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The Dorianne Louise Laux Papers contains a wide variety of materials that document her career as a student, poet, and professor in creative writing. Included are published works, manuscript materials, personal and professional correspondence, newspaper clippings and articles, datebooks and calendars, teaching and workshop materials, photographs, literary festival and conference materials, audiovisual recordings of poetry readings, and promotional materials. Also, Laux amassed a collection of materials relating to friends and colleagues, such as poets Jane Hirshfield, Joe Millar, Kim Addonizio, Philip Levine, and Sharon Olds. The collection ranges in date from 1968 to 2019. Dorianne Louise Laux (1952- ) is a poet who authored several collections of poetry, including Awake (1990), What We Carry (1994), Smoke (2000), Facts about the Moon (2005),The Book of Men (2011), and Only As the Day Is Long: New and Selected (2019). She is also the co-author, with Kim Addonizio, of The Poet’s Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry (1997). Laux taught at the University of Oregon’s creative writing program and has been a professor for North Carolina State University's creative writing program since 2008, and core faculty at the MFA Writing Program at Pacific University since 2006. Her teaching and research interests include contemporary American poetry, women's poetry, the poetry of work and class, the poetry of sex and death, narrative design in poetry and short fiction, close readings of works, and poetry broadsides. Less

The Doris Day Animal League Records, 1978-2006, contains a wide variety of materials that document the organization's efforts to protect the lives of animals through policy initiatives and education--specifically relating to animal testing, animals in the entertainment industry, companion animals legislation, and horse slaughter. Included in the collection are correspondence, Freedom of Information Act requests, pamphlets, reports, legislative and judicial summaries, journal and newspaper articles, editorials, surveys, videotapes, photographs, and other materials. Some of the organization's largest efforts documented in these records are the United States Air Force chimpanzee divestiture, high production volume testing (HPV) on animals, no apes in entertainment, efforts to influence Disney's creation of their Wild Animal Kingdom park, dog breeding regulation, spay and neuter legislation, and horse slaughter legislation. Founded in 1987 by Doris Day, the Doris Day Animal League (DDAL) is a nonprofit lobbying organization committed to providing animal advocacy through policy initiatives, education, and corporate engagement. Based in Washington D.C., DDAL serves to influence federal, state, and local laws and policies that focus on animal welfare. Some of the organization's largest efforts relate to the United States Air Force chimpanzee divestiture, high production volume testing (HPV) on animals, no apes in entertainment, dog breeding regulation, spay and neuter legislation, and horse slaughter legislation. In 2006, DDAL merged into the Humane Society of the United States. Less

The Doris Elizabeth King Paperback Book Collection contains a selection of books made from a large collection of books bequeathed to North Carolina State University. Items in the collection were selected by NC State University Graphic Design & Industrial Design faculty members Deborah Littlejohn and Russell Flinchum, as well as the staff of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center. Items selected are either early paperback books or otherwise noteworthy for their book design. A separate collection contains Doris Elizabeth King's archival papers. Less

The Doris Elizabeth King Papers (1950-2014) contain 124.5 linear feet of correspondence, photographs, publications, article drafts, notecards, news clippings, photocopies, course files, and audiotapes. Most of these materials document King's research on the history of the American hotel and motel industry. This includes hotel/motel directories from the 1960s and 1970s and reel-to-reel audiotapes of King's interviews (1960s) with industry leaders. There are also files from King's service on North Carolina State University's Committee on Institutional History and Commemoration (1980s-1990s). There are a few personal files in this collection. King's research on Mary Yarbrough and the naming of Mary Yarbrough Court on the NC State University campus exist in the Mary Yarbrough Papers. Doris Elizabeth King (1925-2015) was a longtime professor of history at North Carolina State University. Born in Cairo, Georgia, she graduated (1945) as valedictorian of Georgia State Women's College at Valdosta. She later attended Duke University, where she earned M.A. (1947) and Ph.D. (1952) in history, and she was one of the first women awarded a scholarship for Ph.D. studies at Duke. She taught at Campbell College, Stephen F. Austin State College, and Wesleyan College from 1951 to 1962. She was the official historian of the American Hotel and Motel Association from 1962 to 1966. She joined the NC State University faculty in 1966 and remained until retirement in 1991. Her research focused on the history of the American hotel and motel industry. King was a friend of Mary Yarbrough, one of the first women to earn a degree from NC State, and she played an instrumental role in the naming of Mary Yarbrough Court on the university's campus. Less

The Doris J. Stanley and William Van Eaton Sprinkle Architectural Drawings contain floorplans and elevations for numerous residences, some businesses, and one funeral home. Items in the collection are described using titles found on the original drawings. Also included are project files and specifications. Doris J. Stanley was born in Farmington, Maine, in 1926. She worked for two years in newspaper advertising for the Bangor Daily Commercial before coming to Durham, North Carolina, in 1950 with a friend who was attending graduate school. In Durham, she took a drafting job with architect William Van Eaton Sprinkle. Sprinkle did his initial drawings at 1/8” scale, then handed them over to Stanley to recreate them at 1/4”. All the sketches and drafting in Sprinkle's office were completed by Stanley. After Sprinkle's death in 1965, Stanley continued to operate his architectural firm. Stanley retired in 1989. Less

The Dorothy Fritch Film of North Carolina State University Football and Men's Basketball Games collection contains five 2"-reels of 16mm color motion picture film. These films were taken by Dorothy Fritch, and are of several NC State men's basketball games and at least one football game. Husband and wife Jonas (1902-1973) and Dorothy Fritch (1907-2003) were sports fans who attended athletics events of several teams across the United States during the 1930s to 1950s. Dorothy would take home movies at the games. The Fritches were friends of NC State men's basketball coach Everett Case. Less

This collection is comprised of 14 digital contact sheets and 40 digital prints taken by photographer Doug Van de Zande. These black and white photographs document the construction of the James B. Hunt Jr. Library. There are 17 framed prints on display at Hunt Library. Charles Douglas "Doug" Van de Zande was a professional photographer based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Originally from Virginia, Van de Zande studied photography at the Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, California. Doug Van de Zande died on June 28, 2017. Less

Contained in this collection are published and unpublished research papers and articles, correspondence, notes, photographs, and other documents created or acquired by Worsham in the course of his research as well as his work with the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service (later Cooperative Extension Service). Worsham's research focused on witchweed (striga asiatica); crop injury, especially on tobacco, from herbicide-contaminated (picloram) fertilizer; and no tillage agriculture. Arch Douglas (Doug) Worsham (1933- ) became a professor of crop science at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later University) in 1960. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in agronomy from the University of Georgia and a Ph.D. in crop science from NC State. His research has focused on witchweed (striga asiatica), crop injury (especially on tobacco) from herbicide-contaminated (picloram) fertilizer, and no tillage agriculture. He has done considerable work with the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service (later Cooperative Extension Service). Less

The Douglas Dickerson Papers contain personal information about Dickerson, such as his time at North Carolina State; his military service during World War II and awards, including the French Legion of Honor; his family; reproductions of photographs; and a DVD “Video Tribute to Doug Dickerson,” and two badges. Also included is information about the 82nd Airborne Division and photocopies of materials about various military battles and maps. Several posters contain composite photographs and materials documenting the 82nd Airborne Division and Dickerson’s military achievements. Douglas Dickerson (1920- ) attended North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) from 1939 to 1942. During World War II Dickerson served in the 82nd Airborne Division, which was involved in D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge. Dickerson received many awards for his military service, including the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor (France) in 2006. Less

The Douglas E. Hammond Collection of Computer Manuals contains manuals for computer software and hardware primarily created by IBM. There is a small segment of manuals for software and hardware created by the Applied Data Research group. The manuals range in date from 1962 to 1983. Some major types of items covered include virtual machines, operating systems, customer information control systems and information systems. They are primarily targeted to the IBM mainframe platform. Douglas E. Hammond was a former employee of IBM who worked with IBM mainframes and collected these manuals from the early computer era. They date as far back as 1962 and go through 1983. These manuals showcase the type of products that IBM was creating during the exponential rise of computer usage and the development of the Internet. As is well known, the computer as well as IBM as a company have evolved and changed greatly over time. The items in this collection are evidence of both the change over a two decade period. They also add to a more complete history of computing and simulation. Hammond also collected some manuals from the Applied Data Research group that have threads of connection to some of the IBM manuals, such as the subject of COBOL, the Common Business-Oriented Language, a very early programming language. Less

The Douglas Sanders Slides and Papers consist of materials gathered from Dr. Sanders's office on the campus of North Carolina State University. Over half of the materials consist of 35mm color photographic slides used by Dr. Sanders in his research, teaching, and presentations. The collection has not been fully processed yet. Douglas Sanders was a professor of horticultural science at North Carolina State University beginning in 1970. He received his bachelor's degree in 1965 from Michigan State University and his master’s degree and doctorate in 1967 and 1970 respectively from the University of Minnesota. His accomplishments included the establishment of the N.C. Vegetable Growers Association, introduction of numerous new vegetable technologies (drip irrigation, plasticulture, precision seeding) and introduction of new crops to North Carolina, including asparagus, broccoli, sweet onions and leaf lettuce. He served in various positions of the American Society for Horticultural Science. He was named a fellow of that organization in 1992 and received its Outstanding International Horticulturist Award in 2006. He died on April 17, 2006. Less

This collection is an oral history conducted by Kristina Baltutis of Dr. Lee Simmons at the Omaha Zoo. Dr. Lee G. Simmons received his DVM from Oklahoma State University in 1963. His first position at a zoo was curator of mammals at the Columbus Ohio Zoo in 1963. He later became staff veterinarian and assistant director. His next appointment, in 1966, was as the veterinarian at the Omaha Zoo. Dr. Simmons later became assistant director and then, in 1970, the zoo director. After his retirement as director he served as the chairman of the board for the Omaha Zoo Foundation. Dr. Lee Simmons is Director Emeritus of the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha, Nebraska. Kristina Baltutis, DVM, is a graduate of NC State's College of Veterinary Medicine. At the time of the interview she was a student at the College of Veterinary Medicine. Less

Seven loom catalogs, 1932 - 1949, and a volume of labelled photographs of sections of looms, from the Draper Corporation for the Textile School at North Carolina State College (now North Carolina State University), Raleigh, N.C. The catalogs each contain a copy of a loom order, followed by a detailed list of parts and labelled photographs of portions of the looms. The orders are dated 1937 Jan. 15 - 1949 Oct. 31. The Draper Corporation, based in Hopedale, Massachusetts, was incorporated in 1916, but predecessor companies had been manufacturing loom parts and other textile items, including temples and spindles, in Hopedale since the early 1800s. In the 1960s, the Draper Corporation was the largest textile machine manufacturer in the United States. In 1967, the Draper Corporation was sold to Rockwell International. Less

This collection contains articles, speeches, and correspondence written by Earl Henry Hostetler. There is also information about Hostetler's numerous religious, civic and political activities, as well as biographical information on the Hostetler family and a collection of photographs. An educator and researcher, Hostetler was Head of the Animal Husbandry Section of the Animal Industry Department at North Carolina State College from 1920-1953. Less

The Earle La Rue Edwards papers consist of correspondence, programs, newsletters, and brochures regarding the Chinqua-Penn Plantation House, sports medicine, and Edwards's induction into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. Also included are samples of letterhead stationery of the American Football Coaches Association. Earle La Rue Edwards (1908 - 1997) was the head football coach at North Carolina State University from 1954 to 1971. After his retirement, he became the Assistant Director of Foundations and Development. During his tenure as head coach, Edwards received the ACC Coach of the Year Award four times. His teams won five ACC titles and played in two bowl games. Edwards received a degree in engineering from Penn State. Before coming to North Carolina, he was an assistant coach at Penn State and Michigan State. He became president of the American Football Coaches Association in 1970, and was inducted into Sports Hall of Fame in North Carolina and Pennsylvania in 1974. He received the Watauga Medal from N.C. State in 1991. Less

The Earley W. Bridges Papers are mainly comprised of materials relating to Masonic activities or organizations, with the majority focusing on the Greensboro Masonic Museum and the Masonic Fellowship Club of Greensboro, North Carolina. Also included in the collection are copies of poems written by Mr. Bridges while he was stationed in Greenville, South Carolina during World War I. A veteran of World War I, Earley W. Bridges was initiated into the Freemasons in 1930. From that point onwards, he was very active member of the Greensboro No. 76 Lodge. Bridges had a particular interest in Masonic history and served as the first curator of the Greensboro Masonic Museum. He also wrote a number of books and pamphlets about Freemasonry and its history, as well as several histories of specific lodges. Less