8 collections related to Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Finance

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

Contained in this subgroup are records documenting the work of two foundations created to support the research and educational work of the College of Natural Resources (formerly College of Forest Resources) at North Carolina State University. Records of the North Carolina Forestry Foundation from 1939 to 1981 include minutes from board of directors meetings, development council annual reports, mortgage bond certificates, and general correspondence.They also include information concerning the administration and management of Hofmann Forest, including forest manager reports and general correspondence including letters and news clipping regarding the forest fire of 1972. Records, 1952-1986, of the Pulp and Paper Foundation contain general correspondence, board of directors and general foundation annual meeting reports, budget plans and information on their minority program. Also well documented are the activities of numerous foundation committees, including the curriculum, investment, recruitment and scholarship committees. There is also general scholarship correspondence, lists of pulp and paper alumni, and a general history of the foundation. The North Carolina Forestry Foundation and the Pulp and Paper Foundation support the research and educational work of the College of Natural Resources (formerly College of Forest Resources) at North Carolina State University. The Forestry Foundation, created in 1929, is the oldest foundation at the University. The Pulp and Paper Foundation was incorporated in 1954. Less

The North Carolina State University, Division of Finance and Business, Campus Enterprises Records contain flyers, brochures, and archived web content from North Carolina State University’s Campus Enterprises'official website. Most of the brochures are about University Dining, with some about Lonnie Poole Golf Course. Materials range in date from 1991 to 2023. Campus Enterprises is a major employer at North Carolina State University with almost 2000 employees, 1200 of which are students. Its departments and service areas include NC State Dining, Wolfpack Outfitter, Wolf Xpress, NC State Student Centers (Talley and Witherspoon), Lonnie Poole Golf Course, Rave! Catering, Student Center Event Services, and Wolfpack One Card. Campus Enterprise provides services that enhance the campus life experience and support personal growth and learning. Less

The North Carolina State University, Office of Finance and Administration, University Budget Office Records include Capital Improvement files such as budgets, contracts, change orders, and pay applications. Materials range in date from circa 1992 to circa 2009. The University Budget Office administers nearly all of the funds and budgets provided by the state of North Carolina, students, as well as some of the funds provided by the Federal government. It does not manage contracts and grants, endowments, foundations, gifts, or loans. The Budget Office is divided into three groups: the Budget Analyst group, the Capital Improvement group, and the Systems Data and Reporting group. Less

The records of the Early Chancellors in the Office of the Chancellor of, at first the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts and then North Carolina State College, include correspondence, telegrams, annual reports, policy statements, booklets, financial records, programs, photographs, newspaper clippings, blueprints, and various professional papers related to education and agriculture in North Carolina. Topics include military training and discipline, the naming of dormitories in honor of former students of the College who died overseas in the World War, budget records, and the consolidation of three North Carolina higher educational institutions. The records of the first five administrations range in date from 1891 to 1934. The “Early Chancellors” include the first five chief executives, or presidents, of first the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts and then North Carolina State College. Alexander Quarles Holladay was the first chief executive of North Carolina College for Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (1889-1899). The second chief executive was George Tayloe Winston (1899-1908). The third chief executive was Daniel Harvey Hill, Jr. (1908-1916). Wallace Carl Riddick was the fourth chief executive of the College (1916-1923). Eugene Clyde Brooks was the fifth chief exective of the College (1923-1934). Less

The records of Joab Langston Thomas’ administration in the Office of the Chancellor at North Carolina State University include correspondence, newspaper clippings, annual reports, budgets, and other administrative and personal papers. Topics include the School of Veterinary Medicine, increased enrollment, and reports, recommendations, allocations and requests concerning other events and affairs of the campus during the time period of these records. The records of the Office of the Chancellor during Joab Langston Thomas’ adminstration range in date from 1975 to 1981. Joab Langston Thomas was born in 1933 in Holt, Alabama, and in 1975 became the ninth chief executive to lead North Carolina State University. He resigned in 1981 to accept the presidency of the University of Alabama. During Thomas’ tenure as Chancellor, enrollment passed 20,000, and the School of Veterinary Medicine, the North Carolina Japan Center, and the Microelectronics Center for North Carolina were all established at North Carolina State University. Additionally, D.H. Hill Library holdings reached one million volumes, the Wolfpack Women’s basketball team won the gold at the World University Games in Mexico City in 1979, and the Wolfpack Women’s Cross Country Team won back-to-back national championships in 1979 and 1980. Less

The records of Marye Anne Fox's administration in the Office of the Chancellor at North Carolina State University include correspondence, financial records, newspaper clippings, and other administrative papers. Topics include major capital construction projects, building an NCAA/ACC compliant athletic program, Centennial Campus expansion, extended partnerships between business and neighboring universities, and other events and affairs of the campus during the time period of these records, 1998-2004. Marye Anne Fox served as chancellor of North Carolina State University from 1998 to 2004. During her term as chancellor, the university became nationally recognized as a leader in the fields of biotechnology, nanotechnology, genomics, bioinformatics and nonwoven textiles. In addition, the university began a significant capital construction project which involved the renovation of the university buildings and infrastructure. Less