Special Collections Research Center
University Archives Photograph Collection
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The University Archives Photograph Collection offers a rich
visual record of the history of North Carolina State University
from its opening in 1889 to the present. The collection contains
more than 275,000 photographic prints, negatives, slides, and
postcards, and it covers a wide range of subjects related to
the growth and development of N.C. State University and its service
to the North Carolina community.
The collection depicts administrators, faculty, students, alumni,
and noteworthy visitors; campus facilities, buildings, and views;
athletics; military training and service; research, events, activities,
organizations, students, and campus life in general. A significant
part of the collection highlights North Carolina's agrarian history
and rural sociology through the university's involvement in Agricultural
Extension and Research services, including Home Demonstration
work and 4-H Youth Development.
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Group portrait of Southern Student Conference attendees,
including the North Carolina State College delegation,
at YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly, ca. 1919.
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Most of the photographs were taken by professional, amateur,
and student photographers working for various departments at
N.C. State, including the Visual Aids Department, Office of Information
Services, Agricultural Extension Service, and student publications
(primarily the Agromeck and Technician). Photographers
represented by numerous photographs include Ralph Mills, John
Mattox, Landis Bennett, and Burnie Batchelor. Other contributors
include government agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture
and U.S. Army, and local newspapers, such as The News & Observer and The
Herald-Sun.
The University Archives Photograph Collection is one of the
most frequently used collections in Special Collections Research
Center. Selected images in the collection are being made accessible online through one of the Special Collection Research Center's digital projects.
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North Carolina poultry club members Carl and Richard
Lutz with their Rhode Island Reds, 1923.
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To meet the challenge of providing online access to these unique
resources, the NCSU Libraries has acquired Luna
Imaging's Insight software. The images that are being selected
must be prepared for digitization. For more information, please
see the Preparation of Photographs
for Digitization page.
Staff have discovered that identifying information is lacking for of the photographs. The NC State community is asked to help describe
the subjects of certain images in the collection. Please see the "Recognize this photo?" section above to view a selection of unidentified images. Making the library's "shoebox" more
accessible is a massive undertaking, but the end result will students, faculty, alumni, and scholars.
The University Archives Photograph Collection has been assigned the call number UA 023. Further information about some of the subgroups in this collection can be accessed by looking under that call number in the list of University Archives collections.
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