The Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) offers scholars and students a vibrant research and learning environment. We collect, preserve, and provide access to materials that document the history of our global society, including original manuscripts, photographs, architectural renderings, industrial design prototypes, graphic artworks, audio and moving image recordings, and much more. Today, the SCRC’s collections total approximately 150,000 printed items and over 30,000 linear feet of archival material in 2,400 separate collections, as well as the holdings of the renowned Belfer Audio Archive and the University Archives. Together, these collections offer unfiltered access to primary source material, the “authentic voice” of a writer or creator, from which scholars and students can develop their own views and create their own narratives.
The Alan R. Schwartz Papers primarily contain reports from the Presidents Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism (PCAST). Also included are informational materials on TNA-Effective Response to Deadly Threats.
Materials relating to Alexander Lowenstein, one of the 35 students killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 while returning from studying abroad through Syracuse University's Division of International Programs Abroad (DIPA), and materials relating to Suse Lowenstein's sculpture Dark Elegy
Alexia Foundation for World Peace and
Cultural Understanding
The Alexia Foundation for World Peace and Cultural Understanding Collection contains materials related to the organization founded by the parents and mentor of Alexia Tsairis, one of thirty-five Syracuse University students killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The Alexia Foundation awards grants and funding to professional and student photojournalists, and is committed to furthering the cause of world peace. Additional materials related to Alexia, her life and legacy can be found in the Alexia Kathryn Tsairis Family Papers.
Materials related to Anne Lindsey Otenasek, one of the 35 students studying abroad through Syracuse University's Division of International Programs Abroad (DIPA) killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103
Creative works produced by poets, dramatists, visual artists, and others in response to or inspired by the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland on December 21, 1988