Herbert McNee Hamlin Papers
MC 00041
Special Collections Research Center
1.0 Linear feet
2 archival boxes
1940 - 1968
The Herbert McNee Hamlin (1894 - 1968) Papers, 1940 - 1968, document Hamlin's contribution to the progress of vocational education including speeches, articles, publications, correspondence, interviews, reports and his comprehensive
position papers resulting from his intensive study of the North Carolina agricultural education situation. A small number of personal materials include photographs, a biography, a bibliography of publications, and a eulogy.
Herbert McNee Hamlin came to North Carolina State University in 1962 after retiring from a distinguished career as professor and chairman of the Department of Vocational Education at the University of Illinois. His research, in the capacity of consultant to the Office of the Dean of the School of Education, was a major contribution to the Governor's Study Commission Report,
Occupational Education for the Public Schools of North Carolina, in determining the educational needs of farmers throughout their farming careers, the needs of prospective farmers, and how to develop competent agriculture educators.
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2 archival boxes
Hamlin, Herbert M. (Herbert McNee), 1894-1968
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This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.
Acquisitions Information
Donated by the family of Herbert McNee Hamlin in March 1970 (Accession no. 1970-0007).
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Herbert McNee Hamlin Papers, MC 41, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Processing Information note
Processed by Laurence Gavin,
2006 May
Encoded by Laurence Gavin,
2006 May
Biographical Note
Born in Brookings, South Dakota, and reared on a farm in southern Minnesota, Herbert McNee Hamlin received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Iowa State University and a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. Early influences during his years as an undergraduate at Iowa State led to a long and distinguished career in Vocational Education. Hamlin was a public school teacher in Iowa and a college professor at Iowa State College. He went on to the University of Illinois in 1938 where he served as professor of agriculture education, acting Dean of the College of Education, and as Chairman of the Department of Vocational Education until his retirement.
In 1962, Hamlin came to North Carolina State University as consultant attached to the Office of the Dean of the School of Education and made a major contribution to the progress of vocational education through his comprehensive
position papers resulting from the intensive study of the North Carolina vocational education situation. He took a position as Professor of Economics and then Professor of Education in 1964 and was a driving force in the establishment of the Regional Center for Research, Development, and Training in Occupational Education.
Scope and Content Note
The Herbert McNee Hamlin Papers document Hamlin's work in the capacity of consultant attached to the Office of the Dean of the School of Education at North Carolina State University. This work includes a 1962 study of policy and policy-making, research and development in agricultural education reported in
position papers to the Division of Vocational Education, Vocational Agriculture Section North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. In addition, state studies, 1963, of vocational education programs are included and interviews, 1967 - 1968, with school superintendents of North Carolina schools with a final report to the Governor's Study Commission,
Occupational Education for the Public Schools of North Carolina.
Organization of the Collection
The professional papers are organized chronologically beginning in 1961 with Hamlin's appointment to North Carolina State University and continuing to 1968. They are followed by biographical material, 1940-1968.
Related Material
Herbert M. Hamlin Papers, 1911 - 1968, or Reference Series Number 10/9/20,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Archives. Click on the link and search by title.
Hamlin, Herbert M. (Herbert McNee), 1894-1968
Agricultural education--North Carolina
Agriculture--Economic aspects
Education and state--North Carolina--History--20th century
Education--Study and teaching--North Carolina
Letters (correspondence)
Vocational education--North Carolina
Correspondence
1
1
1961 - 1968
Position Papers
1
2
1962 September 13 - 1962 December 17
Pamphlet and Progress report
1
3
1962 November 5
Minutes of Joint Staff Conference for Agricultural Education; Seminar and Regular Joint Staff meeting
1
4
1962 December 18 - 20
Governors Study Commission: State Studies: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennissee, Arkansas, Arkansas Supplement on Ft. Smith Junior College, Kentucky
1 - 3, 5 - 7
1
5
ca. 1963
Governors Study Commission: State Studies: North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Virginia
8 - 14
1
6
ca. 1963
Governors Study Commission Report
1
7
1968 December 3
Governors Study Commission: Summary of Interviews
1
8
1968 May 17
Governors Study Commission: Summary of Interviews
1
9
1968 April 16 - 1968 May 29
Governors Study Commission: Interviews with College and University Personnel, including report and interpretation of Interviews
1
10
1968 May 2 - 1968 August 5
Governors Study Commission: Position Papers
1
11
1968 February
Speeches
2
1
1963 - 1968
Articles
2
2
1963 - 1968
Publication:
Citizen Evaluation of Public Occupational Education
2
3
1967
Publications:
Innovative Programs in Agricultural Education and New Designs in Vocational Education, Technical, and Practical Arts Education in the Public Schools
2
4
1967, 1968
Biographical
2
5
1940 - 1968