North Carolina State University, Division of Student Affairs, Office of Religious Affairs records 1903-1989 (bulk 1930-1970)

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North Carolina State University. Division of Student Affairs
Size
12.26 linear feet (17 archival boxes, 5 legal sized boxes, 1 half-box, 1 oversized flat box, 1 tube, and 1 flat folder)
Call number
UA 016.036

This collection contains announcements, annual reports, applications, architectural drawings and specifications, brochures, bulletins, constitutions, contracts, correspondence, handbooks, manuals, membership lists, minutes, programs, scrapbooks, time reports, and work plans. The records document the activities of the office from 1903 to 1989. From 1908 to 1974, the office of Religious Affairs was nearly synonymous with the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), as the records indicate. Hence, the collection also includes the records of the Danforth Chapel from 1955 to 1976, the International Student Center from 1955 to 1965, and the Self-Help Bureau from 1932 to 1941.

The Office of Religious Affairs grew out of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the leadership of Edward S. King, who served North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) through the YMCA from 1919 to 1955. The campus branch of the YMCA was established in 1889 and was the site of the following activities and events: regular Sunday services; Bible study classes; a published montly paper; a handbook for freshmen and prospective students; speakers and discussion groups; a game room for students; a barbershop; and the Self-Help Bureau, which helped students secure employment while in college. The YMCA branch existed on campus until 1982.

Biographical/historical note

The Office of Religious Affairs grew out of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the leadership of Edward S. King, who served North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) through the YMCA from 1919 to 1955. In the fall of 1889 a branch of the YMCA was established on the campus. The YMCA conducted regular Sunday services and Bible study classes, published a monthly paper and a handbook for freshmen and prospective students, and brought carefully chosen and nationally known speakers to the campus. Members of the YMCA gave programs at neighboring colleges and representatives were sent to the annual Southern Student Conference near Asheville and to various other student volunteer conferences. Other activities and services of the YMCA included the provision of a game room for students, a barbershop, and the Self-Help Bureau, which helped students secure employment while in college. Members of this organization met new students at the depot and escorted them to the campus with the intention of becoming the students' servant, friend, and moral guide. The YMCA branch existed on campus until 1982.

In 1975, a copper box was found in the cornerstone of the King Religious Center (also known as the YMCA), where it had been for around sixty years. The contents of this time capsule are primarily documents from the early years of the YMCA and are in this collection.

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This collection contains announcements, annual reports, applications, architectural drawings and specifications, brochures, bulletins, constitutions, contracts, correspondence, handbooks, manuals, membership lists, minutes, programs, scrapbooks, time reports, and work plans. The records document the activities of the office from 1903 to 1989. From 1908 to 1974, the office of Religious Affairs was nearly synonymous with the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), as the records indicate. Hence, the collection also includes the records of the Danforth Chapel from 1955 to 1976, the International Student Center from 1955 to 1965, and the Self-Help Bureau from 1932 to 1941.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into ten series:

  • Affiliates
  • Board of Directors
  • Building
  • Cabinet
  • Conferences, Camps, Programs
  • Cooperative Campus Ministry
  • Danforth Chapel
  • General YMCA records
  • Lectures, Classes, Performances
  • Self-Help Bureau

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Affiliates 1947-1970 (UA 016.036 Series 1)

The YMCA building and its staff were involved with more than religious services and retreats. At one time or another, the YMCA had a working relationship with a barber shop, the Bar Jonah Coffee House, Hopeline Crisis telephone service, the McKimmon Residence Village, the Presbyterian Campus Chirstian Life Center, Vetville and its community center, and the International Student Center.

This series contains a variety of records that document these relationships from 1947 to 1970 and includes contracts, reports, bulletins, posters, and correspondence.

Bar Jonah Coffee House: announcements and publications 1967-1969
Box 1, Folder 1
Barber Shop: contracts 1955-1964
Box 1, Folder 2
Hopeline Crisis Telephone Service 1969-1970
Legal box 19, Folder 1
International Student Center: annual reports 1961-1965
Box 1, Folder 3
International Student Center: general records and photographs 1955-1964
Box 1, Folder 4
International Student Center: Governor's Commission on Foreign Student Relations 1962-1964
Box 1, Folder 5
International Student Center: Host Family Program 1960-1963
Legal box 19, Folder 2
International Student Center: Orientation Class for Foreign Students 1961-1963
Box 1, Folder 6
International Student Center: United States-Soviet Union Student Exchange Program 1958-1963
Box 1, Folder 7
McKimmon Residence Village 1962-1963
Box 1, Folder 8
Presbyterian Campus Christian Life Center 1963-1968
Box 1, Folder 9
Vetville Community Center 1947-1956
Legal box 19, Folder 3
Board of Directors of YMCA 1909-1973 (UA 016.036 Series 2)

The records in this series document the activities of the YMCA Board of Directors from 1909 to 1973. The Board was the primary and legal authority of the YMCA and derived its powers from the Articles of Incorporation and Constitution. All other boards, committees, councils and task forces received their authority by delegation of this board. Professional staff members were assigned and approved by the Board. The records in this series include personnel records, annual reports, budget planning, and correspondence.

Athletics Special Committee 1956-1957
Legal box 19, Folder 4
Budget 1909-1940
Box 1, Folder 10
Budget 1940-1971
Box 1, Folder 11
General Records 1911-1913
Box 1, Folder 12
General Records 1919-1940
Box 1, Folder 13
General Records 1941-1945
Legal box 19, Folder 5
General Records 1946-1947
Legal box 19, Folder 6
General Records 1948-1949
Legal box 19, Folder 7
General Records 1950-1952
Legal box 19, Folder 8
General Records 1953
Box 2, Folder 1
General Records 1954
Legal box 19, Folder 9
General Records 1955
Box 2, Folder 2
General Records 1956
Legal box 19, Folder 10
General Records 1957
Legal box 19, Folder 11
General Records 1959-1966
Box 2, Folder 3
General Records 1967-1973
Box 2, Folder 4
Minutes 1909-1913
Box 2, Folder 5
Minutes 1919-1940
Box 2, Folder 6
Minutes 1941-1945
Box 2, Folder 7
Minutes 1947-1955
Legal box 20, Folder 1
Minutes 1956
Box 2, Folder 8
Minutes 1957
Box 2, Folder 9
Minutes 1958
Box 2, Folder 10
Minutes 1959
Box 3, Folder 1
Minutes 1960
Box 3, Folder 2
Minutes 1961-1963
Box 3, Folder 3
Minutes 1964-1966
Box 3, Folder 4
Minutes 1967-1973
Box 3, Folder 5
Personnel: Ballot for New General Secretary 1955
Box 3, Folder 6
Personnel: Correspondence Pertaining to New General Secretary 1954-1955
Box 3, Folder 7
Personnel: General Secretary Qualifications 1952
Box 3, Folder 8
Personnel: Staff Secretary 1969-1971
Box 3, Folder 9
Building for YMCA 1910-1973 (UA 016.036 Series 3)

The records in this series document the history of North Carolina State University's campus YMCA bulding from 1910 to 1973. The bulding was built from 1912 to 1913, renovated in the 1950s, renamed the E. S. King Religious Center in 1959, and demolished in 1975 to make room for an addition to the College of Design. These records document the planning, fundraising, and effort to save the building. Included in this series are architectural plans, committee records, correspondence with donors, contracts, insurance policies, and ceremony brochures.

Addition and Renovation 1936-1960 (bulk 1956-1960)
Box 3, Folder 10
Architectural Plans by Henry E. Bonitz 1912
Tube 24
Contracts 1912-1914
Legal box 20, Folder 2
Cornerstone Laying 1912
Box 3, Folder 11
Correspondence: John D. Rockefeller and Starr Murphy 1910-1933 (bulk 1910-1913)
Box 3, Folder 12
Dedication of King Religious Center 1955-1962
Box 3, Folder 13
Dedication of YMCA 1913
Box 3, Folder 14
Fundraising 1911
Box 3, Folder 15
Ground Breaking 1912
Box 4, Folder 1
Guest Room: linen inventory and receipts 1938-1939
Box 4, Folder 2
Insurance Policies 1912-1913
Box 4, Folder 3
Plans and Specifications 1912
Box 4, Folder 4
Save King Religious Center Committee 1968-1973
Legal box 20, Folder 3
Cabinet 1903-1986 (UA 016.036 Series 4)

The records in this series document the activities of the YMCA's Cabinet from 1903 to 1986. The Cabinet was comprised of the program's student officers. These elected officers conducted Cabinet meetings and open meetings; served on committees such as the Children's Committee and the Freshman Committee; and planned retreats. This series includes newsletters, correspondence, handbooks, minutes, installation service bulletins, and other internal documents.

Children Committee 1969-1970
Box 4, Folder 5
Circular letters, memoranda, newsletters 1940-1959 (bulk 1955-1959)
Box 4, Folder 6
Circular letters, memoranda, newsletters 1960-1973
Box 4, Folder 7
Circular letters, memoranda, newsletters 1976-1986
Box 4, Folder 8
Committees, general records 1951-1972
Box 4, Folder 9
Committee Officers and Program Chairmen 1903-1975
Box 4, Folder 10
Freshman Committee 1956-1977
Box 5, Folder 1
General records 1948-1985
Box 5, Folder 2
Handbooks 1951-1958
Box 5, Folder 3
Handbooks 1959-1960
Box 5, Folder 4
Installation Service 1949-1970
Legal box 20, Folder 4
Minutes 1919-1922
Legal box 20, Folder 5
Minutes 1931-1940
Legal box 20, Folder 6
Minutes 1958-1959
Box 5, Folder 5
Minutes 1960
Box 5, Folder 6
Minutes 1961-1973
Box 5, Folder 7
Retreats 1950-1970
Box 6, Folder 1
Student Secretary Notebook 1951-1953
Box 6, Folder 2
Conferences, Camps, Programs 1908-1983 (UA 016.036 Series 5)

Religious Affairs (through the YMCA and the Cooperative Campus Ministry) sponsored many conferences, camps, and programs at North Carolina State University. This series includes meeting minutes and planning records for the various confferences and retreats that Religious Affairs sponsored from 1908 to 1983.

Of particular note is the Climate of Learning Conference, where faculty from all facets of the University would brainstorm at a retreat on how to foster a better learning environment at NC State University. These folders document the faculty's attempts to understand students' concerns and their rejection of "in loco parentis" university regulations. There are meeting minutes, committee reports, and student questionnaires in these folders.

Blue Ridge Assembly 1941-1969
Box 6, Folder 3
Blue Ridge Assembly: photographs (transferred from UA 023.023) 1915-1969
Box 6, Folder 4
Climate of Learning Conference 1960
Box 6, Folder 5
Climate of Learning Conference 1963-1965
Box 6, Folder 6
Climate of Learning Conference 1965-1966
Box 6, Folder 7
Climate of Learning Conference 1966-1967
Legal box 20, Folder 7
College Night 1908-1920
Box 7, Folder 1
Faculty Retreat 1957-1966
Box 7, Folder 2
Faculty Retreat 1967-1983 (bulk 1967-1969)
Box 7, Folder 3
Fraternity Retreats 1959-1964
Box 7, Folder 4
Fraternity-Seminarian Program (Greeks and Padres) 1965-1967
Box 7, Folder 5
Fraternity-Seminarian Program 1968
Box 7, Folder 6
Fraternity-Seminarian Program 1969
Box 7, Folder 7
Fraternity-Seminarian Program 1970
Box 7, Folder 8
Fraternity-Seminarian Program 1971
Box 7, Folder 9
Freshman Camps 1942-1952
Box 7, Folder 10
Freshman Camps 1953-1958
Box 7, Folder 11
Freshman Camps 1959-1961
Box 8, Folder 1
Freshman Camps 1962-1964
Box 8, Folder 2
Freshman Camps 1965-1969
Box 8, Folder 3
Freshman Camps 1970-1974
Box 8, Folder 4
Religion in Life Week 1941-1951
Legal box 20, Folder 8
Religion in Life Week: poster 1948
Flat folder 25
Pastoral Counseling Workshop 1965
Box 8, Folder 5
Raleigh Intercollegiate Conference 1958-1966
Box 8, Folder 6
Sensitivity Program 1966
Box 8, Folder 7
Student Night at Raleigh Churches 1912
Box 8, Folder 8
United Nations 1951-1954
Box 8, Folder 9
Washington Seminar 1963-1968
Box 8, Folder 10
YMCA-YWCA conference brochures 1955-1958
Box 8, Folder 11
Cooperative Campus Ministry 1922-1989 (UA 016.036 Series 6)

The records in this series document the activies of the Cooperative Campus Ministry (CCM) from 1922 to 1989. The Chaplains' Cooperative Ministry (formerly the Cooperative Campus Ministry) at North Carolina State University is an interfaith organization which both supports individual programs of faith and plans jointly sponsored campus ministries for students, faculty, and staff. Its members, both ordained and non-ordained, strive to be leaders within the University as inquiry, dialogue, development, and truth are pursued with trust at all levels. Each member group, while not denying its own beliefs, is willing to cooperate with and support the other members as they develop their own communities. Its members pledge to respect the established religious convictions of all individuals and to avoid language and behavior whose real or perceived purpose is to pressure or deter persons who are already committed to living out their chosen faith heritage.

Of particular note is the folder entitled "Human Relations," which refers to interracial tensions in the Raleigh area during the 1950s and 1960s. This folder contains correspondence and essays that respond to the lunch counter sit-in movement. More immediate to NC State University, this folder contains records in response to international students from African and Middle Eastern countries being denied admission to Chapel Hill's Varisty Theater.

Budgets and Financial Statements 1956-1975
Box 8, Folder 12
Circular letters, correspondence, memoranda 1955-1989 (bulk 1955-1974)
Box 8, Folder 13
Essays 1963-1976
Box 8, Folder 14
Forum Committee 1972-1975
Box 9, Folder 1
Human Relations 1950-1969
Legal box 20, Folder 9
Institutional Service Project (Oasis Society) 1957-1961
Legal box 21, Folder 1
Institutional Service Project (Oasis Society) 1962-1974
Box 9, Folder 2
Long-Range Planning 1957-1973
Box 9, Folder 3
Lutheran Campus Ministries newsletters 1979-1981
Box 9, Folder 4
Minutes 1955-1958
Box 9, Folder 5
Minutes 1965-1970
Box 9, Folder 6
Minutes 1971
Box 9, Folder 7
Minutes 1972-1975
Legal box 21, Folder 2
Newsletters and 1942 photograph of chapel 1942-1972 (bulk 1971-1972)
Legal box 21, Folder 3
North Carolina Campus Ministers Association 1960-1967
Box 9, Folder 8
Questionnaires to students about campus life undated
Box 9, Folder 9
Reports 1966-1975
Legal box 21, Folder 4
Rosters and Program Officers 1922-1973 (bulk 1955-1973)
Box 9, Folder 10
Supplemental Information and Ephemera 1958-1981
Legal box 21, Folder 5
Danforth Chapel 1952-1976 (UA 016.036 Series 7)

The records in this series document the history of the Danforth Chapel from 1952 to 1976. The Chapel was named for the generous benefactor, William H. Danforth, who died before the building was completed. The Chapel was used by the Cooperative Campus Ministry and the YMCA for contemporary and traditional worship services as well as wedding ceremonies. The records include architectural plans, fundraising correspondence, service bulletins, and information on the couples who were married in the Chapel.

Architectural Drawings and Specifications 1955
Box 10, Folder 1
Blueprints for Danforth Chapel Plaque 1955
Flat folder 25
Bulletins for Contemporary Worship Services 1970-1972
Box 10, Folder 2
Bulletins for Worship Services 1956-1963
Box 10, Folder 3
Construction 1952-1955
Box 10, Folder 4
Contemporary Worship: planning and announcements 1969-1973
Box 10, Folder 5
Danforth Foundation Interns and Graduate Students 1956-1963
Box 10, Folder 6
Dedication 1955-1956
Box 10, Folder 7
Fundraising 1954-1956
Box 10, Folder 8
Hymns and Music circa 1956-1970
Legal box 21, Folder 6
Proposal for a New Chapel 1967-1974
Legal box 21, Folder 7
Supplemental Information 1957-1962
Box 10, Folder 9
Uses of Chapel 1955-1972
Box 10, Folder 10
Weddings: chaplains' planning materials 1956-1971
Box 10, Folder 11
Weddings: information on couples 1957-1961
Box 11, Folder 1
Weddings: information on couples 1962-1967
Box 11, Folder 2
Weddings: information on couples 1968-1970
Box 11, Folder 3
Weddings: information on couples 1971-1976
Box 11, Folder 4
General YMCA records 1907-1983 (UA 016.036 Series 8)

These records document the activities of the YMCA at North Carolina State University from 1907 to 1983. The records include the constitution of the NC State University YMCA, certificate of incorporation, correspondence with alumni, memorandum, newsletters, programs, agendas, time capsule memorabilia, and essays.

The YMCA was a voluntary organization that was controlled by the students under the direction of a general secretary, who was employed with funds subscribed by the Board of Directors. On December 8, 1905, the Board appropriated $300.00 to employ a full-time Y secretary. The first general secretary, E. R. Walton, served for two years. He was succeeded by John W. Bergthold in 1908.

A copper box was recovered from the King Religious Center (also known as the YMCA) cornerstone, in 1975 after a respite of nearly sixty years. This time capsule was found to contain numerous items relating to the college. These items (including) were put in the University Memorabilia collection but then transferred to this collection.

The records address a range of topics including guidance for young men during the Vietnam War draft about concientious objectors and appeals, a folder entitled "Student Revolutions" which documents student and faculty reactions towards criticisms of "in loco parentis" rules in universities, as well as the general internal documents of the YMCA.

Alumni Correspondence 1957-1958
Box 11, Folder 5
Alumni Correspondence 1963-1968
Box 11, Folder 6
Alumni Correspondence 1969-1975
Legal box 21, Folder 8
American Friends Service Committee, Washington Vigil [against Vietnam War]: poster 1969
Flat folder 25
Announcements and posters 1945-1975
Legal box 21, Folder 9
Annual Reports 1908-1940
Box 11, Folder 7
Annual Reports 1940-1954
Box 12, Folder 1
Annual Reports 1954-1973
Box 12, Folder 2
Bereavement Letters 1963-1965
Box 12, Folder 3
Brochures and Pamphlets 1953-1973
Box 12, Folder 4
Brochures and Pamphlets 1953-1973
Box 12, Folder 5
Calendars of events and meetings 1946-1973
Legal box 21, Folder 10
Constitution 1910-1971 (bulk 1947-1958)
Legal box 22, Folder 1
Draft Information Service 1967-1971
Box 12, Folder 6
Green Bulletin 1983
Box 12, Folder 7
History of YMCA 1938-1969
Box 12, Folder 8
Incorporation 1911-1972 (bulk 1911-1911)
Legal box 22, Folder 2
Lost and Found Bureau 1930-1933
Box 12, Folder 9
"Love and Will and Rollo May" article by David Demosey undated
Flat folder 25
Membership: applications, cards, and lists circa 1950-1970s
Box 12, Folder 10
Membership: banquets 1953-1961
Box 12, Folder 11
Membership: donation requests 1908-1970
Box 12, Folder 12
National Council of YMCA's: annual meeting and rosters 1943-1972 (bulk 1961-1965)
Box 13, Folder 1
Newsletters 1910-1938
Box 13, Folder 2
Other College YMCA Programs: ephemera 1907-1913
Box 13, Folder 3-6
Photographs, meetings and gatherings undated
Box 13, Folder 7
Poole, John A. (Dean) records 1972-1977
Box 13, Folder 8
Religion on the Campus of North Carolina State College 1957
Box 13, Folder 9
Report of the Survey of the YMCA 1954
Box 14, Folder 1
Search Party Commissions 1960-1962
Legal box 22, Folder 3
Scrapbook 1922-1923
Box 14, Folder 2
Student Religious Preference 1953-1970
Box 14, Folder 3
Student Revolutions 1967-1970
Box 14, Folder 4
Supplementary records 1911-1916
Box 14, Folder 5
Supplementary records 1922-1958
Box 14, Folder 6
Time Capsule Contents (1 of 3) 1908-1911
Legal box 22, Folder 4
Time Capsule Contents (2 of 3) 1912
Legal box 22, Folder 5
Time Capsule Contents (3 of 3) 1911-1912
Legal box 22, Folder 6
Wooldridge, Oscar B. files circa 1950s
Legal box 22, Folder 7
Wooldridge, Oscar B. files circa 1960s
Box 14, Folder 7
Wooldridge, Oscar B. files circa 1970s
Box 14, Folder 8
YMCA-YWCA Student Assemblies 1954
Box 14, Folder 9
Lectures, Classes, Performances 1908-1976 (UA 016.036 Series 9)

A significant aspect of the Relgious Affairs office was to facilitate dialogue. The records in this series document the lectures, classes, and performances that this office sponsored from 1908 to 1976. The records include posters, calendars, announcements, transcripts, and correspondence.

One of the most well known, popular and sometimes controversial program that the office sponsored was Ethel Nash's Courtship and Marriage lecture series. Records pertaining to these lectures include correspondence, advertisements, newspaper articles, and posters.

Apollo Club 1957-1961
Box 15, Folder 1
Apollo Club 1962-1966
Box 15, Folder 2
Apollo Club: Buckminster Fuller File 1966
Box 15, Folder 3
Bible and Mission Study Classes 1909-1913
Box 15, Folder 4
Bulletins and Announcements 1908-1970
Box 15, Folder 5
Bulletins and Announcements 1941-1970
Box 15, Folder 6
Bulletins and Announcements Circa 1950
Legal box 21, Folder 11
Courtship and Marriage Lecture Series: correspondence 1955-1971
Box 15, Folder 7
Courtship and Marriage Lecture Series: planning materials 1941-1971
Box 15, Folder 8
Crusaders Male Chorus 1951-1958
Box 15, Folder 9
Faculty Lectures on Religion 1942-1969 (bulk 1950-1969)
Box 15, Folder 10
Faculty Luncheon 1973-1976
Box 16, Folder 1
Freshman Diner's Club 1960-1965
Box 16, Folder 2
History, Philosophy, and Organization of YMCA Lectures 1961-1962
Box 16, Folder 3
Institute for Theological Studies 1966
Box 16, Folder 4
Panel of Americans inter-group dialogue 1958-1964
Box 16, Folder 5
Radio Programs undated
Legal box 22, Folder 8
Theologian in Residence Lectureship 1971-1974
Legal box 22, Folder 9
Self-Help Bureau 1928-1943 (UA 016.036 Series 10)

The Self-Help Bureau, which was a subsidiary of the campus YMCA, helped students secure employment while in college. Particularly in the 1930s due to the Great Depression, students had to leave the university in alarming numbers due to financial hardship. The Self-Help Bureau appropriated funds and/or set students up with jobs through the following New Deal-era programs: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), National Youth Administration (NYA), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and Public Works Administration (PWA).

The FERA was a Roosevelt Administration relief program enacted in 1933 and terminated in 1935. FERA was the first direct-relief operation under the New Deal. This relief effort emphasized work and its main goal was to alleviate adult unemployment. In order to achieve this goal, FERA provided state assistance for the unemployed and their families. From when it began in May 1933 until it closed its operations in December 1935, it gave states and localities $3.1 billion to operate local work projects and transient programs. The records from FERA in this collection include: newsletters, applications, departmental time allotments, statistics, and other internal records.

The NYA also operated out of Self Help office of the YMCA. The primary purpose of the NYA was to help high school and college students from low-income families to stay in school by giving them part-time paid work.

The TVA was created in 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected by the Great Depression. The records in this folder document the TVA's recruting efforts of high-achieving NC State University students from 1934 to 1936.

The PWA concentrated on the construction of large-scale public works such as dams and bridges, with the goal of providing employment, stabilizing purchasing power, and contributing to a revival of American industry. There is one cicular (number 144) from this organization from 1935 in this collection.

Federal Emergency Relief Administration 1934
Legal box 22, Folder 10
Federal Emergency Relief Administration: affidavits of financial need 1934-1935
Legal box 22, Folder 11
Federal Emergency Relief Administration: allotments 1934-1935
Legal box 23, Folder 1
Federal Emergency Relief Administration: applications 1934
Box 16, Folder 6
Federal Emergency Relief Administration: correspondence and bulletins 1934
Box 16, Folder 7
Federal Emergency Relief Administration: correspondence and bulletins 1935
Box 16, Folder 8
Federal Emergency Relief Administration: departmental reports 1933-1934
Legal box 23, Folder 2
Federal Emergency Relief Administration: dining hall employees 1933-1934
Box 16, Folder 9
Federal Emergency Relief Administration: eligibility lists 1934-1935
Legal box 23, Folder 3
Federal Emergency Relief Administration: forms 1934-1935
Legal box 23, Folder 4
Federal Emergency Relief Administration: general records 1934
Box 16, Folder 10
Federal Emergency Relief Administration: student labor department 1934
Box 16, Folder 11
Federal Emergency Relief Administration: time records 1934
Box 16, Folder 12
Federal Emergency Relief Administration: statistics and data 1934-1935
Legal box 23, Folder 5
National Youth Administration: affidavits 1935-1942
Box 16, Folder 13
National Youth Administration: application forms 1935-1941
Legal box 23, Folder 6
National Youth Administration: Brief Digest of the General Report of the NC Youth Survey circa 1939
Box 16, Folder 14
National Youth Administration: broadcasts by director of NYA of NC, C. E. McIntosh 1938
Legal box 23, Folder 7
National Youth Administration: Bulletins 1935-1938
Box 16, Folder 15
National Youth Administration: "College Aid in North Carolina" study circa 1939
Box 17, Folder 1
National Youth Administration: forms circa 1930s
Legal box 23, Folder 8
National Youth Administration: fraternities 1939-1941
Box 17, Folder 2
National Youth Administration: manuals for college NYA official representatives 1940-1942
Box 17, Folder 3
National Youth Administration: manual and procedures 1935-1942
Box 17, Folder 4
National Youth Administration: monthly newsletters 1938-1940
Box 17, Folder 5
National Youth Administration: NYA of NC correspondence 1935-1937
Box 17, Folder 6
National Youth Administration: NYA of NC correspondence 1938-1943
Box 17, Folder 7
National Youth Administration: North Carolina Council of Youth-Serving Agencies 1937-1940
Box 17, Folder 8
National Youth Administration: pay period and time reports 1938-1939
Box 17, Folder 9
National Youth Administration: payrolls 1935-1942
Box 17, Folder 10
National Youth Administration: personnel reports 1937-1941
Box 17, Folder 11
National Youth Administration: petitions for continuation of NYA 1936-1943
Legal box 23, Folder 9
National Youth Administration: self help secretary 1934-1937
Box 17, Folder 12
National Youth Administration: self help secretary 1938-1943
Legal box 23, Folder 10
National Youth Administration: statistics and data 1936-1939
Legal box 23, Folder 11
National Youth Administration: statistics and data 1940-1942
Legal box 23, Folder 12
National Youth Administration: student work allotment 1937-1942
Legal box 23, Folder 13
National Youth Administration: time report 1935
Flat folder 25
National Youth Administration: time report transmittal forms 1940-1943
Half box 18, Folder 1
National Youth Administration: United States Treasury Department 1940-1941
Half box 18, Folder 2
National Youth Administration: War Manpower Commission 1941-1943
Half box 18, Folder 3
National Youth Administration: work plans 1938-1942
Half box 18, Folder 4
Public Works Administration: circular number 144 1935
Flat folder 25
Self-Help Bureau: annual reports 1930-1939
Half box 18, Folder 5
Self-Help Bureau: applications and regulations 1928-1940
Half box 18, Folder 6
Self-Help Bureau: committees 1936-1937
Legal box 23, Folder 14
Self-Help Bureau: soliciting material 1934-1937
Legal box 23, Folder 15
Self-Help Bureau: University of North Carolina 1931-1938
Legal box 23, Folder 16
Self-Help Bureau: wage rates 1938
Legal box 23, Folder 17
Tennessee Valley Authority 1934-1936
Half box 18, Folder 7
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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, Division of Student Affairs, Office of Religious Affairs records, UA 016.036, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

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