680 collections related to North Carolina State University -- History

The records of the North Carolina State University Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering contain correspondence, scholarship information, course and curriculum information, departmental history, facilities and farm equipment information, legal documents, research project records, publications, photographs and slides, and files on departmental extension and outreach work. Also included are a number of technical drawings of farm equipment and structures patented by department personnel as well as films (many digitized and available online) of agricultural equipment and activities. There is also a large series of drawings and plans mainly of agricultural structures. Materials range in date from 1920 to 2013. Organized agricultural engineering education at North Carolina State began in 1917, as an offering of several related courses in the Department of Agronomy. In 1937, the program's name was changed, and the degree became a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering. In 1940, the program separated from Agronomy, becoming a full-fledged department. In 1965, the department adopted its current name. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Department of Biology contain correspondence, brochures, course syllabi, departmental reviews, handbooks, grant proposals and applications, publications, and research project material. Also included is material relating to the establishment of the North Carolina Zoological Park, items from the North Carolina State College Institute of Statistics, and records from the Ecology Program, which was discontinued in 1992. Materials range in date from 1948 to 2006. The first courses in Zoology were offered at the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later, North Carolina State University) in 1899. In 1912, Dr. Zeno P. Metcalf joined the faculty and increased the course offerings from one to three, eventually becoming Head of the Department of Entomology and Zoology, and led the department for 38 years, until 1950. In 1950, Zoology and Entomology separated from each other under the newly formed Division of Biological Sciences. With the dissolution of the Division of Biological Sciences in 1956, Zoology became a department with its own curriculum. The Department was included in the formation of the new Institute of Biological Sciences in 1960, an arrangement that lasted until 1971. After that date, Zoology became a Department in the School (now College) of Agriculture and Life Sciences. In 2008, the department was renamed as the Department of Biology. Less

The Department of Communication Services Records contain correspondence and memoranda, reports, news releases, clippings, subject files, plans of work and annual reports, an extensive collection of photographs, negatives, slides, and CD-ROMs and related material concerning the work of the department. Materials range in date from 1926 to 2012. The Department of Communication Services provided communication leadership and innovation for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to further the mission of North Carolina State University. The department delivered timely, accurate, research-based information to improve the quality of life for citizens of North Carolina, facilitated the effective transfer of information between clients and their audiences, trained and advised clients in effective communications, and provided communications services.By 2013, Communication Services was no longer a department under the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. It merged with Creative Services to become one of the three units under University Communications. The other units are News Services and Web Communications. Less

The North Carolina State University Department of Crop Science Records include correspondence and memoranda, administrative materials, research materials, materials related to its extension program, publications, and materials related to its Maize Breeding and Genetics Program. Included are records, correspondence, photographs, data and other material containing information on curricula and teaching, budgets, research projects, professional organizations related to crop science, and research topics. Materials range in date from 1928 to 2014. The North Carolina State University Department of Crop Science began as the Division of Agronomy in the School of Agriculture at the beginning of the 1900s. In 1924, reorganization led to the Division of Agronomy becoming the Department of Agronomy. In 1952, a new building, Williams Hall, was opened, designed to house the by then large department. At the beginning of 1956, Agronomy was divided into the Department of Field Crops and the Department of Soil Science. In 1962, Field Crops changed its name to the Department of Crop Science to better reflect its focus. Dr. Major Goodman was head of the Maize Breeding and Genetics program from 1983 to circa 2013. This program improves upon traditional maize breeding through the incorporation of exotic germplasm and quantitative genetics theory. Less

The North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Records, 2016-2025 contains websites relating to the Department of Crop and Soil Science and documenting the department's activities. On July 1, 2016 the previously existing departments of Crop Science and Soil Science officially merged into a single department called Crop and Soil Sciences. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Department of Entomology contain brochures, correspondence, departmental reviews, memoranda, newsletters, notebooks, reports, and seminar flyers, as well as a notebook of correspondence and research notes from former department head Zeno P. Metcalf. Materials range in date from 1932 to 2005. Entomology was first taught as a course in the Department of Horticulture, Arboriculture, and Botany during the first years of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later, North Carolina State University). Entomologic study grew with the creation of the Department of Zoology and Entomology and the naming of the new head, Zeno P. Metcalf, in 1912. Administratively, however, Entomology was not considered a separate department, but was still considered a part of a larger course of Agricultural study. In 1950, the Division of Biological Sciences was created, and a number of departmental faculties were established and placed administratively within it, including Entomology. Courses in Entomology were listed for the first time as a separate subject, although it was not yet a full-fledged department. This occurred only after the Division was dissolved in 1955, and each faculty became a separate department. Less

The North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Records include proceedings of a Graduate Student Research Symposium held March 25, 2000. An interdepartmental program in Toxicology has existed at NC State since 1964, through a National Institute of Health Program grant that was continuously funded for 32 years. In 1979, the first graduate degrees were awarded (Master of Toxicology, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy). In 1989, the Department of Toxicology was established and in 2001 the department was relocated to the Toxicology Building on Centennial Campus. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences contains brochures, correspondence, faculty and undergraduate lists, historical material, program information, publications, project reports, conferences, slide sets, videocassettes, and digital media. Most of the project files pre-date the official founding of the department, and were performed in conjunction with the Agricultural Experiment Station. Materials range in date from 1945 to 2014. The Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences was established in July, 1961, as the Department of Food Science and Processing in the School of Agriculture. The study of food science at NC State University, however, began in 1918, when the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station began pasteurizing milk at the creamery it ran in Patterson Hall. In 1962 the name was changed to the Department of Food Science, and in 2007 to the Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Department of Genetics contain brochures, correspondence, grants and fellowships information, courses and curriculum material, a departmental history, facilities and equipment information, faculty and student records, research project files and reports, seminar and lecture materials, and other publications. Materials range in date from 1941 to 2001. No formally organizated of genetics department existed at North Carolina State University until 1951. Until that time, the subject of genetics was distributed to several long-established departments within the School of Agriculture. By the 1930's, departments such as Agronomy, Zoology, and Plant Pathology (among others) were beginning to take an interest in genetics and the possible ways in which it could be integrated into their coursework and research projects. In 1951, the Department of Genetics was formally organized. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Department of Horticultural Science contain newsletters, budget information, academic and administrative reports, departmental publications, memoranda, information regarding departmental programs and events, slides, photographs, lantern slides, archived web content, and glass plate negatives. Also included are publications produced with the North Carolina Commercial Flower Growers' Association. Materials range in date from the 1900s to 1990s.This collection also includes a large amount of photographic materials including Kodachrome slides, lantern slides, photographs, and negatives. Much of this material is undated. The Kodachrome slides appear to be from the 1940s to the 1970s. The lantern slides and glass plate negatives date to the early twentieth century and depict the planting, harvesting, sorting, packaging, and selling of crops. The lantern slides were hand colored by Effie Brown Earll Slingerland, an artist and advocate for women's suffrage. With the founding of NC State College in 1889, five academic divisions were created, one of which was the department of Horticulture, Arboriculture, and Botany. Following the general reorganization of the School of Agriculture in 1923, the horticultural extension work performed outside the department became fully integrated with the academic and research activities of the department. Today, the Department of Horticultural Science occupies Kilgore Hall (constructed in 1952), employs over fifty faculty, and continues to play an important role in state-wide horticultural research and extension. The department assumed its current name in 1962. Less

The records for the North Carolina State University Department of Microbiology contain general administrative files, department head correspondence, financial records, departmental reviews, annual reports, information about faculty research projects, information about graduate fellowships and assistantships, and a large amount of grant and trust fund records. Included is information about research at the Agricultural Experiment Station, research done with the Peanut Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP), records from the Institute of Biological Sciences, information about Sweet Acidophilus Milk research, and Gardner Hall renovation plans. Courses in bacteriology have been offered at North Carolina State University since 1894-1895, when one course was offered through the Department of Horticulture, Aboriculture, and Botany. In the following decades, the program gradually expanded as several new courses were added. During the 1950s bacteriology began to establish a larger presence at North Carolina State College. Increased faculty support led to more research, course offerings, and funding. The program continued to grow with the approval of a doctoral degree in 1961, and the Department of Microbiology was officially established in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 1965. As of 2010, the Department of Microbiology employs over fifteen faculty members and enrolls over 35 graduate students. It offers a doctoral degree, three Master's degrees, and an undergraduate major and minor. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Department of Plant Pathology contain article reprints, brochures, correspondence, facilities information, meeting minutes, reports and presentation material, research projects, and publications. It also contains photographic prints, negatives, lantern slides, and video cassettes of events, individual and group portraits, and research specimens. Major correspondents include J. Lawrence Apple, Robert Aycock, Charles J. Nusbaum, Don E. Ellis, and Nash N. Winstead. In addition, there is a significant amount of extension material available, including correspondence, education materials, meeting minutes, Plans of Work, and research reports. Materials range in date from 1901 to 2001. Plant pathology at North Carolina State University grew out of work done by the North Carolina Experiment Station. In 1958, Plant Pathology became a full-fledged department, and was included along with four other departments in the creation of the Institute of Biological Sciences. With the discontinuation of the Institute in 1971, Plant Pathology became a department within the School (now College) of Agriculture and Life Sciences. In 2016, it became part of the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology. Less

The collection consists of records describing the administrative function of and research projects undertaken by the North Carolina State University Department of Plant Biology. In addition, there are also items regarding departmental seminars, reviews, a study guide, and a history of the department written by L. A. (Larry Alston) Whitford in 1970. The collection is arranged in five series: Administrative Records, Research and Development, Maps, and Artifacts, Web Contents. The Administrative Records series contains correspondence, course material, and departmental review items. The Research and Development series contains project proposals and reports concerning research in botany. Most of the projects contained in the latter series were federally sponsored by such agencies as NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Maps series contains a small group of field maps used by botany faculty and/or students. The Artifacts series contains a lantern used by B.W. Wells while doing fieldwork. Botanical work at North Carolina State began in concert with the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, which was established in the 1870s and later became part of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University). The first courses were offered at the college in 1889. Botany appears to have been a part of biology instruction until approximately 1912, when the two disciplines were separated. In 1945, a Plant Pathology section was created within the School of Agriculture, resulting in a new Department of Botany and Plant Pathology. With the creation of the Division of Biological Sciences in 1950, the two sections were split, creating two separate departments. Both operated under the administration of the Division of Biological Sciences. The division was abolished in 1958, and the Department of Botany and Bacteriology was established from those two curricula. In 1962 the Institute of Biological Sciences (IBS) was created, with Botany becoming one of five departments under its aegis. The IBS was dissolved in 1971. In the meantime, in 1966 the bacteriology program was split off from Botany, becoming the Department of Microbiology. In 2006 the Department of Botany changed its name to Plant Biology. In 2013 it became the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Department of Poultry Science contain scientific and publicity research, informational and promotional materials, administrative files, materials relating to 4-H poultry projects, reports and data from the North Carolina Egg Layer Performance and Management Tests, archived web content, and other publications. Materials range in date from 1914 to 2015. The first course in poultry at the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later, North Carolina State University) was taught in 1900-1901. In 1912, Poultry work became part of the Department of Animal Industry. The Poultry Science Extension Program began in 1907 and originally consisted of demonstration projects. In 1924, the Poultry Department became one of six departments in the new School of Agriculture. In 1962, the name of the department was officially changed to the Department of Poultry Science. In 2012, the department was renamed the Prestage Family Department of Poultry Science. Less

The records of the Department of Soil Science at North Carolina State University contain long range plans, reports, research grants, publications, minutes, correspondence, memoranda, and brochures. The Department of Soil Science at North Carolina State University had its beginnings with courses in agronomy that were first offered during the 1889-1890 academic year. Soil Science remained a program within the Department of Agronomy until that department was split into the Department of Field Crops and the Department of Soils. The Department of Soils became the Department of Soil Science in 1962. Less

The JC Raulston Arboretum Records contain newsletters, event calendars, brochures and handouts, plant lists, correspondence, archived web content, articles and clippings about the Arboretum and J.C. Raulston, and slides of plants and landscapes that were used as inspiration for the J.C. Raulston Arboretum Records from 1966-2006. In 1976, with a master plan drawn up by graduate student Fielding Scarborough, Horticultural Science professor J. C. Raulston made the first plantings at the North Carolina State University Research Farm Unit 4 on portions of an eight acre parcel designated as the NC State University Arboretum. In 1981 the Arboretum was dedicated. In 1997 it was renamed the JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University after its founder, who had passed away the previous year. In 2002 the Ruby C. McSwain Education Center was officially opened. A master plan that was developed in 2007 and updated in 2013 has guided the growth of the Arboretum, consisting of 10.5 contiguous acres in 2015. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Office of the Dean contain annual plans, budget information, correspondence, department heads' meetings information, departmental reviews, enrollment data, faculty meetings information, handbooks, publications, and organizational charts. Also included are correspondence and oral history interviews relating to the book Knowledge Is Power, a history of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences published in 1987. Materials range in date from 1911 to 2023. In 1905, the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University) first took up the suggestion of creating a dean for agriculture, but only under President Wallace Riddick (in 1917) was the position of dean created. In 1923, following the reorganization of North Carolina State College (later, University), the School (later, College) of Agriculture was created. In 1964, the School of Agriculture became the School of Agriculture and Life Sciences. In 1996, the School became the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, reflecting campus-wide changes in designation from School to College. Less

Contained in this collection are field and planting plans, field maps, test result sheets, data notebooks and printouts, and reports, resulting from tests and trials conducted by NC State University's Peanut Breeding Program, 1938-1992. NC State University has conducted systematic work on peanut breeding since at least the 1930s. The university's crop science faculty developed such seed varieties as NC 1, NC 2, and NC 4, which many North Carolina farmers planted during the mid-twentieth century. During the 1950s, Professor Walter P. Gregory developed NC 4X, "The Atomic Peanut," a variety bred from irradiated seeds. The peanut breeding program developed NC7 by the 1970s. Responding to diseases and pests, as well as other needs of the state's farmers and processors, NC State resarchers have developed numerous varieties since. Less