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The collection consists of notebooks and textbooks of Morrison's when he was a student in the North Carolina State College School of Textiles, 1921-1924. All three notebooks are entirely handwritten, approximately 30 pages each, covering textiles design and manufacturing, and carding and spinning topics.
John Rea "Governor" Morrison, from Charlotte, North Carolina, was a student in the North Carolina State College School of Textiles (later North Carolina State University College of Textiles), 1921-1924.
John Rea "Governor" Morrison, from Charlotte, North Carolina, was a student in the North Carolina State College School of Textiles (later North Carolina State University College of Textiles), 1921-1924. During his time at North Carolina State College Morrison was involved in a number of extracurricular activities, including the Tompkins Textile Society, football and track, and the German and French clubs.
The collection consists of notebooks of John Rea Morrison when he was a student in the North Carolina State College School of Textiles (later North Carolina State University College of Textiles), 1921-1924. All three notebooks are entirely handwritten, approximately 30 pages each, covering design and manufacturing of textiles, and carding and spinning topics. The design notebook contains a number of colored fabric designs and discussions of each. The carding and spinning notebooks include many hand-drawn diagrams of textile machinery and detailed explanation of their design and operation.
The collection is arranged in chronological order.
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[Identification of item], John Rea Morrison Papers, MSS 00016, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Transferred from the North Carolina State University Burlington Textiles Library July 2006.
Processed and encoded by Terra Kridler, 2006 November; updated by Susan C. Rodriguez, 2015 November.
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[Identification of item], John Rea Morrison Papers, MSS 00016, 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.