- Descriptive Summary
- Administrative Information
- Biographical Note
- Content and Scope
- Online Catalog Headings
- Detailed Description of the Materials
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Descriptive Summary
| Repository: | Western Carolina University Hunter Library Special Collections |
| Creator: | Descendants of Harriet Slagle Setser |
| Title: | George Washington Carver / Slagle Family Collection, 1924 - 1936 |
| Language of Material: | Material in English |
| Location: | For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Hunter Library Special Collections. |
| Abstract: | Primarily correspondence from George Washington Carver to Mrs. Jesse Henry (Margaret Gillispie) Slagle and Dr. Thomas Dickey (Dick) Slagle. |
| Correspondence, envelopes, clippings, and pamphlets. | |
| Extent: | 0.25 linear feet |
Administrative Information
Collection is open for research.
Copyright for materials resides with the creators of the items in question, unless otherwise designated.
[Identification of item], George Washington Carver / Slagle Family Collection, Special Collections, Western Carolina University Hunter Library, Cullowhee, NC, USA.
Gift.
Processed by George Frizzell, February, 1998
Encoded by Brian Sealy, December, 2005
Biographical Note
George Washington Carver (1864-1943) was a noted African-American educator and agricultural scientist who was associated with Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in Macon County, Alabama for most of his career. The Slagle family resided in Jackson County, North Carolina at the time of their correspondence with Carver.
Content and Scope
Twenty-five (25) pieces of correspondence from George Washington Carver to Mrs. Jesse Henry (Margaret Gillispie) Slagle and Dr. Thomas Dickey (Dick) Slagle, dating from 1924-1936. Also, twenty-two (22) mail envelopes accompanying the correspondence; a letter concerning the Slagle family and Rev. Deal; clippings; and three (3) pamphlets printed in 1924 ("Studies with Phytosterols," "Experiment Station Record," "Some Natural Violet Hybrids of North America").
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following subject headings in online catalogs.
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943.
Slagle family.
Slagle, Mrs. Jesse Henry (Margaret Gillispie).
Slagle, Thomas Dickey.
Deal, Rev.
Jackson County (N.C.)--History
Detailed Description of the Materials
| Correspondence, 1924-1936 | Geo. W. Carver to Mrs. H. Slagle, September 20, 1924 2 pp. on 1 sheet Geo. W. Carver to Mrs. H. Slagle, September 21, 1924 2 pp. on 1 sheet Geo. W. Carver to Mrs. J.H. Slagle, September 29, 1924 and "Later" (postscript) 5 pp. on 2.5 sheets Geo. W. Carver to "My dear Mrs. Slagle", February 2, 1925 2 pp. on 0.5 sheet Geo. W. Carver to Mrs. J. H. Slagle, April 2, 1925 5 pp. on 2.5 sheets Geo. W. Carver to "My very dear friend Mrs. Slagle", July 25, 1925 4 pp. on 2 sheets Geo. W. Carver to "My dearest boy 'Dick'", September 1, 1925 2 pp. on 2 sheets Geo. W. Carver to "My esteemed friend Mrs. Slagle", April 14, 1926 6 pp. on 2.5 sheets Geo. W. Carver to "My dear friend Mrs. Slagle",August 19, 1926 4 pp. on 2 sheets Geo. W. Carver to "My esteemed friend Mrs. Slagle", October 15, 1926 4 pp. on 1.5 sheets G.W. Carver to "My dearest boy 'Dick'", February 1, 1927 6 pp. on 2.5 sheets Geo. W. Carver to "My dear friend Mrs. Slagle", January 8, 1928 4 pp. on 2 sheets G.W. Carver to "My dear Mrs. Slagle", March 17, 1928 2 pp. on 0.5 sheet G.W. Carver to "My very dear friend, Mrs. Slagle",March 20, 1928 4 pp. on 1.5 sheets G.W. Carver to "My dearest boy Dick", August 31, 1928 2 pp. on 1 sheet G.W. Carver to "My very dear friend Mrs. Slagle", September 8, 1928 2 pp. on 1 sheet G.W. Carver to "My esteemed friend, Mrs. Slagle", September 10, 1928 2 pp. on 1 sheet G.W. Carver to "My very dear friend Mrs. Slagle", October 9, 1928 2 pp. on 0.5 sheet G.W. Carver to "My very dear friend Mrs. Slagle", October 30, 1928 4 pp. on 1.5 sheets G.W. Carver to [no name on heading], January 1, 1929 1 p. on 0.5 sheet G.W. Carver to "My very, very dear friend Mrs. Slagle", February 23, 1929 2 pp. on 1 sheet G.W. Carver to "My very, very dear friend Mrs. Slagle", December 29, 1929 3 pp. on 2 sheets G.W. Carver to "My very dear friend Mrs. Slagle", May 15, 1931 2 pp. on 1 sheet G.W. Carver to Mrs. Henry Slagle, June 15, 1936 1 p. on 1 sheet [note: typed letter, signed by Dr. Carver] Geo. W. Carver "To my dear boy 'Dick'", no date, Christmas Greetings 1 p. on 0.5 sheet S.W. Siler "letter" about Rev. Deal, copied by Mrs. J.H. Slagle, February 19, 1924 |
| Twenty-two (22) mail envelopes, 1924-1936 | |
| Clippings | "T.D. Slagle Dies at 66; Jackson County Surgeon" "Consider the Sweet Potato", [1925] Lawrence E. Wood, "Mountain Memories" |
| Pamphlets, 1924 | "Studies with Phytosterols." New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, N.Y. Technical Bulletin No. 108, September 1924 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Experiments Stations, "Experiment Station Record." Vol. 51, no. 7., November 1924. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1924. Ezra Brainerd; introduction by G.P. Burns. "Some Natural Violet Hybrids of North America. Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin 239, July 1924. |