Special Collections Research Center (SCRC)

50 years ago in the fall of 1970, Lee Dormitory became the first co-ed dorm at NC State.  The first six floors housed male students while the top upper floors were reserved for female students.  At…

The SCRC's CLIR grant-funded Animal Turn project has recently passed an exciting milestone: 100,000 images have been published online! To celebrate, we're highlighting some resources that have been…

Please note that due to the NC State University Coronavirus Response and winter break, the Special Collections Research Center is now closed for appointments for the fall semester. We will begin…

In late 1970, the Natural Resources Library was established.  Originally called the Forest Resources Library or the Biltmore Library, it opened to students and faculty in January of 1971.  It was…

While working from home this summer, two Library Associates at the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) worked on an oral history description project to improve the discoverability and…

NC State's African American Cultural Center celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year.  In the spring of 1970, a group of African American students established what they called "The Ghetto" in…

Fifty years ago, on November 7, 1970, Mary Evelyn Porterfield was the first African American to be crowned Miss Wolfpack (later called Homecoming Queen).  She was a speech communications major from…

This blog post is contributed by Kristen Blake, Class of 2020. My name is Kristen Blake and I am a senior in the Biological Sciences BA program with minors in Anthropology and Zoology. I have been…

According to the American Diabetes Association, about 34.2 million Americans have diabetes--that’s about 10.5% of the population--with another 1.5 million new diagnoses every year. Of those people…

The year 1970 was one of firsts for the NC State University Libraries.  That summer William V. Frazier became a reference librarian, making him the first African American to be a professional…