Maurice Toler: Constructing and Collaborating in the Archives

A 2-minute video by Alanna Natanson

Maurice Toler was North Carolina State University’s first University Archivist from 1965-1997. During his career, he collected, preserved, and shared thousands of university documents in order to connect people with the school’s history.

Image Credits
Carl Alwin Schenck Papers, 1865 - 1959 (MC00035), SCRC at NCSU Libraries, Raleigh, NC. schenck-people_1911

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Communication Services Records (UA100.099), SCRC at NCSU Libraries, Raleigh, NC.
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College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (PAMS) (UA023.016), SCRC at NCSU Libraries, Raleigh, NC. 0230253

College of Textiles (UA023.017), SCRC at NCSU Libraries, Raleigh, NC. 0019862

Cooperative Extension Service. Annual Reports (UA102.002), SCRC at NCSU Libraries, Raleigh, NC. ua102_002-002-cn0056-026-043

Extension Circulars, 1954-1963 (S544.3 .N8 N63 1954-1963), SCRC at NCSU Libraries, Raleigh, NC. S5443-N8-N63-0402

Exhibitions and displays (UA023.022.045), SCRC at NCSU Libraries. 0003340

“Maurice S. Toler, university archivist at NCSU in Raleigh, examines the records of the Biltmore Forest School that were acquired decades ago through the good offices of the Forest History Society.” 1985. In Cruiser, Forest History Society, Durham, NC.

Patrons (UA023.022.020), SCRC at NCSU Libraries, Raleigh, NC.
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People (UA023.024), SCRC at NCSU Libraries, Raleigh, NC.
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SCRC Records, UA 012.025, SCRC, NCSU Libraries, Raleigh, NC.

Technician (Raleigh, N.C.) (LH1.N6 T4), SCRC at NCSU Libraries, Raleigh, NC.
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Office of Public Affairs, Creative Services Records, UA 014.015 (Carton 21), SCRC, NCSU Libraries, Raleigh, NC.


Archival Resources
Carl Alwin Schenck Papers, 1865 - 1959 (MC00035), Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Communication Services Records (UA100.099), Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.

College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (PAMS) (UA023.016), Spe

cial Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.

College of Textiles (UA023.017), Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Cooperative Extension Service. Annual Reports (UA102.002), Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.
People (UA023.024), Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Exhibitions and displays (UA023.022.045), Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Extension Circulars, 1954-1963 (S544.3 .N8 N63 1954-1963), Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Libraries, Special Collections Research Center Records, UA 012.025, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC.

Office of Public Affairs, Creative Services Records, UA 014.015, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC.

Patrons (UA023.022.020), Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.

People. Administrators, faculty, and staff, C (UA023.024.013), Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Technician (Raleigh, N.C.) (LH1.N6 T4), Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Music
Scott Holmes, “Driven to Success,”
Adapted by Alanna Natanson

For Further Reading
College and University Archives: Readings in Theory and Practice. ed. Christopher J Prom. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2010.

College and university Archives: Selected Readings. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1979.

Purcell, Aaron D. Academic archives: managing the next generation of college and university archives, records, and special collections. New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2012. ProQuest E-book Central.

Straus, Annabel. “College and university archives: three decades of development.” College And Research Libraries 40, No. 5 (1979): 432-439. Accessed October 30, 2019.

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