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Frames from Hostess Fruit Pies ad in Marvel Two-In-One #12

Strange and quirky comic books from Special Collections

May 5, 2026

Authored by lkabraha

We have done previous blog posts on the comic book collections at NC State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center, highlighting our comics and graphic novels of a variety of…

Cover to comic book Lobo No. 1, 1965

Highlights from Special Collections' Comic Books for Black History Month

February 2, 2026

Authored by lkabraha

In honor of Black History Month, the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center would like to highlight items from our comic book collections. SCRC has several collections…

Golden Legacy: Illustrated History Magazine Vol. 2: Harriet Tubman; Vol. 7 and 8: Frederick Douglass Part One and Two

The Golden Legacy Comic Book Series in Special Collections

October 10, 2025

Authored by lkabraha

NC State University Libraries' Special Collections has been growing in its collections of comics and graphic novels, with a wide variety of genres, formats, years published, and contents. One such…

Woman posing with flowers in greenhouse, circa February 1962

Valentine's Flowers from the Special Collections Archives

February 2, 2025

Authored by lkabraha

Valentine's Day is almost upon us, and there's no better way to celebrate it than with flowers! The Special Collections Research Center at NC State Libraries has bunches of flower featured in its…

Olivia Coyne, Digital Program Digitization Assistant at Special Collections

Student Spotlight: Olivia Coyne, Digital Program Digitization Assistant

September 9, 2024

Authored by lkabraha

The Special Collections Research Center blog series "Student Spotlight" features student employees who contribute to the work of the SCRC. Guest author Olivia Coyne is a…

Belle Kozubowski ('24) has worked as a Graduate Digitizaton Assistnat in the Special Collections Research Center since May 2023.

Student Spotlight: Belle Kozubowski, Digital Program Digitization Assistant

May 5, 2024

Authored by lkabraha

The Special Collections Research Center blog series "Student Spotlight" features student employees who contribute to the work of the SCRC. Guest author Belle Kozubowski is a…

Engineering students with snake float in 1930 Engineers Fair

Parade Floats from the Special Collections Archives

January 1, 2024

Authored by lkabraha

The Libraries' Special Collection Research Center has plenty of quirky and fun images in our Rare and Unique Digital Collections (emphasis on "Unique"). One subject of which we have quite a…

Student reading a book

Hey Students! What’s Your Major? Digital Collections Highlights

August 8, 2023

Authored by lkabraha

Welcome all new and returning NC State students! The Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center collects and preserves historical, rare, and unique materials documenting…

Young boy wheeling younger boy in wheelbarrow, colorized, circa 1910

Highlights from the Department of Horticultural Science lantern slides and glass plate negatives

April 4, 2023

Authored by lkabraha

NC State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center would like to share lantern slides and glass plate negatives from the Department of Horticultural Science Records, which we have…

Hoover and Grimes apples, colorized, circa 1910

Department of Horticultural Science lantern slides and glass plate negatives digitized and online

December 12, 2022

Authored by lkabraha

The NC State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce that the collection of lantern slides and glass plate negatives from the Department of Horticultural…