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Title:   Robert S. Curtis Papers, 1952-1957 
Creator:   Curtis, R. S., (Robert Seth), 1881-1962
Call Number: MC 00224
Abstract: The Robert S. Curtis Papers contain manuscript and research materials with related correspondence for Curtis's eleven volume History of Livestock in North Carolina (1956).
Subjects:   Agriculture--North Carolina--History | Livestock--North Carolina--History.
2
Title:   Daniel William Greenlee Journals, 1874-1891 
Creator:   Greenlee, Daniel William, fl. 1874-1891
Call Number: MC 00129
Abstract: The Daniel William Greenlee Journals document the life of a plantation owner in western North Carolina during the Reconstruction era and into the post-Reconstruction era. The journals span January 1st, 1874-March 23rd, 1891 with two gaps in coverage: January 6th, 1881-April 26th 1883 and April 13th 1884-February 15th 1885. His journals comment chiefly on the weather, a variety of farming and business activities, social visits to neighbors and relatives, and his personal and religious thoughts.
Subjects:   Agriculture--North Carolina--History | Farmers--North Carolina | Plantation life--North Carolina.
Burke County (N.C.)--Social life and customs | McDowell County (N.C.)--History.
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Title:   North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Agricultural Policy Institute Records, 1961-1970 
Creator:   North Carolina State University. Agricultural Policy Institute.
Call Number: UA 100.041
Abstract: The records of the North Carolina State University Agricultural Policy Institute contain correspondence, minutes, reports, seminar and meeting information, publications, and other general records. Materials range in date from 1961 to 1970.
Subjects:   Agriculture and politics--North Carolina | Agriculture--North Carolina--History | North Carolina State University. Agricultural Policy Institute.
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Digital Content Available
Title:   Lloyd Hurst Swindell Papers, 1907 - 1945 
Creator:   Swindell, Lloyd Hurst, 1890-1985
Call Number: MC 00180
Abstract: The Lloyd Hurst Swindell Papers, 1907 - 1945, contain documents relating to Swindell's occupation as a farmer. The majority of materials are journals in which Swindell detailed the daily management of and activities at his farm from 1915 to 1943. A small number of personal materials, including examinations and class notes from courses he completed at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, are also included.
Subjects:   Agriculture--North Carolina--History--20th century | Agriculture--North Carolina--Wake County--History--20th century | North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts--Students. | Swindell, Lloyd Hurst, 1891-1985 | Walker, Samuel M.
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Digital Content Available
Title:   Polk Family Papers, 1850-1961 
Creator:   Polk Family
Call Number: MC 00013
Abstract: The Polk Family Papers, 1850-1961, contain correspondence, newspaper articles, recipes, printed booklets, typed manuscripts, and a nineteenth-century memory book relating to the personal life and professional activities of Leonidas Lafayette Polk and members and friends of his family. Included are a small number of documents concerning Polk's daughter Juanita Polk Denmark and the Turrentine family of Hillsborough, North Carolina.
Subjects:   Agriculture--North Carolina--History--19th century | Agriculture--North Carolina--Societies, etc.--History--19th century | Education--North Carolina--History--19th century | Journalism--North Carolina--History--Nineteenth Century | North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts--History. | North Carolina State University--History. | Polk, L. L. (Leonidas La Fayette), 1837-1892 | Polk Family | Turrentine Family
North Carolina--History--1865-1950
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Title:   W. K. Collins Photographs, circa 1920-circa 1939 
Call Number: MC 00352
Abstract: The W. K. Collins Photographs, circa 1920-1939, includes black and white photographs of tobacco harvesting and curing; warehouses; fields; steam sterilizing seed beds; and meetings of farmers.
Subjects:   Agriculture--North Carolina--History | Agriculture--North Carolina--Photographs | Tobacco curing--North Carolina--Photographs | Tobacco industry--North Carolina--History | Tobacco--Harvesting--North Carolina--Photographs | Warehouses--North Carolina--Photographs | Collins, Kaye. | Collins, W. K.
Photographs
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Title:   William Warden Shay Papers, 1919 - 1928 
Creator:   Shay, William Warden, ca. 1869-1937
Call Number: MSS 00118
Abstract: The William Warden Shay papers consist of typed religious and agricultural poems, stories, and letters written by Shay and others. Some of these materials relate to the Super-Ananias Fishing Club. A typed copy of The Dreams Ahead, by Edwin Carlisle Litsey (1874 - 1970) on letterhead from the 1922 North Carolina Farmers' and Farm Women's Convention is included.
Subjects:   Agriculture--North Carolina--History | Farmers--North Carolina | Religious poetry, American | Short stories | Verse satire, American | North Carolina Farmers' and Farm Women's Convention. | Super-Ananias Fishing Club. | Litsey, Edwin Carlisle, 1874-1970
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Title:   Nash Nicks Winstead Papers, 1953-2000 
Creator:   Winstead, Nash Nicks
Call Number: MC 00187
Abstract: This collection contains copies of speeches, talks and papers related to Nash Nicks Winstead's work as a professor and administrator at North Carolina State University from 1953 to 1990. There are as well materials pertaining to his work with the Ellis L. Phillips Foundation, his work for the Institute of Biological Sciences at North Carolina State University, and his service in the United States Citizen-Ambassador Program. Included are printed copies of Winstead's personal writings: histories of both North Carolina State University from 1953 to 1995 and the North Carolina State University Provost's Office from 1955 to 1993; genealogical writings about his ancestors and hometown of Leasburg, North Carolina, which contains information dating from 1800 to 1960; and a volume documenting the Winstead family pets. Also found are Winstead's personal and professional correspondence from 1959 to 1994.
Subjects:   Affirmative action programs in education--North Carolina | Agriculture--North Carolina--History | College administrators--North Carolina--History | College teachers--North Carolina--History | Pet owners--North Carolina--History | Ellis L. Phillips Foundation. | North Carolina State University--Administration. | North Carolina State University--Employees--History. | North Carolina State University--Faculty--History. | North Carolina State University. Institute of Biological Sciences. | United States Citizen--Ambassador Program. | Winstead, Nash Nicks
Leasburg (N.C.)--History | North Carolina--Race relations--History--20th century | Raleigh (N.C.)--History
Letters (correspondence) | Speeches
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Title:   University Archives Photograph Collection, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Photographs, Bulk, 1980-1987 
Call Number: UA 023.006
Abstract: As a land-grant institution, North Carolina State University has had agricultural study as an integral part of instruction since its beginning in 1887. In 1917, the first dean of agriculture took office, and the School of Agriculture was established in 1923. The name was changed to School of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 1964, and finally to College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 1987. As of 2009, the College consists of 22 academic and extension departments, and runs the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, the current name of the former Agricultural Experiment Station. The College continues to strive to meet its three primary functions -- teaching, research, and extension -- as first laid out over a century ago.
Subjects:   Agriculture--North Carolina--History--20th century | Agriculture--North Carolina--Photographs | Agriculture--Research--North Carolina | Agriculture--Study and teaching (Higher)--North Carolina | Botany--Research--North Carolina | Botany--Study and teaching--North Carolina | Cattle--Study and teaching--North Carolina | Chickens | Corn | Cotton | Crop science--Research--North Carolina--History | Crops | Dairy farms | Dairying | Entomology--Research--North Carolina | Entomology--Study and teaching--North Carolina | Farmers--North Carolina | Forestry schools and education--North Carolina | Forests and forestry--Research--North Carolina | Grain | Horticulture--Research--North Carolina | Horticulture--Study and teaching (Higher)--North Carolina | Livestock | Livestock--Study and teaching--North Carolina | Poultry | Poultry--Study and teaching (Higher)--North Carolina | Soil science--Research--North Carolina | Swine--Study and teaching--North Carolina | Tobacco farmers | Tobacco industry--North Carolina--History | Tobacco workers--North Carolina | Tobacco--North Carolina | Tobacco--Research--North Carolina | Zoology--Study and teaching--North Carolina | North Carolina State University--Departments--History. | North Carolina State University--History--20th century. | North Carolina State University--Students--History. | North Carolina State University. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences--Faculty--History. | North Carolina State University. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences--History. | North Carolina State University. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences--Photographs. | North Carolina State University. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. | North Carolina State University. Dept. of Agronomy--History. | North Carolina State University. Dept. of Animal Science. | North Carolina State University. Dept. of Botany--History. | North Carolina State University. Dept. of Communication Services. | North Carolina State University. Dept. of Crop Science. | North Carolina State University. Dept. of Entomology. | North Carolina State University. Dept. of Food Science. | North Carolina State University. Dept. of Horticultural Science. | North Carolina State University. Dept. of Plant Pathology. | North Carolina State University. Dept. of Zoology. | North Carolina State University. Soil Science Dept. | Southeastern Plant Environment Laboratory. | Jeter, F. H. (Frank Hamilton), 1891-1955
Photographs
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Title:   Black River Grange minute book, 1874 - 1877 
Creator:   Black River Grange (Sampson County, N.C.).
Call Number: MSS 00235
Abstract: The Black River Grange minute book contains photocopies of the minutes taken at Black River Grange meetings from the Grange's first meeting on 1874 March 24 until 1877. In addition to meeting notes, the pages also include doodles, scribbles, and math problems. Some ledger pages are also present.
Subjects:   Agriculture--North Carolina--Societies, etc.--History | Rural development--North Carolina | Black River Grange (Sampson County, N.C.). | North Carolina State Grange.
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Digital Content Available
Title:   Charles Burgess Williams Papers, 1895 - 1953 
Creator:   Williams, Charles Burgess, 1871-1947
Call Number: MC 00016
Abstract: The Charles Burgess Williams Papers, 1895 - 1953, contain items relating to Williams' time at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. During his tenure as a student, researcher, and professor, the institution was renamed North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University). The collection contains personal documents, professional materials documenting his contributions to the study of agriculture, published and unpublished biographical pieces, and materials relating to the history of North Carolina State University.
Subjects:   Agriculture--Research--North Carolina--History--19th century | Scientists--North Carolina--History--19th century | North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. | North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts--Athletics. | North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts--History. | North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts--Photographs. | North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Dept. of Agronomy. | North Carolina State College--History. | North Carolina State College. School of Agriculture. | North Carolina State University--History. | Williams Hall . North Carolina State College. | Williams, Charles Burgess, 1871-1947
Raleigh (N.C.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
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Digital Content Available
Title:   The Tobacco Industry of North Carolina : thesis / by Sidney G. Kennedy, 1897 
Creator:   Kennedy, Sidney G. (Sidney Gustavus)
Call Number: MSS 00081
Abstract: The Tobacco Industry of North Carolina. A Thesis Submitted to the North Carolina College of Agriculture & Mechanic Arts by Sidney G. Kennedy, for Degree Bachelor of Science, Course in Agriculture. 1897. This thesis is handwritten in cursive script.
Subjects:   Agriculture--Study and teaching--North Carolina--History | Tobacco industry--North Carolina--History | North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. | Kennedy, Sidney G. (Sidney Gustavus)
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Digital Content Available
Title:   W. C. Jackson Papers, 1891 - 1951 
Call Number: MC 00314
Abstract: The W. C. Jackson Papers contain diaires, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera belong to W. C. Jackson and his family. The material dates from 1891 to 1951. The bulk of the collection's content consists of family correspondence relating early 20th-century family life in North Carolina and a set of diaries maintained by Jackson that recounts farming and weather observations in North Carolina during the first half of the twentieth century.
Subjects:   Agriculture--North Carolina--Societies, etc. | Agriculture--North Carolina--Wake Forest--History--20th century | Family--North Carolina--History--20th century | Farm life--North Carolina--Wake Forest--History--20th century | Meteorology--Observations--North Carolina | Visiting cards--History--20th century | North Carolina Agricultural Society. | North Carolina State University--Alumni and alumnae. | North Carolina State University. Alumni Association. | Wake Forest Baptist Church . (Wake Forest, N.C.) | Jackson, W. C. (William Colbert), 1870-1952
North Carolina--Climate | Pitt County (N.C.)--History | Wake Forest (N.C.)--History
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Title:   Carl Dewitt Sellars Diploma, 1893 
Creator:   Sellars, Carl Dewitt
Call Number: MSS 00025
Abstract: Carl Dewitt Sellars's 1893 diploma from North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University). Sellars was in the college's first graduating class.
Subjects:   College students--North Carolina--History | North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts--Students--History. | Sellars, Carl Dewitt
15
Title:   Walter Jerome Mathews Diploma, 1893 
Creator:   Mathews, Walter Jerome
Call Number: MSS 00003
Abstract: This collection consists of Walter Jerome Mathews' 1893 diploma from North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now North Carolina State University). Mathews became the first person to enroll at the college in October 1889.
Subjects:   College students--North Carolina--History | North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts--Students--History. | Mathews, Walter Jerome
16
Title:   William Harrison Turner Diploma, 1893 
Creator:   Turner, William Harrison
Call Number: MSS 00004
Abstract: This collection consists of William Harrison Turner's 1893 diploma from North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now North Carolina State University). Turner was in the college's first graduating class in 1893.
Subjects:   College students--North Carolina--History | North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts--Students--History. | Turner, William Harrison
17
Title:   Daniel Harvey Hill (1859 - 1924) Papers, 1883-1955 
Creator:   Hill, Daniel Harvey, 1859-1924
Call Number: MC 00022
Abstract: The Daniel Harvey Hill (1859 - 1924) Papers, 1883 - 1955, contain items relating to Hill's career at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University) as an English professor, Vice President, and President. The majority of the materials document Hill's professional career, particularly his appointment to and resignation from the presidency of the College. A small number of personal materials are also included.
Subjects:   College presidents--North Carolina | Historians--North Carolina | North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts--History. | North Carolina State University--History. | Hill, Daniel Harvey, 1859-1924
North Carolina--History--1865- | North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Clippings | Letters (correspondence)
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Title:   Josephus Daniels Letter and Address, 1939 1943 
Creator:   Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948.
Call Number: MSS 00027
Abstract: Letter, 1939[?], from Josephus Daniels to C. A. Upchurch regarding the founding of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University) and a graduation address made by Daniels for Naval Ensigns in Engineering at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) in 1943.
Subjects:   North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts--History. | Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948. | Upchurch, C. A.
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Digital Content Available
Title:   Edward P. Bailey letter, 1900 
Creator:   Bailey, Edward P.
Call Number: MSS 00067
Abstract: The Edward P. Bailey letter describes the conditions of student life at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts through Bailey's eyes as a freshman in 1900. There are two copies, one handwritten and one typed.
Subjects:   College students--North Carolina--History | North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts--Students--History. | North Carolina State University--Students--History. | Bailey, Edward P.
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Title:   North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Plant Biology Records, 1948 - 1983 
Creator:   North Carolina State University. Dept. of Botany.
Call Number: UA 100.015
Abstract: These records contain correspondence, reports, research projects, and a study manual pertaining to the North Carolina State University Department of Plant Biology and its research. Also included is a comprehensive review of faculty research projects and an informal history of the department.
Subjects:   Botany--Study and teaching--North Carolina | North Carolina State University. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences--History. | North Carolina State University. Dept. of Botany--History.
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