NC State's 2021 Commencement, May 2021
Carter-Finley Stadium, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- NC State's 2021 Commencement, May 2021
- Description:
- NC State's 2021 commencement held in Carter-Finley Stadium in May 2021.
- Topics:
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University History
- Subjects:
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Commencement ceremonies
- Original Format:
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Digital photograph, color
- Item identifier:
- mc00336_5238839_20241213_171353
- Photographer:
- Funkhouser, Edward T. more info on Funkhouser, Edward T. (Edward Truman), 1946-
- Created Date:
- Names:
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North Carolina State University
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- Location:
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Raleigh (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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Edward T. Funkhouser Photographs
Source information
- Repository:
- Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Collection:
- Edward T. Funkhouser Photographs, 2001-2016 (MC00336) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).
Building: North Carolina State University, Carter-Finley Stadium (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Street:
- State Route 3036
- Community:
- NC State University
- State:
- NC
- Zip:
- 27607
- Historical note:
- The stadium honors Wilbert James (Nick) Carter (1902-1972) , Harry Clifton Carter (1908-1990), and Albert Earle Finley (1895-1985). The two Carter brothers graduated from NC State from the school of Textiles and became top executives in the J. P. Stevens Company. They contributed several hundred thousand dollars to fundraising for completion of the stadium. In 1937, the Carter brothers formed their own company, Carter Fabrics of Greensboro, and merged with the J.P. Stevens Corporation. The family was particularly involved with support of the NC State school of textiles. NC State awarded an honorary Doctor of Textile Science degree to Nick Carter in 1943. Finley was also a strong supporter of the athletics program at NC State. After two years of business school in Virginia, he became a stenographer for the Baltimore, Chesapeake, and Atlantic Railroad Company, rapidly working his way to a position of secretary to the general manager. Finley, a former US Army 2nd Lieutenant, soon became involved in the sale of heavy construction equipment and eventually started his own business, the Raleigh Tractor and Equipment Company. Finley kept an active interest in supporting the college, and even donated a motel on Western Boulevard to the Wolfpack Club as an athletics dormitory.
- Location:
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Raleigh (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Sports facilities
Stadiums
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.800804, -78.719482