North Carolina State University, School of Liberal Studies, Department of Social Studies Records
UA 120.020
Special Collections Research Center
2.5 Linear feet
5 archival boxes
1947-1969
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.
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5 archival boxes
North Carolina State University. Dept. of Social Studies.
Restrictions to Access
This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.
Acquisitions Information
Transferred from Dept. of Social Studies.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, School of Liberal Studies, Department of Social Studies Records, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Proccessing Information
Processed by Inventory prepared by Hermann J. Trojanowski,
2002 March 18
Encoded by Steven Mandeville-Gamble,
2006 March 30
Confidentiality Notice
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.
Historical Note
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.
Scope and Content Note
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.
Organization of the Collection
The records of the North Carolina State University Department of Social Studies are arranged alphabetically by folder title.
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Agriculture Department Advisory Committee
1
1
1959
Annual Reports
1
2
1959-1961
Articles and Talks, George Gullette
1
3
1948-1961
Articles and Talks, George Gullette, “Some of My Best Friends are Southerners"
1
4
1961
Articles and Talks, Staff
1
5
1953-1958
Articles and Talks, Staff, “Controversy” Television Program
1
6
1958-1962
Correspondence, George Gullette and John W. Gardner (Carnegie Corporation)
1
7
1955-1956
Correspondence, George Gullette and Department of the Navy
1
8
1959
Correspondence, George Gullettee and Governor’s Office (Terry Sanford)
1
9
1962-1963
Correspondence, George Gullette, Miscellaneous
1
10
1947-1961
Correspondence, George Gullette, Personal
1
11
1955-1967
Course Materials, Modern Science
1
12
1961
Course Materials, Contemporary Civilization I (CC 101)
1
13
1947-1948
Course Materials, Readings for Contemporary Civlization I (1 of 2)
2
1
1950
Course Materials, Readings for Contemporary Civlization I (2 of 2)
2
2
1950
Course Materials, Readings for Contemporary Civlization II
2
3
1951
Course Materials, Contemporary Civilization (SS 101)
2
4
1952-1954
Course Materials, Contemporary Civilization (SS 102)
2
5
1952-1954
Course Materials, Contemporary Civlization (SS 103)
2
6
1953-1954
Course Materials, Contemporary Civilization (SS 101-103)
2
7
undated
Course Materials, Contemporary Civilization/Science and Civilization (SS 301-302)
2
8
1954-1964
Course Materials, Contemporary Civilization (SS 301-302) Revision
2
9
1960-1961
Course Materials, Contemporary Problems (SS 392)
2
10
1952-1953
Course Materials, Contemporary Problems (SS 393)
3
1
1951-1953
Course Materials, Contemporary Issues (SS 491)
3
2
1955-1965
Course Materials, Contemporary Issues (SS 492)
3
3
1953-1964
General Office
3
4
1951-1969
Humanistic-Social Research Project, General
3
5
1953-1956
Humanistic-Social Research Project, Sponsor – Carnegie Corporation
3
6
1953-1955
Humanistic-Social Research Project, Contract
3
7
1953-1955
Humanistic-Social Research Project, Project Reports
3
8
1955-1956
Humanistic-Social Research Project, Agenda for Meeting to Approve Tentative Report
3
9
1955
Humanistic-Social Research Project, Reactions to Report
3
10
1956
Humanistic-Social Research Project, Workshop for Project Participants
3
11
1954-1955
Humanistic-Social Research Project, Consultants
3
12
1955-1956
Humanistic-Social Research Project, Supporting Documents
3
13
1953-1955
Humanistic-Social Research Project, Illustrations for Possible Use in the Report
3
14
1955
Humanistic-Social Research Project, Publicity
3
15
1954
Humanistic-Social Research Project, Proposals
4
1
1948-1960
“Imaginative Literature, Social Studies Staff”
4
2
1953
Lectures, Contemporary Issues (SS 491/492)
4
3
1951-1955
Lectures, Contemporary Issues (SS 491/492)
4
4
1956-1957
Lectures, Contemporary Issues (SS 491/492)
4
5
1958-1959
Lectures, Contemporary Issues (SS 491/492)
4
6
1960-1962
Lectures, Contemporary Issues (SS 491/492)
4
7
1963-1964
Lectures, Contemporary Issues (SS 491/492)
4
8
1965-1969
Lectures, Contemporary Issues (SS 491/492), (1 of 2)
5
1
undated
Lectures, Contemporary Issues (SS 491/492), (2 of 2)
5
2
undated
National Survey of Technical Institute Education
5
3
1955-1959
Research by the Committee on Criticism of Mumford (Technics and Civilization)
5
4
1949
Society for the History of Technology
5
5
1958
Student Opinions and Course Evaluations
5
6
1952
Summer Institute on the History and Philosophy of Science
5
7
1956-1957