The North Carolina State University, Division of Student Affairs, Reserve Officers' Training Corps Records, 1904-2002, contains scrapbooks, memoranda, pamphlets, correspondences, newsletters, instruction books, newsclippings, archived web content, and other administrative files relating to the activities and events of the campus ROTC program’s Air Force, Army, and Navy branches. They also include records of N. C. State’s Air Science and Tactics Department and the Military Science and Tactics Department.
The North Carolina State University’s Reserve Officer’s Training Corp (ROTC) is a group of four campus programs, the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps which train officers of the United State armed forces in basic military and officer training. The ROTC has had a presence at the University since 1894 and is currently in conjunction with NC State University's Military Science Department.
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The North Carolina State University’s Reserve Officer’s Training Corp (ROTC) is a group of four programs provided on NC State University’s campus for training officers of the United States armed forces. The four ROTC units are the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps and all instruct NC State University students in basic military training and officer training. The programs are designed to improve students’ physical abilities and hone their leadership skills while still attending college. The ROTC programs may provide scholarships for applicants in return for active military service after graduating college.
The Army and Air Force ROTC programs are in conjunction with their own corresponding Military Science Department at NC State University, while the Naval ROTC is in conjunction with the Naval Science Department. These departments are also represented in this collection.
Coursework in military science was added to the curricula of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (the original name of North Carolina State University) in 1894, during the administration of its first president, Alexander Q. Holladay. Participation in military drills each week was compulsory for the entire student body, which at the time was exclusively male. ROTC programs were first established on campus during World War I, as the College prepared to provide intensive military instruction. The College held a long-standing military tradition throughout many wars, and ROTC service was compulsory at NC State University until November 1964.
The North Carolina State University, Division of Student Affairs, Reserve Officers' Training Corps Records, 1904-2002, contains scrapbooks, memoranda, pamphlets, correspondences, newsletters, instruction books, newsclippings, archived web content, and other administrative files relating to the activities and events of the campus ROTC program’s Air Force, Army, and Navy branches. They also include records of N. C. State’s Air Science and Tactics Department and the Military Science and Tactics Department.
Materials are divided into three series, Administrative Files, Scrapbooks, and Web Content. Materials in Administrative Files are arranged alphabetically, while materials in Scrapbooks are arranged chronologically, then alphabetically.
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The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.
[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, Division of Student Affairs, Reserve Officers' Training Corps Records, UA 016.025, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Transferred from the North Carolina State University, Division of Student Affairs, Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
Web content harvested using the Internet Archive's Archive-It services.
The collection is organized into three principal series:
Presented here are the administrative files from North Carolina State University's Reserve Officers' Training Corp. The series contains memoranda, pamphlets, correspondences, newsletters, instruction books, reports, newsclippings, certificates, other office papers, and drawings for the ROTC seal.
Materials within this series are arranged alphabetically.
Includes photographs
Four scale drawings on sheets of oversized paper, two of which measure 64 x 86 and two which measure 67 x 87.
Presented here are scrapbooks focusing on the annual activities of North Carolina State University’s Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps from the years 1950 to 1980. The scrapbooks contains photos of officers, faculty, students, organizations, training, activities, television broadcasts, and events, as well as newspaper clippings, painted illustrations, stickers, and newsletters.
Materials within this series are arranged chronologically, then alphabetically.
Has glued newsclippings and news releases, glued and mounted photographs, and other glued and stapled documents. Front cover is clothbound. Some photos are loose or missing. Original dimensions before unbound: 60 cm by 49 cm and 4 cm thick
Has glued photos and newsclippings. Some photos are loose. Original dimensions before unbound: 33 cm by 31 cm and 3 cm thick
Black construction paper with photographs, newspaper clippings, and paper glued to the paper sheets. Many of the photos have peeled off of the sheets or are at risk of peeling off due to weak glue. Original dimensions before unbound: 31 cm by 38 cm and 1 cm thick
Black construction paper with photographs, newspaper clippings, and paper mounted or glued to the paper sheets. Some photos are missing or becoming loose. Original dimensions before unbound: 39 cm by 32 cm and 3 cm thick
Black construction paper with mounted photographs and glued newspaper clippings. Some sheets are rumpled and some photos are missing. Original dimensions before unbound: 28 cm by 36 cm and 3 cm thick
Has illustrations painted onto pages, and photographs, newsclippings, and other documents that have been glued, mounted or taped. Some objects are loose. Original dimensions before unbound: 64 cm by 51 cm and 4.5 cm thick
Has illustrations and text painted onto pages, mounted photographs, and glued newsclippings. Some newsclippings have become unglued. Original dimensions before unbound: 37 cm by 29 cm and 3.5 cm thick
Has illustrations and text painted onto pages and mounted photographs. Some photographs might be missing and some newsletters have become unglued. Original dimensions before unbound: 37 cm by 29 cm and 3.5 cm thick
Has illustrations and text painted onto pages and photographs mounted onto black construction paper. Some photographs are loose or missing. Original dimensions before unbound: 37 cm by 29 cm and 3.5 cm thick
Has illustrations drawn and text stenciled onto pages, photographs mounted onto pages, and mounted and loose newsclippings. Some photographs are loose or missing. Original dimensions before unbound: 38 cm by 31 cm and 4 cm thick
Has illustrations drawn and text stenciled onto black paper, photographs mounted onto pages, and glued and loose newsclippings. Some photographs are loose or missing. Original dimensions before unbound: 38 cm by 31 cm and 4 cm thick
Construction paper with photographs and newspaper clippings glued to the paper sheets, as well as stickers taped to the paper. Many of the photos have peeled off of the sheets or are at risk of peeling off due to weak glue. Original dimensions before unbound: 30 cm by 37 cm and 4 cm thick
Has illustrations drawn and text stenciled onto pages, glued photographs, and stapled newsletters and newsclippings. The front cover and front page is loose, and some photos are missing or loose. Original dimensions before unbound: 47 cm by 43 cm and 4 cm thick
Has text stenciled onto pages, and mounted photographs. Some photographs are loose or missing. Original dimensions before unbound: 47 cm by 41 cm and 3.5 cm thick
Has newsletters and photographs glued on paper. Some items have are missing or have become unglued. Original dimensions before unbound: 37 cm by 31 cm and 4 cm thick
Originally a spiral-bound album with clear plastic cover, containing photographs mounted on self adhesive pages. Original dimensions before unbound: 30 cm by 26 cm and 3 cm thick
Originally a 3-ring binder album, containing photographs mounted on self adhesive pages. Original dimensions before unbound: 30 cm by 28 cm and 6 cm thick
The plaque/trophy listing names of Cadet Wing Commanders and containing a piece of felt from the original Wright brothers flyer and a piece of the parachute used to land the Discovery 14 space mission. ON DEPOSIT WITH THE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES UNTIL 2017.
This series is comprised of web sites of North Carolina State University’s Reserve Officers' Training Corps, captured by the NC State University Libraries since 2016 using the Internet Archive’s Archive-It web archiving service, with prior captures by the Internet Archive dating November 2001, which may be less complete and was performed at undetermined intervals.
This was formerly the official website of North Carolina State University’s Reserve Officers' Training Corps scheduled this website to be captured quarterly from July 2016 until November 2025. Also included here are prior captures by the Internet Archive dating back to November 2001. Since April 2015, this URL has redirected to https://dasa.ncsu.edu/developing-leaders/rotc/, which is also represented in this collection guide. It is now captured under the URL https://dasa.ncsu.edu/career-and-leadership/rotc/.
Online access is provided through the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
This is the official website for North Carolina State University’s Reserve Officers' Training Corps. The Internet Archive has captured this website since April 2015. It was redirecting from https://ncsu.edu/rotc/ since 2017, and is now captured using the URL https://dasa.ncsu.edu/career-and-leadership/rotc/ since 2020.
Online access is provided through the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
This is the official website for the ROTC program at NC State University. The NC State University Libaries has captured this site quarterly since November 2025. This site was previously captured using the URL https://ncsu.edu/rotc/, which began redirecting in 2020 September.
Online access is provided through the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, Division of Student Affairs, Reserve Officers' Training Corps Records, UA 016.025, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.