95 collections related to Letters (correspondence)
Menius, Arthur C. (Arthur Clayton), Jr.
Size: 1.25 linear feet (4 archival boxes and oversized materials) Collection ID: MC 00141
The collection contains correspondence, reports, graphs, financial records, and information regarding the nuclear reactor project at North Carolina State College, North Carolina State's Physics Department, and nuclear experimentation at Los Alamos. These records include Menius' research and writings regarding the Manhattan Project, ...
MoreThe collection contains correspondence, reports, graphs, financial records, and information regarding the nuclear reactor project at North Carolina State College, North Carolina State's Physics Department, and nuclear experimentation at Los Alamos. These records include Menius' research and writings regarding the Manhattan Project, general nuclear energy issues, and the nuclear reactor at North Carolina State College. A. C. Menius, Jr., was a physicist, professor, and dean of the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Vann, A. H. (Aldridge Henry)
Size: 1.5 linear feet (2 archival boxes) Collection ID: MC 00327
The A. H. Vann Papers include correspondence, invoices, blueprints, catalogs, and receipts. The collection also includes correspondance and court documents from the lawsuit filed by the Vann family against the construction company working on the school. Another piece of the collection is a 1965 survey on the Franklinton City Schools. ...
MoreThe A. H. Vann Papers include correspondence, invoices, blueprints, catalogs, and receipts. The collection also includes correspondance and court documents from the lawsuit filed by the Vann family against the construction company working on the school. Another piece of the collection is a 1965 survey on the Franklinton City Schools. From 1920 to 1925 a new public school building was constructed in Franklinton, North Carolina. S. C. Vann, president of Sterling Cotton Mills and local philanthropist, donated the money to build the new school. Vann also supervised the construction of the school until 1922 when his health began to decline. At that point his son, A. H. Vann, took over supervision of the project until the school's completion in 1925.
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Brooke, A. Wayne
Size: 4.07 linear feet (3 archival boxes, 2 flatboxes) Collection ID: MC 00268
The A. Wayne Brooke collection includes correspondence, writings, research notes, publications, photographs, and a 16mm film. The collection includes materials from 1948 to 1986. It focuses on the Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator (SSEC) at International Business Machines Inc. (IBM) and the history of computing.
Holladay, Alexander Q. (Alexander Quarles), 1839-1909
Size: 2.75 linear feet (1 archival storage box and 1 oversize flat box) Collection ID: MC 00010
The Alexander Quarles Holladay Papers consist of photographs, letters, a speech, a notebook, a memory book, and a certificate of Holladay's Civil War military commission. The memory book is from Holladay's final year as a student at the University of Virginia. The speech given at the presentation of his portrait provides a genealogy ...
MoreThe Alexander Quarles Holladay Papers consist of photographs, letters, a speech, a notebook, a memory book, and a certificate of Holladay's Civil War military commission. The memory book is from Holladay's final year as a student at the University of Virginia. The speech given at the presentation of his portrait provides a genealogy dating to 1702. Some photographs of Shakespearean engravings are included. Other materials relate to Holladay's tenure as the first president of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University) and include a "Book of Incidental Expenses" kept by Holladay during the first year, 1889-1890. The published books are items that had been in the Holladay family. Alexander Quarles Holladay (1839-1909) was a Civil War veteran, lawyer, educator, Virginia state senator, and college president. He was named the first president of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University) upon its opening in 1889 and remained so for ten years until his retirement in 1899.
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American Land Forum, Inc.
Size: 1 linear foot (1 archival storage box and 1 archival legal box) Collection ID: MC 00271
Records document the establishment of the American Land Forum, founded by Charles E. Little in 1978, whose mission was to establish policy on land conservation. The award-winning American Land Forum / New American Land Magazine was created by the corporation in 1980. The records include financial statements, organizational records, ...
MoreRecords document the establishment of the American Land Forum, founded by Charles E. Little in 1978, whose mission was to establish policy on land conservation. The award-winning American Land Forum / New American Land Magazine was created by the corporation in 1980. The records include financial statements, organizational records, correspondence, papers on pertinent issues of concern to the organization, and various publications. The American Land Forum was founded by Charles E. Little in 1978 to establish policy on land conservation. The award-winning American Land Forum Magazine was created by the corporation in 1980. David S. Sampson, Executive Director of the Hudson River Valley Greenways Communities Council was a member of the Board of Directors and legal advisor for the American Land Forum organization.
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Davis, Archie Royal
Size: 68.9 linear feet (64 archival boxes, 25 flat folders, 147 tube boxes, 11 tubes) Collection ID: MC 00241
The Archie Royal Davis Papers include materials related to Davis's professional associations and civic activities as well as biographical material and photographs. The bulk of the collection is comprised of Davis's office records and architectural drawings. Archie Royal Davis (1907-1980) earned his architecture degree in 1930 from ...
MoreThe Archie Royal Davis Papers include materials related to Davis's professional associations and civic activities as well as biographical material and photographs. The bulk of the collection is comprised of Davis's office records and architectural drawings. Archie Royal Davis (1907-1980) earned his architecture degree in 1930 from North Carolina State College and an engineering degree from the University of North Carolina in 1934. He established his own architectural firm in Durham, North Carolina, in 1939. In 1948, he was appointed as the Orange County Schools Architect. Davis was active in numerous professional and civic organizations throughout his career.
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Thompson, Azariah Graves, 1885-1963
Size: 0.25 linear feet (1 archival half box); 2.3 gigabytes Collection ID: MC 00249
This collection primarily contains letters from Azariah Graves Thompson (1885-1963) to his family in Leasburg, North Carolina, from 1905 to 1909, while he was a student at the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University); a print bill entitled "Regulations for Dormitories at the ...
MoreThis collection primarily contains letters from Azariah Graves Thompson (1885-1963) to his family in Leasburg, North Carolina, from 1905 to 1909, while he was a student at the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University); a print bill entitled "Regulations for Dormitories at the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts"; a typed transcription of reminiscences written in about 1900 by Thompson's mother, Ella Williams Graves Thompson; and a typed transcription of "A History of Leasburg with Personal Recollections," 1960, written by his sister, Ella Graves Thompson. Also included are photographs and typed transcriptions of the letters and some notes, 1997, on local and family history by Jeannine D. Whitlow. Azariah Graves Thompson (1885-1963) was a native of Leasburg, North Carolina and attended the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts from 1905 to 1909.
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Giduz, Tom
Size: 4 linear feet (8 archival storage boxes,) Collection ID: MC 00289
The Betsy and Tom Giduz Papers contain research materials pertaining to animal rights organizations dating from 1981-1990. The majority of the collection consists of published sources.
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Zobel, Bruce, 1920-2011
Size: 206.5 linear feet (318 archival boxes, 11 archival legal boxes, 3 half boxes, 7 oversize boxes, 37 card boxes, 4 flat boxes, 11 cartons) Collection ID: MC 00259
The Bruce J. Zobel Papers contain diaries, correspondence, speeches, an autobiography, articles, awards, reports, course information, theses proposals, serials, conference and symposia information, research plans, photographs, slides, artifacts, and other materials related to Zobel's career in forestry. Included are materials ...
MoreThe Bruce J. Zobel Papers contain diaries, correspondence, speeches, an autobiography, articles, awards, reports, course information, theses proposals, serials, conference and symposia information, research plans, photographs, slides, artifacts, and other materials related to Zobel's career in forestry. Included are materials relating to Zobel's work on the faculty of North Carolina State University as well as work with the Central America and Mexico Resources Cooperative (CAMCORE), the Cooperative Forest Genetics Research Program, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Marcus Wallenberg Foundation for Promoting Scientific Research in the Forest Industry, the N.C. State-Industry Cooperative Forest Tree Improvement Program, the Southern Forest Tree Improvement Committee, the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI), Zobel Forestry Associates, and other organizations. Major topics include international forest improvement programs, forest genetics, wood properties, forest management, and tropical forestry. Bruce J. Zobel (1920-2011) was an internationally respected lecturer, consultant, professor, and expert on forest genetics and forest improvement. His career at North Carolina State University as a professor, head of the North Carolina Tree Improvement Cooperative, and professor emeritus as spanned nearly fifty years, from 1957 to 2004.
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Bostian, C. H. (Carey Hoyt), 1907-2000
Size: 3 linear feet (6 archival boxes) Collection ID: MC 00076
The Carey Hoyt Bostian papers and photographs contains correspondence, news clippings, and photographs relating to Bostian's tenure at North Carolina State University as Director of Instruction at the School of Agriculture and as Chancellor of the University. Also included are Bostian's speeches and correspondence relating to his ...
MoreThe Carey Hoyt Bostian papers and photographs contains correspondence, news clippings, and photographs relating to Bostian's tenure at North Carolina State University as Director of Instruction at the School of Agriculture and as Chancellor of the University. Also included are Bostian's speeches and correspondence relating to his chancellorship. Carey Hoyt Bostian served as a faculty member at North Carolina State College from 1930 to 1973. Bostian joined the faculty at North Carolina State College in 1930 as an assistant professor in zoology. He became an associate professor in 1936, and a full professor in 1946. Also in 1946, Bostian was appointed assistant director of instruction in the State College School of Agriculture. In 1948, he became the associate dean of the School of Agriculture, and became director of instruction in 1950. During this year, he also became a professor in the genetics department. His title changed to director of instruction, School of Agriculture, in 1952. On September 1, 1953, Bostian became the seventh chancellor of North Carolina State College, and was formally installed on February 22, 1954. In 1959, Bostian resigned as chancellor in order to return to teaching. He helped establish the Faculty Senate, and served as its chairman from 1962 to 1963. Bostian continued to teach genetics at North Carolina State until his retirement in 1973.
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Miller, Carolyn R.
Size: 1 linear foot (2 archival boxes) Collection ID: MC 00714
The Carolyn R. Miller papers consist of correspondence, articles, essays, and commentary related to the publication of Miller's "Genre as Social Action." The correspondence demonstrates the struggles and obstructions in publishing her landmark study that was developed from her dissertation in the early 1980s. Today, this article is ...
MoreThe Carolyn R. Miller papers consist of correspondence, articles, essays, and commentary related to the publication of Miller's "Genre as Social Action." The correspondence demonstrates the struggles and obstructions in publishing her landmark study that was developed from her dissertation in the early 1980s. Today, this article is one of the most-cited articles ever published in the Quarterly Journal of Speech and is considered a monumental interdisciplinary explanatory construct. Also, included in this collection are letters and articles in response to Miller's opinion essay for the Raleigh News & Observer. Documents related to opinion pieces published in the Raleigh News & Observer are about cultural shifts in the teaching of English and writing during the 1980s and their influences on faculty in NC State’s Department of English. The collection also includes Miller's general professional records from across her career, including correspondence, conference materials, and her 2003 portfolio. Carolyn Rae Miller received her B.A. (honors) and M.A. in English from the Pennsylvania State University in 1967 and 1968. After several years of working as an instructor at North Carolina State University, she attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1980 to earn her Ph.D. in Communication and Rhetoric. Soon after her graduation, she joined the faculty at North Carolina State University and served in different key roles in the Department of English. During her years at NC State, Miller helped with the development of new graduate courses and programs. She is a founding director of NC State’s Ph.D. in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, established in 2005, and of the M.S. in Technical Communication, started in 1988. In her interview with Master's in Communications, she mentions that NC State's Department of English was a traditional one focusing on the study of literary art. She established the graduate degree programs not only to teach the things she was interested in and trained to investigate, but also to justify courses and attract students with similar interests. Dr. Miller retired as SAS Institute Distinguished Professor of Rhetoric and Technical Communication in June 2015. For more information on Miller's outstanding career, check her bio. on the College of Humanities and Social Sciences web page.
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Roberts, Catherine, 1917-1993
Size: 0.5 linear feet (1 Archival Box) Collection ID: MC 00323
The Catherine Roberts Papers contain various writings relating to animal rights. These papers include a selection of Roberts's published writings, correspondence received by Roberts, and a collection of philosophical publications that contain articles written by some of her colleagues. Born in California in 1917, Catherine Roberts ...
MoreThe Catherine Roberts Papers contain various writings relating to animal rights. These papers include a selection of Roberts's published writings, correspondence received by Roberts, and a collection of philosophical publications that contain articles written by some of her colleagues. Born in California in 1917, Catherine Roberts trained as a microbiologist and geneticist, but then turned away from a career as a scientist and dedicated herself to writing about science, ethics, and religion.
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Dearing, Charles
Size: 7 linear feet (14 archival storage box) Collection ID: MC 00166
The Charles Dearing Papers contains correspondence, research materials, and data gathered over Dearing's forty-year career. As Director of the Coastal Plain Test Farm in Willard, North Carolina, Dearing oversaw experiments on grapes, strawberries, and bluberries. The collection contains pollination records, field reports, vineyard ...
MoreThe Charles Dearing Papers contains correspondence, research materials, and data gathered over Dearing's forty-year career. As Director of the Coastal Plain Test Farm in Willard, North Carolina, Dearing oversaw experiments on grapes, strawberries, and bluberries. The collection contains pollination records, field reports, vineyard reports, nursery lists, samples and block notes. Dearing's research was primarily focused on grape research, especially of the muscadine variety. As Director of the Coastal Plain Test Farm in Willard, North Carolina, Charles Dearing oversaw experiments on grapes, strawberries, and blueberries. Dearing developed new varieties of muscadine grapes and did research that boosted berry and grape production in North Carolina.
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Size: 27.22 linear feet (27 archival storage boxes, 2 cartons, 1 oversize flatbox, and 38 tubeboxes) Collection ID: MC 00324
The Charles Horton Papers contain photographs, drawings, furniture catalogues, price lists, correspondence, and financial information related to Horton's career as a free-lance furniture designer in Statesville, North Carolina. Charles M. Horton (1912 - 1987) was a furniture designer in Statesville, North Carolina. He graduated from ...
MoreThe Charles Horton Papers contain photographs, drawings, furniture catalogues, price lists, correspondence, and financial information related to Horton's career as a free-lance furniture designer in Statesville, North Carolina. Charles M. Horton (1912 - 1987) was a furniture designer in Statesville, North Carolina. He graduated from Statesville High School and never studied furniture design in a formal setting. He began his career working with his brother and his father, Fred Horton. As his father's successor, he became a free-lance furniture designer in one of the most prosperous furniture manufacturing centers in the country. He designed individual pieces and suites for manufacturers throughout the Southeast. Among his clients were Lexington Chair Company and Burlington Furniture Company in North Carolina, Pulaski Furniture in Virginia, Trogdon Furniture in Georgia, and Williams Furniture Corporation in South Carolina.
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Lefort, Charles Romeo
Size: 0.05 linear feet (1 folder) Collection ID: MSS 00011
The Charles Romeo Lefort Papers contains the newsletter, "Seven Up" which was sent to a group of students who graduated from North Carolina State College in 1937. The collection also includes correspondence between Lefort and Dwight Durham, C.S. Gale and Hall Morrison. A graduate of North Carolina State College (1932), Lefort was ...
MoreThe Charles Romeo Lefort Papers contains the newsletter, "Seven Up" which was sent to a group of students who graduated from North Carolina State College in 1937. The collection also includes correspondence between Lefort and Dwight Durham, C.S. Gale and Hall Morrison. A graduate of North Carolina State College (1932), Lefort was Assistant Dean of Students (1932-1941, 1946-1947) and Assistant Professor of Military Science and Tactics (1941-1942) at North Carolina State College.
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King, Cyrus B. (Cyrus Baldwin), 1922-
Size: 12.25 linear feet (22 boxes, 1 legalbox, 1 halfbox and 1 cardbox) Collection ID: MC 00173
The Cyrus B. King Papers contain correspondence, political campaign materials, newsletters from a variety of local and national organizations, flyers, clippings, membership rosters, fundraising information, invitations, precinct maps, journal articles, newspaper editorials, and reports and resolutions on political issues. The ...
MoreThe Cyrus B. King Papers contain correspondence, political campaign materials, newsletters from a variety of local and national organizations, flyers, clippings, membership rosters, fundraising information, invitations, precinct maps, journal articles, newspaper editorials, and reports and resolutions on political issues. The majority of the material was generated through Cyrus King's work to promote civil rights and racial justice and his work on political campaigns. Correspondence includes letters to and from political figures. There are also documents that relate to his time as a librarian at North Carolina State University and a small amount of personal correspondence. Materials range in date from 1932 to 2014, with the majority dated after 1980. Cyrus Baldwin King (1922-2014), worked in the North Carolina State University Libraries for over twenty years and was active in a wide variety of efforts to promote civil rights and social justice. He was hired by N.C. State as an acquisitions librarian in 1963 and retired in 1984 as Assistant Director for Collection Management and Development. He was very politically active, writing tirelessly in support of the causes that he has adopted, most notably racial justice, campaigns to promote peace and non-violence, and other civil rights causes.
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Gerstel, Dan U.
Size: 4.5 linear feet (9 boxes) Collection ID: MC 00358
The Dan U. Gerstel Papers contains numerous scientific publications on a variety of topics related to the study of genetics, cytology, plant pathology, and crop science, collected by Dan U. Gerstel during his career as a member of the faculty of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences of North Carolina State University and in ...
MoreThe Dan U. Gerstel Papers contains numerous scientific publications on a variety of topics related to the study of genetics, cytology, plant pathology, and crop science, collected by Dan U. Gerstel during his career as a member of the faculty of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences of North Carolina State University and in the genetics department of the Weizmann Institute of Science (Mekhon Vaitsman le-mada) in Rehovot, Israel. The material is international in scope and covers a period of six decades. In addition to scientific publications, the collection contains personal and professional correspondence, a diary, genealogical research materials, newspaper clippings, and articles related to stamp collecting. Cytogeneticist Dan U. Gerstel, Ph.D., served as a professor of crop science at North Carolina State University, 1950-1980. He specialized in the study of tobacco and cotton.
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Hill, Daniel Harvey, 1859-1924
Size: 4.5 linear feet (1 legal archival storage box, 2 half boxes.) Collection ID: MC 00022
The Daniel Harvey Hill Jr. (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. Many of the materials document Hill's professional career, particularly his ...
MoreThe Daniel Harvey Hill Jr. (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. Many of the materials document Hill's professional career, particularly his appointment to and resignation from the presidency of the College. There are also manuscript drafts of texts Hill wrote on the Civil War and on his father, General Daniel Harvey Hill. A small number of personal materials are also included. The bulk of the materials dates from 1908 to early 1920s. Daniel Harvey Hill Jr. (1859-1924) was an educator, college president, writer, and historian. He received a B.A., M.A. and Doctor of Literature degree from Davidson College. In 1908 he became the third president of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, where he served from 1908 to 1916. The D. H. Hill Library on the NC State campus was named for him.
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Jackson, Donald E.
Size: 1.3 linear feet (1 tube and 2 flat folders) Collection ID: MC 00295
The collection includes one roll and two flat folders of drawings of central Raleigh, North Carolina, focusing primarily on Fayetteville Street. Donald E. Jackson excecuted studies of and designs for the city of Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Bailey, Edward (Edward Pär), Jr.
Size: 0.05 linear feet (1 folder) Collection ID: MSS 00067
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. Bailey received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1904.