Special Collections Research Center

Sci-Fi, Afrofuturism Expert, Author Named Newest University Professor

Isiah Lavender III brings a multidisciplinary lens to Afrofuturism, exploring Black identity through literature, history and speculative fiction.
Diane Stirling Sept. 8, 2025
Sci-Fi, Afrofuturism Expert, Author Named Newest University Professor

Libraries’ Receives George W. Hamilton Collection of Books on Printing and Typography

Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) was recently gifted the George W. Hamilton Book Collection from George W. Hamilton ’53, G’54. The collection
Cristina Hatem Aug. 29, 2025
Libraries’ Receives George W. Hamilton Collection of Books on Printing and Typography

Vanessa St.Oegger-Menn Receives Spotlight Award From Society of American Archivists

Vanessa St.Oegger-Menn, Pan Am 103 archivist and assistant university archivist in the Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center, is the 2025 recipient of the Spotlight Award from
Cristina Hatem Aug. 13, 2025
Vanessa St.Oegger-Menn Receives Spotlight Award From Society of American Archivists