Excerpts from interview with Walter Jerome Mathews, first NC State student
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Item information
- Title:
- Excerpts from interview with Walter Jerome Mathews, first NC State student
- Description:
- Audio excerpts from a recorded interview with Walter Jerome Mathews, who is traditionally called the first student at NC State. This 1966 recording was made when he was 95. In this interview he talks about first coming to the college in October 1889 and describes student life during the first years of NC State’s existence. The full interview is available by contacting the Special Collections Research Center.
- Topics:
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University History
- Subjects:
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College students -- North Carolina -- History
- Original Format:
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Audio cassette tape
- Extent:
- 11:14
- Item identifier:
- ua024-001-cn0015-000-001-excerpts
- Interviewee:
- Mathews, Walter Jerome, 1870-1967 more info on Mathews, Walter Jerome, 1870-1967
- Producer:
- North Carolina State University. Office of Information Services more info on North Carolina State University. Office of Information Services
- Producer:
- North Carolina State University. Alumni Association more info on North Carolina State University. Alumni Association
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Interviews
Oral histories (Document genres)
- Names:
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North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
more info on North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
North Carolina State University -- Students -- History more info on North Carolina State University -- Students -- History
Matthews, Walter J. (Walter Jerome) more info on Matthews, Walter J. (Walter Jerome)
- Location:
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Raleigh (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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Audio-Visual Collection
Source information
- Repository:
- Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Collection:
- University Archives Audiovisual Collection, 1937-2002 (UA024) 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).