Edward Wolfe Ruggles Scrapbooks and Papers 1918-1971

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Edward Wolfe Ruggles Scrapbooks and Papers 1918-1971

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Two scrapbooks and four folders of material. These are a scrapbook compiled during Ruggles' student days at North Carolina State, which contains clippings and other items relating to academics, athletics, social events, and R.O.T.C., as well as a scrapbook compiled when Ruggles was Director of Extension at North Carolina State, which contains items relating to the extension program and short courses. Also included is correspondence, 1927-1928, regarding Ruggles' thesis and other materials relating to his Master's degree and thesis. Edward Wolfe Ruggles (1900-1982) graduated from North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) in 1922. He was a member of the Electrical Engineering faculty, 1926-1928. Ruggles became Assistant Director of the College's Extension Division in 1928 and Director in 1934. He served in this capacity until his retirement in 1965.

1.0 Linear feet,2 scrapbooks and 4 folders

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Ruggles, Edward Wolfe, 1900-1982.

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Graduated 1922 B.S. Electrical Engineering and M.A. Education in 1928 from North Carolina State College. Educator, Assistant Director, then Director of Extension at North Carolina State University, 1928-1965. By his retirement in 1965, adult education at the university exceeded twelve thousand students as compared to only a few hundred in 1934. As the first man to serve as full-time director of General Extension, Ruggles personally developed two courses which gained national reputations: the Spo...