ua011_013 Preliminary Inventory of the North Carolina State University, Furniture Research and Development Applications Institute Records, 1966-1979 UA 011.013 Finding aid prepared by Processed by: Unprocessed;machine-readable finding aid created by: Steven Mandeville-Gamble Special Collections Research Center 2006 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-10-30T18:21-0400 Finding aid written in English. North Carolina State University, Furniture Research and Development Applications Institute Records UA 011.013 Special Collections Research Center 1.5 Linear feet 1966-1979 Contains correspondence, reports, project proposals, and board minutes, budgets, and brochures. The Furniture Research and Development Applications Institute was administered by the Office of Research and Graduate Studies from the mid-1960's until ca. 1979. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. 1 carton North Carolina State University. Furniture Research and Development Applications Institute. Restrictions to Access

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Acquisitions Information

Transferred from the Office of Research and Graduate Studies

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, Furniture Research and Development Applications Institute Records, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

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Historical Note

The Furniture Research and Development Applications Institute was adminsitered by the Office of Research and Graduate Studies during the mid-1960's through at least 1979.

Scope and Content Note

Collection contains correspondence, reports, project proposals, and board minutes, budgets, and brochures.

Organization of the Collection

Arranged alphabetically by folder title and thereunder chronologically.

North Carolina State University. Office of Research and Graduate Studies. Furniture design Furniture industry and trade--North Carolina Furniture making Furniture--Research--North Carolina Accomplishments 1 1973-1974 Advisory Board 1 1974-1978 Board of Directors Meetings 1 1973-1974 Board of Directors Meetings 1 1975-1976 Board of Directors Meetings 1 1977-1978 Board of Directors Meetings 1 1979 Brochures 1 1974 and undated Computer Simulation: An Economic Analysis of Finger Jointed Upholstery Frames 1 1975 Correspondence 1 1966 Correspondence 1 1973 Correspondence 1 1974 Correspondence 1 1975 Correspondence 1 1977 Correspondence 1 1978 Curved Plywoods and Laminates (Considerations in Manufacturing) 1 1977 Economic Analysis: Finger Jointed Rounds and Squares 1 1976 Economic Analysis of: Finger Jointed Dining Room Chair Backposts 1 1976 Evaluating Materials Handling Alternatives in the Furniture Industry 1 1976 Evaluation of the Materials Handling Questionnaire for the Furniture Industry 1 1976 Finger Jointing Project Final Report 1 1975-1976 Highrise Storage for Furniture Manufacturing 1 1976 Inexpensive Manufacturing Method for the Clark Upholstery Frame 1 undated Lumber Yield and Lumber Drying 1 1977 Improved Moisture Cycling Performance in Dowel Joints 1 1976 Production Control Workshop in a Smaller Company 1 1977 Project Activities and Results 1 1973-1977 Project Proposals 1 1974-1975 Proposed Budget 1 1977-1978 Samples of Work Done on a Quality Control Procedures Manual for the Furniture Industry 1 1977 Safety Handbook for Furniture Manufacturing Operations 1 1978 Study of Moulder Rejects and their Classification 1 1977 Technical Committee 1 undated