Banks Talley Papers 1922-2012 (bulk 1969-1983)

Banks C. Talley, Jr., 1926-2017, was born in Bennettsville, South Carolina, in 1926. After military service in World War II, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he earned a B.A. in history (1950), an M.A. (1956), and a Ph.D in education (1966).

In 1951 he became assistant dean of students at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University). He later served as coordinator and director of student activities, associate dean and dean of student affairs, and finally vice chancellor for student affairs, beginning in 1974. Talley took a leave of absence from N.C. State from 1977-1978 to serve as the executive assistant to North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt.

Talley was also involved with historic preservation, and he served on the Raleigh Historic Sites Commission, and the Historic Preservation Fund of North Carolina, Inc. In 1983 Talley took another leave of absence from N.C. State to serve as the Executive Vice President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, DC.

Talley officially stepped down from duties at N.C. State in 1984 to become executive director of the N.C. Symphony Society, Inc., where he remained for 11 years. He next worked as a Consultant and Fundraiser for Preservation North Carolina. Talley later returned to N.C. State as Director of Special Projects and Vice Chancellor Emeritus for Arts NC State, where helped raise money for the Gregg Museum of Art & Design. Talley retired from his position as Vice Chancellor Emeritus in 2013.

Dr. Talley died on October 19, 2017.

The Banks Talley Papers consists of personal and professional papers of Dr. Banks C. Talley, Jr. This collection contains correspondence, diaries, newspaper clippings, photographs, agendas, and other documents dated from 1922-2012, though the bulk of the materials are from 1969-1983. The professional papers are from Dr. Talley's position as Dean of Students and Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs at NC State University, and from his position as executive assistant to North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt. Included are two diaries kept by Talley during the time that he worked for the governor.

This collection is arranged into three series:

• 1. NC State Papers
• 2. Executive Assistant to Governor Hunt Papers
• 3. Memorabilia and Personal Papers

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[Identification of item], Banks Talley Papers, MC 00518, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Student Leaders Oral Histories, 2010-2014, MC 00401

Gift of Banks Talley, Jr., 2014 (Accession 2014-0081); unknown source, 2016 (Accession 2016-0246)

Processed by: Todd Kosmerick, 2014 May; machine-readable finding aid by: Todd Kosmerick, 2014 May; finding aid updated to reflect additions to collection by: Todd Kosmerick, 2016 Aug.; collection reprocessed by: Clara Wilson, 2021 May; finding aid updated by: Clara Wilson, 2021 May; finding aid updated by: Clara Wilson, 2024 May