Exhibitions | The Never-Ending Wrong: The Execution of Sacco and Vanzetti Amidst a seeming wave of domestic terrorism, the 1920 murder of two payroll guards in Braintree, Massachusetts, exploded into what could arguably be described as the trial of the century. Read More | |
 | Raising Rebels “All societies indoctrinate their children,” observes E. L. Doctorow in The Book of Daniel, a fictional, albeit rather thinly veiled, account of the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg through the eyes of one of their sons Read More | |
 | Book as Art: Building a Foundation 1996 This exhibit, prepared by the Department of Special Collections and the Preservation Department of the Syracuse University Library, culminates the work of 2 foundation classes from Syracuse University's School of Visual and Performing Arts Read More | |
 | SU Book Art: An Exhibition of Student Work 2000 The Syracuse University Library's Department of Special Collections is pleased to announce its third biennial book arts exhibit. Read More | |
 | Book Arts 2003 As part of a visual book assignment, Conservation Librarian Peter Verheyen presented my 2-D Problem-Solving class with an informative discussion of artists' books. Read More | |
 | Hoist Up the Flag for Abraham: Images and Songs of the 1864 Campaign 35 years ago, Carl and Amelia Dorr made a remarkable contribution to the Syracuse University Library. Since their graduation from the university in 1900, the couple had busily collected all sorts of campaign memorabilia. Read More | |
 | Isabelle Hyman's Marcel Breuer, Architect Marcel Breuer, one of the most prominent architects of the Twentieth Century, was born in Pécs, Hungary, in 1902. His early years were spent studying and teaching at the famous Bauhaus in Germany, where he specialized in furniture design. Read More | |
 | Arna Bontemps' Lonesome Boy Arna Wendell Bontemps was born in Alexandria, Louisiana, on October 13, 1902. He was raised in Los Angeles, California, and attended Pacific Union College, graduating in 1923. He moved to Harlem in 1924 and got a job teaching at the Harlem Academy, which he left in 1931. Read More | |
 | L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Chicago: George M. Hill Co, 1900. Illustrations by W.W. Denslow. First edition. Read More | |
 | Benson John Lossing's The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea June is traditionally the beginning of the travel season in the Northeast. The sun comes out, the temperature warms up, and the flowers are in full bloom. The famous vacation spots in New York state were made possible by the development of transportation methods. Read More | |
 | The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayym The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayym is certainly one the most famous works of translation in the English language. Read More | |
 | Isaak Walton's The Compleat Angler April's Book of the Month selection is: Isaak Walton and Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler. Philadelphia, 1880-1886. 11 volumes. Edited by the Rev. George W. Bethune. Read More | |
 | Covering Photography: Imitation, Influence, and Coincidence The Special Collections Research Center’s spring 2010 exhibition is entitled Covering Photography: Imitation, Influence, and Coincidence, by guest curator Karl Baden. Baden is a Boston-based photographer and member of Boston College’s Fine Arts Department. Read More | |
 | Luminous Construction: The Photography of Howard Bond Syracuse University Library’s Special Collections Research Center has mounted an exhibition entitled Luminous Construction: The Photography of Howard Bond. Read More | |
 | A Goodly Heritage of Study: The Portfolio Club of Syracuse The exhibition, which emphasizes the years 1875 to 1950, includes annual-program booklets, many of them finely crafted. Read More | |
 | Dawn of a New Age The Immigrant Contribution to the Arts in America.” "Dawn of a New Age" tells the story of five artists who immigrated to the United States during the first half of the 20th century. Read More | |
 | Invasion! The Culture of Fear in America In this lecture, Sean Quimby considers the role of fear in American life. In the post 9/11 world, we have grown accustomed to periodic “terror” alerts, but how did fear figure into the printed discourses of generations past? What, specifically, are Americans really afraid of? Read More | |
 | The Marketing of the Candidate Drawn from the artifactual collections of Syracuse University Library’s Special Collections Research Center, the exhibition of buttons, banners, bumper stickers, brochures, apparel, and other items provides a historical overview of the images and slogans candidates have used to position and advertise themselves in their quest for the White House. Read More | |
 | The Small Press and the Black Arts Movement Spanning the years between 1960 and 1975, the initial period of the Black Arts Movement is variously associated with the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964, the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965, and the subsequent rise of the Nation of Islam. Read More | |
 | The Art of the Book The Art of the Book, the Book as Art features book works created by students of Printmaking 552 in the School of Art and Design, College of Visual and Performing Arts Read More | |
 | A Centennial Tribute to Miklos Rozsa and Franz Waxman Miklós Rózsa was born in Budapest on 18 April 1907. He was raised in Budapest and on his father’s rural estate in nearby Tomasi. Franz Waxman led a variety of musical lives as composer, conductor, and impresario Read More | |
 | The Book of Origins: A Survey of American Fine Binding The Book of Origins: A Survey of American Fine Binding has its genesis in an international set binding exhibition organized by Les Amis de la Reliure d'Art du Canada. The bilingual letterpress text tells the creation story of the Huron people in French and in English, through expressive typography and original lithographs. Read More | |
 | Central New York Book Arts Central New York Book Arts is an exhibition that features book works created by regional book artists, including students at Wells College in Aurora, N.Y., and Printmaking 552 in the School of Art and Design, College of Visual and Performing Arts, here at Syracuse University. Read More | |
 | Imagine! Painters and Poets of New York School "The avant-garde atmosphere in New York at that time was a close and exciting one," Grace Hartigan recalled of the beginnings of the New York School. Read More | |
 | That Laboratory of Abolitionism, Libel and Treason During the decades-long struggle to abolish slavery, thousands of African Americans risked their lives to escape from their bitter bondage in the South to seek freedom in the northern states, or beyond in Canada. Read More | |
 | People Are My Landscape: Social Struggle in the Art of William Gropper Cartoonist, painter, lithographer, and muralist William Gropper was born on the Lower East Side of New York City into a working-class Jewish family that labored in the sweatshops of the garment industry. Read More | |
 | Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath: Bitter Fruit of the Depression. In support of the “If All of Central New York Reads” initiative and the Syracuse Stage production of The Grapes of Wrath, the Special Collections Research Center will display some of its radicalism holdings in literature and art. Read More | |
 | Draw Your Own Conclusions: Political Cartooning Then and ? NEED A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE on Iraq, global terrorism, and the elections? Step back and take a look at how wars and politics from the 1860s through the 1960s were drawn-and quartered-by some of the nation's most influential humorists and cartoonists. Read More | |
 | "On the Spot" with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Marguerite Higgins, 1920-1966 "On the Spot" with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Marguerite Higgins, 1920-1966. The exhibition features correspondence, writings, photographs, and other memorabilia from the Marguerite Higgins Papers housed in the Special Collections Research Center. Read More | |
 | Paper Type Image: Elements of the Fine Press Book. Checklist available. The selections that make up this exhibit inevitably pose the same questions that arise whenever one attempts to determine the characteristics of a fine press work. Read More | |
 | A History of Railroads at Syracuse University Library From their beginnings in the second third of the 19th century, railroads symbolized the rapid growth of this nation. The Special Collections Research Center at Syracuse University Library is home to the papers of a number of railroad companies. Read More | |
 | Jonas Clark's A Sermon, Preached at Lexington Jonas Clark (1730-1805). A Sermon, Preached at Lexington, April 19, 1776. Boston: Powars and Willis, 1776. The text is accompanied by illustrations inserted at a later date. Read More | |
 | Mary Vaux Walcott's North American Wild Flowers During her early years, on family summer vacations to the Rockies, Mary Vaux developed into an accomplished amateur botanist, watercolorist, and mountaineer. Read More | |
 | Toba Pato Tucker's Haudenosaunee: Portraits of the Firekeepers, the Onondaga Nation Toba Pato Tucker. Haudenosaunee: Portraits of the Firekeepers, the Onondaga Nation. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1999. Read More | |
 | Arthur Miller's The Crucible and other works Arthur Miller. The Crucible. New York: Viking, 1953. Miller wrote this dark and powerful drama about intolerance and hysteria using the Salem witch trials as the setting. Read More | |
 | Eugene Field's Our Debt to Monkish Men Eugene Field. Our Debt to Monkish Men. Yellow Barn Press, 1987. Wood-engravings by John DePol. Eugene Field, "the Poet of Childhood," was born in St. Louis in 1850. Read More | |
 | Constitutions des treize Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Benjamin Franklin was the ambassador to the Court of France and had just completed negotiations with Great Britain for the independence of the United States. He had the constitutions of the original thirteen states translated into French by the Duc de la Rochefoucauld. Franklin annotated them and had them published in an edition of 600 copies. Read More |
