Letter of Thanks from Austin W. Curtis after a Visit to the George Washington Carver Cabin in Greenfield Village, August 26, 1982

THF287700 / Letter of Thanks from Austin W. Curtis after a Visit to the George Washington Carver Cabin in Greenfield Village, August 26, 1982

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Letter (Correspondence)

Date Made

26 August 1982

Subject Date

17 August 1982

Creators

Collection Title

Location

Object ID

EI.235.24

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Card stock

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

White (Color)
Silver (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 2 in
Width: 3.5 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Detroit Business cards Identifying cards Curtis, Austin W. (Austin Wingate), 1911-2004 Callaway, Ross A.W. Curtis Laboratories

Artifact
George Washington Carver Cabin
Henry Ford built this cabin in 1942 to honor his friend, agricultural scientist George Washington Carver. The cabin was based on Carver's recollections of the slave cabin in Missouri in which he was born in 1864. Carver spent his career at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, advocating for new crops, such as peanuts, that would enrich both Southern farmers and Southern soils.