SCRC Blog Posts
List of blog posts
“We have that here?!”: Students Meet Special Collections at the Libraries’ Welcome Fest
Posted on Sept. 30, 2022, noon
SCRC tabled at Welcome Fest, highlighting the full range of resources, services and spaces available to students.
VALUE: Photographs, Memorabilia, Films and SU Archives
Posted on Dec. 16, 2021, 9:05 a.m.
Throughout this week, we have explored many facets of preservation in the archives.
Unknown: Cassette Tapes and the E. Thomas Billard Papers
Posted on Dec. 2, 2021, 9:26 a.m.
The Archives Preservation Countdown coverage continues on Sound Beat this week. Check out their episode on the E. Thomas Billard cassette tapes.
Judgement: Pope Leo XIII and the Belfer Cylinders Collection
Posted on Nov. 18, 2021, 9:52 a.m.
The Archives Preservation Countdown coverage continues on Sound Beat this week.
Risk: Photographs, Lacquer Disks and the Margaret Bourke-White Papers
Posted on Nov. 4, 2021, 10 a.m.
The Preservation Countdown coverage continues. Check out the episode on Margaret Bourke-White today!
Behind the Archives with Jim Meade
Posted on Oct. 25, 2021, 1:45 p.m.
Celebrating American Archives Month by highlighting our own Libraries staff members
TIME: Archives Preservation Countdown
Posted on Oct. 21, 2021, 10:05 a.m.
In 1967, WSYR issued the following message, an interruption to their scheduled broadcast.
Behind the Archives with Meg Mason
Posted on Oct. 6, 2021, 10:27 a.m.
Celebrating American Archives Month by highlighting our very own Libraries staff members
Processing the Papers of Constance Timberlake
Posted on Sept. 29, 2021, 10:12 a.m.
Papers of Constance Timberlake, professor of human development from 1971 to 1993.
Durable and Elegant: Mary Edwards Walker and Dress Reform
Posted on Aug. 25, 2021, 10:18 a.m.
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker achieved national recognition in the 19th century for her service as a surgeon in the army during the Civil War.
Push for Accessibility by SU's Alpha Phi Omega Chapter
Posted on July 15, 2021, 10:24 a.m.
Processing the Alpha Phi Omega Chapter Collection and push for accessibility.
Two Years in the Archives
Posted on June 16, 2021, 10:28 a.m.
Perspectives from the student employee Public Services Assistant Team in the Archives.
Houston, We Have Liftoff!: NASA’s Isolation Experiments
Posted on May 5, 2021, 10:35 a.m.
In 1959, for the Project Mercury recruitments NASA conducted a series of “extraordinary physical examinations.”
Connecting through the Collections
Posted on April 21, 2021, 10:41 a.m.
Transcribing papers from the William Safire Papers and creating metadata for videos in the Inside Albany Records.
Our Day Will Come: Black Pop Music in the Sixties
Posted on April 14, 2021, 10:50 a.m.
The African American Musicians Photograph Collection is a display of purchasing a collection with limited contextual information
Inside SCRC | Belfer Audio Archive with Jim Meade
Posted on March 26, 2021, 1 p.m.
The acoustic recording equipment used to record and play wax cylinders.
Maija Grotell: Revolutionary Craft in 20th Century America
Posted on March 25, 2021, 10:58 a.m.
The “Mother of American Ceramics,” Maija Grotell was a prolific and influential ceramist and educator.
Inside SCRC | Cartoon, Pulp Lit, and Sci-Fi Collections
Posted on March 20, 2021, 4 p.m.
Sharing a diverse range of historical materials from Cartoon, Pulp Lit and Sci-fi collections
Pieces of Puerto Rico: Plastics and Protest
Posted on March 11, 2021, 4:01 p.m.
The Branchell Company background included within the Edward Hellmich Papers.