3 collections related to Military service

The collection contains two commissions presented to Harlan Craig Brown for the ranks of Captain and Major in the United States Army Officers' Reserve Corps, in 1952 and 1953, respectively. Also included are typescripts of speeches by Brown, personal correspondence, militray medals and cards, and class reunion letter and photographs. Harlan Brown began his career at the NC State University library in 1936, where he later served as Libraries Director. From 1942 to 1946, Brown took a leave of absence to serve in World War II as an officer. He was promoted to the rank of Captain in the United States Army Reserve Officer Corps on November 28, 1952, and Major on October 1, 1953. Less

Photographs related to military training and education at North Carolina State University and the military service of people associated with N.C. State University. Established as a land-grant state college, North Carolina State University was required by law to include military training and education in its curriculum. N.C. State University's Department of Military Science and Tactics was introduced in 1894 under the direction of United States Navy Lieutenant Richard Henderson. Following World War I, the U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps became the accepted method through which N.C. State, like other land-grant institutions, provided military training and education. Less