The NCSU Libraries' Special Collections Research Center has been busy acquiring new manuscript collections, archival materials, and rare books during the 1998-1999 fiscal year. These volumes represent the types of rare books the Research Center has purchased and include some of the highlights for the year. Collection purchases focused on main collecting areas such as engineering, architecture, design, and history of science, in particular entomology, forestry and science education. New acquisitions totaled over 550 books for the year.