Rus: A Biographical Register of Rural Leadership in the United States and Canada

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2004 Machine-readable finding aid derived from xml authoring program. Date of source: October, 2004 Finding aid written in English 2005 Converted to EAD 2002 Guide to the Ira Obed Schaub Papers, 1855 - 1974 MC 21 North Carolina State University Libraries' Special Collections Department Contact Information: &ncsuaddr; Processed by Stephanie Horowitz Date Completed October 2004 Encoded by Stephanie Horowitz Descriptive Summary North Carolina State University. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. Schaub, I. O. (Ira Obed), 1880-1971 Ira Obed Schaub Papers, 1855 - 1974 MC 21 3.57 archival storage boxes The Ira Obed Schaub Papers contain correspondence, news articles, writings, publications, awards, and certificates concerning Schaub's professional life, from his career in 4-H work to his work at North Carolina State's cooperative extension program and as dean of the North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The Schaub Papers also includes information about the personal life of Ira Obed Schaub, including his community involvement, travel, and education. A small number of documents concerning Maud Kennedy Schaub, the wife of Ira Obed Schaub, and some materials regarding the Schaub and Kennedy families, are also part of the collection. The collection dates from 1855 to 1974. on-site For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. Information for Users Restrictions to Access

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Gift of Ira Obed Schaub, 1966-1969, and Maud Schaub, 1971-1972.

Acquisitions Information

Gift of Ira Obed Schaub, 1966-1969, and Maud Schaub, 1971-1972.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], Ira Obed Schaub Papers, MC 21, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Ira Obed Schaub (1880-1971) was born in Stokes County, North Carolina, on September 28, 1880. The fourth of five sons of William Henry and Mary Grabs Schaub, he attended Pinnacle Academy in the town of Pinnacle, North Carolina. From 1896 to 1900, he attended North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University) and was one of the college's first graduates, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry. Upon his graduation from North Carolina State, Schaub did graduate work in chemistry at Johns Hopkins University, leaving before receiving a degree. His first job was as assistant chemist in the Illinois Experiment Station, where he worked for nearly two years. In 1905, Schaub moved to Iowa and became assistant professor of soils at Iowa State College. Schaub returned to North Carolina State College in 1909 and became involved in work with boys' and girls' 4-H clubs until 1913, when he became superintendent of farm demonstration work for the Frisco Railroad, based in Springfield, Missouri. In 1918, when, due to World War I, the Frisco Railroad was taken over by federal authorities, Schaub began work for the United States Department of Agriculture as their field agent for southern states.

In 1924, Schaub again returned to North Carolina State College and worked as director of agricultural extension through his retirement in 1950. In 1926, Schaub became Dean of the School of Agriculture at North Carolina State College, a position he held through 1945 concurrently with his agricultural extension work. He was also the director of North Carolina State College's Experiment Station from 1937 through 1940.

Schaub was active in many organizations during his life, including the Kappa Sigma fraternity, the City of Raleigh Planning Commission, the Agricultural Foundation of North Carolina, the State Council of National Defense, the Pine Burr Scholarship Society of North Carolina State College, the North Carolina Agricultural Hall of Fame Board of Directors, and the North Carolina Rural Rehabilitation Board. He was an unofficial North Carolina State University historian, composing manuscripts on former faculty members and the board of trustees of the college. Schaub also consulted with the first North Carolina State University Archivist on the activities and operations of the University Archives. He received two honorary doctorates of agriculture: one from Clemson University in 1937 and one from N.C. State in 1951.

Schaub married Maud Kennedy, daughter of an Iowa farm family, on July 27, 1910. The Schaubs had two children: Maud Kennedy and Ira Obed, Jr. Schaub died on September 13, 1971, in Raleigh at the age of 90.

Scope and Content Note

The Ira Obed Schaub Papers contains materials relating to the professional and personal life of Ira Obed Schaub. It also contains information about Schaub's wife, Maud Kennedy Schaub, and the Schaub and Kennedy families. The collection contains correspondence, journals, certificates, newspaper clippings, awards, publications, diplomas, volumes, account books, dress patterns, and photographs (both prints and negatives). The collection is organized into four series.

Organization of the Collection

The first series, Professional, includes documents relating to Ira Obed Schaub's professional life and contains five subseries. The Correspondence subseries contains Schaub's professional correspondence from the North Carolina Agricultural Extension service, along with several other agencies of employment. The second subseries, Writings, includes published and unpublished articles and manuscripts by Ira Obed Schaub on the subject of agriculture. Newspaper articles written by Schaub are included in this subseries rather than in the News Articles subseries. Furthermore, correspondence that had been attached to items in the Writings subseries remains in this subseries so as to maintain the documents' original order. The News Articles subseries comprises published newspaper articles about Schaub's professional activities and about agriculture-related topics. External Publications contains published materials collected by Schaub that relate to his professional interests. The final subseries within the Professional series is Awards and Certificates. This subseries includes awards and honors that Schaub received for his professional activities. It also includes correspondence and newspaper articles relating to these awards.

The second series, Personal, includes three subseries. The first, Ira Obed Schaub, contains documents relating to Schaub's personal life, including his community involvement, his travels, and his education. This subseries includes personal correspondence along with a small amount of biographical information. This subseries is a majority of the Personal series. The second subseries, Maud Kennedy Schaub, includes Maud Schaub's dress pattern envelopes, a manuscript that she wrote, and information about her community involvement. Finally, the Family subseries contains documents relating to family members in the Schaub and Kennedy families. It also includes some Schaub family genealogical information, as well as several items relating to both Ira and Maud Schaub.

The third series, Photographs, contains three subseries: Prints, Negatives, and Oversize. All three of these subseries contain photographs relating to both the Professional and Personal series. The photographs have been organized as closely as possible in the same order as the general collection.

The final series, Oversized Materials, contains documents that have been cross-listed in this finding aid in their intellectual locations.

Online Catalog Headings 4-H clubs Agricultural education -- North Carolina. Agriculture -- Middle West Agriculture -- North Carolina Agriculture -- Southern States North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service--History North Carolina State College--History North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts North Carolina State College School of Agriculture and Life Sciences -- History North Carolina State University--History North Carolina State University -- History Schaub, I.O. (Ira Obed), 1880-1971 Schaub, Maud Kennedy Schaub family Sewing Travelers' writings, American Schaub, William Samuel. Separated Materials The following book, previously with the Ira Obed Schaub Papers, has been moved to the Rare Books collection: Rus: A Biographical Register of Rural Leadership in the United States and Canada. Compiled by L.H. Bailey and Ethel Zoe Bailey. Ithaca, New York, 1930. Detailed Description of the Collection Professional, 1908-1974 2 archival boxes 1 linear foot

The Professional series is divided into five subseries: Correspondence, Writings, News Articles, External Publications, and Awards and Certificates. The series contains information about Ira Obed Schaub's professional career in agriculture. The bulk of the material concerns Schaub's work in the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service and in the Department of Agriculture at North Carolina State College. However, there are also a number of documents relating to Schaub's work with 4-H Clubs, the Frisco Railroad, the United States Department of Agriculture, and several consulting projects. The series also contains general materials on agriculture written by Schaub and collected by Schaub due to their relation to his career. Finally, the series includes awards and honors given to Schaub for aspects of his professional career from various organizations.

Correspondence MC21.1 1 Consulting Work, Hartwell Dam, 1957 1 2 Frisco Railroad, 1913-1920 1 3 General, Incoming, 1962, 1966 1 4 General, Outgoing, 1966 1 5 Illinois Experiment Station, 1908 1 6 Iowa State College, 1909 1 7 "North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station-The First 60 Years, 1877-1937," 1955 1 8 North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, 1924, 1944 1 9 North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, Controversy, 1955 1 10 North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, Retirement, 1950 [File 1 of 3] 1 11 North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, Retirement, 1950 [File 2 of 3] 1 12 North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, Retirement, 1950 [File 3 of 3] 1 13 North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, Retirement, Book of Letters, 1950 1 14 North Carolina Department of Agriculture, 1909 1 15 North Carolina State College School of Agriculture, 1941, 1945 1 16 United States Department of Agriculture, Boys' and Girls' 4-H Clubs, 1912-1913, [no date] 1 17 United States Department of Agriculture, 1919, 1923 1 18 "The Way I See It," 1957 Writings 1 19 Agriculture Articles, General, 1950, 1953 1 20 "Agricultural Extension Work: A Brief History," 1953 1 21 Agricultural Supplement to Milne's Progressive Arithmetic, 1957 1 22 Consulting Work, Hartwell Dam, 1957 1 23 Consulting Work, Hartwell Dam, "The Problem," 1957 1 24 Consulting Work, Occupied Germany, 1948-1949 1 25 "Does the Score Card Score?" [no date] 1 26 "History of the Land Scrip Fund in North Carolina," 1951, 1961 1 27 "North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station - The First 60 Years, 1877-1937," 1955 1 28 Notecards, Agriculture, General, [no date] 1 29 "Sam Hill and His Daddy," 1920-1921 1 30 "The Way I See It," Talks on Agriculture, 1956 News Articles 1 31 4-H Club, 1949-1955, [no date] 1 32 Association of Southern Agricultural Workers, 1940 1 33 Better Acres Contest, Award Presentation by Schaub, c. 1951 1 34 Committees and Conferences, 1940-1950, [no date] 1 35 Frisco Railroad, 1913, [no date] 1 36 North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, 1939-1949, [no date] 1 37 North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, 50th Anniversary, 1953 North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, Extension Farm-News, Grain Deficit, 1947 [See Oversized Materials] 1 38 North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, History, 1954 1 39 North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, Retirement, 1950 1 40 North Carolina Department of Agriculture, 1949 2 1 North Carolina State College, Controversies, 1940-1941, 1949 2 2 North Carolina State College, School of Agriculture, Retirement, 1950 2 3 North Carolina State College, School of Agriculture, Appointment as Dean, 1926 2 4 Pictures, 1932, [no date] External Publications 2 5 Agricultural Extension Service, Historical Marker Dedication, 1965 2 6 Historical United States Agriculture, 1937 2 7 Historical United States Agriculture, 1953, 1956 2 8 International Institute of Agriculture, "An Outline of the European Co-operative Credit Systems," 1912 2 9 Nebraska Department of Agricultural Extension, "Simple Water Supplies for the Farm," 1913 2 10 North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, "Scuppernong and Other Muscadine Grapes: Origin and Importance," 1909 Awards and Certificates 2 11 4-H Club, Enshrinement Ceremonies, 1974 2 12 4-H Club, House Resolution 409, Recognition of Achievements, 1955 2 13 Agriculture, General Awards, 1951-1968 2 14 Agricultural Foundation, Membership Certificate, [no date] 2 15 Camp Schaub Dedication, 1950 2 16 Epsilon Sigma Phi, Distinguished Service Ruby, 1940-1941 Epsilon Sigma Phi, Distinguished Service Ruby, Certificate, 1940 [See Oversized Materials] 2 17 Farm and Home Week, Dedication, 1950 2 18 Farm Hands Club, Dean Schaub Day, 1969 2 19 Honorary Degree, Clemson College, Doctorate of Science, 1937 2 20 Honorary Degree, North Carolina State College, Doctorate of Agriculture, 1951 2 21 Honorary Degree, North Carolina State College, Doctorate of Agriculture, Certificate Holder, 1951 2 22 Iredell County, Honoring Director I.O. Schaub, Scrapbook, 1949 2 23 Iredell County, Honoring Director I.O. Schaub, Program, 1949 2 24 Men of the Year in Service to North Carolina Agriculture, 1938, 1952 2 25 North Carolina Extension Director, Awards as, 1934-1953 2 26 North Carolina State Agriculturist Magazine Dedication, 1959 2 27 North Carolina State College, Portrait Dedication, 1947 2 28 Schaub Food Science Building Dedication, 1969-1970 2 29 "Tar Heels of the Week," News and Observer, 1950, 1965 2 30 United States Department of Agriculture Superior Service Award, 1949 Personal, 1870-1971 2.25 archival boxes 1.25 linear feet

This series includes three subseries. The first subseries, constituting the bulk of the series, is Ira Obed Schaub. This subseries contains documents relating to Schaub's education at North Carolina A & M, Schaub's compositions on the history of North Carolina State University, two travel journals, and other information relating to Schaub's community involvements and hobbies. It contains one sub-subseries, Personal Correspondence. The Maud Kennedy Schaub subseries contains the envelopes for numerous sewing patterns, several documents regarding her community involvement and schooling, and a manuscript composed by Maud Schaub before her marriage entitled "Heroes of Obscurity." The final subseries, Family, includes several documents relating to both Ira and Maud Schaub, including a bridal book with wedding guest information, as well as documents relating to other members of the Schaub and Kennedy families or to the families in general (including one narrative genealogy on the Schaub family). Many of these documents relate to Ira Schaub's brother Sidney.

Ira Obed Schaub 3 1 Alamance County Extension Homemakers Achievement Program, 1968 3 2 Architectural Contract, [no date] 3 3 Biographical Information, 1949, [no date] 3 4 Calling Cards, [no date] 3 5 Community College Internship Program, 1969 Personal Correspondence 3 6 Death of C.W. Warburton, 1950 3 7 Death of S.C. Clapp, 1950 3 8 Incoming, Clarence Poe, The Progressive Farmer, 1947 3 9 Incoming, David C. Killen, North Carolina State University Homecoming Parade, 1970 3 10 Incoming, Don S. Matheson, North Carolina State Senator, [no date] 3 11 Incoming, Earl Maharg, Kappa Sigma, 1968 3 12 Incoming, Frank P. Graham, University of North Carolina, 1947 3 13 Incoming, J.F. Lutz, Professor of Soil Science, North Carolina State University, 1969 3 14 Incoming, James W. Patton, University of North Carolina Library Southern Historical Collection, 1964 3 15 Incoming, Jane S. McKimmon, 1949 3 16 Incoming, John H. Bonitz, Sr., 1969 3 17 Incoming, Kohler Greenfield, 1969 3 18 Incoming, M.T. Payne, 1948 3 19 Incoming, News and Observer Article on Schaub, 1969 3 20 Incoming, P.J. Walton to M.I. Evinger, 1967 3 21 Incoming, R.F. Poole, Clemson Agricultural College, 1947 3 22 Incoming, W. Kerr Scott, 1948 3 23 Incoming, Wilhelm Prilipp et al., German, 1951 3 24 Outgoing, Heinrich Noell, Hessen-Nassau Chamber of Agriculture, 1958 3 25 Duke University Geriatrics Interdisciplinary Program, 1958 3 26 Exchange Club of Western Boulevard, Book of Golden Deeds, Certificate, 1962 3 27 Fishing, 1926, 1954, [no date] 3 28 German Without a Master, [no date] 3 29 I.O. Schaub Scholarship Fund, 1950-1971 3 30 Identification Cards, 1918, 1948, [no date] 3 31 Iowa State College Dance Card, 1909 3 32 Johns Hopkins University Acceptance Note, 1903 3 33 Joppa Lodge, 1925 3 34 Kappa Sigma Fraternity, 1909-1969 3 35 North Carolina Agricultural Hall of Fame, 1959-1967 North Carolina Agricultural Hall of Fame, Certificate, Membership, Board of Directors, 1959 [See Oversized Materials] North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Grade Transcript, 1903 [See Oversized Materials] 3 36 North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Graduating Address, 1900 3 37 North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Graduating Thesis, 1900-1903 3 38 North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Milne's Standard Arithmetic, Ira Schaub's textbook, 1892 3 39 North Carolina Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, 1954-1964 [File 1 of 2] 3 40 North Carolina Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, 1954-1964 [File 2 of 2] North Carolina Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, Certificate, Membership, Board of Directors, 1953 [See Oversized Materials] North Carolina Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, Certificate, Membership, Board of Directors, 1955 [See Oversized Materials] North Carolina Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, Certificate, Membership, Board of Directors, 1960 [See Oversized Materials] North Carolina Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, Plan, American Legion Post 116, 1962 [See Oversized Materials] North Carolina State Agricultural Society, Fair Advertisement, 1855 [See Oversized Materials] 4 1 North Carolina State Alumni News, 1967, 1970 4 2 North Carolina State College, Alumni Association, 50th Anniversary of Class of 1900, 1950 4 3 North Carolina State University, History, 1956-1969, [no date] [File 1 of 3] 4 4 North Carolina State University, History, 1956-1969, [no date] [File 2 of 3] 4 5 North Carolina State University, History, 1956-1969, [no date] [File 3 of 3] 4 6 North Carolina Teachers' and State Employees Retirement System, Salary Record, 1941-1953 4 7 Patrons of Husbandry, 1932 Phi Kappa Phi, Membership Certificate, 1924 [See Oversized Materials] 4 8 Picture, Newspaper, [no date] 4 9 Pine Burr Scholarship Society, North Carolina State College, [no date] 4 10 Raleigh Planning Commission, 1960 4 11 Travels, Journal, Europe, 1927 4 12 Travels, Journal, West Coast, 1909 4 13 Travels, Sights, Scenes, and Wonders at the World's Fair, 1904 4 14 World War II, Raleigh Times, 1942 4 15 World War II, State Council of National Defense, 1940 World War II, State Council of National Defense, Certificate, 1940 [See Oversized Materials] World War II, War Manpower Commission, Manpower Priorities Committee, Certificate, 1945 [See Oversized Materials] 4 16 World War II, War Production Board Certificate, 1943 4 17 YMCA Building Fund, 1913 Maud Kennedy Schaub 4 18 Collins Public Schools, Report Card, Grade 10, 1902 4 19 Correspondence, Incoming, M.G. Mann, North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association, 1936 4 20 Drawing, "Ex Libris-Maud Schaub," [no date] 4 21 Dress Patterns, Envelopes, [no date] 4 22 Manuscript, "Heroes of Obscurity," [no date] 4 23 News Articles, 1946-1964, [no date] 4 24 Patrons of Husbandry, Certificate, 1932 4 25 Sheriff's Association, Membership Card, 1974 Family 4 26 A.L. Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs., Invitation, 25th Wedding Anniversary, 1906 4 27 Caroline Kennedy, Correspondence, 1911 4 28 Caroline Kennedy, Travel Journal, 1926-1929 4 29 Ira and Maud Schaub, Southern Railway Company Freight Bill, [no date] 4 30 Ira and Maud Schaub, Wedding, Bridal Souvenir Book, 1910 4 31 Kennedy Family, News Articles, 1917, [no date] 4 32 Mary Schaub, Obituary, 1893 4 33 Oscar Schaub, News Articles, 1930 4 34 Picture, Unidentified Male, [no date] 4 35 Robah Schaub, Memorial Program, 1964 4 36 Schaub Family, Christmas Card, Transparency, 1947 4 37 Schaub Family, Genealogy, [no date] 4 38 Schaub Family, News Articles, 1870-1961, [no date] 4 39 Sidney Schaub, Biographical Information, [no date] 4 40 Sidney Schaub, Correspondence, to Ira Obed Schaub, 1954 4 41 Sidney Schaub, News Articles, [no date] 4 42 Sidney Schaub, Resolution on Death, 1955 4 43 William Henry Schaub, Biographical Information, [no date] 4 44 William Henry Schaub, Correspondence, to Sidney Schaub, 1905, 1916 5 1 William Henry Schaub, Gristmill and Sawmill, Account Book, 1889-1891 5 2 William Henry Schaub, Gristmill and Sawmill, Account Book, 1890-1895 5 3 William Samuel Schaub, Memoir, 1893 Photographs, 1900-1950 .25 linear feet

The Photographs series consists mainly of photographs of Ira Obed Schaub in various professional and personal activities. It contains photographs, both prints and negatives, of Schaub at his various places of employment, at ceremonies honoring him, and on travels to Europe, Louisiana, and unknown locations. The series also includes a small number of photographs of other members of the family, including Maud Kennedy Schaub and Sidney Schaub as well as some who are unidentified. The series is divided into three subseries: Prints, Negatives, and Oversize. Within subseries, photographs are arranged as closely as possible to the order of the series in the rest of the collection.

Oversize 5 4 Professional, Iowa State College, [no date] 5 5 Personal, Ira Obed Schaub, North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 1900 5 6 Personal, Ira Obed Schaub, Travels, [no date] 5 7 Personal, Maud Kennedy Schaub, [no date] Prints 6 1 Professional, Dinner, Unidentified, [no date] 6 2 Professional, Iowa State College, [no date] 6 3 Professional, Iredell County Program Honoring Ira Obed Schaub, August 27, 1949 6 4 Professional, North Carolina State College, Portrait Dedication, 1947 6 5 Professional, Retirement, 1950 6 6 Professional, United States Department of Agriculture, Superior Service Award, May 16, 1949 6 7 Personal, Ira Obed Schaub, [no date] 6 8 Personal, Ira Obed Schaub, Travels, Europe, 1927 6 9 Personal, Ira Obed Schaub, Travels, Fishing Trips, [no date] 6 10 Personal, Ira Obed Schaub, Travels, General, [no date] 6 11 Personal, Ira Obed Schaub, Travels, Louisiana, 1922 6 12 Personal, Maud Kennedy Schaub, [no date] 6 13 Personal, Family, [no date] Negatives 6 14 Personal, Ira Obed Schaub, Travels, General, [no date] 6 15 Personal, Ira Obed Schaub, Travels, World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904 6 16 Personal, Family, [no date] Oversized Materials, 1855-1962 .25 linear feet

This series contains documents from both the Personal and Professional series that are cross-listed in this finding aid in the places in which they fit intellectually.

7 Professional, News Articles, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, Extension Farm-News, Grain Deficit, 1947 7 Professional, Awards and Certificates, Epsilon Sigma Phi, Distinguished Service Ruby, Certificate, 1940 7 Personal, Ira Obed Schaub, North Carolina Agricultural Hall of Fame, Certificate, Membership, Board of Directors, 1959 7 Personal, Ira Obed Schaub, North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, Grade Transcript, 1903 7 Personal, Ira Obed Schaub, North Carolina Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, Certificate, Membership, Board of Directors, 1953 7 Personal, Ira Obed Schaub, North Carolina Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, Certificate, Membership, Board of Directors, 1955 7 Personal, Ira Obed Schaub, North Carolina Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, Certificate, Membership, Board of Directors, 1960 7 Personal, Ira Obed Schaub, North Carolina Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, Plan, American Legion Post 116, 1962 7 Personal, Ira Obed Schaub, North Carolina State Agricultural Society, Fair Advertisement, 1855 7 Personal, Ira Obed Schaub, Phi Kappa Phi, Membership Certificate, 1924 7 Personal, Ira Obed Schaub, World War II, State Council of National Defense, Certificate, 1940 7 Personal, Ira Obed Schaub, World War II, War Manpower Commission, Manpower Priorities Committee, Certificate, 1945