Collected Histories

File — Box: 49, Folder: 17

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Robert and Karen Watson Collection documents the professional career, scholarly interests, institutional involvement of Robert Watson as well as the Watson family with Slippery Rock University. The collection includes material spanning from approximately 1877 to 2025. Contents include paper and printed material including correspondence, speeches, research files, administrative records, and other collected histories. A large portion of the collection consists of memorabilia and ephemera relating to the history of Slippery Rock University and the surrounding areas of Butler County, Pennsylvania. Additional series include photographs, publications, audiovisual material, and assembled binders containing postcards, original photographs, and other ephemera.

Dates

1877-2025

Creator

From the Collection: Watson, Robert, 1949- (Person)

Extent

From the Collection: 28.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Additional Description

Materials Specific Details

• Seventy Years on the Red-Fire Wagon, Joseph F. Guffey, 1952 • “History of Slippery Rock” Slide show script written by Robert Watson • Collected histories regarding Slippery Rock for the SRU Centennial, 1989 • North Hall Construction, 1938-1939 • Evolution sheet for Slippery Rock, 1895-1965 • “The Slippery Rock Mace” by Kenneth E. Thompson • “Short biographical sketch of the life of James Wigton” • “Before Oak View” account transcribed by Robert Watson, from oral testimony from Harry Covert • “Biddle Brothers Escape Capture” • The History of Slippery Rock Post Office • “Scouting Contribution to the Slippery Rock Sesquicentennial Historical Trail of Redmond Road”