Finding Aid Revisions: 1981A001, part of 1984A003, 1990A004, 1993A001, 1996-004, 2001-002 and 2010-025 were all combined and reprocessed as 1981A001 by Joshua Miller, Tonya Doyle, Victoria Rousey and John-Wesley Cooper.
Scope and Contents: The Office of Public Information Records consist of sixty-nine boxes of news releases and clippings arranged alphabetically by subject. The collection covers a wide range of topics concerning the growth of Eastern Kentucky State College to a regional university, Eastern Kentucky University, offering a varied academic curriculum, housing a diverse student body, and interacting with a variety of off campus entities. These files are concerned solely with non-athletic events in the development of Eastern. News clippings and press releases for athletics can be found in the Athletic Director's Office Records. All newspaper clippings have been copied on acid free paper for preservation purposes.