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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, Student and Other Organizations, North Carolina Student Legislature, North Carolina State University Delegation Records, UA 021.479, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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The North Carolina Student Legislature (NCSL) was established in 1937, and is the oldest active student legislature in the country. Membership in the NCSL is open to undergraduate students from any public or private four-year college or university in the state of North Carolina, with approximately thirty such institutions annually represented. The purpose of the NCSL is to allow students a first-hand experience with the legislative process, while promoting public speaking and social networking skills development. The NCSL also promotes the state-wide discussion of topics important to college students, often leading to proposals presented before local, state, and national politicians. The NCSL has also been known informally as the "State Student Legislature."
North Carolina State University began participating in the NCSL in or before 1948. The university's student enrollment at that time allowed for up to twenty-five delegates to be sent to annual meetings (a figure which was used at least through 1978), though in some years, the university was represented by fewer than twenty-five students. Meetings of the NCSL were often held at the state governmental buildings in downtown Raleigh, just a few miles from the NC State campus. North Carolina State University maintained an active delegation in the North Carolina Student Legislature as of 2008.
The records of North Carolina State University's delegation to the North Carolina Student Legislature (NCSL) contain a small amount of materials on NC State student delegates (including clipping, correspondence, rosters, and other general information), as well as materials from Legislative meetings, including committee reports, bills and resolutions, general information from meetings, the NCSL's constitution, and various items submitted by other universities in the Legislature. Materials range in date from 1948 to 1978.
Materials are arranged in two series. The first series, North Carolina State University, contains materials created by or specifically concerning NC State delegates. The second series, North Carolina Student Legislature, contains materials created and distributed either by the Legislature at large, or by the delegations of other universities involved in the Legislature. Within each series, materials are arranged alphabetically by topic.
This series contains items created and maintained by North Carolina State University delegates to the North Carolina Student Legislature. Records in this series document these delegates' activities in relation to the university.
This series contains items created or distributed by the North Carolina Student Legislature and delegates from other member universities to delegates from North Carolina State University. Records in this series document the activities of the North Carolina Student Legislature.