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The George T. Peoples Notebook on Textile Design, 1921, includes Peoples’s course notes from the classes Senior Designing and Senior Dyeing. Peoples attended North Carolina State College of Agricultural Engineering, now North Carolina State University. He attended the Textile Department in the School of Engineering, which became its own school in 1925 and is now called the Wilson College of Textiles.
George T. Peoples was a senior textile student at the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, now North Carolina State University, in 1921. The Textile Department was founded in 1899 and began with a focus on cotton manufacturing and milling. It expanded in the following year, adding courses in carding and spinning, weaving, textile design, textile chemistry, and milling. The department was also involved in research projects, including an appointment by the United States Government to perform tests on cotton in 1916. Soon after Peoples attended his senior year, the Textile Department separated from the School of Engineering and became its own School of Textiles in 1925. Also in the 1920s, the school added a master’s degree in textile chemistry and dyeing and developed a yarn manufacturing degree. The curriculum and course offerings again expanded after WWII as new textile processes and technology were developed. In 1977, the college opened a new textile design program, and in 2018, it took on the name Wilson College of Textiles after Fred Wilson Jr. donated $28 million to the program. The Wilson College of Textiles is the only college in North America dedicated solely to textiles.
George T. Peoples’s notebook includes his notes from North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering courses in Senior Designing and Senior Dyeing. His notebook includes subjects such as leno weaving, Jacquard designing, patterns, and doups. Also included are diagrams pertaining to patterns and weaving, along with floral designs.
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[Identification of item], George T. Peoples Notebook on Textile Design, MSS 00500, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Transfer from Wake Forest University, 2026 February (Accession 2026.0051).
Processed by: Ella Mayfield, 2026 May; Collection guide written by: Ella Mayfield, 2026 May
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 will require additional advanced notice. Unless noted, digital media are not available online. Copies of unrestricted digital files will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access will be provided to use copies of unrestricted digital files rather than carrier media, such as CDs, DVDs, and floppy disks. Some or all electronic files may be unavailable or restricted due to privacy reasons, agreement with the donor, software is not available to interact with files, or because files cannot be retrieved from original media.
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[Identification of item], George T. Peoples Notebook on Textile Design, MSS 00500, 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.