North Carolina State University, Office of the Chancellor, Early Chancellors records, 1891-1934 [manuscript]

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North Carolina State University, Office of the Chancellor, Early Chancellors records, 1891-1934 [manuscript]

The records of the Early Chancellors in the Office of the Chancellor at first the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts and then North Carolina State College include correspondence, telegrams, annual reports, policy statements, booklets, financial records, programs, photographs, newspaper clippings, blueprints, and various professional papers related to education and agriculture in North Carolina. Topics include military training and discipline, growth and reorganization of the College, appropriations and construction for buildings and grounds, the naming of dormitories in honor of former students of the College who died overseas in the first World War, budget and other financial issues, the 25th and the 40th anniversary celebrations at the College, the renaming of the College, and the Consolidation of the University of North Carolina colleges, enlarging and improving the athletic stadium facilities on Riddick field, the YMCA, Governor O. Max Gardner, hazing, evolution, faculty compensation.

4 linear ft. (6 archival boxes + 1 oversize flat box)

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