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The Wim DeKok Animal Rights Collection (MC 00566) consists of publications, leaflets, clippings, articles, correspondence, and photographs from national and international animal rights organizations.

Thought all ketchup involved tomatoes?  Think again!  According the the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word once covered "a wide variety of spiced gravies and sauces." One nineteenth-century source claimed mushroom, walnut, and tomato were "the three most esteemed kinds."  I found a recipe for…

Fifty years ago at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, NC State's Steve Rerych won gold medals in the 4 x 100 freestyle and 4 x 200 freestyle swimming competitions.  Rerych graduated from NC State in

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of U.S.

Planning a summer camping trip?  The above Extension publication has suggestions on foods to bring and cook.  The some of foil-wrapped recipes look intere

With the Wimbledon tennis championship underway and today being the 141st anniversary of its first tournament, we at the NC State Libraries' Special Collections and Research Center want to celebrate the University's own tennis history with images from our Rare and Unique Digital Collections.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of milk pasteurization in North Carolina.  In their book Knowledge is Power: A History of the School of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University, William L. Carpenter and Dean W.

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of U.S. participation in World War I, Special Collections continues its examination of the impact that the war had on the NC State students, faculty, and campus.  The post below focuses on Camp Polk near the NC State campus.

Planning a picnic for the 4th of July? You might get some inspiration from the 4-H manual Picnic Meals, which dates from 1983 and is full of recipes to cook over an open campfire. For desserts, check out the s'mores-like recipe for

In honor of Pride Month, we're highlighting some of the resources in Special Collections that document the evolution of the GLBT community on campus. It's part of our mission to document GLBT community history as part of our shared campus history at NC State.