UA 100.022 Guide to the North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Horticultural Science Records, 1900s-2011

• UA 100.022 Series 1. Administrative Records
• UA 100.022 Series 2. Project Reports
• UA 100.022 Series 3. Publications
• UA 100.022 Series 4. Photographic Materials

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Creator

North Carolina State University. Dept. of Horticultural Science.

Quantity

12.0 Linear feet

General Physical Description note

15 archival boxes, 4 cartons

Location

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

Language

English

Language of Material

English

Acquisitions Information

Transferred from North Carolina State University, Department of Horticultural Sciences.

Processing

Processed by: Pat Webber; Flora Blackley, 2009 July; machine-readable finding aid created by: Pat Webber; Finding aid updated by Flora Blackley, 2009 July; Cate Putirskis, 2009 July, 2010 September, 2011 January; Allyson Smally, 2010 September, 2011 March

Revised

2008-2012; 2013 April, Finding aid updated to reflect additions to the collection by Cate Putirskis, 2008 April, 2009 July, 2010 September, 2011 January; Flora Blackley, 2009 July; Allyson Smally, 2010 September, 2011 March ; Finding aid updated to reflect additions to the collection by Cathy Dorin-Black, 2011 June, 2011 July, March 2012; Updated by Beverly King, 2012 May; Finding aid updated to reflect additions to the collection by Cathy Dorin-Black, 2012 September, 2013 April

Scope and Content Note

The records of the North Carolina State University Department of Horticultural Science contain newsletters, budget information, academic and administrative reports, departmental publications, memoranda, and information regarding departmental programs and events. A significant amount of the collection consists of material relating to the J. C. Raulston Arboretum. Also included are publications produced with the North Carolina Commercial Flower Growers' Association. The paper records range in date from 1924 to 2013, but the bulk fall from the 1950s to 1990s.

This collection also includes a large amount of photographic materials, including Kodachrome slides, lantern slides, photographs, and negatives. Much of this material is undated. The Kodachrome slides appear to be from the 1940s to the 1970s. Most of the remaining photographic material appears to date from the first half of the twentieth century, with a fair amount from the early 1900s and 1910s.

Historical Note

With the founding of NC State College in 1889 were created five academic divisions, one of which was the department of Horticulture, Arboriculture, and Botany. Around the same time, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture created a division of horticulture in the Agricultural Experiment Station. W. F. Massey was named to head both positions in 1889, and would serve State College until 1907. The department was housed in Primrose Hall after its construction in 1896, remaining there until 1905 when it relocated to Agricultural Hall (demolished 1956). Under Massey's leadership, students were trained in theory as well as the practice of horticulture, and he used his position in the Experiment Station to give his students the hands-on training they needed. In 1901, a separate Division of Biology was formed and the department began to be known as the Department of Horticulture.

Following the general reorganization of the School of Agriculture in 1923, the horticultural extension work performed outside the department became fully integrated with the academic and research activities of the department. After that time the department moved once again, this time relocating to Polk Hall. The department also maintained a farm on college grounds, between Polk and Dan Allen Drive, south of Hillsborough Street to the railroad. The department used it to conduct research experiments and as a demonstration farm for cultural practices.

From that time until the years following World War II, the department faculty would remain small in number, despite the variety and importance of academic, research, and extension work performed. Today, the Department of Horticultural Science occupies Kilgore Hall (constructed in 1952), employs over fifty faculty, and continues to play an important role in state-wide horticultural research and extension. The department assumed its current name in 1962.

Additional information and resources on the history of the Department of Horticultural Science can be found through the NCSU Historical State website .

Controlled Terms

1. Horticulture--Research--North Carolina
2. Horticulture--Study and teaching (Higher)--North Carolina
3. JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University.
4. North Carolina Commercial Flower Growers' Association.
5. North Carolina State University. Dept. of Horticultural Science.

Related Materials

North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Annual Reports (UA 100.002)

Monroe Evans Gardner Papers (MC 00167)

Joshua P. Pillsbury Writings (MSS 00168)

Wilbur Fisk Massey Papers (MC 00202)

North Carolina State University Horticulture Club Records (UA 021.465)

Access to Collection

This collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice, with the following exceptions:

This collection contains audio/visual materials, which have access restrictions. Patrons may not use original copies of audio/visual materials, and must have a use copy produced prior to access.

For more information contact us via mail, phone, fax, or our web form.

Mail

Special Collections Research Center
Box 7111
Raleigh, NC, 27695-7111

Telephone

(919) 515-2273

Fax

(919) 513-1787

Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Horticultural Science Records, UA 100.022, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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