Statue of George Washington Carver by Christian Petersen, sculptor-in-residence in the late 1940's. Originally a plaster sculpture, it was given to the University and placed in Carver Hall at the dedication of the hall in 1970 by the Class of 1968.…
Portrait of Henry C. Wallace. One of George Washington Carver’s professors. Henry C. Wallace graduated in 1892 from Iowa State, a degree that was begun in 1885 and then interrupted by a career in farming. He was hired as an Assistant Professor…
Graduation portrait of Henry A. Wallace. Son of Henry C. Wallace and friend of George Washington Carver. Wallace remembered Carver with appreciation: "Because of his friendship with my father and perhaps his interest in children George Carver often…
Portrait of Edgar W. Stanton . George Washington Carver’s professor in plane geometry. Edgar W. Stanton served Iowa State continuously from his graduation in 1872 until his death in 1920. He was made Head of the Mathematics Department in 1874,…
Portrait of Maria Mabel Roberts. One of George Washington Carver’s professors. Maria Roberts graduated from Iowa State in 1890 and shortly afterwards became a member of the Mathematics Department faculty. In 1908, she was named Vice-Dean of the…
Budd family portrait with Joseph Lancaster Budd and Sarah Breed Budd with their children, Etta May and Allen Joseph. It was at Etta May Budd's urging that George Washington Carver transfer to Iowa State from Simpson College to study agriculture. …
Photograph of the Student Army Training Corps with George Washington Carver 4th from left in the front row kneeling. The Department of Military Science and Tactics was established in 1870 along with the S.A.T.C. as a result of a provision in the…
Page from the 1895 Bomb yearbook showing portraits of staff officers in the Student Army Training Corps including Lieut. Col B. H. Hand, Reg. Adjt. J. B. Frisbee, Major L. H. Campbell, Gen. James Rush Lincoln, Battalion Adjt. J. W. Crawford, and…
December thirteenth, 1919
Professor G. W. Carver,
Tuskegee Institute, Ala.,
Dear Professor Carver:--
This is merely to acknowledge your letter of December sixth. I called attention to the collection of fungi you are sending me in the Botanical Staff…
September twenty-fourth, 1919
Professor Geo W. Carver,
Tuskegee, Alabama,
Dear Professor Carver:--
I wish to thank you for your letter of September thirteenth which came in my absence. I am looking forward to the receipt of the specimens when you…
