Guide to the North Carolina State University, Agricultural Research Service Records, 1876 - 1990

Collection Number UA 102

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Collection Information
Abstract:

The Agricultural Research Service record group contains files relating to the work and activities of the Service during its history. Please see individual collections for more detailed abstract and scope and content information.

The Agricultural Research Service began as the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station in 1877. The Experiment Station, the second of its kind in the United States, was established to conduct tests on commercial fertilizers and other agricultural products, as well as to perform experimental research on agricultural nutrition and growth. As such, the Experiment Station worked closely with the North Carolia Department of Agriculture.

Contact Information:
Processed by
Special Collections staff
Date Completed
2006
Encoded by
Pat Webber, 2006

Descriptive Summary

Creator

North Carolina State University. Cooperative Extension Service

Call Number

UA 102

Extent

92 records storage boxes , ca. 109 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 various offices of the Agricultural Research Service. Consult the University Archivist for detailed information.
Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], Agricultural Research Service Records, UA 101, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Historical Note


The North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station was created in 1877, and transferred from the state to North Carolina State University in 1889. The Station was jointly run by the two groups and became a source of contention between the State Department of Agriculture and the University through the early part of the twentieth century. In 1979 the title "Agricultural Experiment Station" was changed to "Agricultural Research Service."

Scope and Content Note


The Agricultural Research Service record group contains files relating to the work and activities of the Service during its history. Please see individual collections for more detailed abstract and scope and content information.

Online Catalog Terms


The following terms have been used to index the guide to the collection in the NCSU Library's online catalog.

Corporate Entities

  • North Carolina State University -- Agricultural Experiment Station
  • North Carolina State University -- Agricultural Research Service

Subjects

  • Agriculture -- Research -- North Carolina

Related Materials

[HTML] North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Record Group, UA 100
[HTML] North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service Record Group, UA 102
[HTML] University Archives Photograph Collection, UA 023
[HTML] Charles Burgess Williams Papers, MC 00016
[HTML] Ira Obed Schaub Papers, MC 00021
[HTML] William A. Withers Papers, MC 00178
[HTML] Ralph W. Cummings Papers, MC 00312
NCSU Special Collections Research Center, University History Webpage
"Knowledge is Power: A History of the School of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University, 1877 - 1984", by William L. Carpenter and Dean W. Colvard.

Detailed Description of the Collection


    Subgroup UA 101.001: UA 101.001, [HTML] Associate Dean and Director's Office Records, 1910 - 1990

    68 records storage cartons, ca. 80 linear feet

    These records contain reports, correspondence, programs, speeches, minutes, financial information, and committees relating to agricultural research and experiment stations. Also includes material on the United States Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), the Fiftieth Anniversary of the research stations, the Tennessee Valley Authority, agricultural products, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, individual college departments and their role in experiment station research, and the National Pickle Packers Association. Records include a letter book of the director. Materials are arranged in rough chronological order, some committee material is separate and also arranged in rough chronological order. These records have not been processed.


    Subgroup UA 101.002: UA 101.002, [HTML] Annual Reports, 1879 - 1985

    4 records storage boxes, 2 linear feet

    These records contain annual and biennial reports from the Agricultural Research Service, all under its former designation of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. The records date from 1879 to 1985, but there are numerous gaps in the collection.


    Subgroup UA 101.005: UA 101.005, [HTML] Assistant Director's Office Records, 1949 - 1984

    17 records storage boxes, 25.5 linear feet

    These records contain reports, correspondence, memoranda, grants material, and minutes regarding administrative and research activities of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service. Records also include material on the phytotron operations at North Carolina State University and Duke University and a significant amount of correspondence concerning the Mountain Horticulture Crop Research Station in Fletcher, North Carolina.


    Subgroup UA 101.200: UA 101.200, Publications, undated


    These records contains a wide variety of published material relating to the activities, aims, function, and programs of the Service. The records represent both single and serialized items. These materials have not yet been processed and no online finding aid is available.