SCRC Blog Posts
List of blog posts
Preserving Your Heritage: How to Care for the Family Album
![old b&w family photos of wedding and couples](/media/images/conservation_1.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on May 1, 2024, 2 p.m.
Advice from Special Collections' photograph conservation, along with “Do & Don’ts” and useful resources for keeping your family heritage in good condition.
What’s New in Special Collections? — You Found Out!
![Light-skinned person with brown hair, stands beside a table where several black lacquer discs are displayed. They wear a green, long-sleeved shirt and use hand gestures while discussing the discs. A second person listens while looking at one of the d](/media/images/Whats_new_1.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on April 17, 2024, 9 a.m.
The Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) held a spring open house on March 21, 2024.
Re-Designing the Phonographic Disc Box
![close up of box cutter machine](/media/images/Picture1.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on Jan. 3, 2024, 9 a.m.
The Conservation Lab staff redesigned the phonographic disc containers to ensure the safety and maximum longevity of damaged or degrading discs.
About the Ted Koppel Collection at Syracuse University Libraries
![Screenshot of Nightline episode featuring Ted Koppel with coverage of the Iran hostage crisis.](/media/images/Koppel.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on Dec. 13, 2023, noon
Donated by broadcast journalist and Syracuse alumnus Ted Koppel ’60 in 2012, the primarily videotape-based collection contains over 7,000 items covering the latter half of the 20th century.
A Survey of Spooky in SCRC
![Cover of Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates](/media/images/A7302245.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on Oct. 31, 2023, 2:54 p.m.
Ariana Cook G'24 highlights spooky finds from the Special Collections Research Center in honor of Halloween!
“Boxes, and envelopes, and photos, oh my!” Fred Meyer and The Wizard of Oz Fandom
![hand-written booklet with pencil drawing on cover](/media/images/Meyer3.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on May 31, 2023, 4 p.m.
Processing Fred Meyer's papers, co-founder The Wizard of Oz Club.
Boxed in at the Library
![box making machine in use](/media/images/IMG_1.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on May 25, 2023, 10 a.m.
Using the box maker to create housing for glass plate negatives.
Deep Dive in the Archive: The Role of an Archivist
![man standing in aisle with shelves of boxes to the right](/media/images/Dane_Tolley_2.2847a22a.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on May 24, 2023, 4 p.m.
What is an archivist? Archives collect and provide access to primarily unpublished items.
The “Straight-Backed, High-Nosed, Stiff-Necked, Great British Young Lady”: Music and Art of Liza Lehmann
![illustration of Liza Lehmann, 1907](/media/images/Fig._1_autobiography.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.png)
Posted on May 1, 2023, 10 a.m.
Liza Lehmann (1862–1918) was one of the most prolific song composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and an influential vocal pedagogue.
Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Inc. Collection
![person sitting amongst boxes and papers in office](/media/images/HalseyProcessingVPAF103_June2022.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on April 27, 2023, 10 a.m.
A reflection on the Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Inc. Collection from a graduate student intern.
“What ability lurks within women”
![Letter from Amelia Earhart to Margaret Bourke-White, August 31, 1933](/media/images/Earhart_letterto_BourkeWhite.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.png)
Posted on March 8, 2023, 10 a.m.
August 31, 1933, famed aviator Amelia Earhart wrote a brief note to photographer and photojournalist, Margaret Bourke-White, thanking Bourke-White for sending on one of her recent photographic prints.
Inside SCRC: A Letter from Booker T. Washington
![Sepia toned image and background of Booker T. Washington in a suit, with small image of a letter and sign off that says Yours Truly with Washington's signature](/media/images/Booker-T-Washington_Sheehan_Letter.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on Feb. 9, 2023, 1 p.m.
Washington's 1909 appeal aimed to improve operations at the Tuskegee Institute.
“We have that here?!”: Students Meet Special Collections at the Libraries’ Welcome Fest
![person wearing gray sweater, another person with long hair wearing face mask, standing behind table with materials under glass display and in front of glass display case](/media/images/Welcome_Fest_Meara-064_Dane_Michel.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.png)
Posted on Sept. 30, 2022, noon
SCRC tabled at Welcome Fest, highlighting the full range of resources, services and spaces available to students.
VALUE: Photographs, Memorabilia, Films and SU Archives
![jersey with #44 on front and text next to it that reads "Value 1"](/media/images/VALUE-_Photographs_Memorabilia_Fil.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on Dec. 16, 2021, 9:05 a.m.
Throughout this week, we have explored many facets of preservation in the archives.
Unknown: Cassette Tapes and the E. Thomas Billard Papers
![consumer grade cassette deck](/media/images/The_consumer-grade_cassette_deck_u.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on Dec. 2, 2021, 9:26 a.m.
The Archives Preservation Countdown coverage continues on Sound Beat this week. Check out their episode on the E. Thomas Billard cassette tapes.
Judgement: Pope Leo XIII and the Belfer Cylinders Collection
![Pope Leo's crest on top of cylinder](/media/images/The_top_of_the_cylinder_featuring_.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on Nov. 18, 2021, 9:52 a.m.
The Archives Preservation Countdown coverage continues on Sound Beat this week.
Risk: Photographs, Lacquer Disks and the Margaret Bourke-White Papers
![damaged lacquer disk](/media/images/A_damaged_lacquer_disk._Margaret_B.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on Nov. 4, 2021, 10 a.m.
The Preservation Countdown coverage continues. Check out the episode on Margaret Bourke-White today!
Behind the Archives with Jim Meade
![jim Meade](/media/images/Jim-Meade-Behind-the-Archives.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on Oct. 25, 2021, 1:45 p.m.
Celebrating American Archives Month by highlighting our own Libraries staff members
TIME: Archives Preservation Countdown
![One of the instantaneous discs from SCRC’s WYSR Collection. WSYR Collection.](/media/images/One_of_the_instantaneous_discs_fro.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
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
![Meg Mason standing inside glass display case, assembling display](/media/images/Meg_Mason.2e16d0ba.fill-300x200.jpg)
Posted on Oct. 6, 2021, 10:27 a.m.
Celebrating American Archives Month by highlighting our very own Libraries staff members