Records of Ross Associates, Inc., including discussions of individual plant background, history of manufacturing (including equipment and design), plant management, and standards of manufacturing; standardization of work flow, design of work flow, determination of the conditions under which each operation should take place, finances, costs; and discussion of the history of individual companies; drawings and plans for new as well as redesigned plants; electronic files on diskette both of architectural and financial data. Also found in these records are published and unpublished articles, correspondence, manuals, and the Ross Report files.
The corporate letterhead of Ross Associates, Inc. reads: Ross Associates, Incorporated. Consulting Managment Engineers.
The corporate letterhead of Ross Associates, Inc. reads: Ross Associates, Incorporated. Consulting Managment Engineers.
Records of Ross Associates, Inc., include discussions of individual plant background, history of manufacturing (including equipment and design), plant management, and standards of manufacturing; standardization of work flow, design of work flow, determination of the conditions under which each operation should take place, finances, costs; and discussion of the history of individual companies; drawings and plans for new as well as redesigned plants; electronic files on diskette both of architectural and financial data. Also found in these records are published and unpublished articles, correspondence, manuals, and the Ross Report files.
Collection is arranged in ten series: Series 1. Project Files; Series 2. Subject Files; Series 3. Rolled Drawings; Series 4. Computer Diskettes; Series 5. Client Files; and Series 6. Standards and Data; Series 7. Publications; Series 8. Correspondence; Series 9; Ross Report Files; Series 10. Manuals.
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[Identification of item], Ross Associates, Inc. Records, MC 00264, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Donated by Vincent Ross, 1999 (Accession no. 1999.0007) and 2009. Addition to the collection was added in 2010 (Accession no. 2010.0066).
Processed by Special Collections Staff; Encoded by Steven Mandeville-Gamble, 2006 April 25 Updated by Judy Allen Dodson 2010 June
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[Identification of item], Ross Associates, Inc. Records, MC 00264, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.