Paper Ephemera

File — Box: 49, Folder: 40

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)

Conditions Governing Access

Contains Personally Identifiable Information

Extent

From the Collection: 28.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Materials Specific Details

Alpha Chi Rho Membership Card (1965)

Alpha Chi rho Membership Card (1966)

The Rock’s Food-N-Fun Phones

List of Sorority Members

Rock Football v. Millersville (Family Day) Ticket (9/16/2023)

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Love Actually Film with Live Orchestra (12/19/2024) [2]

27th Annual Slippery Rock University Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet (9/18/2010)

Retired Campus Family Reunion Invitation (10/19/2013)

Celebrating 34 Years of service of Dr. Robert J. Watson menu (3/5/2006)

Announcement of Dr. Robert J. Watson to Assistant Dean of Graduate and Special Academic Programs (7/1/1980) [2]

Funeral Program for Robert Ardell Lowry (7/13/2019)

Slippery Rock University Athletic Hall of Fame Twelfth Annual Induction (4/1/1995)

Thank you card thanking the Watson’s for the contribution of rocks for the university waterfalls (12/9/2003)

Address Cards [CONTAINS PERSONAL INFORMATION]

Slippery Rock State Normal Songs and Yells

Business Letter from William Young

Slippery Rock Academe Official Transcript for Robert Jay Watson

Excerpt from The Legend Behind the Name used for SRU’s Centennial