George Washington Carver to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Slagle, December 17, 1924, p. 2

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George Washington Carver to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Slagle, December 17, 1924, p. 1

HL_SM81-05_02_01_01

HL_SM81-05_02_01_02

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- Format
  - Letters (correspondence)
- Type
  - Text
- Extent
  - Dimension: 11" x 8.5"
  - Pages: 2
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Identifier
  - HL_SM81-05_02_01_02
Transcript

Chapel Hill, and I am looking forward to seeing the dear boy with so much pleasure. I do hope we can do come collecting and studying together next summer. I am so glad that Mr. Slagle is improving. My prayers are with you and for you always. Watch the constipation with care, and overcome it by natural means as far as possible. Give him as much good nourishing food, that is easily digested, as he will eat. Massage the body, the limbs especially, to keep up good circulation of blood. If the blood is thin and run down, enrich it with Bland's iron pills. You know it makes me so happy to know that he is feeling better. I am happy to say that dear "Dick" writes me regularly. The box of mica is fine. Just what I wanted. I am very certain that

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In this letter from December 17, 1924, George Washington Carver writes to Mr. John Henry and Mrs. Margaret Gillespie Slagle to thank them for the box of apples and greenery they sent. He encourages their son Dick's studies and hopes that they will be able to spend time this summer collecting and studying. Carver expresses his happiness that Mr. Slagle, who has Parkinson's, is improving and offers advice on how to care for him. George Washington Carver (1864?-1943) served as Director of Agriculture at Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama and taught there for 47 years. He was a prominent African American agricultural scientist and inventor and was a leader in promoting environmentalism. In 1923, Carver met Thomas Dickey (Dick) Slagle (1905-1971) when he came to lecture at Blue Ridge Assembly near Black Mountain. Slagle, who was enrolled at UNC Chapel Hill, was there representing a student group and was assigned as Carver's guide. The two became close friends. Slagle later became a physician in Sylva, N.C.
Details
- Format
  - Letters (correspondence)
- Type
  - Text
- Date
  - Date: 1924-12-17
- Extent
  - Dimension: 11" x 8.5"
  - Pages: 2
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - Macon County (N.C.)
  - Tuskegee (Ala.)
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - George Washington Carver Collection
- Identifier
  - HL_SM81-05_02_01