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1 green & white, State System of Higher Education pennant, undated

File — Box: 5

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of records documenting Slippery Rock University’s history from 1889 to approximately 2019. The bulk of the material is from 1889 through 1999. The collection includes papers and correspondence, reports, publications, photographs, audiovisual materials, ephemera, realia, and memorabilia. Also included are postcard collections and scrapbooks.

Dates: Other: 1888 - 2019

Found in: Slippery Rock University Archives and Special Collections / 1-15-4, Robert and Karen Watson Collection / Series 6: Memorabilia & Ephemera / Sub-Series A: Memorabilia & Ephemera - Pennants

1. No new feelings 2. Push Hands

Item — Box: 18

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series features a collection of audio and video recordings from 1987 to 2008. Included are cassette tapes, CDs, and VHS recordings of interviews, radio broadcasts, and other media appearances related to Cheng and her memoir, Life and Death in Shanghai. Highlights include her interviews with prominent broadcasters such as the BBC, NPR, and Larry King, and a video of her 60 Minutes interview with Morley Safer. Also notable is an original piano sonata composed by Enrique Santos, inspired...

Dates: 1955 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1986 - 2009

Found in: Slippery Rock University Archives and Special Collections / 24-17, Nien Cheng Collection / Series 8: Audiovisual Materials

#1 SRU Pin

Item — Box: 4

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of items owned, used, or collected by Eliott Baker, retired Executive Director of the Office of Academic Records and Summer School. It includes a number of realia, including original door hinges from Old Main dating to 1913, Baker’s signature stampers, and a book belonging to the Normal School in 1889. Also included are numerous items of SRU-branded memorabilia collected by Baker over the years, as well as recruitment publications from the Office of Admissions,...

Dates: 1889 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2019

Found in: Slippery Rock University Archives and Special Collections / 15-1-C-1, Eliott Baker Collection / Series 1: Ephemera and Memorabilia

1 VHS copy of original North Hall fire with the new North Hall groundbreaking ceremony

File — Box: 7b

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of records documenting Slippery Rock University’s history from 1889 to approximately 2019. The bulk of the material is from 1889 through 1999. The collection includes papers and correspondence, reports, publications, photographs, audiovisual materials, ephemera, realia, and memorabilia. Also included are postcard collections and scrapbooks.

Dates: Other: 1937 - 2013

Found in: Slippery Rock University Archives and Special Collections / 1-15-4, Robert and Karen Watson Collection / Series 7: Audiovisual Material

1 VHS copy of the original North Hall fire

File — Box: 7b

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of records documenting Slippery Rock University’s history from 1889 to approximately 2019. The bulk of the material is from 1889 through 1999. The collection includes papers and correspondence, reports, publications, photographs, audiovisual materials, ephemera, realia, and memorabilia. Also included are postcard collections and scrapbooks.

Dates: Other: 1937 - 2013

Found in: Slippery Rock University Archives and Special Collections / 1-15-4, Robert and Karen Watson Collection / Series 7: Audiovisual Material