SCRC Blog Posts
List of blog posts
Re-Designing the Phonographic Disc Box
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
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
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
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
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
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 Archives collect and provide access to primarily unpublished items.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
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
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”
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Posted on Oct. 25, 2021, 1:45 p.m.
Celebrating American Archives Month by highlighting our own Libraries staff members
TIME: Archives Preservation Countdown
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
Posted on Oct. 6, 2021, 10:27 a.m.
Celebrating American Archives Month by highlighting our very own Libraries staff members
Processing the Papers of Constance Timberlake
Posted on Sept. 29, 2021, 10:12 a.m.
Papers of Constance Timberlake, professor of human development from 1971 to 1993.
Durable and Elegant: Mary Edwards Walker and Dress Reform
Posted on Aug. 25, 2021, 10:18 a.m.
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker achieved national recognition in the 19th century for her service as a surgeon in the army during the Civil War.