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This collection includes programs, souvenir histories, papers, and news clippings chronicling the Slippery Rock Centennial (1925) and Sesquicentennial (1975) celebrations.

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Bound collection of State Board for Vocational Education meeting minutes (1972-1975).

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This collection contains material regarding the Town-Gown Committee of Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania. Content types include official news releases, Mabel Blyth Award records, booklets and pamphlets, and other news clippings and papers.

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This collection of materials chronicles the United States Bicentennial celebrations of 1976. Material types include copied news clippings and articles from local publications, Slippery Rock State College memorandums and news releases, pamphlets, and programs for local activities in celebration of the bicentennial.

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The contents of this collection include minutes and other records from the President’s Office related to the planning of the 1989 SRU Centennial Celebration. Also included are items of memorabilia from the event.

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This collection consists of materials documenting the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on students, faculty, and staff at Slippery Rock University after the year 2020. Material types include “Rock the Shot” banners as well as 2020 commencement mailers.

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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...