5 collections related to Wood -- Research -- North Carolina

The A. C. Barefoot Papers consist of professional publications and correspondence, academic and adminstrative papers, computer cards and diskettes, fossils, forestry study video cassette tapes, and computer generated dendrochronological statistical studies conducted by Aldos Cortez Barefoot during his tenure with the Department of Wood and Paper Science at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University). A. C. (Aldos Cortez) Barefoot earned his Bachelors and Masters degrees in wood technology from North Carolina State College in the late 1940s, and then received a doctorate from Duke University in 1958 for his research on the manufacture of plywood. Though Barefoot's career often took him overseas for extended periods of time, he remained a member of the faculty at North Carolina State. In 1962, Barefoot was named an Associate Professor, he was promoted to Professor in 1968, and in 1975, Barefoot was named Head of the University Studies Division at North Carolina State University. Less

This collection contains a U.S. Patent mounted on a plaque-1999, Dissertation-1962, handwritten data, X-rays, and correspondence. Professor Dr. Chen-Loung Chen died on November 14, 2009 in Raleigh, NC. He was born on October 20, 1930 in Taipei, Taiwan and received his PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.In 1972, Dr. Chen joined the faculty of the Department of Pulp and Paper Science at North Carolina State University, where he researched and taught for more than 30 years. Less

This series includes reports and correspondence regarding accreditation of the College and its departments by outside agencies such as the Society of American Foresters, the Cooperative State Research Service, and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The unofficial beginning of a forestry curriculum at North Carolina State University began in 1917 when J.S. Homes was appointed the first Extension Forester. In 1925, R.W. Graeber became an Extension Forester and provided strong leadership for the establishment of a formal forestry program. In 1929, the University formally established the Department of Forestry in the School of Agriculture. Dr. Julius V. Hofmann served as its first Director, starting early on to acquire land to create teaching and research forests. In 1931 the Department of Forestry was renamed the Division of Forestry, School of Agriculture and Forestry. Dr. J.V. Hofmann retired as Director of the Division in 1948 and was replaced by Richard J. Preston. During Preston's tenure, in 1950, the Division of Forestry was elevated to School status and named the School of Forestry. In 1952 the School moved to new quarters in Kilgore Hall. The School underwent another name change in 1968 to the School of Forest Resources. The administration changed the name to better reflect the broadening of its programs, including the addition of the parks, recreation, and tourism management curriculum transferred from the School of Education. In 1970 the School moved into the newly constructed forestry building Biltmore Hall, named after the nation's first school of forestry, the Biltmore Forest School. At the retirement of Dean Preston in 1971, Eric L. Ellwood, who was serving as head of the Department of Wood and Paper Science, became Dean, serving until 1989. The school became a college in 1987, and its name changed from College of Forest Resources to College of Natural Resources in 2000. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Department of Forest Biomaterials (formerly the Department of Wood and Paper Science) contain correspondence and memoranda, research proposals and reports, plans of work, committees files, course and curriculum material, and general departmental records a that reflect the administration and scientific research of the Department of Forest Biomaterials. Included are records of the Hodges Wood Products Laboratory and of Wood Products Extension. The Department of Wood and Paper Science at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) began in 1949 under the direction of department head Roy M. Carter who initiated both wood science and pulp technology curricula. It was originally called the Department of Wood Science and Technology until its name change to the Department of Wood and Paper Science in 1968. The Department of Wood and Paper Science was renamed the Department of Forest Biomaterials in 2010. Less