UA 005.052 Preliminary Inventory to the North Carolina State University, University Program on Science and Society Records, 1964 - 1971

Creator

North Carolina State University. University Program on Science and Society.

Quantity

1.5 Linear feet

General Physical Description note

1 carton

Location

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff .

Language

English

Acquisitions Information

Transferred from the Office of the Provost.

Processing

Processed by: Todd Kosmerick;machine-readable finding aid created by: Todd Kosmerick

Scope and Content Note

Contained here are the files of the University Program on Science and Society. Included are brochures, budget records, correspondence, grant proposals, occasional papers, photographs, reports, questionnaires, speeches, and surveys. There are several folders on an Ethics and Decision-Making in the Textile Industry Study and a Science and Theology Study-Research Group. Files on the Experimental Study of Religion and Society also exist here, as well as on its funding from a Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation grant.

Historical Note

In 1968 the University Program on Science and Society was established. It was a cooperative program among faculty and students whose purpose was to provide the colleges and universities with a means of focusing curricula and departmental resources upon major social problems related to the growth of science and technology. North Carolina State University (NCSU), University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Duke University, St. Augustine's College, and Shaw University participated in the program, which explored ways to bridge the isolation of "campus" from "community."

The first director of the the University Program on Science and Society was Donald Woods Shriver, Jr., of NCSU. He had been the director of the Experimental Study of Religion and Society at NCSU' School of Liberal Arts since 1964. That program had been funded through a grant from the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. Walter Baermann, also of NCSU, was another active participant in this program.

Controlled Terms

1. North Carolina State University--History.
2. North Carolina State University. Office of the Provost.
3. North Carolina State University. University Program on Science and Society.
4. Religion and science--Study and teaching
5. Religion--Social aspects
6. Science--Social aspects
7. Shriver, Donald Woods
8. Textile industry--Study and teaching
9. Universities and colleges--North Carolina

Related Material

Walter Peter Baermann Papers (MC 00244)

Donald Woods Shriver, Jr., essays (MSS 00156)

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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, Office of the Provost, University Program on Science and Society Records, UA 005.052, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

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