Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Oropallo, Florence Spore.
- Abstract:
- Items from Oropallo's time as a student as well as the years she attended class reunions at Syracuse University.
- Extent:
- 1 box (0.50 linear foot)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Florence Oropallo Papers,
Background
- Scope and Content:
The Florence Oropallo Papers contains personal items of Oropallo as a student and alumna of Syracuse University. This collection is separated into the following series:
Memorabilia contains souvenirs and alumni-related items such as Syracuse University felt banners.
Photographs consists of color photographic prints of Syracuse’s campus as well as class reunion events and fellow alumni such as actor Jerry Stiller (Class of 1950) and cartoonist Brad Anderson (Class of 1951).
Publications contains University-issued booklets and directories produced during Oropallo’s undergraduate career at Syracuse.
Reunion materials contains papers and items from the class reunions attended by Oropallo in 1979, 1984, 1989, and 2004.
- Biographical / Historical:
Florence Oropallo (maiden name Spore) was a student who graduated with a degree in Home Economics-Applied Arts from Syracuse University in 1944. She grew up in Voorheesville, New York. Oropallo worked at the Daily Orange from 1941 to 1942. She married Anthony Oropallo sometime after graduating from Syracuse.
- Acquisition information:
- Florence Spore Oropallo donated this collection to the Syracuse University Archives in 2017.
- Processing information:
The Florence Spore Oropallo Papers have been fully processed and housed in acid-free folders and an archival box.
- Arrangement:
Materials have been arranged alphabetically and chronologically within each series.
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- University Archives
Class reunions.
Universities and colleges -- Alumni and alumnae.
Syracuse University -- Alumni
Higher education.
Banners.
Buttons (information artifacts)
Color photographs.
Directories.
Booklets.
Photographic postcards. - Names:
- Syracuse University.
Syracuse University -- History.
Oropallo, Florence Spore.
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Florence Oropallo Papers,
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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Special Collections Research CenterSyracuse University LibrariesBird Library, Room 600Syracuse, NY 13244, United States
- CONTACT:
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315.443.2697scrc@syr.edu