Special Collections and Archives recently received organizational records of the Cal Poly Pride Center and the collection is available for research! The Records of the Cal Poly Pride Center (UA0081) includes six boxes of records dating from the 1970s –…
Written by Laura Sorvetti two months ago
A Look Back at Commencement: Fascinating Facts from the University Archives
It is the end of Spring Quarter which means that it is time to celebrate our graduates at Commencement! The Special Collections students assistants team has helped us gather a variety of interesting commencement facts and stories they discovered in…
Written by Hailey Koetz three months ago
The Power of No Limits
What’s on display on the second floor of the library this Spring? Come to Kennedy Library and check out Limitless: The Process of Innovation, a display showcasing Cal Poly’s own PROVE Lab. PROVE Lab, as the name suggests, is a…
Written by Courtney Thompson six months ago
Dexter: Cal Poly’s First Library
In anticipation of Kennedy Library’s renovation, let’s take a walk down memory lane and reminisce about Cal Poly’s first library building, the Walter F. Dexter Memorial Library. Cal Poly had a library space since the campus opened in 1903. The…
Written by Hailey Koetz six months ago
Student peer teaching: LibRATs in the building
“Is this the second floor?” A man asked the three LibRATs on shift. He stopped in front of the research help desk looking confused before one of them asked if he needed help. “Where can I find this,” he said,…
Written by Courtney Thompson six months ago
Happy Valentine’s Day from Special Collections and Archives
Valentine’s Day seems to have polarized Cal Poly’s student body for decades. While some students are enthusiastic on the prospects of love, others mark its existence as the “most depressing day of the year.” For the past 100 years, the…