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Queens College (New York, N.Y.). SEEK Program

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Alan Townsend Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: QMP-0013
Scope and Contents Alan Townsend recalls his early time in New York as a counselor for girls’ school Callagy Hall, where he was part of union activism on staff; becoming accustomed to and understanding New York City youth as part of his job at Callagy Hall; starting as a SEEK counselor at Queens College in 1969; living on Christopher Street and the West Village in NYC pre-Stonewall, and later living in Springfield Gardens and Flushing in Queens and the Black communities there; growing up in North Carolina...
Dates: 2019-09-17

Queens College SEEK Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SCA-0010
Abstract

This collection document the history of The Percy Ellis Sutton Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK) program at Queens College from 1966 to the present. It contains administrative records, publications, photographs, ephemera, and audiovisual materials. SEEK is a higher education opportunity program that played a historic role in opening the City University of New York (CUNY) system to more diverse students populations.

Dates: 1965 - 2023

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Counseling in higher education 1
Education, Higher 1
Educational mobility 1
Racial justice in education 1
interviews 1
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