North Carolina State University, University Archives Reference Collection, Institutional Histories 1877-2023

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4.5 linear feet (9 archival boxes); 3 kilobytes; 1 file
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UA 050.002

The University Archives Reference Collection, Institutional Histories subgroup contain clippings, correspondence, news releases, publications, reports, speeches, and related materials concerning the University's various colleges, departments, institutes, and other entities. This is an artificial collection and is maintained by Special Collections staff.

North Carolina State University was established in 1887 as the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (A&M College). The College opened in 1889 with one building - the current Holladay Hall - six faculty, and courses in the agricultural and mechanical arts, adding a curriculum in applied science in 1893. By the turn of the century the College had grown to some half dozen buildings, about 300 students, and had begun to diversify its curricula. In 1917, the institution's name was changed to North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (State College). In 1931 the College greatly reworked its curricula as it underwent consolidation. Along with North Carolina College for Women and the University of North Carolina, it became a part of the Consolidated University of North Carolina,. North Carolina State is now one of the constituent institutions of the multi-campus University of North Carolina system, having received university status, and, after some controversy, assumed its current name in 1965. As of 2007, N.C. State had a student body of nearly 30,000, nearly two thousand faculty, and research and program expenditures of over $440 million.

Biographical/historical note

North Carolina State University was established in 1887 as the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (A&M College). The College opened in 1889 with one building - the current Holladay Hall - six faculty, and courses in the agricultural and mechanical arts, adding a curriculum in applied science in 1893. By the turn of the century the College had grown to some half dozen buildings, about 300 students, and had begun to diversify its curricula. In 1917, the institution's name was changed to North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (State College). In 1931 the College greatly reworked its curricula as it underwent consolidation. Along with North Carolina College for Women and the University of North Carolina, it became a part of the Consolidated University of North Carolina,. North Carolina State is now one of the constituent institutions of the multi-campus University of North Carolina system, having received university status, and, after some controversy, assumed its current name in 1965. As of 2007, N.C. State had a student body of nearly 30,000, nearly two thousand faculty, and research and program expenditures of over $440 million.

Scope/content

The University Archives Reference Collection, Institutional Histories subgroup contain clippings, correspondence, news releases, publications, reports, speeches, and related materials concerning the University's various colleges, departments, institutes, and other entities. This is an artificial collection and is maintained by Special Collections staff.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged alphabetically, with the exception of files titled "University History, General" preceding the rest of the collection.

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The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.

This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.

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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, University Archives Reference Collection, Institutional Histories, UA 050.002, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

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Items collected from various sources, including university publications, area newspapers, and other University Archives collections. This is an ongoing collection.

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Digital materials processed by William Boyer 2023, July.

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University History, General 1924-1941
Box 1
University History, General 1942-1954
Box 1
University History, General 1955-1960
Box 1
University History, General 1961-1969
Box 1
University History, General 1970-1979
Box 1
University History, General 1980-1996
Box 1
University History, General undated
Box 1
University History, Master's Theses 1984, undated
Box 1
University History, "Here and There on the Campus of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts" circa 1917
Box 1
University History, "Random Sketches" from "The Technician" 1922-1925
Box 1
Academic and Student Affairs, Division of 2012, 2015
Box 1
Adult and Community College Education, Dept. of 2014
Box 9
Advanced Architectural Studies [Digital File] 2022
Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering 2003
Box 1
African American Cultural Center 2018
Box 9
African American Cultural Center [Digital File] 2023
African American Faculty and Staff Organization [Digital File] 2023
Agriculture, School of 1962
Box 2
Agricultural and Human Sciences, Department of 2016
Box 9
Agriculture and Life Sciences, School of circa 1979
Box 9
Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of 2008, 2013

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Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of [Digital File] 2023
Agricultural and Life Sciences, College Of- Reorganization 2015
Box 9
Agricultural Chemistry 1877-1927
Box 1
Agricultural Economics 1962-1994, undated
Box 1
Agricultural Engineering 1979
Box 1
Agricultural Experiment Station 1955-1990
Box 2
Agricultural and Extension Education, Department of 2002
Box 9
Agricultural Extension Service 1938-1967
Box 2
Agricultural Extension Service Logo 1934-1968
Box 2
Agricultural Information 1962
Box 2
Agricultural Institute 1967-2005
Box 2
Agricultural Policy Institute 1967
Box 2
Agricultural Research Service, General 1986
Box 2
Agricultural and Resource Economics 2002-2003
Box 2
Agronomy 1956-1986, undated
Box 2
Alumni Association 1952-2003
Box 2
Analytical Instrumentation Facility 2018, 2021
Box 9
Analytical Instrumentation Facility [Digital File] 2023
Animal Science 1927-2003
Box 2
Architecture, School of 2002, 2017
Box 9
Art + Design, Department of 2002
Box 9
Athletics, Basketball undated
Box 3
Band 2009
Box 8
Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research [Digital File] 2022
Biological and Agricultural Engineering 1956-2009
Box 3
Biological Sciences, Institute of 1982
Box 3
Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC) 2010 (Accession 2018.0232)
Box 10
Biomedical Engineering 2004-2010, 2014
Box 3
Black Alumni Society 2007
Box 3
Black Male Initiative [Digital File] 2022
Board of Trustees 2002, 2009, 2015, 2020
Box 8
Board of Visitors 2014
Box 10
Botany (and Plant Biology) 1928-2007, undated, 2015
Box 3
Broadcasting 1970
Box 3
Business Administration, Name Change 2008
Box 3
CAMCORE 2006
Box 3
Campus Enterprises Division 2009
Box 8
Campus Environmental Safety Team (CEST) 2004
Box 3
Campus Planning undated
Box 3
Campus Police 2010
Box 8
Centennial Campus 2015
Box 10
Centennial Campus [Digital File] 2023
Centennial Campus - List of Partners 1995-2022 [Digital Files] 2016- 2022 (Accession 2022.0011)
Size: 146 kilobytes; 3 files

Included are 2 Microsoft Excel for Windows files and 1 Microsoft Excel 97 Workbook (xls) File

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Centennial Campus - List of New Partners 2022 2022 (2023.0072)
Size: 3 kilobytes; 1 file

Included is 1 CSV file.

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Center for Excellence in Curricular Engagement 2009
Box 8
Center for Marine Science and Technology (CMAST) 1997, 2019
Box 3
Center Stage 2002
Box 3
Ceramic Engineering, Department of 1952
Box 8
Chancellor's First Year Leadership Program 2013
Box 10
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 2008
Box 3
Chemical Engineering 1924-1996, 2002
Box 3
Chemistry 1956-1987
Box 3
Civil Engineering 2002-2003
Box 3
Collaborative Evolution Center 2004
Box 3
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences 2011
Box 3
College of Sciences 2013
Box 3
College of Textiles, Textiles School Bill 1899 (Accession 2019.0145)
Box 10
College Pipeline Initiative 2013
Box 10
Comparative Medicine Institute 2015
Compost Facility and Research Cooperative [Digital File] 2020
Computer Science 2003-2009, 2017

"Conversations: A History of the N.C. State University Department of Computer Science 2007-2017" were accessioned under the number 2022.0028.

Box 3
Computer Science [Digital Files] 2023
Confucius Institute 2007
Box 3
Consortium for Nonproliferation Enabling Capabilities 2014
Box 10
Constructed Facilities Laboratory 2010
Box 10
Contemporary Art Museum 2011
Box 3
Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites 2009
Box 8
Cooperative Sport Fishery Unit 1967
Box 3
Counseling Center 1976
Box 3
Crafts Center 2002
Box 3
Crop Science 1986-2003, 2014
Box 3
Crop Science and Soil Science, Department of 2016
Box 10
Dance Program 2002
Box 3
Data Sciences Initiative (DSI) 2014
Box 8
Design, College (School) of (folder 1) 1966-2009
Box 8
Design, College of (folder 2) 1966-2023
Box 8
Design, College of [Digital File] 2023-2024
Design, College of, and School of Architecture, Name Change 2000
Box 3
Disability Resource Office 2018
Box 10
Digital Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA) 2002, 2015
Box 10
Diversity and Inclusion, Office for 2008
Box 9
Division of Undergraduate Affairs 2002
Box 10
Economics and Business (folder 1 of 2) 1978
Box 3
Economics and Business (folder 2 of 2) 1978
Box 3
Education, College of 1972-2010, 2014, 2016
Box 9
Education, College of [Digital File] 2023-2024
Education Research and Leadership and Counselor Education, Dept. of 2014
Box 10
Educational Leadership Policy and Human Development, Department of 2015
Box 10
Electric Meter School 1981
Box 3
Electrical Engineering 1933
Box 4
Electrical and Computer Engineering 1989
Box 9; Box 4
Emerging Issues, Institute for [Digital Object] 2023-2024
Engineering, College of 1952-2008, undated, 2014, 2017
Box 4
Engineering, College of [Digital Object] 2013, 2023, 2024
Engineering Experiment Station 1923-1925
Box 4
Engineering, Minority Programs 2014
Box 4
Engineering Research Center 2008
Box 8
English, Department of 2017
Box 10
Enrollment Management and Services 2006
Box 4
Entomology 1956-2003
Box 8; Box 4
Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Department of 2002, 2008-2009, 2014
Box 8
Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Name Change 2000
Box 4
European Center in Prague [Digital File] 2022-2024
Extension Division (known sometimes as College Extension; it later became part of the McKimmon Center.) 1961-1965
Box 4
Extension and Research Administration 1992
Box 4
Extension Toxicology 2002
Box 9
Facilities Division 2007-2008
Box 4
Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning 2007
Box 4
Faculty Club 1960
Box 4
Family and Consumer Services Department (see also Home Economics/Home Demonstration) 1999-2006
Box 4
Finance and Administration (formerly Finance and Business) 2010, 2015, 2016
Box 10
Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, Name Change 2007
Box 8; Box 4
Food Processing Innovation Center 2017
Box 10
Food Science 1978-2007
Box 4
Foreign Languages and Literatures 2002
Box 4
Forensic Sciences Institute 2014
Box 10
Forestry (and Envrionmental Resources) 1947-2007
Box 4
4-H 1939-2009
Box 9
4-H Historical Information, L. R. Harrill History (1 of 2) 1939
Box 9
4-H Historical Information, L. R. Harrill History (2 of 2) 1939
Box 9
Friday Institute 2009
Box 9
Friends of the Library 2011 (Accession 2011.0222)
Box 10
Friends of the Library [digital file] 2011 (Accession 2011.0223)

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Future Renewable Electric Engery Delivery and Management Systems Center 2009
Box 9
Gallery of Art and Design 2002-2005
Box 4
Gamma Sigma Delta 1973-1983
Box 4
Genetics 1962, 2002
Box 4
Global One Health Academy [Digital File] 2022
Graduate Institute of Extension Education 1967
Box 4
Graduate School 1960-2002,2014
Box 4
Graphic Design, Department of 2002, 2009
Box 9
Gregg Museum of Art and Design 2008-2009
Box 9
Hatteras Marine Research Station 1967
Box 4
Health and Exercise Studies, Department of (formerly Physical Education) 2012, 2023
Box 10
Health and Exercise Studies, Department of (formerly Physical Education) [Digital File] 2024
History, Department of 2012
Box 9
Hofmann Forest 1973, 2012
Box 4
Home Economics/Home Demonstration 1945-1970
Box 4
Horticultural Science 1956-2003
Box 8; Box 5
Howling Cow [Digital File] 2022-2023
Humanities, School of 1950-1963
Box 5
Humanities and Social Sciences, College of 2008-2009,2014
Box 9
India Project 1967
Box 5
Information Technology, Office of 2002, 2007
Box 8
Industrial and Technical Education, Department of 1966
Box 5
Industrial Arts Education 1975-1977
Box 5
Industrial Design, Department of 2002, 2009
Box 9
Industrial Engineering 2002-2005
Box 5; Box 9
Industrial Extension Service 1968-2005, 2015
Box 5
Institute for Advanced Analytics 2006-2007, 2022
Box 5
Institute for Advanced Analytics [Digital File] 2023
Institutional Research Office 1983
Box 5
Integrated Sciences Initiative [Digital File] 2022
Jenkins MBA Program 2015
Box 10
Jenkins Professional Online MBA Program 2015, 2016
Box 10
Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Dispora Studies 2014
Box 9
Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science 2009
Box 9
Laboratory for Analytic Sciences 2013
Box 9
Laboratory for Analytic Sciences [Digital Files] 2023
Land Scrip Fund 1961
Box 5
Landscape Architecture 1962-1968, 2002
Box 5
Leadership in Public Sector Program [Digital File] 2022
LGBTQ Pride Center 2007-2014, 2018, 2019
Box 4
LGBTQ Pride Center [Digital File] 2023
Libraries 1939-2009, 2016, 2018
Box 9
Libraries [Digital File] 2024
Man-in-Simulant Test Lab 2008
Box 8
Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences 1979, undated
Box 5
Materials Science and Engineering 1983-2002
Box 5; Box 9
Mathematics, Department of 1952-2003
Box 9; Box 5
Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, Department of 1928-2009
Box 5
Mathematics, Science of Tech Ed. 2014
MBA Program 2010, 2014
Box 10
MeadWestvaco Undated
Box 9
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Department of 1966
Box 5
Microbiology, Department of 1976-2009
Box 10
Microbiology, Pathology, and Parasitology, Department of 2002
Box 10
Military & Veteran Resource Center 2016
Box 10
Minerals Research Laboratory 1970
Box 5
Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, Department of 2000, 2017
Box 5
Multicultural Student Affairs, Department of 2017
Box 10
Multidisciplinary Studies, Division of 2014
Box 10
Music, Department of 2002-2008, undated
Box 5
Name Changes, General 1971-2008
Box 5
Natural Learning Initiative 2015
Box 10
Next Generation Power Electronics Innovation Institute 2014
Box 10
Nonwovens Institute 2007
Box 5
Natural Resources, College of 1979, 2000-2014, 2019 (Accession 2019.0278)
Box 5
NC Plant Sciences Initiative 2019
Box 10
NC State Continuing and Lifelong Education Center (Formerly McKimmon Center) 2004
Box 8
NC State Continuing and Lifelong Education Center (Formerly McKimmon Center) [Digital File] 2022
New Horizons Choir 2018
Box 5
North Carolina Center for Coastal Algae, People and Environment (NC C-CAPE) [Digital File] 2024
North Carolina Center for Education in Politics 1967
Box 5
North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center 2010, 2014-2015
Box 10
North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center [Digital File] 2023
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service 1991-2008, 2014, 2023
Box 8
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service [Digital Files] 2023
North Carolina Department of Agriculture 1975
Box 5
North Carolina Japan Center 1984
Box 5
North Carolina Japan Center [Digital File] 2023
North Carolina State University Solar House 2014
Box 5
North Carolina State University Foundation 1977
Box 5
North Carolina Research Campus 2013, 2014
Box 5
Northeast Leadership Academy 2014
Box 5
Nuclear Engineering, Department of 1991-2009, 2014, 2015
Box 5; Box 10
Nuclear Engineering, Department of [Digital File] 2023
Nutrition Research 1986
Box 6
Occupational Education 1977
Box 6
Outreach and Engagement, Office of [Digital File] 2023
Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management 1998-2007
Box 6; Box 10
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Department of 2009
Box 10
Physical and Mathematical Sciences, College of 1960-2010
Box 6; Box 10
Physics, Department of 1959, 2017
Box 10
Plant and Soil Sciences, Name Change 2008
Box 6
Plant Biology, Department of 2009
Box 10
Plant Pathology 1956-1962, 2002
Box 6
Plant Pathology in North Carolina 1776-1976
Box 6
Poole College of Management 2000-2014
Box 6
Poole College of Management 2014-2016
Box 6
Poultry Science 1931-2005
Box 6
Print Shop 1973
Box 6
Provost's Office 1993
Box 10; Box 6
Psychology 1970-2003
Box 6
Radio Stations (folder 1 of 2) 1952-1970, undated
Box 6
Radio Stations (folder 2 of 2) 1952-1970, undated
Box 7
Raleigh Chamber Music Guild 1973, undated
Box 7
Recreation Resources Administration 1979
Box 7
Research, Extension and Engagement, Office of 2002
Box 10
Research, Innovation + Economic Development, Office of 2015, 2016
Box 10
Research and Graduate Studies 1976
Box 7
Research and Innovation, Office of [Digital File] 2023
Resource Management and Information Systems 2005
Box 7
Reserved Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) 1927-1969
Box 7
Science House [Digital File] 2020, 2024
Science, Technology, and Society Program 2014
Box 10
Office of International Affairs 2006, 2017
Box 6
Sciences, College of 2012
Box 10
Sciences, College of [Digital File] 2023
Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute 2016
Box 10
Social Studies 1962
Box 7
Social Work 2003
Box 7
Sociology 1956-1986
Box 7
Sociology and Anthropology 1966-2006
Southeast Climate Science Center 2010, 2014, 2017
Box 10
Sciences, College of 2012-2013, 2015, 2017
Box 9
Soil Science 1989, 2002
Box 7; Box 10
Southeast Regional Climate Hub (SERCH) 2014
Box 10
Staff Ombuds Services 2017
Box 10
State Climate Office of North Carolina 2003
Box 7
Statistics 1955-2010
Box 7; Box 10
Student Government 1954-1999
Box 7
Student Leadership and Engagement, Office of [Digital File] 2021
Student Media 2008-2009
Box 10
Specialized (shared) Research Facilities 2014
Box 10
Student Supply Store 1960-1988
Box 7
Study Abroad Office 2009
Box 10
Sustainability, Office of 2008
Box 7
Talley Student Center 2009
Box 10
Teacher Education and Learning Sciences, Department of 2015
Box 10
Technician 1939, 2020
Box 7
Technology Commercialization & New Ventures, Office of 2016
Box 10
Textile and Apparel Technology and Management, Department of
Box 10
Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science 2002
Box 10
Textile Protection and Comfort Center 2019
Box 10
Textiles, Wilson College of 1958-2009, 2013, 2016, 2018
Box 10; Box 7
Textiles, Wilson College of [Digital Files] 2023-2024
Transfer Connections Village [Digital File] 2022
Transition Program 2009
Box 10
Transportation 2008
Box 7
Tobacco Literature Service 1967
Box 7
United Student Fellowship 2018
Box 5
University Archives / Special Collections 1965-1995
Box 8
University College 2015
Box 10
University Dining 1998-2009
Box 10; Box 8
University Health Services 1940-1960
Box 8
University Honors Program [Digital File] 2022
University Real Estate 2015
Box 10
University Studies, Division of 1970-1975
Box 8
University Theatre Circa 2000-2002
Box 8
Visual Aids Department circa 1954
Box 8
Water Resources Research Institute 1967-2003
Box 8
William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation 2004 (Accession 2018.0247)
Box 10
William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation [Digital File] 2007, 2023
Women's Center [Digital Files] 2021
Wood and Paper Science 1957-2007
Box 10; Box 8
Writers' Workshop 1962-1966
Box 8
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) 1942-1949
Box 8
Veterinary Medicine, College of 1970-2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2022
Box 8
Veterinary Medicine, College of [Digital Files] 2022-2023
Youth, Family, and Community Sciences, Department of 2014
Box 10
Zoology 1927-1977, 2002
Box 8
University History, General 1889-1921
Box 1
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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, University Archives Reference Collection, Institutional Histories, UA 050.002, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Use of these materials

The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.

The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.

This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.