The John Ray Eaton papers contain personal correspondence, photographs of the farm at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, a copy of Massey's Garden Book for the Southern States, and a farming log book.
John Ray Eaton (1884-1918) graduated from the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University) in 1910 and became the superintendent of its farm.
John Ray Eaton (1884-1918) graduated from the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University) in 1910 and became the superintendent of its farm.
The John Ray Eaton papers contain personal correspondence, photographs of the farm at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University), a copy of Massey's Garden Book for the Southern States, and a farming log book.
Early correspondence relates to Eaton's school career at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, including a letter he wrote to his sister regarding final examinations. Some later letters discuss farm equipment, including fertilizer, huskers, and shredders.
The author of Massey's Garden Book for the Southern States, W. F. Massey, was a professor of horticulture, arborculture, and botany at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts from (later North Carolina State University) from 1889 until 1905.
The farming log book is in poor condition. Except for a few words, the first page is unreadable. The next two pages contain a list of Varieties of peas planted in North plot no. 1 and North plot no. 2. The next entries, which date from July 1910 until August 1911, consist of a record of the daily work performed on the college farm by Eaton and the hands who worked under his direction. The last pages of the booklet consist of a time sheet for each hand for the months of August and September 1911.
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[Identification of item], John Ray Eaton Papers, MC 00179, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Received from Rachel E. Dunham, 1985 - 1995.
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[Identification of item], John Ray Eaton Papers, MC 00179, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.