Guide to the Samuel B. Tove Papers, 1950-1975

Descriptive Summary

Repository: North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center
Creator: Tove, Samuel B., 1921-1994.
Title: Samuel B. Tove Papers, 1950-1975
Call Number: MC 195
Extent: 0.5 linear feet, 1 archival box
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: This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.
Acquisitions Information: Gift of Samuel B. Tove, 1987 December 8 (Accession no. 1987-0016).
Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], Samuel B. Tove Papers, MC 195, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Processing Information: Processed by Will Andersen, 2006 November

Encoded by Will Andersen, 2006 November

Biographical Note

Samuel B. Tove was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on 1921 July 29. He graduated with a B.S. in animal husbandry from Cornell University in 1943, and received an M.S. and Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin in 1948 and 1950. Tove joined the faculty at the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) in 1950, beginning as a research assistant professor. Subsequently an associate (1955) and then full (1960) professor of animal science and biochemistry, Tove was a renowned authority on lipid metabolism. He was named a William Neal Reynolds Professor in 1975, and, among memberships in many professional and honorary societies, was a fellow in the American Society for Nutrition. He served as chair of the Faculty Senate, and was chair of the Department of Biochemistry from 1975 until his retirement as professor emeritus in 1987. The Samuel B. Tove Award for graduate teaching was subsequently established at the department in his honor. Tove died in Raleigh, North Carolina, on 1994 December 31.

Scope and Content Note

The Samuel B. Tove Papers consist of professional materials of Tove, a researcher and professor of animal science and biochemistry at the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) from 1950 to 1987. The bulk of the collection contains materials, 1962-1967, related to Tove's membership on an advisory committee that formulated proposals for the establishment of a doctoral program in biochemistry at North Carolina State. Other materials in this collection document Tove's membership in three other committees at North Carolina State: the program committee of the university's annual Animal Nutrition Conference, 1950-1959; an ad hoc building committee on improvements to Polk Hall, 1965-1967; and the Watauga Medal selection committee, 1975.

Organization of the Collection

This collection is divided into two series: Biochemistry Advisory Committee and Other Professional Activities.

Online Catalog Terms

The following terms have been used to index the guide to the collection in the NCSU Library's online catalog.

Individuals

Tove, Samuel B., 1921-1994.

Corporate Entities

North Carolina State University--Faculty--History.

Topics

Animal nutrition--Congresses.
Biochemistry--Study and teaching (Graduate)--North Carolina.

Occupations

College teachers--North Carolina.

Detailed Description of the Collection

MC 195 Series 1: Biochemistry Advisory Committee, 1962-1967

0.25 linear feet, 9 folders

This series consists largely of materials, 1962-1963, related to Tove's membership on a committee to formulate proposals for the establishment of a doctoral program in biochemistry at North Carolina State. The yearlong process involved the development of a curriculum and selection of a faculty, and submission of a proposal to the university's Graduate School. The Department of Biochemistry was formed in 1965. Two miscellaneous files in the series contain correspondence, meeting minutes, and drafts of proposals of the advisory committee, as well as materials regarding the new department, 1962-1967.
- Correspondence, 1962-1963 [MC 195 Box 1, Folder 1]
- Appraisal, circa 1962-1963 [MC 195 Box 1, Folder 2]
- Minutes of Meetings, 1962 [MC 195 Box 1, Folder 3]
- Scorecard, circa 1962-1963 [MC 195 Box 1, Folder 4]
- Curricula Vitae, circa 1962-1963 [MC 195 Box 1, Folder 5]
- Reports and Proposals, 1962-1963 [MC 195 Box 1, Folder 6]
- Proposed Curriculum, circa 1962-1963 [MC 195 Box 1, Folder 7]
- Miscellaneous, 1962-1963 [MC 195 Box 1, Folder 8]
- Miscellaneous, 1962-1967 [MC 195 Box 1, Folder 9]
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MC 195 Series 2: Other Professional Activities, 1950-1975

0.25 linear feet, 3 folders

This series consists of materials related to Tove's membership in three committees at North Carolina State: correspondence to and from Tove as chair of the program committee of the university's annual Animal Nutrition Conference in 1955, along with programs and papers from other Animal Nutrition Conferences, 1950-1959; memoranda, 1965-1967, regarding an ad hoc building committee on improvements to Polk Hall, housing the Departments of Biochemistry and Animal Science; and memoranda, 1975, related to the selection committee for the Watauga Medal, which was established that year to honor persons rendering service of unusual distinction to the university.
- Animal Nutrition Conference, 1950-1959 [MC 195 Box 1, Folder 10]
- Polk Hall Renovation and Addition, 1965-1967 [MC 195 Box 1, Folder 11]
- Watauga Medal, 1975 [MC 195 Box 1, Folder 12]
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