ua105_014 Preliminary Guide to the North Carolina State University Department of Materials Science and Engineering Records, 1924 - 2006 UA 105.014 Finding aid prepared by Processed by: Russell S. Koonts; machine-readable finding aid created by: Katherine M. Wisser Special Collections Research Center 2002 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-10-31T08:38-0400 Finding aid written in English North Carolina State University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Records UA 105.014 Special Collections Research Center 131.75 Linear feet 20 archival storage boxes, 81 cartons, 1 archival half box 1924 - 2006 Contained here are records, 1924-2006, of the North Carolina State University's Department of Materials Science and Engineering and its predessecor departments. The collection includes correspondence, reports, reprints, and photographs pertaining to courses and curricula, equipment and travel expenses, the Department of Geology, ceramics, clay and bricks. Also included is material pertaining to organizations such as the Foundry educational Foundation, Geological Society of North America, the North Carolina Academy of Sciences, and Sigma Xi. Financial and grant records are also included. The origins of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering lie in the Departments of Geology and Mineral Industries Engineering. Only in 1972 did the University create a discrete Materials Engineering Department, which became the Materials Science and Engineering Department in 1986. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. North Carolina State University. Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering. Restrictions to Access

This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.

Acquisitions Information

Transferred from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], North Carolina State University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Records, UA 105.014, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Historical Note

Materials Science and Engineering comprise the design, development, selection, and processing of engineering materials. Typical of the industries served by materials engineers are: aerospace, electrical and electronics, construction, nuclear power, and transportation. Material Sciences and Engineering includes specialty areas such as ceramic engineering, metallurgical engineering, polymeric materials, and materials processing. In general, Materials Scientists develop materials that have certain properties, such as Gore-Tex, which is made of a polymer that keeps water out while allowing sweat to evaporate. Materials Science Engineers work, according to their website, "with every material imaginable in every setting imaginable, including the human body."

The origins of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering lie in the Departments of Geology and Mineral Industries Engineering. Only in 1972 did the University create a discrete Materials Engineering Department, which became the Materials Science and Engineering Department in 1986.

Additional information and resources on the history of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering can be found through the NCSU Historical State website.

List of Department Heads 1972 - 1979 W. W. Austin, Jr. 1980 - 1986 Hans Conrad 1986 - 1999 J. J. Hren 1999 - J. M. Rigsbee Scope and Content Note

Contained here are records, 1924-2006, of the North Carolina State University's Department of Materials Science and Engineering and its predessecor departments. The collection includes correspondence, reports, reprints, and photographs pertaining to courses and curricula, equipment and travel expenses, the Department of Geology, ceramics, clay and bricks. Also included is material pertaining to organizations such as the Foundry educational Foundation, Geological Society of North America, the North Carolina Academy of Sciences, and Sigma Xi. Financial and grant records are also included. In 2008 1.5 linear feet of employee time sheets (1996-1997) were deaccessioned according to instructions for GU206 of the UNC-system retention and disposition schedule.

Organization of the Collection

This collection has not been fully processed. Series 1 has received some processing, and files are arranged alphabetically. The remaining records have not received any processing and are arranged in the order received.

Related Material Student and Other Organizations, Engineers' Council Records (UA 021.452) Bostian, Carey Hoyt, 1907-2000 Harrelson, J. W. (John William), 1885-1955 North Carolina Academy of Science. North Carolina State University. College of Engineering. Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society. Engineering--Research grants Engineering--Research--North Carolina Engineering--Societies, etc. Engineering--Study and teaching--North Carolina Geology--Study and teaching (Higher)--North Carolina Materials science--Study and teaching--North Carolina Materials--Research--North Carolina General Records Series 01 7.5 Linear feet 1924 - 1995 15 archival storage boxes Scope and Contents note

Contained here are documents that received some archival processing in 2000.

Advising 1 1 1948 - 1949 American Association for the Advancement of Science, North Carolina Section 1 2 1938 American Association of University Professors 1 3 1938 - 1941 American Ceramic Society, Inc. 1 4 1935 - 1947 American Institute of Mining & Metallurgical Engineering : General 1 5 1939 - 1950 American Institute of Mining & Metallurgical Engineering : Committee on Industrial Minerals and Ceramics Courses 1 6 1939 - 1947 American Institute of Mining & Metallurgical Engineering : Mineral Industry Education Division 1 7 1939 - 1948 American Society for Engineering Education 1 7 1949 - 1973 American Society for Engineering Education : Printed Materials 1 8 1949 - 1979 Annual Reports 1 9 1951 - 1984 Athletics Council 1 10 1937 - 1946 Bausch and Lomb Optical Company 1 11 1937 - 1946 Bauxite 2 1 1942 Berry, E. Willard 2 2 1937 - 1944 Brochures 2 3 1968 - 1995 Budget Requests 2 4 1937 - 1980 Bureau of Mines, United States 2 5 1948, undated C Average 2 6 1948 - 1949 Canadian Department of Mines and Resources 2 7 1938 Chancellor's correspondence : Bostian, Carey H. 2 9 1953 - 1954 Chancellor's correspondence : Harrelson, John W. 2 10 1936 - 1953 Clinchfield Sand and Feldspar Corporation 2 11 1938 - 1940 Committee Appointments : School of Engineering 2 12 1941 - 1980 Committee Appointments : University 2 13 1979 Committees : Buildings, Engineering 2 14 1938 Committees : Computer 2 15 1982 Committees : Engineering Design Center Advisory 2 16 1973 - 1978 Committees : English 2 17 1938 Committees : Graduate Instruction 2 18 1938 - 1942 Committees : Graduate Studies 2 19 1967 - 1970 Committees : Graduate Studies 2 20 1971 - 1980 Committees : Honor and Student Government 2 21 1939 - 1954 Committees : Honors and Awards 3 1 1967 - 1985 Committees : Library 3 2 1979 - 1981 Committees : Nominating, For Head of Materials Engineering Department 3 3 1979 Committees : Open House 3 4 1973 Committees : Outstanding Teacher Selection 3 5 1973 - 1976 Committees : Planning and Semester Coordinating 3 6 1945 - 1978 Committees : Publicity 3 7 1937 - 1942 Committees : Reexamine the Fifth-Year Program in Engineering 3 8 1953 Committees : Research Advisory 3 9 1952 - 1953 Committees : Schedule 3 10 1943 Committees : Scholarship and Standards 3 11 1949 Committees : School of Engineering 3 12 1951 - 1981 Committees : Space and Facilities 3 13 1975 - 1978 Committees : Student Trips 3 14 1949 Committees : Student Welfare 3 15 1938 - 1941 Committees : Teacher Education 3 16 1938 - 1941 Committees : Tenure 3 17 1978 Conrad, Hans 3 18 1985 Constitution and by-laws, School of Engineering 3 19 1938 Contracts and Grants 3 20 1980 - 1981 Cooperative plan for engineering education 3 21 1943 Course and curriculum : Engineering, general 3 22 1937 - 1953 Course and curriculum : Engineering, general 3 23 1937 - 1953 Course and curriculum : University, general 3 24 1937 - 1983 Course and curriculum : Architectural engineering 3 25 1937 - 1940 Course and curriculum : Biological and agricultural engineering 3 26 1980 Course and curriculum : Ceramic engineering 4 1 1949 - 1953 Course and curriculum : Chemical engineering 4 2 1950, undated Course and curriculum : Civil engineering 4 3 1942 - 1983 Course and curriculum : Electrical engineering 4 4 1947 - 1950 Course and curriculum : Engineering mechanics 4 5 1937 - 1953 Course and curriculum : Geological engineering 4 6 1937 - 1953 Course and curriculum : Geological engineering, ECPD report 4 7 undated Course and curriculum : Geology Dept. 4 8 1935 - 1962 Course and curriculum : Industrial engineering 4 9 1938 - 1953 Course and curriculum : Materials engineering, graduate 4 10 1970 - 1978 Course and curriculum : Materials engineering, undergraduate 5 1 1970 - 1984 Course and curriculum : Mathematics Dept. 5 2 1939 - 1955 Course and curriculum : Mechanical engineering 5 3 1937 - 1953 Course and curriculum : Metallurgical engineering 5 4 1956 Course and curriculum : Minerals industry 5 5 1954 - 1955 Course and curriculum : Nuclear engineering 5 6 undated Course and curriculum : Physics Dept. 5 7 1949 - 1953 Dean's Office : general correspondence 5 8 1937 - 1938 Dean's Office : general correspondence 5 9 1939 - 1940 Dean's Office : general correspondence 5 10 1941 - 1942 Dean's Office : general correspondence 5 11 1943 - 1945 Dean's Office : general correspondence 6 1 1946 Dean's Office : general correspondence 6 2 1947 - 1948 Dean's Office : general correspondence 6 3 1949 - 1950 Dean's Office : general correspondence 6 4 1951 - 1952 Dean's Office : general correspondence 6 5 1953 Dean's Office : general correspondence 6 6 1954 Dean's Office : general correspondence 6 7 1955 Dean's Office : Associate Dean: Ely, John F. 6 8 1977 - 1978 Dean's Office : Associate Dean: Ely, John F. 6 8 1977 - 1978 Dean's Office : Associate Dean: Ely, John F. 7 1 1979 Dean's Office : Associate Dean: Ely, John F. 7 2 1980 Dean's Office : Associate Dean: Ely, John F. 7 3 1981 Dean's Office : Associate Dean: Zorowsku, Carl F. 7 4 1979 - 1981 Employee agreement relating to inventions 7 5 1945 Engineering 100, Engineering for Freshmen 7 6 1953 - 1954 Engineering Experiment Station 7 7 1937 - 1946 Engineer's Council for Professional Development 7 8 1934 - 1953 Engineer's Council for Professional Development : course materials 7 9 1941 - 1948 Equipment requests 7 10 1974 - 1984 Explorers Post 382 7 11 1962 - 1965 Extension Division 7 12 1938 - 1943 Faculty Council 8 1 1943 - 1947 Faculty, General 8 2 1952 - 1985 Feldspor Floation Corp. 8 3 1948 - 1949 Foreign travel 8 4 1983 Foundry Education Foundation 8 5 1977 - 1978 Foundry Education Foundation 8 6 1979 Foundry Education Foundation 8 7 1980 Foundry Education Foundation 8 8 1981 - 1984 Fraternities 8 9 1924 - 1939 Freshmen enrollment 8 10 1951 - 1953 General correspondence, A 8 11 1938 - 1984 General correspondence, B 8 12 1937 - 1985 General correspondence, C 9 1 1933 - 1985 General correspondence, D 9 2 1934 - 1985 General correspondence, E 9 3 1937 - 1984 General correspondence, F 9 4 1934 - 1984 General correspondence, G 9 5 1935 - 1984 General correspondence, H 9 6 1936 - 1985 General correspondence, I 9 7 1937 - 1984 General correspondence, J 9 8 1935 - 1984 General correspondence, K 9 9 1942 - 1985 General correspondence, L 9 10 1938 - 1985 General correspondence, M 10 1 1934 - 1985 General correspondence, N 10 2 1937 - 1985 General correspondence, O 10 3 1937 - 1984 General correspondence, P 10 4 1935 - 1984 General correspondence, R 10 5 1934 - 1985 General correspondence, S 10 6 1934 - 1985 General correspondence, T 10 7 1934 - 1984 General correspondence, U 10 8 1937 - 1946 General correspondence, V 10 9 1933 - 1984 General correspondence, W 10 10 1933 - 1984 General correspondence, X - Y - Z 10 11 1947 - 1984 General Electric Foundation 11 1 1975 - 1985 Geological Society of America 11 2 1934 - 1946 Geological Society of America : publications 11 3 1935 - 1946 Geology Department : annual report 11 4 1947 - 1954 Geology Department : budget 11 5 1940 - 1954 Geology Department : equipment 11 6 1943 - 1954 Geology Department : fellowship 11 7 1939 Geology Department : general expenses 11 8 1953 Geology Department : office space 11 9 1952 Geology Department : purchase orders 11 10 1949 - 1950 Geology Department : repairs 11 11 1952 Geology Department : supplies 11 12 1950 - 1952 Geology Department : transfer of program to School of Physical Sciences and Applied Mathematics 11 13 1967 Graduate school 11 14 1949 - 1971 Graduates 11 15 1927 - 1953 Greaves-Walker, A.F. : consulting work 12 1 1925 - 1932 Greaves-Walker, A.F. : consulting work 12 2 1936 - 1939 Greaves-Walker, A.F. : consulting work 12 3 1940 - 1943 Greaves-Walker, A.F. : consulting work 12 4 1944 - 1949 Greaves-Walker, A.F. : consulting work 12 5 1951 - 1952, undated Greaves-Walker, A.F. : Kiln design 13 1 1942 - 1946 Greaves-Walker, A.F. : notes and calculations 13 2 undated Greaves-Walker, A.F. : refactories 13 3 1931 - 1944 Greaves-Walker, A.F. : U.S. Gypsum Co. 13 4 1939 High school visits 13 5 1950 - 1953 Honors program 13 6 1952 - 1980 Industrial employment 13 7 1946 - 1947 Industrial extension 13 8 1967 - 1977 Letterhead 13 9 1979 Library, D.H. Hill 13 10 1934 - 1950 Maintenance and operations 13 11 1934 - 1950 Materials Engineering Dept. 13 12 1969 - 1985 Metallurgical Mites 14 1 1943 - 1944 Microscope, E. Leitz, Inc. 14 2 1933 - 1940 Mineral Industries Dept. : meeting minutes 14 3 1954 - 1966 Mineral Industries Dept. : name change 14 4 1954 - 1969 Minerals Resources Research Institute 14 5 1977 - 1980 Minorities in engineering 14 6 1980 Miscellaneous 14 7 1947 - 1988 NC Academy of Science 14 8 1935 - 1946 News releases 14 9 1939 - 1951 Nuclear Reactor, Statement of responsibilities, procedures, and regulations governing use of radioactivity on the campus 14 10 1953 Page Hall : renovations 14 11 1944 - 1976 Page Hall : renovations 14 12 1977 - 1980 Planning and Placement Center 15 1 1942 - 1980 Quail Roost retreat 15 2 1982 Registrar's Office 15 3 1937 - 1955 Requests for examination of specimen materials 15 4 1947 - 1955 Safety and health 15 5 1985 Scholarships and financial aid 15 6 1948 - 1980 Seminars 15 7 1967 - 1985 Sigma Xi 15 8 1934 - 1980 Society of the Promotion of Engineering Education 15 9 1937 - 1944 Society of Exploration Geophysicists 15 10 1941 - 1943 Society of Exploration Geophysicists 15 11 1941 - 1943 Southern Association for the Advancement of Science 15 12 1945 Space, Equipment and Facility needs 15 13 1941 - 1945 Spencer Lens Company 15 14 1937 - 1945 Television, College Programs 15 15 1954 Tennessee Mineral Products 15 16 1937 - 1941 Tips to Freshmen 15 17 1951 - 1952 United States Geological Survey 15 18 1939 - 11946 University of North Carolina, Consolidated University 15 19 1933 - 1941 University of North Carolina, Consolidated University : Administrative Council 15 20 1939 - 1941 Vaughn, L.L. Director of Instruction 15 21 1947 - 1949 Vocational Guidance Bureau 15 22 1939 Ward's Natural Science Establishment 15 23 1936 - 1943 World's Fair Exhibition 15 24 1940 - 1941 Unprocessed Materials Series 99 124.0 Linear feet 1988 - 2006 5 archival storage boxes, 81 cartons Financial records: invoices, purchase orders, ledgers, reimbursement statements. Accession no. 8572 16 1998-2000 Financial records: invoices, purchase orders, ledgers, reimbursement statements. Accession no. 8572 17 1998-2000 Financial records: invoices, purchase orders, ledgers, reimbursement statements. Accession no. 8572 18 1998-2000 Financial records: invoices, purchase orders, ledgers, reimbursement statements. Accession no. 8572 19 1998-2000 Financial records: invoices, purchase orders, ledgers, reimbursement statements. Accession no. 8572 20 1998-2000 Financial records: invoices, purchase orders, ledgers, reimbursement statements. Accession no. 8572 21 1998-2000 MUR Prop. (1997-2004); and DARPA BAA 01-35 with K. Roe "Very Low Defect Density 4H-SiC Thin Films & Appl." (2001-2003) Accession no. 8586 21 1997-2004 Graduate student project files Accession no. 8717 22 2001 - 2005 MSE Contracts and Grants (closed) and Archived Accounts files, box 1/4 Accession no. 8729 23 1997 - 2002 MSE Contracts and Grants (closed) and Archived Accounts files, box 2/4 24 1997 - 2002 MSE Contracts and Grants (closed) and Archived Accounts files, box 3/4 25 1997 - 2002 MSE Contracts and Grants (closed) and Archived Accounts files, box 4/4 26 1997 - 2002 Financial Records Accession no. 8463 27 1993-2000 Scope and Contents note