George Washington Carver (1865? – 1943)

Selected Bibliography
from The State Historical Society of Missouri

Articles in the Missouri Historical Review [REF F550 M691]

• “George Washington Carver National Monument Dedication.” v. 48, no.1 (October 1953), pp. 84–85.
• “George Washington Carver Centennial Celebrated.” v. 55, no. 1 (October 1960), pp. 56–57.
• “George Washington Carver National Monument.” v. 55, no.1 (October 1960), inside back cover.
• Kremer, Gary R., book review of George Washington Carver: Scientist and Symbol by Linda O. McMurry. v. 76, no. 3 (April 1982) pp. 355–358.
• “Missouri Miniatures – George Washington Carver.” v. 38, no. 4 (July 1944), pp. 470–471.
• “A Missourian Rose From Slave Cabin To World Acclaim.” v. 48, no. 3 (April 1954), pp. 279–281.
• “Missourians Abroad – George Washington Carver.” v. 27, no. 3 (April 1933), p. 276.
• “Photographs of George Washington Carver.” v. 70, no. 4 (July 1976), p. 465.

Articles from the Newspaper Collection

• “Missouri History Sparkles in Diamond.” Fulton Sun. Page 1. September 3, 1994.
• “The Carver Story.” The Missouri Times. p. 10. February 4, 1983.
• Obituary. Saint Louis Post-Dispatch. January 6, 1943, p. C3, c. 5

Books

• Albus, Harry James. The Peanut Man: The Life of George Washington Carver in Story Form.. Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1948. [REF F508.1 C256a]
• American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. v. 4, pp. 513–14. [REF 920 Am37 v4]
• Burchard, Peter Duncan. George Washington Carver: For His Time and Ours. “Special History Study: Natural History Related to George Washington Carver National Monument, Diamond, Missouri.” George Washington Carver National Monument, National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. 2005. [F508.1 C256bu]
• Burchard, Peter Duncan. Carver: A Great Soul. Fairfax, CA: Wise as Serpents Harmless as Doves. 1998. [REF F508.1 C256bu2]
• Christensen, Lawrence O., William E. Foley, Gary R. Kremer, and Kenneth H. Winn, eds. Dictionary of Missouri Biography. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1999. pp. 154–55. [REF F508 D561 c2]
• Coil, Suzanne M. George Washington Carver. New York: F. Watts, 1990. [REF F508.1 C256co]
• Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1973. Supplement 3 (1941–1945) pp. 145–47. [REF 920 D561 supple. 3]
• Elliott, Lawrence. George Washington Carver: The Man Who Overcame. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1966. [F508.1 C256e]
• Holt, Rackham. George Washington Carver: An American Biography. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1943. [F508.1 C256h]
• Kremer, Gary R. ed. George Washington Carver in his Own Words. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1987. [F508.1 c256kr]
• McMurry, Linda O. George Washington Carver, Scientist and Symbol. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. [F508.1C256mc]
• Merritt, Raleigh H. From Captivity to Fame or the Life of George Washington Carver. Boston: Meador Publishing Company, 1929.
• Thomas, Henry. George Washington Carver. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1958. [F508.1 C256th]
• Who Was Who In America.. Chicago: A. N. Marquis Company. v. 2 (1943–1950) p. 106. [REF 920 W6201 v2]