F – Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
Formerly: Department of Cultural Resources [-2015]
F1 Office of Archives and History [Oct. 2001-]
[formerly: Division of Archives and History, 1973-2001]
[formerly: Department of Archives and History]
[formerly: State Department of Archives and History]
[formerly: North Carolina Historical Commission]
10:CT County histories
100 North Carolina Historical Commission
(Old WPA inventories classed here)
200 North Carolina Institute of Applied History [1976-]
F2 Department of Cultural Resources [1973-2015]
100 Governor's Business Council on the Arts and Humanities
200 Public Affairs Office [1990-]
[formerly: Office of Communications, -1989]
F3 Division of Historical Resources
100 Research Branch
F5 Division of Archives and Manuscripts [1945-1972]
>>See F6 for publications after 1972.
F6 Archives and Records Section [1973-]
[formerly: Division of Archives and Manuscripts]
>>See F5 for publications before 1973.
200 Government Records Branch [2000?-]
[formerly: Records Services Branch]
F7 Division of State Historic Sites [Oct. 2001-]
[formerly: Historic Sites Section, 1974-2001]
F8 State Historic Preservation Office [1987-]
[formerly: Archaeology and Historic Preservation Section, 1977-1987]
[merged with: Historic Preservation Section (1975-1977) to form Archaeology and Historic Preservation Section, (July 1977?)]
[formerly: Archaeology Section, 1973-1977]
100 Underwater Archaeology Branch
200 Office of State Archaeology
[formerly: Archaeology Branch]
F9 Division of State History Museums [2000-]
(Includes N.C. Museum of History; Museum of the Albemarle; Museum of the Cape Fear; Mountain Gateway Museum)
[formerly: Division of Museum of History, 1996-1999]
[formerly: Museum of History Section, 1974-1996]
[formerly: Museums Section]
200 Education and Interpretation Branch [1991-]
[formerly: Education Branch]
F10 Division of Historical Publications [1973-]
[formerly: Publications Section]
F11 State Capitol/Visitor Services Section [1978-]
F12 Tryon Palace Section [1973-]
>>See also F57 for Tryon Palace Commission.
F15 Library of North Carolina [2026-]
[formerly: Division of State Library]
[formerly: North Carolina State Library]
(also known as: State Library of North Carolina, 1996-2026)
100 Public Librarian Certification Commission [1973-]
200 North Carolina State Library Commission [1981-]
[formerly: State Library Committee, 1973-1981]
300 Children's Services
400 North Carolina ECHO (Project) [2000-2007/2008]
F18 Library Development Section [July 1993-]
[formerly: Public Library Development Section, -June 1993]
F19 Processing Center [-1989]
[transferred to: Technical Services Section]
F20 Library Services Section [1996-]
(also known as: Government & Heritage Library, 2008-)
[formerly: Information Services Section, -1996]
100 Audiovisual Services Branch
[transferred to: Special Services Section, 1981]
>>See F21 100 for publications after 1981.
200 North Carolina State Publications Clearinghouse
[formerly: Government Documents Branch, 1996-2015]
300 Genealogical Services Branch
[transferred to: Information Services Branch, 1996]
400 Resource Sharing Branch [1996-2015]
[formerly: Interlibrary Services Branch, -1996]
(includes Audiovisual Services, 1996)
500 Information Services Section [1996-2015]
[formerly: Reference Branch, -1996]
F21 Accessible Books and Library Services [2022-]
[formerly: Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, 1996-2022]
[formerly: Special Services Section, -1996]
[formerly: Special Services Division]
100 Film Services Branch [1981-1996]
[formerly: Audiovisual Services Branch, 1980]
[transferred to: Resource Sharing Branch, 1996]
>>See F20 100 for publications before 1981.
>>See F20 400 for publications after 1996.
F22 Technical Services Branch [1996-2015]
[formerly: Technical Services Section, -1996]
[formerly: Technical Services Division]
[administratively under: Library Services Section]
100 North Carolina State Publications Clearinghouse
[transferred to: Documents Branch, 1996]
>>See F20 200 for publications after 1996.
F25 North Carolina Library Commission [1909-1956]
[transferred to: Division of State Library]
>>See F15 200 for publications after 1956.
F32 North Carolina Arts Council
100 Folklore Section
[formerly: Office of Folklife Programs]
F35 North Carolina Museum of Art [1952-]
F36 Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art
F37 North Carolina Symphony [1932-]
F39 North Carolina Theatre Arts (Agency) [1977?-]
F50 America's Four Hundredth Anniversary Committee [1978-1987]
F54 North Carolina State Historical Records Advisory Board
F55 Carolina Charter Tercentenary Commission (Raleigh, N.C.) [1959-1963?]
F56 Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee
F57 North Carolina Tryon Palace Commission [1945-]
>>See also F12 for Tryon Palace Section.
F58 U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Commission
F60 North Carolina American Revolution Bicentennial Commission [1973-1979]
(also known as: North Carolina Bicentennial)
F65 North Carolina Confederate Centennial Commission
F68 Veterans Memorial Commission
F69 North Carolina African-American Heritage Commission [Oct. 1, 2008-]
F70 Division of Land and Water Stewardship [2015-]
100 Clean Water Management Trust Fund
>>See C22 for publications before 2015.
200 Natural Heritage Program
F71 Division of Parks and Recreation [2015-]
>>See C12 for publications before 2015.
F72 North Carolina Museum of Natural Science [2015-]
>>See C19 for publications before 2015.
F73 North Carolina American Indian Heritage Commission [2021?-]
F74 North Carolina Aquariums [2015-]
>>See C21 for publications before 2015.
100 North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island
>>See C21 100 for publications before 2015.
200 North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores
>>See C21 200 for publications before 2015.
300 North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher
>>See C21 300 for publications before 2015.
F75 North Carolina Zoological Park (NC Zoo) [2015-]
>>See C1 400 for publications before 2015.
F76 North Carolina Zoological Park Council [2015-]
>>See C1 300 for publications before 2015.