Syracuse University Cyanotype Textile Collection, 1902

Summary

Abstract:
Cyanotype textile prints of Syracuse University buildings
Extent:
1 folder
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Syracuse University Cyanotype Textile Collection,

Background

Scope and content:

The Syracuse University Cyanotype Textile Collection contains five cyanotype textile prints, dated 1902, of buildings at Syracuse University. The buildings included are Crouse College, Hall of Languages, the Women's Gymnasium (demolished in 1965), Von Ranke Library (now the Tolley Humanities Building), and Steele Hall.

Biographical / historical:

Invented in 1841 by Sir John Herschel, cyanotype is a photographic printing process which produces a blue image. The process uses ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide which oxidizes when exposed to ultraviolet light such as sunlight. Cyanotype printing was popularized in the 1880s and was primarily used by engineers and architects to make copies of plans and drawings up until the 1950s.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Mrs. Mark N. Russell sometime between 1959 and 1985.
Processing information:

Materials were placed in mylar sleeves and an acid free folder.

Arrangement:

Original order was maintained.

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Syracuse University Cyanotype Textile Collection,

Location of this collection:
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Bird Library, Room 600
Syracuse, NY 13244, United States
Link to repository site
Contact:
315.443.2697
scrc@syr.edu