Autograph Letter Signed

("Geo. W. Carver") in black ink on Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Founded by Booker T. Washington, For the Training of Colored Young Men and Women, Research and Experiment Station, George W. Carver, Director, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama letterhead, October 15, 1931. 8 1/2" x 11". 2 pages (1 leaf recto and verso). Together with the original holograph mailing envelope, stamped with a 2 cent Washington stamp and postmarked Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, October 16, 1931, 6 PM. Fine. To Ralph Douberly; c/o McCutchen & Bowden; 312-15-17 Ga. Home Bldg.; Columbus, Ga. In part: ". . . I love to read the unwritten lines in your letters, as they reveal (truncated) more clearly the future Ralph Douberly, the written word the past, the present . . . Reflection On Night seems quite original in its treatment . . . I . . . think it is in truth more a reflection on the writer as Night . . . I want to take them up with you when you come over to spend the weekend . . ." (Inventory #: 604511)