mc00091 William E. Splinter Papers, 1951-1968 MC 00091 Finding aid prepared by Processed by: Danica Cullinan, Claire Ruswick, and Emily Walters;machine-readable finding aid created by: Danica Cullinan, Claire Ruswick, and Emily Walters Special Collections Research Center 2007 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-03-25T10:37-0400 Finding aid written in English. William E. Splinter Papers MC 00091 Special Collections Research Center 4.5 Linear feet 1951 - 1968 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 one folder of material on Splinter's involvement in the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE). 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. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. 3 carton Splinter, William E. Restrictions to Access

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

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 Biographical 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 and Content Note

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 one folder of material on Splinter's involvement in the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE).

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 Related Material Charles W. Suggs Papers

William E. Splinter Papers, 1951 - 1968

North Carolina State University--Faculty--History. Splinter, William E. Agricultural engineering--Research--North Carolina Farm equipment--Research--North Carolina Letters (correspondence) Tobacco--Machinery--North Carolina ASAE Physical Properties Committee (1 of 3) Accession no. 2007-0119 1 1 1963 - 1967 ASAE Physical Properties Committee (2 of 3) 1 2 1963 - 1967 ASAE Physical Properties Committee (3 of 3) 1 3 1963 - 1967 Budget and Financial Information on Research Projects Accession no. 2007-0119 3 11 1955 - 1966 Dusting and Spraying Correspondence (1 of 3) Accession no. 2007-0119 2 6 1951 - 1962

Online content, 1951 - 1962

Dusting and Spraying Correspondence (3 of 3) 2 8 1965-1967

Online content, 1965-1967

Dusting and Spraying Correspondence (2 of 3) 2 7 1962-1965

Online content, 1962-1965

ECPD 1963 Accession no. 2007-0119 2 5 1962 - 1963 Equipment on Loan Correspondence (1 of 1) Accession no. 2007-0119 2 9 1955 - 1967

Online content, 1955 - 1967

Fertilizer Placement Correspondence Accession no. 2007-0119 3 10 1952 - 1960

Online content, 1952 - 1960

Instrumentation Correspondence (1 of 2) 3 12 1954-1965

Online content, 1954-1965

Instrumentation Correspondence (2 of 2) Accession no. 2007-0119 3 13 1954-1968

Online content, 1954-1968

Plant Beds Correspondence Accession no. 2007-0119 1 4 1954 - 1968

Online Content, 1954 - 1968

Russian Articles on Harvesting Accession no. 2007-0119 4 14 1957 - 1963 Rustica Accession no. 2007-0119 4 15 1966 - 1968

Online content, 1966 - 1968