The records of the North Carolina State University Engineers' Council contain administrative records (including meeting minutes, officer and committee files, financial records, their constitution, membership information, and other general records), records from events and activities the Council hosted, files from their involvement with the Order of St. Patrick engineering honorary society, production and publications files (including photographic files) for their publication, the NC State Engineer (and its predecessor, the Southern Engineer), and other general information about the Council, its members, and its activities. It also includes the official website of the Engineers' Council, beginning in 2020. Materials range in date from 1926 to 2020.
The purpose of the Engineers' Council was to provide a unified student voice within the School of Engineering, while also promoting the study and practice of the various disciplines in engineering. While the records of the Engineers' Council do not indicate gaps in the Councils' activity, the Council may have disbanded at some point and reformed in 1987, according to their website in 2008.
The Engineers' Council was established in or before 1926 at North Carolina State College (University), to act as a representative undergraduate student organization for all departments within the School (College) of Engineering. The purpose of the council was to provide a unified student voice within the School, while also promoting the study and practice of the various disciplines in engineering. While the records of the Engineers' Council do not indicate gaps in the Councils' activity, the Council may have disbanded at some point and reformed in 1987, according to their website in 2008.
The records of the North Carolina State University Engineers' Council contain administrative records (including meeting minutes, officer and committee files, financial records, their constitution, membership information, and other general records), records from events and activities the Council hosted, files from their involvement with the Order of St. Patrick engineering honorary society, production and publications files (including photographic files) for their publication, the NC State Engineer (and its predecessor, the Southern Engineer), and other general information about the Council, its members, and its activities. It also includes the official website of the Engineers' Council, beginning in 2020. Materials range in date from 1926 to 2020.
This collection is arranged into six series: Administrative Records, Events and Activities, Order of St. Patrick, NC State Engineer, General Information, and Web Content.
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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, Student and Other Organizations, Engineers' Council Records, UA 021.452, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Trasferred by the North Carolina State University Engineers' Council
Processed by Anna Craft and Cate Putirskis, 2008 September
Encoded by Cate Putirskis, 2008 September
Finding aid updated to include web content by Cathy Dorin-Black, 2020 September
The collection is organized into six principal series:
This series contains the Council's administrative records, including meeting minutes, files kept by Council officers, committee files, financial records, and other general information, including the Council's constitution and membership records.
This series contains files on events organized by the Engineers' Council, including their annual social events, awards ceremonies, and outreach activities.
This series contains the records of the Council's activities in the Order of St. Patrick, an engineering honorary organization.
This series contains files related to the production of the Council's publication, the NC State Engineer, as well as some information on its predecessor publication, the Southern Engineer.
This series contains assorted Council records, including correspondence files, files on courses and activities in the College of Engineering, news clippings, awards, photographs, and other general information.
This series is comprised of a web site of the North Carolina State University Engineers' Council, captured quarterly by the NC State University Libraries since September 2020 using the Internet Archive’s Archive-It web archiving service.
This is the official website for NC State Engineers' Council. The NC State University Libraries has scheduled this website to be captured quarterly since September 2020.
Online access is provided through the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
This collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access to digital files may require additional advanced notice.
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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, Student and Other Organizations, Engineers' Council Records, UA 021.452, 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.