William E. Splinter Papers 1951-1968

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Creator
Splinter, William Eldon, 1925-
Size
4.5 linear feet (6 archival boxes, 2 archival legal boxes)
Call number
MC 00091
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Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice.

Contained in this collection are correspondence, reports, data sheets and logs, and other documents resulting from Splinter's research on agricultural mechanization while on the faculty of North Carolina State University. Included are materials for his work with Charlie W. Suggs on tobacco mechanization. There is also material on Splinter's involvement in the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE). Also included is material relating to Splinter's teaching and administrative work.

William Eldon Splinter was born in North Platte, Nebraska, on November 24, 1925. He received a bachelor of science degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Nebraska in 1950 and master of science and doctoral degrees from Michigan State University in 1951 and 1955 respectively. In 1954 he joined the faculty of the Department of Agricultural Engineering at North Carolina State College (later University). In 1968 he returned to the University of Nebraska to become chair of the Agricultural Engineering Department, a position he served in until 1987. He was president of American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) in 1978-1979.

Biographical/historical note

William Eldon Splinter was born in North Platte, Nebraska, on November 24, 1925. He received a bachelor of science degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Nebraska in 1950 and master of science and doctoral degrees from Michigan State University in 1951 and 1955 respectively.

In 1954 Splinter joined the faculty of the Department of Agricultural Engineering at North Carolina State College (later University). He helped develop a mechanical tobacco harvester and mechanical tobacco transplanter, as well as electrostatic dusting and spraying systems. In 1968 he returned to the University of Nebraska to become chair of the Agricultural Engineering Department, a position he served in until 1987.

Splinter has numerous patents, awards, and publications to his credit. He was president of American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) in 1978 -1979, and he received the John Deere Gold Medal in 1995. As of 2007, he is the current director of the Lester F. Larson Tractor Test and Power Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Scope/content

Contained in this collection are correspondence, reports, data sheets and logs, and other documents resulting from Splinter's research on agricultural mechanization while on the faculty of North Carolina State University. Included are materials for his work with Charlie W. Suggs on tobacco mechanization. There is also material on Splinter's involvement in the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE). Also included is material relating to Splinter's teaching and administrative work.

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Arrangement

Materials are arranged alphabetically 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], William E. Splinter Papers, MC 00091, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Related material

Charles W. Suggs Papers, 1914-1995 (MC 00033)

Source of acquisition

Donated by William E. Splinter. The material was originally contained within the Charles W. Suggs Papers (MC 00033). Accession Number 2007-0119.

Processing information

Processed by Todd Kosmerick, 2007; Encoded by Todd Kosmerick, 2007; updated by Danica Cullinan, Claire Ruswick and Emily Walters, 2007; updated by Kat Owen and Linda Sellars, 2016.

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Agricultural Engineering Course Outline 1963
Box 5, Folder 1
Annual Report (loose), Project S-61 Engineering Studies in Tobacco Production Sub-Project B Cultural Operations, title page-p. 72 1956
Box 5, Folder 2
Annual Report (loose), Project S-61 Engineering Studies in Tobacco Production Sub-Project B Cultural Operations, p. 73-149 1956
Box 5, Folder 3
Annual Report, Project S-61 Engineering Studies in Tobacco Production Sub-Project B Cultural Operations 1956
Box 5, Folder 4
ASAE [American Society of Agricultural Engineers] Physical Properties Committee (1 of 3) 1963-1967 (Accession no. 2007-0119)
Box 1, Folder 1
ASAE Physical Properties Committee (2 of 3) 1963-1967
Box 1, Folder 2
ASAE Physical Properties Committee (3 of 3) 1963-1967
Box 1, Folder 3
Budget and Financial Information on Research Projects 1955-1966 (Accession no. 2007-0119)
Box 3, Folder 2
Class Exercises and Exams, AGE 552/BAE 552 1967
Box 5, Folder 5
Class Notes 1962
Box 5, Folder 6
Committee on College Government 1860
Box 5, Folder 7
Committee on Communications 1956
Legal box 8, Folder 1
Committee on North Laboratory 1961
Legal box 8, Folder 2
Committee on Reviewing Papers 1959-1965
Box 5, Folder 8
Committee on Space Facilities for Research 1957
Box 5, Folder 9
Curricula: Agricultural Engineering 1953-1959
Box 6, Folder 1
Curricula: Agriculture 1953-1960
Box 6, Folder 2
Curriculum and Course Committee: School of Engineering 1963-1965
Box 6, Folder 3
Dusting and Spraying Correspondence (1 of 3) 1951-1962 (Accession no. 2007-0119)
Box 2, Folder 2
Dusting and Spraying Correspondence (2 of 3) 1962-1965
Box 2, Folder 3
Dusting and Spraying Correspondence (3 of 3) 1965-1967
Box 2, Folder 4
ECPD 1963 1962-1963 (Accession no. 2007-0119)
Box 2, Folder 1
Equipment on Loan Correspondence (1 of 1) 1955-1967 (Accession no. 2007-0119)
Box 2, Folder 5
Extension Program Development: Horticulture Committee 1962
Box 6, Folder 4
Fertilizer Placement Correspondence 1952-1960 (Accession no. 2007-0119)
Box 3, Folder 1
Ford Foundation 1959-1961
Legal box 8, Folder 3
Goals of Engineering Education Study 1964
Box 6, Folder 5
Graduate Studies Committee (1 of 3) 1961
Box 6, Folder 6
Graduate Studies Committee (2 of 3) 1961
Box 7, Folder 1
Graduate Studies Committee ((3 of 3) 1961
Box 7, Folder 2
Instrumentation Correspondence (1 of 2) 1954-1965
Box 3, Folder 3
Instrumentation Correspondence (2 of 2) 1954-1968 (Accession no. 2007-0119)
Box 3, Folder 4
Mechanics of Tobacco 1955?
Box 7, Folder 8
Interdisciplinary Committee 1961
Box 7, Folder 3
Lab Equipment 1964-1965
Box 7, Folder 4
Land Allotments--Research Stations 1955-1965
Legal box 8, Folder 4
Land Requests 1964
Box 7, Folder 5
Lecture Notes (old), AGE 552 1961-1963
Box 7, Folder 6
Local Arrangements Committee, Ag. Open House 1963
Box 7, Folder 7
Plant Beds Correspondence 1954-1968 (Accession no. 2007-0119)
Box 1, Folder 4
Russian Articles on Harvesting 1957-1963 (Accession no. 2007-0119)
Legal box 4, Folder 1
Rustica 1966-1968 (Accession no. 2007-0119)
Legal box 4, Folder 2
Seminar Committee 1960
Box 7, Folder 9
Soybean Advisory Board 1962-1964
Box 7, Folder 10
Soybean Advisory Board: Resources (1 of 2) 1952-1964
Box 7, Folder 11
Soybean Advisory Board: Resources (2 of 2) 1952-1964
Box 7, Folder 12
Tobacco Growing Operations 1956
Legal box 8, Folder 5
Tobacco Research 1956
Legal box 8, Folder 6
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Access to the collection

Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice.

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Mailing address:
Special Collections Research Center
Box 7111
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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], William E. Splinter Papers, MC 00091, 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.