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Engineering expo, 1940s.

For more in-depth information on any campus unit or topic, consult the extensive collections of primary documents and publications in the University Archives and/or the several published histories of the university.

University-wide History

General Online Exhibits on University History

Building Histories and Campus Development

Online University-wide Publications

Histories of Offices and Campus Units

Timelines

• Timeline of NCSU History
• Timeline of African Americans at NCSU
• Timeline of Athletics at NCSU
• Timeline of NCSU Libraries

University-wide History

• Brief Narrative of NCSU History
• Historical Sketch of NCSU (by Murray Scott Downs)
• Historic Photographs (access to digital copies of University Archives Photograph Collection)
• NC State University Traditions (created by New Student Orientation)
• Achieve! Innovations in Action (click on "Timeline of Achievement," created by Office of Public Affairs)
• First African American Undergraduates (50th Anniversary website)
• History of Desegregation at NCSU
• NC State University Course Catalogs, 1919-2007
• NCSU Songs (historic recordings of glee club, band, and orchestra)

General Online Exhibits on University History

Sigma Kappa members, 1965.

• Celebrating 100 Years of Women at NC State
• Inventions! Patents at NC State University
• Transforming Society: The GI Bill Experience at NC State

Building Histories and Campus Maps

• Campus Buildings Index (created by Facilities Division)
• Historical Campus Maps (created by Facilities Division)
• Building Models (Google SketchUp)

Online University-wide Publications

• Bulletin: Since 1997 (NCSU News Services)
• News Releases: Since 1995 (NCSU News Services)
• Technician
  • Online Archives since 2006
  • Spoof edition/Daily Tar Hell (NC State alumni magazine)
• NC State Alumni Association
  • NC State (magazine, click on "Back Issues")
  • News Releases: Since 2005

Histories of Offices and Campus Units

Administration

• Chancellors and Presidents at NC State (online exhibit)
• An Informal History of the Provost's Office (by Nash N. Winstead)

Athletics

• Timeline of Athletics at NCSU
• Football and Basketball Program Cover Art, 1931-1972 (online exhibit)
• Wolfpack Baseball: A History of Achievement
• Athletics Photographs (from University Archives Photograph Collection)
  • Baseball (from University Archives Photograph Collection)
  • Men's Basketball (from University Archives Photograph Collection)
  • Women's Basketball (from University Archives Photograph Collection)
  • Football (from University Archives Photograph Collection)

Centennial Campus (historical documentation project)

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Farm equipment class behind Patterson Hall, ca. 1915.

• Agriculture and Resource Economics Department
• Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department
• Crop Science Department
  • Department History
  • Living off the Land: Tobacco and Crop Science History in North Carolina, 1850-1950
• Entomology Department
• Herbarium
• Horticultural Science Department
• Plant Biology Department
  • Department History
  • B. W. Wells Online Exhibit
• Soil Science Department

Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Research Service

• Green 'N' Growing: The history of 4-H and Home Demonstration in North Carolina
• Living off the Land: Tobacco and Crop Science History in North Carolina, 1850-1950

College of Design

• Center for Universal Design
• Department of Architecture
• Architecture Photographs (from University Archives Photograph Collection)

College of Education

College of Engineering

• Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department
• Chemical Engineering Department
• Computer Science Department
  • Department History
  • Photographs (from University Archives Photograph Collection)
• Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
  • Department History
  • Photographs (from University Archives Photograph Collection)
• Industrial and Systems Engineering Department
• Nuclear Engineering Department
• Nuclear Reactor Project
  • Nuclear Reactor History
  • First Temple of the Atom (digital collection)
  • Raymond Murray Notebooks (digital collection)
  • Photographs (from University Archives Photograph Collection)
• Applied Energy Research Laboratory
• Mineral Research Laboratory

College of Humanities & Social Sciences

• Foreign Languages & Literatures Department
• Psychology Department (Click on "History")

College of Management

• College of Management History
• Center for Innovation Management Studies
• Supply Chain Resource Consortium

College of Natural Resources

Forestry student practicing log rolling, 1960s.

• International Tree Conservation and Domestication (CAMCORE)
• Forest Nutrition Cooperative
• Tree Improvement Program
• Hofmann and Other School Forests (online guide to archival collection)
• History of Forestry: The Rise of American Forestry

College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

• Mathematics Department
• Statistics Dept. Founder Gertrude M. Cox (online exhibit)
• State Climate Office of North Carolina

College of Textiles

• 100 Years of Textiles at NC State University (online exhibit)
• Photographs (from University Archives Photograph Collection)

NCSU Libraries

• History of NCSU Libraries' Directors
• Historical Timeline of the NCSU Libraries

Other Campus Units

• African American Cultural Center (AACC)
• Alumni Association
• Gallery of Art and Design (scroll down to "History")
• Institute for Transportation, Research and Education (ITRE)
• McKimmon Center: Continuing Education and Summer Sessions
• McKimmon Center: 30th Anniversary Video (click on "30th Anniversary McKimmon Center")
• North Carolina Solar Center
• Office of International Scholar and Student Services (OISSS)
• Reserve Officer Training Corps/Military (NC State alumni magazine)

Other Resources

• Digital Collections (by Subject) at the Special Collections Research Center
• Guides to Records (by Title) in the University Archives