SCRC Blog Posts
List of blog posts
An Incomplete History of the Inn Complete
Posted on May 19, 2020, 1:34 p.m.
Even though the Inn Complete has only been in this location since the 1990’s (it was originally located in the Sky Barn), the structure has had a storied life over the last 100 years.
New Acquisition: Rare 19th Century Photograph Album Featuring Black Americans
Posted on May 12, 2020, 5 p.m.
The photo album contains 20 cabinet card albumen photographs of fashionably dressed well-off Black people from the late 19th century.
Charles Eisenmann’s Circus Photography and the Cartes de visite Collection
Posted on May 5, 2020, 9 a.m.
Cartes de visite Collection consists of one small rectangular box with a total of 322 images.
April 2020 Wrap Up
Posted on April 28, 2020, 9:19 a.m.
Today marks six weeks since SCRC and SU Libraries moved to online operations.
New Sesquicentennial Digital Exhibition: A Legacy of Leadership
Posted on April 21, 2020, 10 a.m.
Another digital exhibition: A Legacy of Leadership: The Chancellors and Presidents of Syracuse University.
An Artist in Pictures: Photographs of Grace Hartigan
Posted on April 14, 2020, 10:19 a.m.
In the Grace Hartigan Papers held at SCRC are photos of the vibrant Abstract Expressionist painter.
A Century of Syroco
Posted on April 7, 2020, 10:35 a.m.
Less than one linear foot, the Syracuse Ornamental Company (Syroco) Collection consists of two document boxes and a handful of product catalogs, documenting the company’s century-long history.
March 2020 Wrap Up
Posted on March 31, 2020, 10:52 a.m.
Public events have been postponed, and we are ending March on a quieter note as we shift to operating remotely.
The Orange in National Orange Day
Posted on March 24, 2020, 11:29 a.m.
The history of orange as Syracuse University's color.
Bringing Art to the People
Posted on March 19, 2020, 11:44 a.m.
Pop-up exhibit on the Black Arts Movement.
Happy International Women's Day!
Posted on March 3, 2020, 1 p.m.
Highlights of groundbreaking or interesting women from collections.
February 2020 News Wrap Up
Posted on Feb. 28, 2020, 11:30 a.m.
Looking back at events, newly processed collections
Special Collections Research Center History Highlights
Posted on Feb. 24, 2020, 11:45 a.m.
Let the Reader Emerge! Milestones of the Syracuse University Libraries
Unfaithful: Marriage Reform and Utopian Dreams
Posted on Feb. 13, 2020, 12:31 p.m.
Radical reform movements, including the Oneida Community in upstate New York and the Free Love Club and the Unitary Home in New York City.
December January 2020 News Wrap Up
Posted on Feb. 4, 2020, 1:48 p.m.
Review, upcoming events and newly processed collections
An Act of Moral Courage
Posted on Jan. 28, 2020, 1:55 p.m.
Tsuneishi, a 1943 graduate of Syracuse University praised Tolley for accepting Tsuneishi and “some of 100 of my Japanese American colleagues"
Writing over Medieval Texts in Renaissance Europe
Posted on Jan. 21, 2020, 2:27 p.m.
Breviary on vellum, or a book that contains daily services recited by members of the Roman Catholic Church
Happy New Year from SCRC!
Posted on Jan. 15, 2020, 2:38 p.m.
Invitation from our William Wallace Denslow Collection
Boxing the Collections with a Box Making Machine
Posted on Dec. 17, 2019, 2:59 p.m.
Interview with David Stokoe