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Online Forms Now Available!

5/30/2023

What’s that? New forms you say? The Special Collections Research Center is very pleased to announce that online versions of our registration and reproduction forms are now available! Now, I know what…

North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine barn

Fabulous 50: Department of Veterinary Medicine Established

5/26/2023

This post was authored by Olivia Bonnette. Guest author Olivia Bonnette, class of 2023, graduated from NC State this May. Olivia majored in Creative Writing and minored in History in the College of…

Zook Report, 1923

Wonderful 100: Zook Report

5/19/2023

This post was authored by Special Collections' Graduate Assistant Allison Hall and edited by Taylor Wolford.In the years following the conclusion of World War I, the number of students and faculty at…

Group looking at model for Engineers Fair venue, Dorton Arena, 1950

Identifying People from the Past: the Dorton Arena Model

5/9/2023

Calling all students, faculty, staff and beyond! We are seeking your assistance in identifying individuals in a photograph from the University Archives. This photograph (depicted above) shows three…

Matthew Angel ('23) has worked as an Undergraduate Desk Assistant in the Special Collections Research Center since September 2022.

Student Spotlight: Matthew Angel, Special Collections Desk Assistant

4/24/2023

The Special Collections Research Center blog series "Student Spotlight" features student employees who contribute to the work of the SCRC. Guest author Matthew Angel, class of 2023, is an…

Tuscarora Protest of 1973

Tuscarora Protest of 1973

4/17/2023

Research for this post was conducted by student employees Allison Hall and Bryan Weber. Digitization of images was completed by Doss Hill and Laura Abraham. Fifty years ago during the spring of 1973…

ASPCA Animal Protection, Spring 1960

New Animal Rights Network Oral Histories Digitized

4/10/2023

The Animal Rights Network Oral History Collection has been digitized and is now available on the Special Collections Digital Collections website. These oral histories (transcripts included) are…

Young boy wheeling younger boy in wheelbarrow, colorized, circa 1910

Highlights from the Department of Horticultural Science lantern slides and glass plate negatives

4/3/2023

NC State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center would like to share lantern slides and glass plate negatives from the Department of Horticultural Science Records, which we have…

Liaison meeting of the administration, the faculty senate, and the student government (including Eric N. Moore), 1968-1969

New Collection Guide for the Faculty Senate General Records Now Available

3/30/2023

The Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce that a new collection guide for the Faculty Senate General Records is available online. The Faculty Senate is a body of representatives…

Claire Necker Collection of Cat Artifacts and Papers, Me-ow song Sheet Music, Flat Box 91

New collection guide for the Claire Necker Collection of Cat Artifacts and Papers now available online

3/24/2023

This blog post was contributed by Danielle Dantzler.NC State University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce that the newly updated collection guide for the Claire…

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