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Archives
Staff:
Michelle Bruce Edward Long
Diocesan Archivist Diocesan Historian
(315) 470-1493
Email: mbruce@syrdio.org or elong@syrdio.org
The Diocesan Archives
- Is the depository for documents and records of the diocese
- Provides for an accurate and clear record of those events which comprise the official histroy of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse
- Collects,appraises,organizes,preserves,describes,catalogs, and where appropriate makes available those records of administrative,legal,fiscal, and historical value
- Is made up of three distinct areas: the museum,the library, and the records/work room which are located in the basement of the Chancery building at 240 East Onondaga Street, Syracuse,New York
- Is open to researchers by appointment on Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- Hosts tour groups and provides guest speakers with a slide show on the history of the diocese
- Does NOT house sacramental records. These are kept at the parish level.
Established in 1986
Maintains archival collections of information and materials of historical value for the diocese and parishes.Archives does not house sacramental records. These are kept at the parish level.
Collections:
- Episcopate
- Cathedral Parish
- Soft Bound Books and Pamphlets
- Sister's Council
- Seminaries and Seminarians
- Msgr. David Gildea
- Msgr. Joseph Champlin
- Ordained Ministers
- Reference
- Ready Reference-Bishops
- Ready Reference-Institutions
- Ready Reference-Parishes
- Current Collection-1970's, 80's and 90's
- Department of Archives
- Scrapbooks
- Msgr. Charles Fahey and Daniel Lawler
- Special I Before 1950
- Rare Books
- Hard Bound Books
- Dr. David O'Brien
- Catholic Sun
- Blue Prints
- Encapsulation
- Parishes
- Bernadette M. Russell
- Dr. Thomas R. O'Connor
- Museum
- Msgr. Charles Joseph Brady
- Special II-1950's and 1960's
- Diocesan School Records
*Collections- a body of manuscripts or papers having a common source