A group of two typed letters, 20 April 1936, 1p, 8 1/2 x 11 in. (creasing at folds, toning), and 6 October 1936, 1p, 8 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (creasing at folds, toning), both signed ("G.W. Carver"), as Director Research and Experiment Station, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. Letters are addressed to Mr. Marvin Teel of Millerville, Alabama, on "Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute" letterhead. Accompanied by one mailing envelope with a 12 March 1936 cancellation from "Tuskegee Institute Alabama." Carver writes to Teel regarding his design for a "harrow," a cultivation tool, as well as other matters.

[With:] POLK, Prentice Hall, photographer. 8 x 10 in. photograph of Dr. George Washington Carver meeting with Henry Ford, ca 1920s. Signed "P.H. Polk" at lower left. Born in Bessemer, Alabama, Polk studied photography under C.M. Battey at the Tuskegee Institute before moving to Chicago. Upon the death of his mentor Battey, Polk returned to the Institute ultimately serving from 1933-1938 as head of the Photography Department. Polk was the school's official photographer and maintained a studio in Tuskegee from 1939 until his retirement in the 1980s.