Found matches for "oral histories" in 136 collections

This collection contains cassette audiotapes, transcripts, abstracts, and biographies for 2 interviews (with four people total) conducted in 2007 by Chad Morgan, a member of the NC State University Libraries staff. The interviews were conducted with former staff members who had worked at the library during the integration period of the 1960s and 1970s. In 1962 Edward Walker was hired as the first full-time African-American staff member at the NC State University Libraries. In 1970 William V. Frazier was hired as the first African-American in a professional librarian position. In 2007 NC State University Libraries staff conducted oral history interviews with former staff member who had worked during the integration period of the 1960s and 1970s. Less

This collection contains digital audio and video recordings of interviews conducted with former NC State students from the Class of 1962. Interviews were conducted by Jonathan Holloway and Samantha Rich, both from the staff of the NC State University Libraries. This is an artificial collection maintained by the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center. These oral histories were conducted on 30 March 2012 with some of the members of the NC State Class of 1962 who attended the Reunion Weekend. Interviews were conducted by NC State University Libraries staff. Clyda Weeks Lutz was first interviewed as a member of the Class of 1962 and then later re-interviewed for the Student Leadership Initiative, a project that chronicles the experiences and impact of former NC State student leaders. Less

The North Carolina Forestry Foundation Hofmann Forest Oral Histories contain interview transcripts and some biographical information about each interviewee. Recordings of the interviews are not a part of the collection. The interviews were conducted between 2006 and 2008. The North Carolina Forestry Foundation (now called the NC State Natural Resources Foundation) is the oldest foundation at NC State University. The Foundation is governed by a 20-member Board of Directors, which oversees more than $150 million in assets. The foundation strives to meet all the needs of the college, particularly external support, including: scholarships, fellowships and professorships; operating funds for programs; advisory and advocacy groups for academic and research programs; fund raising capability; management of land holdings; and stewardship of donor gifts and funding support for Natural Resources Advancement (https://cnr.ncsu.edu/giving/foundation/, accessed 05/12/2021). The Foundation manages Hofmann Forest, Hill Forest, Schenck Forest, and others for educational and research purposes. Less

The Graduate Student Oral Histories on North Carolina Hog Farming include audio files of interviews with farmers, neighbors nearby the farms, and environmentalists about hog farming in Eastern North Carolina. These oral histories were produced for HI 533 Theory and Practice of Oral History, taught by Dr. Gwynn Thayer. The class was held in spring of 2023 and the interviews date to April and May 2023. The purpose of the Graduate Student Oral Histories on North Carolina Hog Farming was to analyze and consider different perspectives regarding hog farming in Eastern North Carolina. These oral histories capture the debate over whether different techniques for treating hog waste are acceptable to the environment and to public health. Farmers of hog farms, neighbors of these farms, and members of the Waterkeeper Alliance were interviewed. Less

Contained in this collection are digital files (audio) for sixteen interviews conducted by StoryCorps and about the NC State University Libraries. In January 2017, StoryCorps, a national oral history program, visited the NC State University Libraries to record stories from students, faculty, administrators, alumni, and collaborators from the NC State campus and across the country. The honor came as part of the Libraries winning the 2016 National Medal for Museum and Library Service from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). In the interviews, people discussed the roles that libraries, and the NC State University Libraries in particular, have played in their lives. Gautam Srikishan and Mia Warren of StoryCorps facilitated the interviews. Less

The NC State University Libraries Oral Histories about the James B. Hunt Jr. Library (2008-2015) contains oral history interviews on the design and construction of the Hunt Library. The people interviewed were staff from the NC State University Libraries, the University Architect from NC State University, and designers from the architectural firms. NC State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center staff conducted the interviews. Interviews conducted in 2008 and 2009 exist only in audio format (WAV); those from 2015 in video and audio formats (MOV and WAV). Written transcripts (PDF format) also exist for these interviews. Designed to be a major competitive advantage for the university, the Hunt Library is a signature building that both enables and reflects NC State’s vision as a preeminent technological research university recognized for its innovative education and research addressing the grand challenges of society. Its bold design is a visual statement of its bold purpose: to be a place not of the past but of the future, a place where students, faculty, and partners can gather to research, learn, experiment, collaborate, and strengthen NC State’s long tradition of leading transformative change. Less

The Charles Kahn Papers contains design proposals and drawings, course materials, journal articles, pamphlets, brochures, oral histories, and photographic negatives documenting work of Charles Kahn and his students as well as local architects, including Horacio Caminos, Matthew Nowicki, James Fitzgibbons, Eduardo Catalano, and George Matsumoto. Materials related to Buckminster Fuller and Charter Industries (Geodesic domes) are also included. Items in the collection are described using titles found on Kahn's original files. Charles Howard Kahn was born in Salisbury, North Carolina. In 1952, he joined the faculty at North Carolina State University as an instructor in Civil Engineering. He was appointed Associate Professor of Design in 1959. Kahn remained at North Carolina State University until 1968, when he left for the University of Kansas. Kahn's research focused on thin-shell structures and membranes of long-span roofs for buildings. Notably, he designed North Carolina State University's Carter-Finley Stadium. The items included in this collection reflect Kahn's time at North Carolina State University. Kahn passed away at the age of 95 in 2021. Less

The Lee Marshall Smith Papers document Smith's career as a reporter, film critic, newspaper editor, educator and novelist. Also documented are some of Smith's numerous awards and honors, including the Robert Penn Warren Fiction Prize in 1991 and the North Carolina Award for Fiction in 1984. Subject files contain biographical information, including a vita, documentation from her time as Writer-In-Residence at Hollins College, and correspondence with her publishers (Harper and Row, 1968-1973). The Writings series includes extensive drafts of Smith's writings, including typescripts, manuscripts, reproductions, and handwritten notes. Among Smith's published novels are Black Mountain Breakdown (1981), Oral History (1983) , Fair and Tender Ladies (1988), The Devil's Dream (1992), Saving Grace (1995), and The Last Girls (2002). Her short stories include "Mom (Life As We Knew It)", "The French Revolution, A Love Story", "Bob, A Dog", "Me and My Baby View the Eclipse" (with accompanying artwork) and "Camera Obscura". The collection also contains plays adapted from Smith's novels and short stories. A Reviews series includes reviews and critical essays about Smith's work from 1968 to the present. The Audiovisual Materials series includes sound tapes (Lee Smith reading from books and short stories, radio interviews, etc.), a compact disc, and VHS tapes. A popular author of novels and short stories, Lee Smith earned a B.A. in English from Hollins College in 1967. Immediately after college she worked as a reporter for the Richmond News Leader and the Tuscaloosa News. Smith was an English teacher at Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, 1971-1975, and at the Carolina Friends School in North Carolina, 1975-1977. She taught creative writing at Duke University in 1977 and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1978-1981. From 1979 to 1980 she was the director of a summer writing workshop for the University of Virginia. In 1981, she came to North Carolina State University, where she taught for 19 years. Less

The Lawrence Sheldon Rudner Papers, dating from 1967 to 1998, contain records relating to the research, teaching, and writings of Lawrence Rudner, a professor in the North Carolina State University English Department. The Papers also contain a small number of records describing Rudner's personal life. The Papers include manuscripts, correspondence, notes, newspaper articles, publications, and photographs. Less

The Katharine Stinson Papers contains items detailing her work in the aviation industry and her experiences as a student and an alumnus of North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering. The collection is comprised of professional documents, photographs, correspondence, video and audiotaped oral histories, periodical articles and clippings, and printed and artifactual memorabilia. Materials describe Stinson's life and achievements between 1937 and 2001. Less

Biographical information, publications, oral histories, and electronic word documents of various prominent North Carolina botanists, including: Donald B. Anderson; H.B. Croom; C.W. Hyams; Mordecai E. Hyams; and, Gerald McCarthy. The material was assembled by North Carolina State University Professor, James R. Troyer, during his research and production of articles about each of the individuals represented here. North Carolina State University Professor of Botany James R. Troyer has written biographical articles about several North Carolina botanists, as well as Nature's Champion : B.W. Wells, Tar Heel Ecologist. Less

The University Archives Audiovisual Collection contains film, videotape, audiocassettes, reel-to-reel tape, and other formats of audio and video recordings of important events on the North Carolina State University campus. Also included are recordings of interviews with prominent University people or visitors to the campus. Materials range in date from the 1930s to 2010. The University Archives Audiovisual Collection contains materials related to the history of North Carolina State University. They cover a variety of events such as speeches, lectures, Chancellor installations, symposia, seminars, and promotional videos. These audiovisual materials were acquired from various departments and individuals. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Office of Public Affairs, Creative Services currently contain video recordings used in productions on a number of topics and record files related to these productions, publications made by the office, and office files. Materials range in date from 1889 to 2014, though the majority of the recordings are dated between 1978 and 2008. Creative Services is the publishing, video and electronic media division of the North Carolina State University Office of Public Affairs. Its primary responsibility is to support University Advancement by producing print, electronic and broadcast materials for public distribution, providing campus footage for stations and networks and assisting with any assigned projects that enhance the image of North Carolina State University. Less

The Chinqua-Penn Plantation records contain the papers of the Penn family (1863-1975, bulk 1923-1946) as well as the records of the management of the property by the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina State University, and the Chinqua-Penn Foundation (1921-1926, 1957-2002, bulk 1965-2002). This collection includes correspondence, reports, financial records, property and animal records, architectural drawings, photographs and scrapbooks, audio-visual materials, newspaper clippings, marketing materials, and inventories of the art, artifacts, and furniture collections, among other items. Within the materials dating from the management period are extensive records from research conducted on the property and the Penn family. Named for the chinquapin, a dwarf chestnut tree, Chinqua-Penn Plantation was built by Thomas Jefferson "Jeff" Penn and Margaret Beatrice "Betsy" Schoellkopf (Schwill) Penn during the 1920s. The large house reflected their lifestyle of entertaining and traveling, and it showcased the art and furniture they collected from around the world. The plantation's grounds evolved into an exotic horticultural collection of both native and imported plants. Chinqua-Penn was maintained by the University of North Carolina, Greensboro from 1965 to the late 1980s. NC State University took over its management and reopened it shortly thereafter. In 1991, the Chinqua-Penn Foundation was formed to preserve the house and open it to visitors. The foundation secured the plantation's status as a National Historic Landmark. Although NC State University continues to administer the Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Center on the mansion grounds, further funding problems forced the foundation to close the museum's doors. NC State University sold the house to a private owner in 2006. Less

The Tom Regan Papers contain correspondence, research files, drafts, reprints, audiovisual materials, and websites that document the professional career of one of the most widely-known authorities on animal rights. The collection pertains chiefly to the two major intellectual pursuits of Tom Regan's career, animal rights and the moral philosophy of G. E. Moore. Also included are files related to his thirty years of service to North Carolina State University,some personal material, material related to other subjects. A prolific writer on animal liberation and animal rights philosophy, Tom Regan (1938-2017) was professor and department head in the Philosophy Department at North Carolina State University. The publication of Regan's The Case for Animal Rights marked a major advance in the philosophical underpinnings of the animal rights movement. This book brought the discussion of animal rights to new levels of serious attention within scholarly circles. Less

The Roscoe Braham Papers contain material documenting Braham's career, including correspondence (some handwritten), office files, research notes, grant proposals and reports, notes and related documentation from meetings and conferences, class notes, and personal records from 1863 to 2011 with some undated material. Also included are black and white photographs and negatives, newspaper articles, pamphlets, bound reports on research projects, glass slides, slides, film reels, annual American Meteorological Society (AMS) Council Meeting correspondence from the 1940s to 2000 and beyond, and articles and reference material dating back to 1863. The records provide insight into Braham's research on cloud precipitation physics, his engagement with other scientists, scholars, and institutions, like the University of Chicago and North Carolina State University, and his involvement with professional organizations. Roscoe R. Braham Jr. is a pioneering meteorologist, educator, expert in cloud precipitation physics, and visiting professor at North Carolina State University. He earned a bachelor's degree in geology in 1942 from the Ohio University. Braham completed his master's and doctoral degrees at the University of Chicago, joined the University of Chicago staff in 1952 as a research meteorologist and retired in 1991 after thirty-seven years, twenty-six of them as a full professor. Braham has published more than eighty scientific reports, books, and monographs during his academic career. Braham joined the American Meteorological Society in 1945 and served as its president in 1988. He is credited for the discovery of the cell organization of thunderstorms as well as the coalescence-freezing mechanism of precipitation formation in natural clouds. Less