Frank Houston Smith Papers
MC 00146
Special Collections Research Center
0.25 Linear feet
1929-1984
The Frank Houston Smith Papers consist of documents related to Smith and Drs. John O. Halverson and Francis W. Sherwood, two of his colleagues at the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station (later Agricultural Research Service) at the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University). The bulk of the collection, 1929-1942, consists of professional correspondence of Halverson regarding gossypol, a toxin in cotton plants and cottonseed meal.
Frank Houston Smith (b. 1903) of Cornelius, North Carolina, was a researcher and professor of animal nutrition at North Carolina State University from 1928 to 1973. He specialized in research on gossypol.
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1 archival half box
Restrictions to Access
This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.
Acquisitions Information
Gift of Frank Houston Smith, 1982 February 11 (Accession no. 1982-0016).
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Frank Houston Smith Papers, MC 146, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Processing Information
Processed by Will Andersen,
2006 November
Encoded by Will Andersen,
2006 November
Biographical Note
Frank Houston Smith was born in Cornelius, North Carolina, on 1903 May 18. He received degrees in chemistry from Davidson College in 1926 (B.S.) and the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) in 1931 (M.S.). Smith was a researcher and professor of animal nutrition at North Carolina State College, beginning as a research assistant in 1928. He became an associate professor in 1946, and a full professor in 1961. Smith specialized in research on gossypol, a toxin in cotton plants and cottonseed meal. A member of several professional and honorary societies, he retired as professor emeritus in 1973.
Scope and Content Note
The
Frank Houston Smith Papers consist of documents related to Smith, a professor of
animal nutrition at the
North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later
North Carolina State University) from 1928 to 1973. The bulk of the collection consists of professional correspondence to and from Halverson, 1929-1942, regarding
gossypol, a toxin in cotton plants and cottonseed meal.One folder contains a curriculum vitae and professional correspondence, 1960-1984. Two folders contain memorials written by Smith for two of his colleagues at the
North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station (later Agricultural Research Service) at North Carolina State College--Dr.
John Oliver Halverson and Dr.
Francis Webber Sherwood--along with related material.
Organization of the Collection
This collection is arranged by type of material. The original file arrangement has been preserved, and materials within the folders are in chronological order.
Halverson, John Oliver
North Carolina State University--Faculty--History.
Sherwood, Francis Webber, 1890-
Smith, Frank Houston, 1903-
Animal nutrition--United States
College teachers--North Carolina
Gossypol--Research
Letters (correspondence)
Frank Houston Smith
1
1
1960-1984
Francis Webber Sherwood
1
2
1953-1963
John Oliver Halverson
1
3
1957, 1959
Halverson Correspondence
1
4
1934-1938
Halverson Correspondence
1
5
1931-1941
Halverson Correspondence
1
6
1929-1942
Halverson Correspondence
1
7
1935-1942