ith N ature: The Art
of George Washington Carver,‖ Aug 18 – Oct 16, 1988
―George Washington Carver m onum ent trail encourages
visitors to reflect and rem em ber,‖ Star Tribune, April 1, 1990
Carver H ouse greeting card (3 copies)
―There w as a Crooked H ouse,‖ Moses Carver H ouse Flyer
The Moses Carver Fam ily Cem etery brochure
George Washington Carver Mem orial
List of By-Prod ucts from Peanuts by George Washington Carver
and List of Prod ucts m ad e from Sw eet Potatoes by George
Washington Carver, com piled by the Carver Museum
George Washington Carver birthplace Association (brochure)
09.30.10
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George Washington Carver N ate Park Service (brochure)
09.30.10
Correspond ence
about Carver,
1943 - present
One list of all the ind ivid ual correspond ence
One copy of all correspond ence d ating from 1943 –
present
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-38
Rem iniscences and
Speeches about
Carver
Tw o copies of a speech given by Charles B. Cheeney, March 17,
1939
Tw o copies of ―Tribute to Carver,‖ from the October 1957
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-39
issue This Day
―Dr. Carver H ailed As One of Greatest and Best Men of All
Tim e by Rotarians,‖ Tusk egee N ew s, January 14,
1943
―Lasting Mom ents w ith Dr. Carver,‖ State Tim es, February 1,
1957
Letter to A.J. Finch/ from William E. Kerstetter, February 8,
1957
Friend s of the Old Days
Presid ent Em eritus Hillm an‘s Rad io Add ress, Septem ber 15,
1937
Tw o copies of G.W. Carver paper, author unknow n, d ate
unknow n
Rem iniscences of Dr. John Morley‘s college acquaintance w ith
G.W. Carver
Tw o copies paper by Fred eric Carl Sigler
Sum m ary of the keynote ad dress given at 1977 cerem ony
ind ucting Carver into the H all of Fam e of Great Am ericans
―The World Significance of the Carver Story,‖ a speech given by
Ralph Bunche, October 6, 1956
-- Tw o originals
-- Tw o copies
Typed rem iniscence about GWC on half sheets of paper,
possibly w ritten by Glen Lamb
Tw o-page paper about Carver and Sim pson College, by
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Robert E. Black, husband of Sim pson College alum Melva
H . Sparks (class of 1941)
Forew ord to Easton‘s Reissue of Lind a O. McMurry‘s Biography
of George Washington Carver- George Washington Carver:
Scientist and Sym bol, by Lafayette Fred erick, June 1994
(2 copies)
―George Washington Carver w as chosen…,‖ 7 pages, author
unknow n, d ate unknow n (2 copies)
―The Occasion of the 125th Anniversary of George Washington
Carver,‖ by Velm a L. Blackw ell
The H all of Fam e for Great Am ericans brochure, Bronx
Com m unity College of the City University of N ew York (2
d ifferent versions)
―Carver in Ind ianola,‖ Mrs. Laverne Knight, John H are, Don
Berry – July 17, 1971
Carver -- Journal
Articles
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-40
―H is N am e is Linked With Peanuts,‖ by John O. Gross,
Christian A d v ocate, Septem ber 4, 1941
(four copies)
N ew s release on infantile paralysis
Christian Ed ucation M agazine, January/ February 1942
―The Wizard of the Peanut,‖ by John O. Gross
Classm ate, February 1943 (m issing pgs. 7-10)
―G. W. Carver, a Mod ern Pioneer‖ by A. W. Curtis, Jr.,
Ed ucational Forum , May 1943
―The Saintly Scientist,‖ by Clare Boothe Luce, V ital
Speeches, January 5, 1947 (one copy)
―Delivered from Ind ignities,‖ by Dr. Ralph W. Sockm an,
N ational Radio Pulpit, February 11, 1962
―Launching of the Subm arine G.W.C.,‖ August 14, 1965
―George Washington Carver‖ brochure by George Terry
Sharrer, Smithsonian Institution, 1970
-―Dr. George Washington Carver‖ brochure, N ature Trail
Anacostia Museum , Sm ithsonian Institution
―George Washington Carver,‖ The N egro A lm anac, com piled
and edited by H arry A. Ploski, Ph.D. and Ernest Kaiser,
1971, p. 727
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―George Washington Carver and Robert A. Craw ford:
An Interracial Correspond ence, 1900-1937,‖ by H al S.
Chase, Ind iana Social Studies Quarterly , Spring 1977
―George Washington Carver and the Peanut,‖ by Barry
Mackintosh, A m erican H eritage, Augu st, 1977
―George Washington Carver,‖ by Patrice Kay Beam , 1978
(tw o copies)
―George Washington Carver: A Most Inventive Mind,‖ Crisis,
February 1989, pg. 20
―Inventors H all of Fam e Snubs Black Inventors,‖ Jet,
Septem ber 25, 1989
―Black Man‘s Miracles: The Story of a Great and Good
Am erican,‖ by Fred Allhoff, Liberty M agazine, January 8,
year unknow n (2 copies)
―George Washington Carver‘s Iow a Ed ucation,‖ by Fred W.
Lorch, Publication unknow n (tw o copies)
―The Gentle Genius: George Washington Carver,‖ by Peggy
Robbins, A m erican H istory Illustrated (tw o copies)
Carver on the cover of JA M A (The Journal of the A m erican
M ed ical A ssociation) w ith an explanation on the cover,
February 9, 1990 (2 copies)
―Word s From The Past: Thoughts for the Present,‖ by
Scott Moats, Spring 1990, Iow a N ational H eritage
— three copies
―George Washington Carver,‖ by Suzanne Wilson,
M issouri Conserv ationist, January 1993
N ew spaper article ―Bits of this and that‖
―Local Legend s: George Washington Carver,‖ publication
inform ation unknow n, but the article is from 1990s
―N ew George Washington Carver Gard en opens in St. Louis,‖
Missouri Botanical Gard en, Septem ber 20, 2005
―Carver, George Washington,‖ M erit Stud ents Ency clopedia,
Vol. 4, pg. 219, d ate unknow n
―Carver, George Washington,‖ The W orld Book Ency clopedia,
pg. 197, d ate unknow n
―George Washington Carver,‖ Ency clopedia Britannica, (online
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article linked from Sim pson Archives w ebsite)
―George Washington Carver,‖ by Kate Uttinger, Leben: A
Journal
Of Reform ation Life, Jul-Sep 2007— tw o copies
Carver -- N ew spaper
―Events in the state of the past w eek,‖ Ind ianola
Clippings
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-41
H erald , August 28, 1919
Tw o copies of ―Back in 1892…,‖ Indianola H erald ,
February 12, 1920 and February 20, 1920
―Scientist w as born in slavery,‖ Jefferson Bee, March
1, 1938
―Scientist find s creed in nature,‖ The M inneapolis
Journal, March 17, 1939
―Dr. Carver to speak,‖ publication unknow n, March
30, 1939
―For half a century…,‖ Consum er Digest, August 1039
―Dr. Carver,‖ Des M oines Tribune, Septem ber 30, 1939
―A Gift,‖ A tlantic N ew s Telegraph , February 22, 1940
―H e gave his savings and far m or e,‖ publication
unknow n, February 25, 1940
―Form er Iow a stud ent, born of slaves, wins high
honors,‖ Dav enport Dem ocrat, February 29, 1940
―Form er slave from Missouri w ins w orld recognition as N egro
genius,‖ Kansas City Star, March 7, 1940
―Cure for infantile paralysis d eveloped by Sim pson
grad ,‖ publication unknow n, 1941-1943
―Service aw ard to Dr. Carver,‖ Des M oines Register,
May 18, 1941
―Man of the year in agriculture,‖ publication unknow n, 1942
―Dr. Carver,‖ A tlantic N ew s Telegraph, June 19, 1942
―Biography of Dr. George W. Carver at city library,‖
Ind ianola Tribune, 1943
―Life of Dr. Carver bound to becom e U.S. tradition,‖
publication unknow n, 1943
―Carver Cartoon Given to College,‖ Indianola Tribune,
May 24, 1944 (copy -2)
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―Zanuck receives Carver gold m ed al,‖ publication
unknow n, March 15, 1947
―George Washington Carver,‖ Los A ngeles Transit
Lines W eekly Topics, January 5, 1948
―Dr. Peanut,‖ This W orld , April 16, 1948
―H onor for tolerance crusad e,‖ publication un know n, April 19,
1950
―The boy w ith the green thum b,‖ A m erican W eek ly , February 4,
1951
―G.W. Carver Day set by Governor,‖ publication
unknow n, January 2, 1952
―Com poser of w ar song is honored ,‖ publication
unknow n, January 7, 1952
―Your Am erica,‖ publication unknow n, January 5,
1953
―A little, black baby,‖ Chariton Lead er, July 14, 1953
―H istorian d oes research here on Dr. Carver,‖
publication unknow n, February 14, 1957
―H ow N egro ad d ed crops for Dixie,‖ Chicago Daily
N ew s, May 21, 1960
―Dr. George W. Carver,‖ M ason City Globe Gaz ette,
March 30, 1963
―Davenporter‘s kin trad ed horse for scientist Carver,‖
Dav enport Tim es, March 15, 1964
―George Washington Carver‘s Iow a ed ucation,‖
publication unknow n, 1965
―Tim ely Topics,‖ W interset M adisonian , March 22,
1967
―Iow a‘s am azing past,‖ Des M oines Register, Septem ber 14N ovem ber 16, 1969
―One m an‘s opinion,‖ publication unknow n, January 13, 1970
―Exhibit photo of Carver in Iow a,‖ Des M oines Register,
February
11, 1971
―George Washington Carver d iscovered his life‘s w ork in Iow a:
w om an‘s club program ,‖ Ced ar Falls Daily Record , January
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7, 1972
―Carver ind ucted into hall of fam e,‖ publication unknow n,
April 1977
―The enshrinem ent of George Washington Carver ,‖ N ew Y ork
Tim es, April 23, 1977, and Response letter d ated May 13,
1977
―ISU m aterials in George Washington Carver exhibit,‖ The Iow a
Stater, October 1978
―Carver exhibit, conference at Sim pson,‖ Des M oines Tribune,
March 29, 1979
―Art w as his love, botany his life,‖ Iow a State Daily , February
25, 1983
-- One original
-- One photocopy
―Bud d H ouse hom e to a century of Am es Families,‖ The Daily
Tribune, May 14, 1988
―What is the ‗Carver trad ition?‖ The Sim psonian, Decem ber 8,
1988
―Faculty m em ber concerned by ‗racial im balance,‖ The
Sim psonian, January 26, 1989
―Ethnic Diversity ad d ressed ,‖ The Sim psonian, February 2, 1989
―A trad ition continues Sim pson celebrates a hum ble m an w ho
em erged to becom e a lead er in his field,‖ Sim pson Focus,
May
1989
―College lacks cultural diversity,‖ The Sim psonian,
N ovem ber 2, 1989
―Unfinished business,‖ Sy racuse Univ ersity M agaz ine,
Decem ber
6, 1989; accom panied by m em o to Joe Walt/ from Michael
Ad am s, Decem ber 1989
―The N ature of a Genius-George Washington Carver is finding
fam e he never sought,‖ Star-Led ger, N ew ark, N J, July 11,
1990
―Ford praises Carver‘s great heart and mind ,‖ Record -H erald
and Indianola Tribune, August 29, 1990
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―Shack is centerpiece for Carver‘s m useum ,‖ Record -H erald
and Indianola Tribune, Septem ber 5, 1990
―Carver Legacy,‖ Record -H erald and Ind ianola Tribune,
October 3, 1990
―Rare bust of botanist found ,‖ publication unknow n,
d ate unknow n, but with letter d ated March 3, 1997
―N egro scientist cred its his d iscoveries to ‗revelations‘,‖
publication and d ate unknow n
Tw o copies of article ―In Carver‘s footsteps,‖ Des M oines
Register, February 16, 2002
―Carver‘s w ork w as a gift to the w orld ,‖ Des M oines Register,
February 17, 2002
―Brid ge links expansion of MLK,‖ Des M oines Register,
May 28, 2005
―Carver am ong 3 honored by H all of Fam e ind uction,‖ Des
M oines Register, August 12, 2005
―Carver Talks to Sim pson Grad s‖ unknow n new spaper & d ate
―Further Carver‘s Iow a legacy by helping youth,‖ Des M oines
Register, August 9, 2007.
Carver –
Presentations
George Washington Carver Pow er Point d eveloped by Geoff
Von Burg at Ind ianapolis Museum of Art, 2005
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-41.2
Docum entation and cd
―The Life and Legacy of George Washington Carver,‖
presented by Dr. Sande McN abb, Indianola Public
Library, Oct. 10, 2007
Plays and Poetry
about G. W. Carver
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-42
Tw o copies of a poem by Carver, ―Legend of the Gourd s‖
G.W. Carver poem by Marjorie Martin, 1943
―Bronx Girl, 16, Wins a $100 w ar bond for poetic tribute to
N egro scientist,‖ May 1944
―Dr. Carver in Portrait and Poem ,‖ Des M oines Tribune, May 4,
1944
―G.W. Carver: An Apostle of Good Will,‖ 1949
Three articles from The Eternal Light:
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―The Man Who Knew Carver,‖ February 6, 1949
―The Big Road,‖ February 23, 1958
-- Tw o copies
―The Big Road,‖ February 4, 1962
-- Tw o copies
―The Skylight,‖ by Elizabeth Webster Watson
-- Program (2 copies)
-- Play (2 copies)
-- Tw o copies of Indianola Record -H erald article ―Geo. W.
Carver‘s Life Dram atized in South,‖ July 17, 1958
Letter from Elizabeth Watson/ to R.W. Feyerham , June 16,
1958 regard ing ―The Skylight‖
―N otes on the Peanut,‖ w ritten by Carver for the poet David
H end erson
Letter from William Kerstetter/ to Bates Murray, July 7, 1955
-- Tw o poem s attached
One on Carver
One on Booker T. Washington
Letter from Karen Blanchord , March 27, 1962
―The Forgotten Man,‖ script for the Telev ision Laboratory WOITV5, March 18, 1962
―Listening to the Still Sm all Voice,‖ OCLC First Search print out
from July 8, 2005
Announcem ent of show at State H istorical Society of Iow a
created by stud ents at Winterset H igh School, February 2006
―Listening to the Still Sm all Voice,‖ One-Person-Play by Paxton
William s, Feb. 21, 2008
―Black H istory Month to be celebrated w ith wid e array of
events,‖ (Paxton William s play), Sim psonian, Feb 21, 2008.
―One-m an play d elivers perform ance at Sim pson,‖ Sim psonian,
Feb. 21, 2008.
―A Dream Fulfilled: The Saga of George Washington Carver‖
w ritten by Dr. Michael Patterson, preform ed d uring the
2009-2010 season of the Des Moines Metro Opera. (2 DVDs)
Article in the publication of the Des Moines Metro Opera for
the 2009 Festival Season about ―Dream ‖.
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Reservation request form for schools and evening
perform ances for the OPERA Iow a Spring Tour.
Description of ―A Dream Fulfilled ‖; cast list and inform ation
about the prod uction.
Listing of new w orks and w ork in progress in opera.
Opera Iow a Spring Tour Brochure (Ed ucational Touring
Troupe)
Postcard ad vertising the w orld prem iere of ―A Dream
Fulfilled ‖ and the reception
1 Original, of Ind ianola Record H erald article ―A Sim pson
Connection‖ January 21, 2009
1 Original, of Datebook (Des M oines Register) article
―Carver Musical d ebuts‖ January, 29, 2009
1 original of Des M oines Register article, ―Carver: The Saga,
The Opera‖ February 3, 2009
1 original of Des M oines Register article, ―Delhi or Des
Moines, eclectic cultures coexist‖ February 6, 2009
Tuskegee Institute
Copy of ―The Tuskegee Messenger,‖ d ated June, July,
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-43
August 1931
Sheet w ith facts about Tuskegee
Letter to Mr. A.W. Curtis w ith one copy of Carver‘s college
cred its, d ated October 19, 1938
Original of a research paper w ritten by Ralph B. Stew art
und er the d irection of Carver, March 1939
―Dr. George Washington Carver As I Knew Him ‖ by Robert D.
Lloyd, April 1978
Paper on Dr. Carver‘s Assistant by: Paul Duncan
Original pam phlet on Tuskegee Institute about the GWC
Found ation, ―Progress Through Scientific Research,‖ 1940
Three originals of ―A Brief Sketch of the Developm ent of
Tuskegee Institute,‖ d ated 1940
Four ―Som e facts About Tuskegee Institute,‖ d ated 1948
N ew s from the George Washington Carver Found ation, Inc.,
―Carver Survey Party Returns‖
Tw o originals of a ―Biographical Sketch of Booker T.
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Washington 1856 – 1915‖
Picture of Booker T. Washington
―The Life and Tim es of Dr. Austin Wingate Curtis, Jr.‖ by Ruby
M. Turner
Four originals of program the Carver Museum at Tuskegee
Tw o originals of ―Guid e to the Microfilm editions of the Carver
papers at Tuskegee Institute‖
Faculty N ew sletter about Dr. George Washington Carver in the
H all of Fam e for Great Am ericans, April 29, 1977, Vol. XXIII,
N o. 30
One original and one copy of The Cornerstone containing
―Sim pson‘s Carver - Tuskegee Connection Renew ed ,‖
October 1989 (2 copies)
Magazine article d ate unknow n (Carver pictured w ith Dr. Gross
and Presid ent Roosevelt), publication unknow n
Three originals of ―The Tuskegee Movable School‖
Envelope from the Tuskegee Institute to John P. Morley,
Los Angeles, postm arked June 27, 1941
Flyer ad vertising a GWC fiber coin
Carver greeting card (2 copies)
―Tribute to George Washington Carver,‖ booklet from Tuskegee
Institute Centennial Event 1881-1981
―Dr. Stephen Jennings Rem arks at Tuskegee University‖
Speech, Septem ber 9, 1989 (2 copies)
Fifty-fourth Annual George Washington Carver Day
Observance Program , Tuskegee University, January 21st,
1989
―George Washington Carver: An Exam ple of the Future in
Ed ucation‖ Speech by Stephen Jennings, 1990
―College Establishes link with Tuskegee University,‖ The
Sim psonian, January 25, 1990 (2 copies)
―Carver to be Ind ucted into N IHF,‖ and ― Cam pus Observes
Carver Day,‖ The Presid ent’s Quarterly Report, February
1990
―Grow ing Gard ens in Space‖
Paper by stud ent Alex Mend enhall on his May Term experience
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visiting Tuskegee University
Paper by stud ent Deid re And erson on her May Term experience
visiting Tuskegee University
Tuskegee Institute
annual reports
1940 - 1947 (five)
1945- 1946 (tw o)
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-44
Carver d isplays
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-45
Several typed card s featured in display
Tw o photographs of display
H and w ritten inventory of item s in display
H and w ritten note about display m aterials
Tw o copies of typed sum m ary of Carver bio
Lam inated d isplay in large card board container (on top of shelf)
- d epicts Carver at Sim pson College
Inventory of Carver d isplay in Carver H all (all Msg)
Carver Exhibits
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-45.1
Chicago Guid e of Events – March 2008
G.W. Carver Exhibit and picture on p. 98
Field
Field
Field
Field
Museum
Museum
Museum
Museum
(Chicago) Map (five)
Carver exhibit – inform ation from w ebsite
Carver traveling exhibit schedule
m ap of Carver exhibit
―George Washington Carver‖ article from Field Museum
w ebsite
State H istorical Museum (of Iow a) Guide of Events August 1, N ovem ber 7, 2008
Pam phlet for the G.W. Carver Exhibit Opening Cerem ony July
31, 2008
Des Moines Register Article about State H istorical Museum
Exhibit Printed in the July 20, 2008 issue
Carver Visit Day
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-45.2
G.W. Carver Visit Day sched ule, February 7, 2008
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Carver Lecture
Oct. 29, 1974
Lecture Series started w ith Dr. Darw in Turner
- part of first annual GWC Lecture Series
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.1
N ew spaper clippings from various sources on this event:
―Black lit lecture at Sim pson,‖ Chariton Lead er,
October 29, 1974
―Turner lecture at Sim pson,‖ Des M oines Tribune, N ovem ber 6,
1974
―N am e lecture series in honor of Carver,‖ Record H erald and Ind ianola Tribune, N ovem ber 7, 1974
―An evening w ith Dr. Darw in T. Turner,‖ Des Moines, Iow a
By stand er, N ovem ber 14, 1974
Photograph of Julius Lester
Photograph of an unid entified m an
Carver Lecture
March 20, 1975
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.2
First Annual GWC Distinguished Afro-Am erican
Achievem ent Aw ard s
Law rence Oliver - Com m unity Lead ership & Service
Rom ona Austin - Com m unication & Art
*H . H enry Parker - Ed ucation & Com m unity Service
Article, ―Carver aw ard s presented at Sim pson
College,‖ Iow a By stand er, March 20, 1975
Carver Lecture
Oct. 16, 1975
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.3
Second Annual GWC Distinguished Afro-Am erican
Achievem ent Aw ard s
Donald Kaul - Meritorious recognition
Al Gard ner - Stud ent recognition
Lind a Jones - Stud ent recognition
*Jam es H arris - Ed ucator Aw ard
N ew spaper clippings from various sources on this event:
―H arris to get ed ucator aw ard,‖ Des M oines
Register, October 13, 1975
―H arris to speak Thursd ay,‖ Record H erald and Indianola
Tribune, October 16, 1975
―Jam es H arris of…,‖ Record H erald and Indianola Tribune,
October 27, 1975
Three photographs of Jim H arris
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Carver Lecture
N ov. 4, 1976
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.4
Third Annual GWC Distinguished Afro-Am erican
Achievem ent Aw ard s
Dick Clark - Meritorious recognition
Jam es B. Morris - Meritorious recognition
Patricia A. Ratliff - Stud ent recognition
Aniefiok Um anah - Stud ent recognition
*John H ope Franklin - Ed ucator Aw ard
Article form the Feb - April 1976 issue of N ational
End ow m ent for the H um anities about John Franklin w ho
w as speaker that year
N ew s articles from various sources on this event:
―Sim pson talk by historian,‖ Des M oines Tribune, October 26,
1976
―To present Carver lectures,‖ Record H erald and Indianola
Tribune, N ovem ber 1, 1976
―Sim pson‘s Carver aw ard to Franklin,‖ Des M oines Register,
N ovem ber 1, 1976
Tw o hand written m em os about event
Typed m em o about event
Carver Lecture
N ov. 11, 1977
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.5
Fourth Annual GWC Distinguished Afro-Am erican
Achievem ent Aw ard s
Kathryn Pierson - Meritorious recognition
Alene Carter - Meritorious recognition
Erin H ernd on - Stud ent recognition
Wand a K. Brow nlee - Stud ent recognition
*Margaret Bush Wilson - GWC Dist. Afro-Am er. Aw ard
N ew spaper clippings from various sources on this event:
―Sim pson College honors Wilson,‖ Des M oines
Tribune, N ovem ber 3, 1977
―Select Wilson for Carver Aw ard ,‖ Record Herald
and Indianola Tribune, N ovem ber 7, 1977
―A strong fem inine hand hold s tiller of N AACP,‖
Des M oines Register, N ovem ber 12, 1977
―Margaret Bush Wilson…,‖ Record H erald and
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Ind ianola Tribune, N ovem ber 17, 1977
Photograph of Erin H ernd on
Carver Lecture
Dec. 12, 1978
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.6
Fifth Annual GWC Distinguished Afro-Am erican
Achievem ent Aw ard s
Dr. & Mrs. Stanley Griffin - Com m unity Service &
Leadership
Mary Jane Od ell - Com m unity Service & Race Relations
Cord elia William s - Acad em ic & Stud ent Lead ership
Barbara Watkins - Acad em ic & Stud ent Lead ership
Regina Cook - Acad em ic & Stud ent Lead ership
*Lerone Bennett, Jr. - Lecturer Aw ard
Tw o program s from lecture
Three posters from lecture
A short new s release biography on Lerone Bennett
N ew spaper clippings from various sources on this event:
―Sim pson honor to Ebony editor,‖ Des M oines
Tribune, N ovem ber 16, 1978
―Carver aw ard to editor of Ebony,‖ Record Herald
and Indianola Tribune, N ovem ber 20, 1978
―Ebony ed itor sees racial ‗horror‘ in 2001,‖ Des
M oines Register, Decem ber 13, 1978
―Don Perkins at Sim pson,‖ Record H erald and
Ind ianola Tribune, Decem ber 14, 1978
―Lerone Bennett Jr …,‖ Record H erald and
Ind ianola Tribune, Decem ber 18, 1978
Photograph of Lerone Bennett
Carver Lecture
Oct. 18, 1979
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.7
Sixth Annual GWC Distinguished Afro-Am erican
Achievem ent Aw ard s
Tom Sim m ons - Com m unity Service
Ruth Ann Gaines - Com m unity Service & Lead ership
Evelyn Davis - Com m unity Service & Lead ership
Kim Sam pson - Acad emic & Stud ent Lead ership
Paul Davis - Acad em ic & Stud ent Lead ership
*Toni Cad e Bam bara -Lecturer Aw ard
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N ew s release about Toni Cad e Bambara
Resum e of Toni Bam bara
Four program s from lecture
Tw o posters from lecture
Bentley Lecture, Charles ―Pete‖ Bentley, 1979
N ew spaper clippings from various sources on this event:
―Charles Bentley in lecture April 5,‖ Rem inder,
March 26, 1979
―Select recipient of ‘79 Carver aw ard,‖ Record
H erald and Ind ianola Tribune, October 19, 1979
―Writing – a struggle to tell the truth,‖ Des Moines
Register, October 19, 1979
Photograph of Toni Cad e Bam bara and others
Carver Lecture
October 16, 1980
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.8
Seventh Annual GWC Distinguished Afro-Am erican
Achievem ent Aw ard s
Vince Chapm an - Com m unity Service
Zack H am let - Com m unity Service
Gary Streaty - Stud ent
Lynn Sam pson - Stud ent
*C.T. Vivian - Achievem ent Aw ard
One article ―C.T. Vivian: ‗Serm on‘ at Sim pson,‖ Des
M oines Register
Sim psonian, October 24, 1980
Carver Lecture
Oct. 21, 1981
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.9
Eighth Annual GWC Distinguished Afro-Am erican
Achievem ent Aw ard s
Mrs. Geneva Robinson - Com m unity Service
Reginald Jackson - Stud ent Aw ard
*Mary Frances Berry – Distinguished Lecturer
Poster from lecture
―The Carver Tradition and Sim pson College,‖
by Glend a E. Gill, d ated October 18, 1981
Bio sheet of Mary Frances Berry
Carver Lecture
N inth Annual GWC Distinguished Afro-Am erican
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Oct. 27, 1982
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.10
Achievem ent Aw ard s
Fred erick Strickland - Com m unity Lead ership
Anthony R. Turner - Acad em ic Achievem ent (Stud ent)
*Donald H ugh Sm ith - Distinguished Lecturer Aw ard
Tw o program s
Three program s on lecture w inner
Correspond ence about the lecture:
To Donald Sm ith / from Melvin H end erson, June 4, 1982
To Melvin H end erson / from Bill Gilbert, Septem ber 28, 1982
To Dear Pastor / from Melvin H end erson, Septem ber 29, 1982
To Sim psonian / from Melvin H end erson, Septem ber 29, 1982
To Donald Sm ith / from Melvin H end erson, October 1, 1982
To Anthony Turner / from Melvin H end erson, October 1,
1982
To Fred erick Strickland / from Melvin H end erson, October 1,
1982
To Donald Sm ith / from Melvin H end erson, October 27, 1982
List of Minorities from Registrar‘s Office, Septem ber 23, 1982
Carver Lecture
October 27, 1983
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.11
Tenth Annual GWC Distinguished Afro-Am erican
Achievem ent Aw ard s
*John B. Slaughter - Distinguished Lecturer
Tw o program s from lecture
Poster from lecture
Correspond ence about this lecture:
To Dean H end erson / from Ron Warnet, May 18, 1983
To John Slaughter / from Melvin H end erson, July 19, 1983
-- Tw o copies
To John Slaughter / from Melvin H end erson, February 14,
1984
To Melvin H end erson / from John Slaughter, June 12, 1984
-- including a profile of Patricia Russell
To John Slaughter / from Melvin H end erson, October 19,
1984
―Slaughter quitting science found ation to head U. of Maryland
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cam pus,‖ The Chronicle of H igher Ed ucation , June 16, 1982
―The John Slaughter years, 1980-82,‖ Chem ical and Engineering
N ew s, May 16, 1983
N ew s release on event d ated October 13, 1983
Carver Lecture
1984 GWC Distinguished Lecture Series
Sept. 27, 1984
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.12
*Eleanor H olm es N orton - Distinguished Lecturer
Packet of inform ation about Eleanor H olm es N orton ( 2 copies)
Photo of Eleanor H olm es N orton
N ew s Release about speech given by Eleanor H olm es N orton
Three posters
Three program s
Correspond ence about this lecture:
To Eleanor N orton/ from Melvin H end erson, June 29, 1984
To Melvin H end erson / from Joan G. Steinhaus, July 17, 1984
To Eleanor N orton / from Melvin H end erson, July 20, 1984
To Joan Steinhaus / from Melvin H end erson, August 2, 1984
To Denny Deard en / from Melvin H end erson, August 31,
1984
To Joan Steinhaus / from Melvin H end erson, October 1, 1984
To Eleanor N orton / from Melvin H end erson, October 18,
1984
Receipt for trophy for GWC distinguished Lecture Aw ard
Invoice from Program Corporation of Am erica
Carver Lecture
Feb. 6, 1986
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.13
1985-86 GWC Distinguished Lecture Series
*J. H erm an Blake - Distinguished Lecturer
Tw o invitations to a dinner honoring the Quasquicentennial
George Washington Carver Lecture
Three program s
One resum e of H erm an Blake
Correspond ence about this lecture:
To H erm an Blake / from Melvin H end erson, N ovem ber 28,
1984
To H erm an Blake / from Melvin H end erson, January 23, 1985
To H erm an Blake / from M. H end erson, Decem ber 17, 1985
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To Melvin H end erson / from H erm an Blake, January 8, 1986
To H erm an Blake / from Robert McBrid e, February 18, 1986
To H erm an Blake / from Melvin H end erson, February 21,
1986
Tw o copies of ―The Carver Trad ition and Simpson College,‖ by
Paul Brow nlee d ated February 6, 1986
―Affirm ative Action in Action,‖ Los A ngeles Tim es, Decem ber
19, 1983
Change: The M agaz ine of H igher Learning
--―Joining the Mainstream : Tougaloo Debates its Course,‖
Dec-Jan 1975-76
-- ―The Thirteenth Grad e Push,‖ October 1979
-- ―Ethnic Stud ies: A Springboard; N ot a Trap,‖ October
1979
N ew spaper clippings about Tougaloo, ―Tougaloo Fund raiser,‖
Jack son Daily N ew s, October 10, 1974 and ―Tow n, gow n:
Tougaloo funding a source of prid e‖ in the Clarion Led ger,
October 11, 1974
Quasquicentennial pam phlet, 125 Years-Sim pson College
Carver Lecture
March 5, 1987
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.14
1986-87 GWC Distinguished Lecture Series
*William J. Raspberry - Distinguished Lecturer
Three program s from the lecture for aw ard d ated February 13,
1987
Correspond ence about this lecture:
To William Raspberry / from Melvin H end erson, August 13,
1981 (copy)
To William Raspberry / from Robert McBrid e, Septem ber 8,
1981
To William Raspberry / from Robert McBrid e, June 12, 1986
To William Raspberry / from Robert McBrid e, July 7, 1986
-one copy
To Friend s of Sim pson / from Melvin H end erson, March
5, 1987
--Tw o copies
Copy of requisition and purchase ord er for plaque for GWC
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Distinguished Lecture Aw ard
Carver Lecture
Feb. 2, 1988
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.15
1987-88 GWC Distinguished Lecture Series
*Jesse L. Jackson - Distinguished Lecturer
N ew s release on lecture from Lisa Green
N ew s release invitation to the lecture
One m em o to Dr. Jen nings from Lisa Green
Tw o program s and one copy
Letter to Stephen Jennings/ from Benjam in, October 27, 1988
Carver Lecture
1988-89 GWC Distinguished Lecture Series
January 23, 1989
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.16
*Bishop Jam es Thom as - Distinguished Lecturer
Form er Bishop of the Iowa Area of the Method ist
Church
Program for the lecture, January 23, 1989
1988-89 George Washington Carver Lecturer Jam es S. Thom as
Flyer
Carver Lecture
February 20, 1990
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.17
1989-90 GWC Distinguished Lecture Series
*Dr. Benjam in Payton - Distinguished Lecturer
Presid ent of Tuskegee University
Resum e of Benjam in F. Payton – Presid ent, Tuskegee University
N ew s release on lecture from Michael Ad am s/ Lisa Green
Letter to Joe Walt/ from Stephen Jennings, January 10, 1990
―Tuskegee presid ent to present Carver Lecture,‖ The
Cornerstone, February 1990 (2 copies)
Letter to Jennings/ from Robert A. Burnett, February 2, 1990
Three introd uctions of speaker
Six program s from the lecture
Letter to Stephen Jennings/ from Clarence Johnson, February
21, 1990
Mem o to John Kellogg from Cole Zim m erm an regard ing
George Washington Carver Lecture d ated February 21, 1990
―Payton Kicks off Carver Celebration,‖ The Sim psonian,
February 22, 1990
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Correspond ence about the lecture:
To Stephen Jennings / from Benjam in Payton, February 27,
1990
To Benjamin/ from Jennings, Septem ber 18, 1989
To Ms. Elaine Thom as/ from Jennings, Septem ber 20, 1989
To Jennings/ from Benjam in, October 20, 1989
To Jennings/ from Benjam in, October 27, 1988
One invitation to the Carver Dinner and Lecture
Carver Lecture
February 21, 1991
1990-91 GWC Distinguished Lecture Series
*Robert Maynard - Distinguished Lecturer
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.18
Article on Robert Maynard, Jan.19, 1991
Program (1 copy), Invitation (2 copies), RSVP (2 copies)
Correspond ence about this lecture:
To Jennings/ from Daryl Beall (Msg)
To Jennings/ from Robert Maynard , August 7, 1990
To Daryl Beall / from Stephen Jennings, August 9, 1990
Mem o from Kathy O. to Deb/ Jerry asking if Vincent
H arding had respond ed
To Jennings/ from Donald M. Stew art, Dec. 19, 1990
To Mr. Robert C. Maynard (The Record -H erald and Indianola
tribune) Jan.23, 1991
Carver Lecture
February 25, 1992
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.19
1991-92 GWC Distinguished Lecture Series
*Donald Stew art - Distinguished Lecturer
Bibliography of Donald M. Stew art, Presid ent, The College
Board , June 1991
Program : Carver Dinner/ Lecture notes, February 19, 1992
Letter to Jerry Israel/ from Melvin Wilk, February 21, 1992
Carver Dinning notes, February 25, 1992
Sim pson forum event flyers, February 25, 1992
Letter to Donald / from Jennings, February 27, 1992
Invitation, March 10, 1992 (tw o copies)
Program of lecture (tw o copies)
Ground breaking cerem ony, March 10, 1992
--invitation (1 copy), program (1 copy)
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Correspond ence about lecture:
To Donald / from Jennings, March 17, 1992
To Jennings/ from Donald , March 26, 1992
To Jim Prince/ from Vicky Payseur, Septem ber 18, 1992
To Dr. Donald M. Stew art/ from Jennings, Ja nuary 25, 1991
To Jennings/ from Donald M. Stew art, June 27, 1991
To Dr. Donald M. Stew art/ from Jennings, October 29, 1991
To Dr. Donald / from Jennings, March 6, 1991
H and w ritten note to Steve/ from Donald
Carver Lecture
1992-93 GWC Distinguished Lecture Series
February 25, 1993
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.20
*The H onorable Shirley Chisholm - Distinguished
Lecturer
Program for lecture, Decem ber 4, 1993 (Carver Lead ership
Caravan)
11 program s
Invitation
Letter to Ms. Chisholm / from Jennings, April 1, 1992
Letter to Ms. Chisholm / from Jennings, April 23, 1992
Carver Lecture
February 23, 1994
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.21
1993-94 GWC Distinguished Lecture Series
*Bishop Charles W. Jord an - Distinguished Lecturer
Bishop of the Iow a Area of the United Method ist
Church
Invitation (tw o copies)
Program from the lecture (tw o copies)
Correspond ence about lecture:
To Shelle N ovotry and Dak Rasm ussen/ from Michael
Ad am s, February 15, 1994
H and w ritten letter to Jennings/ from Melvin W. January 17,
1994
To Bishop/ from Jennings, January 24, 1994
To Jennings/ from Shelle N ovotry and Dak Rasm ussen,
January 26, 1994
To Jennings/ from Mike Espy, January 26, 1994
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To Bishop/ from Jennings, March 14, 1994
To Jennings/ from Mike Espy, October 25, 1993
To Mel Wilk/ from Jennings, October 15, 1993
To Thom as/ from Jennings, Septem ber 16, 1993
Invitations (VEISHEA 1994 Sim pson Reception), April 21, 1994
Carver Lecture
February 14, 1995
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.22
1994-95 GWC Distinguished Lecture Series
*Dr. Bernard W. Franklin - Distinguished Lecturer
Presid ent Livingstone College H ood Theological
Sem inary, N orth Carolina
Invitation
Three program s
Itinerary of Dr. Bernard for 1995 GWC lecture series
Biographical N otes on Bernard W. Franklin ‗74
Correspond ence about lecture:
To Jennings/ from Bernard W. Franklin, October 3, 1994
N otes from phone call from Luther H all, January 11, 1995
To Dr. Bernard / from Jennings, February 17, 1995
To Jennings/ from Vice Presid ent Lucy Lepage, May 31, 1995
To Bernard / from Jennings, Septem ber 13, 1994
To Jennings/ from Webster Young, Jr. June 30, 1994
―N otes from phone call‖, N ovem ber 1, 1995.
Carver Lecture
March 7, 1996
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.23
1995-96 GWC Distinguished Lecture Series
*Jam es Cone - Distinguished Lecturer
Professor of System atic Theology at Union
Theological Sem inary
Invitation
Program from the lecture (three copies)
Curriculum vitae of Jam es Cone
Typed note on 22nd annual GWC Lecture for 1996 (Prof. Cone)
H and w ritten note about Jam es Cone
Correspond ence about lecture:
To Cone/ from President Jennings, N ovem ber 2, 1995
To Ms. Roxborough/ from Jennings, August 4, 1995
To Jennings/ from Mild red Bond Roxborough, N ovem ber 8,
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1995
One GWC Centennial Pam phlet
Photo of Professor Jam es H. Cone
To Jill Chow n/ from Roger Betsw orth, July 9, 1990
Carver Lecture
1996-97 GWC Distinguished Lecture Series
February 26, 1997
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.24
*Vincent H ard ing - Distinguished Lecturer of Religion
and Social Transform ation at Illifs School of Theology
Introd uctory speech
Biographical sum m ary of Vincent H arding January 1996
Program from lecture ( tw o copies)
Correspond ence about lecture:
Draft letter to Vincent H arding from Stephen Jennings
asking him to be the guest lecturer, February 22, 1989
To Vincent H ard ing/ from Stephen Jennings
confirm ing lecture d ates, March 28, 1990
To Vincent H ard ing/ from Stephen Jennings asking
him to be a guest lecturer, May 4, 1989
Carver Lecture
February 16, 1998
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.25
1997-98 GWC Distinguished Lecture Series
*Sharon Pratt Kelly - Distinguished Lecturer
Form er m ayor of Washington, D.C.
Carver Lecture
February 25, 1999
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.26
1998-99 GWC Distinguished Lecture Series
*Richard H atcher – Distinguished Lecturer
Form er m ayor of Gary, Ind iana
Invitation for d inner
Program from lecture (three copies)
Carver Legacy
February 21, 2000
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.27
1999-2000 GWC Distinguished Lecture Series
*Toi Derriotte – Distinguished Lecturer
Writer
Program from lecture
Carver Lecture
2000-01 GWC Distinguished Lecture Series
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February 15, 2001
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.28
*Dr. Robert Franklin – Distinguished Lecturer
Presid ent, Interd enom inational Center in Atlanta, Georgia
Program from lecture
―Sim pson Sched ules Carver Lecture,‖ Des Moines Register
Carver Lecture
2001-02 GWC Distinguished Lecture Series
February 21, 2002
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.29
*Leontine Kelly – Distinguished Lecturer
Minister, church official, and the first Black Am erican
w om an elected bishop in a m ajor religious d enom ination
Program from lecture
Press Release ―Fem ale Minister to Present Simpson College 2002
Carver Lecture in February‖ Feb. 7, 2002.
Carver Lecture
February 24, 2003
2002-03 GWC Distinguished Lecture Series
*Dr. H ouston A. Baker – Distinguished Lecturer
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.30
Professor of English at Duke University
Program from lecture
Press Release ―Accom plished Poet to Deliver Carver Lecture at
Sim pson College‖ February 10, 2003.
Carver Lecture
February 17, 2004
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.31
2003-04 GWC Distinguished Lecture Series
*Dr. Rosetta E. Ross – Distinguished Lectu rer
Chairperson of the Religion Departm ent at Spellm an College
N ew spaper Article about Rosetta Ross – 2004
Press Release ―George Washington Carver Lecture 2004,‖
February 4, 2004.
Carver Lecture
2004-05 GWC Distinguished Lecture Series
March 2, 2005
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.32
*David Baker - Distinguished Lecturer
Sym phonic Jazz Com poser and ed ucator
Baker biography from Subito Music Corporation w ebsite
Carver Lecture
February 20, 2006
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.33
2006 George Washington Carver lecture featuring Justice Alan
Page Flier
Press Release ―Form er Pro Football Player and Suprem e Court
Justice to Speak at Sim pson‖ Feb. 6, 2006
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Carver Lecture
2007 George Washington Carver Lecture featuring Clarence
March 27, 2007
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.34
Page (flier also lists past lecturers)
2007 Carver Lecture program
Press Release ―Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist to Deliver
Carver Lecture March 27‖ March 9, 2007
Carver Lecture
January 17, 2008
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.35
Program s (7)
Invitation to presentation of GWC m ed al
Letter from Steve Griffth, invitation to the m ed al cerem ony (tw o
copies)
Carver Lecture &
1st Carver Med al
Cerem ony
January 17, 2008
2008 George Washington Carver Lecture & Carver Med al
Presentation – Rev. Dr. Jerem iah Wright
George Washington Carver Legacy Invitation
Letter from Dean Griffith Announcing Ceremony (2)
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.35
Carver Lecture &
2nd Carver Med al
2009 George Washing Carver Lecture & Carver Med al
Presentation – Mr. Sim on Estes
Cerem ony
February 26, 2009
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.36
E-m ail announcem ent to staff, includ es short biography
Office of Acad emic Affairs (Steve Griffith) regard ing the Carver
Med al Cerem ony, includ es brief bio of Sim on Estes
(4) 2009 Carver Med al Cerem ony program s
Carver Lecture &
3rd Carver Med al
Cerem ony
February 23, 2010
2010 George Washing Carver Lecture & Carver Med al
Presentation – The Iow a Tuskegee Airm en
E-m ail announcem ent to staff with shot biography
(2) Iow a Tuskegee Airm en Prom otional Flyer
8/ 6/ 1/ 46.37
(3) 2010 Carver Med al Cerem ony program s
―Sim pson College to give m ed als to Tuskegee Airm en,‖ from
The Des M oines Register, February 20, 2010
―H onoring Am erican H eroes,‖ from The Sim psonian, February
25, 2010
Carver Lecture
2010
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8/ 6/ 1/ 8-46.38
Carver Centennial
At Sim pson College
Three copies of m em o to Carver Centennial Com m ittee from
J.K. Mood y, April 14, 1988, regarding bud get for 3 rd annual
1890-1990
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-47
G.W. Carver Mem orial Classic
Copy of agend a for Carver Centennial Com m ittee, January 10,
1989
Mem o to Stephen Jennings from Dennis H unt regard ing
estate gift from H elen Herny, February 14, 1989
Three copies of letter from Stephen Jennings regard ing Carver
Centennial Ad visory Com m ittee
Mem o from Steven Jennings about appointm ents to the
GWC com m ittee, February 14, 1989
Mem o from Jerry Israel regard ing first Carver Centennial
Planning Com m ittee m eeting, February 17, 1989
Carver Com m ittee Meeting Upd ate, March 8, 1989
Three copies of Com m ittee m eeting upd ated March 22, 1989
Letter to Dr. Joe Walt/ from J. Steen Patrick d ated April
20, 1989, regarding a May Term course relating to Carver
Centennial (2 copies)
Carver Com m ittee Meeting Upd ates
Four copies of Carver Com m ittee m eeting upd ates May 16, 1989
One photograph of shack Carver purportedly lived in w hile in
Ind ianola w ith letter to Stephen Jennings from Ed Carty
hand w ritten on back of photo; August 4, 1989
Mem orand um from Jerry Israel, October 5, 1989 (2 copies)
Mem orand um from Stephen Jennings/ to Stan Malless and
Mem bers of Carver Centennial Com m ittee regard ing Carver
d w elling; October 11, 1989 (2 copies)
Carver Com m ittee Meeting, October 12, 1989 (2 copies)
Mem orand um from Roger Betsw orth and Jane Kvetko/ to
Carver Com m ittee regarding Fall 1990 opening events,
October 12, 1989 (2 copies)
Letter to J.J. Johnson from Michael Ad am s regard ing a quest for
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Photos. October 1, 1989.
Mem orand um from Stan Malless to Stephen Jennings
regarding Carver Dw elling Report, October 23, 1989
Mem orand um from Stan Malless to Stephen Jennings
regarding Ad d end um to Carver Dw elling Report, October
30, 1989
Miscellaneous hand w ritten notes belonging to Stan Malless
regarding Carver Dw elling investigation/ research
Copy of Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. m ap from 1886, used by
Stan Malless in investigation/ research of Carver Dw elling
Copy of Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. m ap from 1893, used by
Stan Malless in investigation/ research of Carver Dw elling
Tw o copies of Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. m ap from 1918, used
by Stan Malless in investigation/ research of Carver
Dw elling
Tw o copies of Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. m ap from 1926, used
by Stan Malless in investigation/ research of Carver
Dw elling
―College Lacks Cultural Divesity‖ reprinted from N ovem ber 2,
1989, issue of The Sim psonian
―Carver Centennial Year Plans Proceed ,‖ The Cornerstone,
N ovem ber 1989 (tw o copies)
Letter from Michael Ad am s to Duane H uey, Iow a Public
Television, d ate unknow n
Tw o copies of Carver Centennial Com m ittee Agen d a for
N ovem ber 2 and N ovem ber 9, 1989
Tw o copies of Carver Com m ittee agend a, N ovem ber 9, 1989
Letter to Stephen Jennings/ from David LaCam ara accepting
invitation on behalf of Ms. Angelou, N ovem ber 16, 1989
Stephen Jennings speech at Tuskegee, January 1990
Tw o copies of m em o to Michael Ad am s and Stan Malless from
Jerry Israel regarding the H enry Wallace H ouse Found ation,
N ovem ber 17, 1989
H and w ritten note regard ing Mr. Willie Madison of Tuskegee
Institute N ational Historic Site w ith attached d escription of
Sim pson‘s Farnham Galleries, N ovem ber 15, 1989
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Carver Centennial Com m ittee Agend a, N ovem ber 30, 1989
Tw o copies of letter to Willie Mad ison/ from Stan Malless,
N ovem ber 30, 1989
Three copies of Mem o from Carver Com m ittee to faculty
Fall 1990, N ovem ber 1989
Mem orand um from Jerry Israel, Decem ber 18, 1989, w ith
attached new spaper clipping ―Trend s in Black Schooling
and the decline of college entry,‖ publication and d ate
unknow n
Letter to Cynthia Dyer/ from Stephen Jennings in regard s to
George Washington Carver Centennial lecture and d inner
January 10, 1990
Letter to Stan Malless/ from Stephen Jennings regard ing
GWC Centennial lecture and dinner, January 10, 1990
Tw o copies of m em orand um from Jerry Israel/ to Carver
Com m ittee regard ing m eeting changes, January 15, 1990
Mem orand um from Jerry Israel/ to Carver Com m ittee
regarding Carver Com m ittee m eeting, January 22, 1990 (2
copies)
Mem o to Carver Com m ittee from Jerry Israel, February 27, 1990
―Carver Centennial year begins with Payton Lecture,‖ The
Sim pson M agaz ine, Spring 1990
Letter to Cynthia Dyer/ from Billie Gaines thanking her for
help with Archives m aterials, March 6, 1990
Letter to Stephen Jennings/ from Billie Gaines thanking him
for Sim psonian copies, March 6, 1990
Letter to Allen Splete/ from Michael Ad am s regard ing
historically black colleges, May 4, 1990
Mem o from Jerry Israel to Carver Com m ittee regarding
m eeting Changes, April 6, 1990
―Keep ‗Em in Iow a After They‘ve Seen Moscow ,‖ The W all
Street
Journal, April 26, 1990 (3 copies)
Letter to Michael Ad am s/ from Allen Splete May 21, 1990.
Essay by Nissa Phillips, May 17, 1990 (3 copies)
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Six pam phlets with history of Carver at Sim pson a nd sched uled
Centennial program s for fall 1990
Letter to Robert Am end ola/ from Jerry Israel expressing
interest in sculpture ―The Boy Carver,‖ August 16, 1990
Mem o to Stan Malless and M. Schaeffer from Jerry Israel
regarding Carver sculpture, August 17, 1990
Tw o pam phlet sched ules of Freshm an Forum ―Catch the
Vision‖, Fall Sem ester 1990 (2 copies)
2 page und ated press release on Carver Centennial
Letter to Robert Am end ola/ from Jerry Israel re: plaster m od el
of sculpture ―The Boy Carver,‖ Septem ber 4, 1990
Letter to Jerry Israel from George A. Jackson, Septem ber 4, 1990
―Sim pson fete recalls Carver as a stud ent,‖ Des M oines Register,
Septem ber 17, 1990
Program of d edication of GWC Build ing, Sept 29, 1990
Mem o to Carver Com m ittee from Jerry Israel, October 5, 1990
Letter to Steven Jennings/ from Ed Carty about GWC in
Ind ianola Booklet, October 8, 1990
Copy of the GWC in Ind ianola booklet
Tw o m em orand um s from Jane Kvetko regarding the
cornerstone lecture: Ed ucation and Social Science Division
featuring Dr. Dolores Spikes as lecturer, October 30, 1990;
Biographical Sketch, VITA of Dr. Dolores Spikes
Letter to Diane Pow ell/ from Stephen Jennings thanking her
for biographical sketch of Ronald Jam es, N ov 2, 1990
Agend a for Carver Com m ittee, Frid ay, December 7, 1990 (2
copies)
Copy of Carver Ad visory Com m ittee for 1990
Brochure of Catch the Vision, Freshm an Forum 1990
Letter to Ed Carty/ from Everett Brow n thanking him for
Carver Support, February 15, 1991
Invitation to Carver Centennial Dinner and Lecture,
February 21, 1991
―Carver events conclud e…,‖ The Cornerstone, March 1991
Three flyers announcing Carver in Word s and Pictures by
Georgia Poole and Billie Gaines, March 26, 1991
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Flyer announcing ―The Boy Carver ‖ sculpture by Robert
Am end ola, March 27, 1991 (four copies)
Thank you to Carver Centennial Com m ittee from Stephen
Jennings, March 27, 1991
Pam phlet of ―The Story Behind the Boy Carver Sculpture‖
Mem o from Stephen Jennings regard ing the Blue Ribbon
Com m ittee
Copy of the introd uctions for Billie Gaines, Willie Cow en
Davis, Georgia Poole, Arlean Lam bert, Robert Am end ola
2 page und ated press release concerning Carver Centennial and
Tuskegee visit
Letter to Stephen Jennings/ from Diane Pow ell reg ard ing
Ronald Jam es, a possible consid eration for a Carver speaker
on October 30
Biographical sketch of Ronald Jam es
Biographical sketch of Dolores Margaret Richard Spikes, Ph.D.
Biographical sketch of Robert Am end ola
Carver Com m ittee Mem bers (3 copies)
Introd uction for Ed Carty
Carver Tour Guid e,
1990
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-48
Copy of the Cornerstone Article ―Carver Walking Tour
Book to be published ,‖ March 1990 Vol. II no. 7 (3 copies)
Six copies of ―George Washington Carver in Ind ianola -A Tour
Guid e,‖ by Ed Carty, Warren County H istorical Society
Grant application for the Carver Walking Tour by Stan Malless
Letter to J. Israel/ from Stan Malless, April 10, 1990, regard ing
the Carver Walking Tour Booklet
Rough d raft of the Walking Tour Booklet with a m ap of tour
―Live Iow a values, w herever hom e is,‖ Des Moines Register,
June
3, 1990
Letter to Indianolan from George Washington Carver Museum
Fund Com m ittee, June 5, 1990
―Carver frequents college‘s art room ,‖ The Record -H erald and
Ind ianola Tribune, July 18, 1990 (one original, one copy)
―Carver Stud ied at Liston house,‖ The Record -H erald and
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Ind ianola Tribune, August 8, 1990
―Carver Introd uced to YMCA at Berry‘s,‖ The Record -H erald
and
Ind ianola Tribune, August 22, 1990
―Carver fund ‖ photo, The Record -H erald and Ind ianola
Tribune,
Septem ber 26, 1990
―H istorical Society Prepares Log Cabin Day Celebration,‖ The
Record -H erald and Ind ianola Tribune, d ate unknow n
―Carver Museum and Sim pson College,‖ In Their Footsteps, pg.
370, d ate unknow n
Letter to Sim pson Breakfast Club from Ed Carty concerning
George Washington Carver Museum Fund, date unknow n
―George Washington Carver in Indianola,‖ George Washington
Carver Museum Fund Contribution form
Carver Scholarship
Inform ation
Four Carver Scholarship Inform ation posters
George Washington Carver Fellow s Program d escription
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-49
Carver Grants
for Sim pson College
W ashington Upd ate, August 17, 1994
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-50
Carver Bible
1993, Institute and
College
Letter to Cyd Dyer from William McLeod d ated N ovem b er 30,
thanking her for inform ation on George W. Carver
Report on the H eritage of Carver Bible Institute and College
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-51
H istory of Carver Bible Institute / College 50th Anniv. Catalog
Carver Bible Institute and College Journal and Prayer Letter,
April 1993, July/ August 1993, Septem ber/ October 1993
Ded ication of
Carver Science H all
October 22, 1993
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-52
―Carver Science H all to be studied for possible renovation or
new construction,‖ The Cornerstone, February 15, 1989
Carver Science Sym posium pam phlet (four copies)
Three Invitations
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Ded ication Program (4 copies)
Carver Science Center ad missions/ recruitm ent
brochure
Carv er, a great
Soul by Peter
Letter to Burchard from Dr. Joe Walt, September 17, 1998
Publicity photo of Burchard plus bio sheet
Burchard , 1998
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-53
H and w ritten note to Joe Walt from Burchard, March 9, 1999
Letter to Burchard from Joe Walt, April 6, 199
H and w ritten note to Joe Walt from Burchard, April 11, 1999
H and w ritten introd uction of Burchard by Joe Walt
Copy of A ud ioFile, the A ud iobook Rev iew with a review of
―Carver: A Great Soul,‖ Feb. / March 1999
―Author of new Carver Book to visit Winterset for
read ing‖ M ad isonian, April 7, 1999
―George W. Carver; he w as that, and so m uch
m ore,‖ Winterset City Lim it N ew s, TH E OUTERLIMITS,
April 9, 1999, p. 10 sec. 2
―George W. Carver,‖ Winterset City Lim it N ew s,
TH E OUTER LIMITS, April 9, 1999, p. 11 sec. 2
―Author of new George Washington Carver book
speaks at Mad ison County H istorical Museum ,‖
M ad isonian,
April 21, 1999
―George W. Carver,‖ Winterset City Lim it N ew s,
TH E OUTER LIMITS, April 23, 1999, p. 11 sec. 2
Three copies of Carv er: a Great Soul by Peter Burchard
-- See fold er – book on tape and book
-- See SC General 921 C331b
-- See SC Special Collections 921 C331b
―Scholarly Visitor,‖ Clarem ore, OK Daily Progress,
March 24, 1998
―George Washington Carver biographer here April
6,‖ The N ess County N ew s, N ess City, Kansas, March 26,
1998
―Carver biographer to speak,‖ Tulsa W orld , March 29, 1998
―Carver historian to visit Fort Scott,‖ The Fort Scott
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Tribune, April 1, 1998
―Carver historian will be interesting speaker,‖ The
Fort Scott Tribune, April 2, 1998
―Minneapolis honors ‗m ore than peanut‘ scientist,‖
Salina Journal, April 11, 1998
―Carver w as m ore than a ‗peanut m an‘,‖ The W ichita Eagle,
April 12, 1998
―Carver exhibit ded ication this Saturd ay,‖ The
M inneapolis M essenger, Minneapolis, Kansas, April 16, 1999
―Author Burchard review s book about George
Washington Carver,‖ Ok lahom a Eagle, April 16, 1998
―H om etow n hero: Minneapolis pays tribute to
scientist George Washington Carver,‖ Salina Journal, April
19, 1998
―Truly, a m an am ong m en,‖ M inneapolis M essenger,
April 23, 1998
―Carver‘s spirituality em phasized ,‖ Four States, May 4, 1998
H and w ritten letter to Joe Walt/ from Burchard , April 19, 1999
USDA George
Washington Carver
Center
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-54
George Washington Carver Week – 1999 poster (2 copies)
―D.C. agriculture building nam ed after
G.W. Carver,‖ Des M oines Register, Oct 7, 1999
One original ―H ealing of the N ation, There‘s N o
Culture Without Agriculture,‖ Prof. Od uno A. Tarik,
Oct. 15, 1997
Original poster: George Washington Carver Center
Ded ication Cerem ony (See Map Draw er 3-8)
One original, tw o copies quote "Once trad ed for a horse, Carver
now honored in D.C.,‖ Des M oines Register, N ov. 1, 1999
One original ―USDA d ed icates new fed eral building after
alum nus George Washington Carver‖ The Cornerstone,
N ov. 1999
Original ―USDA H onors Dr. George Washington Carver‖
-- A child ren‘s activity book (3 copies)
―USDA H onors George Washington Carver‖ USDA N ew s
Release, Sept. 29, 1999 (2 copies)
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Original ―George Washington Carver Week‖ Sched ule of
events, Oct. 4-8, 1999 (Msg)
Three original ―Ded ication and N am ing of the George
Washington Carver Center‖ Program , Oct. 6, 1999
Tw o original ―Sym posium on the Life and Tim es of Dr. George
Washington Carver‖ Program , Oct. 7, 1999
Original invitation to Sim pson Washington, D.C.-area
friend s, to nam ing cerem ony at GWC Center in Beltsville,
MD on October 6
Original ―Celebrating the Carver Legacy‖ pam phlet from
Iow a State University w ith reprod uctions of Youssef Asar‘s
Carver m urals (2 copies)
Biographical sketch of Carver
Tw o w elcom e and orientation guid es to the George Washington
Carver Center, Oct. 8, 1999
Color photocopy of d isplay on ―Carver at Sim pson, ISU and
Tuskegee,‖ three pages
Color photos from d edication of Center (21)
U.S. Departm ent of Agriculture H all of H eroes program (2
copies)
Photo clipping, ―H onoring Dr. George Washington Carver,‖ Jet,
October-N ovem ber 1999
Carver Day 2000 flyer d ated October 4, 2000 (4 copies)
Vid eotape of USDA George Washington Carver Building
Ded ication, Beltsville, Maryland, Oct. 6, 1999
T-shirt, ―George Washington Carver Center Ded ication
Cerem ony‖
Photograph of Dr. Walt, one m an, and one w om an at the USDA
George Washington Carver Build ing Ded ication hold ing a
picture of the build ing
Photograph of Dr. Walt giving a speech (distance shot)
Photograph of Dr. Walt giving a speech (close up)
Photograph of prospective stud ents at the USDA GWC Center
Ded ication
Photograph of Michael Ad am s talking to a prospective stud ent
at the USDA GWC Center Ded ication
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The Iow a Aw ard
Copy of Presid ent R. Kevin LaGree‘s speech at the Iow a
Presented to Carver
Feb. 13, 2002
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-55
Aw ard presentation, February 13, 2002
Original and one photocopy of ―Iow a Aw ard honors Carver
ag researcher,‖ Des M oines Register, February 14,
2002 (Msg original)
Certificate from State of Iow a for Iow a Aw ard honoring GWC
accepting on behalf of Sim pson College, February 13, 2002
Original of The Iow a Aw ard presentation cerem ony
program
The Carver Tradition
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-56
Carver Tradition brochure
Carver H istorical
Mem o to Cabinet/ from Stan Malless, March 8, 1991
Marker on Sim pson
Cam pus
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-57
H and w ritten letter d raft to Loren H orton/ from Steven
Jennings
Tw o copies of fax to Loren H orton/ from Stan Malless,
May 8, 1991
Three copies of inscription to appear on m arker
Letter to Stan Malless/ from Loren H orton,
June 4, 1991
Requisition and purchase ord er for cast alum inum m arker
and steel post, June 13, 1991
Letter to Rose N ard o/ from Stan Malless, June 13, 1991
H and w ritten note by Stan Malless, June 24, 1991
Brochure ―Guid e to Iow a Outd oor Ad vertising Sign
Regulations‖, June 1991
Invoice to Iow a Historical Society c/ o Sim pson
College/ from Lake Shore Ind ustries, July 2, 1991
Letter to Stan Malless/ from Joe Walt w ith attached letter
of transm ittal to Iow a H istorical Society c/ o Sim pson
College/ from Lake Shore Ind ustries, July 19, 1991
Invoice to Sim pson College/ from Lake Shore Ind ustries,
Septem ber 12, 1991 with attached note to Stan
Malless/ from Physical Plant, Septem ber 18, 1991
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Tw o copies of invoice to Sim pson College/ from Lake Shore
Ind ustries, Septem ber 12, 1991
H and w ritten note to Stan Malless/ from unknow n,
Decem ber 19, 1991
Letter to Dwight Stevens/ from Stan Malless, February 17,
1992 w ith m em o attached to Cabinet/ from Stan Malless,
March 8, 1991
H and w ritten copy of letter to Dw ight Stevens/ from Stan
Malless, February 17, 1992
Copy of m ap referenced in letter to Dw ight Stevens/ from
Stan Malless, February 17, 1992
H and w ritten note to Stan Malless from Steven Jennings,
February 19, 1992
Letter confirming placem ent on the N ational Register of
H istoric Places w ith attached plaques/ m arkers brochure
Six m iscellaneous hand w ritten notes re: add resses and the
Carver H istorical Marker project
Photograph of m arker
Boy Carver
Sculpture
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-58
Tw o Copy of Quotations and Photographs of George W . Carv er,
com piled by Arlean Lam bert 1990
Letter to Robert Am end ola from Jerry Israel August 16, 1990
Mem o to Stan Malless an d M. Schaeffer regard ing Carver
Sculpture August 17, 1990
Letter to Robert Am end ola from Jerry Israel Septem ber 4, 1990
Copy to Mary from Robert Am end ola N ov em ber 6, 1990
Photocopy of tw o photographs of Boy Carver sculpture
Letter to Mary from Robert Am end ola, d ate unknow n
Brochure The Story Behind the Boy Carv er (4 copies)
Letter to Stan Malless from Arlean Lam bert March 11, 1991
Tentative sched ule for Robert Am end ola and Arlean Lam bert
Biographical sketch of Robert Am end ola
Carver Sculpture sched ule for March 26, 1991 (2 copies)
Mem o from Robert Am end ola re: the George Washington
Carver N ational Monum ent sculpture
Explanation of her Carver book by Arlean Lam bert April 1991
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Letter to Jerry Israel and Stan Malless from Arlean Lambert
April 19, 1991
Letter to Stan Malless from Arlean Lam bert May 2, 1991
Large copy of Quotations and Photographs of George
W ashington Carv er com piled by Arlean Lam bert (2 copies)
Letter to Robert Am end ola from Jerry Israel, June 12, 1991
Copy of George W ashington Carv er: Through W ord s and
Pictures, by Arlean Lam bert, 1993
Letter to Stan Malless from Arlean Lam bert, August 25, 1994
Letter to Stan Malless from Arlean Lam bert, Septem ber 12, 1994
H and w ritten note by d esigner and build er of cabinet for
the Boy Carver sculpture
Photograph of the Carver Boy Sculpture
Outsid e In:
Iow a‘s AfricanAm erican history
featuring Carver
H al Chase, 2002
One article ―N ew book traces African Am erican history in
Iow a,‖ W interset M ad isonian, January 9, 2002
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-59
Carver:
Sexual Orientation
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-60
―Queered Science‖: Gay and Lesbian Scientist, Out in all
Directions-The A lm anac of Gay and Lesbian A m erica,
Warner
Books 1995
―They Sure Got to Prove it on Me‖: Millennial Thoughts on Gay
Archives, Gay Biography, and Gay Library History by Jam es
V. Carm ichael, Jr. in Libraries and Culture, Winter 2000
George Washington Carver, w ww .nndb.com , 2005 accessed on
August 12, 2005
George Washington Carver, w ww .safeschoolscoalition.org,
August 12, 2005
George Washington Carver,
w w w .blackstripe.com / archives/ blacklist/ frontiersl.htm l,
August 12, 2005
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Claud e C. George
Correspond ence
96 pieces
1988-2005
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-61
Claud e C. George
Miscellaneous
8/ 6/ 1/ 8-62
Sim pson College Consultant for Special Program s ( three
copies)
N ote: Many item s w ere includ ed in his collection on GW
Carver; these have been placed in the general Carver
Collection
25 pieces
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