The Ralph W. Cummings Papers document the personal and professional life of Ralph W. Cummings. The primary focus of the collection
is Cummings' career as a professor, researcher and administrator working at North Carolina State University and with international
organizations in the fields of soil science and agronomy. The collection also contains the personal papers and letters of
Ralph Cummings and the Cummings family papers which include a number of land deeds and legal documents dating from 1840 until
2001 as well as the personal papers of extended family members.