Carmichael Gymnasium North Carolina State College postcard

Carmichael Gymnasium, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)

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Title:: Carmichael Gymnasium North Carolina State College postcard
Description:: Transcribed from Postcard: "Completed and occupied in September, 1961, and containing the finest facilities available. The new gym is a hub of activity involving physical education instruction, intramurals, and general relaxation."
Topics:: Campus and Town
Subjects:: Gymnasiums
Original Format:: Postcard, color
Extent:: 3.5 x 5.5 inches
Item identifier:: 0019313
Photographer:: Wyer, Bob, photographer more info on Wyer, Bob, photographer
Publisher:: The Technical Press more info on Technical Press
Created Date:: 1961-09
Names:: North Carolina State University -- Buildings more info on North Carolina State University -- Buildings
North Carolina State College more info on North Carolina State College
Location:: Raleigh (N.C.)
Digital Project:: University Archives Photographs

Repository:: Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Collection:: University Archives Photograph Collection. Postcards, 1900-1996 (UA023.035) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
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General note:: Carmichael Gymnasium offers an outdoor and indoor track, swimming pools, basketball courts, racquetball courts, and areas for wrestling, boxing, weight lifting and gymnastics. In 1940, William Donald Carmichael (1900-1961) became Vice President and Financial Officer for the three-college, Consolidated University system of the time. After serving in the Air Corps during World War I, Carmichael earned his degree in business administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There, he was active in athletics and had been captain of the basketball team. He became an advertising executive and stock broker in New York before returning to North Carolina. During his administration, Carmichael supported funding for the completion of the gymnasium, Reynolds Coliseum, a state educational TV system, Burlington Laboratories' nuclear reactor, and the William Neal Reynolds Professorships. One of his characteristic words was "imagineering."
Location:: Raleigh (N.C.)
Subjects:: College buildings
Gymnasiums
Latitude, Longitude:: 35.783298, -78.672401