Special Collections Research Center

The Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce that the newly updated collection guide for the Office of Diversity and African American Affairs Records is now available online.

April is Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month! We’re combining our celebration of this special occasion and Women’s History Month (which was celebrated in March) with a series of blog posts about prominent women in the history of animal protection activism.

This week, the 29th Annual NC State University Pow-Wow will be held at Carmichael Gym on Saturday 6 April.  The first Pow-Wow at NC State was held in 1990, and is a community event which combines dance, drumming, feasting, and craft as a celebration of resilience, Sovereignty, and family traditions.

The Special Collections Research Center blog series "Student Spotlight" features student employees who contribute to the work of the SCRC. Guest author Molly Pruett, class of 2022, is an undergraduate NC State student majoring in English in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Polymer…

Fifty years ago on 19 March 1969, NC State students approved a new Student Government constitution.  A total of 87.5% of students who voted supported the new constitution, although only 14% of the student body participated in the election.

Fifty years ago during the spring of 1969, African-American employees and students began a long-term protest of conditions they witnessed on campus.  Tensions began to rise on campus after African American foodworkers at UN

If you haven't seen today's Google Doodle, or if it wasn't already marked on your calendar, today marks the 30th anniversary of the world wide web. Happy birthday, Web! And way to go, tinkerers of the world!

Fifty years ago in 1969, NC State's forestry program reached these milestones:  Dr. George Hepting was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and Drs. Bruce Zobel and T.

Additions to the Chester J. Lange Papers (MC 00316) and Milton M. Leonard Papers (MC 00133) are now fully processed. Guides to both collections are available online. 

In January, a bipartisan bill was introduced in Congress that would make animal cruelty a felony across the United States.