Scope and Contents

This collection includes programs and other records relating to college and university dedications and memorial services spanning 1919 to 1994. Notable contents include programs from the dedication of Morrow Field House and Special Education Center, Rhoads Hall and Weisenfluh Hall, A.P. Vincent Science Hall, J. Linwood Eisenberg Classroom Building, and memorial service programs for Dr. Charles Brooker, James Svolos, Dean George W. Smith, Margaret Rhoads, and Warren T. Strain.

Content Description This collection, consisting of various land deeds, tax receipts, and other legal documentation, illustrates the expansion of Slippery Rock University’s property between 1888 and the mid-1990s. Including an original agreement for Slippery Rock State Normal School in 1888, a collection of land transaction records for 249 Maltby Avenue (present day Robert A. Lowry Center), and a certificate of title for the land that is now occupied by Kraus Hall, these records provide an insight into Slippery...

Abstract

Includes historical material covering the Normal School, State College, and University eras; publications about the University and its history; special events such as Convocation; and the Alma Mater

Scope and Contents

This collection includes programs, news releases, and other records for special university events such as ground-breaking ceremonies, retirement receptions, memorial services, dances, May Week/Festival, Alumni Weekend, Earth Day, and other university activities spanning from 1918 to 2003.

Scope and Contents

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.

Scope and Contents

The contents of this collection include a Slippery Rock University news release (1995), and various issues of Writing and Learning: a publication of the Writing Across the Curriculum Association of the State System of Higher Education (1991-1995).