The William Edward Shinn Papers, 1929-1975, contains items relating to Shinn's career at North Carolina State College (later University) as a student, professor, and department head. The majority of the materials document Shinn's professional teaching career at the university as well as his research on various textile and knitting ...
MoreThe William Edward Shinn Papers, 1929-1975, contains items relating to Shinn's career at North Carolina State College (later University) as a student, professor, and department head. The majority of the materials document Shinn's professional teaching career at the university as well as his research on various textile and knitting technologies. A small number of personal materials are also included. William Edward Shinn (1900-1995) received a B.S. in Textiles from North Carolina State College (later University) in 1924, and later that year organized and taught the first knitting course offered by NC State. Shinn received an M.S. in Textiles from NC State in 1929, and taught courses in knitting technology at Clemson University from 1929 to 1935, and then at NC State from 1935 to 1969. In 1942, Shinn was promoted to Head of the Department of Knitting Technology at NC State. Shinn had numerous publications during his career, and made a valuable contribution to medicine in the 1950s when he produced the first knitted artificial aorta.
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