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| Title: |
Robert C. Browning Papers, 1916-1999
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| Creator: |
Browning, Robert C. |
| Call Number: |
MC 00279 |
| Abstract: |
The Robert C. Browning Papers contains material from the professional engineering work of Robert C. Browning, and his father,
R. Getty Browning. Robert C. Browning's materials contain project files, drawings, project photographs, engineering instruments
related to his work as a consulting engineer. The project files are a sampling of Browning's engineering projects from the
1950s until the mid-1990s. His projects are mainly located at hospitals, colleges, and warehouse facilities. The types of
documents found most often in Browning's project files are notes, sketches, working drawings, specifications, correspondence,
budgeting and costs, engineering standards, and equipment catalogs. The equipment catalogs were put out by the manufacturers
of machines and industrial equipment that Browning either installed or considered installing in project locations. Browning's
collection also contains a box of personal information. This box includes diplomas, conferences attended, papers given, and
Browning's resume at various points in his career. Also included is a profile of the Robert C. Browning Consulting Firm and
a projects list. Engineering drawings in the Robert Browning Collection are shop drawings or blue prints. Some are drawn in
the original pencil, others are copies. Copies of drawings often contain new revisions and added notes. The drawings illustrate
plans for plumbing, electrical, lighting, structural, floor plans, exhaust, air conditioning, and heating. The Robert C. Browning
Papers also include are materials from R. Getty Browning's work as Chief Locating Engineer for the North Carolina Department
of Transportation (previously named Highway Commission). Included in the collection are project files, biographical papers,
and artifacts. In the project files are materials relating to Getty Browning's work in the planning and construction of the
Blue Ridge Parkway. These files contain correspondence, notes, maps, sketches, photographs and publicity materials. Biographical
papers include newspaper clippings, photographs and publicity created by or about Getty Browning before and after his death.
Also included are papers related to his work in the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The artifacts in the collection
are engineering and surveying equipment used by Getty Browning.
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| Subjects: |
Consulting engineers--North Carolina | Engineering drawings | Engineering instruments | Engineering--Specifications--North Carolina | Highway engineers | Standards, engineering--History | Surveying--Instruments | Browning, R. Getty (Robert Getty), 1884-1966 | Browning, Robert C. | Browning, Robert C.
Blue Ridge Parkway (N.C. and Va.)--Design and construction--History
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| Title: |
Robert Sargent Papers, 1962-2003
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| Creator: |
Sargent, Robert |
| Call Number: |
MC 00343 |
| Abstract: |
The Robert Sargent Papers contain Sargent's coursework and teaching materials, publications, research, presentations, materials
documenting his involvement with the Winter Simulation Conference, data tapes, and computer simulation books.
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| Subjects: |
Computer simulation--Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Computer simulation--Research | Sargent, Robert |
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| Title: |
Charles G. Wright Collection of Big Little Books, 1933-1943
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| Creator: |
Wright, Charles G., (Charles Gerald), 1930- |
| Call Number: |
RBC 00001 |
| Abstract: |
Big Little Books and Better Little Books published, 1933-1943, by Whitman Publishing Company of Racine, Wisconsin, and books
of similar format published, 1934-1941, by the Saalfield Publishing Company, Engel-van Wiseman and Rand McNally.
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| Subjects: |
Big little books | Illustrated children's books | Beach, Rex, 1877-1949 | Beatty, Jerome | Branner, Martin Michael, b. 1888 | Breitigam, Gerald | Byrnes, Gene, 1889-1974 | Caniff, Milton Arthur, 1907-1988 | Curwood, James Oliver, 1878-1927 | Disney, Walt, 1901-1966 | Forrest, Hal | George, Gerry | Grey, Zane, 1872-1939 | Hess, Sol, b. 1885. | Marsh, Norman | Marshall, Robert | Martinek, Frank V. (Frank Victor), b. 1895 | Millis, Mark | Morgan, Leon | Nowlan, Phil | Penfield, Thomas | Segar, E.C. (Elzie Crisler), 1894-1938 | Striker, Fran, 1903-1962 | West, Wilton | Winterbotham, R.R. (Russell Robert), 1904-1971 | Young, Chic, 1901-1973 | Young, Lyman |
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| Title: |
GI Bill Oral Histories, 2003-2004
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| Creator: |
North Carolina State University. Libraries. |
| Call Number: |
MC 00019 |
| Abstract: |
This collection of oral histories contains audiocassette tapes, 2003-2004, of interviews with GI Bill veterans who attended
North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University). The interviewees were twelve servicemen and -women who
were in the armed forces during World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam War eras, and later. The interviews cover the subjects'
military service, educational experiences, GI Bill benefits, and professional careers. Also included for some interviews are
tape logs--typed partial transcripts with abridged or paraphrased questions and answers, along with tape counter numbers.
Interviews were conducted by Anna Dahlstein, NCSU Libraries Fellow, and Robert Serow, Professor, Education Research, College
of Education, North Carolina State University.
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| Subjects: |
Veterans--Education--United States | War and society | North Carolina State University--Students--History. | United States. Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944. | Dahlstein, Anna | Serow, Robert C., 1947-
Audiotapes | Oral histories (document genres) |
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Edwin Gilbert Thurlow Papers, circa 1930-1974
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| Creator: |
Thurlow, E. G. (Edwin Gilbert), 1909-1997 |
| Call Number: |
MC 00097 |
| Abstract: |
The Edwin Gilbert Thurlow papers contain personal and professional correspondence and other material written and received
during Thurlow’s term as Professor of Landscape Architecture at North Carolina State University, 1947-1974, as well as approximately
1,600 photographs and photographic postcards, circa the 1930s and 1940s. Letters make up the bulk of the written collection,
with notable correspondence between Thurlow and Richard C. Bell, Carey Hoyt Bostian, Roberto Burle Marx, Lewis Clarke, Harold
Dunbar Cooley, Garrett Eckbo, Frederick Edmundson, Sam J. Ervin, George Watts Hill, B. Everett Jordan, George Matsumoto, Rodrigo
Velarde Ortiz, Hubert B. Owens, Bremer W. Pond, Robert Royston, Terry Sanford, Robert Walter Scott, Stanley White and many
North Carolina garden clubs. Other written material includes Thurlow’s 1968 article
History of Landscape Architecture at NCSU. The photograph and postcard collection focuses on architecture and landscape architecture
in Europe and Asia, as well as in the northeastern United States, primarily Boston, Massachusetts.
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| Subjects: |
College teachers--North Carolina--History | Gardening--Societies, etc. | Landscape architecture | North Carolina State University. Dept. of Landscape Architecture--Faculty. | North Carolina State University. Dept. of Landscape Architecture--History. | Bell, Richard C. | Bostian, Carey Hoyt, 1907-2000 | Burle Marx, Roberto, 1909-1994 | Clarke, Lewis | Cooley, Harold Dunbar, 1897-1974 | Eckbo, Garrett | Edmundson, Frederick | Ervin, Sam J. (Sam James), 1896-1985 | Hill, George Watts, 1901-1993 | Jordan, B. Everett (Benjamin Everett) | Matsumoto, George, 1922- | Ortiz, Rodrigo Velarde | Owens, Hubert B. | Pond, Bremer W. (Bremer Whidden), 1884- | Royston, Robert | Sanford, Terry, 1917-1998 | Scott, Robert Walter, 1929-2009 | Thurlow, E. G. (Edwin Gilbert), 1909-1997 | White, Stanley | Landscape architects--North Carolina--History
Asia--Photographs | Boston (Mass.)--Photographs | Europe--Photographs | Massachusetts--Photographs
Photographs |
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| Title: |
Josephine Scott Hudson Papers, 1897 - 1978
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| Call Number: |
MC 00112 |
| Abstract: |
The Josephine Scott Hudson Papers include research papers, correspondence, journals, photographs, postcards, news clippings,
and ephemera. The bulk of the material contained in this collection relates to Cassius Rex Hudson's career with the North
Carolina Agricultural Extension Service and to the career of W. Kerr Scott, former governor of North Carolina. There is also
material relating to Hudson's nephew, former North Carolina Governor Robert W. Scott.
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| Subjects: |
African American farmers--North Carolina | Agricultural extension work--North Carolina | Governors--North Carolina | Liberty ships. | Cassius Hudson (Ship) | Hudson, Cassius Rex, 1872?-1940 | Hudson, Josephine Scott, 1883-1978 | Scott, Robert Walter, 1929-2009 | Scott, William Kerr, 1896-1958 |
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| Title: |
North Carolina Sociological Association Records, 1969-2007
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| Creator: |
North Carolina Sociological Association. |
| Call Number: |
MC 00216 |
| Abstract: |
The North Carolina Sociological Association Records contain correspondence; memoranda; programs of annual meetings; minutes
of executive council, business, and committee meetings; financial statements; newsletters; photographs; and related material,
1969-2007. Included are biographical information on Joseph S. Himes, an African-American professor of sociology at the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro who was a founder and first president of the NCSA, and files of David J. Pratto, Leslie W.
Syron, and Robert L. Moxley, three sociologists who served as president of the association.
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| Subjects: |
Sociology--North Carolina. | North Carolina Sociological Association. | University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Dept. of Sociology--Faculty. | Himes, Joseph S. | Moxley, Robert L. | Pratto, David J. | Syron, Leslie W. | Sociologists--North Carolina. |
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| Title: |
North Carolina State University Department of Entomology Drawings, 1966-2000
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| Call Number: |
MC 00285 |
| Abstract: |
The North Carolina State University Entomology Department Drawings Collection is principally a compilation of taxonomic illustrations
of thousands of species of insects, 1967-1990. The illustrations are in a variety of media, mainly drawings and paintings,
as well as photographs, negatives, and slides. They were produced by independent artists hired by the NCSU Entomology Department,
members of the entomology faculty, and the United States Department of Agriculture. Most of the illustrations were executed
for the Entomology Department in the 1970s by five primary artists. This collection also contains entomological publications,
1973-2000, primarily of the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service (later Cooperative Extension Service), edited and
authored by James R. Baker. These publications are mainly pest control manuals, as well as copies of a pest control informational
serial. Also included is early professional correspondence of Baker regarding entomological publications and taxonomy, 1966-1975.
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| Subjects: |
Drawing | Entomology--Study and teaching--North Carolina | Insect pests--Control--Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Insects--Classification. | North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. | North Carolina State University. Dept. of Entomology. | Baker, James R. (James Robert), 1941- | Entomologists--North Carolina
Scientific illustrations |
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| Title: |
Richard D. Erlich Collection of Papers about Science Fiction, 1974-1988
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| Creator: |
Erlich, Richard D. |
| Call Number: |
MC 00379 |
| Abstract: |
Papers by many different authors, most of whom were faculty at colleges and universities, about various authors and themes
in science fiction. Most are unpublished papers prepared in the late 1970s and early 1980s for presentation at meetings of
the Popular Culture Association, Science Fiction Research Association, Society for Utopian Studies, and other organizations.
A few reprints of published articles are included. Among the papers are several about Robert Silverberg, Kurt Vonnegut, the
city in science fiction, and utopias and dystopias in science fiction.
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| Subjects: |
Dystopias in literature | Science fiction--History and criticism | Utopias in literature | Popular Culture Association. | Science Fiction Research Association. | Society for Utopian Studies. | Silverberg, Robert. | Vonnegut, Kurt |
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| Title: |
Ira B. Mullis Papers, 1925-1964
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| Creator: |
Mullis, Ira B. (Ira Broadis) |
| Call Number: |
MC 00018 |
| Abstract: |
This collection contains correspondence, reports, memos, Mullis' professional writings, photographs, blueprints, maps, charts
and notes. Materials in the collection date from 1925-1964.
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| Subjects: |
Geology | Roadbeds--Compaction | Roadbeds--Design | Roads/Highways--United States--Design and Construction | American Society of Civil Engineers. | American Tractor Company. | Southern Aggregates Inc. | United States. Bureau of Public Roads. | United States. Public Roads Administration. | Lassiter, Robert G. | Mullis, Ira B. (Ira Broadis) | Pratt, Joseph Hyde, 1870-1942 |
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| Title: |
Robert F. Stoops Papers, 1946-1950 1963
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| Creator: |
Stoops, Robert F., 1921-2005 |
| Call Number: |
MC 00181 |
| Abstract: |
The Robert F. Stoops Papers, 1946-1950, 1963, contain class notes, assignments, tests, and textbooks from Stoops's time as
an undergraduate ceramic engineering major at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina
State University), as well a lab report written by one of Stoops's students at N.C. State.
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| Subjects: |
Ceramic engineering--Study and teaching (Higher)--North Carolina | Chemistry--Study and teaching (Higher)--North Carolina | Mineralogy--Study and teaching(Higher)--North Carolina. | North Carolina State University. College of Engineering--Faculty--History. | North Carolina State University. College of Engineering--Students--History. | Stoops, Robert F., 1921-2005 |
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| Title: |
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Office of the Assistant Director Records, 1907-1978
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| Creator: |
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. |
| Call Number: |
UA 102.005 |
| Abstract: |
These records contain historical overviews and administrative papers belonging to the Office of the Assistant Director of
the North Carolina State Cooperative Extension Service. Included in the collection are correspondence, workplans, annual statements
of objectives, and other material related to home demonstration work, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), rural development,
farm education programs, 4-H, and the North Carolina State Fair.
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| Subjects: |
4-H clubs--North Carolina--History | Agricultural extension work--North Carolina--History | Agriculture--Study and teaching--North Carolina | Home demonstration work--North Carolina--History | Rural development--North Carolina | North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service--History. | North Carolina State Fair. | Shoffner, R. W. (Robert Worth), 1902-1995 | Weaver, David Stathem, 1896-1966 |
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| Title: |
Robert Fearn Papers, 1966-1991
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| Creator: |
Fearn, Robert M. |
| Call Number: |
MC 00239 |
| Abstract: |
The papers of Robert M. Fearn, professor emeritus of economics at North Carolina State University, include correspondence,
memoranda, newspaper clippings, and reports relating to his roles as chair of Faculty Senate, Athletics Council member, and
economics professor. Information related to athletic affairs, faculty senate, Nelson Hall, U.S. Department of Labor project,
and the Barney Huang legal case are included in the collection.
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| Subjects: |
Discrimination in employment | National Collegiate Athletic Association. | North Carolina State University. Athletics Council. | North Carolina State University. Center for Occupational Education. | North Carolina State University. Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering. | North Carolina State University. Dept. of Economics. | North Carolina State University. Faculty Senate. | United States. Dept. of Labor. | Huang, Barney K. | Poulton, Bruce R. (Bruce Robert) | Valvano, Jim |
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| Title: |
Robert W. Graeber Papers, 1911-1949
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| Creator: |
Graeber, Robert Walter, 1888-1967 |
| Call Number: |
MC 00020 |
| Abstract: |
News clippings, radio talks, articles, correspondence, field reports, and photographs relating to Robert Walter Graeber's
thirty-two years spent in service of the North Carolina Agricultural Extension program. As head of the Forestry Extension,
he influenced the founding of the North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) Forestry Department
in 1929. Of major interest in this collection are Graeber's weekly field reports on several counties in North Carolina. These
reports reflect Graeber's daily activities from 1926 to 1939. Other reports meticulously document plots of timber within several
counties over the same period. Age, growth, volume, number, and price of standing trees represent the data gathered.
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| Subjects: |
4-H clubs--North Carolina--History | Agricultural extension work--North Carolina--History | Agricultural extension workers--North Carolina--History | Agroforestry extension--North Carolina--History | County agricultural agents--North Carolina--History | Forest landscape management--North Carolina--History | Forest management--Citizen participation | Forest management--North Carolina--History | Forest thinning--North Carolina--History | Forestry extension--North Carolina--History | Forests and forestry--North Carolina--History | Journalism, Forestry--North Carolina. | Timber--North Carolina--History | Tree farms--North Carolina--History | Woodlots--North Carolina--History | North Carolina State College. School of Forestry. | North Carolina State University. Extension Forest Resources Dept.--History. | Graeber, Robert Walter, 1888-1967 | Mattoon, Wilbur R. (Wilbur Reed), 1875-1941
Iredell County (N.C.)--Rural conditions--20th century. | Mecklenburg County (N.C.)--Rural conditions--20th century. | Pitt County (N.C.)--Rural conditions--20th century. |
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| Title: |
Robert Phillip Upchurch Papers, 1941-2008
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| Creator: |
Upchurch, Robert Phillip |
| Call Number: |
MC 00029 |
| Abstract: |
Personal and professional papers of plant scientist Robert Phillip Upchurch. This collection contains annual reports, 1953-1965,
written by Upchurch for a project at the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station,
The Development of Principles and Practices for the Control of Weeds in Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Forage Crops, Turf and
for the Control of Nutsedge, Johnson Grass and Woody Plants, as well as class notes, 1941-1949, from Upchurch's years as a
student in crop science and plant physiology. Robert P. Upchurch's personal military records, 1948-1967, are included in the
collection, as are the
Upchurch Bulletin, 1980-2006, and
Englandia, 1996-1999, family history quarterlies edited and published by Robert Phillip Upchurch. Also included are publications
and other materials of the Plant Growth Regulation Society of America.
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| Subjects: |
Cotton--Weed control--Research--North Carolina | Crop science--Study and teaching--North Carolina | Growth (Plants)--Regulation | Herbicides--Research--North Carolina | Peanuts--Weed control--Research--North Carolina | Plant regulators | Weeds--Control--Research--North Carolina | North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station--History. | North Carolina State College--Faculty--History. | Plant Growth Regulator Society of America. | Plant Growth Regulator Working Group. | Plant Growth Regulator Society of America. | Plant Growth Regulator Working Group. | Upchurch, Michael | Upchurch, Robert Phillip | Upchurch Family.
England--Genealogy | Wake County (N.C.)--Genealogy |
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