]> carver_slagle Inventory of the George Washington Carver / Slagle Family Collection, 1924 - 1936 Processed by: George Frizzell; machine-readable finding aid created by: Brian Sealy Special CollectionsWestern Carolina University Hunter Library
Cullowhee, NC, USA
 2005

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: December, 2005 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS Inventory of the George Washington Carver / Slagle Family Collection, 1924 - 1936 Western Carolina University Hunter Library &wcuaddress; Descriptive Summary Western Carolina University Hunter Library Special Collections Descendants of Harriet Slagle Setser George Washington Carver / Slagle Family Collection, 1924 - 1936 MSS 98-1 Material in English 0.25 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Hunter Library Special Collections. Primarily correspondence from George Washington Carver to Mrs. Jesse Henry (Margaret Gillispie) Slagle and Dr. Thomas Dickey (Dick) Slagle. Correspondence, envelopes, clippings, and pamphlets. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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[Identification of item], George Washington Carver / Slagle Family Collection, Special Collections, Western Carolina University Hunter Library, Cullowhee, NC, USA.

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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").

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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, 19242 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.