Special Collections Research Center

Our Rare and Unique Digital Collections has a vast amount of materials produced by the NC Cooperative Extension Service, notably their publications. These are part of the Cooperative Extension’s mission to provide valuable information to North Carolinians with limited access to education, often...

This week will be our last look back at recipes from the American Agriculturalist, at least for now.  In the November 1848 issue (pp.

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 1969 with a BS in zoology.  While a student, he was a three-time All-American and nine-time...