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The Esther Mechler Papers consists of papers and artifacts documenting Mechler's interest and participation in the animal rights and animal welfare movement. It includes writings by individuals and organizations, as well as published volumes and periodicals. Correspondence about animal or animal rights-related issues and the background work for two of Mechler's animal rights projects are also present, as well as audiovisual materials and memorabilia from various animal rights or animal welfare groups and events. Esther Mechler has been involved with the animal rights and animal welfare movement since the 1970s. An instrumental figure in several organizations, she was a founding member of both the Fairfield County, Connecticut branch of Friends of the Animals, and the national Animal Rights Network. Mechler worked to create and distribute animal protection related audio-visual materials and has also been particularly active in the area of preventing pet overpopulation. In 1990 she founded Spay/USA, a national referral service for low-cost spay/neutering. Less

The Eugene Wilson Brown Architectural Blueprints of the Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Brim Vacation Home consists of 1 roll of architectural blueprints of the Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Brim Vacation Home in Lake Gaston, Warren County, North Carolina, dating to 1976. It was commissioned around 1972 and was built over many weekends by the owners. The architecture is representative of Eugene Wilson Brown's modernist residential designs. Eugene (Gene) Wilson Brown (1938- ) was a Raleigh modernist architect who was known for his residential designs and downtown revitalization projects. Born in Oxford, North Carolina, and raised in a number of North Carolina towns, he graduated from Durham High School in Durham, North Carolina, and went on to receive a Bachelor of Architecture from the North Carolina State University School of Design in 1964, and a Master of Architecture and Urban Design from Washington University. He worked in University Planning at both NC State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and in 1982 established his own private practice in Raleigh, North Carolina. Less

The F. Carter Williams Drawings and Files, 1928, 1940-1994, contain drawings and project files for many buildings designed by F. Carter Williams and his firm. Included are blueprints for the Mr. and Mrs. Guy H. Branaman residence in Raleigh, North Carolina, blueprints for the F. Carter Williams residence, as well as blueprints of other residential projects, churches, and schools. Also included are drawings and blueprints for projects at North Carolina universities, including Duke, North Carolina State, East Carolina, and Meredith. There are project files for many of the same buildings, as well as for several state buildings, including the North Carolina Legislative Building, and building at several parks. Fred Carter Williams (1912-2000) was a Raleigh, North Carolina, architect who designed more than 600 projects throughout the state of North Carolina. Less

The Fieldcrest Mills records primarily contain building plans, site plans, elevations, sections, details, structural and electrical systems drawings and engineering plans for Fieldcrest Mills. These plans are related to a variety of textile mill warehouses located in Leaksville, Spray, and later Eden, North Carolina. Fieldcrest Mills was a Marshall Fields Company that produced an assortment of textiles including blankets, bedspreads, towels, bed sheets, bath accessories, bath rugs, rugs and furniture coverings; their warehouses were located in Draper, Leaksville and Spray, North Carolina. These three towns combined in 1967 to become Eden, North Carolina. The company changed in 1986 when Fieldcrest Mills merged with Cannon Mills of Kannapolis, North Carolina, becoming Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc. Then in 1997 the Pillowtex Corporation acquired the Fieldcrest Cannon Company. Less

The Frances M. Richardson Papers document Professor Frances Marian (Billie) Richardson’s career at North Carolina State University as a research professor, scientific investigator, administrator, and instructor in the School (now College) of Engineering. Dating from 1928 to 2000, with the bulk of material from 1951 to 1993, the collection includes reports, proposals, publications, conference handouts, research notebooks, notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and one 16 mm film. The collection also documents Richardson’s involvement in a variety of professional societies, such as the Society of Women Engineers and Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, and her professional development outside of the university. Much of her research and teaching focused on topics in chemical and biomedical engineering, and the collection contains research, advising, and course materials related to these areas of study. Frances Marian (Billie) Richardson (1922-2018) was the first woman faculty member of the School (now College) of Engineering at North Carolina State University. From 1951 to 1980, she was a research associate professor in the Department of Engineering Research, and held various teaching positions at NC State University until her retirement in 1992. Her research and publications focused on the areas of fluid mechanics and infrared imaging thermography, as well as respiratory physiology and tracing the flow of non-Newtonian fluids using radioactive tracer displacement techniques. Richardson received a B. S. in chemistry from Roanoke College in 1943 and an M. S. in chemistry from the University of Cincinnati in 1947. Less

The Frances Massey Collection of Phi Psi Records, 1929, 1972-1989 and undated, contain publications and photographs related to Phi Psi Fraternity, a national textile professional fraternity. Frances Wilson Massey (1929-) was the first female faculty member in the College of Textiles at North Carolina State University, where she taught from 1963 to 1993. In the 1970s, she became the first female member of Phi Psi, the national textile professional fraternity. Less

The Frank Hamilton Jeter Papers document Jeter's work in the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, as well as his tenure as agricultural editor and director of publications at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University). Jeter served North Carolina State College as agricultural editor from 1914-1920, and as director of publications from 1922 until his death in 1955. no content Less

The Frank Harmon Papers, 1961-2019, document the professional activities of Harmon and his architectural firm. The collection is arranged into eight series: Project Files, Drawings, Photographs, Architectural Models, Office Files, Digital Media, Harwell Hamilton Harris Files, and Web Content. Project files include correspondence with clients. Architectural drawings include iterations of designs, as well as final construction documents. Photographs document the construction process. Article files concern Harmon’s publications. Models exist for a limited number of projects. Web content contains the official website of Harmon's firm and a Tumblr collecting sketches and other materials by Frank Harmon. Also included in the collection are architectural drawings by Harmon's close friend, architect Harwell Hamilton Harris, and files from Jean Murray Bangs Harris. Frank Harmon is a renowned modernist architect in Raleigh, North Carolina, and attended North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) School of Design from 1959 to 1962. Later, he taught at his alma mater for more than 20 years. Born in Georgia in 1941, Harmon was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. After attending NC State University, he went on to graduate from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, England, in 1967. He stayed in London for 11 years, beginning his first practice there. From 1979 to 1981, Harmon was a visiting professor at Auburn University’s School of Architecture and Fine Arts. In 1981, he established his own firm in Raleigh, North Carolina: Frank Harmon Architect. Since 1992, his firm has won more professional association design awards than any firm in North Carolina for both residential and commercial projects. In 1995, the firm was awarded the Kamphoefner Prize for innovative modern design over a ten- year period. Harmon became an American Institute of Architects (AIA) Fellow in 1988. In 2005 Residential Architect named the company Firm of the Year. Less

This collection includes a cartoon of NC State football running back Ted Brown passing a "200 yards" sign and using a tractor to run over a UNC player. It includes "34 to 7," a reference to the game played October 21, 1978 when NC State defeated Carolina. The cartoon is signed by Frank Harville. Ted Brown was a running back for the Wolfpack football team from 1975 to 1978. He helped lead NC State to the Peach Bowl in 1975 and 1977 as well as the Tangerine Bowl in 1978. They were champions in the 1977 Peach Bowl and Tangerine Bowl. Brown earned many individual honors as well: he was ACC Rookie of the Year, a four-time first-team All-ACC winner, and MVP of the Tangerine Bowl. He rushed for 4,602 yards during his college career. No information could be located regarding the illustrator, Frank Harville. Less

The Frank Houston Smith Papers consist of documents related to Smith and Drs. John O. Halverson and Francis W. Sherwood, two of his colleagues at the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station (later Agricultural Research Service) at the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University). The bulk of the collection, 1929-1942, consists of professional correspondence of Halverson regarding gossypol, a toxin in cotton plants and cottonseed meal. Frank Houston Smith (b. 1903) of Cornelius, North Carolina, was a researcher and professor of animal nutrition at North Carolina State University from 1928 to 1973. He specialized in research on gossypol. Less

This collection of photographs contains black-and-white photographic prints depicting NC State baseball coaches Vic Sorrel and Sam Esposito, was well as the 1968 College World Series-winning team. These were owned by Frank Weedon and may have been displayed in his office on the NC State campus. Frank Weedon (1931-2013) had a long career in NC State Athletics from 1960 to 1996. He was the Sports Information Director until 1971 when he became Assistant Athletics Director. In retirement, he assumed the role of unofficial NC State athletics historian. Less

The Frederick L. Wellman Papers contain items relating to Wellman's plant pathology research. The collection includes correspondence, reports, publications, newspaper articles, manuscript materials, and photographs detailing Wellman's work on Fusarium and coffee rust disease (Hemileia vastatrix). Items in this collection date from 1915 to 1981, with the bulk of the materials dating from the 1950s to the early 1970s. Frederick Lovejoy Wellman (1897-1994) was a plant pathologist most known for his reasearch on coffee rust disease (Hemileia vastatrix). Wellman also studied other plant diseases, chiefly in Latin America. Less

The papers of Frederick Morgan Haig contain biographical information, North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) catalogs, publications, photographs, information on short courses in dairy production, newspaper clippings, recognition certificates, general business correspondence, and letters of congratulations on Haig's retirement in 1961. Frederick Morgan Haig served on the faculty of North Carolina State University for 42 years as a professor of dairy husbandry. Haig was a native of Washington, D.C. He was a graduate of the University of Maryland, and served in World War I as an infantry lieutenant before joining the N.C. State faculty in 1919. Haig received an M.S. in animal husbandry from N.C. State in 1922. Haig died in 1968 at the age of seventy. Less

The Frederick Schenck Barkalow Papers include materials related to Barkalow's career, research, and service in environmental and conservation organizations. The papers include correspondence, materials on environmental issues, organizational materials, teaching materials, photographs, published material, and Barkalow's extensive research into the gray squirrel. Frederick Schenck Barkalow Jr. (1914-1982) served as a professor of zoology at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) from 1947 to 1979. He taught and researched extensively, and among his many publications was an in-depth study of the gray squirrel. Less

The Frederick Siler Sloan Papers consist of course outlines and notes on Agricultural Extension classes at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) during Sloan's tenure as senior staff member of that department, 1950-1962. Frederick Siler Sloan (1907-1983) received his B.A. in Horticulture from North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) in 1928. He served as an agricultural official and professor at North Carolina State's Agricultural Extension Service from 1928 to 1969. He also served as North Carolina State College contact officer for foreign visitors. In this capacity he helped arrange programs for about 4,000 students and visitors from 135 countries. Less

This collection includes two scrapbooks that contain photographs, newspaper clippings and letters from the Future Farmers of America Coats Chapter, Coats High School, Coats, North Carolina, documenting the organization from 1959 to 1962. The scrapbooks were created during the time when Murry O. Phillips taught vocational agriculture at Coats High School and contain letters to Phillips from business and civic leaders and from his state department of public instruction supervisors as well as other items documenting Phillips's life and career, especially his work with the Future Farmers of America organization. Future Farmers of America, later known as the National FFA Organization, was founded in 1928. The organization brings together students, teachers and agribusiness to solidify support for agricultural education in middle and high schools where members are engaged in a wide range of curriculum and FFA activities leading to career opportunities in agriculture. There was an active chapter of Future Farmers of America in at Coats High School in Harnett County, North Carolina, during the time when Murry O. Phillips taught vocational agriculture there. Less