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A group of men with Revolutionary War era uniforms and guns.

Fabulous 50: The NC State Bicentennial Brigade

6/29/2026

The United States is currently celebrating America 250, so we wanted to look back at how NC State University may have commemorated the country’s milestone anniversaries in the past. Because the…

Three pages from the scrapbook with the Council logo, one labelled "Spring Fling," some labels attached. Also includes photographs in a separate folder of social events with students

Tompkins Textile Student Council Scrapbook Now Available to Researchers

5/6/2026

This blog post is contributed by Emma Esser. Emma graduated with a BA in history from NC State in December 2025. Emma works as a student assistant archival processor at the Special Collections…

NC State College graduating students walking towards the camera, flanked by university faculty and administrators, 1929

Wonderful 100: First PhD Conferred

5/6/2026

This Special Collections News post is contributed by Ell Woolard, a public history graduate student at NC State University.   Ell has worked the past two years in Special Collections and…

Photograph showing members of the Association for the Concerns of Black Graduate Students.

Fabulous 50: Three Black Student Organizations Formed

2/23/2026

This blog post contributed by Ell Woolard.This February we’re looking back on three African American student organizations that formed campus chapters fifty years ago. Spring 1976 saw the…

Faculty Council (group of men) gathered around a table

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes Now Available

2/9/2026

This blog post contributed by Rebecca Speas.What do the opening of Hunt Library, students protesting the Vietnam War, dorm room arsonists, North Carolina’s Speaker Ban Law, international state visits…

Chancellor John Caldwell at desk

Fabulous 50: Chancellor Caldwell Retired

11/20/2025

This blog post contributed by Campbell Dunne, Special Collections Desk Assistant, and edited by Todd Kosmerick. John Tyler Caldwell served as chancellor of NC State from 1959 to 1975. This year…

Wolf Tales recording with Isabelle Keim, William W. Sternbergh, and Nikole Miller, 2018.

Wolf Tales Toolkits Now Available!

11/10/2025

The NC State University Libraries now offers Wolf Tales toolkits for event use or self recording as a way for people to share their experiences of NC State and contribute to the historical record.…

Seventh Dormitory, now known as Bagwell Residence Hall, was built in 1920.

Wonderful 100: Bagwell Hall Opened

7/23/2025

This blog post contributed by Campbell Dunne, Special Collections Desk Assistant.  Students outside Bagwell Residence Hall during Homecoming 1939. Standing as one of NC State’s 21 residence…

Original 1925 alma mater composed by Alvin M. Fountain and Bonnie F. Norris, Jr., printed in the May 15, 1925 issue of the Technician.

Wonderful 100: Alma Mater Composed

6/24/2025

This year we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the alma mater. Our alma mater was composed by Alvin Fountain and Bonnie Frank Norris, Jr. in 1925. An abridged version was used beginning in the early…

Jim Best, circa 1980s

Wonderful 100: Wrestling Became a Varsity Sport

6/13/2025

This blog post contributed by Campbell Dunne, Undergraduate Desk Assistant.  Professor W. N. Hicks portrait In 1925, Coach “Red” Hicks led the NC State Wrestling Team, known originally as the…