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Folder information

Title:
Kenneth L. Knight notebook on pesticides, 1969-1970
Description:
This folder contains a spiral-bound notebook which holds a compiling of correspondence and other office records related to North Carolina State University Entomology professor Kenneth L. Knight's work on easing restrictions on the use of pesticides in agriculture. As a member of N. C. State's School of Agriculture and Life Science's Agricultural Chemicals Advisory Committee, Knight made the argument that the benefits of using chemical pesticides outweighed the problems, especially when scientific developments were creating efficient pesticides that were less harmful to humans. He and his colleagues presented this before the North Carolina Department of Agriculture's Pesticide Regulation Subcommittee to convince them to change state legislation as a way to help improve North Carolina's farmers and agricultural industry. The notebook contains Knight's proposed "Pesticide Use and Application Act." Other records include memorandums and correspondence, articles (including editorials and newsclippings), legislative guidelines, newsletters, and the poem "In Balance with Nature" by John Carew.
Topics:
Agriculture
Entomology
Subjects:
Agricultural laws and legislation
Committees
Entomology
Insect pests
Pesticides
Original Format:
Typescript
Spiral binding
Item identifier:
ua100_017-001-bx0001-007-000
Coverage Date:
to
Genre:
Administrative records
Names:
Knight, Kenneth L. (Kenneth Lee), 1915- more info on Knight, Kenneth L. (Kenneth Lee), 1915- 
Shell Oil Company more info on Shell Oil Company 
North Carolina. Department of Agriculture more info on North Carolina. Department of Agriculture 
North Carolina State University. School of Agriculture and Life Sciences more info on North Carolina State University. School of Agriculture and Life Sciences 
Location:
North Carolina
Digital Project:
Cultivating a Revolution

Source information

Repository:
Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Collection:
North Carolina State University, Department of Entomology Records, 1932-2005 (UA100.017) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Note field:
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Rights:
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Funding:
Digitization of this resource was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.