Assorted Papers, 1906 - 1979

File — Box: 49, Folder: 27

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

1906 - 1979

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

• Class of 1917 50th Reunion booklet by Marie Stoehr, 1967 • Copied news release by Leon Grant Jr., Chairman of the Butler County Board of Commissioners, September 12, 1974 (regarding student voter registration and taxation) • News release, Senator Donald Oesterling with resolution to name new athletic field of Slippery Rock State College be named in honor of late William A. Storer, November 21, 1967 • Map of downtown Slippery Rock with numbers indicating locations of police stationed during the 1970s “crack down” on drugs. Given to Bob by his uncle, a former sheriff. • May Festival program, SRSNS May 25, 1918 • Correspondence from Scott White to Mess. S. W. Foulk and Sons, September 7, 1906 (regarding terra cotta sales for the construction of West Gym). • Special Tax Stamp, Owner of Automobile for Hire (Grover C. Watson), August 8, 1919 • Power of Attorney from Ernest F. Hockenberry to Roy A. Watson, February 20, 1915 • Slippery Rock Sesquicentennial Memorandum, November 19, 1975 • SRU Appointment Notice for Bob Watson, April 25, 1977 • SRU Appointment Notice for Bob Watson, June 29, 1979