This collection contains articles, talks, correspondence, course materials, lectures, and memoranda of faculty, including Head of the Department George A. Gullette. The collection also includes records pertaining to the Humanistic-Social Research Project.
The Department of Social Studies was established in 1947 as part of the Basic Division, and offered courses for engineers that emphasized the connections between liberal studies and science and technology. George A. Gullette served as Head of the Department from its founding in 1947 until his death in 1969. In 1970, the Department of Social Studies became the Division of University Studies, with John R. Lambert, Jr. as Acting Head.
The Department of Social Studies was established in 1947 as part of the Basic Division, and offered courses for engineers that emphasized the connections between liberal studies and science and technology. George A. Gullette served as Head of the Department from its founding in 1947 until his death in 1969. In 1970, the Department of Social Studies became the Division of University Studies, with John R. Lambert, Jr. as Acting Head.
The Humanistic-Social Research Project surveyed the role of humanities and social science education in engineering programs in the mid-1950s. Gullette was heavily involved with the project, which was carried out in conjunction with the American Society for Engineering Education and funded by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation.
The Department of Social Studies is not related to the Department of History. The Basic Division became the School of General Studies in 1952, which became the School of Liberal Studies in 1963, and then the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS) in 1977.
This collection contains articles, talks, correspondence, course materials, lectures, and memoranda of faculty, including Head of the Department George A. Gullette. The collection also includes records pertaining to the Humanistic-Social Research Project.
Course materials primarily include lecture notes, syllabi, exams, newspaper clippings, and readings. Lectures topics include the integration of schools, the civil rights movement, the Pearsall Plan, farm policy, labor unions, television, suburbia, and the New Left, among others. Lectures on foreign policy issues address atomic warfare, US relations with the Western and Eastern Blocs, as well as Korea, China, the Middle East, Cuba, Southeast Asia, and Vietnam.
The records of the North Carolina State University Department of Social Studies are arranged alphabetically by folder title.
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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, School of Liberal Studies, Department of Social Studies Records, UA 120.020, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Transferred from Dept. of Social Studies.
Processed by Inventory prepared by Hermann J. Trojanowski, 2002 March 18
Encoded by Steven Mandeville-Gamble, 2006 March 30
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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, School of Liberal Studies, Department of Social Studies Records, UA 120.020, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.