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Contained here are the files of the University Program on Science and Society. Included are brochures, budget records, correspondence, grant proposals, occasional papers, photographs, reports, questionnaires, speeches, and surveys. There are several folders on an Ethics and Decision-Making in the Textile Industry Study and a Science and Theology Study-Research Group. Files on the Experimental Study of Religion and Society also exist here, as well as on its funding from a Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation grant. In 1968 the University Program on Science and Society was established. It was a cooperative program among faculty and students whose purpose was to provide the colleges and universities with a means of focusing curricula and departmental resources upon major social problems related to the growth of science and technology. North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Duke University, St. Augustine's College, and Shaw University participated in the program. Less

This collection contains reports, grant materials, white papers, award materials, and other records from the North Carolina State University Office of the Vice Chancellor for Extension, Engagement and Economic Development. The collection also contains meeting minutes, agendas, and memoranda from the Outreach and Extension Council. The North Carolina State University Office of Extension, Engagement and Economic Development (EEED), previously known as the Office of Extension and Engagement, provided leadership and vision for University partnerships with external communities in the land-grant tradition. Separate from the Agricultural Extension Service (later the Cooperative Extension Services), a Division of Extension existed at North Carolina State College (later University) as far back as 1924. The office closed in 2011 with the retirement of Vice Chancellor James Zuiches. Less

The North Carolina State University, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Records contain ledgers, invoices/invoice books, blueprints, statements of accounts, financial reports, capital improvement plans, correspondence, and information pertaining to budgets, donations, tuition, scholarships, enrollment and foundations. Materials range in date from 1887 to 2023. The records also include the Office of Finance and Administration website. The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration at North Carolina State University was formerly known as Bursar, Treasurer, Controller, and Business Manager. The mission statement of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration is "By stewarding financial assets, optimizing physical resources and investing in human capital, we will work with university constituencies to position NC State as a premier land grant university and world-class institution." As of 2020, the Office consists of the following units: Budget and Resource Management, Campus Enterprises, Environmental Health and Public Safety,Facilities, Finance, Human Resources, and Real Estate and Development. These units report to the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Business, and they provide infrastructure services essential to supporting the students, faculty and staff of the university. In 2015, the name was changed from the Office of Finance and Business to the Office of Finance and Administration. Less

The North Carolina State University, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation Records contain correspondence, reports, and internal memoranda relating to research activities on campus. Faculty Research and Professional Development Grants and publications such as Results Magazine are also included. Materials range in date from 1954 to 2018. The North Carolina State University, Office of Research and Innovation includes the Office of the Vice Chancellor, Research Development, Research Administration and Compliance, and Technology Commercialization and New Ventures. The unit's stated vision is to be instrumental in making an impact on society’s grand challenges through NC State’s emergence as a preeminent research university. The Office of Research and Innovation was previously known as the Office of Research, Innovation and Economic Development. Prior to 2011, the Office of Research, Innovation and Economic Development was first called the Office of Research and Graduate Studies. Less

The records of the North Carolina Sea Grant College Program contain reports, newsletters, brochures, directories, proposals relating to coastal and water-related issues; includes the newsletters Blueprints, Conch Shell, Tidelines, Scotch Bonnet, Legal Tides, and Coastwatch. Materials range in date from 1973 to 2022. The North Carolina Sea Grant began in 1970. Six years later, it became the nation's 12th Sea Grant College Program. Now the university-based program is part of a network of thirty Sea Grant programs that wrap the shores of the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes. With its emphasis on solid, peer-reviewed scientific research coupled with outreach, Sea Grant has gained a reputation as a reliable source for valid solutions and timely information about our coast. Today, Sea Grant provides a holistic approach to a wide range of topics that have direct impacts not only along the North Carolina coast, but also across the state and the country. Less

Contained here are publications from the College of Management and its subordinate units. The College of Management at North Carolina State University was created in 1992, but the history of economics, business, and management education at the university goes back to the early 1900s. In December 2010 the college received a naming gift which resulted in it being called the Lonnie C. Poole, Jr. College of Management. Less

Brochures, course catalogs, pamphlets, reports, publications and other documents from the North Carolina State University College of Management's Department of Economics. Records date from 1950 to 1979. The College of Management at North Carolina State University was created in 1992, and its MBA program was established in 2002. The history of economics, business, and management education at North Carolina State University goes back to the early 1900s. A School of Science and Business existed from 1923 until the 1930s. After this date some economics and business courses were available in the Basic Division and later the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (later College of Humanities and Social Sciences, known as CHASS). Agricultural economics courses were available in the School (later College) of Agriculture and Life Sciences. In the early 1970s, the university again began offering undergraduate degrees in business management and accounting through the Department of Economics and Business in CHASS. In December 2010 the college received a naming gift which resulted in it being called the Lonnie C. Poole, Jr. College of Management. Less

Contained here are reports, correspondence, charts, brochures, and other documents from the College of Management. This collection is arranged into two series, General Records and Business Management Review Committee. The Business Management Review Committee series contains materials regarding the founding of the College of Management. The General Records Series contains all other records. The College of Management at North Carolina State University was created in 1992, but the history of economics, business, and management education at the university goes back to the early 1900s. In December 2010 the college received a naming gift which resulted in it being called the Lonnie C. Poole, Jr. College of Management. Less

Contains annual reports, brochures, enrollment data, policies and procedures, reports, student grade records, degrees awarded, a student registration book, and video of Commencement ceremonies. The records document the activities of the office from 1989 to 2016. This collection contains microfilm, video and audio cassettes, slides, and photographs. North Carolina State University, Registration and Records is a unit within Enrollment and Management Services, under the Office of the Provost. It was previously a unit of the Division of Student Affairs. Less

The North Carolina State University, Research Operations Council Records contain minutes, reports, memoranda, and correspondence regarding research and its funding. Materials range in date from 1970 to 1994. The Research Operations Council (ROC) provides leadership at the college and university level for NC State research endeavors. The council’s monthly meeting agenda is set by the Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation. Members include the associate dean for research (or comparable chief research officer) from each college, the Vice Chancellor’s senior staff and the University Research Committee’s chair (https://research.ncsu.edu/about/committees/research-operations-council/, accessed 7/30/2020). Less

The Historic Architecture Research Project Records contain drawings and project files by students in the Department of Architecture, School of Design, at North Carolina State University. Included are measured drawings, photographs, negatives, field notes and sketches, historical information, and essays. The majority of the projects document historic buildings in North Carolina. Twenty-one other states and the District of Columbia are represented, as are Germany, Mexico, and Colombia. Other course-related materials include syllabi, correspondence, uncompleted projects, and a petition to eliminate the course requirement. The correspondence series includes correspondence of professors in the North Carolina State University Department of Architecture, including Cecil D. Elliott, Henry L. Kamphoefner, Vernon Shogren, and Lawrence Wodehouse, with North Carolina State University architecture students, various North Carolina clerks of court, Charles E. Peterson of the National Park Service, and George S. Koyl, Moira B. Mathieson, and Earl H. Reed of the American Institute of Architects. Between 1951 and 1969, many architecture students at North Carolina State University completed summer projects documenting historic buildings and districts. Beginning in 1959, these projects were submitted to the National Park Service's Historic American Buildings Survey. The project was formalized with the creation of the undergraduate course, "Historic Architecture Research" (ARC 300), which was required for admission to the fifth year architecture program. In 1964, students undertook a project to record the town of Beaufort in Carteret County, N.C. Participants created maps, measured drawings of buildings, and an historical analysis of the town's development. Less

This collection contains articles, talks, correspondence, course materials, lectures, and memoranda of faculty, including Head of the Department George A. Gullette. The collection also includes records pertaining to the Humanistic-Social Research Project. The Department of Social Studies was established in 1947 as part of the Basic Division, and offered courses for engineers that emphasized the connections between liberal studies and science and technology. George A. Gullette served as Head of the Department from its founding in 1947 until his death in 1969. In 1970, the Department of Social Studies became the Division of University Studies, with John R. Lambert, Jr. as Acting Head. Less

Included in this subgroup are early bylaws, meeting minutes, resolutions, lists of senators, and Voice, the organization's newsletter. Most documents date from 1995-1998, although some (newletters and meeting minutes) contain more recent information. Also included are born-digital materials related to the Staff Senate's old website. The Staff Senate is an advisory body to the North Carolina State University Chancellor. It first met on August 2, 1995, and it first adopted its bylaws on September 6 of that year. Less

The records of the Pi Alpha Chapter (North Carolina State's chapter) of Pi Tau Sigma include correspondence, financial records, membership rosters, meeting minutes, and other general information about the chapter, its members, and its activities. This subgroup also contains some materials distributed by the national office of Pi Tau Sigma, primarily issues of their annual publication, The Condenser of Pi Tau Sigma. Pi Tau Sigma is the international mechanical engineering honor society, the purpose of which is to establish a means of fellowship and communication between individuals who study and practice mechanical engineering. North Carolina State's chapter, the Pi Alpha Chapter, was established in 1942, and is open to mechanical engineering students who either rank in the top 25% of their class as juniors, or top 33% as seniors. Graduate students in mechanical engineering at NC State whose undergratuate universities did not have a chapter of Pi Tau Sigma are also allowed to join. The Pi Alpha Chapter remained active at NC State as of 2008. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University chapter of Abraxas, Inc. inclue meeting minutes, personnel and financial information, other administrative records, and topical files of pamphlets on issues including drug and alchohol use, pregnancy, suicide and depression, study habits, and general sexual matters. Volunteer peer counselors provided information and advice on these and other topics to students on campus. The North Carolina State University chapter of Abraxas, Inc. was founded in 1972 to provide peer counseling, free of charge, to students on campus. Counseling was done both in person and over the phone, and Abraxas also worked to distribute factual literature on these same topics around campus. The chapter remained active until at least 1975. Less

Records of the North Carolina State University Agri-Life Council include meeting minutes, financial information, membership rosters, information on activities, and publications created by the Council. The Council was created to form a collective organization to represent students from all disciplines within the College of Agriculture (later, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences), and acts as the unofficial student organization of the College. What is known in 2008 as the Agri-Life Council was founded sometime during or before 1922 at N. C. State as the Agriculture Club; later, the name was changed to the Agricultural Council, and then to the Agri-Life Council. Less

Contents of the North Carolina State University Agricultural Economics Club records include general information on the club, photographs, information about annual senior class trips, and ribbons won at State Fair competitions. The North Carolina State University Agricultural Economics Club was formed in 1950 by students in the agricultural field. The club existed on campus at least through the end of 1986, with primary activities being tours of agricultural businesses around the state of North Carolina and participation in agricultural competitions, including the North Carolina State Fair. Less

The North Carolina State University Agricultural Institute Club records contain administrative information on the club, as well as files on club activities, including the annual Parent-Student Day and an annual horse show. The Agricultural Institute Club was formed in or before 1965, and is a student group consisting primarily of members enrolled in the Agricultural Institute at North Carolina State University. Less