5 collections related to Textile fabrics -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- North Carolina

These records contain files pertaining to the activities and administration of the North Carolina State University Burlington Textiles Library including correspondence and reference files kept by the library, clippings, brochures, and other information about topics related to the College of Textiles. They also include slide sets, a portrait of Wallace W. Riddick, Jr., the Dedication Plaque for the Burlington Textiles Library, the Quick Response Collection, Textile World Charts, and panels from past exhibits. Materials range in date from 1911 to 2010. From 1988 to 2013, the Burlington Textiles Library was located in room 4411 of the College of Textiles complex on the Centennial Campus at North Carolina State University. The Library provided services to the faculty and staff, students, and NC State Centennial Campus community and university affiliates. The Library supported the curriculum and research programs in textile chemistry, textile materials and management, and fiber and polymer science. In 2013, the Burlington Textiles Library was subsumed by the new James B. Hunt, Jr. Library, also on Centennial Campus. Less

This records subgroup contains correspondence among North Carolina State University College of Textiles faculty, staff, and administrators and other files relating to the operations of the school; budget material, and Textile Extension correspondence. Documentation in the academic series includes information regarding Textiles College and extension projects and research, and Textiles College brochures and catalogs. Budget material includes monthly and year-to-date budget and expenditure reports of the College, the North Carolina Textiles Foundation, as well as other personnel and financial aid paperwork. The Textiles Extension correspondence series consists of correspondence to and from textile industry representatives regarding applied research requests and information on instructional services provided by the College of Textiles. This subgroup was formerly numbered UA 130.5. The Office of Textile Extension and Applied Research works to enhance the relationship between the North Carolina State University College of Textiles and the textile industry. The Extension office offers continuing education opportunities to industry partners. The Applied Research program sponsors research projects to supplement education and encourage participation in industrial research and development. The Associate Dean oversees the programs and is a primary contact person for industry partners interested in education or research opportunities. Less

The records of the Tompkins Textile Student Council at North Carolina State University contain correspondence, meeting minutes, and other general information on the Council, its members, and its activities. The Council is student-run, and acts as the chief governing body over all other student clubs and organizations within the College of Textiles, as well as providing a liaison between student interests and the interests of the College. The Tompkins Textile Student Council (formerly known as the Tompkins Textile Council) was established in the School of Textiles (later, College of Textiles) at North Carolina State in or before 1940. Membership is open to any student enrolled in the College, and the Tompkins Textil Student Council remained active as of 2008. Less

This collection contains pages from a notebook for classes Textiles 341 and 342, Fabric Design and Analysis, taught by J.A. Porter. The notebook includes fabric samples, design sheets with drawn and colored weaving designs, and fabric analysis sheets containing numerical analysis of fabric. It also includes laboratory reports, dated October and November 1950, submitted by Paul L. Cabrey. Paul L. Cabrey of Nabertha, Pa., was a student in the School of Textiles, North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering. Textiles 341 and 342, Fabric Design and Analysis, was a course required of juniors in textile manufacturing. The course covered construction of fancy weaves, fabrics backed with warp or filling, fabrics ornamented with extra warp or extra filling, regular and fancy piques, and methods of producing new designs. Students learned to analyze samples of fancy fabrics for design, drawing-in draft, reed plan and chain plan and to calculate how to reproduce fabrics when only a small sample was available. Less