Syracuse University Special Collections Research Center
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[edit] Address and Contact Info
Address:
Syracuse University Library
Special Collections Research Center
E.S. Bird Library, Room 600
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244-2010
Telephone & fax:
- Telephone - (315) 443-2697
- Fax - (315) 443-2671
Website:
Principal contacts for the collection:
- Sean Quimby, Director
- Nicolette Schneider, head of public services
[edit] Hours and Usage Restrictions
Hours are 9-5 Monday through Friday. Researchers must present ID and register to use special collections material. Some material is stored offsite so researchers planning to travel from out-of-town are encouraged to call ahead.
[edit] Online Catalogs and Finding Aids
Many of SCRC's books and collections are accessible through the library's main catalog. A complete listing of all 2000+ collections as well as detailed finding aids and enhanced search capabilities for the manuscript collections are available through the SCRC search interface.
[edit] Collection Summary
See also the pdf brochure
Syracuse University's Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) maintains and provides access to distinguished collections of rare books, manuscripts, and other archival materials. Syracuse University students, faculty, and other scholars have available to them more than 100,000 printed works and 2000 archival collections, including important editions, manuscripts, documents, letters, diaries, drawings, photographs, and memorabilia. The Special Collections Research Center regularly presents exhibitions from its varied collections in its gallery space. It also offers such services as photocopies and reproductions of material in the collection for publication, as well as class visits and group tours.
[edit] Rare books
The collection includes a wide array of historic and literary classics indispensable to the university’s varied curriculum, as well as many distinguished special collections unique to Syracuse University. These special collections make the SCRC an indispensable resource for researchers interested in a variety of topics such as the creative expression of Radicalism across a variety of topics, Beat literature and post-Beat influence on modern literature, 19th and 20th century authors, New York State history and religious communities, and many others. For a complete listing and more detailed information on the SCRC’s rare book holdings and subject strengths, please feel free to browse the headings to the right of this page. These headings do not cover every item in the collections as many represent other topics, but comprise the areas of the greatest concentration in our holdings.
[edit] Manuscript collections
SCRC's manuscript collections number more than 2000 collections and measure in excess of 30,000 linear feet, and have contributed to research produced around the world. In addition to extensive material relating to New York State (over 200 collections), our strengths are concentrated in the 19th and 20th centuries.
[edit] Usage Discussion
Suggestions for approaching the material:
Housing and getting by for less in the area: The closest hotel is the University Sheraton. Also within walking distance is the Genesee Grande.
[edit] Fellowships and Funding Opportunities
SCRC offers several internships, awards and fellowships. Please see Awards and internships on our website for full information.
- Alexander N. Charters Adult Education Research Grants-in-Aid Program, for scholars wishing to do research in SCRC's adult education collections
- Charles A. Dana Foundation Dana Fellowship (graduate teaching assistant position)
- Brodsky Internships in Library Conservation
[edit] Major Topic Areas
- Activism and social reform (70 collections), including abolition, temperance, women's rights, civil rights, social justice
- Adult education (82 collections), including both organizations (American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE), Fund for Adult Education, Council for the Continuing Education Unit) and individuals (Drew Allbritten, Alexander N. Charters, Cyril O. Houle, Malcolm S. Knowles)
- American literature (150+ collections), both individual authors (Joyce Carol Oates, Phyllis McGinley, Charles Wharton Stork, Dorothy Thompson) and numerous publishers (E.P. Dutton, Galaxy, Grove Press, Street and Smith)
- Architecture (29 collections), including Pietro Belluschi, Marcel Breuer, Richard Neutra, Morris Lapidus, William Lescaze
- Cartoonists, both strip and editorial (179 collections), including Boris Drucker, Fred Ellis, Hal Foster, William Gropper, Bob Montana, Carey Orr
- Industrial design (28 collections), including Egmont Arens, Dave Chapman, Arthur J. Pulos, Walter Dorwin Teague, John Vassos
- Radio and television (48 collections), including movie press kits, television press kits, hundreds of interviews with radio and television personalities, scripts and production notes for several shows (Search for Tomorrow, Party of Five, NYPD Blue), and the papers of notable individuals such as Mike Wallace, Irma Kalish, Alan Rafkin, and Steven Scheuer
- Radical literature (47 collections), including Ted Berrigan, Arna Bontemps, Chandler Brossard, Margaret Bourke-White, Diane di Prima, Horace Gregory, Granville Hicks, Gerard Malanga, Harry Roskolenko
- Railroads (34 collections), including records of various railroads (Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio, Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley, New York and Erie, Pere Marquette) and papers of individuals involved in the development of railroads in the United States, such as Collis P. Huntington, founder of the Central Pacific Railroad Company.
- Science fiction (34 collections), including fanzines (Barsoomian Times, Cetacean, Elfquest, Fan Spectator, Goblin's Grotto, Journal of the British Interplanetary System), early pulp magazines (Fantasy & Science Fiction, Amazing Stories), convention ephemera, and authors (Piers Anthony, Keith Laumer, Anne McCaffrey, Andre Norton, Frederik Pohl, Robert Silverberg, Kate Wilhelm)
