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American Flag/Peace Sign
During the Convocation the photographer got a great shot: a peace sign floating next to the American flag at the University.
Al Heartley
First African American to receive a basketball scholarship at North Carolina State University.
Agromeck Photos of First African American Undergraduate Students, 1957
These photos of Manuel Houston Crockett, Jr., Edward Carson, Irwin Richard Holmes, Jr., and Walter VanBuren Holmes were collected from the 1957 Agromeck (North Carolina State's yearbook) by the NCSU Libraries Special Collections Research Center.…
Agricultural students in class
This photograph, probably from the 1950s, depicts an agricultural class full of white male students. This is evidence of the dominance of white males in the program versus white women or African Americans.
Agents in training to can tomatoes and green beans. The canner is the popular Flowers model manufactured in Hickory [North Carolina]. The can with the label is a 4-H brand for green beans
Seven women and two extension agents were photographed during a lesson on canning (ca. 1920-1929.) The canner depicted was a popular Flowers model manufactured in Hickory, North Carolina. The can with the label was a 4-H brand for green beans.
Agenda for State's Mates Meeting, n. d.
This document contains the agenda for an unidentified meeting of State's Mates. The director of the Student Union came to speak with State's Mates at this meeting to discuss various campus activities, and door prizes were given to members based, in…
Tags: beauty pageant, social activities
African-American boy weaves seat caning onto a chair, Guilford County, North Carolina, September 1937
A 4-H club member is photographed while weaving seat caning onto a chair in Guilford County, North Carolina in September, 1937.
African Americans in Engineering Conference
This photograph of dozens of African American students at an engineering conference was taken sometime between 1970 and 1979. The photograph demonstrates the growing number of black students at NC State and the university's efforts to recruit black…
African American Students on Campus
In this photograph, four black students pose in the brickyard, circa 1970.
African American home demonstration agent demonstrating child care skills to African American girls
In this photograph (ca. 1930), Agricultural Extension's African American division home demonstration on Childcare in North Carolina.
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William Friday (part 2)

William “Bill†Friday served as president of the UNC system from 1957-1986. Friday has 25 interviews as part of the Southern Oral History Program.…