SCRC Blog Posts
List of blog posts
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.
"This is not a woman who composes, but a composer who is a woman."
Posted on March 3, 2021, 2:45 p.m.
Cécile Chaminade recorded seven compositions for the Gramophone and Typewriter Company.
Inside SCRC | Abolitionist Materials
Posted on Feb. 22, 2021, 4 p.m.
Petrina Jackson spotlights anti-slavery and abolitionist collection items.
Researching Stenogravures, Crystopal and Armand Winfield
Posted on Feb. 17, 2021, 7:12 p.m.
Stenogravures are very strong and are akin to stone carvings
Reconstructing Racial Equality in Syracuse
Posted on Feb. 10, 2021, 7 p.m.
Syracuse’s Interstate 81 has played a major role in the racial, social, and economic landscape of the city.
75 Years of Benjamin Spock’s Common Sense Parenting
Posted on Feb. 3, 2021, 6:32 p.m.
2021 marks the 75th anniversary of the publication of the first edition of Benjamin Spock’s Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care.