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August 2020 Wrap Up
![black and white photograph of SU campus early buildings](/media/images/Syracuse_University.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on Aug. 28, 2020, 2:25 p.m.
Working through several digital description and transcription projects.
New PubMed: What’s Changed and How You Use it
![PubMed Screen Shot](/media/images/PubMed_Screen_Shot.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on Aug. 20, 2020, 8:25 a.m.
PubMed interface has recently changed.
Lifting as we climb: Mary Church Terrell and the 19th Amendment
![left side cartoon drawing of Mary Church Terrell and right side a posed photo of Mary Church Terrell](/media/images/terrell_banner.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on Aug. 18, 2020, 9:24 a.m.
100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women in the United States the right to vote.
What Then Shall We Say About Croton?: Attempts to Integrate Syracuse City Schools
![As part of an education initiative, Crusade for Opportunity regularly offered field trips for children in Syracuse neighborhoods. Here are four children sleeping on a bus after a CFO field trip to a local farm.](/media/images/As_part_of_an_education_initiative.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on Aug. 11, 2020, 3:26 p.m.
Crusade for Opportunity (CFO), an anti-poverty organization based in Syracuse, NY, that existed during the 1960s.
COVID-19 Research Informs Libraries Practices
![Employee at check out desk](/media/images/Employee_at_check_out_desk.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on Aug. 11, 2020, 7:59 a.m.
Due to the REALM project’s Test 4 Results, the Libraries has increased its materials quarantine period to six days.
An Unfinished End: Ying Li and the Marcel Breuer Digital Archive
![signature of Ying Li](/media/images/breuer_banner.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on Aug. 4, 2020, 5:18 p.m.
Marcel Breuer Digital Archive for SCRC. The Breuer Archive is the digital repository of archival materials relating to the twentieth-century architect, Marcel Breuer.
July 2020 Wrap Up
![black and white photo of Adirondack Mountains and lake](/media/images/HBeach.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on July 31, 2020, 3:04 p.m.
By Grace Wagner, Reading Room Access Services Supervisor
30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
![The cover of Christmas in Purgatory: A Photographic Essay on Mental Retardation by Burton Blatt, published in 1966.](/media/images/The_cover_of_Christmas_in_Purgator.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on July 27, 2020, 1:26 p.m.
Petrina Jackson, Director of SCRC
Traces of a Movement
![Irene Castle appears on the cover of Picture-play magazine](/media/images/Irene_Castle_appears_on_the_cover_.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on July 14, 2020, 5:16 p.m.
Irene Castle was as an internationally-recognized ballroom dancer, silent film star, and one of the first celebrities with an eponymous fashion line.
Accessibility and Discoverability: Describing Street and Smith Cover Art
![Cover of the 1895/1915 Street & Smith dime novel A deposit vault puzzle](/media/images/Cover_of_the_18951915_Street__Smit.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on July 7, 2020, 6:37 p.m.
Founded in 1855, Street & Smith was the largest publisher of pulp fiction and dime novels in the United States of its time.
June 2020 Wrap Up
![drawing of red headed woman with floral wreath around her head looking up into night sky](/media/images/10-0240.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on June 30, 2020, 1:53 p.m.
By Grace Wagner, Reading Room Access Services Supervisor
Rehousing the American Book Company Illustrations
![SCRC staff member Paul Barfoot at work in the impromptu photo lab](/media/images/SCRC_staff_member_Paul_Barfoot_at_.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on June 24, 2020, 1:35 p.m.
Massive preservation project of 17,000 plates used as textbook illustrations by the American Book Company.
A Perfect Recipe for Conservation
![Text block sewn on 2 tapes. French Chef’s Diary, Kay Shaw Nelson Papers.](/media/images/Text_block_sewn_on_2_tapes._French.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on June 16, 2020, 5:44 p.m.
Diary entries and recipes probably written in the early 1880’s.
Resources for LGBTQ+ Studies
![Read with Pride sticker](/media/images/Read_with_Pride_sticker.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on June 10, 2020, 1:06 p.m.
June is here, which means the celebration of Pride Month for the LGBTQ+ community and our allies.
Dragnet! A Musical Controversy
![Miklos Rozsa](/media/images/Miklos_Rozsa.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on June 2, 2020, 2:27 p.m.
Miklós Rózsa (1907-1995), whose papers are held at SCRC, was a Hungarian-American composer known for his dramatic film scores.
May 2020 Wrap Up: National Photography Month
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Posted on May 26, 2020, 1:53 p.m.
Celebrating National Photography Month through coverage of special collections and University Archives materials
Subject Librarian Online Engagement
![head and shoulders photo of Brenna Helmstutler in circle with blue background](/media/images/Brenna-Helmstutler-Online-Libraria.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on May 21, 2020, noon
Ways subject librarians can support online learning.
An Incomplete History of the Inn Complete
![Inn Complete](/media/images/Inn_Complete.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
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
![“A selection of portraits from a 19th century photo album](/media/images/DetroitPhotoAlbum2-883x600.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.png)
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
![White scroll surrounded by flower illustrations.](/media/images/IMG_2713-983x600.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on May 5, 2020, 9 a.m.
Cartes de visite Collection consists of one small rectangular box with a total of 322 images.