North Carolina State Beekeepers Association Records 1917-2024 (bulk 1950-2018)

Formed in 1917, the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association (NCSBA) has grown into the largest state beekeeping association in the United States, with more than 70 of the state’s counties organized into local chapters within the organization. As of 2017, the NCSBA is a volunteer led organization with more than 4,000 active members, most of whom are hobbyist beekeepers. Members of the NCSBA promote the honey bee to the public at beekeeping schools, county fairs, festivals, and special events, including Bug Fest in Raleigh, Bee Friendly Day in Tarboro, and National Honey Bee Day in Goldsboro.

To learn more about the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association, read A History of the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association 1917-1997 by James Greene and Dr. John Ambrose, or visit the organization’s website at https://www.ncbeekeepers.org.

The North Carolina State Beekeepers Association Records, 1917-2021 (bulk 1950-2018), contains minutes, agendas, financial reports, regional chapter reports, correspondence, newsletters, beekeeping manuals, curriculum materials, calendars and archived web content. Other materials include photographs, videos, publications, and presentation materials relating to beekeeping and honey production. Significant portions of the collection are from the personal and professional papers of John D. Foust, who was elected President of the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association in 2003. Materials range from 1917 to 2021, with the bulk of materials from 1950 to 2018.

This collection is arranged into four series: General Records; Publications; Photographic and Audiovisual Materials; and Web Content. The series are primarily arranged alphabetically, with some arrangement that is chronological and by media type as noted in the series descriptions. Original order and folder titles have been maintained when possible.

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[Identification of item], North Carolina State Beekeepers Association Records, MC 00617, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Gift of North Carolina State Beekeepers Association, 2017-2021 (Accession nos. 2017.0029, 2017.0085, 2017.0212, 2018.0085, 2018.0199, 2020.0061, 2020.0109, 2021.0004,2021.0006, 2021.0043). Web content harvested using the Internet Archive's Archive-It services, quarterly starting in 2017.

Processed by: Emily Doyle; finding aid by Linda Sellars; updated because of additions by Taylor de Klerk, February and June 2018, updated because of additions by Taylor Wolford, September and October 2018. Archived web content processed by Liz Bell, 2020 June; updated because of addition by Hannah Chapman 2020 November and 2021 January; updated because of addition by Shima Hosseininasab, 2021 May; updated because of addition by Katelyn Cuomo, 2023 December