Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Jul 1979

George Washington Carver and the Art of Technical Communication

Stephen Gresham

Abstract

The achievements of great men like George Washington Carver are often perpetuated by myth; but more often they are simply overshadowed by the stature of the man himself. Such is the case with Carver. Thus, this article seeks to identify Carver's achievements as a technical communicator through a brief analysis of some of the technical bulletins he wrote while directing the Agricultural Experiment Station at Tuskegee Institute.

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Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
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1979-07-01
DOI
10.2190/v4kk-uqkx-qht8-01qx
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  1. HAGGE (1995)
    Early Engineering Writing Textbooks and the Anthropological Complexity of Disci…
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  2. RIVERS (1994)
    Studies in the History of Business and Technical Writing: A Bibliographical Essay
    Journal of Business and Technical Communication
  3. Brockmann (1983)
    Bibliography of Articles on the History of Technical Writing
    Journal of Technical Writing and Communication

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