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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 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

The University Archives Reference Collection, Biographical Files contain clippings, University publications, copies of photographs, and other materials documenting faculty, staff, and alumni of North Carolina State University. This is an artificial collection, and is updated and maintained by Special Collections staff. North Carolina State University was established in 1887 as the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (A&M College). The College opened in 1889 with one building - the current Holladay Hall - six faculty, and courses in the agricultural and mechanical arts, adding a curriculum in applied science in 1893. By the turn of the century the College had grown to some half dozen buildings, about 300 students, and had begun to diversify its curricula. In 1917, the institution's name was changed to North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (State College). In 1931 the College greatly reworked its curricula as it underwent consolidation. Along with North Carolina College for Women and the University of North Carolina, it became a part of the Consolidated University of North Carolina,. North Carolina State is now one of the constituent institutions of the multi-campus University of North Carolina system, having received university status, and, after some controversy, assumed its current name in 1965. As of 2007, N.C. State had a student body of nearly 30,000, nearly two thousand faculty, and research and program expenditures of over $440 million. Less

The University Archives Reference Collection, General Reference subgroup, contains brochures, clippings, correspondence and memoranda, news releases, programs, publications, reports, speeches, and related archival material concerning a variety of items relating to the University. This is an artificial collection and is maintained by Special Collections staff. North Carolina State University was established in 1887 as the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (A&M College). The College opened in 1889 with one building - the current Holladay Hall - six faculty, and courses in the agricultural and mechanical arts, adding a curriculum in applied science in 1893. By the turn of the century the College had grown to some half dozen buildings, about 300 students, and had begun to diversify its curricula. In 1917, the institution's name was changed to North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (State College). In 1931 the College greatly reworked its curricula as it underwent consolidation. Along with North Carolina College for Women and the University of North Carolina, it became a part of the Consolidated University of North Carolina,. North Carolina State is now one of the constituent institutions of the multi-campus University of North Carolina system, having received university status, and, after some controversy, assumed its current name in 1965. As of 2007, N.C. State had a student body of nearly 30,000, nearly two thousand faculty, and research and program expenditures of over $440 million. Less

The University Archives Reference Collection, Institutional Histories subgroup contain clippings, correspondence, news releases, publications, reports, speeches, and related materials concerning the University's various colleges, departments, institutes, and other entities. This is an artificial collection and is maintained by Special Collections staff. North Carolina State University was established in 1887 as the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (A&M College). The College opened in 1889 with one building - the current Holladay Hall - six faculty, and courses in the agricultural and mechanical arts, adding a curriculum in applied science in 1893. By the turn of the century the College had grown to some half dozen buildings, about 300 students, and had begun to diversify its curricula. In 1917, the institution's name was changed to North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (State College). In 1931 the College greatly reworked its curricula as it underwent consolidation. Along with North Carolina College for Women and the University of North Carolina, it became a part of the Consolidated University of North Carolina,. North Carolina State is now one of the constituent institutions of the multi-campus University of North Carolina system, having received university status, and, after some controversy, assumed its current name in 1965. As of 2007, N.C. State had a student body of nearly 30,000, nearly two thousand faculty, and research and program expenditures of over $440 million. Less

The University Archives Reference Collection, University Buildings, Sites, & Landmarks subgroup contains clippings, correspondence, news releases, publications, reports, speeches, and related archival material concerning the physical features of the University landscape. This is an artificial collection, maintained by Special Collections staff. North Carolina State University was established in 1887 as the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (A&M College). The College opened in 1889 with one building - the current Holladay Hall - six faculty, and courses in the agricultural and mechanical arts, adding a curriculum in applied science in 1893. By the turn of the century the College had grown to some half dozen buildings, about 300 students, and had begun to diversify its curricula. In 1917, the institution's name was changed to North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (State College). In 1931 the College greatly reworked its curricula as it underwent consolidation. Along with North Carolina College for Women and the University of North Carolina, it became a part of the Consolidated University of North Carolina,. North Carolina State is now one of the constituent institutions of the multi-campus University of North Carolina system, having received university status, and, after some controversy, assumed its current name in 1965. As of 2007, N.C. State had a student body of nearly 30,000, nearly two thousand faculty, and research and program expenditures of over $440 million. Less

Contained in this subgroup are directories (telephone and address) for faculty, staff, and students at North Carolina State University. These are duplicate copies of directories shelved in the Rare Book Collection under call numbers LD 3918. A1, LD 3918 .A13, and LD 3918. This subgroup also contains bound copies of the North Carolina State Record, which include course catalogs, commencement programs, faculty, staff, and student directories, and other miscellaneous university-wide publications. These are duplicate copies of the Record shelved in the Rare Book Collection under call number LD3916 .S7. There are also individual commencement brochures, which can also be found in the Rare Book Collection under the call number LD3928 .A23. The first annual catalog for North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University), published in June 1890, contained lists of faculty and freshman students. By the 1910s there was a separate directory that listed both faculty and students. By the 1930-1931 academic year, faculty and staff were listed in a separate volume. This practice continued until the 1988-1989 academic year when both directories were combined into a single volume. Less

The Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Service, Book Research Papers consists of materials used to write and compile the book, Ordinary Women Extraordinary Service: To Family, Community and North Carolina. It contains photographs, letters, notes, correspondences, newspaper articles, digital files, and other paper materials relating to the counties of North Carolina and the activities of the Home Demonstration, Home Economics, and Family and Consumer Sciences organizations from 1911 to 2011. Wilma Scott Hammett was the Executive Director of Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Foundation and Extension and Community Association (ECA) Foundation, and a past FCS specialist. She is the co-writer and compiler of the book, Ordinary Women Extraordinary Service: To Family, Community and North Carolina. A native of Wilson County, NC, Hammmett is a graduate of Lucama High School. Dr. Hammett holds a B.S. Degree in Interior Design, M.S. Degree in Housing, and Ph.D. in Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is Professor Emeritus at North Carolina State University. Less

The Oscar Fletcher Papers contain Fletcher's journals and notes, 1992-2016, as well as his daytimers and calendars, 2000-2008, from when he was a faculty member at NC State University and dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. The Journals and Notes cover topics that include: scholarships, committee reports, budget reports, College of Veterinary Medicine statistics, student involvement, faculty and staff development, meetings with deans and faculty members, faculty retreat notes, operational plans, senior exit interviews, and student questionnaires. Oscar Fletcher, DVM, Ph.D., was dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at NC State University from 1992 to 2004. From 2004 onwards, Fletcher served as a professor in the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology at NC State University. Fletcher is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists and a Founder Diplomate of the American College of Poultry Veterinarians. Less

The Partners for Environmental Justice (PEJ) Records includes publications, administrative records, community outreach, photographs, and web content by or relating to PEJ and documenting the activities of the environmental justice group. Materials date from 1978 to 2016. Partners for Environmental Justice (PEJ) is an environmental justice group located in Raleigh, Cary, and Garner, North Carolina. PEJ began as a ministry committee of St. Ambrose Episcopal Church of Raleigh, North Carolina; Trinity Episcopal Church of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina; and later St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Cary, North Carolina. PEJ was instrumental in the origination of the Walnut Creek Wetland Center. Less

The Patrick Rand Papers, 1974-2022, document Patrick Rand’s work, research, and teaching in the field of architectural design and technology. The collection contains drafts, notes, and manuscripts of architectural books authored or co-authored by Rand; course materials for classes and studios Rand taught at NC State University College of Design; conference materials, project documents, awards, and other documents related to Rand’s professional activities; and materials from masonry research projects, workshops, and conferences. The collection includes both physical materials and born-digital files. Patrick Rand is a Distinguished Professor of Architecture in the College of Design at NC State University. He joined the architecture faculty in 1977. His research focus is on the relationship between design and building technologies. Rand’s early research involved air-supported structures and other experimental construction strategies. He has since carried out funded research regarding innovation in masonry construction systems. His expertise now spans a full range of architectural construction materials and systems. Patrick Rand co-authored Materials for Design with Victoria Ballard Bell in 2006, and Materials for Design 2, with all new content, in 2014. Rand also co-authored with Edward Allen Architectural Detailing: Function, Constructibility, Aesthetics in 2007. He completed a substantially revised third edition of this book in 2016. He co-authored with Edward Allen and Thomas Ryan Detailing for Landscape Architects in 2011. Less

This collection contains research and project material created by Paul Zia. Included are the materials for the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse move, work with corrosion resistant alloy steel (MMFX) and reinforced concrete, the planning for the University of Tennessee Arena repair, the Crystal River Nuclear Plant containment investigation, the American Concrete Institute (ACI) reports, conference and workshop proceedings, and instructional materials from Zia's time as a professor at North Carolina State University. Topics covered include Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, reinforced concrete, the Crystal River Nuclear Plant, the University of Tennessee Arena, North Carolina State University faculty, civil engineering, and the North Carolina State University Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering. The materials span the time period 1953-2018, with recent articles and displays reflecting on the success of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse move. For over 50 years, Paul Zia taught, researched, and consulted in many areas of concrete materials, reinforced and prestressed concrete structures, and construction. Zia joined the civil engineering faculty at North Carolina State University in 1961. He advised more than 60 masters and doctoral students at North Carolina State University. He conducted sponsored research on many aspects of prestressed and reinforced concrete, including torsion and shear, bond and development length, loss of prestress, applications of high performance and high strength concrete, self-consolidating concrete, jointless bridge deck, and cracking in large prestressed concrete girders. His studies also included fatigue strength of cracked prestressed concrete girders, assessment of high performance concrete bridges, development of non-destructive test method for measuring air permeability of concrete, the use of self-consolodating concrete in highway structures, and the application of corrosion-resistant high-strength MMFX streel for concrete structures, and structural applications of new proprietary materials called Grancrete and Elimix Admixture. This information is adapted from The Paul Zia Distinguished Lecture Series (https://zialecture.com/dr-zia). Less

The Peter Batchelor Papers, 1967-2010, contain correspondence, administrative papers, urban design studies, computer printouts, doctoral papers, graphic materials, and industry publications relating to Batchelor's career as a professional urban planner and his administration of the American Institute of Architects, North Carolina’s (AIANC) Urban Design Assistance Program. Also included are VHS tapes of his lectures and exhibition materials created by students documenting Batchelor's time as a professor of design and urban planning at North Carolina State University. Born in London, England, on May 22, 1934, and died on April 15, 2020, Peter Batchelor earned a Bachelor of Architecture (honors) from the University of British Columbia in 1960, Masters of Architecture and City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966, and a Doctorate in City Planning from the latter institution in 1972. He taught at North Carolina State University’s School of Architecture from 1968 until 2007, when he retired as Professor Emeritus. Batchelor is also a licensed practitioner in architecture and city planning and former director of the American Institute of Architects, North Carolina (AIANC) Urban Design Assistance Program which provides interdisciplinary problem-solving teams to communities. Batchelor is a Fellow in both the American Institute of Architects and the American Institute of Certified Planners. Less

The Peter Bochenek Landscape Architecture Papers consists of architectural drawings and project files for Peter Bochenek's landscape architecture projects dating from around 2000 to 2015. Most of these are residential projects located in North Carolina, with one commercial project for the Residence Inn. Peter Bochenek is a notable landscape architect in the Triangle region of North Carolina who has been in business since 1977. He received his Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from North Carolina State University, then his Master of Landscape Architecture from Harvard University. He conducted landscape studies in Edinburgh, Scotland, as well as Italy, France, and England, and received the prestigious Elbert Weinberg Prize for Excellence in Landscape Architecture, Sculpture and Drawing. Bochenek currently runs a firm in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, named Peter Bochenek and Associates, Inc., which specializes in landscape architecture and environmental sculpture. Less

This collection contains an oral history interview with Phil Freelon that was conducted by Gwynn Thayer in 2017. Included is a full transcription of the interview. In the interview, Freelon discusses: his family and growing up in Philadelphia during the civil rights movement; the influence of the arts by his grandfather, a painter in the Harlem Renaissance; his education at Central High School; the mentorship of both John Spencer at Hampton University and Roger Clark at North Carolina State University; discrimination and diversity in the field of architectural education; the architectural profession on the national stage; acquiring projects within the public arena; his work on museums, specifically the National African American Association of Museums; and cultivating talent in a design firm and his management philosophy. Phil Freelon (1953-2019), was an African American architect who was founder and president of The Freelon Group, Inc., and then managing director and director of design of Perkins + Will, located in Durham, North Carolina. Freelon specialized in public architecture and was best known for his design of cultural museums and educational buildings in Washington, D.C.; Baltimore, Maryland; Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco, California; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia; and Durham, Greensboro and Charlotte, North Carolina. Freelon led the design team that gave shape to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. He was a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, won the 2012 Design Guild Award, and the same year was appointed to the United States Commission of Fine Arts by President Obama. Less

The Phil Freelon Papers consists of architectural drawings, extensive project files, and related architectural records. The projects documented include: Hillside High School; Diamond View Office Building; Durham Bulls Athletic Park; Durham Police Department; Durham Solid Waste Facility; Hope Valley Elementary; and The Hill Center in Durham, N.C.; and Lake Johnson Boat House and the North Carolina Old Revenue Building in Raleigh, N.C. Also included in the collection are some items from Freelon's personal archive documenting his career in architecture. Most of the records in the collection relate to Freelon's earlier projects in his career (during the 1990s). The collection also contains five architectural models and selected photographs of Freelon's work. Phil Freelon (1953-2019), was an African American architect who was founder and president of The Freelon Group, Inc., and then managing director and director of design of Perkins + Will, located in Durham, North Carolina. Freelon specialized in public architecture and was best known for his design of cultural museums and educational buildings in Washington, D.C.; Baltimore, Maryland; Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco, California; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia; and Durham, Greensboro and Charlotte, North Carolina. Freelon led the design team that gave shape to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. He was a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, won the 2012 Design Guild Award, and the same year was appointed to the United States Commission of Fine Arts by President Obama. Less

The Philip J. Kiviat Papers (1962-2010) consist primarily of technical papers related to Kiviat's work in developing the GASP and SIMSCRIPT simulation languages in the 1960s and 1970s. Other papers include conference brochures, contracts, correspondence, and writings by others. Philip J. Kiviat is the author of two books on simulation programming languages (SIMSCRIPT II and GASP) and numerous technical papers. The “Kiviat Graph” is widely used in the computer hardware and software performance field, as well as in other disciplines, to portray performance patterns and distinguish modes of behavior. Kiviat was the first technical Director of the Federal Computer Performance Evaluation and Simulation Center (FEDSIM) that was established by the United States Air Force in 1972. Less