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.
Correspondence between the American geologist and Stephen Van Rensselaer, about Mather's intention to join a geological survey of the state of New York.
Papers of the English physician and author. Missionary to Labrador and Newfoundland who initiated child welfare work and built several hospitals and orphanages. Signed pen and ink sketch, "A Christmas Dinner in Labrador."
American social worker, child and maternal health advocate. Extensive published and printed material has been cataloged. Manuscript collection contains correspondence-subject files, most relating to a decade-long grant-funded project, and writings of both Insley and her colleague Kazuye Kumabe.
Collection of highly detailed medical account books kept by general practitioner V. A. [Vine A.] Allen and later by his successor Dr. Foster Fanning Potter of the village of Cleveland in Constantia township, Oswego County, New York.
Papers of the Hungarian-American psychiatrist and scholar. Collection contains correspondence, memorabilia, photographs, writings, audio and video recordings.
American miner and mining engineer. Collection contains correspondence, chiefly social; autographs; bankbooks; funeral cards; photos; telegrams; and a published address by Walsh.