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In 2012, North Carolina State University students voted in Robert Andrew “Andy” Walsh as their ninety-fourth student body president. He served in the position from 2012 to 2013. Previously he served in the Student Senate. Walsh graduated from NC State in 2013. The Andy Walsh Campaign Memorabilia includes buttons, flyers, and a placard from Walsh's 2012 election as student body president at North Carolina State University. Also included is a t-shirt from the 2013 Roll Pack fund drive. Less

This collection is comprised of 30 digital photographs (JPEG) taken by Cary, NC, based photographer Dan Jahn. The photographs are in color and depict the North Carolina Sate University Majorettes at football games. Brief descriptions of the images exist in accompanying README text files. Dan Jahn is a professional photographer based in Cary, North Carolina. In 2003 he became the photographer of the North Carolina State University Marching Band. Marching bands have existed at North Carolina State University since the 1890s, and they have had drum majorettes since at least the 1940s. Less

This collection is comprised of 14 digital contact sheets and 40 digital prints taken by photographer Doug Van de Zande. These black and white photographs document the construction of the James B. Hunt Jr. Library. There are 17 framed prints on display at Hunt Library. Charles Douglas "Doug" Van de Zande was a professional photographer based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Originally from Virginia, Van de Zande studied photography at the Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, California. Doug Van de Zande died on June 28, 2017. Less

The Edwin F. Harris Papers, 1957-2014, collection contains drawings, blueprints, maps, correspondence, photographs, and other documents related to the professional career of Edwin F. Harris. The collection reflects Harris’ work as an architect on a number of university campus planning projects and commercial building projects. During his more than two decades of employment with North Carolina State University, Harris contributed to the design and construction of many portions of the university, including Centennial Campus and the College of Veterinary Medicine. Harris also contributed to the design of several commercial buildings in North Carolina’s Research Triangle and buildings on other North Carolina university campuses. These projects include The Carolina Theatre and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center in Durham, the Worrell Professional Center at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, and the YMCA at Guilford College in Greensboro. Edwin F. Harris, nicknamed "Abie," was born January 7, 1934, in Elkin, North Carolina. He graduated from Elkin High School in 1952 and enrolled at the North Carolina State College, School of Design (later North Carolina State University, College of Design) to pursue a Bachelor of Arts in architecture. He graduated with honors in 1957. Harris was awarded the 45th Paris Prize in Architecture in 1958 which he used to travel to Paris, after a period of Army service. After returning from Paris, he became a lecturer at the NC State University School of Design and joined Leif Valand and Associates as an Architect-in-Training. In 1966 he was a co-founder and partner of Harris & Burns, Architects (1966-1968) and then a co-founder and principle for Envirotek, Inc. (1969-1974). In 1966, Harris also joined the campus planning department at NC State University. In 1970 he became Director of Facilities Planning and in 1980 University Architect. In addition to being an avid runner, Edwin F. Harris spent much of his spare time participating in design competitions and serving as a consultant on various projects. His honors include the grand prize in a planning competition for the University of Miami in 1986, his election as an American Institute of Architects Fellow in 1987, and the 9th Annual Frank B. Turner Award in 1991. Less

The Ellis B. Cowling Papers contain files from 1957 to 2013 that include reports, notes, writings, research data, memos, correspondence, and newspaper clippings documenting Ellis B. Cowling's career. There are correspondence, publications, media clippings from newspapers, websites and magazines, drafts and reports from the Ad Hoc Committee at North Carolina State University and photographs all related to the move of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in 1999. There are also articles, correspondence, grant application materials, presentation materials, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and reports related to Cowling's animal waste research work, pertaining in particular to the Out-of-the-Box Thinking group. Additionally there are articles, background information, brochures, correspondence and news articles related to Cowling's involvement with the installation of Marye Anne Fox as Chancellor of North Carolina State University, the Watauga Seminar and the Faculty Senate. The largest series on the Southern Oxidants Study (SOS) contains annual meetings agendas, correspondence, presentation materials and reports related both directly to SOS and to its collaboration with other organizations. There is also extensive material about the Data Analysis Workshop conducted by SOS. In addition to these paper materials, there are also floppy disks, slides and photographs related to the Southern Oxidants Study (SOS). Finally, there are also audiovisual materials, primarily videotapes and cassette tapes. Most of the cassette tapes contain lectures Cowling gave over the course of a semester to the graduate-level PP [Plant Pathology] 650 course, although it is unclear what the course would have been titled since it no longer exists. Dr. Ellis B. Cowling is a University Distinguished Professor At-Large Emeritus of Forestry and Plant Pathology at North Carolina State University. Dr. Cowling specializes in biochemistry of wood decay, conservation of essential elements by forest trees, diseases of forest trees and deterioration of timber products, role of nitrogen in coevolution of forest trees and wood-destroying fungi, and integrated management of plant diseases. His other research interests include man-induced changes in the chemical climate and their effects on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and the role of scientists in public decision making. Dr. Cowling helped develop a nationwide system for monitoring acid deposition called the National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP). His appointment as the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee of Faculty at North Carolina State University contributed to the preservation and relocation of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in North Carolina. Dr. Cowling died on September 24, 2021. Less

This subgroup contains minutes of meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Endowment Funds of North Carolina State University, 1974-2010. Some minutes also contain correspondence, financial statements, bylaws, and other documents. The Board of Trustees of the Endowment Funds of North Carolina State University was established in 1974 by a North Carolina statute authorizing North Carolina State University, as an institution of the University of North Carolina System, to establish a permanent fund that would be administered by a five-member board to include the Chancellor and the Chair of NC State University's Board of Trustees. This Board was later expanded to include six to nine members. Less

The Jackie Gonzalez Papers contains materials from Jackie Gonzalez's service in NC State University's Student Government as student body president. Included are campaign and other buttons, photographs of Gonzalez's swearing-in ceremony and graduation, a campaign T-shirt, Gonzalez's State of Student Government address, and other documents. Jackie Gonzalez was the first Latinx student body president at NC State University. She served in the position during the 2017 to 2018 year. Previous positions she held within Student Government included chair of the University Relations Committee and vice chair of the Government Relations and Oversight Committee. She has been donor development chair for the Krispy Kreme Challenge, chair of the Student Media Board of Directors, CHASS ambassador, and at-large member of the Student Center Board of Directors. Materials range in date from 2017 to 2018. Less

The John Brake Papers include research and subject files, Broiler Breeder Research Workshop Workbooks, flash drives, electronic files transferred via external hard drive, and class materials both from Dr. Brake's teaching and from his years as an undergraduate at NC State University. Topics include improving chicken health, breeding, and egg quality. Materials range in date from 1950 to 2019, with the bulk of the materials being from the 1970s-2000s. The materials from the 1950s and 1960s are research papers and publications that Dr. Brake kept for reference. This collection also contains information on NC State University Chicken Education Units and other poultry science facilities. John Thomas Brake (1952-2018) was a member of the faculty of NC State University, beginning as an assistant professor of Poultry Science in 1981. In 2001, he was named William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He also served as Director of Graduate and Certificate Programs for the Prestage Department of Poultry Science from 2003 to 2017. Less

The Kofi Boone Papers contains architectural drawings, studies, correspondence, files, and media clippings for projects that span Boone's student and professional careers. Boone's documented projects include: master plans completed during graduate school at the University of Michigan; urban design guidelines, planning analyses and public park designs completed at the multidisciplinary firm JJR Inc.; and participatory designs and place-based storytelling efforts completed out of the NC State Department of Landscape Architecture. Most graduate school and JJR projects are located in the Detroit area, and most NC State projects are located in North Carolina. The collection also includes web content: The Cultural Landscape Foundation blog, The Landscape Architecture Podcast, and a website featuring Kofi Boone's "Black Landscapes Matter" article. Kofi Boone is an African American landscape architect and a professor in the NC State University Department of Landscape Architecture within the College of Design. Boone joined the Department of Landscape Architecture faculty in 2004. Through scholarship, teaching and extension service, Boone works in the landscape context of environmental justice and explores the use of new media as a means of increasing community input in design and planning processes. Less

The Marvin J. Malecha Papers contains drawings, concept sketches, models, correspondence, speeches, articles and papers, publications, personal notes, conference notes, presentation materials, photographs, and other materials related to Malecha's career in architecture, design teaching, and research. The bulk of the collection, comprised of faculty papers and architectural drawings and sketches, highlights Malecha's career as an educator and an architect. These papers document Malecha's tenure as a faculty member and Dean of the School of Design (later the College of Design) at North Carolina State University. Additional materials cover Malecha's position as President of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), as well as his involvement with various architectural associations such as the European Association of Architectural Education (EAAE), the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), and the European Network of Heads of Schools of Architecture (ENHSA). The Drawings and Models and the Project Files contained in the collection further demonstrate Malecha's career as a practicing architect. The materials range in date from 1966 to 2015. Marvin J. Malecha (1949-2020), former dean of North Carolina State University’s College of Design and professor of architecture, has had a multi-faceted career encompassing administration, education, research, professional service, authorship, and practice as an architect. Malecha served as Dean of the College of Environmental Design at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona for more than a decade before taking over the position of dean at NC State University's School (later College) of Design in 1994. Throughout his career, he was involved in a number of professional associations and organizations related to architecture and architecture education. From 1989 to 1990, he was president of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and was elected from 2008 to 2009 to serve as First Vice-President/President Elect of the AIA. In 2009, he was officially elected as President of the AIA. He regularly attended meetings, workshops, and conferences held by organizations such as the AIA, the European Association of Architectural Education (EAAE), the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), and the European Network of Heads of Schools of Architecture (ENHSA). In December 31, 2015, Marvin Malecha retired as Dean of the College of Design to pursue the position of president and chief academic officer at the NewSchool of Architecture and Design in San Diego, California. Less

The records of the NC State University Office of Finance and Administration, Division of Environmental Health and Public Safety contain manuals, correspondence, meeting notes, and newsletters regarding safety and health practices at North Carolina State University, 1969 - 2022. The mission of the NC State University Environmental Health and Public Safety Division is to provide educational, technical, advisory, and operational support to the campus community by working in cooperation with university personnel to protect the environment and promote a safe and healthy workplace. Less

The records of the Office of the Associate Dean and Director of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service contain reports, correspondence, programs, publications, speeches, minutes, financial information, and committees relating to agricultural research and experiment stations. Also included are materials on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Fiftieth Anniversary of the research stations, the Tennessee Valley Authority, agricultural products, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, individual college departments and their role in experiment station research, and the National Pickle Packers Association. Records include a letter book of the director. Materials range in date from 1878 to present. The North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station was created in 1877, and transferred from the State of North Carolina to the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later, North Carolina State University) in 1889. The Station was jointly run by the two groups, and became a source of contention between the State Department of Agriculture and the University through the early part of the twentieth century. In 1979, the Agricultural Experiment Station was renamed the Agricultural Research Service. Less

This collection includes scrapbooks, meeting minutes, correspondence, and binders of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Administrative Professionals Association (formerly the North Carolina Extension Service Secretaries' Association.) Organized in 1973, the Association's purpose is to establish and maintain a structure through which members may be united in a professional development and improvement effort for the benefit of themselves and the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. In 1979, the Association changed its name to the North Carolina Association of Agricultural Extension Secretaries. In 1991, it became the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Secretaries Association (NCCESA) and in 2012, the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Administrative Professionals Association (NCCEAPA). Less

These records contain annual reports from Cooperative Extension Service programs throughout their history in North Carolina. Also included are plans of work and annual statements of objectives and goals for the coming year for many of the same programs. Although extension and demonstration work in North Carolina had been active since the early years of the twentieth century, the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service was only officially created in 1914 as a result of the Smith-Lever Act. In 1991 the name was changed to the current one, the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. Less

The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service publications contain a wide variety of published material relating to the activities, aims, functions, and programs of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. Through the years, the Service's mission has encompassed agricultural education, agricultural extension work, home demonstration work, and rural extension. In 1909, the Service played a vital role in establishing boys' clubs, which later became 4-H clubs. Through the Home Demonstration Department (later Department of Family and Consumer Sciences), girls' clubs were soon added to the programs available for young people. The records represent both single and serialized items. Materials range in date from 1916 to 2022, and include archived web cotent. Although extension and demonstration work in North Carolina had been active since the early years of the twentieth century, the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service was only officially created in 1914 as a result of the Smith-Lever Act. In 1991 the name was changed to the current one, the Cooperative Extension Service. Less

The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, County Operations Records contain administrative records of the County Operations office, as well as records from individual county offices. The county offices represented are Hertford, McDowell, and Pamlico. The Pamlico County records comprises reports filed by county extension agents, including a record of county agent work from 1922-1935. The McDowell County records contain scrapbooks, photographs, publications, slides, and meeting minutes. The Hertford County records include a history of extension work in the county, reports, photographs, publications, and scrapbooks. The materials in the Other Counties series represent all one hundred counties in North Carolina, and include farm census summaries, histories of extension work, agents lists, and publications. In November of 1907 North Carolina appointed its first white county agent, James A. Butler, for the purpose of educating farmers on productive farming techniques. The North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, located at A & M College, hired Neil Alexander Bailey as its first African American agricultural extension agent on November 1, 1910. As a result of the Smith-Lever Act of 1914, land-grant universities were authorized to begin cooperative extension work with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Smith-Lever Act made provisions for the use of County Extension agents to educate farmers, provide help in farming, and help with 4-H Clubs and Home Demonstration agents to provide help in running a farm household and provide health information. County and Home Demonstration agents work in cooperation with North Carolina State University and North Carolina A and T. Less

These records detail the programs and activities of the 4-H Youth Development program in North Carolina from 1912 to 2012. The files contain correspondence and memoranda, programs and brochures, reports, member lists, financial information, clippings, news releases, photographs, and writings and speeches. The records have been arranged to provide easily accessible information relating to 4-H camps, county club organizations, the 4-H Honor Club, and the state and national 4-H meetings. In 1909, North Carolina State College signed a memorandum of agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture to cooperatively develop Farmers' Boys' Clubs, or Corn Clubs. The first such club was formed in 1909, and the first for girls in 1911. In 1926, these now-extensive clubs were merged under a single banner, to become the state 4-H program. By the 1950s, North Carolina 4-H was one of the largest such programs in the nation. Less