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 will require additional advanced notice. Copies of digital files will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
The records of the North Carolina State University Department of Statistics contain agreements, correspondence, grant progress reports, grant proposals, handbooks, manuscripts, minutes, newsletters, notebooks, project outlines, project proposals, research project reports, seminar announcements, study guides, surveys, photographs, scrapbooks, pamphlets, archived web content, and work contracts.
The North Carolina State University Department of Statistics is among the nation's oldest, having been founded by renowned statistician Gertrude Cox in 1941. It receives support from both the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
The North Carolina State University Department of Statistics is among the nation's oldest, having been founded by renowned statistician Gertrude Cox in 1941. For several years It received support from both the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. In 2013 the Department of Statistics became part of NC State's new, comprehensive College of Sciences.
The records of the North Carolina State University Department of Statistics contain agreements, correspondence, grant progress reports, grant proposals, handbooks, manuscripts, minutes, newsletters, notebooks, project outlines, project proposals, research project reports, seminar announcements, study guides, surveys, photographs, scrapbooks, pamphlets, archived web content, and work contracts.
The records of the Department of Statistics are arranged in four series: Departmental Records and Cooperative Projects. Within each series, materials are arranged alphabetically by topic or title. A third series contains web content created by the Department of Statistics.
North Carolina State University owns copyright to this collection. Individuals obtaining materials from the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center are responsible for using the works in conformance with United States copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials.
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.
[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, College of Sciences, Department of Statistics Records, UA 135.016, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Transferred from North Carolina State University, Department of Statistics.
Web content harvested using the Internet Archive's Archive-It services.
Processed by: Lauren Garbrick and Hermann Trojanowski; Susanne Hutchison, 2009 July; machine-readable finding aid created by: Russell S. Koonts; Katherine M. Wisser; Pat Webber; Finding aid updated by Cate Putirskis, 2009 June, August; 2010 November; Susanne Hutchison, 2009 July; Todd Kosmerick, 2013 May; Gevorg Vardanyan, 2023 July; Web content procesed by Kate Phillips, 2025 December; unprossesed materials processed and collections guide updated by Jadyn Mann, 2026 April.
The collection is organized into three principal series:
This series is comprised of web sites of NC State University’s Department of Statistics, captured by the NC State University Libraries since July 2016 using the Internet Archive’s Archive-It web archiving service, with prior captures by the Internet Archive dating back to March 2000, which may be less complete and was performed at undetermined intervals.
This is the official website of the Department of Statistics at NC State University. The NC State University Libraries has scheduled this website to be captured quarterly since July 2016 until 2025. The site is now hosted and captured at the URL https://statistics.sciences.ncsu.edu/, and the site began redirecting in 2018 until 2021. Also included here are prior captures by the Internet Archive dating back to March 2000, which may be less complete and performed at undetermined intervals.
Online access is provided through the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
This is the official website for the Department of Statistics in the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences at NC State University. The NC State University Libraries has captured this site quarterly since 2025. The site was previously hosted at the URL http://www.stat.ncsu.edu/, and redirected from 2018-2021.
Online access is provided through the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
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 will require additional advanced notice. Copies of digital files will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, College of Sciences, Department of Statistics Records, UA 135.016, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
North Carolina State University owns copyright to this collection. Individuals obtaining materials from the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center are responsible for using the works in conformance with United States copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials.
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.