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The Bill Baron Papers contain design sketches, photographs, architectural drawings, correspondence, and slides that relate to some of the graphic design, industrial design, and landscape architecture work that Bill Baron completed in the 1960s while he was a professor at the North Carolina State University School (now College) of Design. Work that is particulary well documented is Baron's design of the Tallywood Shopping Center sign and canopy in Fayetteville, and his design of the Aqua-Aid flotation device. The papers also relate to Baron's work on such notable projects as the North Carolina State Capital Plan, the Fayetteville Market Square, and the Whispering Pines Village. Baron worked on the Tallywood Shopping Center with landscape architect Richard Bell and architects MacMillan and MacMillan; on the North Carolina State Capital Plan with landscape architect Lewis Clarke; and on the Market Square development and Whispering Pines Village with landscape architect Richard Moore. Bill Baron was born in Chicago and studied Industrial Design at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. Baron taught Industrial Design at North Carolina State University's School (now College) of Design in the 1960s, when the school was led by Dean Henry Kamphoefner. Baron is nationally recognized for his art, which has been displayed at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and at the North Carolina Museum of Art. He is also an award-winning editorial cartoonist. Baron worked in New York City for 25 years, in a career devoted to product design, invention, and marketing. Less

The Bill Hansley Photographs, 1985-1990, contain 35mm negatives, 35mm slides, contact sheets, and 8x10 work prints related to events and students at North Carolina State University. These events include numerous football and basketball games as well as other sporting events such as gymnastics, fencing, soccer, and track and field. Many of the basketball games include images of Coach Jim Valvano. Other events include the North Carolina State Fair and various campus events for students. Also included are images depicting student life on campus. All photographs were taken for NC State University Student Media publications. Bill Hansley was a student at North Carolina State University from 1985-1990. While studying he worked as a photographer for two NC State University student publications, Technician and Agromeck. Bill Hansley graduated from NC State University in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. Less

The Black River Grange minute book photocopy is a copy of the minutes taken at Black River Grange meetings from the Grange's first meeting on 1874 March 24 until 1877. In addition to meeting notes, the pages also include doodles, scribbles, and math problems. Some ledger pages are also present. Established in 1874, the Black River Grange is the Sampson County chapter of the North Carolina State Grange, a grassroots civic organization dedicated to the improvement of farm and rural living. Less

The Bobby J. Ward Research Collection on J. C. Raulston (1940-2010) is comprised of Ward’s research in preparation for his book, Chlorophyll in his Veins: J. C. Raulston, Horticultural Ambassador. The collection is organized alphabetically, which reflects Ward’s original arrangement. Types of materials include correspondence, articles, drafts, photographs, and personal papers. Some of Raulston’s papers have been arranged chronologically, as that is how Ward organized them for his research. Less

This scrapbook, entitled, "Life on our Farm...1937", includes photographs, narrative text written by Helen Boney and newspaper clippings documenting a year on the Boney Family farm, 1937, located near Teachey in Duplin County, North Carolina. The scrapbook documents various farm activities including pig raising, crop planting, and production of related goods such as lard. The scrapbook also contains photographs relating to home demonstrations held on the farm including a tile work demonstration. The Boney family were long-time participants of the yearly Farm Home Week in Duplin County, North Carolina, and were active in cooperative extension and home demonstration work. In 1937 Mrs. Boney served as president of the State Home Demonstration Federation of North Carolina and in 1938, Mr. Boney was elected president of the Farmers' Convention. The Boney family was actively involved in rural issues such as electrification and rural road improvement. Less

The Brian Shawcroft Papers, 1958-2017, contain drawings and other materials documenting the professional activities of modernist architect Brian Shawcroft and associated architecture firms Holloway-Reeves; MacMillan, MacMillan, Shawcroft & Thames; Environmental Planning Associates; Shawcroft-Taylor; and McKimmon Edwards Shawcroft Associates. The collection is arranged into five series: drawings, professional files, photographic materials, project records, and slides. Drawings include original drawings, reproductions, and CAD printouts of process (or design) drawings and construction documents such as site plans, additions, alterations, and remodeling plans. Professional files include a list of completed projects, reproductions of photographs of projects, and supplemental materials to projects, Shawcroft’s curriculum vitae, and awards. Photographic materials include black-and-white and color prints and photographs of projects. Most photographs were taken by Shawcroft. Brian Shawcroft, born in England in 1929, is a modernist architect. Shawcroft studied architecture at the South West Essex Technical College and School of Art in London from 1949 to 1953. In 1960, he received a Masters in Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Following this, he served as an associate professor and lecturer in architecture at the North Carolina State College's School of Design from 1960 to 1968. Shawcroft began practicing architecture professionally in 1954 and worked with various firms throughout his career. He is recognized for designing much of the modernist home inventory in the Research Triangle region from the 1970s to the late 1990s. In 1991 he was awarded the annual Henry Kamphoefner Prize by the American Institute of Architects-North Carolina Chapter for demonstrated excellence in the Modern Movement of architecture. He died in 2017. Less

This collection contains materials collected over the course of Brian W. Hollocks' career from the 1960s to 1980s. Included are numerous computer simulation manuals and user guides created through operational research conducted by the United Steel Companies in the United Kingdom, as well as instruction sheets, circuit boards, and a video cassette. Brian W. Hollocks is a retired Professor of Management Science and Information Systems at Bournemouth University and was the INTEL Chair in Computer-Supported Co-operation. He is a Chartered (Mechanical) Engineer and holds a Ph.D. in Management Science from Southampton University. He taught and researched on simulation, computer-supported cooperative work, knowledge management, and artificial intelligence. Before his career in academia, Hollocks worked in business and industry, primarily in operational research and software development and marketing. Less

The Bruce Goff Architectural Drawings of the L. A. Freeman Residence collection contains three sets of architectural drawings from 1958 for the residence of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Freeman at 6565 Park Circle in Joplin, Missouri. Two of the drawing sets are detailed plans for two separate homes, but only one was constructed. The third drawing is an architectural rendering drawn in color that depicts the exterior of the home. American architect Bruce Goff (1904-1982) was known for his organic and eclectic designs of homes and several other structures in Oklahoma, Illinois, Missouri, and other locations. His architectural style was influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Sullivan. Goff was also a a part-time teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago.The L. A. Freeman Residence was designed by Bruce Goff in 1958 and is located at 6565 Park Circle, Joplin, Missouri in the Tabor Woods neighborhood. The architectural drawings contain plans for two separate homes for at this location, but only one was constructed. Less

The Bruce J. Zobel Papers contain diaries, correspondence, speeches, an autobiography, articles, awards, reports, course information, theses proposals, serials, conference and symposia information, research plans, photographs, slides, artifacts, and other materials related to Zobel's career in forestry. Included are materials relating to Zobel's work on the faculty of North Carolina State University as well as work with the Central America and Mexico Resources Cooperative (CAMCORE), the Cooperative Forest Genetics Research Program, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Marcus Wallenberg Foundation for Promoting Scientific Research in the Forest Industry, the N.C. State-Industry Cooperative Forest Tree Improvement Program, the Southern Forest Tree Improvement Committee, the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI), Zobel Forestry Associates, and other organizations. Major topics include international forest improvement programs, forest genetics, wood properties, forest management, and tropical forestry. Bruce J. Zobel (1920-2011) was an internationally respected lecturer, consultant, professor, and expert on forest genetics and forest improvement. His career at North Carolina State University as a professor, head of the North Carolina Tree Improvement Cooperative, and professor emeritus as spanned nearly fifty years, from 1957 to 2004. Less

The Bruce Schmeiser Papers, circa 1923-2014, document various aspects of Dr. Schmeiser's work in the field of computer simulation, where he has made notable contributions to simulation theory, methodology, and various forms of practical applications. He had been a leader in initiating and sustaining the primary ongoing activities of the INFORMS Simulation Society and the Winter Simulation Conference (WSC). Dr. Bruce Schmeiser received his B.A. in mathematical sciences from the University of Iowa (1969), his MS in industrial and management engineering from the University of Iowa (1971), and his Ph.D. from the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech (1975). Upon completing his Ph.D., Schmeiser worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at Southern Methodist University (1975-1978), later becoming an associate professor in the same department (1978-1979). Schmeiser took an associate professorship within the School of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University (1979-1984), later becoming a full professor in the same department (1984-2012). Dr. Schmeiser is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) and a recipient of the I-Sim Distinguished Service Award (1997) and the David F. Baker Distinguished Service Award from IIE (2004). Less

Bruce Weir (1943- ) is one of the world’s foremost researchers on statistical analysis of DNA for forensic, human health, and agricultural applications. Weir earned his PhD from North Carolina State University in 1968 under C. Clark Cockerham and served as a professor of statistics and genetics at NCSU from 1976-2006. The collection contains Weir's professional correspondence as well as research diagrams and materials related to Weir's tenure at NCSU. Less

This collection contains twelve black-and-white snapshot photographs of the North Carolina State University campus. Included are pictures of athletic fields, the power plant, Reynolds Coliseum (under construction), Alexander Hall, and the Bell Tower. Some show military maneuvers and athletic events or practice. There is one picture of buildings in Pullen Park, Raleigh, North Carolina. All photos date from 1944. In 2007, Bruce Winkworth was the assistant director of athletics media relations, Sports Information, North Carolina State University. Less

The Burton F. Beers Papers contains personal correspondence, records of Burton F. Beers' tenure as a Fulbright Scholar, material relating to Beers's books, articles on Chinese-American relations, correspondence related to Beers's travels to various Asian countries, information on the North Carolina-China Council of the Asia Society, records of the Asian Curriculum Projects, notes and clippings on the Triangle East Asia Center, and North Carolina State University-related materials. Burton F. Beers (1927-2016) was an expert on United States Far Eastern policy, and served as professor of Asian Studies in the Department of History at North Carolina State University, 1955-1995. Beers received an undergraduate degree from Hobart College and received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in history from Duke University in 1952 and 1956 respectively. He was a Fellow in East Asian Studies at the Ford Foundation, Harvard University, in 1959-1960, and a Fulbright Lecturer at the National Taiwan University in 1966-1967. At North Carolina State University, Beers was named Alumni Distinguished Professor in 1970; received the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence, the highest honor given by the university to its faculty members, in 1992; and was awarded the Watauga Medal for significant contributions to the advancement of the university in 1998. Beers served as editor-in-chief for two school textbooks—-World History: Patterns of Civilization and Living in Our World. He revised a well-known textbook, The Far East, originally written by his major professor, Paul Clyde. He was a member of the education advisory board of the Asia Society. Less