Special Collections Research Center (SCRC)

As promised in a previous post, we'll be writing about the process of overhauling our approach to dealing with born-digital archival materials as we go along this spring and summer (and maybe fall).…

This blog post contributed by Katelyn Cuomo. My name is Katelyn Cuomo and I am a senior majoring in History and minoring in Business Administration. I have been working as a Special Collections…

The Special Collections Research Center blog series "Student Spotlight" features student employees who contribute to the work of the SCRC. Guest author Carrie Wilson, class of 2022, is a graduate…

This is the first of two blog posts about using Special Collections' digitized materials in the classroom. The Special Collections Research Center of NC State University Libraries houses a wide…

This blog post contributed by Ari Green and Shima Hosseininasab. NC State University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce that the collection guide for the newly…

This post contributed by Margot Cook. The Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce that an updated collection guide for the North Carolina State University, Office of the Provost,…

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s visit to Raleigh on 31 July 1966, during which he spoke at NC State's Reynolds Coliseum, has intrigued NC State English professor Jason Miller for several years as part…

Imagine using digital materials in the reading room, without ever having to leave your home. Onsite reading rooms have been the traditional destination for researchers to view manuscripts and…

On February 7, 1972 Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm spoke to a packed house in the Student Union ballroom. Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to the United States Congress, spoke at NC…

In the 1970s, Chancellor John Tyler Caldwell (1911-1995) commissioned the Color Wall on the north wall of the tower in the D.H. Jr. Library. The mural was designed by Joseph H. Cox (1915-1997), a…