This collection contains materials relating to the interior design of North Carolina State University buildings. Many designs are for laboratories and laboratory fixtures, particularly Gardner Hall. There is also correspondence dated 1951-1966 with North Carolina State University officials and personnel.
Herman Bernard Carpenter (1911-2008) designed university and medical school laboratory furniture for the Southern Desk Company in Hickory, North Carolina, and also had a private consulting company that designed interior layouts for architectural firms.
Herman Bernard Carpenter (1911-2008) designed university and medical school laboratory furniture for the Southern Desk Company in Hickory, North Carolina, and also had a private consulting company that designed interior layouts for architectural firms.
This collection contains materials relating to the interior design of North Carolina State University buildings. Many designs are for laboratories and laboratory fixtures, particularly Gardner Hall. There is also correspondence dated 1951-1966 with North Carolina State University officials and personnel.
This collection is arranged into two series:
The nature of the NCSU Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NCSU 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.
[Identification of item], Herman Bernard Carpenter Drawings, MC 00143, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Gift of Nancy Zechella and Margaret C. Harwood, 2009 (Accession 2009.0118).
Processed by: Todd Kosmerick and Aaron Cusick; machine-readable finding aid created by: Aaron Cusick, July 2011.
This collection was processed with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives program.
The collection is organized into two principal series:
This series contains drawings of several buildings located on the campus of North Carolina State University.
This series contains correspondence and a photograph of North Carolina State University's Agronomy Building.
This collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access to digital files may require additional advanced notice.
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[Identification of item], Herman Bernard Carpenter Drawings, MC 00143, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NCSU Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NCSU 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.
