12 collections related to Diplomas

The Edward Scull King Papers relate to King's work with the Young Men's Christian Association, and includes correspondence, certificates and honors, photographs, and North Carolina State College memorabilia. Edward Scull King (1887-1962) worked at North Carolina State College as Secretary of the YMCA from 1919 until his retirement in 1955. The "Y" was the center of campus social and religious activities during King's years as secretary. Less

This collection contains the diploma of Hugh Williams Primrose for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Applied Sciences from the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 1897. Hugh Williams Primrose was one of six sons born to William Stuart Primrose and Ella Williams Primrose. He was born on January 21, 1878 and died January 27, 1904. He was a member of the graduating class of 1897. Less

The Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas Papers include research and lecture notes, class notes, personal papers, research papers (published and unpublished), some correspondence, documentation of consulting work, drafts of supervised student theses and dissertations, course outlines, examinations, memoranda, laboratory notes, symposiums, and miscellaneous papers. The bulk of this collection documents Thomas' academic teaching career, consisting of holograph and typed notes, most undated, on research for Thomas' physics lectures at Columbia University, Ohio State University, and North Carolina State University; also his student notes (2 boxes), taken at Cambridge University (England) physics lectures, 1921-1925, given by Bromwich, Eddington, Fowler, Littlewood, Pollard, and Ramsay, among others; published work (research published in journals), 1929-1982 (1 box); consulting for IBM and Timken Steel and Tube Company; symposiums, 1980-1985 (3 folders); personal papers (1 folder): professional diplomas and certificates as well as Lewis/Thomas family genealogy; and biographical information (1 folder). Topics: atomic physics, computer capacity, difference equations, electrodynamics, electron scattering, electronic structure of atoms and molecules, Fourier analysis, general dynamics, group theory, hydrodynamics, mathematics, physics, plasma (physics) quantum electrodynamics, quantum theory, quantum mechanics, relativity field theory, statistical mechanics, theoretical phy sics, among others. Correspondents: G. Bessis, Biedenharn, Dahl, Eichelberger, Grosch, Andrew Kollchoubey, Rolf Landauer, Lief, Robert Newton, among others. Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas (1903-1992). Physicist (atomic physics, nuclear, atomic and molecular structure, astrophysics). On the physics faculty at Ohio State University (1929-1943, 1945-1946); physicist and ballistician, Ballistic Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (1943-1945); on the physics faculty at Columbia University from 1950, member of senior staff of Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory established by IBM at Columbia; professor at North Carolina State University from 1968. Thomas is best remembered for his work on atomic physics, particularly the development of the statistical model of the atom; concurrently developed by Enrico Fermi the model is known as the Thomas-Fermi model. Less

The collection includes a diploma for a master of science in education awarded to Pattie Simmons Dowell by North Carolina State College on July 24, 1930. Patricia "Pattie" Simmons Dowell, from Williamston, NC, was the first student and first graduate of East Carolina University in 1911. She then attended Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee, where she earned a B.S., and North Carolina State College (now North Carolina State University), where she earned a master of science in education. She later earned a doctorate of education from New York University. She was a home economics professor at East Carolina University and retired in 1960. She died in 1975 at the age of 84. Less

This collection contains a diploma for the degree of Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering received by Robert Walter Kelly from North Carolina State College of Agriculure and Engineering on 3 June 1946. Robert Walter Kelly, originally from Merrick, New York, was a student at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later renamed North Carolina State University). While a student he was president of Pi Tau Sigma and Sigma Pi fraternities, among other activities. He earned a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering in 1946. He later received a masters degree from Columbia University. He had a long career in engineering, eventually becoming a senior engineer for General Electric Advanced Reactor. Less

The William Joseph Peele Papers, 1888-1923, contain items relating to Peele's tenure on the Board of Trustees at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University) between 1899 and 1901. The majority of material details administrative topics discussed and changes made during that period. A small number of personal materials are also included. William Joseph Peele (1855-1919) was a lawyer, an author, and an active participant in organizing state history agencies. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1879. As one of the founders of the Watauga Club, Peele was instrumental in the establishment of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Less