mc00181 Guide to the Robert F. Stoops Papers, 1946-1950, 1963 MC 00181 Finding aid prepared by Processed by: Kelly Clark, December 2007;machine-readable finding aid created by: Kelly Clark, December 2007 Special Collections Research Center 2007 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-10-28T16:03-0400 Finding aid written in English. Robert F. Stoops Papers MC 00181 Special Collections Research Center 0.5 Linear feet 1946-1950, 1963 The Robert F. Stoops Papers, 1946-1950, 1963, contain class notes, assignments, tests, and textbooks from Stoops's time as an undergraduate ceramic engineering major at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University), as well a lab report written by one of Stoops's students at N.C. State. Robert F. Stoops (1921-2005) received his B.A. in ceramic engineering from N.C. State and his M.A. and Ph.D. in ceramic engineering from Ohio State University. He joined the faculty at N.C. State in 1958 and was appointed director of engineering research in 1968. He also served as the director of the N.C. State Minerals Research Laboratory. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. 1 archival box Stoops, Robert F., 1921-2005 Access to Collection

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Acquisitions Information

Transferred by the North Carolina State University School of Engineering and Richard L. Porter in 1985 (accession number 1985-0012).

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Biographical Note

Robert F. Stoops (1921-2005) was born and raised in West Virginia. He served in the United States Army during World War II and spent two and a half years as head of the cryptographic section in China Theater Headquarters. He received his B.A. in ceramic engineering from N.C. State in 1949, graduating magna cum laude, and then earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in ceramic engineering from Ohio State University.

Stoops worked in industry for several years before he joined the faculty of the Dept. of Engineering Research at N.C. State in 1958. He was appointed director of engineering research in 1968. He also served as the director of the N.C. State Minerals Research Laboratory. Stoops spent twenty-seven years working and teaching at the university.

In addition to his teaching and administrative duties at N.C. State, Stoops published many research articles. He was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists in 1970 and a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society in 1974. Stoops passed away December 10, 2005.

Scope and Content Note

The Robert F. Stoops Papers, 1946-1950, 1963, contain class notes, assignments, tests, and textbooks from courses in ceramic engineering, mineralogy, and chemistry that Stoops took as an undergraduate in the now defunct Dept. of Ceramic Engineering at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University). In addition, there is a lab report written by one of Stoops's students at N.C. State's School of Engineering (later the College of Engineering).

Organization of the Collection

The class notes and assignments and papers were bound in paper binders with metal-fasteners, which have been removed. Otherwise, the original order of materials has been preserved within the file folders.

North Carolina State College. School of Engineering--History. North Carolina State University. College of Engineering--Faculty--History. North Carolina State University. College of Engineering--Students--History. Stoops, Robert F., 1921-2005 Ceramic engineering--Study and teaching (Higher)--North Carolina Chemistry--Study and teaching (Higher)--North Carolina Mineralogy--Study and teaching (Higher)--North Carolina Textbooks Class Notes, Microscopic Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy 1 1 undated Class Notes and Assignments, Physical Chemistry 1 2 1949 Class Notes and Assignments, Chemistry 887 1 3 1950 Textbook, "Clays and Some Other Ceramic Materials," by C. W. Parmelee 1 4 1946 Textbook (Mimeograph), Untitled, on Ceramics 1 5 undated Lab Procedures, "Procedure for Making Polished Sections" 1 6 undated Stoops, Robert F., Papers 1 7 1946, 1949 Johnson, D. R., Lab Report 1 8 1963 Stoops, Robert F., 1921-2005 Stoops, Robert F., 1921-2005