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Black History Month Resources 2021

Posted on Feb. 10, 2021, 8:55 a.m.
Although not comprehensive, highlights from our collections in celebration of Black History Month include:
Research Starting Points

Posted on Feb. 8, 2021, 10:03 a.m.
Explore the Syracuse Universities Libraries website
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.
Marcel Breuer auf Deutsch

Posted on Jan. 14, 2021, 4:08 p.m.
Letters from the Marcel Breuer Digital Archive.
Inside SCRC | World War I American Red Cross Posters

Posted on Jan. 14, 2021, 3 p.m.
World War I-era American Red Cross posters
Everyone Wants the Libraries to Acquire Textbooks for Student Use

Posted on Jan. 7, 2021, 12:09 p.m.
Acquiring textbooks at the Libraries is a complex issue.
Animals in the Stacks

Posted on Jan. 6, 2021, 6:41 p.m.
Inspired by the Getty Collection, materials from our archives for animals within our own collection.
2020 Year in Review

Posted on Dec. 23, 2020, 4:40 p.m.
As we reach the end of a decidedly unprecedented and unusual year, let’s look back on some of the topics we researched, discussed, and discovered in SCRC’s collections this year.
Inside SCRC | Pan Am Flight 103 Archives: Shannon Davis

Posted on Dec. 18, 2020, 2 p.m.
Postcard, written by Shannon Davis, victim of the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster, detailing her travels.
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.
Relax with Fiction, Fantasy, eBooks, and Audiobooks

Posted on Nov. 23, 2020, 8:26 a.m.
Check what public libraries (and Syracuse University Libraries) have to offer
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.
COVID Cataloging Project

Posted on Nov. 17, 2020, 12:41 p.m.
Considerations and Conundrums of Cataloging the Latin American 45 Records
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.