The Elliot B. Grover Papers include materials documenting Grover's early career in private industry, his consulting work with the Joint Chief of Staff examining German textile and pulp factories in the wake of the Allied advance through that country, and his work as a member of the faculty of the College of Textiles of North Carolina State University (although most of the latter type of material may be found in the records of the college's Department of Textile and Apparel Technology and Management, UA 130.021). Included are company papers Grover kept from his time as an executive at Ponemah Mills in Connecticut, as well as records from his service in World War II in England and Germany with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Technical Industrial Intelligence Committee. The collection includes correspondence, clippings, foreign currency from his sojourn during World War II in Europe, and official government notes and reports, from 1925 through 1958. Also included are several undated portrait-style photographs of Grover.
Massachusetts native Elliot Brown Grover (1906 - 1997) joined the North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) faculty in 1944 as the head of the Yarn Manufacturing Department in the School of Textiles. In 1959, School of Textiles Dean Malcolm E. Campbell appointed Grover the head of the school's new Department of Textile Technology. Grover received an honorary fellowship from the Textile Institute in Manchester, England, the organization's highest honor, in 1962. He authored numerous publications, including the Handbook of Textile Testing and Quality Control (1960). He was active in numerous professional organizations, including Sigma Xi and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Grover retired from the university in 1966.
Elliot Brown Grover (1906 - 1997) was born in the suburbs of Boston. After graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1928, Grover went on to earn a textiles doctorate at the same institution in 1931. He thereupon began work as a textile engineer at Ponemah Mills in Taftville, Connecticut. Grover's career in private industry was interupted when he was called upon to do consulting work for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, conducting inspections of German textile and pulp mills after the latter had fallen into Allied hands during World War II. Even before decamping for Europe, though, he had agreed to join the North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) faculty in 1944 as the head of the Yarn Manufacturing Department in the School of Textiles. In 1959, School of Textiles Dean Malcolm E. Campbell appointed Grover the head of the school's new Department of Textile Technology. Grover received an honorary fellowship from the Textile Institute in Manchester, England, the organization's highest honor, in 1962. He authored numerous publications, including the Handbook of Textile Testing and Quality Control. He was active in numerous professional organizations, including Sigma Xi and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Grover retired from the university in 1966. He spent his retirement in Raleigh.
The Elliot B. Grover Papers include materials documenting Grover's early career in the textile industry, his consulting work with the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff examining German textile and pulp factories in the wake of the Allied advance through that country, and his work as a member of the faculty of the College of Textiles of North Carolina State University (although most of the latter type of material may be found in the records of the college's Department of Textile and Apparel Technology and Management, UA 130.021). Included are company papers Grover kept from his time as an executive at Ponemah Mills in Connecticut, as well as records from his service in World War II in England and Germany with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Technical Industrial Intelligence Committee. The collection includes correspondence, clippings, foreign currency from his sojourn in World War II Europe, and official government notes and reports, from 1925 through 1958. Also included are several undated portrait-style photographs of Grover.
The collection is divided into two series: Professional Papers and Personal Papers. Within series, folders are ordered alphabetically.
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[Identification of item], Elliot B. Grover Papers, MC 00027, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Originally transferred from the NC State University College of Textiles, North Carolina State University, as part of the records of the Department of Textile and Apparel Technology and Management Records, UA 130.021.
Processed by: Chad Morgan; machine-readable finding aid created by: Chad Morgan, 2004.
The collection is organized into two principal series:
This series includes mostly company papers Grover kept from his time as an executive at Ponemah Mills before coming to N.C. State. Also included are records from Grover's service in World War II in England and Germany with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Technical Industrial Intelligence Committee. Most notable in that connection is a sheet of Adolf Hitler stationery obtained during an inspection tour of a fallen German paper mill.
1.25 2.5 archival boxes
Contains one leaf of Adolf Hitler stationery obtained during an inspection tour of German paper and pulp mill.
This series includes various personal records of Grover's, including mementos from his years in Europe during World War II, portrait-style photographs of Grover, and a typed account of a Frenchwoman's 19th-century immigration to Massachusetts (possibly Grover's ancestor).
0.25 0.5 archival boxes
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[Identification of item], Elliot B. Grover Papers, MC 00027, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.
