Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Copies of digital files may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
This collection contains Nelson's thesis and dissertation, class materials for a small number of courses he taught at NC State University, and his resumes. Also contained here is a 1971 letter from Gertrude Cox to Nelson describing her work in Thailand. Materials in the collection date from 1959 to approximately 2000.
Larry A. Nelson was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on 28 October 1932. He grew up in Iowa and attended Iowa State University, receiving a B.S. in 1954. He earned an M.S. from Texas A&M University (1958) and a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University (1961). After a few years in Hawaii, he returned to NC State and became a professor of statistics, teaching from 1964 to 1989. During most of this time he was also a statistical consultant. He died in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2016.
This collection contains Nelson's thesis and dissertation, class materials for a small number of courses he taught at NC State University, and his resumes. Also contained here is a 1971 letter from Gertrude Cox to Nelson describing her work in Thailand. Materials in the collection date from 1959 to approximately 2000.
Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
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[Identification of item], Larry A. Nelson Papers, MC 00612, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Gift of Eric R. Nelson, 2016 (Accession 2016-0302)
Processed by: Todd Kosmerick, 2016 Sept.; machine-readable finding aid by: Todd Kosmerick, 2016 Sept.
Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Copies of digital files may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
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[Identification of item], Larry A. Nelson Papers, MC 00612, 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.