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Dedication of NC State University's Memorial Belltower, 10 Nov. 1921

Wonderful 100: First Belltower Dedication

11/8/2021

One hundred years ago, a dedication ceremony was held to lay the cornerstone for NC State University's Memorial Belltower.  The ceremony took place on 10 Nov. 1921, 3 years after the end of…

Rehabilitation student float in the NC State College Agriculture Parade, Oct. 1924. After World War I, the college trained and educated hundreds of disabled veterans. Photo from 1925 Agromeck yearbook.

Wonderful 100: Rehabilitation Soldiers at NC State

12/16/2019

This edition of Special Collections News looks at the rehabilitation program that North Carolina State College conducted after World War I ended (1918) to provide vocational training for disabled…

From NC State's Alumni News, January 1919

Armistice Day

11/11/2018

Special Collections concludes our commemoration of the 100th anniversary of U.S. participation in World War I and the impact that it had on NC State students, faculty, and campus.  Today we…

An undated drawing of the Memorial Bell Tower from the Office of the University Architect Records, Flatfolder 638

"To Perpetuate the Names of Heroes"

10/1/2018

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of U.S. participation in World War I, Special Collections continues its examination of the impact that the war had on NC State students, faculty, and…

Flag from the casket of Captain George Rom Hardesty, an NC State alumnus who died in WWI. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

The Bell Tower Names: Alumni Who Gave Their Lives in World War I

7/16/2018

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of U.S. participation in World War I, Special Collections continues its examination of the impact that the war had on the NC State students, faculty,…

Faculty members at State College (now NC State University) around 1918

Faculty During World War I

4/30/2018

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of U.S. participation in World War I, Special Collections continues its examination of the impact that the war had on NC State students, faculty, and…

An Agricultural Extension Service home demonstration during the World War I period

Recipes from World War I (Part 1) - Meatless

1/16/2018

[During the 100th anniversary of U.S. participation in World War I, Special Collections News periodically reviews the impact that the war had on NC State students and faculty, as well as the…

Lieutenant James Malcolmson Rumple

12/4/2017

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of U.S. participation in World War I, Special Collections continues its examination of the impact that the war had on NC State students, faculty, and…

A patriotic sheep display in a Raleigh bank, 23 May 1918, one of several NC Agricultural Extension Service promotions during World War I.

Agricultural Patriotism During World War I

10/30/2017

Introduction In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of U.S. participation in World War I, Special Collections continues its examination of the impact that the war had on NC State students,…

Fred Wheeler, left, supervises grinding graphite for the nuclear reactor, 1951

Fred Barnett Wheeler: Alumnus, Soldier, Councilman, Mayor

9/26/2017

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of U.S. participation in World War I, Special Collections continues its examination of the impact that the war had on NC State students, faculty, and…