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The Maurice Hugh Farrier Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, entomology research materials, and a reprint collection of articles and works by internationally acclaimed scientists writing on mites and other insects. The collection chiefly documents Farrier's research and professional activities during his tenure as a professor of Entomology and Forestry in the departments of Entomology and Forestry at North Carolina State University. One of Farrier's main subjects of research was the Veigaiidae (Acarina). In March 1957 he published A Revision of the Veigaiidae (Acarina), which is included in this collection, as is Mites of the Superfamily Parasitoidea (Acarina: Mesostigmata) Associated with Dendroctonus and Ips (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) (December, 1969). Farrier also wrote numerous articles for scholarly journals, news columns in various North Carolina newspapers, and other works. The bulk of the collection consists of a comprehensive compilation of original publications, reprints, and annotated photocopies of articles on mites written by scientists from all over the world. Farrier and his student Michael K. Hennessey used these articles to compile and publish Soil-Inhabiting and Free-Living Mesostigmata (Acari-Parasitiformes) from North America: an Annotated Checklist and Bibliography and Index (1993), a taxonomic index on mites. Farrier and Hennessey also co-authored Systematic Revision of Thirty Species of Free-Living, Soil-Inhabiting Gamasine Mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) of North America (1988) and Mites of the Family Parasitidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) Inhabiting Forest Soils of North and South Carolina (1989). Maurice Hugh Farrier received a B.S. in Zoology and Entomology in 1948 and a Masters degree in Entomology in 1950, both from Iowa State College. Farrier subsequently earned a Ph.D. in Entomology from North Carolina State College (University) in 1955. That same year, he was appointed Assistant Professor at North Carolina State in the Department of Entomology. In 1960, Farrier was promoted to Associate Professor of Entomology, and in 1961, he became Associate Professor of Entomology and Forestry. In 1971, Farrier was promoted to full professor. He retired in 1991. Less

The Max Desfor Photographs and Papers contain photographs taken by Max Desfor while he was employed with the Associated Press from 1940 to 1968. There are also newspaper clippings, personal correspondence, business correspondence and other files dating from 1942 to 2008 as well as numerous photographs and negatives dating from 1936 to 2008. Also included in the collection are many photographs and negatives dated from 1936 to 2008 documenting Desfor's experiences in Korea, Japan, India and many other places, foreign and domestic. Some are photographs Desfor took for AP jobs while others are personal. The collection also contains Desfor's Pulitzer Prize-winning war photo, "Flight of Refugees Across Wrecked Bridge in Korea," taken in 1950, of Korean refugees fleeing along the twisted girders of a bombed bridge. The collection also contains videocassettes and CDs ranging in dates from 1985 to 2008, although most of them are undated, as well as slides from 1969 and 1972. Max Desfor was born in New York City on November 8, 1913. He studied at Brooklyn College in New York. He started his career at the Associated Press in 1933 as a darkroom assistant. In 1938, Desfor became staff photographer at the Associated Press bureau in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1939 he joined the Associated Press staff in Washington, D.C. In 1942 he was promoted to photo editor and in 1944 he was promoted to war correspondent and assigned to photograph Admiral Nimitz's command in the Pacific Ocean area. Less

The MeadWestvaco Research Reports contain various reports and materials created and used by forestry researchers at 14 research stations established and owned by MeadWestvaco from 1945 to 2006. The collection is broken down into four series which correspond to types of reports published. The first contains various lists and indexes and the other three series are research reports, technical memoranda, and information sheets. The largest series contains research reports from each of the 14 research stations about fertilization, herbicide use, chemical debarking, pulpwood growth, stand yield and tree transportation cost analysis. The subject matter of individual reports varies greatly. The technical memoranda and information sheets are supplementary material. In 1945, what would become MeadWestvaco was called the "West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company," with David L. Luke as president. He was the grandson of the original founder William Luke, who founded the company in 1888. David L. Luke oversaw the purchase of many acres of forest in Pennsylvania, Maryland, the Virginias and the Carolinas, where company research stations were later established. His son, David Luke III, became president in 1963, and after that his other son, John A. Luke led the company. A member of the Luke family continues to hold the position of Chief Executive Officer, at present John A. Luke Jr., but the family no longer possesses majority stock ownership. Less

The Michael K. Stoskopf Papers, 1934-2020, primarily contain files related to Stoskopf's research and teaching and his involvement in professional organizations, particularly the American College of Zoological Medicine and North Carolina State University Center For Marine Sciences and Technology. There are also blueprints from his work with the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland. Digital photographs as well as publications related to veterinary and zoological medicine, aquaculture, wildlife and the enrivonment are also included. While the materials span the time period 1934-2014, most documents date from the 1980s and the 1990s. Michael K. Stoskopf has worked at North Carolina State University since 1989. As of 2020, he directs the Environmental Medicine Consortium at N.C. State and participates actively in the inter-college Fisheries and Wildlife and Marine Sciences programs. He is professor of wildlife and aquatic health in the Department of Clinical Sciences with appointments in Forestry, Biomedical Engineering, and Toxicology. He is the Zoological Focus Leader and teaches extensively in core, selective and elective courses in the DVM curriculum and graduate courses in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology. Less

The Michael Lea Collection of Science Fiction Magazines contains issues from various publications of science fiction. Some authors included in these publications are George R. R. Martin, Orson Scott Card, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson, and Frank Herbert. Publications represented in this collection include Analog Science Fiction and Fact, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Amazing Science Fiction Stories, Galaxy Magazine, IF, and Fantastic. These publication provide short stories, novelettes, and novellas published in multiple parts, as well as editorials and commentary on scientific theory and contemporary events. Materials range in date from 1955 to 2008 with the bulk of the collection being issues of Analog Science Fiction and Fact published from 1964 to 2008. Michael Lea was born October 9, 1940 in Jamestown, North Carolina. He graduated from North Carolina State University in 1962 with a degree in Applied Mathematics. Lea served as the editor of The Technician while he was a student at NC State University. Less

The Michael Overcash Papers contain materials, 1928-2007, documenting Overcash's career as a North Carolina State University faculty member in chemical, biological and agricultural engineering, who studied industrial pollution prevention, waste minimization, life cycle inventory research, and sustainability. Included are reports, research files, computer data and disks, correspondence, and field studies. Also included are scientific literature, catalogs, journals, laboratory notebooks, and published papers. Michael R. Overcash was assistant professor, 1972-1976, and associate professor, 1976-1981, of chemical engineering and biological and agricultural enginnering, and professor, 1981-2007, of chemical engineering at North Carolina State University. Since 2007, Overcash has been a vsiting scholar in industrial and manufaturing engineering at Wichita State University. Overcash has developed an in-depth national research program in two distinctive areas--life cycle inventory research and sustainability research. He has published books on techniques for industrial pollution prevention, organics in municipal sludge land treatment systems, livestock waste management systems, and related subjects. Less

The Milton M. Leonard papers, 1934-1990, contains Dr. Milton Moot Leonard's research files and research papers written by him documenting the contributions he made during his years as a veterinarian in Asheville, North Carolina. Also included are medical pamplets, catalogs, animal x-rays, business correspondences, animal vendor catalogs, NC State University vet school catalogs, and black and white photos. Dr. Milton Moot Leonard (1893-1984) opened a veterinary practice in Asheville, North Carolina, in 1914. Active in veterinary circles, Leonard became the president of the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association (NCVMA) in 1917 and served in every office of the association. In 1957 Dr. Leonard was named Veterinarian of the Year by the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association (NCVMA). In 1978, he was awarded the Distinguished Veterinarian Award by the NCVMA. Leonard practiced for more than twenty-six years and attended twenty-six national conventions of veterinarians. He died in October 1984 at the age of ninety-one in Asheville, North Carolina. Less

The Mitchell Bush Papers contain research and teaching notes, presentations and materials, journals and publications, correspondence, field studies, field notes, research projects, training materials, anesthesia records, digital media such as floppy disks, CD-ROMS, zip disks, film strips, videotapes and 35mm slides documenting medical studies, surgeries and wildlife in national and international settings. Many of the files relate to Mitchell Bush's work with the National Zoological Park through the Smithsonian Institution. There are also separate series about his work with giraffes and his work with pandas. Almost the entire collection is related to Bush's work as a zoo veterinarian. Although the collection has been divided into series to assist with the research process, some topics may be covered across multiple series. For example, there is a series about the work that Bush did with pandas, but pandas may also appear in other series such as in the Subject Files or the Professional Organizations series. The majority of the materials in the collections date from 1950 to 2012. A few earlier items or reprints of earlier items are also included. Mitchell (Mitch) Bush is a leader in the field of modern zoological medicine. He graduated from the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis, in 1965, and his career has been focused on pioneering studies and clinical practice in zoological and comparative medicine. He has worked for the National Zoological Park at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., since 1972, and beginning in 1994 he has served as the Chief of Veterinary Services at the Smithsonian Conservation & Research Center. He holds a position as an assistant professor in the Department of Comparative Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Medical School and is a visiting scientist at Kruger National Park in South Africa. Less

The Monticello Architectural Records contain architectural and archaeological data pertaining to the restoration and preservation of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home located in Charlottesville, Virginia. Included are copies of publications; microfilm of field notes and drawings of Milton L. Grigg, restoration architect; photographs, slides and drawings of grounds, buildings, and furnishings. The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation was incorporated in 1923. In that year, the Foundation purchased Monticello and strove to restore and preserve the historic home. Now known as the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the group operates the house, the gardens, the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies, a museum shop, the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants, and the Monticello Visitors Center. Monticello is located on 5,000 acres in Charlottesville, Virginia. Construction of Monticello began in 1769 and was completed in 1784. Less

The Murray Whisnant Papers contains correspondence, project files, slides and architectural drawings, as well as other records related to Murray Whisnant’s architectural projects and other designs dating from 1959 to 2017. Many of the projects Whisnant consulted on and designed were located in Charlotte, North Carolina. There are also sketches and plans of projects that were never completed. William Murray Whisnant was born and grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, and graduated from Central High in 1950. He then attended North Carolina State University and studied within the School of Design for six years, where he was influenced by faculty member Eduardo Fernando Catalano and visiting architect Buckminster Fuller, as well as Dean Henry L. Kamphoefner. Upon graduation in 1956 Whisnant returned to Charlotte and joined the architectural firm of Sloan and Wheatley. In 1960, he became partner to Charles Wheatley. In 1974, Whisnant left to establish his own firm, Murray Whisnant Architects. In 1990 Murray Whisnant was awarded the Kamphoefner Prize by the AIA (American Institute of Architects) North Carolina chapter and the North Carolina Architectural Foundation. Murray Whisnant was active in the Charlotte community and even late in his life advocated for municipal projects, such as “Energy Park”, to enhance the lived spaces in the city where he was raised. Less

The Murry O. Phillips Papers contain photographic slides, overhead transparencies, films strips, papers, scrapbooks, and ephemera related to Phillips lengthy career in agriculture and agricultural education in the state of North Carolina. Additionally there is material documenting M. O. Phillips's involvement with the development of the town of Coats, North Carolina, and material documenting Phillips's participation with the Future Farmers of America. The collection also includes an extensive slide collection created by Phillips that highlights the beauty of rural North Carolina, as well as personal slides, photographs,and papers. Murry O. Phillips (1913-2000) taught vocational agriculture in Harnett County, N.C., and then served as the Chief Curriculum Specialist and Supervisor for curriculum development in vocational education for the North Carolina Department of Public Education. Phillips was a pioneer in the use of audiovisual material in the classroom. Phillips received corporate grants that allowed him to perfect techniques related to the presentation of classroom materials using ditto machines, thermofaxes, and 35 mm slides Less

The collection consists of mounted photographs and various artifacts brought together for the 2001 North Carolina State University exhibit "The Sodfather: A Friend of Agriculture in North Carolina" highlighting the career of James A. Graham (1921- ), who was North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture from 1964 until 2000. James A. Graham served as the North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture from 1964 until 2000. In this capacity, he emerged as a national figure, holding the presidency at various times of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, the Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture, and the Southern United States Trade Association. Less

The NC State University Libraries Research and Study Collection of Pop-Up Books contains pop-up books, catalogs, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera related to pop-up books. These materials were selected from a larger collection of pop-up books donated by Sara Frooman and others. The books cover a wide range of subjects, from non-fiction works about wildlife to fictional works such as Little Red Riding Hood and Alice in Wonderland. Paper Engineers or designers are listed if known. Materials range in date from 1960 to 2009. The NC State University Libraries Research and Study Collection of Pop-Up Books contain books from a variety of authors, paper engineers, and paper designers. Less

NC State University Libraries Research and Study Collection of Seed Catalogs contains publications from seed companies and garden stores, including Burpee's Seeds, Henry A. Dreer Seed Store, and D. M. Ferry and Co. These publications are seed catalogs and garden books. The date span is 1905 to 1975. Burpee's Seeds, Henry A. Dreer Company, and D.M. Ferry & Co. began publishing seed catalogs starting in the 19th Century. Seed catalogs provide photos and information on various seeds for sale including flowers, vegetables, fruits, and other plants. Less