EKU Oral History Center Revived
EKU Special Collections and Archives recently  announced the revival of the EKU Oral History...
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IBM Word Processing Cards
Sifting through endless numbers of records can be painfully mundane, but occasionally there comes...
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Eastern Progress Digitization Featured
The ongoing Eastern Progress digitization project and the completed Milestone digitization project...
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An Elmwood Christmas
The Watts family thrived as prominent figures in Richmond, Kentucky.  Many today are most...
Eastern Fight Songs
Oct 31 A previous post provided information about Eastern's Alma Mater, but didn't mention the other Eastern songs. The handwritten score for three Eastern songs is now digitized and available online as is the booklet Songs of Eastern.
Ruric N. Roark on Eastern
Oct 18 John G. Crabbe created several scrapbooks on education and those have been preserved in Special Collections, but there are very few other materials from President Crabbe or the Roarks.
Newly Processed Collections
Sep 26 Since spring semester archives staff have processed several new collections. Kudos to Kyle, student processor extraordinaire.
Celebrate American Archives Month
Sep 25 Celebrate American Archives Month during the month of October with two very special events:
Anything ... but Ordinary
Sep 13 The Special Collections and Archives (SC&A)  is full of unique finds. From diaries of old Kentucky brothel madams to family bibles, every  item has a story to tell.  So we have compiled a few of our favorite inimitable books and...
Will S. Hays and His Civil War Songs
Sep 10 As part of the commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, Special Collections and Archives has created a new display in the mail library across from the circulation desk.  “Will S. Hays and His Civil War Songs”...
Beachin' Fashion Flashbacks
Jun 26 Does your summer look like this? Probably not, considering these three Eastern students were strutting their swimsuits in the 1930s. Nevertheless, there are definite similarities between the ladies of this photo and the youth of today. For example,...
New Collections Processed
Jun 19 Special Collections has been busy processing collections to improve access to our materials. Stop by and browse some of these new materials.
1937 Flood
Feb 08 In January, 1937, seventy-five years ago, six to twelve inches of rain fell in Ohio over a ten day period causing wide scale flooding in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois. The floods left a million people homeless and communities throughout...

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