Archives Neighbors: Richmond, Virginia

  The Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) is excited to present another entry in our Archives Neighbors blog series. SCRC has recently had the opportunity to visit with some of our neighbor archives in the Northern Virginia-D.C. Metro area. In this series, we’re recapping these new connections with members of our local archival community, providing […]

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#FeatureFriday: WPA Pennsylvania Museum Extension Project Benjamin Franklin Puppet 

Bio: This blog post was written by Maris Tiller, SCRC Research Services GRA. Maris is a Graduate student pursuing her Master’s in Creative Writing with a concentration in fiction. To celebrate October and the spooky season, we wanted to highlight an item that has our staff divided on whether it is scary or endearing. That […]

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From the Archives: Highlighting Paul Laurence Dunbar

  Bio: This blog post was written by Maris Tiller, SCRC Research Services GRA. Maris is a Graduate student pursuing her Master’s in Creative Writing with a concentration in fiction.   SCRC houses several first editions of important literary works in our rare books collection. Today, we’re highlighting important African American literary figure, Paul Laurence Dunber, with […]

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New & Updated Finding Aids – September 2026

  A new semester is in full swing so it seemed appropriate for your SCRC processing team to share some more new and updated finding aids! As usual, all of the following collections are available for use in the Special Collections Research Center and the finding aids are available on our website (or use the […]

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From the Archives: Motion picture press kits

Bio: This blog post was written by Maris Tiller, SCRC Research Services GRA. Maris is a Graduate student pursuing her Master’s in Creative Writing with a concentration in fiction.   Today in SCRC, we’ll be looking at one of our less frequently highlighted collections: The Motion picture press kits collection. This collection contains press kits for various […]

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