George Washington Carver and Tuskegee Weather Data
Descriptive Information
Project and Contents Description
This site provides full text access to voluntary meteorological observations taken at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama from November 1899 through June 1954. Most of these observations were handwritten and signed by George Washington Carver until 1932 and his successors until 1954. The observations were submitted on U.S. Weather Bureau Form no. 1009. The observer recorded minimum and maximum temperature, precipitation, prevailing wind direction, general description of the weather for that day, remarks and the signature of the observer. The U.S. Weather Bureau staff later added the monthly means and totals in red to each report.
Geographic Coverage
United States
LC Classification
QC984 .A2 W4
Any non-U.S. Government Pubs
No
Other Government Publications
- None
Publications Source
- Library's non-depository collection
Administrative Information
Owner
Project Contact Name
Anna Fiolek
Institution Name
NOAA Central Library
Institution Type
Library
Address
1315 East-West Highway, 20910, United States
Address 2
SSMC-3, 2nd fl., E/OC4
E-mail
Telephone
301-713-2607 ext.147
Secondary Contact Name
Stanley Elswick
Secondary Contact Email
Secondary Contact Phone
301-713-2607 ext. 138
Project Federally Funded:
Fully
Project Status
Complete
Digitization Conducted In-house
No
Searching for Project Partners
No
Visited
704
Technical Information
Meets Criteria for Preservation
Yes
File Formats
PDF, TIFF
Metadata Scheme in Use
MARC
Metadata Encoded As
MARC
Institution Has a Digitization Policy
No
Policy URL, if any
Restrictions on Access
No
Other Information
Additional Information
Observations are in PDF format and require the free Adobe reader.