Letter from Frederick Douglass Patterson, President of Tuskegee Institute, to Henry Ford, March 18, 1940
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Artifact Overview
Frederick Douglass Patterson, President of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama from 1935-1953, wrote to Henry Ford several times. Patterson thanked Ford for his kindness to Ford's friend, and longtime Tuskegee agricultural sciences educator and researcher, George Washington Carver.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Letter (Correspondence)
Date Made
18 March 1940
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.1.423
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Typewriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10.938 in
Width: 8.5 in
Inscriptions
Letterhead:
Tuskegee Institute
Founded by Booker T. Washington, 1881
Office of the President
Tuskegee Institute, Alabama
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