The History of Syracuse University Honored

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - Aug. 12, 2013 - PRLog -- The newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s popular Campus History Series is Syracuse University by Edward L. Galvin, Margaret A. Mason and Mary M. O'Brien. The book boasts more than 200 images covering over 140 years of Syracuse University’s history.

Syracuse University was founded in 1870 as a private, coeducational university in Syracuse, New York. Classes began the following year in temporary quarters until the university moved to its current location on “The Hill” in 1873, occupying the Hall of Languages, which is still the iconic center of SU.

Syracuse University provides a photographic journey from the late 1800s to the present, highlighting its growth from a small Methodist college to a university of national importance with more than 20,000 students and over 240,000 living alumni. Always committed to diversity, SU has embraced opportunity—be it with the Syracuse-in-China program in the 1920s, the enrollment of thousands of veterans after World War II or cofounding the Say Yes to Education scholarship program for urban schools. Championship football, basketball and lacrosse teams have also brought prestige to SU and fans around the nation and world “bleed orange” along with those who work, teach or study at the university.

Highlights of Syracuse University include:
•   The majority of the images in the book are representative of the 750,000 photographs held by the Syracuse University Archives.
•   The book contains many types of visual images including prints, negatives, slides, photograph albums, lantern slides, postcards, stereopticon slides and documents. An exceptional visual is an image of the original draft of the Alma Mater.
•   Highlights the long history between Syracuse University and the city of Syracuse.

*A portion of the profits will be used to support the work of the Syracuse University Archives, which preserves the history of the University.*

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online.  

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