SCRC Blog Posts
List of blog posts
July 2020 Wrap Up
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
Posted on July 27, 2020, 1:26 p.m.
Petrina Jackson, Director of SCRC
Traces of a Movement
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
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
Posted on June 30, 2020, 1:53 p.m.
By Grace Wagner, Reading Room Access Services Supervisor
Rehousing the American Book Company Illustrations
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
Posted on June 16, 2020, 5:44 p.m.
Diary entries and recipes probably written in the early 1880’s.
Dragnet! A Musical Controversy
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
Posted on May 26, 2020, 1:53 p.m.
Celebrating National Photography Month through coverage of special collections and University Archives materials
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.
