SCRC Blog Posts

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

Marketing and Publicity and Press, Oh My!

Posted on Dec. 10, 2019, 3:22 p.m.

The marketing campaign for The Wizard of Oz film

Getting Pulled In

Posted on Dec. 3, 2019, 3:41 p.m.

Photos from the Syracuse University Military and World Wars Reference Collection.

November 2019 News Wrap Up

Posted on Nov. 27, 2019, 3:57 p.m.

Recap of events and newly processed collections.

Katsushika Hokusai as Book Illustrator

Posted on Nov. 20, 2019, 4:25 p.m.

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) was a Japanese painter and ukiyo-e printmaker

James Thornton and The Syracuse State School

Posted on Nov. 13, 2019, 8:41 a.m.

Syracuse State School was a facility that cared for mentally disabled children and, in some cases, adults.

Delight in the Mundane: Rehousing the Plastics Artifacts Collection

Posted on Nov. 5, 2019, 8:52 a.m.

A Library and Information Science student doing an internship in SCRC’s Plastics Artifacts Collection

October 2019 News Wrap Up

Posted on Oct. 30, 2019, 8:59 a.m.

Recap of past month's events and news mentions

"Where there is no imagination, there is no horror..."

Posted on Oct. 22, 2019, 9:07 a.m.

Selection of spooky materials from SCRC.

Shedding Light on Illuminated Manuscripts

Posted on Oct. 15, 2019, 9:55 a.m.

Illuminated manuscripts are handwritten books that have been adorned with vibrant colors, artwork, and even gold.

Ninth Street Women and New Books at SCRC

Posted on Oct. 10, 2019, 11:12 a.m.

Ninth Street Women by Mary Gabriel, an immersive look at the post-war modern art movement from the viewpoint of the women who helped shape it.

September 2019 News Wrap Up

Posted on Oct. 1, 2019, 11:30 a.m.

New exhibits, new acquisitions and recent events.

New Acquisition: Josef Albers' Interaction of Color

Posted on Sept. 25, 2019, 11:47 a.m.

Acquisition of a 1963 copy of The Interaction of Color by Josef Albers.

It's No Wonder...That They're Called Little Wonders!

Posted on Sept. 17, 2019, 12:43 p.m.

Little Wonders are 5 ½ inches in diameter and carry sound on a single side.

American and Soviet "Truth": Pravda in Special Collections

Posted on Sept. 10, 2019, 1:08 p.m.

20th century American cartoonists' take on the Soviet Union.

150 Years of Tradition at Syracuse University

Posted on Sept. 3, 2019, 1:18 p.m.

University Archives’ most historically rich collections, including the Photograph Collection and Memorabilia Collection

August 2019 News Wrap Up

Posted on Aug. 29, 2019, 1:36 p.m.

August 2019 updates include new acquisitions and new oven.

Andre Norton: Creator and Guardian of Fantastic Worlds

Posted on Aug. 20, 2019, 2:50 p.m.

Pulp Literature and Science Fiction Collections is home to the papers of Andre Norton