Special Collections Research Center

Today’s Foodie Friday post goes way back, 170 years back to 1848.  For the next few weeks we will feature recipes from the American Agriculturist, a nineteenth and twentieth century farm journal.  Special Collections holds this periodical for the years 1842-1894 (vols. 1-53). The American...

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 those NC State students and alumni who died in the war.  They are...

Planning a summer camping trip?  The above Extension publication has suggestions on foods to bring and cook.  The some of foil-wrapped recipes look interesting.  Or try the blueberry muffin bread or corn bread rounds made on a grill. 

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. While...

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. Colvard stated that the NC Experiment Station operated a...