North Carolina State University, University Archives Reference Collection, University Buildings, Sites, Landmarks Files 1888-2023

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.

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.

This collection is arranged alphabetically by building name.

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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, University Archives Reference Collection, University Buildings, Sites, Landmarks Files, UA 050.004, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

• Guide to the University Archives Reference Collection (UA 050)
• Guide to the University Archives Reference Collection, General Records (UA 050.001)
• Guide to the University Archives Reference Collection, Institutional Histories (UA 050.002)
• Guide to the University Archives Reference Collection, Biographical Files (UA 050.003)
• Guide to the University Archives Reference Collection, Student Research Projects (UA 050.005)
• University Archives Photo Collection, UA 23
• Place Names on the NC State University Campus, 2 vols., LD3928 .P57 1978, Special Collections reference stacks
• NC State University Facilities Division Building Index Website

• Office of Public Affairs, News Services Records (UA 014.011)

Items collected from various sources, including University publications, area newspapers, and other University Archives collections. This is an ongoing collection.

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