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Materials include forms, brochures, clippings, awards, programs, meeting minutes, publications, and correspondence from various North Carolina State University campus organizations. These records highlight numerous student, faculty, and staff interests and concerns related to campus life, national issues, and world affairs. Notable topics include the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, labor, political activism, spirituality, and popular culture. Character and professional development organizations, social and service fraternities and sororities, honorary societies, religious, ethnic, and international clubs, arts, media, and social action organizations, governing and representative councils, and special interest organizations are all represented. North Carolina State University is a public, land-grant, research university that is part of the University of North Carolina System. Founded in 1887, it was at first known as the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. In 1917, its name changed to the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering. Since 1962, it has been known as North Carolina State University. Students began forming organizations early in the history of North Carolina State University to enrich their college experiences. Over time, more organizations were formed to reflect a variety of interests and concerns among students, faculty, and staff of North Carolina State University. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Spanish Club include correspondence, financial information, information on events and activities sponsored by the club, and other general information on the club, its members, and its activities. Materials range in date from 1972 to 2001. The North Carolina State University Spanish Club was established in or before 1972 as in environment in which students and others associated with the university could develop and practice Spanish language skills, while also increasing their knowledge and awareness of the Spanish-speaking world. The Spanish Club remained active as of 2008. Less

The records of the State College Woman's Club (later the North Carolina State University Woman's Club) document the club's history and activities from 1919 to 2012 and include the club constitution and by-laws, annual reports, yearbooks, historical scrapbooks, photographs, membership lists, committee reports, newsletters, correspondence, agendas, minutes, expense and accounting information, and newspaper clippings documenting club, member, and university activities. Cookbooks produced by the group, Favorite Foods From Faculty Kitchens (1974) and Foods That Rate at NC State (1983), are also included. Spouses of many notable NC State professors and administrators were involved in shaping and leading the State College Woman's Club, including Mrs. Zeno Metcalf, Mrs. W. C. Riddick, and Mrs. B. W. Wells. The North Carolina State College Woman's Club (later the North Carolina State University Woman's Club) was formed in 1919 to "unite the women connected with the college in a common interest for the promotion of welfare and advancement of State College" (later N.C. State University). The club also sought to provide opportunities for faculty members and their families to become better acquainted with each other, striving to promote a sense of community for those involved in the university. Originally membership was open to all women connected with the university, though, especially in the early years, the membership focus was on faculty wives. Club activities were primarily social, especially in the early years. Less

The Student Government records contain meeting minutes, agenda, correspondence, news releases, publications, and financial records generated as a result of the establishment and activities of Student Government on NC State University's campus. Of particular interest are documents describing the "Student Rebellion" of 1905 which facilitated the need for student governing on campus as well as records documenting the ratification of the Constitution in 1955 and the creation of the Student Senate in 1969. There are also records concerning campus elections, political rallies and community involvement as well as student "disturbances" on and off campus. In addition, the collection contains publications of student government laws, bound copies of annual records and community service type publications which were circulated among the entire student body. The records also contain digital media related to the Student Government website, as well as archived content of the official website itself, beginning in 2017. Student Government at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) began in 1921. At that time, the group was made up of both students and faculty and was called Campus Government. Following the establishment of the Faculty Senate in 1954, a new Student Government Constitution was ratified in 1955, reestablishing a separate Student Government which included a student body president and governing committees. The Student Senate came into being in 1969 with the ratification of the Student Body Constitution. Less

The records of the Delta Rho Chapter (North Carolina State University’s chapter) of the Theta Chi Fraternity include by-laws, newspaper clippings, newsletters, social event fliers, campus organization information sheets, and miscellaneous papers relating to the fraternity. Theta Chi is a social fraternity which seeks to provide an environment of mental, physical, social, and moral excellence, through which it can provide the opportunity for the exceptional student of today to become a prominent leader of tomorrow. The Theta Chi Fraternity was founded at Norwich University in Norwich, Vermont in 1856. Theta Chi merged with the Beta Kappa Fraternity in the 1930s. The Delta Rho Chapter of Theta Chi was founded at North Carolina State University in 1952. The maxim of Theta Chi Fraternity is "Alma Mater First and Theta Chi for Alma Mater." Less

The records of the Rho Chapter (North Carolina State University's chapter) of the Theta Tau Engineering Fraternity include attendance records, correspondence, meeting minutes, bylaws, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographic prints and slides, the fraternity periodical (Gear of Theta Tau), a published history of the Rho Chapter, artifacts, organization information sheets, and pledge instructions. Materials range in date from 1942 to 2008. The Theta Tau Engineering Fraternity was founded at the University of Minnesota in 1904. It is the largest and oldest professional fraternity in the field of engineering. The Rho Chapter was established at North Carolina State College (University) in 1924, when the Engineering Department became the School of Engineering. The Rho Chapter of Theta Tau remained active as of 2008. Less

The North Carolina State University, Turtle Rescue Team Records include medical records or files on individual cases of injured or sick turtles that were treated by the team. The files include information on the presenting problem, the treatment given, and how the turtle responded to treatment. The collection also includes dataset spreadsheets with information compiled from the medical records for the years 1996 to 2012. Materials in the collection range in date from 1996 to 2021. The Turtle Rescue Team is part of the Wildlife, Avian, Aquatic, and Zoological Medicine student organization that is dedicated to promoting interest and education about exotic animals such as birds, fish, and turtles. This club benefits students interested in various career paths including: exotic animal private practice, wildlife rehabilitation/management, aquatic animal medicine, and zoo practice. The Turtle Rescue Team provides medical, surgical and husbandry services free of charge in the hope of releasing rehabilitated turtles back into the wild. Less

The North Carolina State University, Student and Other Organizations, United Student Fellowship Records contain programs and brochures, the constitution and by-laws, and flyers. Materials range in date from 1980 to 1988, as well as reunion brochures dating to 2015 and 2018. The Black Student Fellowship was a Christian organization formed in 1975 to give black students a place to worship on campus. Soon after its founding, the name was changed to the United Students Fellowship. Membership flourished in the 1980s and 1990s, as the Fellowship expanded. The final gathering of USF happened in the Spring of 2005. Less