- Creator
- North Carolina State University. Department of Microbiology
- Size
- 8 linear feet (16 archival boxes); 1 website
- Call number
- UA 100.023
The records for the North Carolina State University Department of Microbiology contain general administrative files, department head correspondence, financial records, departmental reviews, annual reports, information about faculty research projects, information about graduate fellowships and assistantships, and a large amount of grant and trust fund records. Included is information about research at the Agricultural Experiment Station, research done with the Peanut Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP), records from the Institute of Biological Sciences, information about Sweet Acidophilus Milk research, and Gardner Hall renovation plans.
Courses in bacteriology have been offered at North Carolina State University since 1894-1895, when one course was offered through the Department of Horticulture, Aboriculture, and Botany. In the following decades, the program gradually expanded as several new courses were added. During the 1950s bacteriology began to establish a larger presence at North Carolina State College. Increased faculty support led to more research, course offerings, and funding. The program continued to grow with the approval of a doctoral degree in 1961, and the Department of Microbiology was officially established in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 1965. As of 2010, the Department of Microbiology employs over fifteen faculty members and enrolls over 35 graduate students. It offers a doctoral degree, three Master's degrees, and an undergraduate major and minor.
Biographical/historical note
Courses in bacteriology have been offered at North Carolina State University since 1894-1895, when a course in bacteriology was offered through the Department of Horticulture, Aboriculture, and Botany. In the following decades, the program gradually expanded as several new courses were added, such as Advanced Bacteriology in 1905 and Soil Microbiology in 1931. A course in Dairy Bacteriology was taught from 1899 to 1916 and then added again in 1945.
During the 1950s bacteriology began to establish a larger presence at NC State University. Increased faculty support led to more research, course offerings, and funding. The program continued to grow with the approval of a doctoral degree in 1961, and the Department of Microbiology was officially established in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 1965. In 1967, the Department moved into its first permanent home, a newly constructed addition to Gardner Hall. In 2013 the programs of the Department of Microbiology were subsumed under the new Department of Biological Sciences in the new College of Sciences.
List of Department Heads
2004-2007
Geraldine Luginbuhl, Interim Head
2007-2011
Eric Miller, Interim Head
Scope/content
The records for the NC State University Department of Microbiology contain general administrative files, department head correspondence, financial records, departmental reviews, annual reports, information about faculty research projects, information about graduate fellowships and assistantships, and a large amount of grant and trust fund records. Included is information about research at the Agricultural Experiment Station, research done with the Peanut Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP), records from the Institute of Biological Sciences, information about Sweet Acidophilus Milk research, and Gardner Hall renovation plans. This sub-group was formerly numbered UA 100.18.
Arrangement
This subgroup is organized into five series:
- Series 1. General Administrative Records.
- Series 2. Department Head Records.
- Series 3. Academic Records.
- Series 4. Trust Fund and Grant Files.
- Series 5. Building Addition and Renovation Records.
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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Microbiology Records, UA 100.023,
Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Related material
Source of acquisition
Items transferred from the North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Consult University Archivist for additional information.
Processing information
Encoded by Todd Kosmerick, October 2005; Processed by Allyson Smally, October 2010; finding aid updated by Gevorg Vardanyan, 2023 June.
This collection contains digital content that is available online.
The collection is organized into six principal series:
Administrative Records 1952-1988 (UA 100.023 Series 1)
Size: 1 linear foot (2 archival boxes)
This series is arranged alphabetically. It contains departmental reviews and evaluations, reports from various committees, memorandum, brochures, and historical information.
"A History of Microbiology at NCSU, 1889-1976" 1952-circa 1977
Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Records 1980-1983
Animal Facilities Memorandum 1983-1984
Biochemistry Head Search Committee 1987
Comprehensive Departmental Review - Final Report 1978
Comprehensive Review of the Department of Microbiology 1976-1978
Comprehensive Review of the Department of Microbiology 1981-1982
Cooperative State Research Service Review 1966-1968
Correspondence with Veterinary Science Program 1972-1982
Decennial Self-Study 1971-1972
Department Conference 1979
Department of Microbiology Academic Affairs Committee Responsibilities 1971-1972?
Department of Microbiology Annual Reports 1966-1968
Department of Microbiology Annual Reports 1969-1979
Department of Microbiology Annual Reports 1980-1983
Departmental Correspondence 1978, 1984-1985
Ecology Advisory Committee 1978-1983
Evaluation of Microbiology Program 1964-1965
Greenhouse, Henhouse, and Phytotron Space Memorandum 1982-1984
Improving the Climate for Research at NCSU 1983
Long-Range Plan for Microbiology, 1967-1977 undated
Microbiology at North Carolina State University brochures 1967?, 1978-1979?, 1983?
Microbiology Departmental Seminars 1976, 1988
Microbiology Faculty Memorandum Jan. 1963
NCSU Internal Audit Division undated
Professor of Molecular Biology - Committee for Selecting Candidates 1966-1968
Reports on Planning for a Bacteriology Program and Doctoral Proposal 1952-1970
School of Agriculture and Life Sciences Mission Statement 1984
School of Agriculture and Life Sciences Open Houses 1978-1987
Toxicology and Nutrition Programs 1978-1985
Department Head Records 1952-1987 (UA 100.023 Series 2)
Size: 3 linear feet (6 archival boxes)
This series is arranged in three subseries. The first contains letters and memoranda written by and addressed to the Microbiology Department Head and is arranged chronologically. The second series contains financial records such as department budget proposals and budgets for N. C. State's Agricultural Research Station. It is arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within each subject. The third series contains minutes, correspondence, memorandum, and reports from the the Biological Sciences Advisory Board and its predecessor, the Institute of Biological Sciences. It is arranged chronologically.
Deparment Head Correspondence 1962-1987
Faculty Chairman Correspondence Dec. 1962-1964
Department Head Correspondence 1965
Department Head Correspondence 1966
Department Head Correspondence 1967
Department Head Correspondence 1968
Department Head Correspondence 1969
Department Head Correspondence 1970
Department Head Correspondence 1971
Department Head Correspondence 1972
Department Head Correspondence 1973
Department Head Correspondence 1974
Department Head Correspondence 1975
Department Head Correspondence 1976
Department Head Correspondence 1977
Department Head Correspondence 1978
Department Head Correspondence 1979
Department Head Correspondence 1980
Department Head Correspondence 1981
Department Head Correspondence 1982
Department Head Correspondence 1983
Department Head Correspondence 1984
Department Head Correspondence 1985
Department Head Correspondence 1986
Department Head Correspondence 1987
Financial Records 1960-1983
Academic Affairs and General Budget 1978-1979
Academic Affairs and General Budget 1980
Academic Affairs and General Budget 1981
Academic Affairs and General Budget 1982
Academic Affairs and General Budget 1983
Biomedical Sciences Support Grants 1967-1975
Biomedical Sciences Support Grants 1976-1981
Budget Information 1960-1963
Budget Information 1964-1965
Budget Information 1974-1975
Budget Information 1977-1978
Budget Proposals 1971-1973
Budget Requests Dec. 1963-1965
Budget Requests 1966-1968
Change Budget Requests 1972-1975
Change Budget Requests 1976-1977
Change Budget Requests 1978-1979
Experimental Station Non-Salary Funds 1978
Flood and Water Damage Repairs 1979-1980
North Carolina Agricultural Research Service Non-Salary Budget 1978-1979
North Carolina Agricultural Research Service Non-Salary Budget 1980
North Carolina Agricultural Research Service Non-Salary Budget 1981
North Carolina Agricultural Research Service Non-Salary Budget 1982-1983
Salary Information 1978-1980
Salary Information 1981-1983
Salary Information 1985-1987
Biological Sciences Department Heads Records 1952-1979
Biological Sciences Bacteriology Section Correspondence 1952-1959
Institute of Biological Sciences Minutes and Correspondence 1962-1964
Institute of Biological Sciences Minutes and Correspondence 1965
Institute of Biological Sciences Minutes and Correspondence Jan.-May 1966
Institute of Biological Sciences Minutes and Correspondence June-Dec. 1966
Institute of Biological Sciences Minutes and Correspondence Jan.- May 1967
Institute of Biological Sciences Minutes and Correspondence June- Dec. 1967
Institute of Biological Sciences Minutes and Correspondence 1968
Institute of Biological Sciences Minutes and Correspondence 1969
Institute of Biological Sciences Minutes and Correspondence 1970
Institute of Biological Sciences Minutes and Correspondence 1971
Biological Sciences Advisory Board 1972
Biological Sciences Advisory Board 1973
Biological Sciences Advisory Board 1974
Biological Sciences Advisory Board 1975-1979
Academic Records 1960-1990 (UA 100.023 Series 3)
Size: 1 linear foot (2 archival boxes)
This series contains proposals and outlines for facutly research projects at N. C. State's Agricultural Experiment Station, applications and funding information for fellowships and assistantships, reports summarizing faculty teaching and research, and course information. Of special interest is the folder about Sweet Acidophilus Milk research, which includes research reports as well as newspaper articles and letters addressing the lawsuit and publicity related to the project.
Agricultural Foundation Graduate Assistantships 1971-1979
Agricultural Foundation Graduate Assistantships 1980-1985
ARS Project 3097 and 3132 (7/1/60 - 6/30/74), J. B. Evans 1960-1969
ARS Project 3113 (6/6/61 - 6/30/68) and 3087 (1/7/69 - 6/30/74), G. H. Elkan 1961-1969
ARS Project 3132 (1/7/69 - 6/30/74), W. J. Dobrogosz 1969
ARS Project 3185 (1/7/71 - 6/30/76), J. J. Perry 1966-1971
ARS Project 3219 (7/1/68 - 6/30/73), H. C. Minocha 1968
ARS Project 3333 (1/7/71 - 6/30/76), E. C. Hayes 1971
ARS Project 3418 (7/1/74 - 6/30/79), J. B. Evans 1973-1974
ARS Project 3421 (7/1/74 - 6/30/79), W. J. Dobrogosz 1973-1974
ARS Project 3424 (7/1/74 - 6/30/79), G. H. Elkan 1973-1974
ARS Project 3531 (7/1/76 - 6/30/82), J. J. Perry 1975-1982
ARS Project 3609 (1/1/78 - 12/31/82), Thoyd Melton undated
ARS Project 3638 (7/1/79 - 9/30/84), J. B. Evans 1979
ARS Project 3654 (8/1/76 - 9/30/82), R. E. Johnston 1976-1981
ARS Project 3670 (7/1/79 - 9/30/84), W. J. Dobrogosz 1977-1979
ARS Project 3675 (8/1/79 - 9/30/84), G. H. Elkan 1979-1984
ARS Project 3851 (10/1/84 - 9/30/89), W. J. Dobrogosz 1984-1989
ARS Project 3852 (10/1/84 - 9/30/86), J. B. Evans 1984
ARS Project 3906 (10/1/84 - 9/30/89) 1984-1989
ARS Project 3934 (10/1/85 - 9/30/90) 1985-1988
ARS Project 5363 (6/1/76 - 9/30/81), G. H. Luginbuhl 1975-1976
ARS Project 5385 (7/1/77 - 9/30/82), P. E. Bishop 1977
ARS Project 5464 (6/1/80 - 9/30/85), G. H. Luginbuhl 1979-1985
ARS Project 5504 (10/1/81 - 9/30/86), L. Barber 1981
ARS Project 5670 (1/1/88 - 9/30/90), K. G. Tatchell
ARS Project 5701 (7/14/89 - 9/30/90), S. M. Laster 1989-1990
ARS Project 6024 (10/1/87 - 9/30/90), E. S. Miller 1987
ARS Project 9022 (3/24/77 - 9/30/80), G. H. Elkan 1977
Microbiology Terminated ARS Projects, 1961-1986 undated
National Defense Education Act Fellowship Applications 1958-1964
National Defense Education Act Fellowship Applications 1965-1970
NCSU Course Offerings in Microbiology, 1971-1972 undated
Research Assistantships Through Experiment Station 1971-1976
Research Program Review 1981-1983
School of Agriculture and Life Sciences Faculty Reports 1980-1982
School of Agriculture and Life Sciences Faculty Reports 1983
Sweet Acidophilus Research Project 1974-1981
Undergraduate Training in Microbiology Conference Proceedings 1968
Trust Fund and Grant Files 1965-1992 (UA 100.023 Series 4)
Size: 2 linear feet (4 archival boxes)
This series includes proposals, approvals, renewal requests, progress reports, and budget information for various grants and trust funds. It is arranged in three subseries. The first is arranged numerically by FAS account number, the second is arranged alphabetically by the name of the organization sponsoring the grant or trust fund, and the third is arranged numerically by trust fund number and chronologically therein. The third series contains a substantial amount of information about research done through the Peanut Collaborative Research Support Project (CRSP) managed by the University of Georgia and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (U.S. AID). It includes information about work done in Thailand and the Philippines.
Subseries 1 1985-1992 (UA 100.023 Series 4.1)
2-07385 R. E. Johnston, Bio-Tech Program 1987-1988, undated
3-50487 S. M. Laster 1989
5-35620 G. H. Luginbuhl, USDA/Vet School 1987-1989
5-39029 E. S. Miller, Biomedical Research 1987-1989
5-39040 L. W. Parks, NIH Biomedical Grants 1988-1989
5-46299 L. W. Parks 1985-1986
5-46346 R. E. Johnston, PHS-NIH 1987-1989
5-46350 R. E. Johnston 1987-1989
5-46359 K. G. Tatchell, PHS-NCI 1988-1989
5-46364 L. W. Parks, PHS-NIH 1988-1989
5-46826 G. H. Elkan, MGE AID/CSRS (Trust 98690) 1985-1989
5-46866 W. J. Dobrogosz, USDA 1985-1989
5-46880 G. H. Elkan 1989-1990
5-46979 R. E. Johnston, U.S. Army- Application and Proposal 1987
5-46979 R. E. Johnston, U.S. Army- Correspondence and Budget Information 1987-1989
5-46979 R. E. Johnston, U.S. Army- Quarterly Reports 1987-1989
5-47024 P. E. Bishop, USDA 1988-1989
5-47025 P. E. Bishop, USDA 1988-1989
5-47069 P. E. Bishop, USDA-ARS 1989-1990
5-47070 P. E. Bishop, USDA-ARS 1989-1990
5-47116 P. E. Bishop, USDA 1990-1991
5-48275 G. H. Elkan 1990-1992
5-48558 E. S. Miller, Biotechnology Center (98897) 1987-1989
5-48559 R. E. Johnston, Biotechnology Center 1987-1988
5-48560 W. J. Dobrogosz, Biotechnology Center (98899) 1987-1988
5-48641 Finnerty/Perry, University of Georgia 1988-1989
6-64670 L. W. Parks, RJR Tobacco Research 1989
Career Development Award Research Grants 1969-1973
Cost of Education Trust Funds 1978-1983
National Institutes of Health Grant, Dr. Johnston 1983-1985
National Institutes of Health Training Grants 1965-1974
National Science Foundation Facilities Grant G-24989 1966-1967
National Science Foundation Trust Fund 83-09249- Dr. Johnston 1985
North Carolina Biotechnology Center Grants Program, Dr. Johnston 1985
North Carolina Biotechnology Center Grants Program, Dr. Melton undated
Public Health Service / National Institutes of Health, L. W. Parks, Analysis of the Steral Components of Yeast 1987
Public Health Service / National Science Foundation Trust Fund 5R22AI19433, Dr. Johnston 1983-1986
U. S. Army, L. W. Parks, Persistence and Inactivation of Azasteroidal Mycotoxins 1985
U. S. Army, L. W. Parks, Regulation of Fungal Secondary Metabolite Production 1988
U. S. Department of Agriculture, L. W. Parks, Cell Membrane Technology in the Fermentative Production of Alcohol 1985-1987
Trust 98277- Elkan, Nitrogen Fixation in Soybeans 1981-1984
Trust 98318- Elkan, Nitrogen Fixation in Peanuts 1981
Trust 98318- Elkan, Nitrogen Fixation in Peanuts 1982-1986
University of Georgia Trust 98551- Elkan, CRSP Project 1981-1982
University of Georgia Trust 98551- Elkan, CRSP Project 1983
University of Georgia Trust 98551- Elkan, CRSP Project 1984
University of Georgia Trust 98551- Elkan, CRSP Project 1985
University of Georgia Trust 98551- Elkan, CRSP Project 1986
University of Georgia Trust 98551- Elkan, CRSP Project 1987-1988
Factors Limiting Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation for Crop Production in Developing Countries- Final Report 1989
University of Georgia Trust 98551- Elkan, CRSP Project 1989-1992
Trust 98553- Thailand Peanut CRSP Project 1983-1984
Trust 98553- Thailand Peanut CRSP Project 1985
Trust 98553- Thailand Peanut CRSP Project 1986-1987
Trust 98553- Thailand Peanut CRSP Project 1991-1992, undated
Trust 98554- Philippines Peanut CRSP Project 1983-1984
Trust 98554- Philippines Peanut CRSP Project 1985
Trust 98554- Philippines Peanut CRSP Project 1986
Trust 98554- Philippines Peanut CRSP Project 1987-1988
United States Army Trust 99009- W. J. Dobrogosz 1976-1977
Building Addition and Renovation Records 1953-1986 (UA 100.023 Series 5)
Size: 1 linear foot (2 archival boxes)
This series contains information about building additions and renovations, mostly for Gardner Hall. Included are floor plans, correspondence regarding ordering and installing laboratory equipment, reports on construction and contractor bids, and grant information.
Air Handling System for South Gardner Hall 1983
Bostian Hall Dedication 1980
Bostian Hall Teaching Laboratory 1974-1981
Building Inauguration and Dedication Brochures 1953, 1967-1968, 1980
Gardner Hall Addition Funding and Bids 1964-1967
Gardner Hall Addition Furniture 1965-1966
Gardner Hall Addition Laboratory Equipment 1964-1969, undated
Gardner Hall Addition Plans 1964-1967, undated
Gardner Hall New Wing National Institute of Health Proposal 1961
Gardner Hall New Wing National Science Foundation Proposal 1962-1963
Gardner Hall Renovation Plans 1978-1983
Gardner Hall Renovation Proposals 1976, 1978
Gardner Hall Rooms 1517 and 1543 1979
Gardner Hall Rooms 4500 and 4505 1978-1979
Gardner Hall Rooms 4524b, 4527, and USDA Headhouse 1981
Gardner Hall Second Floor Breezeway Plans 1979
Gardner Hall Space Utilization 1965, 1973-1977
Gardner Hall Space Utilization 1978
Gardner Hall Teaching Laboratory Addition 1971-1974
Microbiology Department Space Allocations 1984-1986
National Science Foundation and National Institute of Health Grants for Gardner Hall 1964-1968
Newspaper Articles- Gardner Hall 1965, undated
Revised National Science Foundation Proposal for Gardner Hall Addition July 1963
Space Modification Forms 1973-1984
Web Content September 2015-2023
Size: 1 website
This series is comprised of web sites of North Carolina State University’s Department of Microbiology Records, captured by the NC State University Libraries since July 2016 using the Internet Archive’s Archive-It web archiving service, with prior captures by the Internet Archive dating back to September 2015, which may be less complete and was performed at undetermined intervals.
Microbiology Graduate Programs website (http://harvest.cals.ncsu.edu/microbiology/) September 2015-2023
Size: 1 website
This is the official website of Microbiology Graduate Programs at NC State University. The NC State University Libraries has scheduled this website to be captured quarterly since July 2016. Also included here are prior captures by the Internet Archive dating back to September 2015.
Access to the collection
This collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice.
Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials,
access to digital files may require additional advanced notice.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Microbiology Records, UA 100.023,
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.