Arthur Raymond Eckels Papers 1887 1959-1961 1972-1974

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Creator
Eckels, Arthur Raymond, 1919-1998
Size
0.25 linear feet (1 archival box)
Call number
MC 00085

Material related to city planning in Raleigh, North Carolina, from 1972 to 1974, and class notes, photocopies of legal documents, city and state council minutes, meeting notes, maps and news clippings related to Eckels' political participation and efforts to prevent the Oberlin Project and the Pullen Road project from dissecting Pullen Park. Included is a photocopy of a legal document dated 1887 designating the donation of farm land from the Richard Stanhope Pullen estate to the City of Raleigh for use as a public park. Also in the collection are notes from the North Carolina State University Department of Electrical Engineering course, Principles of Electrical Engineering (EE 331) which Arthur Raymond Eckels taught in 1973.

Arthur Raymond Eckels was a faculty member of the North Carolina State University Electrical Engineering Department from 1949 to 1983 and a community activist who campaigned to preserve Raleigh, North Carolina's Pullen Park.

Biographical/historical note

Arthur Raymond Eckels was a faculty member of the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University from 1949 to 1983 and a community activist who campaigned for the continued preservation of Raleigh, North Carolina's Pullen Park from 1972 to 1974.

Eckels was born on November 16, 1919, in New Haven, Connecticut. He earned a Bachelors of Science from the University of Connecticut in 1941, a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from Harvard in 1942 and a Doctor of Engineering degree from Yale University in 1949. During his undergraduate studies Eckels worked for Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporation and the United Illuminating Company over the summers of 1940 and 1941. Eckels served as an electrical engineer in the United States Navy Department in Washington, D.C., from 1942 to 1943. From 1943 to 1946 Eckels was engaged as a marine engineer, United States Maritime Service. In 1960 Eckels was a Fulbright Lecturer at the National Chio-Tung University in Taiwan, he was visiting Professor at Japan National Defense College in 1964, and from 1969 to 1970 served on the engineering faculty at the University of Kabul under the Afghan-American Program supported by the United States Agency for International Development.

Eckels' honorary and professional affiliations include membership in the American Association of University Professors, the Connecticut Christmas Tree Growers Association, the Sleeping Giant Park Association, Friends of Scandinavia, US Servas, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the Institute of Radio Engineers, the American Society for Engineering Education, Tau Beta Pi and Gamma Chi Epsilon. He was also a member of the United Church of Christ in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Scope/content

Material related to city planning in Raleigh, North Carolina, from 1972 to 1974 and class notes. Photocopies of legal documents, city and state council minutes, meeting notes, maps, and news clippings related to Eckels' political participation and efforts to prevent the Oberlin Project and the Pullen Road project from dissecting Pullen Park. Included is a photocopy of a legal document dated 1887 designating the donation of farm land from the Richard Stanhope Pullen estate to the City of Raleigh for use as a public park.

Also in the collection are notes from the North Carolina State University Department of Electrical Engineering course, Principles of Electrical Engineering (EE 331) which Arthur Raymond Eckels taught in 1973.

Arrangement

Material is arranged by subject.

Use of these materials

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.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Arthur Raymond Eckels Papers, MC 00085, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Source of acquisition

Gift of Arthur Raymond Eckels, 1976 (Accession no. 1976-0011) and transfer from NC State University Materials Engineering Department, 1985 (Accission no. 1985-0004)

Processing information

Processed by Dani Nation, 2006 August

Encoded by Dani Nation, 2006 August

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Oberlin Project 1972
Half box 1, Folder 1
Oberlin Project State Government Proceedings 1972-1974
Half box 1, Folder 2
Pullen Rd. Project 1887, 1959-1961, 1974
Half box 1, Folder 3
North Carolina State University Electrical Engineering 331 Class Notes 1973
Half box 1, Folder 4
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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Arthur Raymond Eckels Papers, MC 00085, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Use of these materials

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.