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 will require additional advanced notice. Copies of digital files may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
This collection is comprised of a manuscript that Chancellor Bruce Poulton wrote on the beginnings of the Centennial Campus at North Carolina State University. Also included are drafts and notes. Materials are in both paper and digital format and range in date from 2014 to 2015.
Bruce Robert Poulton served as chancellor of North Carolina State University from 1982 to 1989. During his tenure, North Carolina State University expanded with the contract for a 750-acre area of land which was named Centennial Campus. A master plan for its development, which included conservational, educational, and recreational goals was implemented.There was also a major expansion of the university’s research budget and the establishment of substantial endowments. After stepping down as chancellor, Poulton was director of the NC State University’s Literacy Systems Center.
Born in Yonkers, New York, in 1928, Bruce Poulton was a dairy physiologist who earned three degrees from Rutgers University, including a Ph.D. in Endocrinology in 1956. Poulton served as Vice President of the University of Maine from 1971 to 1975, and Chancellor of the consolidated University of New Hampshire from 1975 to 1982. Poulton became the tenth Chancellor of North Carolina State University in 1982, and was the third scientist to lead the institution. He obtained Centennial Campus for the university, and developed a master plan for the new campus. During Poulton's tenure, the university's research budget experienced a major expansion, and a substantial endowment was established. After stepping down as Chancellor in 1989, Poulton became director of the NC State University’s Literacy Systems Center. He died on June 19, 2015.
This collection is comprised of a manuscript that Chancellor Bruce Poulton wrote on the beginnings of the Centennial Campus at North Carolina State University. Also included are drafts and notes. Materials are in both paper and digital format and range in date from 2014 to 2015.
The materials are arranged in the order received. This collection has not yet received full archival processing.
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[Identification of item], Bruce Poulton's "The Story of the Concept and Planning of the Centennial Campus of North Carolina State University: An Innovation of North Carolina State Government", MC 00580, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Transferred by Karen Helm, 2015. Gift of Randy Poulton?
Digital materials processed by Jessica Rayman, 2016 July; Finding aid written by Todd Kosmerick and Cathy Dorin-Black, 2015, 2023 May.
This folder contains a flash drive with docx and pdf files of the narrative, Appendix A (Chronology), Appendix B (UPC Report), source notes, and source documents (scans).
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[Identification of item], Bruce Poulton's "The Story of the Concept and Planning of the Centennial Campus of North Carolina State University: An Innovation of North Carolina State Government", MC 00580, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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.