Joshua Plummer Pillsbury Papers 1945

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Creator
Pillsbury, Joshua Plummer
Size
0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Call number
MSS 00168
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The Joshua Plummer Pillsbury Papers consist of the 9-page Professional Training in Landscape Architecture (1945 September 17) and the 31-page Professional Training for Landscape Architecture: Some Autobiographical Notes by J. P. Pillsbury (1945 October 11).

Joshua Plummer Pillsbury was a professor of horticulture (1911 - 1940), professor of landscape architecture (1940 - 1946), and the landscape architect (1925 - 1946) at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (now North Carolina State University). Pillsbury received his bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State College (1910), where he served as a horticulture assistant from 1898 to 1911.

Biographical/historical note

Joshua Plummer Pillsbury (b. 1873) was a professor of Horticulture (1911 - 1940), professor of Landscape Architecture (1940 - 1946), and the landscape architect (1925 - 1946) at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (now North Carolina State University). Pillsbury received his bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State College (1910), where he served as a horticulture assistant from 1898 to 1911.

Scope/content

The Joshua Plummer Pillsbury Papers consist of the 9-page Professional Training in Landscape Architecture (1945 September 17) and the 31-page Professional Training for Landscape Architecture: Some Autobiographical Notes by J. P. Pillsbury (1945 October 11).

Use of these materials

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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.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Joshua Plummer Pillsbury Papers, MSS 00168, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Related material

Source of acquisition

Transferred from the School of Design, 1972 January 10

Processing information

Processed by Special Collections staff, 2005; updated by Susan C. Rodriguez, 2015 December.

Please note that some historical materials may contain harmful content and/or descriptions. Learn how we’re addressing it.

Access to the collection

Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Copies of digital files will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Joshua Plummer Pillsbury Papers, MSS 00168, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Use of these materials

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.