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Folder information

Title:
Perry W. Spell patents and correspondence, 1953-1976
Description:
This folder contains records related to the interactions between North Carolina State University and inventor Perry W. Spell as they advised and observed Spell's development of agricultural machinery. Two of Spell's inventions discussed in the correspondence and featured in patent diagrams and documents are a cotton-picking apparatus and a soil cultivator.
Topics:
Agriculture
Subjects:
Agricultural inventions
Agricultural machinery
Cotton-picking machinery
Cultivators
Inventors
Patents
Original Format:
Multiple materials (materials for groups)
Item identifier:
ua100_014-001-bx0003-004-000
Coverage Date:
to
Genre:
Administrative records
Correspondence
Patents
Names:
Spell, Perry W. more info on Spell, Perry W. 
North Carolina State College more info on North Carolina State College 
Location:
Roseboro (N.C.)
Digital Project:
Cultivating a Revolution

Source information

Repository:
Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Collection:
North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering Records, 1928-2008 (UA100.014) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Note field:
Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
Rights:
For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).
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.

Scanned folders from the same box

  1. Perry W. Spell patents and correspondence, 1953-1976, Series 1, Box 3, Folder 4 (Current Folder)
  2. University patent committee correspondence and records, 1967-1980
    Series 1, Box 3, Folder 5