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Residual Hi<:tnril" Ries()urces 

ChrOl'1lol()QY of the Life of Geor~19 V1laslhingtctn Carver 

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LIST ILLUSTRATIONS 

Jim Carver as 

later life 

Carver's sketch of the Bo'vhclod Cabin 

Carver Period Farmhouse 

Arc:hecllogllcal InvElstigation, 1953 

Arclheollogic:alln:ves1:igation, 1953 

d .. 1tif::lif'f<: from 1953 Arc:heolo,giGiil 

8. at Dedication 

9. at 1953 Dedication 

10. at 1953 Declica1tion 

11. Notables at Carver 

12. Carver CellebrcltiOln, 1955 

Visitor CP.fltP-f 1960 
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A Memorandum 

hl>"inn,rln the . research for dual the writer interviewed Merrill J. 

Denver Service 

historian the critical years 

'-'CU'''IC V\rasl1ingtcm Carver National Monument. His I rec:ollectiorls 

the the as well as his sU~lge!'lti(ms 

source the writer on a direct 

my research I also contacted Hnhl>rt 

answered my Qu,estlorlS 

of 

The ,"PC1,3l'1rr·h the Historic nC:'U'.HI..t' was .... n''1''j'-il>r::lhll\, 

Se!rvi(:e historians and collected in the ,"",,,,,,,,,·,,h undertaken 

to federal record center in Kansas 

the had been retired. 

have been to pursue 

but it does seem that the 

records available and my visit in the office more In Denver SPI"VIC"P 

Center and Violet tracked down sevl9ral books not 

nrll'J'lItl\/ benl~fi1ted from and J'lInl-.rp,ri::.,tpn 

furnished me 

the State 
HISTORIC RESOURCE STUDY 

1: PROBLEMS OF RESEARCH 

10 years after I';o,nrl"'o V\/asllingtoin Carver's death and the sut)SelQulmt establlistlmlmt 

Mrs. Jessie 

of Records and Research at 

over 

usl<:egl~e Institute in Alabama. Of 

reader 

cOlm~.ilaticln of information. 

the 

of 

At the heart of the achievements of Carver himself. 

Once extensive work had aroused interest and 

I"pn,l"\l"t'PI"e: ...... L""V came to realize the scientist's sense of and his 

reilJctianc:e to be interviewed. While he made Carver had no time for 

made about his climb from When his 

he coc'per"ate 

his biclgrclpl1lers rnne:;e:t<l'ntl" r"nn,rtpri on was 'that 

For most readers this dramatic and e:\lImh,nliir eIJls()de nrr\v;ripn a 

Oa(:K-I:lrCID for the more years of sctlocllinlg 

When 

a h'l"1.nl" •• nhi\l \1IlIrI,plv 

Mrs., Holt had received a commission for the book in 1 

receotive to the idea. lri a to r'1.,rprl(,p 

she that she had the 

in fC)rfTlation. "I n I ' 

nature a recluse and not an person, reluctant to 

moreover, sad memories." On the third she aOIDar"entlv 

Carver on one of his 4:00 a.m. walks at which time he up to her 

2 

• I 
I . 

to He even shared with her the contents of the boxes and trunks 

contained his momentos he the letters from his many and met 

her on a basis in his office. 

hln.nr~lnh\l contains one of herself with Carver in his 

c:nll"rltir contents of the book her claim to have an 

kn'oVII'lecIQe of her from extended interviews. While Holt still holds 

hin,he>,.t honors as his her has been 

rI'A,''' .. r~c who in 1946 worked oldest f .. i,,,,n,"!c 

an effort to man from 

over 300 letters written to him 

for her interviews. She· time both at Carver's 

usl(e~lee where she was to rp~;p::lI"('h and from 

('", .. "", .. '" nPI"c:nn::lI papers stored in the Carver Museum. 

Mrs. Edwards could not a 

her research collected dust. 

she decided to comments on Mrs. 

must be considered in the wpinhinn of sources on Carver's life: 

pe10plle wanted to see the famous but the scientist refused to be 

the benefit of seekers. He liked if at 

all. he once or . the 

cinriif·il'<inr·" of his work he would have no more to do with .... 

south 

c 

Holt was one of the pelDple he could not endure. She was sent 

hi(1,nr~lnhv . The scientist was eager to 

to see his 

felt she was not a person 

as was concerned 

ended the matter. 

Carver to work with He 

It would be 

"n,rthinn he 

firmed his resolve. 

some time on campus which she n"t·h." .. "rI 

others could the writer ap~)roactled Curtis with an 

one-third of her !f the would talk to her. He .. e>nlnr1re>rl the 

to .. e>nninrlirln him he had Carver told his assistant 

that if he him the to 

could to the share of ro\/alt:les to go his assistant. 

bother to look at what she but Curtis could show her his 

3 
Holt 

on her sources for her 

readers in 

4 
I • 

aware and criticisms which arisen her 

Mrs. Holt Carver Memorial in the 1960s and doriated a small 

selection of letters she Carver between ,1940 and 1941. The tone 

all letters seems to this writer to but at times 

total In 1940 Carver appears to have been bemused 

of tacetlloU~ine:ss and po:ssilJly even the 

Holt had sent hi m to read: 

I want to know of ,.,,.;;1'i,.,, .. 

read. I started in and I I'nl"l1'I'>'o(: 

('or'1'"j'nl" have your on 

way, and the facts are 

is where do the "+.,.~+~." end and the ",,,1·hn,,.',, nOlrcnn<>I 

Holt's 

seven-page UUiL;UllIl::liH 

researchers to 

material on 

Curtis is 

in an 

had left 

them. Mrs. 

Carver Museum. Schultz noted 

the loss Carver JJdl~I::I::S due to 

the n!"i.nin",1 collection ever existelc!. 

contacted him on several 

and 

assistant 

been !"I'>",ninln 

'A1i1rhr'II1' a fee. However 

5 
and I!." 

some years now. 

6 
I .' 

so 

never knew it. 

on Carver is which 

Because their research was so 

rn;"1 1\,,," years whi I e 

7 
II: "";"">:Iol"<': BIRTHDATE - A 1f't"'!'I\I"I"D'r"\\I'II:II:l'~V 

Wt,pn,p,/,:>,- asked to nrr."irip inltn,rrn:.tir.n 'n'I':.,-i:.hl" indicated that he 

later as documented in 

as his date of birth, To this 

was near the 

Who'S Who from 

writer's knlDwledae. "p",nn'p"e: on gave as the 

until the National Park ~p.·"ir·p research in the 1950s. 

Maittes concluded in a 

Carver had been confused about his date of 

pr()ved Carver to have been 1860. 

H. submitted 

The rl'>(:l'>lu'rh Dr<}blem of nl'>t'p"nnininn the exact hir'thri,,~<> of (;I'>,nrrlp 

W::I<:hinn1'nn Carver is not nU:'rplv an academic one. In a sense, it is the 

for a dedication of the Visitor which is now schedu led for I"nn,c:tr, 

1 'There will 

we 

recommend recoQlnition 

it is not sut)jec:t 

::Irnllnnpnt continued 

1861 as the Drc)bable 

visitor 

and until of late this year had used 

In 

Carver delmo>ns1tra'ted 

Carver to have been n01:abliv c,on!iist,ent th,'n",nhn, 

as 1 865. In addliticm 

"old-timers" of ul<:lm()nCI,.lVliss:ouri 

1. memo can be in 800k 3 of the H2215 file at 

8 

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well as most documents related to in his 

<:Ilrlnn,rtp,; Carver's recoillection of his over the evidence of the 1870 census. 

pnmc>ncler,enc::e of evidence as birthdate over 

1870 census Carver's age as 1 this writer 

of controversy should be to introduce new 

material and to reevaluate the conclusions. 

Carver's Birthdate: 

1. 

nOlrcnn::> I consent to two 

individuals a hir,nr~lnh'\1 The 

H. wrote in 1928 in the n .. ",t",,..·,, first edition of From Ca.fJtlvity to Fame 

or Life of Carver. 

Carver " ... ,fo'r<' not to be the ;'UlJJ"".l of any bio,grclphlY He has 

that if it is to it is best done a friend who has Lrnn'A.1n 

ilirinnnprlt and discretion he can trust, and one 

will not him .... I make no 

romrllp1tp account of Carver's life and works .... 

2 

Carver never gave any indication that he found misreDn~selntalticm 

Merritt's the contrary, publi~shE~d 

was a letter from Carver 1930 

contains rare ph1otC)qnmtls and other matter taken from that no one 

else of the book." And in that book Merritt gave 1 

as Carver's "He never the exact date his . it is a 

for the birth. 

1\/1", .... ; it 1"' further indicated that Carver's birth occurred late in as he had YCUI '"I'" as 

a 6~week the Moses Carver of the 

Civil War. 

2. Merritt. From CaJJti~'ity to Fame (l:Io·stoln, 3rd "",",'LOU'''. pp. 11-12: 

3. pp. 19~21 • 85-6. 

9 
perillisliion to Hackham 

person, 

nAf'inri<: of his life rec,oIlE~cti'ons thr,nll(lh his assistalnt 

In 

to 

Mrs. Holt 

bio,gralJhy put)lislhed in 1 Mrs. Holt stated 

an awareness 

as the date text 

indicated that the census records to arrive at date.4 

the Moses Carver 

SU~lQel;te(::I, it would have been 

2 years before raids were 

4. The writer liid not see a 1943 of the Holt but read in the H2215 that 

she had made the revision referred to above. Rackham Holt, 

American (New pp.,9 and 42. Mrs. Holt may have been 

1860 slave boy 7/12 years old under Moses 

en numerator dated his schedule in the 7th she have the baby was 

born in But research has definitelly e!;tat)lislhed that the 7/12 years old was 

"Born October 1859." See theH2215 

the debate on the 1860 census. 

5. Jay in his well-documented Civil War on the Western Border made 

no of desolation. depression. and brutality during but described the 

milit",.'v preparations in Kansas and The Historical Atlas of Newton Missouri, 

p. 8, stated that up to about 1861 "the country ... enjoYE!d 

nr('.<:.rw~ritv· all classes of citizens were contented and 19th 

century the' history of Southwest Wiley Britton, discussed only the 

preparations and steps in 1860 which led to the outbreak of war. Pioneer in SOIJthwe~,t 

Mil>sol'Jri, (Ccilurnbi;a,' 1923L pp. 126·29. The Official Records of the Union and COlrlfeder'8te 

Armies outbreak violence in Southwest Missouri around Neosho in 

1862. The War of the Rebellion: A of the Official Records of the Union and 

COi'1federate Armies; Series I, Vol. VIII, p. 877. In October 1864 Major Milton Burch, stationed 

"Guerillas are very active southweSL" Vol. XLI, Part 

8rittonin his. The War on the Border pp. the 

. in the Neosho area the winter 1863-64. 

10 
Carver's Birthdate: Carver 

this writer's Carver's last aUltob!io~lral)hlcal sketch aPIPe.3red the 1 

prliitin,n of Who's Who which gave about as his year of birth. Carver had prc)vl(jed 

the same. date of since one other 

lociateld, that letter from Carver to 

Pal11n1ell at in response to "n'''r>ifir> Questiorls 

the latter. Carver's first answer "Born at .1J1:~mnnrl ",,"uvc. 

was declared. " Historian Fuller in the 

to the Proclamation 

demonstrated the confusion in his 

would have remembered 

and in the State. 

did not 

Carver cOlnsistently .. "nr.r-t".ri 

year at Tu~skegee 

to date uncovered. 

can trace I was about two weeks old when the war ... n .. I;)CI.J. 

\f"rlTP •• n for. the Iowa State the Bomb which spE~i1'icallly 

"'''" .• <" .... "Mr. Carver was born in " In 1888 Carver 

his for 

in 

l"'ulller·MllttE~S. Part II, EXhibit A. p. 2; Exhibit 48, provides a copy of the letter to Dr. Parnmie.ll. 

in Part I, p. 10. Holt p. 9. James I. The Civil War (U.S. 

Wal·r:~·nte·nnial C,omrnission, 1963) p. 22. 

7. A copy of all these has been obtained for the Fuller argues his point about the 

in Part I, p. 10. See Part II, for a copy of the & pre-emption 

papers, and Annf>nrlix A for the sketch on Carver in the Bomb. This str(mallv suspects that 

Carver's most sketch of his life in the summary, and that Carver 

made· a deliberate effort to stop and evaluate his life at this time_ All the details in this sketch 

check. with . list of Carver's whereabouts in his early life. 

See also the 1897 sketch. 

11 
one document contradicts Carver's 

was in 1865: Iowa 

his year of 1 In 1 

was a fair guess at his age. 

as 3 years younger than his age, 

his peculi,lrly high-pitclled 

voice 

his gralduatic:>n .01 

autol)iogr<lptlicial documents which span 

ninlnni,nt 1 

""'''"i('", historians lalJlnc:hed 

timers" who had been aC(lUalin1tances 

mn'Vlrln to Tu:skegee 

life. 

account 

usk~egE~e r~><:I>:::Ir('h group in 1948 also was 

clalime~d to have attended school 

age 

rUller·IVlattes. p. 11. 

12 
account: 

9.· A copy of both 

discussion 

"n~."nn, .. can be found in the See "'-"JI'''.'''''' pp. 5-11 for a 

of Jim's birth in October 1859. A 

Haft (1963 revised opp. p. 

to this writer that at least 4 years the two boys in age. 

10. U~".~YI:t: Research notes, p. 11 The notes from u~~.t:Y':t: research team can be found at the 

13 

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soldiers 

",nl,rlil'>l'"'" wanted to 

I guess." in her account she to Georcle 

abduction which would indicate that 

she noted that Jim was not because he was out 

sU~Jgests that must have been at least 4 or 5 at the time and in 

for that year shows,' Her themselves as 

recc)llectioln 11 

I"l'>rinr-tlOri that he was born 

testifiied that was born 

in in he was 

born in between these 

11 

William HelltlElY 

spE!ciiricallly named John RIO'"lt!l::.v as rescuer 

hi<::tn,"i::lll<:: made an attelTlpt retaltivc!!s and recorcls 

years old and 

in his 

FrE!elTlan describes Carver as 

to 4 or 5 at the 

Wiilli,~m RI'I,ntllOv'", rE!Cclllection is and that it is .,,"''' ....... '''1 

farther removed as 

Rp"th.v at 

I"Uller-M'lttes. Part I, p. 18; Part Exhibit 6a shows a ph()tO!Jra~)h of the Hardins 

p.12. 

~ .' 

evidence. 

after 

· I 
in the it is 

would make the 

rescue someti me 

of 

13. The interview with is on tape at the 

14. a full account of and a discussion the 

which Fuller assumes is the winter of 1863·64. Official 

I, p. 193; Series I, Vol. Part p. 863. Mrs. Lou 

research team, "Mr. Carver had. more money than anyone 

15 

J 
Dilrector'v in ;'UlmC;'l;' that sometime between 1877 and 1 he attended 

school in l'IIe'OSIlIO 

In resume for the Bomb of 1 Carver noted that he the first 12 

years of his life on the Moses Carver farm and then set off for I f Carver were 

his 12th year would fallen in 1 would allow a reasonable 

time tlltnri:nn with a year of school at Neosho Carver on at 

one occasion rec:alled) rp<::irh>nil"~v in Fort Scott 1 If Carlier were born in 

he. would have been 12 in 1 4 years before Sialie arrived in 

in 

own best recollection 

he would have been 17 years older than Carver's 

his wherihe went 

8. The Moten Brothers 

Prior that sometime between late in 1880 and 1882 Carver 

attended school in 

Carver in their 

1'0..<31'1;'<3;'. Two brothers the name of Moten remembered 

The of the two, William R. 

Service historians in an interview in 1 that he was some 1 o years . younger than 

Carver at the time. He Carver to have been 15 or but "He wasn't 

over 17, I'm sure." If Carver had been born in 1 , he would have been 

between 19 and years of age at the or from 3 to older than Moten~s 

best recollection of him. the other had Carver been born in 1 or he 

would have been between and 18 at the time. 

15. Superintendent to Reclion:al Director. November 30, 1956, H2215 Book 2, a typescript 

copy of a Fuller and Clarence Schultz. A photostat 

copy Directory IS In Fuller·Mattes, Part II, Exhibit .9a. Carver's 

recollection of early childhood repeatedly proved his impression that he left the Carver's at 

an early age, between 9 and 12 years old. In the Merritt Carver it states he 

was about 10 when he left for Neosho (p. 25), I n the 1897 authobiographical sketch Carver 

recalled living on the farm until about 9 years old, and a "defenceless " .. ~h,.n" in Fort 

Scott. (Fuller-Mattes hold he·was 20 years old when in Fort Scott.) to an 1888 Ness 

County News article on George, quoted in full in Fuller-Mattes, p. 76, Carver left Missouri when 

he was 9 or. 10. obviously provided the Kansas reporter the 

information. Mrs. Holt's revised edition notes· that Carver was about 13 or so in Fort 

which agrees with the premise he was born around 1865, and directly contradicts her own 

contention that Carver was born in 1860. Fuller-Mattes, p. 44 states, that Carver left Diamond 

about 1 at the age of 14 or. 15. The date was determined by the year Stephen F. F rast fi rst 

became the colored teacher. (Frost by all available testimony was Carver's teacher. He 

remained the until however, which would allow for to have left Diamond 

al any time between 1875 and 1879.) When returned to Neosho in 1908 an article about 

him stated that he had come to live in the town with Aunt Mariah Watkins at age 8. The article 

is quoted in p. 49. See below, "Carver's Birthday: A Reevaluation" for a I"","lnt,Qr 

to the Fuller-Mattes thesis that while at school in Neosho. 

16. In his letter to Dr. Pammell exhibited in Part II of the Fuller-Mattes report Carver 

recalled staying at school for about 9 months before he continued on to Kansas .. 

16 

, j 
Wil!lialm's older spent a semester of the 

fourth as "a very fine man, a 

we should say .... A. tall, but he didn't care to many 

games." Mr. Moten also 

1 and was 13 at the 

age;" Moten was born in 

with Carver. Moten 

Un,dOlJbtedliy would not have recalled that Carver was a kid of the 

same had between 19 and 22 old at the time. 

I n summary one who lived in 

who lived in California at the time of the similar 

recollections of age of Carver when he was in Olathe. 

remembered Carver as a young and not a man, Carver 

have been had his been in 1860 or '61. 

r" .. ""' ... ·,, Birthdate: National Park Service l-,Ii~:tn'ri~I'C: 

I n1 several years intensive 

collal:;lon~ti(m with Historian Merrill J. Mattes, C()mlpleted a. 

life which held Carver's to be 

rliC:.l'n>n::1,nripc: in the various census r6,~n"rl" 

"I t. must be admitted ... that the census records are not a 

index of ages." the with a process of elilTlirlati,on 

The census of 1 to be 21, which 

birth year of 1859 inscribed on Jim's Qralve:sto,ne 

of 2 -years old in the 1 

Jim's birthdate The available evidence nr.rI\lirlpn 

Jim was the slave 

apfleared in the 1870 census as a 

the census 1 even 

of 1 which also have made him 

17:· The census of 1880,takenin June of the year, recorded Carverin Kansas. InJuly 1883 

Carver appeared on the roll book of a church in Minneapolis. Olathe is located in 

towns. See Part I pp. 55, 57-60; Part II, Exhibit 1 

SUI)erintl~nclent. ·""v\~M. to William R. Moten, November 1 Book 2. H2215 file at the 

incllud,es a copy of with William Moten. Carver verified that 

he attE!hdlld school in Olathe, Kansas, in a letter to Dr. Pammell at Iowa State in of 

1922. . Part II, Exhibit 4b. 

18. The of Carver's hirthrh", as surnmari;!ed in this section, is found on pp. 1 in the 

1957 Fuller·Mattes report. 

17 

J 
not appear on the ,1 

in 1 

ennumerator 

19. After first these Ie tters, Historian 

but I 'am not ,convinced that Carver had certain and,correct 

three I have read. none indicates a birthdate." 

H2215 Book 1, files. 

files. 

18 

his own 

Historian to HDl1l1nn" .. 

letters unfortunately could not 
leaves us with two 

12 was 

Carver's A 

20. 

Il>LIUl>l>,t;U below: 

Part I, pp. 5-11. 

files indicate that at least some of the urgency to a 

birthdate for Carver related to the desire to correlate an 

with' the of the visitor center which had been 

may have influenced 

in life 

as 1956. To what 

acceptance of the 

but it is known that the decision 

and event. 

19 

I 
3. contention 

some accou nts have 

r ':;pnrflP was 14 0 r 15 when he 

rec;alle!d that known his name but 

that her mother instructed her to call him "Mr. Carver" because he was so 

than the other children. Richardson was her imllressi(ms the one 

that at her after she first entered in l':Uli1I;lllrV at the age 

of 7. 

While 

four or five years 

J.,iff."r.,n,n ,,.ca .. :;;,,,, "I was about nine years 

in the year 

he would be 14 in This would indicate his 

comes close to Carver's own of his 

years of he reached Fort 

Ipl"tln,n that he 

The contention that Carver had "a erroneous the year of his 

does not agree with stated pre!vlcluslly this writer that six 

out of In th,rllUlht 1 was his birth 

22. 44; see above. Chapter II. ft. nL, 15 for a 

"""",n .. n he went off to school. 

23. t"Uliler-M,lttE!S. Part I~ 

24. See Aplpendix 

letter dated 

1897 Au tob,iographical Sketch. 

10, 1938 from Carver to Miss Clo,pton. 

pp. 92-3, fllrni<:ln~<: a copy 

, I 1. 
year. 

own 

numerous "old timers." 

media to 

21 
" 

III: R A 

on to recount 

, and in 

them I dare not say if 

are 

us, 

1. Carver to Holt, copy of the 

,nt.:.tll ... n" come from this document. 
t' • , 

2. 

3. 

obvious reasons, memory 

and "Until I was about 9 years old my was very 

••• "'rT".'O between life and who would 

alone in order col 

in brush not 

sincere rlO'IIn'flnn in his won him 

And many are 

The Fuller-Mattes report, Part II, no. nh''1tnnr~inhl(, copy of the bill of sale 

He 

arid 

as it 

Oct. 9; 185,3. mementos Carver received. 

Prior research by Park Service historians could not establish Carver's but from 

he was a slave on either the Grant or farm in Diamond. 

p.24. 
had an I have 

cOlmJ;lelied to remove 

with to throw down but pic:ked 

hid in another And some how that same chinirley 

corner or weeks be over to 

spetcirnerls in my cullection 

As mdlca1:ed. 

Carver's nnnn, .. h ..... i .. i"", Ip::Il"nl,n/1 ",r,,,,,,,t"1 unu:sucilly ad1lfarlti:l!Jeo,us. As Carver rec:all'ed, 

"Mr. and Mrs. Carver were very kind to me and I my home 

tr;;,ininn" I ....... "" ... and Susan Carver treated (~:<>nlrn<> him 

never rernelnbere!d any l"'hla:'nrgpe,betvvee,n 

.. ",n.nrir.,.rfh, treated the 

and lieorgle was 

dar·k-s;kirlned. frail sott-Sl)o~(en in his hP.1'IJ!lvinr 

Jim was r<>.npn"I.,prpn 

about his more in from Susan Carver 

domestic skills some of his lifetime he de'veloped into art 

Jim thrOU1Qh()ut most of his life labored in fields of the Moses Carver 

int~ervieVl,ed in 1 the Tu:skelgee I nstitu te reSf!arr:h 

[,1301"111;:> and Jim as 

(,porrK> was weak. Mose Carver palnpered li,eoirge and was 

[,<>nl"""" had no hard work to but Jim work in the 

etc. Jim took 

to ' eye well 

4. The schedule of 1860 showed one slave baby Moses ,Carver. Jim's 

the 22·year-old white laborer, who also in, the 1860 census 

,";I ,'U"" ~ hIDUSeh()ld. Jim in the 1880 census as a work hand on Moses 

small~)ox epidelniC which swept the railroad town of 

Seneca. In 1948 the Jim's gravestone in and in 1953 

Park Service historians same discovery, neither group 

subject. to one testimony. Jim 'was as a plasterer in 

Seneca when he contracted smallpox. He was then moved to a pest house where he died. 

Inlerview by Fuller and Jacobson with Paris Feb. 11, H2215 Book 1. Photostat 

copies of the census records are at the park. 
--------------------------------~,-----

liked -'- soft-sl:lo~,en 

5 ... Jim was an athlete a pollev,:mlter 

If 

doubt 

Moses and Sue Carver as Harris then it no 

as a At the age of 4 Forbes 

of his sister in the Carver r&>'T\&>t",r'\I 

loc)kilng, his so 

attention. 

(;jeor~le was "the smartest I ever 

saw in cook 

that he couldn't 

as any woman, and there 

wasn't a musical instrument 

small ,mlnnintv 

when 

school 

IJdlllllUIlY came to realize their 

to heart and ex!prE!ssE~d a desire to be on 

could continue his sctlOClllnlg 

np.lr<::nnl'll blow rested in :;,rr'nrrlirlfl to one tl><:tirnnn\/ the 

5. USl<.!:!Qt!!:! notes, p. 1. 

pp. Fuller-Mattes report quotes from Brown's recollections of 

a full seven pages. U1>"'t:lIta, notes, p. 4, as from the Joplin Globe .Iarlll<llrv 

6. 1943. See next for comment on his musical talents. 

7. of Newton, Lawrence, Barry and McDonald Counties, Missouri (CtliCago, 1888), pp. 

and 293; interview with J. 1973; testilllOnlY 

of John F. Harris, Ben R. Love, Mrs. Mary Lou Hardin, Elza Winter, Mrs. Estella Winter, 

USK,eUt!t: research notes, pp. 1 and 11. In 1948 Elza Winter "Jim wanted to be a 

white man and Aunt Sue told him if he hard he would be a white man. was 

Tu:,ke'aee notes, p. 10. Mrs. Hardin recalled to the research 

team in Jim came to school in Diamond the white children one year." 

She was one of first schoolmates in Diamond, but "people cut up so about the boys 

(darkle" in the school with the whites had to go to school in Neosho:" TUlskegee 

notes, p. 6. 

25 
8. Interview to 

November H2215, Book 2, at the a 

interview with Harold A. Slane and Robert and Clarence P. Schultz. 

9. hi NeWton five slave owners and 17 slaves 

in 

in 

which included Moses one slave woman and 7/12 of a year old slave boy . In 1860 

Newton as a whole had only 5.1 percent black or, only 477 as 

whites. In 1870 the black to 2.3 in the 

county. and in 1880 had up to 4.7 percent, or 915 blacks to 18,344 whites. In 1876 a 

"I had been a Christian since about 8 years old," 
" 

IV: 

as 

Missouri contained the richest lead 

information; a xeroxed of a c. 1889 

p. 323; Historical Atlas of Newton 

Ivewrl)n. Lawrence, etc. p.229; 

27 

pp. 22·25. Newton 

to Greene county. Interview with 

noted that southwest 

p. 1. 
and a creek 

his house were 

farmtlOlJSe - with and timber 

and black all native to the He 

the same manner as corn in a line west the house. At 

to the the stood 

grave space 

.. "".,in, .... an abundant I 

. 10 bushels 

several other 

corn· crop of 1 

p01:atc)es, and 50 bushels of 

40 

of and his six milk cows 

two asses, 11 cattle 

"":;'''''''~ a total of 

acres. He still was c;;o\l\Iin,n 

and had his 

some financial for the 

as had the total· bushels of n .. "rI",. .. 

of wool. beeswax and 

on account 

2. 

numbers· 

Carver 

and 

and 

was 

.... " .. ,,;.., had more than t"',nl",rI 

corn crop to 

1860 Carver's had a 

37 

of Newton, Lawrence, etc., p. ,; Interview with Forbes . Fuller·Mattes, p. 26; 

intl~rviiew with J. H. Melton, Feb. 5, 1954 in H2215' file, Book 1, interview with 

Tu~~ke'Qee notes, p. 3 .. 

3. All the folilowing corlcelrnirlg the farm and livestock of Moses Carver comes 

and 'SO Federal Census Records. Photostat 

of the Ci?nsus to the Carver farm can .be found in the park files. This 

to thank Mrs. Billie at the Missouri State Historical Society in 

her assistance in some of the above as well as 

eXIJeditirlg an for .the schedule photostats. See Appendix C for a cOlnpi,led 

breakdown of the information from the schedules on the Moses Carver farm. 

" 
value of Carver's farm' above most of the 64 listed the That the 

farm in had one of the cash values in. the area correlates with 

tF'<;tlrrIOOV of Lou who noted Carver 

was the man in /"omrnllnlf'\/ when the raiders down on his farm 

the Civil War. 4 

Between and when was more about the farm 

because, had passed his fifth Moses Carver was once to his 

stock of horses. From 11 Carver had n",th"".,rl 

1 went off 

aln~adiY elnlOVlniQ his local so 

Carver 

duties fell to. him while not 

Moses Carver had 50 or 

as is apparent from the 12 of beeswax and 

he listed in 1860. Moses did not need to put 

r';pnrflP had to stand a 

Ut;:\;dU::,t: bees came after him. I..:ieon;re did not share the 

his poor so Moses hired a hand to 

See Chapter II, ft. note . Wiley Britton's, Pioneer Life in Southwest Missouri, when 

to the livestock and produce records in the makes a clear 

case the fact that Moses Carver had a typical farm in his He noted, "Nearly every 

family had a small orchard of apple pear trees," and that; most of this 

fruit was in some form or other ... very little market for it except for winter 

"NearlY every family," he wrote, "raised white or I rish and sweet potatoes, sage, red pepper, 

beans, ears, onions, peas, cabbages, beets, 

. peaches and apples." The wool from was used for "making their clo!thina. 

and bed " The honey from the he also made mention, 

was used as the sweetner before became popularly planted. Since the 

schedules do not note that Carver planted he probably continued to use 

sweetner most of period up 1880. As Britton described it, the rnlmtrv(irfl' 

was never short of wild flowers. to the bees Britton, pp. 15, 

Centennial of NeWton County, Missouri, , noted that sheep. cattle and 

made a profitable in the country being fattened up on the corn and hay of 

the county, and that wheat from the county could not be bettered within the state. 

5. Interviews with John Harris & Elza Winter, Tuskegee notes, pp.3 and 11; interview with John 

see above, ft. note 2. 

29 
to take a 

... ~.,-~ .... feed the stock as a 

not have been too arduous a invol\ired the 20 horses and cows which 

Moses in 1870.6 

of "old 

Susan 

so 

de'lIeloD these sometimes 

some his 

worked 

museum created "nl:>,..iti,..",II" to honor life's work. 

was described "a 

awareness of money. He and Susan 

and built their first fanmhoU!;e 

the road. their !':mnnllp. cabin 

mCJttler" 

6. pp. 20·21; Interview with Elza Winter, Fuller·Mattes, p. 24; 1860 

and 1870 Census, Marion Township, Newton Missouri; Population Schedule, 1860 

and 1870 Census both show Carver had a him. The 1880 population 

schedule lists V for a discussion of 

Moses' stock. 

not 

Institute~s 

and .Crochet work. 

Autob,ioglral=lhic:al sketch, c. 1897. 

Part I, p. 30. 

workirlg in homes asa domestic or by 

to be an cook and ,jjUI:lulln:r 

. . 

Museum 

pp. 

support 

up a 

but also a 

of 

8. Interview with Mrs. Lou p. 6; Moses Carver was born in 

wife in 1814. J. D. Danner in collaboration with Rose Carver Danner ,"History of 

Ch,ristian. Carver and His . . n.p. A copy of this 

typescript can be found in the Midwest library. Holt pp. 14, and 22. Interview 

with Mrs. Smith, notes, p. 27; interview with Winter, Robert P. 

Carver and His p. 5, and notes, p. 10; interviews with John 

notes, p. 3; interview with J. H. Melton, see above, ft. nt. 2. The three 

children Albert Daniel S. Carver, and Sarah Jane Carver - were all under 14 years 

old in. 1839. Mrs. John Newton Records, Abstracts of 

Wills and Administrations p. 23. 

30 
9. While Moses refused he was no infidel,as some In the 

10. 

have 

memorial has a nh .... tn'<t:lt 

office of the Grand 

of 

some of these newer ones we 

other 

nrr'Tlt"''''''''''' he revealed in us with his accord ian." As 

I, pp. 28 and 

fi rst a belief 

from the Grand Sl'!,~rl'!t:lr'v' 

at 

corner in 

remarkable the 

Part 
n::lr'lPn't" gave him as a 

world. One is harlQirlQ 

can be seen at the Carver Museum at Twske1gee 

That he was all()we~d the time to pursue 

in 

11. 

13. 

in the about 

and 21 

pp.80-81. 

c::plt.f",nn'tln,l"nl'p and an acute awaretness 

nature. When at TUlskt~ge!e 

Moses farm still did much of his 

even in later years he made 

woods and thickets around 

IU:"Udll y ::Ilrnll~n when he was seen the 

pectple had to this at "",,';n ... , 

up different soil to take back to 

Carver 

C::lminlp life much like the one he 

Missouri. 13 

opp, p. 120. 

the woods to "new 

at the 

KnOIlli,n as a 

348; Edvlfardls, pp. 198. Carver to Hardwick, March 9, 

HalrdVl,ick Collection at the Monurnenlt. 

32 
Moses Carver 

1. p.65. 

2. Paul 

Carver's 

as 

, I 
raised 

timers" 

cabin. 

earliest 

1942: 

2. 

the did not conclusive evidence 

stood on site local "old 

"the concentration of occ:u~)ati.onal 

Carver himself a 

cabin. 

of 

the 

letter. from 

says in 

defini1:ely no found'ltion. 

nrl1.lInrl" As if to answer the Qu'estioF1S 

"slave " and several 

gave their recollections the 

the structure was a one-room 

notation. The 

of 

Inez 

in diameter .... 

"The Search for 

Carver's Vol. XVIII, No.2,· (November 

in rUl'lcr··IVI'lues. Part I, pp. 21·2~ 

3. As in l"uller·Mclttes. Part I , p. 23. 

34 
Winter 

4. For the Carver sketch see Illustration S; Armstrong to 

1953 at the 

5. As Part I, p. 24. 

6. As 

to above: 

to ne('ernhf!r 

to learn the 

residents .... 'It is an oversized rived 

known to these United as 'shake.' " 

Book I, MWRO. 

7. Ibid.; Brown to V. H2215 Book I, 

notes, p. 3. 
n,,,,n,,,,,',, cabins was in A Reminiscent 

1 

a floor would be one made with a or slab 

with the face smoothed. 

9. p.20. 

36 
Neither of the 

with 

as Elza 

moved north across 

. and constructed a 

the 

removed 

House 

A . a 1"~_"Tnr'" 

them some time around the late. 19th 

1, could remember it as a new house. This structure was 

creek in 191 when the 

residence east 

house stands to the northwest of the 

the stone 

As James noted about . the 

and 

No 

down under the hill." 

serves as an excellent 

comments; 

in the 

and milk." The 

went on to 

1 O. The National Park Service has la beled the frame 

a stable 

'the "The 

to the above theory that Moses' first 

of where the 

cows, 

Moses Carver 

became the slave 

cabin was built would be inaccurate. In 1963 the Midwest 

an Historic Carver Late' Period 

can be located in the 

11, As quoted in Fuller·Mattes. Part I, p. 23; Britton, Pioneer p. 45. 

12. As quoted in Part I, p. 23. 

13. p. and 69. 
to and ne 

rnrlvP,rl into counties. . . Iowa 

winters were severe, built 

ends closed so as to 

in sevlre 

cabin where 

to preserve, cuts 

the 

ears, feet and 

14. Carller 

chickens until 

Shed 

doubt the 

had an 

to southwest Missouri from 

but more than he a few 

with the other 

and Illinois.' 

in 

the 

did' not ,lilt 

to this year, and no 

15. I bid. pp. 15 and 39. 

16. p. 46; As in and His " p. 4 from an interview 

with Elza Winter. A Mrs. the late Carller farmhouse for 

,also recalled that the back was used as a summ.r 

Archeol. to Book 1, MWRO. 

17. ' 'p. 36. Moses did not to find a market for his orchard until 

of ' the when his orchard had shown an increase of terifold from 1860. 

for on his orchard as from the schedules of, the 

Federal 

-, ,''':'. 
· , 

About .th-""""o'!" of the site where 

cemetery which has been "", .. of .. II!" protec1ted 

for over a When the Park Service the Carver farm the 

cemetery had been altered the but the graves still were, for the 

most intact. James Robinson re(:aliled 

- there was a fence around the It or There 

were several in this cemetery with no ...... " .. k-in"" on them and the 

number was more than 35 or 40. I can show you of the 

cemetery. I know for I 

and my nalT -;:'lstE~r buried in here. There 

is an acre that ;)UIJI-".J;)<; but Uncle Moses never deeded 

it the I'~ .. - ... that moved the rock 

in county indicates the accuracy of Mr. Robinson's re(~olle(:ti(m. 

The one·acre cemetery continued to be deeded to members and in 

a clause in one deed after the next. Moses had set up an 

in the that the cemetery was accessible for but 

deeded it to the As Forbes in he 

sister "the small to the _ 

Moses Carver." Brown also commented on the stone wall: 

loose in which the farmers 

; loose. was 

nl'("111 n,rl to the graves 

from the mp.~n(1prllnn 

18. The Chief of Maintenance, made an approximate measure of the distance 

between the cemetery and the cabin sites. Robinson's full testimony from which this quote is 

taken is in Part I, p. 23. 

19. Moses' and nieces sold the Carver farm in 1911, one acre for the family 

which the deed noted stood "near the center oJ the above np~:rri lopn 

Book 81, Oeed pp. 389, 578, and 580, Newton County r.nlllrthn, 

_ quoted in "'Ulller-IVI<HtE~S. Part I, p. Brown also noted about Carver's donation of land for a 

cOlnrrlunity cemetery, "I t was a creditable act for the community and the Carvers were the 

more respected for it." 

39 
· . 

stones and built a 

20. p.7. 

21. of the gravestone 

22. See ,--".,u""" ft. nt. 5 

" ,', 

23. Interview withJ. in Part I, p. of Elza Winter 

in p.4. 

" I 
were claimed him within his 

his 240 acres within the 

Historical Atlas of Newton 

Carver hr<.n£"h on a tract sh()wiing 

Farmed 

earl iest map to 

in 1 

tanmhoU!;e near the 

raised white or Irish 

ears, peas, 

" all which would make a 

farm's 

watermelon and 

would be 

census rp,-n.'.-I", 

which, James Robinson recalled Moses 

year:' Winter noted that Carver grew 

and sugar containers. The he .,,,,,,,,,,,, ... , 

been ,a fence to the 

nr::l7inkn stock.25 

1860 and showed that Carver 

the farmbu """II'~;>, 

orchard acreage, this Mrs. Smith 

"Uncle Mose ... did not work the whole farm but a nnl--til"o" of it."The 

the 

filled 

schedules Moses' crops: Indian Irish 

and rye, much of which would be .fed to his liVE!stC)ck rll .. ·lnn the 

other either sold or consumed and work 

and 

farm grew woodland and 

and game. Walnut trees n~t grew n::ltllr'::IlIv in the 

24. Moses Carver's farm falls in Section 7 of the deed of 40 acres, is 

io Deed p. 328; the patents in Deed Book 33, pp. 46·49, Newton Co. 

Neosho~ Mo. In 1943 Charles W. Porter III wrote a of of 

Washirlgt()n Carver's At the old 'Diamond Grove' Plantation Diamond, 

Newton County, Missouri," as a preliminary for the park. His 

report in the H2215 files at the pertinent information about the deeds is 

not in the Part II, Exhibit A. The on Moses' land 

aCCluis,iticm is also included in p. 3. Historical Atlas, n.p. 

25. Britton, Pioneer pp, 34 and 48; as in Fuller-Mattes, Part I, p. 23; of 

Elia Winter in Fuller, p, 4; as quoted from the testimony in Fuller-Mattes, p. 

23. C for from the aQr'iclJlltural~I~II~'UUIl::~. 

26. Recollections of Mrs. Smith, Tw;ke,gee notes, p. 27. See Appendix C. 

41 

J 
27. 

28. 

in 

and 49-50. 

p.69. with Paris 11, 

and 

the 

29. Mr. Kolb of the National Park Service tree crew at the monument in 1957 that 

three walnut trees cut down near the site of the Carver cabins had counts that 

their age between 135 to 145 years older than the date 

Moses first settled on the land. These trees stood close to the 

Mr .. Kolb assumed the same. age could be established for it. 

Jan. 18,1 H2215 Book 2, 
The extensive orchard consisted of at least trees has all been 

obliterated. The Service has not to date chosen to any this historic 

.... ' ~'u, ,u cover. The forest has of and trees. 

stream, or Carver brainclh, still the site cabin t::>r,mhn. 

and where young water still with 

inhabit the stream its banks. But of the forest 

stream is new Qro.wt!h. 

stc)ckraisirlg still are the nrE"nOmilnl'lrlt ,,,,nrl'_II.'&> n"'tt&> .... '" 

210 acres 

leased for 

across the road. Cattle nr::l>7inln tJlrth(:)lac:e site 

historic atrnosptlere. 

- structure on the historic nrfUlrln<: is now the visitor center. which was built 

as to the This in the 

center the and 50 

from the' panorama of the historic 

scene which 

No additional research . is needed for the 

'UII''IO'''. but additional consideration 

the pens and pa!;tures 

National 

to the hi",·tnrir scene. While 

the visitor center could not be moved from its domilna1:inllnositiclO 

it would be of the crops, 

The visitor: center 

43 
cl 1 

1 in 

c. 1 

c. 

1 

c. 1 

c. 1 

c. 1 

c. 1 

c. 1 

1 

1891 

1 ....... · ... ·"'" 

semester at 

44 
APPENDIX A 

Iowa State Colle~je ear'boIOk. 1896* 

AG 

IN 

born in SQiuttlwl~tl~rn Mi""U1"'''; 

twelve years of his life were 

the few years he attended 

a course in 

time errlpl()ye!d 

as a stenonnc,tl!nn to go west. 

<:n~'nrlinn two years in We'stelrn he 

1889 entered SirnpjiOn .... ulI"'!:lI"'. 

he attemled two years, takthe Course in In 1 entered I 

as a second-term FrI»<:hlm;~n 

, with the B. Since graiduiatl()n 

of most delica'te is 

II, Exhibit 

' .. "'u","" he is an 

an earnest' 

for oh()tostat 

45 

pp. 54-55 
COpy 

1 

on an ox wagon. 

home was near 

9 years 

B 

in 

where I 

know to be 

I was about 

I 

I 
on 
to have more about you Mrs. Liston & but 

it in about I not one without 

it was not to .be 

a 

let me out in 

you 
Total Value 

Corn 

Wheat .• 

1 

writer 

1 1 

6 

2· 

11 

15 

4 

1 

bu. 

1 ton 2 tons 

12 

Ibs. 

'. 11 10 

4 3 4 

3 

10 7 2 

11 8 

15 15 

1 

15 
and .... '''rTnf1 

1 


o 

BASIC DATA: NEIVTOIll COU/I,\TY 

( CROP) 

30 ACRr Ftf.LD 

( CI'lOP) 

) 

13 ACRES PASIVRl {WILI.''''''''; 

oC:'o~") ~7 ACRE FIELD 

(CROP) 

.-------- - - ---_._ .................................. "-j! 

.30 "CRE 

l'!Itandaf tre.s 81(1(:111, Walnuf. 

WA~I.. I' !UeM, 

..... I'lJl<\el! 

WALNUT IIIOUf caP TRe:IES 

2' a1 RAHO WIRIE FENCE 

,-$TRANO WIRE "IENCIE 

PRIIIiIIARY RO,,08 

BA"NCIES 

IUILOIHGa 

ROCIl WALLa 

SCAllE: I" '" 200' 

tU8TORtC IEIASI!. IIoIIA'" RIU'''RlSlI'H3 TMl f"HT6IltA'l.. APPEARAINCe: 0' HII'': IbII08t:8I CARV£R FAR", 

COMPRISING 240 ACoRiES, PRIOlo'! TO TNI TURN OF THE CEMTURY 

SOURG![ Of pATA POR HlllaR!e BAS' MAP 

ICl'Iopj AHe IItOS.:"1 P. FULLf.1It 

AR 

I 

~ 

I 

! 

............ _- t. Ill· .o:',_J<~>(- ... -"i-loo(-.-~:.-x-,-.-.,-.-".-~~~~ff<~'<f.:~;g~~;:;::~.~~ 

ORIENTATION 

PREPARED 


II. 

The Promoters 

1. 

monument to a black man 

. 16,.1 H2215 Book 

the movement to 

was Dr. Richard 

as 

be an annual 

progress .... 

been one way 

a 

1 

type of individual and is very much 'on fire' in the 

speciality 

is more South than 

be considered unusual. 

file .. 

Social Science at 

is inter-racial relations." As Pilant 

that his of a 

to Feb. 
learned that NejlrOleS diisti,ngliistled in 

as possi!;sirlg "natural" 

whereas Carver as a sCllen1tist is tn,,.,nlnl,, man 

race int,Qri"yit,u 2 

life threatens their notions of 

well 

create interest in 

became as 

pn,rin,'cin,n the monument to senators 

Wa,shing1ton Carver 

these individuals fY'IP'f'plv weloht and nrp<!titlP 

years as one of the more rp<!nolncilhlp c010pleraitirlg ;:!,nprlt'iI3<! 

the 3 

Mr. S. J. ueorcle V\rastlin!gton Carver 

also led in the movement to commemorate Carver's birthIJla'ce. 

not 

In 1941, the 

monument to a 

recommended 

a 'black leader Boc>ker T. 

He 

took an active 

its authorization in 1943. 

Advancement of Colored 

establish a Carver memorial at 

John the Under 

Co nar'e ssm an C:oclhraln that such a 

National Park He 

corltinued to 

pursule their oblec:tiv'e does not become evident from the avi .. +i.,,,, 

2., Pilant to 

Herein 

3. 

Kansas City; 

National 

150293. 

to the after its establishment. The collection has been cataloguE~d 

Hi<tnri;;m to Reg. Dir., Feb. 1 Book 1, files. 

4. Director, Ibid. 

5. Oernpsl~Y to Coc;hran; 5 file, Land A",,,.i,,;tirln at the 

57 

J 
6. Carver National Monument" is in the 

rn"'~Tl!lr"nlan. A copy of the bill can be found in in 
of the court of monies in ('nnn:pmln~tinin the 

I\lIornn .. i<>1 aCltually was establishied. 

Plannina Without 

nation's memorial 

revocable 

first fiscal year so 

Service issued a one-year 

Georcle ""asl,ingtoin Carver National Monument 

had been consulted in all 

pelrsonn1el on the monument grclunds, 

worked well on account of continued and 

protecltion of the Phiillir", e:xpliairled to Director Baker in the of 

Ip;:l<;:lnn the farm from the np·rfpllt", 

"in the 

labor." March 

residence with his wife in the stone farm 

a Institute and a former student of Dr. 

pm;sessed e)«~eptional credentials for the ,<>r,rli:::on"l,in of the monument. Even more, 

he showed "a interest in the 

Historian MalttE!S .. ~>nn, .. t",rI that he had been ta\ror,ablv irnnlrl"<:'~l"rt 

knc)wlledcle of the and the achievements of Carver." 

r~",ill>.rrl was also well nll:::oliti<>rI nrr't.,,~t the monument etfec'tiv1elv As 

Ar,chiitel~t Gratton ... a" .... "'.·vClN Intnrimpri on matters of 

pn)ctice and r:olnc:;j:>rv:1lti(1;n' also has been a 

"On the basis of Mattes I"P/"'nnnm,pnnp,rl 

the of of the when became avai lable 

for an administrative staff. 

no funds were anlticipalted for monument until 

advanced for the 1l-:J-s1trU(:tUlre farm. An 

Uc1tobler established that all but ohe of 

6a. 1965 Master Plan, n.p. In H'I,nl,arv March of 1943 the Park Service sent Charles W. Porter 

III, Chief, and Sec:tiolrl, to the Carver birthplace to the nrr.n<>rt" 

and His report can be found Part II of "The Ufe of 

Carver". The Park 30 acres leased to a 

company. All the above 

details of the cDrldelmn,aticm suit come 

Covering Boundary and De'lfellJprnerlt Recclmrnerldatiolns 

for ProIDo!;ed 1943." 
inter()re'tatllon was to 

show available trails to the nrlln .... n"'l 

riic:t .. ", ... t",.ri as much as from 

Re:search to document the historic resources of the hirthrll::lf'p site 

the 1951 fiscal Historian Mattes 

commenced 

the 'availab,le 

infonmatioln on the cemetery and welcomed any additional which Mr. 

uncover in the Oiiamond vilc:inlitv ........... ,," were sent out to Iowa State Coillegle 

any information on 

to be received. 

Recoillec;tic)ns from "old timers" 

out of the also were 

communication with local and national 

Memorial I nstitute received pelrmissiion 

the and the 

COlmrnelfce PIlI,rpc:c:p,r! their interest in WI1.rk,lnn 

dedication. 

With all the nre>n::l,r::lt'inrlC: had still not been arran!~ed 

year, so the Park Sp.lvi(~p. 

National Monument 

a black 

for the Dedication 

SUlper'intenl:ierlt Arthur Jacobson and 

moved 

The 

7. Revocable Permit gave the Foundation the to use the land for but also 

required the Foundation and for the area, Land Use, 

files. Phillips to Baker, 29, 1950; Dir, to Oct. 19,1951; 

Permillgt1cm, Kansas City Star, Jan. 25, 1952; and, Hist. To Oct. 12, 

Accession no, 65A719, FRC150203, Vicinity Data, Master Plan Del/el(]'pm,ent 

Outline, n.d.; Gratton to Land and Recreational Oct.' 11, 1951, 

Ace, no: 67A153, FRC 570262, 

8. NOli. 2, 1951; Dir. to Secretary, Iowa State '-""""!f", 

'Dir. to Secretary, January, 1952; Act. Historian to 

1 1952; Forbes H. Brown to Aubrey Hist., July 16, 

1953, at the park. L3015 file, Land 

Per:sonnel. Fuller, a,t 
.. 

memorial to a 

and invitations became a matter 

list. 10 

9. "Master Plan for Preservation and Use of 

Voh.imc II, Section " p. 36, P Fuller at park. 

10. A detailed list of the 

61 

Carver National Monument, 

agreement can be found in a 

Committee dated. June 2, 

\ 
radio broadcasts . 

visitor 

to 

11. 

\ 
, , 

12. 

13. 

Carver National 

3, p. 3. A copy of this master 

Volume I, 

can be found in the D18 file 

150203; 
resources of Carver's n ..... ,,",rU1I,n, 

data needed 

14,·· 

15. 

16. 

, Dir., 

1953; Act. Chief Historian to 

, to Chief 1958; 

arguments of this debate. 

museum 

Book 1, 

",,,,c,, ... A copy of Fuller's 

D for a copy of the 

, ' 
, ' 

Historian Fuller's of and His 

up to assemble all available int"""'rY'I<>Tir.n 

nrr,,,,.,~t No.3. The at I nstitute had 

value. Historian Fuller visited 

Phiillir,,, but had been denied access to any Carver papers. In 

usk:e!lE~e p':Jrticip,ate'd in the Carver 

Service 

sto1pJ:led at the I nstitute en route home 

seminar on 

files were made available. As a npl-tp,~t ::Ilrln .. rlllYl;IY 

honored. 

at 

r-" .. ,.",,,n.,,n • ..j,,,.,,,,,, in the Carver 

1"I>r',nr·tpn that none of these 

records n .. r,,,j·,i,,,rl information not ",1 ... >",11", established 7 

If Institute imlJecled Park Service research pt1'nr1te 

r"',.. ..... ,.r~" and no'c" ..... n,,1 letters to and from Carver. 

In Nnvprnhl>r 1957 Fuller submitted the 

been carried 

nOI[:IHnf!lntarv evidence. With the construCtion of the visitor center due to 

~""ni",n ::I1-r::Ilr1nF'rI for additional to collect any 

reslidu<,!1 evidence of structures and before all was lost in the 

and construction' a Smithsonian Institution 

archelololQist. directed the in December of 1958. His team recovered very little; At 

the same time the Reaioln sent Fuller to the of . to examine the Booker 

T. boxes of material. I nNovember 1 Fuller 

.. ",rln .. ·t",rl he tnlrl",.·" related to and that no other research in 

17. to Dir., April 10, 1958, H2215 file, Book 3; Supervisor, Natchez Trace to 

. Dir., Region Two, April 3, 1957, H2215 file,_ Book 2; to Dir., June 16, 1958, 

H2215 file, Book 3, all in files. 

18. Much of the data collected has been entered in the H2215, Book 2; and other data has been filed 

in folders at the 

19. Supt. to Dir., 26,1957, H2215 

1958, H2215 file, Book 3, I bid.; Supt. to 

5 file, Book 3; Ibid. 

Book 2, files. Supt. to Reg. 2, 

Di r., Dec. 17, 1958; Hist. to Supt. Nov. 17, 1958, 
In 

program: 

in 

or 

an Historic Resource 

members of the Region, and 

in a of the exterior and 

Second Period Oll\,elling in order to prepare for its 

Irnishi'1g which had been June 1964. 1963 to 

re'c;onnmenlaat:iorlS were made the structure and included in 

follO\lVinlq year the nrr,i""'i" 

the exterior of 

monument was 

the Service had any staff at the Mr. Gaillard !lInr\~""ni"hJ Plossl*iSEtd 

of 

eXIJectation of the official dedication of the in RI"J~nr'h in . 

20. Act; of Intlerpreti~ti(m to March 27, Historian to 1960; 

H2215 file, Book 3, file. "Historic Structure Moses Carver late Period 

5," submitted by Midwest National Park ""."v,,;., 

1963. William R. Carroll and Merle E. "The Scientific 

~ilrlnn,rtE!d by of Interior, National Park ",""vn;., 

21. In 1963 Francis R. ~e~lional Museum Curator, 

and Nan Carson, Furnii,hil1gs Curator, to the house. Reclion,al 

Historian Mattes discussed'the program with Schultz the and 

that the study of the structure would be excluded from the formal program as the house 

been for restoration and On 3, 1964, the 

cOIl1p1letEld the and submitted it to the Midwest had 

comments from the Missouri Historical Society, 

Carson. In Jim Askins and Orville Carroll spent a week studying the structure and 

submitted recomlmElndati()ris to revise the which no doubt the memorandum 

can,ceilling the restoration. Supt. to Oir., 3, 1963, 7 and October 1 March 9, 

A2823 and A2615 files 

66 
..... ,n,;,,, in 

final form the museum nFl""F,pr 

22. to Dir., 12, 1 

to Curtis, Feb; 1 0, 1 

23. Asst. March 23, 1 

Acc. No. 69A 1 

24. 

Oct. 

Carver National Monument," 

March 14, 1958 and 

"Vi si tor Center Plan, 

first years 

Dir. 

to Dir., 

67 
( 

! 

25. The 

Plan.~' 

26. 

27.' Mission 66 Master. 

p. 1, 1965 

to 1 

A2615, GWCA. 

and 

5, 

white on .green 
Since the cOITlpletiion of the intl'!rnretive facilities in 1 an admatic pn)jectc)r 

was to the museum and a brochure for the monument was the Park 

SPl"vl'f'PI, no substantial have in the of the area other 

than the addition of a demonstration in 1963 to illustrate the 

famous in Carver's work. New audiovisual eqlUip,mEmt 

the museum and a n::lintinn i"lCILlUllr~I:I·as a 

of the have altered the main ;nt·"'rln .. ~.ti\I'" 

set down in 28 

jnter~)re1tation has not in substance since the cOlmp,letion of . 

the museum hn'.Ihr.nrl trail,Fulier drafted an in 

and a revised version in 1 pralspE~ctlJS did not 

1-'1:1,nnpl"<: Ril'kll'v and Hirst of 

current aOlorc)ved 

In addliticm 

and J. 

Construction I"rcignim: 

Architect and P. A. Civil 

prclposed additional intlemretive aids for the 

re]ec1ted as noted in a memorandum from 

nini>rtc)r in 1966. 1965 isthe 

Administrative and Staff Facilities 

In order to make room for the new visitor center 18 farm bUllldlln!~s 

Stratton had to be which task was cornnllete!rl 

of 1960. 1959 bids were for the rn,n"tr" .. 'tir,ri 

2B. 66 Master Plan," Vol. 1, Chapt. 5, p. 3; 1965 master 

noted that pulJlicati(Jn of a 

but this writer does not know the present status of these.A2615 

GWCA. In October 1963 the modified the admatic from sound to silent 

with slides. Supt. to' Oct. 3, 1A2B23 file, Reports, GWCA. 

Rumberg noted that the demonstration plot was approximately feet by 25 and inclucled 

peanuts,cottoh, and soybeans. These are still planted on the west side of the. visitor 

center. 2, 1963,A2B23 file; GWCA. Two minor were made on the 

gro,undsbetwe,en 1964 and First, in May 1964, the relocated the Carver which 

in 1953 by Robert in behalf of the Carver 

M"rnnri,," Institute, and contracted with a . local artist to a bronze-tone finish to the 

concrete bust. In 1966 the park relocated the plaque in 1953 S. J. 

President.of. the CarverNational Monument to a 

'onthe Carver Boyhood near the site of the cabin, as a permanent marker for 

the to June 2, 1964, and June 2; 1966, A2615 and GWCA (filed 

29. SLipt. to Dir:, 7,1964, 1,1964, Mar. 2, 1965,A2823file,GWCA.1965masterplan, 

018 file, team the of the historic 

orclhan::l, an audiovisual progralm for the visitor center, and the restoration, interior and eXl:eril:lr 

of the Carver Second DVlfellina. all of which were deleted. 

69 
30. The 

31. 

offices for the and 

square a 

consists of a four-stall garage, museum preparatory room, 

storage room, and a water pump room which also houses the water softener and 

Mission 66 Master Vol. 1, 4, p. 4. In 1963 the staff installed 

and tapes to 9, 

A2823 file. The 

5, p. 2. 

, 5, 1 

Carver N.M. 

in hitter individual's files. In March 1963 

system had been with· a new one, but 

5 6,1961·66. 

'. 
Access Pn)Vi~iio'lS 

miles from the nearest 

access for Not was it difficult to 

farm on account of poor but the roads were not in To renneclv 

this made co()pe!rative anr'PPITlPlnf<: with and local ", .. -H""·.t-,,,,,,, 

"V", which 

this addition, "a vast 

";r'h.<.II,, all came their 

Interstate 44 east 

for these access 

construction on Alternate 71 

be the case the year. 

as 

are ina,deQU<:lte 

on Interstate 44 

ac(:ordinIQ to this writer's the rllr'p~-tlnnal 

is not at all with the area.33 

imlorc)ve their 

year the 

the road had enhanced the 

33. 

Mission 66 Master 

5 

to 

GWCA. 

the maintEmal1ce 

Vol. III, Sec. a, p. 2; Supt. to April 4, 5, October 3, 

A2615 GWCA. The State road maps misdirect the 

5 file, GWCA; Hi~lhlight Briefirlg Statement, A2621 

71 
Protecltion and Maint4!nance of Fac,ilitlles and Grcmnl:is 

Structural F;u~ili1till><: 

As a ru'rlPr::ll1 nrr.1"",'1"ir.n for the bui!ldings the made 

pr()te~ction system been 

houses which ac(:ornmlodlatE~d 

"U,UIJ'U-!~aliion emergency water reservoir stood to <::11I"lnlv hVI'1I'::>n1"c: 

An booster located in the well pump 

installed in case the reservoir recluilred 

pmprnpnr'\1 pump has reCleiVE~d V\leelklv inspe(:ticms the pressure in hoses 

has annual tpc:tin:1l 

installed in 1 burned out cOlmoletlelv or Dr()Vein to 

::>n,,,, .. trru.nt units received two new hecltinlg 

."".1", ...... the furnace which nrilVpn 

visitor center received a cOlmrllelte 

The GrclUnI:ls 

35. 

liIe, MWRO. 

IUrTlbirlg and 

cou Id h".,,,tit 

system in 

year new 

SUllerintenlderlt and hi",·tnri",n'" 

and A2621 GWCA; Supt. to Oir., 

A2615 file, GWCA. 1965 Master Plan n.p., D1B 

A2823 file, GWCA; Hi~lhli'ght R.;."f;"" Statement, 1964 F.Y., 

72 
, I 

his staff. Also on a the caretaker's roadside 

up the surface of the entrance as 

The section of the Trail has been mo,w€!d and 

trail 

surfaces. 

over the Carver been treated with 

certain measures were taken to and 

moisture of the farm. fieldstone· revetments were laid 

To the sheet erosion of the thin 

and small stream the 

I ~::lJ-::J'-t laid outa series of and stake and brush 

5 additional this stabilizBlticin <:\Jd,prn with proper grass nl.::;,nt"nl"l 

to sta bilize carried the program to CO,mIJletio,n 

have been Pt'J:lrlif':oIfp,rl or controlled 

the int'Pl"nn:>t;\lp t'Pt1I11I!lr alPplllccltlc)Os of chemicals at the proper times. 

reintroduced. 

of rnJ:lintpn;::.nr'", and 

the 

constructed a rustic branch to 

",1t'l,,,,,.I\/ persons and an surface 

the nature trail from the Visitor Center to the 

1"11"1',1"",,'+ the visitor from the wash outs and surfaces the 

the most staff has been the 

control of elm .disease which struck the area in 1 infected 

hundreds of these hi<:ltnriir n,rnl"nrl called in State 

conservation 

and 

summer with ::In,nrc)VI"rI 

trees have been lost the 

and in 1966-67 over 

r.nlnn:::lr::lhlE> number 

coffee tree, 

defoliation have occurred from 

cOllsequ,em:e in to the loss 

adjlaclEmt to the visitor 

considerable value on the 1"11"1'\111"'1"1", is the "h"nninn 

walnut on which up Moses Carver nllnn,n 

to make him UIVUI\.IC tree died in the first years 

and chlE!micals and when 
37. 

38. 

as as 

will at some time in the near 

to 

efforts by 

. see the H2215 

- ... ~ 

I ., 

the tree 
Land Use 

purposes have been issued 

. Between 115 and 126 acres have been leased pastu re, 

uu'U .... '.'VI , often under contracts. The Winter tam who 

have lived on and own the to the east, 

often been of these contracts. cattle crop pnJdlllc1tion 

lJelrD€~tuiate the historic sceneof the 1 century.39 

& COloperclti,re Activities 

From 1953 to 1 each 

observances were 

group and co·sponsor. of events 

rnrnr,n"",rl of various members of the State leqislcltul 

and 

were as follows: 

",n"""pr<:"F" of the which somewhat surmclrte!d 

the 

1955 Carver 

in March -of 

III; Sec. E ,po 2; 1965 Master Plan, n .p.; both in 

GWCA. 

files. Supt. to 

40. Dir. to Director,June18, 1954, Globe July 15,1954, p.2; Act. Reg. Dir. to Supt., 

Mar. 1954; A8215 file, Events, July 1, 1953-Dec. 31, 1954. 

41. Reg. Dir. to Supt., Dec. 20, 1955, Dir. to DinectlJr 

Events, 1, 1955-Dec. 31, 1955. " American 

Files,.MWRO. 

75 
year 

.... "'I"'h,,."';ri ..... n was down .the r"'"i ..... ,n"'l director who made 

his staff available for the occasion and made no onJvisicms for extra rangers to 

local addresses were 

in 

Committee 

and Honorable Justin 

the 

h"",",,,,f:i ... i,,1 Sioe-liollt from the celebration was the imorc)V€!mEmt 

the Diamond Spleci.al 

was 

and 

roads 

,n",rint<>n,n<>lnt Schultz in March 1957 that 

"not effective since local 

every 

feel 

them ... repetiltiOlJS nelNSINorth:y" the local Carver 

for an annual celebration at the 

pelDplle came to hear W. 

address. I n the n;ll1·t",r·n 

and the Ui::llmrlnn 

1958 Carver 

With 5 years of involvement and an· ..... n:i,..i"'l orlgarlization into a n""rnn::>n,:>nt group in 

1 the set up most of the for the 

as the was 

42. Act. Oir. to Supt., July 25, 1 July 6, 1956; District Carver 

. Association, June 26, 1956; Supt. to Oir., May A8215, GWCA. 

43. Joplin 16, 1957, P. 3; Supt. to Dir., July 19, 1957; Supt. to Congo H. 

July 3; 1957; Dir. to Superintendents, 2, March 1957; Harry Truman to 

Schultz, May 21, 1957; A8215, GWCA. 

44. "Carver July 13, " A8215 file, GWCA. In October 1960, the President of the 

Walshinglton Carver District Association gave Juanita a written account of the history 

of the association. She noted that June 1957 the committee met in Neosho and elected two 

deleg13ltes from each of the towns of Cassville, Diamond, Granby, Neosho, 

Sarcol(ie, Seneca, Webb City, and four from Joplin, which formed the first permanent 

or~raniizaltioll. The and from each of the of also 

as were the superintendent and historian of the monument. 

76 
, 

, 

1 for the 

As contract to construct a 

visitor center at 

to up. The Carver 

annual 

National 

45. 

46. 

July 17, 1959; Supt. to 

in 

attract some national 

from. their 

A8215, GWCA. 

1, Dir. to March 16, 1960; Proposed 

Department of National Park Service; Dedication 12, 

of Interior News Release; 18,1960; District Carver Committee 

3,1 A8215, 
1962·1966 Carver 

After celebration in the centennial year, 

cOl1siljerably more relaxed. At the of Mrs. Wallo\Ner 

Assoc:ia1:iOll, the Service programs with spE!akers 

to co-sponsor an House" program each mlllhJUIV 

event· occurred from 

were discontinued. After 1962 

The House" invited visitors to the Mission 66 

de'fel()prnerlt program at the monument. event must been a success, 

follO\lvm,g year open attracted even more - over 1 the 

immediate area. That year the Service In\IltF'rt 

;:,nr'limi>I'<:Ju'V of the establishment of the aimed at aC(lUainting 

with the ::>",'nrnnli"I-.....,!cnt" the Mission 

of 

of 

The 

program won popularn:y a indication 

In 1 the Neosho Mi;rJer·MI9.chan,ic 

crowd ever assembled at the monument. 

to and 

pulJlic:ity from the T.V. appearances of State and 

anr10ulncmg the program. News releases heralded 

Sel'Vic:e's new range program, '~The Road to " and the renovation 

of the bust of Carver 

come to discontinue the Carver 

lan:re-!;Calle programs have been at 

BilrthplC:lce Memorial Associates 

Carver at and rec:ei\Ied per'mi'sslcln 

on a program to to 

47. A2615, GWCA; Carver Day 1962; July 

Wallower to Dir., 15, 1961; Supt. to 

nC'''''''''t:, 1964; Neosho Miner-Mechanic, July 16, 1964; Supt. to Dir., 

" 
48.· Diamond 9, Data 

49. See ft. nt; 44 above. 

MWRO. 

.. ". 

or in road 

in 

in 
as a memorial 

adjoining coffee The bill an 

art, with an 

.p":;;JU"UU'U to go to the 

Carver Memorial Institute for the construction of the hllilnlinlll 

Also in 1961 S. J. prclposed that a W<I<,hin"tr.n Carver Commemorative 

Commission be formed which would assist Foundation to 

aDIDr<)DI'ia1te celebration in connection with the commemoration of Carver's 

wou Id . covered an 

in 1 Hr'hrll:::l\l pn)p()sed in a bill to r.nlnnr·,'''::<:: that a Carver Memorial 

built under the direction of the Memorial Institute in collaboration with the 

Commissioner of would be' erected in the of 

monument and would be devoted to the of race and related 

purposes,52 

None of bills received r.r,nnl"l'><::<::' (",nnl'lIr'l"prl("p po:ssllJly because of some "'''''''" .. ". 

about their sponsors. In a memorandum of 

",,,,nbin,,,rI the delicate with 

fashion has caused embarrasment to the Service 

the for this reason, the legislcltors 

then no other to the 

r.lllrr,>,d Events 

conltid1ence, the reqlional 

men, both of whom in some 

their financial with 

~4"1t:ll;1I the 

Since S"n""·in1·",nrl,,,.,t Schultz prc)cl,Jirrled the cOlmpletion of the Mission 

. 66 program in 

toWards 

imnrC)IIFl'ml>nt of visitor facilities. In 

continued maintenance and 

Anderson transferred to 

su~)erintendlmt, and next assumed res.ponsibil.itv 

50. A copy of H.R. 11314 can be found in the History Data Files, File II, MWRO. 

51. Ibid. 

52.' Ibid. 

53. .addressed to the Director on November 22, may have 

but did not stop the bill from introduced in the Senate 

in September 1961. A copy of the memo can be found in the History Data File II, MWRO. 

SUIJerintemdent Schultz felt even more on the subject, and particularly criticized Mr. 

Ph;II'..,,' activities to financial and publicity matters. He spelled out his arguments 

against the Centennial Commission in a memo to the Dir. on Nov. 1960, Ace. 

No. 69A1227, FRC 44722. 

80 
as liaison field officer for Wilsons Creek Battlefield outside of Sprinlgfiiehj, fI.lliss:ouri 

about an hour's drive east of the monument. The work of eS1:abllslhlnlg 

area became inr~n:>;;jc:ilnnlv tirrle-(:onsurninlo 1-t"'n"nlhn"i" the tOlllo",,",mg de(:ade, so 

that it to a substantial manpower and man hours. 

Since 1965 the at Monument has role as 

of Wilson's Creek. The formal ceremony of 

h"<HI,,1-,,,lrI in 1972 has not to this ioint-sUIJerinten,dellcv 

continuation of Mrs. Helen Dixon as administrative assistant llilULIYlllULll 

doubt facilitated many of the of such a rlic:ini,ni"P,rI n~sponsibili1ty 

same Mrs. ni'vnln'" 

Association and in cloSe 

interests. 

Since the estabillstimient of the Wilsons Creek area last year, Sllnp'rintprlrl~>nt r~llhn~" has 

54. 

on events at the monument. His 

Area for 40 received special cOlmnnerld,lti(m 

the 1972. Plans for 

nn>c:pntl\1 in consideration at the 

AllnOIJgn the monthly reports nffi"i;lllv 

;nf,nrnn"lIlv maintained a monthly log which is filed 

SUIJerintemdent of Jefferson National Expansion Monument, and r.n,nrr!in"tnr 

for the Slate of Missouri, can be found in the MWRO. Supt. to Dir., 6, 1961, 

GWCA; Statements for 1964 and A2621 , GWCA. The 1962 program 

files, 

Mrs. Dixon as the Secretary of the District Carver Association. Supt. to the 

A2615, GWCA; 

81 
'! 

APPENDIX A 

Perlmarlent Park 

Helen """""VII, Sl"r)tI"ITlhi~r 21, 19E10-lore!Serlt 

Ca,'etaker or Chief of Maintenance 

Glenn 

82 
B 

1 1 

1 to 

$ 1 

$ 

$ 
c 

Structures Obliterated at 

1 
I. "", 

APPENDIX D 

Re!;ealrch Prclgr<lm, Fiscal Year 1954 

Fiscal Year Pri"uil'v List for Research Proora,m at Wa~$hirlgt()n Carver National MonUlnerlt 

of Prf'liet!t Tec:hnicialns' Names 

1 Archl~ol;oQlcal p.x!'1lo;rat!IOO of Carver Beaubien 

Birth[)la(:e Cabin 

2 2 

3 3 Fuller 

4 4 Moses Carver Fuller 

5 5 1-1 jetn,'" of Newton .... V'UIIILy Fuller 

85 
! ';" 

,,'\. 

APF'ENIDIX E 

GRnr(!1P. V1laslllingtcln Carver Na'tiorlalMclnument 

LIST 

1 

2 

3 

4 5' Case· 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

11 

12 5' Panel 

13 6' 

14 6' Panel 

15 Carver's box 

17 

18 
F 

is absorbed in a 

Three storm ng area 

in 1 and Vol. II, I, pp. 

87 
Refuse' 

cans are haluled in service trucks to the dis;po,sal 

area 

Dis;po~sal. ::ial1ltiuy l::Inrttllli on monument as indlicated on 

So,urc::e and Lines: 

'v,,:,;,..., ... , , and REA Co,oPE~ra1:ive 

The Resiiderltial 

Inc., of Neostlo" 

near the southwest 

20/2()8 ,'1_M,n):!':1> power is carried 

Under'Qrc)und to 

center. All others nv,> .. h'i>::In 

residential 

SUI)plles modern 

dial telleptlorle itlli"l'Vir'l> 

residential water 

Atlove-Clrounatanksowned Vp.rlnrjr~· a tJuu-Clal. tank and 

the visitor center and m):!intl>nl~ni"~j:1 

in the area. 

next section on recent ('h::lnllF!~ in utilities. 

" 
Recent Chan!!Jes as noted 

Refuse 

Collection: A local {',..,mr,,,,.,,,, makes 

of trash at the area; the trash is removed from the area 

The is closed. 

Fuel :sy!;telns: 

each with 1 

in the r&><:in&>nti::<ol 

are owned the Government. Two 

are located in a fenced and locked section 

bU'U-CIaIiOn IIn,rI&>rnrr"ln,rI n!~<:tlllir'p tank. 

89 
Missouri 

APPENDIX G 

Coopera,ting Agertcies & I ndiividluals 

& Hnt~e>l"t HobdclV 

Carver As:sociation 

Monument 

Carver Robert 

Memorial 

Carver District 

Carver 

State COnSE!rvclticm t;:orrlmISSIC)n 

uskegee, Alabama 

Colunlbi:a, Missouri 

90 

.', 

J. 

962 

1 Inc. 
X H 
1 

" 1 

018 M",.:t1""''' 

use. 

" 
"The 

"Historic C::t .. " ,'",til"'" H"' .. ,nr1' Moses Carver Late Period DVI,ellinQ Allilrlirln 

No.5," submitted Relilion. N:ltinn:~1 Park SF'I'Vi{'~F' 

Collection. 

1""""''''1'.,,1 Record Kansas Missouri 

Accession 

1\11"'"'1"1.1":::01<: .Il~nllarv 1954-Dec. 1 

FRC 44743 

Museum and Exhibit Activities. ,I:~nll"nl 1 "''-J;''-U't;;\J. 

93 
1. and Jim 

2. in later 

Ibid. 

~I 

94 

3. 1AI~,,,hi:nn·tr\n Carver's Sketch of His 

Photo donated Rackham Holt. 

4. Second Period Moses Carver n .. 'nllin .... 

6, 1 

96 

5. 

6. 

1953. 

Excavation of Area North of Stream Bed 

where Historian Porter Had located Cabin 

Site on information Shartel. 

Photo and Data 

1953. MWRO. 

1953. 

North R 11 '''' ""'FO 

{:::ic)uthw'est corner of tool house in 

Photo and Data Paul L. U"',QU'J''''' 

l-I.nnl-I\lI::'\/ 1953. Neg. No.1 

98 

7. Artifacts from P..r(;heOI01 ClIcaI 1953. 

From cabin site: 

a harness ornament; a 

a screw cap to a metal "r"lr,+::.inor 

of 

no"hr,lrl,Clr' a rorr.,..lEor\l 

Photo & Data by Paul L. l:)e,lub!len 

1953. No. 14361, MWRO. 

8. Old Timers at 1953 Dedication. 

Childhood rnn+"""'r'nr'~ri,,,, of 

\/\/""hinnilnn Carver: 

Photo and Data Mattes. July 1 

1 953. No.1 

100 

... 

9. Dedication P""-tirin,;,,ntc 

National Monument 

Interior nllrk'",I'" 

Carver Memorial I . and Conrad 

Director of the National Park Service. 

Photo and Data 'Viall"';:>. July 15, 

1953. No.1 

10. Rm1npr<: at 1 Dedication with Notables 

From 

Director of the National Park 

Hot NP; Ernest 

Wind Cave NP. 

From left to bottom' 

JNEM; Loren 

and ~tGlnIE!V RlrrI\A/m~.n 

Charles E. McManus and 

Hot NP. 

Photo and data Merrill J. M~,tt~ .. : 

1 -Y;JUV,". 

102 
· . 
11 Notat,les at 1 

F rom left to Steve 

of Ezra Kp,,<:n,n 

Lt. Governor of Missouri; and Juanita WaiiOlNer 

IJrrlnr;:Ul"l Chairman. 

Photo and Data 

No.1 

Merrill J. Mattes, 

MWRO. 

1955. 

12. 1955 Carver Celebration 

From left to Merrill J. Mattes, Kpn,nn:>r 

Historian; Juanita WallOlNer 

('nmn"litt-pp' Robert 

Richard 

Collaborator for the 

and Data Merri II J. 1\/1"01-1"",,, 

1955. No. 15115, MWRO. 

104 
· '" 
", . 

13. Visitor 1960.