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Syracuse University Student Publications Collection

An inventory of the collection at Syracuse University Archives


Finding aid created by: Katie Swingly
Date: 2015

Historical Note

Student publications have been a facet of Syracuse University since its early days. The Syracuse Herald was the first newspaper published by Syracuse University students, with its first issue published in 1872. Several weekly and biweekly publications followed in the first twenty years after the founding of the University, including The Syracusan, The University News, The University Forum, and Syracuse University Weekly. During the 1960s and 1970s, students published several newspapers dedicated to the counterculture movement. Today, Syracuse University students continue to publish dozens of newspapers, magazines, and newsletters.

Scope and Content Note

The Syracuse University Student Publications Collection contains publications from 1872 to the present, covering a range of topics, including politics, religion, popular culture, social issues, and campus news. Work by Syracuse University students who would become professional writers and illustrators is featured in the collection. For example, illustrations by sports illustrator Lon Keller are on the cover of several issues of Orange Peel. Work by cartoonist Vaughn Bodé is also included in the collection, featured in satirical magazines Vintage and Sword of Damocles. Work by cartoonist Robb Armstrong can be found in The Black Voice. Writings by musician Lou Reed can be found in The Lonely Woman Quarterly. Short stories by Shirley Jackson can be found in Spectre. The collection is regularly updated with the latest issues of student publications currently being produced, including The OutCrowd, The Student Voice, and Jerk Magazine.

This collection may contain materials that users find objectionable due to outdated, racist, homophobic, xenophobic, sexist, ableist, or otherwise derogatory, or harmful content. Such content was conventional at the time of the items' creation, although no less harmful and inaccurate than it is today. The collection is preserved and presented for its historic and research value.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions for this collection.

Use Restrictions:

Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

Related Material

The Black Voice was separated and moved to its own collection, The Black Voice Collection.

The Daily Orange was separated and moved to its own collection, The Daily Orange Collection.

The Syracuse University Clipping Files holds files on many student publications, including Jerk Magazine, The Black Voice, and The Coffee House Journals.

Information on many of the student groups whose publications are included in this collection can be found in the Syracuse University Student Organizations Reference Collection. Photographs related to these student organizations may also be found in the Syracuse University Photograph Collection. The Archives also holds The Daily Orange Collection, dedicated exclusively to that long-running publication.

Selected Search Terms

Names

Bodé, Vaughn, 1941-1975.
Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965.
Keller, Lon.
Reed, Lou.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University -- Periodicals.
Syracuse University.

Subjects

College student newspapers and periodicals -- United States.
Student publications -- New York (State) -- Periodicals.
Higher education.

Types of Material

Magazines (periodicals)
Newspapers.
Periodicals.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Syracuse University Student Publications Collection,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

The items in the Syracuse University Student Publications Collection were acquired from several sources, including student organization offices and alumni. The Archives continues to collect student publications.

Processing Information

Unbound items are housed in acid-free folders and boxes.

Arrangement

Items in the collection are arranged in alphabetical order.

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