SCRC Blog Posts
List of blog posts
Tempering Virtue, Prohibiting Vice
Posted on Dec. 17, 2020, 4:16 p.m.
When the Volstead Act came into effect on January 17, 1920, it ushered in a 13-year period where alcohol’s production, sale, and distribution was prohibited by constitutional law.
In the Beginning of the Year and When it Ends: Memorials to Pan Am Flight 103
Posted on Dec. 9, 2020, 2:24 p.m.
December 21 will mark the 32nd anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland that killed 270 individuals from 21 countries.
Hail Librarians!: Reflecting on SU Library Service
Posted on Dec. 2, 2020, 3:18 p.m.
“Hail, Librarians, holders o’ the golden keys!”, wrote poet Frank Elijah Dudley in 1955.
November 2020 Wrap Up: Native American Heritage Month
Posted on Nov. 25, 2020, 6:50 p.m.
Researching Audrey “Gonwaiahhih” Shenandoah.
Survival Kit: Provisions for your Research Journey Exhibit Interview
Posted on Nov. 18, 2020, 2:54 p.m.
The Edwin F. Bushman Papers are part of the Special Collections Research Center’s manuscript collections.
Inside SCRC | Jack Kerouac in the Belfer Audio Archives
Posted on Nov. 16, 2020, 1 p.m.
Record/recordings featuring Jack Kerouac from the Beat Generation, housed in Belfer Audio Archive.
World War II Veterans at Syracuse University
Posted on Nov. 12, 2020, 1:39 p.m.
Archives holds documentation of the dramatic influx of veterans on campus right after World War II.
Inside SCRC | Artists Diego Rivera and Carlos Cortez
Posted on Nov. 4, 2020, 4 p.m.
Review of materials from Special Collections Research Center. A close look at what the artwork of artists Diego Rivera and Carlos Cortez tell us.
Inside SCRC | 1918 Influenza
Posted on Oct. 21, 2020, 4 p.m.
Meg Mason, University Archivist, explores a 1918 edition of the Daily Orange documenting the effects of the 1918 influenza outbreak on Syracuse University campus.
October 2020 Wrap Up
Posted on Oct. 21, 2020, 1:06 p.m.
Collections materials featuring Halloween and election season.
George Fisk Comfort and the Museums Are Not Neutral Movement: Museum History at SCRC
Posted on Oct. 14, 2020, 5:14 p.m.
George Fisk Comfort (1833 – 1910) was a liberal arts scholar and museum founder from Berkshire, NY.
Printing the Middle Ages: A Renaissance Edition of Bernard of Clairvaux
Posted on Oct. 6, 2020, 5:23 p.m.
Renaissance edition of the works of Bernard of Clairvaux, printed in 1508 in Paris by Jehan Petit,
September 2020 Wrap Up: Banned Books Week
Posted on Sept. 29, 2020, 5:50 p.m.
Banned Books Week recommendations.
Adjusting the Lens
Posted on Sept. 1, 2020, 2:37 p.m.
Images in the Syracuse University Photograph Collection.
August 2020 Wrap Up
Posted on Aug. 28, 2020, 2:25 p.m.
Working through several digital description and transcription projects.
Lifting as we climb: Mary Church Terrell and the 19th Amendment
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
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.
An Unfinished End: Ying Li and the Marcel Breuer Digital Archive
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
Posted on July 31, 2020, 3:04 p.m.
By Grace Wagner, Reading Room Access Services Supervisor