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The Ellen Black Winston Papers contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, postcards, and other materials documenting Winston's life and career. The collection contains correspondence and clippings about Winston's service as Commissioner of Public Welfare in North Carolina and as U.S. Commissioner of Welfare. It also features genealogical information, family correspondence, and sympathy correspondence following the death of Winston's husband, Sanford. During their marriage, the Winstons collected hundreds of postcards from across the United States and around the world, which are also included in this collection. Less

This collection contains materials relating to Project Eos at North Carolina State University. Iowa State University (Project Vincent) and NC State University (Project Eos) adopted the distributed computing technologies of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Athena Project and Carnegie Mellon University's Project Andrew in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Dr. Ellen McDaniel worked at North Carolina State University in the College of Engineering Information Technology and Engineering Computer Services (ITECS, formerly Engineering Computer Operation, ECO) unit from August 1991 until April 2017 (at retirement). Less

The Elliot B. Grover Papers include materials documenting Grover's early career in private industry, his consulting work with the Joint Chief of Staff examining German textile and pulp factories in the wake of the Allied advance through that country, and his work as a member of the faculty of the College of Textiles of North Carolina State University (although most of the latter type of material may be found in the records of the college's Department of Textile and Apparel Technology and Management, UA 130.021). Included are company papers Grover kept from his time as an executive at Ponemah Mills in Connecticut, as well as records from his service in World War II in England and Germany with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Technical Industrial Intelligence Committee. The collection includes correspondence, clippings, foreign currency from his sojourn during World War II in Europe, and official government notes and reports, from 1925 through 1958. Also included are several undated portrait-style photographs of Grover. Massachusetts native Elliot Brown Grover (1906 - 1997) joined the North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) faculty in 1944 as the head of the Yarn Manufacturing Department in the School of Textiles. In 1959, School of Textiles Dean Malcolm E. Campbell appointed Grover the head of the school's new Department of Textile Technology. Grover received an honorary fellowship from the Textile Institute in Manchester, England, the organization's highest honor, in 1962. He authored numerous publications, including the Handbook of Textile Testing and Quality Control (1960). He was active in numerous professional organizations, including Sigma Xi and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Grover retired from the university in 1966. Less

The Elliot Brown Grover reports and patent contain Grover and C. J. Hall's 1928 thesis, Construction and Improvement of Thickness Gauge for Textiles; Malcolm E. Campbell's 1933 report for the United States Department of Agriculture, Spinning Tests of Selected Bales of Sea Island, American-Egyptian, and Egyptian-Sakellaridis Cotton: A Preliminary Report; and Grover's 1943 patent for an apparatus to test the density of thread packages. Massachusetts native Elliot Brown Grover (1906 - 1997) joined the North Carolina State College (now North Carolina State University) faculty in 1944 as the head of the Yarn Manufacturing Department in the School of Textiles. In 1959, School of Textiles Head Malcolm E. Campbell appointed Grover the head of the school's new Department of Textile Technology. Grover received an honorary fellowship from the Textile Institute in Manchester, England, the organization's highest honor, in 1962. He authored numerous publications, including the Handbook of Textile Testing and Quality Control (1960). He was active in numerous professional organizations, including Sigma Xi and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Grover retired from the university in 1966. Less

The Ellis B. Cowling Papers contain files from 1957 to 2013 that include reports, notes, writings, research data, memos, correspondence, and newspaper clippings documenting Ellis B. Cowling's career. There are correspondence, publications, media clippings from newspapers, websites and magazines, drafts and reports from the Ad Hoc Committee at North Carolina State University and photographs all related to the move of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in 1999. There are also articles, correspondence, grant application materials, presentation materials, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and reports related to Cowling's animal waste research work, pertaining in particular to the Out-of-the-Box Thinking group. Additionally there are articles, background information, brochures, correspondence and news articles related to Cowling's involvement with the installation of Marye Anne Fox as Chancellor of North Carolina State University, the Watauga Seminar and the Faculty Senate. The largest series on the Southern Oxidants Study (SOS) contains annual meetings agendas, correspondence, presentation materials and reports related both directly to SOS and to its collaboration with other organizations. There is also extensive material about the Data Analysis Workshop conducted by SOS. In addition to these paper materials, there are also floppy disks, slides and photographs related to the Southern Oxidants Study (SOS). Finally, there are also audiovisual materials, primarily videotapes and cassette tapes. Most of the cassette tapes contain lectures Cowling gave over the course of a semester to the graduate-level PP [Plant Pathology] 650 course, although it is unclear what the course would have been titled since it no longer exists. Dr. Ellis B. Cowling is a University Distinguished Professor At-Large Emeritus of Forestry and Plant Pathology at North Carolina State University. Dr. Cowling specializes in biochemistry of wood decay, conservation of essential elements by forest trees, diseases of forest trees and deterioration of timber products, role of nitrogen in coevolution of forest trees and wood-destroying fungi, and integrated management of plant diseases. His other research interests include man-induced changes in the chemical climate and their effects on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and the role of scientists in public decision making. Dr. Cowling helped develop a nationwide system for monitoring acid deposition called the National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP). His appointment as the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee of Faculty at North Carolina State University contributed to the preservation and relocation of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in North Carolina. Dr. Cowling died on September 24, 2021. Less

The materials contained in this collection include correspondence, newsclippings, research materials and photographs documenting the life and work of Emmett Brown Morrow, a horticultural scientist and professor at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University). Professor Emmett Brown Morrow (1896 - 1956) was born in Rowan County, North Carolina and was one of nine children. He graduated from North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) in 1921, with a B.S. degree and earned an M.S. degree from the University of California in 1924. He worked as a horticultural scientist and professor at North Carolina State College from 1926 to 1956. Less

The Engineering Graphics Communication Teaching Aids and Conference Papers contain teaching aids and copies of papers presented at various conferences on the topic of teaching technical drawing and engineering graphics. The teaching aids provide students with problems and exercises to hone their abilities in depicting the design process in product design and engineering. Some of these aids were published by General Motors. Materials range in date from 1956 to 1988. Less

This collection includes an Engraving from Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia ("Encyclopedie"), entitled "Aiguiller-Bonnetier" ("Needle and Cap Makers"), by engraver Robert Benard. Denis Diderot was a prominent philosopher during the Enlightenment. His most famous work was the Encyclopedia ("Encyclopedie"), a massive, multi-volume compilation of world knowledge richly illustrated with engravings. The Encyclopedia was groundbreaking in its inclusion of the "mechanical arts," or crafts and trades, as exemplified in this engraving of the Needle and Cap Makers. This engraving depicts a workshop with the textiles tools and equipment shown individually underneath. It was engraved by Robert Benard, a French printmaker born in 1734. Less

Two engravings from Mark Catesby's The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and Bahama Islands Containing the Figures of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, Insects, and Plants. Included are plate 100 and plate 104 (appendix plate 4) from volume 2 of the second (1754) or third (1771) edition. Plate 100 pictures a branch of prickly apple (lily thorn) with a zebra swallowtail butterfly. Plate 104 pictures a branch of smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) with a Pennsylvania fly (giant ichneumon wasp). Also included is a color copy of each engraving. Mark Catesby (24 March 1682/83 - 23 December 1749) was an English naturalist. Between 1729 and 1747 Catesby published his book Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands. The book was the first publication to describe flora and fauna of North America. The book described 220 birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, mammals and plants.From https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Catesby accessed 3/17/2021 Less

The records of the Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America (ESA) contain annual meeting programs; photographs of award winners, speakers, and officers; correspondence; financial statements; bound reports; reprints of published Branch history; meeting minutes; hotel contracts; cassette tapes; and a disk. This collection also contains a small file of correspondence and financial information on the Cotton States Branch of the American Association of Economic Entomologists, a predecessor organization. Materials are dated from 1937 to 2010. The Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America includes members from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and the United States Territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The organization was established August 2, 1904. A group of entomologists concerned with damage to the cotton crop by the boll weevil elected C. E. Chambliss of South Carolina as Chairman and organized the Association of Official Entomologists of the Cotton Belt, later known as Association of Cotton States Entomologists. The group was active during the ensuing years and was affiliated with the American Association of Economic Entomologists as the Cotton States Branch on December 31, 1925. The American Association of Economic Entomologists merged with the Entomological Society of America in 1953. The name of the branch was changed to Southeastern Branch in 1959. Less

Contained in this collection are project files and drawings of buildings designed by Eric G. Flannagan and the firm Eric G. Flannagan and Sons, Architects and Engineers. The materials in this collection represents a sampling of the buildings designed by Flannagan and his company. They primarily date from the time period when Flannagan was most active,1922-1949. Eric G. Flannagan, Sr. (1892-1970) was an architect and engineer practicing most of his life in North Carolina. He specialized in institutional buildings, especially hospitals and schools, but his work also included houses, churches, stores, and offices. Less

The Eric Hinesley Research Collection on Atlantic White Cedar contains digital files related to Dr. Hinesley's research interests in Atlantic White Cedar. Included are photograph files in tiff and jpeg format with related captions attached as a word document. Materials range in date from 2002 to 2022. Eric Hinesley was a horticulture professor at NC State University from 1978 to 2010. During his time as a faculty member, he conducted full-time research related to Christmas tree production in North Carolina. He also conducted studies on wetland restoration with an emphasis on Atlantic White Cedar and Bald Cypress. Dr. Hinesley received a bachelor's and master's degree in Forestry at NC State University in 1971 and 1973, respectively, and he received a Ph.D. in Forestry and Forest Soils at Mississippi State University in 1978. Less

This collection comprises research files for the chapters that Wood contributed to the book Architects and Builders in North Carolina: A History of the Practice of Building, including correspondence, project notes, photographs and photograph permissions requests, interviews with architects (including audiotapes), newsclippings, and some architectural drawings. Also included are publications by Wood as well as research pertaining to other writing projects featuring architecture and design as a central theme. Ernest H. (Ernie) Wood III was an architectural writer for Southern Living and an editor for North Carolina Architect. He has also published articles in the AIA Journal and other periodicals. For the 1990 book Architects and Builders in North Carolina: A History of the Practice of Building (co-authored with with Catherine Bishir, Charlotte Vestal Brown, and Carl Lounsbury), he authored the final chapter, entitled "The Opportunities Are Unlimited: Architects and Builders since 1945." Less

Ernest L. Gooden (1903-1970) was born in Elizabethtown, North Carolina. Gooden graduated from Duke University, and taught at Glen Alpine High School in Glen Alpine, North Carolina, from 1927 to 1930. He joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture as an assistant scientific aide in September of 1930. Gooden had a 40-year career as a physicist with the USDA and specialized in pesticides. The Ernest L. Gooden Papers consists of materials documenting Gooden's career with the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. Drafts and manuscripts of articles by Gooden include "Report of Physical Properties of Pesticides" and "Optical Crystallographic Properties of DDT." Research files contain notes, graphs, charts, and articles with labels like "Viscosity," "Zinc Arsenate," "Sodium Arsenite," and "Rotenone." This collection also contains electron microscope micrographs, patents and patent applications by Gooden, and hundreds of 3 x 5" x-ray diffraction data cards published by the Joint Committee on Chemical Analysis by X-Ray Diffraction Methods. These x-ray diffraction cards contain notes, calculations, and authors and their publications. Also included in this collection are glass slides, photos and negatives of electron microscope images, approximately a thousand 3 x 4" cards of chemical compounds and other notes, and materials from the annual meetings of the Electron Microscopy Society of America from 1949 to 1966. Less

The Esther Mechler Papers consists of papers and artifacts documenting Mechler's interest and participation in the animal rights and animal welfare movement. It includes writings by individuals and organizations, as well as published volumes and periodicals. Correspondence about animal or animal rights-related issues and the background work for two of Mechler's animal rights projects are also present, as well as audiovisual materials and memorabilia from various animal rights or animal welfare groups and events. Esther Mechler has been involved with the animal rights and animal welfare movement since the 1970s. An instrumental figure in several organizations, she was a founding member of both the Fairfield County, Connecticut branch of Friends of the Animals, and the national Animal Rights Network. Mechler worked to create and distribute animal protection related audio-visual materials and has also been particularly active in the area of preventing pet overpopulation. In 1990 she founded Spay/USA, a national referral service for low-cost spay/neutering. Less

Contained in this collections are Eti-Cue Series pamphlets Nos. 1-2 and 4-12. No. 3 is missing. These were published by the Southern Agriculturist, and the authors are Iris Davenport and Millicent Schaub. Each covers a particular topic of etiquette, courtesy, and manners, e.g., "Cues for Popularity," "Eti-Cues for Mealtime," "Courtesy Cues for Public Places," etc. None are dated, but they were probably published in the 1940s. Iris Davenport and Millicent Schaub were editors of the Women's Department of the Southern Agriculturist during the 1940s. The Southern Agriculturist farm journal published from 1869 to 1949, and in 1950 it merged with the Farm and Ranch journal to become Farm and Ranch with Southern Agriculturist. Less

Etude des Files is a bound manuscript volume containing handwritten notes in French about thread, with samples of thread and notes related to each sample. The largest part of the book is about silk but there are also pages on cottons, flax, hemp, ramie, jute, wools, and other threads. At head of title is written "Cours de tissage." A bookplate on the inside front cover says that this book was given to Wullschleger by "Th. Bon, professeur de Théorie de Tissage, Ecole industrielle de Courconig[?]" Arthur Wullschleger studied weaving in Lyon, France, in 1899-1900. He may have been from d'Aarbourg, Switzerland. Less

The Eugene Edgar Lambeth letters consists of photocopies and transcriptions of two letters Lambeth wrote as a student at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now North Carolina State University) in 1891. One letter is to his father asking for money to pay his board. In the second letter, Lambeth relates his activities to his cousin Minnie, and requests a visit from her. Chatham County native Eugene Edgar Lambeth, Jr., entered North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts as a freshman in 1891. Less

The Eugene Wilson Brown Architectural Blueprints of the Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Brim Vacation Home consists of 1 roll of architectural blueprints of the Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Brim Vacation Home in Lake Gaston, Warren County, North Carolina, dating to 1976. It was commissioned around 1972 and was built over many weekends by the owners. The architecture is representative of Eugene Wilson Brown's modernist residential designs. Eugene (Gene) Wilson Brown (1938- ) was a Raleigh modernist architect who was known for his residential designs and downtown revitalization projects. Born in Oxford, North Carolina, and raised in a number of North Carolina towns, he graduated from Durham High School in Durham, North Carolina, and went on to receive a Bachelor of Architecture from the North Carolina State University School of Design in 1964, and a Master of Architecture and Urban Design from Washington University. He worked in University Planning at both NC State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and in 1982 established his own private practice in Raleigh, North Carolina. Less