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Queens College (New York, N.Y.)

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Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:

Helen Cairns Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: QMP-0055
Scope and Contents

In this interview session, which took place on March 18th, 2021, Dr. Helen Cairns discussed her career at Queens College within the Linguistics and Communication Disorders Department. During that time she was elected department chair several times, served as the dean of graduate studies and research, and both conducted and supported research and publication efforts.

Dates: 2021-03-18
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Helen Cairns Oral History

Helen Hendricks Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: QMP-0028
Scope and Contents In this interview, Helen Hendricks is interviewed by alumni Stan Shaw and Mike Wenger about her role as a College Office Assistant in Student Activities in the Dean of Students Office during the early to mid-1960s. Wenger and Shaw considered Hendricks a mentor and important behind-the-scenes supporter of civil rights activities they initiated, especially the Virginia Student Help Project, which involved tutoring children in Prince Edward County who had been locked out of the education system...
Dates: 2020-11-16
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Helen Hendricks Oral History

Helene and Stanley Schlesinger Oral History

 File
Identifier: QMP-0036
Abstract

Helene and Stanley Schlesinger were interviewed in their home in Kew Garden Hills, Flushing, in February 2011 by Tess Hartman for the Queens Memory Project.

Dates: 2011-02-16
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Helene and Stanley Schlesinger Oral History

Hikmah Abodunrin Oral History

 File
Identifier: QMP-0037
Abstract

Hikmah Abdunrin gives an oral history interview to Arbesh Khan and Reshad Hai in April 2016 as part of the Queens Memory Project.

Dates: 2016-04-19
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Hikmah Abodunrin Oral History

Julian Bond at Queens College in 2011 Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SCA-0122
Scope and Contents

Fliers and program; signed copy of Julian Bond's typed speech; text panels from display; press release and clippings; two dvds with recordings of event (one is "with edit").

Dates: 2011
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Julian Bond at Queens College in 2011 Collection

June Tauber Golden Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: QMP-0039
Scope and Contents June Tauber Golden is a graduate of Queens College Class of 1963 and in this interview, she recalls her involvement in both the Jamaica and Virginia Student Help Projects as a tutor. The Student Help Project was a student-led initiative to tutor young Black elementary school students in Jamaica, Queens. The Jamaica initiative of the Student Help Project engaged approximately 500 Queens College students who volunteered to tutor more than one thousand educationally disadvantaged and...
Dates: 2020-11-18
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / June Tauber Golden Oral History

Kupferberg Center and Performing Arts Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SCA-0009
Scope and Contents

This collection documents performing arts related events and programs associated with Queens College from 1938 to 2004. This includes activities from the early days of the college, such as the Orchestral Society and Choral Society; the Colden Center (founded in 1960); and today's the Kupferberg Center for the Arts. The collection contains photographs, invitations, memos, brochures, programs, other printed ephemera, and schematic designs.

Dates: 1938 - 2023
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Kupferberg Center and Performing Arts Records

Leonard Hausman Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: QMP-0029
Scope and Contents Leonard Hausman shares his experience fundraising, organizing, and participating in the Virginia Student Help Project of Queens College during the summer of 1963. The Virginia Student Help Project was a six-week long educational effort where Queens College students went to Prince Edward County, Virginia where public schools were closed for five years in massive resistance to federally mandated integration. Hausman discusses his role as a project lead and tutor in the Virginia initiative, as...
Dates: 2020-10-28
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Leonard Hausman Oral History

Leonard S. Rodberg Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: QMP-0007
Scope and Contents In these two interviews, Dr. Leonard Rodberg discusses his journey as a scientist and as a member of the faculty at Queens College. He reminisces about getting interested in science as a boy growing up at the beginning of what he calls the Atomic Age, about working in Washington, D.C. on nuclear arms control and energy policy, and about the highlights of his career at Queens College, including being chair at the Department of Urban Studies. This interview was conducted as part of English...
Dates: 2012-02-27 2012-03-21
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Leonard S. Rodberg Oral History

Leslie F. (Skip) Griffin, Jr. Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: QMP-0041
Scope and Contents Leslie Francis Griffin, Jr., colloquially known as “Skip,” is the son of Reverend L. Francis Griffin, who coordinated with Dr. Rachel Weddington to have Queens College students tutor children in Prince Edward County during the summer of 1963 as part of the Student Help Project. The public schools of Prince Edward County were closed for five years starting in 1959 in massive resistance to integration, denying many of the local young black students access to education, including Skip Griffin...
Dates: 2021-02-17
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Leslie F. (Skip) Griffin, Jr. Oral History
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