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NDAC Budgets and Reports Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0175

Scope and Contents

This collection contains budgets and reports from North Dakota Agricultural College.

Dates

  • 1912 – 1933

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyrights to this collection is held by The North Dakota State University Archives.

Biographical / Historical

The bill founding North Dakota Agricultural College (NDAC) was signed on March 8, 1890, one year after North Dakota became a state and seven years after initial plans to start an agricultural college in the northern portion of the Dakota Territory. NDAC was established as North Dakota's land-grant institution.

On October 15, 1890, Horace E. Stockbridge became the first NDAC president and the Board of Trustees was formed. Classes were initially held in six classrooms rented from Fargo College. A provisional course was held on January 6, 1891, and the first regular class of students was admitted on September 8, 1891. College Hall (Old Main), completed in 1892, was the first building and consisted of offices, classrooms, and a library.

In 1908, the school's alma mater "The Yellow and The Green" was written and a year later the school's official colors, Yellow and Green, were selected. In 2015 a change was made where only the first verse of the alma mater is recognized by the university.

NDAC continued to grow and was renamed North Dakota State University on November 8, 1960 after a statewide referendum. The name change was to reflect the increasing field of study breadth of the institution.

Extent

1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred by Unknown (Acc. Unknown).

Legal Status

The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
Title
Finding Aid to the NDAC Budgets and Reports Records
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives Repository

Contact:
West Building
3551 7th Avenue N
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States