Found matches for "sweet potato" in 4 collections

The Charles M. Smallwood Papers document research on water quality. Involved institutions include North Carolina State University, the city of Raleigh, the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Department of the Interior, the North Carolina Energy Development Authority, the Waterworks School, the Water Resources Research Institute, the Water Pollution Control Association, and the national Center for Urban and Industrial Health. Charles M. Smallwood joined the Civil Engineering Department of North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) in 1950 as an expert on water pollution. He received his B.S. from Case Institute of Technology in 1942 and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1950. 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