George Washington Carver Collection

A selection of photographs, letters, and artifacts from the life of George Washington Carver

Contents: About the collection | Related resources | Accessibility| Tech

About the collection

The educator, scholar, inventor, and artist was Iowa State University’s first African American student and faculty member; collection includes photographs, letters, artifacts, and Carver’s master’s thesis.

The Legacy of George Washington Carver

Accessibility information

The Iowa State University Library is committed to providing access to its digital content. Certain material, particularly older materials, handwritten documents, and visual content, present unique challenges in providing fully accessible resources. If you are experiencing barriers to accessing, viewing, or navigating the Digital Collections site please contact us for assistance or to request additional formats.

Technical Credits - CollectionBuilder

This digital collection is built with CollectionBuilder, an open source framework for creating digital collection and exhibit websites that is developed by faculty librarians at the University of Idaho Library following the Lib-Static methodology.

Using the CollectionBuilder-CSV template and the static website generator Jekyll, this project creates an engaging interface to explore driven by metadata.

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