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Bob Jones Collection
Bob Jones Collection
Bob Jones, a 1983 Slippery Rock State College (SRSC) graduate, designed the original Rocky the Rock mascot and portrayed it as a student and as an alumnus at Slippery Rock University events. Rocky made its debut in 1978, when Bob Jones was a freshman at SRSC.
Campus Buildings Collection
Campus Buildings Collection
A sampling of images, articles, and other items related to buildings on SRU campus and people whom they are named after. Please contact the archives to access more items that are not currently in the repository.
College Catalogs
College Catalogs
Course catalogs were published in print from 1889 until the 2003-2004 academic year. The following academic year Slippery Rock University switched to an all online course catalog. At times there were separate undergraduate and graduate catalogs in print as well as ca...
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Course catalogs were published in print from 1889 until the 2003-2004 academic year. The following academic year Slippery Rock University switched to an all online course catalog. At times there were separate undergraduate and graduate catalogs in print as well as catalogs for summer sessions. Catalogs contained course and degree descriptions, curriculum outlines, an academic year calendar, fees, history of the institution, scholarship requirements, information on individual Board of Trustee Members, administrators and faculty, and other useful information for students.
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Oral Histories
Oral Histories
The Slippery Rock University Archives and Special Collections houses a number of oral history collections. Many of these collections are about Slippery Rock University history from the founding of the Slippery Rock Normal School all the way to present day. Additional...
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The Slippery Rock University Archives and Special Collections houses a number of oral history collections. Many of these collections are about Slippery Rock University history from the founding of the Slippery Rock Normal School all the way to present day. Additionally, the Dixon Baseball Oral History Collection concerns the history of baseball from local western Pennsylvania residents.
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Victory Bell
Victory Bell
Victory Bell was created by George Miller in January 1942. An Art Department faculty member at Slippery Rock State Teachers College (SRSTC), Miller corresponded with Slippery Rock students serving in World War II. The newsletter featured excerpts and news from these ...
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Victory Bell was created by George Miller in January 1942. An Art Department faculty member at Slippery Rock State Teachers College (SRSTC), Miller corresponded with Slippery Rock students serving in World War II. The newsletter featured excerpts and news from these students’ letters. Victory Bell was distributed to soldiers associated with SRSTC all over the world.
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William B. Miller North Hall Fire Account
William B. Miller North Hall Fire Account
Account of the 1937 North Hall Fire by William B. Miller
Green and White
Green and White
The Green and White student handbook was published from 1927-2003 and then continued in a digital format until 2013. The handbook contained rules and regulations for students concerning dining, dorm life, smoking, dress codes, etc. The Green and White also contained ...
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The Green and White student handbook was published from 1927-2003 and then continued in a digital format until 2013. The handbook contained rules and regulations for students concerning dining, dorm life, smoking, dress codes, etc. The Green and White also contained helpful information about the college such as calendars for sports and other events, fees, hours of various campus offices, campus services available to students, and, of course, the Alma Mater.
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Oversized Objects
Oversized Objects
This is a collection of digital versions of "oversized" items physically stored in vertical and flat files.
Xtremes Publicity Photograph Collection
Xtremes Publicity Photograph Collection
Digitized versions of formerly framed publicity photographs hung on the wall of Rocky's Grille. Most of the performances were at Xtremes: The SRU Nightclub, hosted by the University Program Board.
Journal of Scholarly Endeavor
Journal of Scholarly Endeavor
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania’s Symposium for Research and Scholarship, now the Symposium for Student Research, Scholarship and Creative Achievement, was created in 2001 to celebrate and share the scholarly achievements of the university community. Launche...
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Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania’s Symposium for Research and Scholarship, now the Symposium for Student Research, Scholarship and Creative Achievement, was created in 2001 to celebrate and share the scholarly achievements of the university community. Launched by Dr. Patrick A. Burkhart, the symposium and it’s Journal of Scholarly Endeavor were the result of a motion carried by the University Forum in May of 2000. The Journal of Scholarly Endeavor presents the abstracts of the annual Symposium, representing a broad collaboration of interests from across the institution. The journal was not published in 2021 or 2022.
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Music Department
Music Department
Recordings and programs from SRU student ensemble concerts.