WSU. Wright State University

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Programs, letters, and clippings relating to the dedication of the WSU library as the Paul Laurence Dunbar Library.

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Cassette tape and two handwritten scores of the WSU Fight Song, "Stand Up and Cheer for the Raiders of WSU"

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Correspondence to and from Joyce Carol Oates from WSU concerning potential visit.

Scope and Contents Published in April 2011, It Happened on Maple Street is the true-life love story of USA Today bestselling author Tara Taylor Quinn and her husband, Tim Barney. The two met while attending college at Wright State University in the fall of 1977. The book chronicles their story and is signed by the authors.Also included are exhibit text panels from the exhibit and book signing hosted by Special Collections and Archives in April 2011 as part of National Library Week “Create Your...

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Papers consist of business correspondence, brochures, and working papers pertaining to Colbert's involvement with the Dayton-Miami Valley Consortium and the Wright State University Engineering Department.

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Sweeney is a writer of young adult fiction and a graduate of Wright State University. Her papers include typed manuscripts of several of her published works, journals, scrapbooks, college class papers, and correspondence.

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The collection consists of video oral history interviews conducted with Wright State University students, primarily graduate students in the Public History concentration, as part of a History 7700: Local History course in Fall 2017. Students were asked a standard series of questions on topics such as why they chose Wright State University and what life has been like as a Wright State student. Each interview averages about 4.5 minutes in length.

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The collection includes scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, program and activity information, and newsletters.

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The collection consists of a single 7 minute, 43 second, segment of video (color, silent) showing the "Wrightstock" music festival held on Achilles Hill at Wright State University, April 30-May 2, 1971. Footage, which was originally captured on film by Wright State student George Pacura, depicts various elements of the concert, including: parking, attendees, tents, stage, performances, windy and muddy weather conditions, cars exiting, and detritus left behind afterwards.

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This collection consists of approximately 70 archaeological surveys undertaken by Dr. Robert V. Riordan Professor Emeritus in the Wright State University Anthropology Department. A portion of the archaeological surveys were completed by Wright State University students through the Anthropology Department’s Archaeological Field School. Dr. Riordan completed the remaining surveys as a private contractor.