mc00075 Guide to the Thomas Roy Hart Papers, 1912-1913 MC 00075 Finding aid prepared by Processed by: Terra Kridler, May 2005; machine-readable finding aid created by: Terra Kridler, May 2005 Special Collections Research Center 2005 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-10-28T15:34-0400 Finding aid written in English. Thomas Roy Hart Papers MC 00075 Special Collections Research Center 0.5 Linear feet 1 archival box 1912-1913 The collection consists of two notebooks of fabric analyses compiled by Thomas Roy Hart while a student at the Textiles School in 1912-1913. Fabric and thread samples are included. Thomas Roy Hart (1890-1956) obtained bachelor's degrees in Engineering and Textiles Engineering from North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. He joined the faculty at North Carolina State College in 1919. He went on to become the Head of the Department of Weaving and Designing, and Director of Instruction. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. 1 archival box Restrictions to Access

This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.

 Acquisitions Information

Items transferred from D. H. Hill Library and Burlington Textiles Library in October 1973 (Accession no. 1973-0009).

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Thomas Roy Hart Papers, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

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 Biographical Note

Thomas Roy Hart was born in Monroe, North Carolina on April 29th, 1890. He graduated from North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts with a bachelor's degree in Engineering in 1913. He worked for various cotton mills in Monroe and Burlington, North Carolina, as well as in Illinois and Massachusetts. During a fourteen month military service overseas, Hart attended American Expeditionary Forces University in Beaune, France. He returned to North Carolina to obtain a Textiles Engineering degree in 1920, and a Master of Science in Textile Manufacturing in 1924. He joined the faculty at North Carolina State College in 1919 and eventually became of Head of the Department of Weaving and Designing. In 1948 he became the Director of Instruction and held this position until his death on January 11th, 1956. Hart was noted for his large number of publications, including a history of the School of Textiles, The School of Textiles, N. C. State College: Its Past and Present published in 1951, Cloth Calculations, which Hart co-authored with former Textiles Dean Thomas Nelson, and numerous scholarly journal articles.

 Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of two of Thomas Roy Hart's notebooks compiled while he was a student at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1912-1913. The books contain cloth analyses of a variety of different fabrics, as well as explanation of research methods. Fabric and thread samples are also included.

 Organization of the Collection

This collection is arranged chronologically.

 Hart, Thomas Roy, 1890-1956 North Carolina State University. College of Textiles--History. Textile design Textile fabrics Cloth analysis notebooks MC 00075 series 1 0.5 Linear feet 1912-1913 1 archival box Scope and Contents note

Volumes contain analyses, weaving patterns on graph paper, and cloth samples of approximately 43 types of fabric. Analysis information includes: cloth sample, weaving patterns, warp and filling measurements, thread and thread counts, color, weight, shrinkage, and some cost estimates. Volume 2 contains a detailed description of the methods used by Hart to compile the data included in his notebooks. Folder includes one separate page of notes.

 Volume 1 1 1912-1913 Volume 2 2 1913 Notes, undated 1