November Wrap Up
November 25, 2020
By Grace Wagner, Reading Room Access Services Supervisor November is Native American Heritage Month. Courtney Asztalos speaks on her experiences researching Audrey “Gonwaiahhih” Shenandoah below: Native American Heritage Month By Courtney Asztalos, Plastics and Historical Artifacts Curator I first learned about Audrey “Gonwaiannih” Shenandoah through a virtual version of the Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation, Witness to Injustice: The KAIROS Blanket ...“Survival Kit: Provisions for your Research Journey” Exhibit Interview
November 18, 2020
Three of the collaborators for the new exhibit in the Plastics Pioneers Reading Room on the 6th floor of Bird Library — Courtney Asztalos, Plastics and Historical Artifacts Curator; Jana Rosinski, Plastics Collection Curatorial Assistant; and Lynn Wilcox, Design Specialist for Syracuse University Press — discuss the process of putting together “Survival Kit: Provisions for ...World War II Veterans at Syracuse University
November 12, 2020
By Meg Mason, University Archivist This week, we honor our veterans and their service. Veterans have long been a significant part of Syracuse University history. Most notably, the University Archives holds documentation of the dramatic influx of veterans on campus right after World War II. The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the GI ...VALUE: Photographs, Memorabilia, Films and Syracuse University Archives
October 30, 2020
Throughout this week, we have explored many facets of preservation in the archives. From considering the importance of TIME in the deteriorated photographs of Chester Rice from our Clara E. Sipprell Papers and the collected and digitized WSYR recordings of over 50 years of local history, To recognizing the work of the photojournalist, Margaret Bourke-White, and acknowledging the RISK ...UNKNOWN: Cassette Tapes and the E. Thomas Billard Papers
October 29, 2020
The notion that incredible discoveries, hidden gems, and items thought to be lost to the ages are suddenly discovered in archival repositories is a rather romantic ideal that doesn’t frequently play out in the day-to-day operations of a special collections repository. Audio is one area, however, due in part to the many different and sometimes obsolete ...JUDGEMENT: Pope Leo XIII and the Belfer Cylinders Collection
October 28, 2020
You would be forgiven for thinking you were looking at some kind of holy relic if you glanced quickly at the box below from SCRC’s collections. Between the latched leather carrying case, complete with embossed lid, and the crest stamped on the top of the cylinder inside, there is an attributed value given to this ...RISK: Photographs, Lacquer Disks and the Margaret Bourke-White Papers
October 27, 2020
Margaret Bourke-White was known for taking risks. An American photojournalist and war correspondent, she shot the cover photograph for Life Magazine‘s first issue in 1936, beginning a professional relationship that continued for several decades of the magazine’s publication and her career. Bourke-White traveled across the United States during the Great Depression and she extensively chronicled ...TIME: Archives Preservation Countdown
October 26, 2020
In 1967, WSYR issued the following message, an interruption to their scheduled broadcast: “We interrupt this program. The Office of Civil Defense has issued the following message: This is an attack warning. Repeat. This is an attack warning. Attack warning means that an actual attack against this country has been detected and that protective actions should ...October Wrap Up
October 21, 2020
By Grace Wagner, Reading Room Access Services Supervisor We’re posting our wrap up a little early this month, because next week, we will be celebrating American Archives Month with a five-day series on preservation in SCRC’s collections. The series, a collaboration between The Living Record, SCRC’s blog, and Sound Beat, will cover preservation of different audio ...George Fisk Comfort and the Museums Are Not Neutral Movement: Museum History at SCRC
October 14, 2020
By Tiffany Miller, Reference Assistant I am co-president of the George Fisk Comfort Society, a graduate student club for art history students at Syracuse, and, before this semester, I was not aware of who I was representing. George Fisk Comfort (1833 – 1910) was a liberal arts scholar and museum founder from Berkshire, New York. He ...