The Natural Resources Library supports the College of Natural Resources and the Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences at North Carolina State University. The College of Natural Resources has undergone many name and structural changes since its founding in 1929, when North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) formally established the Department of Forestry in the School of Agriculture. In 1931 the Department of Forestry was renamed the Division of Forestry, School of Agriculture and Forestry. In 1950 the Division of Forestry was elevated to School status and named the School of Forestry. The School underwent another name change in 1968 to the School of Forest Resources, which is the name the College was known by during the time period of this collection. The school became a college in 1987, and its name changed from College of Forest Resources to College of Natural Resources in 2000.
From the guide to the North Carolina State University Libraries, Natural Resources Library records, 1972-1982, (Special Collections Research Center)
