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The Arnold Arluke Collection of Animal Protection Printed Materials contains "Our Dumb Animals" journals, booklets, legal papers, letters and cards realted to animal rights and animal welfare. The collection ranges in date from 1876 to 1966. Arnold Arluke is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Northeastern University. He is a senior scholar at the Tufts Center for Animals and Public Policy. His research areas include, but are not limited to, human-animal relations, social psychology, and visual studies. Arluke has published more than 100 articles and 12 books regarding human-animal relations. Less

The collection consists of Thomas' student life memorabilia, as well as several textbooks and academic materials. Academic materials consist of the contents of six textbooks used for courses in the School of Textiles, including typed lessons and lectures; cloth analyses, hand colored weave patterns on graph paper, and fabric samples; and handwritten notes, assignments, essays and sketches. The student life material includes a number of university newsletters and other publications. Materials also document Thomas' involvement in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (R.O.T.C.), including a photograph of Thomas in uniform. His sports activities while at North Carolina State College are also included, such as playbooks, newspaper clippings, and a felt monogram. Arthur Bull Haskell Thomas (1902-1989) graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Textiles Manufacturing from the School of Textiles at North Carolina State College in 1926. He lived in Durham, North Carolina at the time of graduation, and was active in sports, military, and academics on campus. He went to Danville, Virginia after graduation to work for Riverside Mill. He retired from the textile industry and moved to Gastonia, North Carolina, where he lived until his death in 1989. Less

The Arthur James Coutu course materials consist of exams and problems for Agricultural Economics courses taught at North Carolina State University from 1958 to 1962. Arthur James Coutu taught in the Department of Agricultural Economics at North Carolina State University from 1954 to 1991. From 1963 to 1970, he served as an Economic Advisor, Chief of Party, and Director of the University's Mission to Peru. Coutu received his B.S. in Agronomy and Agricultural Economics from the University of Connecticut in 1949, his M.S. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Connecticut in 1950, and a Ph.D. in Economics and Statistics from North Carolina State University in 1955. Less

The Arthur McKimmon II and James M. Edwards III Architectural Drawings consists of architectural drawings of commercial and residential projects of Arthur McKimmon II and James M. Edwards III dating from 1949 to 1994. Arthur McKimmon II (1918-2008) and James M. Edwards III were prominent Raleigh, North Carolina, architects and partnered in several architectural firms, including Edwards McKimmon and Pugh, McKimmon Edwards and Shawcroft, and McKimmon Edwards and Hitch. Arthur McKimmon was a native of Raleigh and, in 1940, received a B.S. in Architectural Engineering from NC State. Afterward, he taught for two years at NC State. In 1948, he began his own architectural practice. Some of McKimmon's best known designs in Raleigh are The Angus Barn, Leroy Martin Jr. High School, and buildings on Peace College and St. Mary’s College campuses. He also designed 175 Raleigh residences ranging from Georgian to Modernist. In 1970, McKimmon received an American Institute of Architects award for working to restore the original 1813 State Bank in downtown Raleigh. He retired in 1994, but continued to consult with James M. Edwards and his practice, Edwards Associates. In 2004, McKimmon received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine award from the Governor of North Carolina. Less

The Arthur Ralph Cogswell Papers, 1966-2006, document the professional activities of Cogswell and his architectural firm. The collection is arranged into the following series: project files, office records, personal papers, and electronic media. The project files primarily contain photographic prints, negatives, or slides of individual projects, as well as reduced plans. The office records contain client lists, clippings, marketing materials, personnel materials, and photographs. The personal papers contain materials relating to the Cogswell Family Association, Inc., a non-profit genealogical organization. The electronic media series contains compact discs with digital photographs of various projects. Arthur Cogswell was born on October 29, 1930, in Jacksonville, Florida. He received a B.A. in drama from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1953 and B.Arch. from North Carolina State College in 1959. He began his architecture practice in 1962, and in 1967 formed a partnership with Werner Hausler. The Chapel Hill firm received many awards for groundbreaking modernist designs, and Cogswell was known for his modern houses. In 1974 he was named a Fellow of the America Institute of Architects, and at the time he was the youngest architect to have received that honor. Cogswell died on September 29, 2010. Less

Material related to city planning in Raleigh, North Carolina, from 1972 to 1974, and class notes, photocopies of legal documents, city and state council minutes, meeting notes, maps and news clippings related to Eckels' political participation and efforts to prevent the Oberlin Project and the Pullen Road project from dissecting Pullen Park. Included is a photocopy of a legal document dated 1887 designating the donation of farm land from the Richard Stanhope Pullen estate to the City of Raleigh for use as a public park. Also in the collection are notes from the North Carolina State University Department of Electrical Engineering course, Principles of Electrical Engineering (EE 331) which Arthur Raymond Eckels taught in 1973. Arthur Raymond Eckels was a faculty member of the North Carolina State University Electrical Engineering Department from 1949 to 1983 and a community activist who campaigned to preserve Raleigh, North Carolina's Pullen Park. Less

This collection has three color lithograph prints from Arthur Szyk's Visual History of Nations series. The nations included in the prints are the United States, Canada, and France. The Visual History of Nations series was commissioned by the Canadian philatelist and entrepreneur Kasimir Bileski in 1945. This series was meant to include sixty visual histories of founding and member countries of the United Nations but only nine were completed prior to Szyk's death. Arthur Szyk, 1894-1951, was a Polish-Jewish artist and one of the leading political artists in the United States during World War II. He produced hundreds of anti-Axis cartoons and illustrations in aid of the Allied war effort. His cartoons, which included caricatures of Axis power leaders, appeared in popular magazines like Collier's and TIME. Some of his caricatures were compiled and published in The New Order (1941). Ink & Blood, another compilation of Szyk's cartoons, was published in 1946. Szyk illustrated numerous works as well, one of his best known being The Haggadah (1940) which tells the story of Passover and outlines the Passover rituals. Less

The Arthur W. Cooper Papers, 1929, 1962-2014, contains correspondence, manuscript drafts, and research related to the publication Smith Island and the Cape Fear Peninsula: A Comprehensive Report on an Outstanding Natural Area (1964) by Cooper and Sheafe Satterthwaite. One folder contains correspondence with David Stick, who also wrote a book about Smith Island and Cape Fear. Also contained in this collection are correspondence, research, and writings about B. W. Wells, the move of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, and the Mont Alto School of Forestry and its relationship to the North Carolina State University College of Natural Resources. A photograph of B. W. Wells is also found in this collection. While the materials span the time period 1929 to 2014, most documents date from 1962 to 1999. Arthur ("Art") W. Cooper earned bachelor and master of arts degrees in 1953 and 1955 from Colgate University and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1958. He then became a professor at North Carolina State University. In North Carolina, he developed a friendship with botanist B. W. Wells. Cooper eventually headed North Carolina State University's Department of Forestry, 1979-1994. In the late 1990s, he was a member of the Ad Hoc Committee to Update the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Study, a committee of six North Carolina State University faculty, tasked with updating a study that recommended options for preserving the lighthouse. As of 2019, he is a Professor Emeritus of Forestry at North Carolina State University. Less

Large volume containing handwritten notes on courses in weaving, as well as hand-drawn diagrams of textile machinery and weaving patterns. Fabric samples accompany some weaving patterns. On the cover is written Arthur Wullschleger 1902. At head of title page is written, Ecole Societé d'Enseignement Professionel du Rhône. Then three titles are given: Cours Théorie de Tissage, Cours de Tissage pratique, and Cours de Garage de Mr. Loir. At the end of the title page is written Arthur Wullschleger, d'Aarbourg, Suisse, Lyon, 1898-1902. Arthur Wullschleger attended the Ecole Societé d'Enseignement Professionel du Rhône, 1898-1902. Less

This collection contains an article from Scientific American about the Bickford Family Knitting Machine. It dates to June 10, 1871. The Bickford Family Knitting Machine, patented in September 1867, allowed everyday users to knit items such as mats, shawls, trimmings, and blankets with relative ease, reduced time, and little advanced skill. It was also easy to transport and made very little noise. They were produced by the Bickford Knitting Machine Manufacturing Company of Brattleboro, Vermont. This article extols the virtues of this recent invention. Less

These slides, 1975-1999, were assembed by Kevin Wright in the course of his career as a veterinarian and herpetological curator at two major zoos and in private practice as a veterinarian treating exotic animals. He willed the collection the the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians. For an index to the slides, see this spreadsheet. Kevin Wright practiced veterinary medicine for more than 25 years. He worked as both a veterinarian and herpetological curator at two major zoos and also spent many years in private practice treating dozens of exotic animal species. He coauthored the leading text on amphibian medicine (Amphibian Medicine and Captive Husbandry, Krieger Publishing, 2001) and published over 300 professional and lay publications, many focused on amphibians and reptiles. He was considered a world leader in the field of herpetological medicine, and in 2009, he was one of the first five veterinarians to achieve American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (ABVP) certification in Amphibian and Reptile Medicine. In addition to being a thorough and gifted clinician, researcher, and writer, Wright was a widely respected and sought after teacher. He was twice awarded the prestigious North American Veterinary Conference Speaker of the Year honors and in 2008 the Zoological Education Network named him Exotic DVM of the Year. These achievements highlight what an excellent teacher and mentor Kevin was to hundreds of veterinarians, veterinary students, veterinary technicians, exotic animal owners and herpetoculturists. Wright grew up in Indiatlantic, Florida, and attended the University of Florida in Gainesville where he received a B.S. in Zoology and a D.V.M. in 1988. He died suddenly in 2018, at the age of 50, after a short illness. Less

These records consist of position statements, newsletters, brochures, and videos produced by the Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights (AVAR) to communicate animal rights issues within the association's membership, to the larger community of those practicing veterinary medicine, and the general public. Founded in 1981, the Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights (AVAR) is a professional organization dedicated to the acquisition of rights for all nonhuman animals. The AVAR works to keep veterinarians and the public informed about philosophical and scientific issues surrounding the use of animals in education, farming, fur production, trapping, entertaiment and other areas. Educational reform, changes in the ways that animals are used in biomedical research, and the passage of legislation favorable to the benign treatment of animals in education, research, and animal shelters are the focus of the organization. The AVAR is based in Davis, California. Less

This collection is comprised of one notebook titled "Cubit Foot Costs, Atwood and Weeks, Inc., Architects and Engineers, Durham, N.C." For buildings designed by Atwood and Weeks and Atwood and Nash during the years 1921-1937, the notebook contains the following information: name and location of building, total cubage, contract prices, and cost per cubit foot. The firm Atwood & Weeks, Inc., Architects and Engineers, existed in Durham, North Carolina, from the 1930s to 1942. The principals in the firm were the engineer Thomas C. Atwood and architect Raymond Weeks. Less

The autograph collection contains correspondence from notable people associated with the University of North Carolina System, particularly North Carolina State University, and the state of North Carolina in general. This autograph collection covers the autographs of notable people associated with the State of North Carolina. Some of the autographs belong to the members of the United States House of Representatives and Senate. Included are also autographs from governors, general attorneys, college chancellors and deans, and other people who hold leading positions in the State of North Carolina. Less

The Azalea Society of America records contain administrative information, chapter information, correspondence to and from the Society, membership information, various publications, and research files. Although items in the collection date back to 1928, the bulk of information falls between 1979 and 2013. This is an ongoing collection with publications added once available. Created in 1979, the Azalea Society of America's goals include the promotion of the knowledge of and interest in azaleas and proper description and registration of azaleas. These goals are met through conducting studies of azaleas and providing a forum for azalea enthusiasts to discuss hybridizing, propagation, and culture of azaleas. Less

This collection primarily contains letters from Azariah Graves Thompson (1885-1963) to his family in Leasburg, North Carolina, from 1905 to 1909, while he was a student at the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University); a print bill entitled "Regulations for Dormitories at the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts"; a typed transcription of reminiscences written in about 1900 by Thompson's mother, Ella Williams Graves Thompson; and a typed transcription of "A History of Leasburg with Personal Recollections," 1960, written by his sister, Ella Graves Thompson. Also included are photographs and typed transcriptions of the letters and some notes, 1997, on local and family history by Jeannine D. Whitlow. Azariah Graves Thompson (1885-1963) was a native of Leasburg, North Carolina and attended the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts from 1905 to 1909. Less