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Chan family
Size: 0.01 linear feet Collection ID: MSS 00084
The Chan family book and newsclippings consists of a book prepared by Mr. and Mrs. Chan Chi Chun in memory of their son, Hau Cheong (Fred) Chan. The book is in Chinese and contains a number of photographs. There are also three newspaper articles about the 1977 Chinese film The Eternal Love, which is about Chan's life. Hau Cheong ...
MoreThe Chan family book and newsclippings consists of a book prepared by Mr. and Mrs. Chan Chi Chun in memory of their son, Hau Cheong (Fred) Chan. The book is in Chinese and contains a number of photographs. There are also three newspaper articles about the 1977 Chinese film The Eternal Love, which is about Chan's life. Hau Cheong (Fred) Chan was a graduate student at North Carolina State University in electrical engineering. He died of cancer in 1974 before he could finish his degree. The 1977 Chinese film The Eternal Love, produced by George Chang and filmed at North Carolina State University and Duke Medical Center, is about Chan's life and his struggle with cancer.
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Thompson, Chandler
Size: 0.02 linear feet Collection ID: MSS 00399
The Chandler Thompson Campaign Button was created and used for Thompson's successful campaign for NC State University student body president in 2011. In 2011 Chandler Thompson was elected student body president of North Carolina State University. She previously served on the Student Government Traditions Commission. In 2012 she graduated from the university.
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Flink, Charles A., Thayer, Gwyneth Anne
Size: 24 gigabytes Collection ID: MC 00606
This collection contains an oral history interview with Chuck Flink that was conducted by Gwynn Thayer in 2016. Flink discusses his time as an undergraduate studying landscape architecture at North Carolina State University, his childhood and professional influences, and the trajectory of his career in promoting greenway development nationally and internationally.
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Size: 0.49 gigabytes (116 files) Collection ID: KC 0017
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Keen, Charles Barton, 1868-1931
Size: 5 linear feet (1 archival box, 10 flat folders, 2 tubes) Collection ID: MC 00471
This collection contains architectural drawings and specifications for the Norman Stockton Residence (1929) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and drawings for two homes belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Dudley L. Simms. The Norman Stockton Residence in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is an example of Keen's Georgian Revival work in Reynolda ...
MoreThis collection contains architectural drawings and specifications for the Norman Stockton Residence (1929) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and drawings for two homes belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Dudley L. Simms. The Norman Stockton Residence in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is an example of Keen's Georgian Revival work in Reynolda Park. The collection also contains drawings for the O'Hanlon Residence. Charles Barton Keen (1868-1931) was a Philadelphia-born architect who was known for his colonial revival country homes. He was especially popular in Philadelphia (1890-1912) and in North Carolina (1912-1931).
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Park, Charles Benjamin
Size: 0.1 linear feet (2 volumes) Collection ID: MSS 00104
The Charles Benjamin Park roll books consist of Park's class rolls from North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The rolls are from academic years 1898-1899 and 1911-1912. Charles Benjamin Park (1867-1944) was Superintendent of Shops at North Carolina State College from 1891 until the late 1930s.
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Williams, Charles Burgess, 1871-1947
Size: 0.25 linear feet (1 box) Collection ID: MC 00016
The Charles Burgess Williams Papers, 1895 - 1953, contain items relating to Williams' time at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. During his tenure as a student, researcher, and professor, the institution was renamed North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State ...
MoreThe Charles Burgess Williams Papers, 1895 - 1953, contain items relating to Williams' time at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. During his tenure as a student, researcher, and professor, the institution was renamed North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University). The collection contains personal documents, professional materials documenting his contributions to the study of agriculture, published and unpublished biographical pieces, and materials relating to the history of North Carolina State University. Charles Burgess Williams (1871 - 1947) was a scientist and an educator. He received a B.A. and M.A. in agriculture from the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. He spent his career at the College as a professor, chemist, department head, dean, and leader in the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station.
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Dearing, Charles
Size: 7 linear feet (14 archival storage box) Collection ID: MC 00166
The Charles Dearing Papers contains correspondence, research materials, and data gathered over Dearing's forty-year career. As Director of the Coastal Plain Test Farm in Willard, North Carolina, Dearing oversaw experiments on grapes, strawberries, and bluberries. The collection contains pollination records, field reports, vineyard ...
MoreThe Charles Dearing Papers contains correspondence, research materials, and data gathered over Dearing's forty-year career. As Director of the Coastal Plain Test Farm in Willard, North Carolina, Dearing oversaw experiments on grapes, strawberries, and bluberries. The collection contains pollination records, field reports, vineyard reports, nursery lists, samples and block notes. Dearing's research was primarily focused on grape research, especially of the muscadine variety. As Director of the Coastal Plain Test Farm in Willard, North Carolina, Charles Dearing oversaw experiments on grapes, strawberries, and blueberries. Dearing developed new varieties of muscadine grapes and did research that boosted berry and grape production in North Carolina.
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Little, Charles E.
Size: 8.75 linear feet (17 archival boxes, 1 archival halfbox) Collection ID: MC 00214
Chapter by chapter typeset drafts of Little's Greenways for America (1990) and research files and background materials regarding greenway projects across the nation. The latter files contain reports, plans, drawings, maps, assessments, and pamphlets documenting various conservation projects, especially greenway projects. This ...
MoreChapter by chapter typeset drafts of Little's Greenways for America (1990) and research files and background materials regarding greenway projects across the nation. The latter files contain reports, plans, drawings, maps, assessments, and pamphlets documenting various conservation projects, especially greenway projects. This material was deposited with the North Carolina State Univerisity Archives to serve as the basis for a national greenway archive. A former advertising executive, Charles Little became a writer and advocate for land conservation and community planning. His writings include books, published papers, and articles all of which have had significant impact on conservation policies of federal, state, and local governments.
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Burkhead, Charles Erwin
Size: 0.45 linear feet (1 flat folder, 1 half box) Collection ID: MC 00421
The Charles Erwin Burkhead Drawings and Photographic Materials contain plans for gardens at two assisted living centers in North Carolina. The drawings include plans for planting, demolition, construction, and details. Charles Erwin Burkhead is a landscape architect based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Burkhead studied landscape ...
MoreThe Charles Erwin Burkhead Drawings and Photographic Materials contain plans for gardens at two assisted living centers in North Carolina. The drawings include plans for planting, demolition, construction, and details. Charles Erwin Burkhead is a landscape architect based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Burkhead studied landscape architecture at North Carolina State University and at Harvard University. He worked for Lewis Clarke prior to starting his own firm.
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Wright, Charles G. (Charles Gerald), 1930-
Size: 2.5 linear feet (42 volumes) Collection ID: RBC 00001
Big Little Books and Better Little Books published, 1933-1943, by Whitman Publishing Company of Racine, Wisconsin, and books of similar format published, 1934-1941, by the Saalfield Publishing Company, Engel-van Wiseman and Rand McNally. Charles G. Wright is Professor Emeritus of Entomology at North Carolina State University. Big ...
MoreBig Little Books and Better Little Books published, 1933-1943, by Whitman Publishing Company of Racine, Wisconsin, and books of similar format published, 1934-1941, by the Saalfield Publishing Company, Engel-van Wiseman and Rand McNally. Charles G. Wright is Professor Emeritus of Entomology at North Carolina State University. Big Little Books were inexpensive children's books about 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2" in size. They were first published in 1932 by Whitman Publishing Company of Racine, Wisconsin. There was a captioned picture opposite each page of text. Most of them were based on radio, comic strips, or motion pictures. Other publishing companies which produced similar books were Dell, Engel-van Wiseman, Fawcett, Goldsmith, Lynn, Ottenheimer, Saalfield, Waldman, and World Syndicate.
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Peete, Charles H.
Size: 2.3 linear feet (1 box; 6 flat folders) Collection ID: MC 00479
This collection contains drawings and project files that document the creation of the Charles H. Peete Home. The materials range from 1890 to 1920. The home was designed for Dr. Peete by an architectural firm in Virginia called Ferguson, Calrow, and Taylor. The home is a part of a National Register Historic District in Warrenton, ...
MoreThis collection contains drawings and project files that document the creation of the Charles H. Peete Home. The materials range from 1890 to 1920. The home was designed for Dr. Peete by an architectural firm in Virginia called Ferguson, Calrow, and Taylor. The home is a part of a National Register Historic District in Warrenton, North Carolina. The plans do not appear to represent the final design of the home. The Charles H. Peete home is located in Warrenton, North Carolina, and is part of a National Register Historic District. Dr. Peete was a physician working in Warrenton. The home was designed by a Norfolk, Virginia firm, called Ferguson, Calrow, and Taylor, in the early twentieth century.
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Size: 2.1 linear feet (7 flat folders) Collection ID: MC 00382
The collection includes Charles C. Hartmann's original plans and revisions for design of the Atlantic Bank and Trust Building in Burlington, North Carolina, in 1928 as well as plans for the 1950 renovation of the building. Architect Charles Conrad Hartmann was born in 1889 in New York City but moved to Greensboro, North Carolina, to ...
MoreThe collection includes Charles C. Hartmann's original plans and revisions for design of the Atlantic Bank and Trust Building in Burlington, North Carolina, in 1928 as well as plans for the 1950 renovation of the building. Architect Charles Conrad Hartmann was born in 1889 in New York City but moved to Greensboro, North Carolina, to open an office in 1921. Hartmann played an important role in the spread of high-rise downtown bank and office buildings in many North Carolina towns, as well as the design of many hospitals, housing projects, commercial and religious buildings, and single-family homes through the 1960s.
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Hamilton, C. Horace (Charles Horace), 1901-1977
Size: 9 linear feet (18 archival boxes) Collection ID: MC 00159
The Charles Horace Hamilton Papers document Hamiilton's career as professor and chair of the Department of Rural Sociology at North Carolina State College. The collection describes Hamilton's research, writings, university career, and participation in professional organizations. His main interests were higher education, population ...
MoreThe Charles Horace Hamilton Papers document Hamiilton's career as professor and chair of the Department of Rural Sociology at North Carolina State College. The collection describes Hamilton's research, writings, university career, and participation in professional organizations. His main interests were higher education, population and migration, rural families, rural health care and standards of living, and statistics. This collection also contains a manuscript by the Federal Writers Project titled "Gamblers All," detailing the history of tobacco and tobacco workers in North Carolina. It is believed that this manuscript is unpublished. C. Horace (Charles Horace) Hamilton (1901-1977) taught rural sociology at North Carolina State College from 1931 to 1936 and from 1940 to 1967.
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Size: 27.22 linear feet (27 archival storage boxes, 2 cartons, 1 oversize flatbox, and 38 tubeboxes) Collection ID: MC 00324
The Charles Horton Papers contain photographs, drawings, furniture catalogues, price lists, correspondence, and financial information related to Horton's career as a free-lance furniture designer in Statesville, North Carolina. Charles M. Horton (1912 - 1987) was a furniture designer in Statesville, North Carolina. He graduated from ...
MoreThe Charles Horton Papers contain photographs, drawings, furniture catalogues, price lists, correspondence, and financial information related to Horton's career as a free-lance furniture designer in Statesville, North Carolina. Charles M. Horton (1912 - 1987) was a furniture designer in Statesville, North Carolina. He graduated from Statesville High School and never studied furniture design in a formal setting. He began his career working with his brother and his father, Fred Horton. As his father's successor, he became a free-lance furniture designer in one of the most prosperous furniture manufacturing centers in the country. He designed individual pieces and suites for manufacturers throughout the Southeast. Among his clients were Lexington Chair Company and Burlington Furniture Company in North Carolina, Pulaski Furniture in Virginia, Trogdon Furniture in Georgia, and Williams Furniture Corporation in South Carolina.
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Nusbaum, Charles J. (Charles Joseph)
Size: 6 linear feet (12 boxes) Collection ID: MC 00345
The Charles J. Nusbaum Papers relate to Nusbaum's plant pathology research as well as interactions with his students at North Carolina State University. This collection contains Nusbaum's essays, publications, and reports, research correspondence, and materials from his classes. Materials related to the Tobacco Workers Conference are ...
MoreThe Charles J. Nusbaum Papers relate to Nusbaum's plant pathology research as well as interactions with his students at North Carolina State University. This collection contains Nusbaum's essays, publications, and reports, research correspondence, and materials from his classes. Materials related to the Tobacco Workers Conference are also included. In addition, there are photographs and slides, some pertaining to Nusbaum's research and others to his personal life. The photographs generally date from the 1930s and 1940s. The slides generally date from the 1930s to the 1960s. Items in the collection date from 1928 to 1992, with the bulk dating from the 1930s to the 1970s.
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Kahn, Charles H.
Size: 3 linear feet (3 tubes, 1 oversize flatbox, 1 half box, 2 flat folder, 1 cassette box) Collection ID: MC 00149
The Charles Kahn Papers contains design proposals and drawings, course materials, journal articles, pamphlets, brochures, oral histories, and photographic negatives documenting work of Charles Kahn and his students as well as local architects, including Horacio Caminos, Matthew Nowicki, James Fitzgibbons, Eduardo Catalano, and George ...
MoreThe Charles Kahn Papers contains design proposals and drawings, course materials, journal articles, pamphlets, brochures, oral histories, and photographic negatives documenting work of Charles Kahn and his students as well as local architects, including Horacio Caminos, Matthew Nowicki, James Fitzgibbons, Eduardo Catalano, and George Matsumoto. Materials related to Buckminster Fuller and Charter Industries (Geodesic domes) are also included. Items in the collection are described using titles found on Kahn's original files. Charles Howard Kahn was born in Salisbury, North Carolina. In 1952, he joined the faculty at North Carolina State University as an instructor in Civil Engineering. He was appointed Associate Professor of Design in 1959. Kahn remained at North Carolina State University until 1968, when he left for the University of Kansas. Kahn's research focused on thin-shell structures and membranes of long-span roofs for buildings. Notably, he designed North Carolina State University's Carter-Finley Stadium. The items included in this collection reflect Kahn's time at North Carolina State University. Kahn passed away at the age of 95 in 2021.
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Britt, Charles Leslie, 1930-2017
Size: 0.02 linear feet; 2 Megabytes; 1 File Collection ID: MSS 00428
Contained in this collection are an NC State decal and football ticket from Charles "Les" Britt's years as a student at North Carolina State College (1950). Also included is a 2017 memoir Britt wrote for his children. In it he recounts his life and career, including his student years at NC State College (later NC State University) ...
MoreContained in this collection are an NC State decal and football ticket from Charles "Les" Britt's years as a student at North Carolina State College (1950). Also included is a 2017 memoir Britt wrote for his children. In it he recounts his life and career, including his student years at NC State College (later NC State University) and his membership in Kappa Sigma fraternity. Charles Leslie "Les" Britt, Jr. (1930-2017), had a long career in aviation and aeronautical electronics. Working for General Electric, he oversaw the payload of the first successful Atlas missile launch at Cape Canaveral. In 1962, he joined Research Triangle Institute (RTI), where he researched and designed radar techniques, electronic systems, and large computer applications. In 1979, he founded the RTI Virginia Office, and worked with NASA, the FAA, and manufacturers to develop, test, and certify the lifesaving airborne wind shear radar detection system that became required for all U.S. commercial aircraft. He retired from RTI in 2006.
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Size: 21.3 linear feet (13 cartons, 1 flatfolder, 1 box, 1 half box, 1 flat box, 1 CD box) Collection ID: MC 00724
The Charles M. Ellertson Research and Study Collection on Typography contains books, serials (including a run of The Association of American University Presses Book and Jacket Show), booklets and leaflets on graphic design, typography, fonts, and graphic designers, and some papers related to Ellertson's work in typography. The ...
MoreThe Charles M. Ellertson Research and Study Collection on Typography contains books, serials (including a run of The Association of American University Presses Book and Jacket Show), booklets and leaflets on graphic design, typography, fonts, and graphic designers, and some papers related to Ellertson's work in typography. The collection also includes a set of Merganthaler Linotype negatives from Ellertson's early career. Materials range in date from 1956 to 2022. Charles M. Ellertson (1945-2022), a typographer and typesetter, co-founded Tseng Information Systems in Durham, NC in 1980 and was vice-president of the firm until its closure in 2021, setting type for university presses throughout the U.S. Using Fontographer and later FontLab, Charles created special characters and diacritics for non-Romanized languages; his work enabled the publication of Native American research and literature. Charles was married to Barbara Williams, founder of BW&A Books, Inc., a local book design and production studio.
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Smallwood, Charles M.
Size: 11 linear feet (22 archival boxes) Collection ID: MC 00193
The Charles M. Smallwood Papers document research on water quality. Involved institutions include North Carolina State University, the city of Raleigh, the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Department of the Interior, the North Carolina Energy Development Authority, the Waterworks School, the Water Resources Research ...
MoreThe Charles M. Smallwood Papers document research on water quality. Involved institutions include North Carolina State University, the city of Raleigh, the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Department of the Interior, the North Carolina Energy Development Authority, the Waterworks School, the Water Resources Research Institute, the Water Pollution Control Association, and the national Center for Urban and Industrial Health. Charles M. Smallwood joined the Civil Engineering Department of North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) in 1950 as an expert on water pollution. He received his B.S. from Case Institute of Technology in 1942 and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1950.
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