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KLN Digital Collections

The Keystone Library Network of Pennsylvania (KLN) Digital Collections consists of photographs, postcards, newspapers, letters & diaries from participating KLN institutions.  (more...)


Slippery Rock Digital Collections

SRU Digital Collections Slippery Rock University  has five collections in the Keystone Library Network Digital Collections: yearbooks, photographs, postcards and almost 100 years of Slippery Rock University's campus newspapers The Rocket and The Slippery Rocket.


The Saxigena (new!)

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The Saxigena, Slippery Rock University's yearbook, was first published in 1911. These years have been digitized to commemorate upcoming anniversaries: 1958, 1959, 1968, 1969, 1978, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1998, and 1999. 



The Rocket  (1934-2008)

The Rocket, our student newspaper, has been around since 1934.  Read about the college in the 1960s, the Korean War, and meet the students and faculty from the early years at Slippery Rock State College and Slippery Rock University.



The Slippery Rocket  (1918-1930)

Before there was The Rocket there was The Slippery Rocket, published jointly by students and faculty at the Slippery Rock Normal School and Slippery Rock State Teachers College from 1918-1930. The entire run of the newspaper is available in the KLN Digital Collections.



Slippery Rock University Photographs 

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The Slippery Rock University Photographs Collection includes selected images form the University Archives photographs collection.  




Slippery Rock University Postcards 

See the campus in its early years including the Chapel, South Hall, The Model School (now Carruth-Rizza) and Old Main in these vintage postcards from the Archives' collection. 

 


...The Keystone Library Network (KLN) represents the 14 universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) and other affiliated libraries in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The following institutions currently contribute to the Keystone Library Network of Pennsylvania Digital Collections:

Most of these collections are growing, and additional institutions will be adding collections.  Check back to see what's new!


... These images represent materials from the Slippery Rock University Archives and Bailey Library.  All collections are keyword searchable, and results can be printed, downloaded or e-mailed.

Questions and suggestions about the Slippery Rock Digital Collections can be sent to rockarchives@sru.edu.