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Collection contains alumni recollections, photographs, and ephemeral materials documenting the student experience, World War II service, and other aspects of the lives of various alumni of North Carolina State University. The North Carolina State University Alumni/Student Collection was created by the Special Collections Research Center in 1996 to centralize future material relating to activities of University students. It was intended for this collection to have the value of a representative sample of these activities. In addition, it was designed to focus on future acquisitions, so no attempt was made to reorganize similar existing collections into the NC State University Alumni and Student Collection. Less

This collection contains a copy of a scrapbook kept by Hilbert A. Fisher (member of the Department of Mathematics) and files relating to William Norwood Hicks' (member of the Department of Philosophy and Religion) professional activities at NC State as well as information about the 50th reunion of the Class of 1922, of which he was a member. The North Carolina State University Faculty and Staff Collection was created in 1996 to centralize material relating to activities of University employees. This collection currently contains the files of Hilbert A. Fisher and William Norwood Hicks. Less

The North Carolina State University Genetics Department Film Collection, 1960s-2000s, includes five 16mm films. They range in length from 15 to 30 minutes long. Two are labeled as being in color and it is likely that the other three are in color as well. The film, "Yeast" included in this collection may be in Japanese. The films are educational and all relate to biological genetics. No formally organized genetics department existed at North Carolina State University until 1951. Until that time, the subject of genetics was distributed to several long-established departments within the School of Agriculture. By the 1930s, departments such as Agronomy, Zoology, and Plant Pathology (among others) were beginning to take an interest in genetics and the possible ways in which it could be integrated into their coursework and research projects. In 1951, the University decided to create a department devoted entirely to genetics for graduate degrees and more basic research. In 2013, the programs of the Department of Genetics were subsumed under the new Department of Biological Sciences in the new College of Sciences. Less

The North Carolina State University, Air Quality Resources Library collection contains article reprints, manuscripts, theses and dissertations, and books about the impact of human-generated atmospheric gases on the climate as well as on local and global ecosystems. Each item has been assigned an identification number. Carton 96 contains a CD-ROM with a list of all the titles to the collection. Materials range in date from 1930 to 1980. This colletion was used as a resource by the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service Plant Science Research Unit. Less

The North Carolina State University Entomology Department Drawings and Papers is principally a compilation of taxonomic illustrations of thousands of species of insects, 1967-1990. The illustrations are in a variety of media, mainly drawings and paintings, as well as photographs, negatives, and slides. They were produced by independent artists hired by the NC State University Entomology Department, members of the entomology faculty, and the United States Department of Agriculture. Most of the illustrations were executed for the Entomology Department in the 1970s by five primary artists. This collection also contains entomological publications, 1973-2000, primarily of the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service (later Cooperative Extension Service), edited and authored by James R. Baker. These publications are mainly pest control manuals, as well as copies of a pest control informational serial. Also included is early professional correspondence of Baker regarding entomological publications and taxonomy, 1966-1975. The illustrations in the North Carolina State University Entomology Drawings and Papers, depicting thousands of species of insects and their taxonomy, were created or collected by the NC State University Entomology Department from 1967 to 1990. James R. Baker (1941- ) was curator of the collection during his career as researcher and professor of entomology at the university from 1972 to 2000. Less

The North Carolina State University Department of Entomology used these films for instruction related to pest control. These were produced by a variety of educational film production companies. This collection consists of 16mm film reels and 1/4" audio tapes, the majority of which were used by Dr. Charles Wright in his classes. Most of these films relate to pest control through chemical agents, but there are several items on other topics. Less

Collection contains reprints, reports, correspondence, and memos relating to various plant diseases, primarily relating to tobacco. Plant pathology at North Carolina State University, like much of the current College of Agriculture and Life Sciences curriculum, grew out of work done by the North Carolina Experiment Station. During the 1890s, occasional classes in plant pathology were taught as a part of the Horticulture curriculum, and work was also performed in cooperation with the Experiment Station. Coursework devoted entirely to plant pathology did not begin until the 1901-1902 school year, with the creation of the Biological Division and the appointment of F. L. Stevens as Instructor in Biology. During the 1920s, plant pathology education and research was reorganized as a part of the new Department of Botany. Less

The North Carolina Trails Association Records consists of materials relating to the activities and functions of the North Carolina Trails Association. Dating from 1961 to 1986, the collection provides information on the creation and conservation of trails and trail facilities in North Carolina. The North Carolina Trails Association (NCTA) was formed in 1977, organized in 1981, and chartered in 1982. William Flournoy was the first acting president of the organization. The purpose of the organization was to "promote the establishment and conservation of a system of scenic, recreational, and historic trails and related facilities in the state of North Carolina" among other goals. NCTA is no longer in existence. Less

The Northup & O'Brien Architectural Records document the work of Northup & O'Brien, an architectural firm in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and its successors. The collection consists primarily of architectural drawings and job specifications, 1917-1980, as well as financial material, 1917-1956. The drawings represent the variety of projects undertaken by Northup & O'Brien in Winston-Salem as well other locations across the state, including residences, businesses, hospitals, schools, churches, and public and educational buildings. Most of the drawings are original, and characterize the different kinds of materials used for architectural drawing over the twentieth century. The firm of Northup & O'Brien was established in Winston-Salem by Willard Close Northup and Leet Alexander O'Brien in 1916. The partnership and its successor firms designed and constructed buildings in Winston-Salem and throughout North Carolina, as well as outside the state. In addition to residences--particularly fine homes--the partnership also specialized in commercial structures, schools, hospitals, churches, and municipal, county, and state government buildings. Less

The Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Service, Book Research Papers consists of materials used to write and compile the book, Ordinary Women Extraordinary Service: To Family, Community and North Carolina. It contains photographs, letters, notes, correspondences, newspaper articles, digital files, and other paper materials relating to the counties of North Carolina and the activities of the Home Demonstration, Home Economics, and Family and Consumer Sciences organizations from 1911 to 2011. Wilma Scott Hammett was the Executive Director of Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Foundation and Extension and Community Association (ECA) Foundation, and a past FCS specialist. She is the co-writer and compiler of the book, Ordinary Women Extraordinary Service: To Family, Community and North Carolina. A native of Wilson County, NC, Hammmett is a graduate of Lucama High School. Dr. Hammett holds a B.S. Degree in Interior Design, M.S. Degree in Housing, and Ph.D. in Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is Professor Emeritus at North Carolina State University. Less

Contained in this collection are black-and-white photographs taken by Biddy while a student at North Carolina State University. Some may have been shot for the Technician (the student newspaper). Included are 8 x 10 inch prints, contact prints, and negatives for some prints. These images date from approximately 1960, and they depict campus buildings as well as unidentified people who are probably students. Also included in this collection is a cartoon of the NC State campus dated from 1954. Less

The Owen Franklin Smith Architectural Drawings and Papers contain drawings, photographs of and some papers of buildings designed by Owen Franklin Smith from 1927 to 1990. The buildings represented include elementary classroom buildings for colored schools in Fremont, North Carolina and Harrellsville, North Carolina, the Hayes Barton Baptist Church, the office building for the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, residences for local community members, and Page Hall at North Carolina State University. Owen Franklin Smith was believed to be the oldest registered architect in the state of North Carolina when he passed away on September 5, 2012, having practiced for over 65 years. He was born in Benson, North Carolina, on November 26, 1917 and received a degree in Architectural Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1938. During World War II, he supervised the construction of military facilities until his entry in the United States Navy. He worked for Thomas Coooper, William Deitrick, Ross Shumaker and Eric Flanagan Sr. before opening up his own practice in 1946, which he maintained until 2011. The office building for the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation in Raleigh, North Carolina, is one of his best known commercial works. He was a member of Hayes Barton Baptist Church beginning in 1943 and actively served the church as teacher, advisor and architect on three building projects. His work included office buildings, modernist homes, churches and over 200 school projects. He won design awards for the Farm Bureau buildings, Lynn Road School, Bertie County High School and the sanctuary of Hayes Barton Baptist Church. Less

The collection contains sixteen boxes of textual documents and photographs from roughly 1909 to 1984 that pertain to the Oxford Tobacco Research Station, which is just outside Oxford, North Carolina. The bulk of the collection consists of annual research reports from these years (unbound 1909-1947; bound 1948-1965). The annual reports detail the research conducted in the areas of agronomy, botany, entomology, engineering, and pathology. In addition to these reports, the collection also includes correspondence from the 1930s and 1940s, manuscripts and news releases from 1920 to 1984, and research files from 1911 to 1961. The Oxford Tobacco Research Station is located one mile west of Oxford, North Carolina, the county seat of Granville County. It was established in 1912 as a joint program by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture (NCDA). Over the course of a century of research on tobacco, the Station gained an international reputation as a leading center of tobacco science under the direction of project leaders in Agronomy, Botany, Entomology, Engineering and Pathology. Notable research accomplishments include fertility investigations concerning tobacco plant nutrition, development of the first tobacco varieties with resistance to Granville Wilt and black shank diseases, and the invention of tobacco bulk curing barns. Less

This collection is made up of two series. The first contains pamphlets about maize research from 1934 to 1981, including corn performance test results and hybrid corn yield trials. The pamphlets included are semi-monthly farm reports, weekly weather and crop reports, field crops variety trials, and corn performance studies. There are several issues from three journals - North Carolina Agricultural Statistics, Mississippi Farm Research, and Agricultural Research. Also included is Harvey's dissertation on Hereditary Variation in Plant Nutrition from July 1939. The second series ranges in date from 1945 to 1980. It contains correspondence and reports written by Paul Harvey as well as newsletters and clippings documenting the activities of the Crop Science department. Paul H. Harvey taught at N.C. State for more than fifty years. He was appointed a William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor and became the founding head of the Department of Crop Science in the College of Agriculture and Life Science. In 1943 Dr. Harvey introduced "NC 1032," a higher-yielding hybrid corn for North Carolina soils. The new variety was the first of 12 new hybrids Harvey introduced during his career. Less

This collection contains research and project material created by Paul Zia. Included are the materials for the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse move, work with corrosion resistant alloy steel (MMFX) and reinforced concrete, the planning for the University of Tennessee Arena repair, the Crystal River Nuclear Plant containment investigation, the American Concrete Institute (ACI) reports, conference and workshop proceedings, and instructional materials from Zia's time as a professor at North Carolina State University. Topics covered include Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, reinforced concrete, the Crystal River Nuclear Plant, the University of Tennessee Arena, North Carolina State University faculty, civil engineering, and the North Carolina State University Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering. The materials span the time period 1953-2018, with recent articles and displays reflecting on the success of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse move. For over 50 years, Paul Zia taught, researched, and consulted in many areas of concrete materials, reinforced and prestressed concrete structures, and construction. Zia joined the civil engineering faculty at North Carolina State University in 1961. He advised more than 60 masters and doctoral students at North Carolina State University. He conducted sponsored research on many aspects of prestressed and reinforced concrete, including torsion and shear, bond and development length, loss of prestress, applications of high performance and high strength concrete, self-consolidating concrete, jointless bridge deck, and cracking in large prestressed concrete girders. His studies also included fatigue strength of cracked prestressed concrete girders, assessment of high performance concrete bridges, development of non-destructive test method for measuring air permeability of concrete, the use of self-consolodating concrete in highway structures, and the application of corrosion-resistant high-strength MMFX streel for concrete structures, and structural applications of new proprietary materials called Grancrete and Elimix Admixture. This information is adapted from The Paul Zia Distinguished Lecture Series (https://zialecture.com/dr-zia). Less

The Perry-Wynns Fish Company Records contain the business records, including financial, payroll, sales, and fishing information, of the Perry-Wynns Fish Company (alternatively known as the Perry-Wynns Fishery) of Colerain, North Carolina, on the Chowan River. The papers date from 1947 to 2002. The Perry-Wynns Fish Company was formed in 1952 when L. D. Perry and Leo Wynns formed a partnership to run a herring packing plant in Colerain, North Carolina on the western shore of the Chowan River. Incorporated in 1966, the company was, for decades, the largest freshwater herring fishery in the world, packing both herring and herring roe under the Tidewater Brand, the Bertie Brand and Chowan's Best. In September 2003, Hurricane Isabel destroyed nine of the fishery's eleven buildings, putting the company out of business. Less

The Peter Batchelor Papers, 1967-2010, contain correspondence, administrative papers, urban design studies, computer printouts, doctoral papers, graphic materials, and industry publications relating to Batchelor's career as a professional urban planner and his administration of the American Institute of Architects, North Carolina’s (AIANC) Urban Design Assistance Program. Also included are VHS tapes of his lectures and exhibition materials created by students documenting Batchelor's time as a professor of design and urban planning at North Carolina State University. Born in London, England, on May 22, 1934, and died on April 15, 2020, Peter Batchelor earned a Bachelor of Architecture (honors) from the University of British Columbia in 1960, Masters of Architecture and City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966, and a Doctorate in City Planning from the latter institution in 1972. He taught at North Carolina State University’s School of Architecture from 1968 until 2007, when he retired as Professor Emeritus. Batchelor is also a licensed practitioner in architecture and city planning and former director of the American Institute of Architects, North Carolina (AIANC) Urban Design Assistance Program which provides interdisciplinary problem-solving teams to communities. Batchelor is a Fellow in both the American Institute of Architects and the American Institute of Certified Planners. Less

The Philip J. Kiviat Papers (1962-2010) consist primarily of technical papers related to Kiviat's work in developing the GASP and SIMSCRIPT simulation languages in the 1960s and 1970s. Other papers include conference brochures, contracts, correspondence, and writings by others. Philip J. Kiviat is the author of two books on simulation programming languages (SIMSCRIPT II and GASP) and numerous technical papers. The “Kiviat Graph” is widely used in the computer hardware and software performance field, as well as in other disciplines, to portray performance patterns and distinguish modes of behavior. Kiviat was the first technical Director of the Federal Computer Performance Evaluation and Simulation Center (FEDSIM) that was established by the United States Air Force in 1972. Less

Photocopies of special orders no. 79 and 106 issued to soldiers in 1944 granting them furloughs, a photograph of soldiers, a photograph of an ASTP (Army Specialized Training Program) reunion in 1993, and a microcassette recording, 1994. Philip Sine served in World War II. He reported for duty to the Commanding Officer, SCU 3421, ASTP at the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, Raleigh, North Carolina. Less