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The Ralph Leland Cope Papers consists of materials for an Engineering 100 course at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University). Included are official letters, as well as quizzes, assignments, a School of Engineering placement report, and various articles about academic and professional development. Also included are materials related to freshman orientation, student advising, aptitude tests and scoring, and the industrial engineering curriculum. The materials date from between 1949 and 1955.
An alumnus of Pennsylvania State College, Ralph Leland Cope (1904-1981) was a professor of Industrial Engineering at North Carolina State University from 1938 to 1969.
Ralph Leland Cope (1904-1981) received his B.S.M.E., B.S.Ind.E., and M.E.D. from Pennsylvania State University. He was a professor of industrial engineering at North Carolina State University from 1938 to 1969.
The Ralph Leland Cope Papers consists of materials for an Engineering 100 course. Included are official North Carolina State University letters, as well as quizzes, assigments, a School of Engineering placement report and various articles about academic and professional development. Also included are materials related to freshman orientation, student advising, aptitude tests and scoring, and the industrial engineering curriculum. The materials were originally bound in one folder and date from between 1949 and 1955.
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[Identification of item], Ralph Leland Cope Papers, MSS 00050, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Gifts of Ralph Leland Cope, 1968-1970 (Accession no. 1968-0009, 1969-0020, 1970-0015).
This collection originally contained two books about blacksmithing and foundry work collected by Ralph Cope. The volumes have been integrated into the library's Rare Books Collection. Please check the NC State University library catalog:
Processed and encoded by Jennifer McElroy, 2006 February; updated by Susan C. Rodriguez, 2015 November.
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[Identification of item], Ralph Leland Cope Papers, MSS 00050, 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.