Guide to the North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Institute of Biological Sciences Records, 1950 - 1971

Collection Number UA 100.042

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Collection Information
Abstract:

These records contain correspondence, minutes, reports, proposals, lecture and seminar material, and facilities information files. The records document the administrative activities of the Institute from 1950 to 1971.

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Date Completed
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Descriptive Summary

Creator

North Carolina State University. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Title

The North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Institute of Biological Sciences Records, 1950 - 1971

Call Number

UA 100.042

Extent

7 records storage boxes, 3.5 linear feet

Location

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

Information for Users

Restrictions to Access

This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.
Acquisitions Information

Transferred from the North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Consult University Archivist for additional information.
Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Institute of Biological Sciences Records, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Historical Note


The Institute of Biological Sciences was created in 1962 in order to "encourage and promote research and teaching in basic biology and to coordinate inter-departmental activities." The Institute contained the Departments of Botany, Entomology, Genetics, Plant Pathology, and Zoology. In addition to fostering research within these departments, the Institute also administered a number of Summer Institutes in various applied sciences, mostly for college and high school teachers. During the time it operated, faculties in Microbiology and Biochemistry were also added.

Administratively, the Institute took the place of the Division of Biological Sciences, which was created in 1950 and united the faculties in botany, entomology, plant pathology, and zoology. This division had been disbanded in 1958, and individual departments were created in the above disciplines, plus genetics. In 1971 the Institute became the Biological Sciences Program, where scholarship continues today combining coursework in the Departments of Botany (Plant Biology after 2006), Crop Science, Genetics, Plant Pathology, and Zoology.

List of Directors

1962 - 1965 H. F. Robinson
1965 - 1967 Nash N. Winstead
1967 - 1971 J. Lawrence Apple

Scope and Content Note


The collection consists of records describing the function and activities of the Institute of Biological Sciences from 1950 to 1971. This includes material relating to the development of the Institute itself, along with items from some of the departments which composed it. General administrative files, including correspondence, research proposals and projects, facilities information, and outreach -- such as conferences and trips -- are also contained herein.

The records are divided into two series. The first, General Records, contains correspondence, records from the various departments within the Institute, and administrative material relating to the running of the program. The corrspondence contained in this series has been left in its original order as received by the Archives. The Research and Development series contains material on equipment and research project requests, along with files relating to a number of research projects.

Related Materials

[HTML] North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Record Group, UA 100
[HTML] North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Annual Reports, UA 100.002
[HTML] North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Plant Biology Records, UA 100.015
[HTML] Nash Nicks Winstead Papers, MC 00187
[HTML] Lawrence Apple Collection, MC 00319

Detailed Description of the Collection

  • General Records, 1950 - 1971


    4.5 records storage boxes, 2.25 linear feet

    Contains correspondence, departmental and committee meeting minutes, facilities information, and records on several summer programs run by the Institute. These records are concerned with the daily running of the Institute, as well as with some of the programs it sponsored. Note that some of the correspondence files pre-date the founding of the Institute; they relate to its predecessor, the Division of Biological Sciences.

    • Correspondence
      • 1950 - 1959 [1, 1]
      • 1960 - 1963 [2]
      • January - May, 1964 [3]
      • June - December, 1964 [4]
      • 1965 [5]
      • 1966 - January, 1967 [6]
      • October - December, 1967 [7]
      • January - June, 1968 [8]
      • July - December, 1968 [9]
      • January - June, 1969 [2, 1]
      • July - December, 1969 [2]
      • January - June, 1970 [3]
      • July - December, 1970 [4]
      • January - June, 1971 [5]
      • July - August, 1971 [6]
      • National Academy of Sciences, Russia Visit, 1963 - 1964 [7]
      • German Academic Tour, 1962 - 1963 [3, 1]
    • Departmental Records
      • Biophysics Information, 1962 - 1963 [2]
      • Cell Biology Program, 1965 - 1966 [3]
      • Department Heads Meeting Minutes
        • September, 1965 - August, 1966 [4]
        • September, 1966 - August, 1967 [5]
        • September, 1967 - October, 1971 [6]
      • Departmental Reports, 1963, undated [7]
    • Facilities
      • Biology Field Laboratory, 1970 [8]
      • Analytical Ultracentrifuge, 1962 - 1964 [9]
      • Phytotron, 1962 - 1964 [10]
    • Administrative Records
      • American Institute of Biological Sciences, 1962 [11]
      • Association of Southeastern Biologists, undated [12]
      • Coastal Studies Committee, 1963 - 1964 [13]
      • Committees, Various, 1962 - 1966 [14]
      • Cooperative College/School Science (CC/SS) Program
        • 1959 [4, 1]
        • 1960 [2]
        • 1961 [3]
        • 1962 [4]
        • 1963 [5]
        • 1964 [6]
        • Budget and Statistics, 1965 [7]
        • Correspondence and Forms, 1965 [8]
        • Proposals and Instructions, 1965 [9]
        • Students and Teachers, 1965 [10]
      • Curriculum, 1962 - 1969 [11]
      • Institute of Biological Sciences, General Information, 1951 - 1969 [12]
      • Lecture Series
        • 1962 - 1963 [13]
        • 1963 - 1964 [14]
        • 1964 - 1965 [15]
        • 1965 - 1966 [16]
        • 1966 - 1967 [17]
      • Phi Sigma Society, 1963 [18]
      • Physiology Committee, 1966 - 1969 [19]
      • Research Triangle Group Talk, 1965 [20]
      • Symposia and Conferences, 1962 - 1970 [5, 1]
      • Summer Institute in Genetics for College Teachers
        • 1959 [2]
        • 1960 [3]
        • 1961 [4]
        • 1963 [5]
        • 1965 [6]
      • Summer Institute for High School Biology Teachers
        • 1963 [7]
        • 1964 [8]
        • 1965 [9]
        • 1966 [10]
        • 1967 [11]
      • Summer Institute in Modern Biology for College Teachers, undated [12]

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  • Research and Development, 1958 - 1970


    2.5 records storage boxes, 1.25 linear feet

    Contains correspondence, grants, proposals, and research files for a variety of subjects, including facilities, research trips, and projects. The Atomic Energy Commission files refer to a variety of projects undertaken on the effects of radiation on certain plants and animals. These records are arranged into two subseries, Grants and Proposals and Project Files.

    • Grants and Proposals
      • Atomic Energy Commission
        • 1958 [13]
        • 1959 [14]
        • 1960 [15]
        • 1961 [16]
        • 1962 [17]
        • 1963 [6, 1]
        • 1964 [2]
        • 1964 [3]
        • 1965 [4]
        • 1966 [5]
        • 1967 [6]
        • 1968 [7]
        • undated [8]
      • Biological Processes and Systems, 1962 [9]
      • Biological Sciences Program, 1964 [10]
      • Biotechnical Center, 1963 - 1964 [11]
      • Electron Microscope, 1963 - 1965, undated [7, 1]
      • India Trip, 1965 [2]
      • International Service Library, 1965 [3]
      • Mathematical Methods in Biology, 1963 [4]
      • NDEA (National Defense Education Act), 1959 - 1965 [5]
      • National Science Foundation, 1963 [6]
      • Phytotoxicity Caused by Formulation of Pesticides, 1964 [7]
      • Research Facilities, Biological Science, 1963 [8]
      • Research Grants, Budget Figures, 1958 - 1961 [9]
      • Undergraduate Teaching Equipment, 1964 [10]
      • Water Pollution, Training Grant, 1963 [11]
      • Water Supply and Pollution, Training Grant, 1964 [12]
    • Project Files
      • Quantatative Genetics Research Programs, 1962 - 1966 [13]
      • Reports, Various, 1965, undated [14]
      • Reprints, 1964 [15]
      • Research Information, General, undated [16]
      • Tobacco Research, 1963 [17]

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