About the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC)

SCRC Purpose

• Support the research and teaching needs of the university community and other users by collecting, preserving, and providing access to special collections and archives in a variety of formats
• Collect and preserve the University Archives and other collections that document NC State University’s history, including materials that date back to the nineteenth-century founding of the university
• Document the leadership and innovation of NC State faculty, staff, and alumni 
• Support strengths within the Libraries’ overall collections by collecting in subject areas that are of substantial and sustained interest for the university.
• Provide materials that support and enrich outreach initiatives and events for alumni, students, and donors that are conducted each year by NC State’s colleges, departments, and centers.
• Recognize and address the historical harm that archival practices have caused marginalized and underrepresented communities through activities such as Reparative Archival Description which identifies and remediate harmful language in our collections