Preliminary Inventory to the William E. Splinter Papers, 1951-1968

Descriptive Summary

Repository: North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center
Creator: Splinter, William E.
Title: William E. Splinter Papers, 1951 - 1968
Call Number: MC 00091
Extent: 1.5 linear feet, 1 carton
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff.
Language of Material: English

Information for Users

Restrictions to Access: Collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.
Acquisitions Information: Donated by William E. Splinter. The material was originally contained within the Charles W. Suggs Papers (MC 00033). Accession Number 2007-0119.
Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], William E. Splinter Papers, MC 00091, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Biographical Note

William Eldon Splinter was born in North Platte, Nebraska, on November 24, 1925. He received a bachelor of science degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Nebraska in 1950 and master of science and doctoral degrees from Michigan State University in 1951 and 1955 respectively.

In 1954 Splinter joined the faculty of the Department of Agricultural Engineering at North Carolina State College (later University). He helped develop a mechanical tobacco harvester and mechanical tobacco transplanter, as well as electrostatic dusting and spraying systems. In 1968 he returned to the University of Nebraska to become chair of the Agricultural Engineering Department, a position he served in until 1987.

Splinter has numerous patents, awards, and publications to his credit. He was president of American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) in 1978 -1979, and he received the John Deere Gold Medal in 1995. As of 2007, he is the current director of the Lester F. Larson Tractor Test and Power Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Scope and Content Note

Contained in this collection are correspondence, reports, data sheets and logs, and other documents resulting from Splinter's research on agricultural mechanization while on the faculty of North Carolina State University. Included are materials for his work with Charlie W. Suggs on tobacco mechanization. There is also one folder of material on Splinter's involvement in the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE).

Organization of the Collection

Materials are arranged in the order that they had been filed when they were part of the Charles W. Suggs Collection (MC 00033). The collect has not yet been fully processed.

Online Catalog Terms

The following terms have been used to index this collection guide in the NCSU Libraries online catalog.

Personal Names

Splinter, Willam E.

Corporate Entities

North Carolina State University--Faculty--History.

Topics

Tobacco--Machinery--North Carolina.
Farm equipment--Research--North Carolina.
Agricultural engineering--Research--North Carolina.

Related Material

Charles W. Suggs Papers

Detailed Description of the Collection

ASAE Physical Properties Committee, 1964 - 1967
Accession no. 2007-0119 [MC 00091 Carton 1, Folder 1]
Plant Beds Correspondence, 1954 - 1968
Accession no. 2007-0119 [MC 00091 Carton 1, Folder 2]
ECPD 1963, 1962 - 1963
Accession no. 2007-0119 [MC 00091 Carton 1, Folder 3]
Dusting and Spraying Correspondence, 1951 - 1968
Accession no. 2007-0119 [MC 00091 Carton 1, Folder 4]
Equipment on Loan Correspondence, 1955 - 1967
Accession no. 2007-0119 [MC 00091 Carton 1, Folder 5]
Fertilizer Placement Correspondence, 1952 - 1960
Accession no. 2007-0119 [MC 00091 Carton 1, Folder 6]
Russian Articles on Harvesting, 1957 - 1963
Accession no. 2007-0119 [MC 00091 Carton 1, Folder 7]
Budget and Financial Information on Research Projects, 1957 - 1967
Accession no. 2007-0119 [MC 00091 Carton 1, Folder 8]
Fertilizer Placement, 1958 - 1959
Accession no. 2007-0119 [MC 00091 Carton 1, Folder 9]
Rustica, 1966 - 1967
Accession no. 2007-0119 [MC 00091 Carton 1, Folder 10]