George Washington Carver

by Federer, William J.

• ISBN13: 9780965355735
• ISBN10: 096535573X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Amerisearch Inc

Summary

"Only alone can I draw close enough to God to discover His Secrets." The amazing story of Geory W. Carver, slave birth, Iowa State graduate and Tuskegee Professor who revolutionized the economy of the south by disvering hundreds of uses for the peanut. Read letters revealing his faith.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
Introduction: Humble Birth-Noble Work	p. 11
1891-1891 Simpson College
1890, letter to John & Helen Milholland	p. 21
1890, Apr. 8, to John & Helen Milholland	p. 21
1891-1896 Iowa State College
1891, Aug. 6, to John & Helen Milholland	p. 23
1894, Oct. 15 to John & Helen Milholland	p. 24
1896, letter from Booker T. Washington	p. 24
1896, May, 16, to Booker T. Washington	p. 25
1897-1919 Early Years at Tuskegee
1897, letter to two former Iowa State professors	p. 27
1901, Sept. 2, to John & Helen Milholland	p. 30
1902, Nov. 28, to Booker T. Washington	p. 31
1907, May 28, to Booker T. Washington	p. 33
1914, Dec. 23, to John & Helen Milholland	p. 34
1920-1921 Y.M.C.A. & U.S. Congress
1920, addressing YMCA, Blue Ridge, NC	p. 35
1921, Jan. 21, House Ways & Means Committee	p. 36
1921-1922 Letters to a Professor, Student, Friends
1921, June 11, to Dr. Louis H. Pammel	p. 37
1922, Jan. 9, note to student L. Robinson	p. 37
1922, sketch of his life for Mrs. Milholland	p. 39
1922, May 5, to Dr. Louis H. Pammel	p. 41
1922, Sept. 3, to Mrs. Helen Milholland	p. 45
1922, Sept. 17, to Mrs. Helen Milholland	p. 45
1923-1924 Touching Young People's Lives
1923, visit with James T. Hardwick	p. 47
1924, Jan. 6, to Sec. of Ag. Henry C. Wallace	p. 47
1924, May 21, to James T. Hardwick	p. 48
1924, July 10, to James T. Hardwick	p. 48
1924-1925 Divine Inspiration & Criticism
1924, Nov. 19, to Women's Board of Missions	p. 53
1924, Nov. 24, to editor of the New York Times	p. 53
1925, Jan. 15, Rev. Lyman Ward	p. 56
1925-1927 Science & the Great Creator
1925, Mar. 24, to Robert Johnson	p. 57
1925, Mar. 24, to Rev. Kunzman of Seattle	p. 59
1927, Mar. 1, to Jack Boyd, of YMCA Denver	p. 60
1927, Dec. 13, to Hon. Leon McCord	p. 63
1928-1930 Out of Doors, Home Folk & Truth
1928, to James T. Hardwick	p. 67
1929, Jan. 25, to Mrs. Eva Goodwin Neosho	p. 68
1930, Feb. 24, to Hubert W. Pelt	p. 71
1931-1933 Prayer & God's Direction
1931, July 24, to Miss Isabelle Coleman	p. 75
1932, Mar. 1, to Mr. Zissler	p. 76
1932, July 1, to James T. Hardwick	p. 77
1934-1936 Healing & Suffering Humanity
1934, Dec. 16, to the mother of James Hardwick	p. 79
1935, Mar. 15, to Rev. Thomas O. Parish	p. 80
1935, Mar. 22, to the mother of James Hardwick	p. 80
1935 Sept. 30, to Rev. Thomas O. Parish	p. 81
1937-1943 Public Speaking & Wisdom on Life
1937, Mar. 17, to Mr. Stevenson, editor	p. 83
1938, Jan. 28, to Harry O. Abbott	p. 83
1940, Aug. 24, to Rev. Haygood	p. 84
1940, Sept. 7, to Mr. & Mrs. Woods	p. 85
1941, Dec. 16, to Rev. Carl A. Blackman	p. 86
1939, awarded Roosevelt Medal	p. 86
Appendix
Booker T. Washington	p. 88
Author's Biographical Note	p. 93
Endnotes	p. 97
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