SCRC Blog Posts
List of blog posts
SCRC Fall 2024 Events Galore!
Posted on Jan. 22, 2025, 11 a.m.
SCRC had a fall full of programs and events that centered smart speakers in conversation with archives and special collections as material sites of discovery and creative-critical inquiry.
Welcome to Our New Assistant Director!
Posted on Dec. 9, 2024, 2 p.m.
SCRC welcomed our new Assistant Director, Lindy Smith.
Retired Otto the Orange Gets TLC
Posted on Nov. 18, 2024, 10 a.m.
The University Archives has a wide range of objects that capture the history of the University, including three Otto the Orange mascots.
In the Aftermath: Documenting and Researching Victims Support Groups
Posted on Nov. 12, 2024, 1 p.m.
As part of Remembrance Week 2024, the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives hosted the hybrid discussion.
The Oneida Community Communicate with the Dead
Posted on Oct. 30, 2024, 10 a.m.
Situated in Oneida, New York, the Oneida Community was a utopian commune active from 1848 to about 1916.
Changing Hands: Ownership Erasures in Rare Books
Posted on May 31, 2024, 2 p.m.
Many books at the SCRC showcase layers of ownership marks; but in some cases, the distinctive marks left by earlier owners were erased by the subsequent keepers.
SOURCE Explore: Finding Yourself in the Archives with Special Collections Research Center
Posted on May 24, 2024, noon
SCRC partnered with SOURCE on a new undergraduate research program, SOURCE Explore.
Graduate Student Educators Showcase of Work on Disabilities
Posted on May 15, 2024, 9 a.m.
School of Education course “SPE 644: Significant Disabilities: Shifts in Paradigms & Practices” created a digital exhibition of their research.
Preserving Your Heritage: How to Care for the Family Album
Posted on May 1, 2024, 2 p.m.
Advice from Special Collections' photograph conservation, along with “Do & Don’ts” and useful resources for keeping your family heritage in good condition.
What’s New in Special Collections? — You Found Out!
Posted on April 17, 2024, 9 a.m.
The Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) held a spring open house on March 21, 2024.
Re-Designing the Phonographic Disc Box
Posted on Jan. 3, 2024, 9 a.m.
The Conservation Lab staff redesigned the phonographic disc containers to ensure the safety and maximum longevity of damaged or degrading discs.
About the Ted Koppel Collection at Syracuse University Libraries
Posted on Dec. 13, 2023, noon
Donated by broadcast journalist and Syracuse alumnus Ted Koppel ’60 in 2012, the primarily videotape-based collection contains over 7,000 items covering the latter half of the 20th century.
A Survey of Spooky in SCRC
Posted on Oct. 31, 2023, 2:54 p.m.
Ariana Cook G'24 highlights spooky finds from the Special Collections Research Center in honor of Halloween!
“Boxes, and envelopes, and photos, oh my!” Fred Meyer and The Wizard of Oz Fandom
Posted on May 31, 2023, 4 p.m.
Processing Fred Meyer's papers, co-founder The Wizard of Oz Club.
Boxed in at the Library
Posted on May 25, 2023, 10 a.m.
Using the box maker to create housing for glass plate negatives.
Deep Dive in the Archive: The Role of an Archivist
Posted on May 24, 2023, 4 p.m.
What is an archivist? Archives collect and provide access to primarily unpublished items.
The “Straight-Backed, High-Nosed, Stiff-Necked, Great British Young Lady”: Music and Art of Liza Lehmann
Posted on May 1, 2023, 10 a.m.
Liza Lehmann (1862–1918) was one of the most prolific song composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and an influential vocal pedagogue.
Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Inc. Collection
Posted on April 27, 2023, 10 a.m.
A reflection on the Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Inc. Collection from a graduate student intern.
“What ability lurks within women”
Posted on March 8, 2023, 10 a.m.
August 31, 1933, famed aviator Amelia Earhart wrote a brief note to photographer and photojournalist, Margaret Bourke-White, thanking Bourke-White for sending on one of her recent photographic prints.
Inside SCRC | A Letter from Booker T. Washington
Posted on Feb. 9, 2023, 1 p.m.
Washington's 1909 appeal aimed to improve operations at the Tuskegee Institute.