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This collection contains a book of postcards with pictures of North Carolina State College buildings, USDA Extension Service Handbook on Agriculture and Home Economics, slides relating to tobacco and agriculture in North Carolina, "Tobacco Information for 1966" (published by North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, December 1965), photocopies of "History of Tobacco Extension Program" (as well as an early draft) by Roy R. Bennett, "History of Crop Science Extension," an "Overview of U. S. Tobacco" (9-4-85), and a bound book of correpondence to Bennett on the occasion of his retirement (1966).
Roy R. Bennett served as assistant Extension agent in Rowan County, North Carolina, and the Extension agent in Pitt County, North Carolina. After World War II, he joined the Agronomy Department at NC State, where he provided the leadership for the tobacco extension program.
Roy R. Bennett was born in Stokes County, North Carolina, and graduated from North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) in 1934. He served as assistant Extension agent in Rowan County, North Carolina, and the Extension agent in Pitt County, North Carolina. After World War II, he joined the Agronomy Department at NC State, where he provided the leadership for the tobacco extension program.
This collection contains a book of postcards with pictures of North Carolina State College buildings, USDA Extension Service Handbook on Agriculture and Home Economics, slides relating to tobacco and agriculture in North Carolina, "Tobacco Information for 1966" (published by North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, December 1965), photocopies of "History of Tobacco Extension Program" (as well as an early draft) by Roy R. Bennett, "History of Crop Science Extension," an "Overview of U. S. Tobacco" (9-4-85), and a bound book of correpondence to Bennett on the occasion of his retirement (1966).
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[Identification of item], Roy R. Bennett Papers, MC 00134, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Gift of Alice Barber Bennett (Mrs. Roy R. Bennett), June 2005 (Accession 2009-0129), Dec. 2014 (Accession 2014-0270), and Feb. 2015 (Accession 2014-0032).
Processed by: Linda Sellars, 2009 Aug.; machine-readable finding aid by: Linda Sellars, 2009 Aug.; finding aid updated to reflect addition to collection by: Todd Kosmerick, 2014 Dec. and 2015 Feb.
Contained here is a bound volume of letters written on the occasion of Bennett's retirement . from the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service.
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[Identification of item], Roy R. Bennett Papers, MC 00134, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.