QC3. Institutional Collections

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Listings of Queens faculty and staff over the decades. Multiple types of directories were published (sometimes simultaneously) with different titles and formats, including "telephone and office directories "departmental directories," and "faculty and staff directories."

Scope and Contents This collection documents the activities of the Queens College Faculty Wives Club, including social activities and fundraising. The club formally changed it's name to the Queens College Women's Club in 1967. The earliest records date to 1938, one year after Queens College was established. Materials include administrative records, photos from an "arts and hobbies show" in 1967, scrapbooks, clippings, bulletins, newsletters, fliers, and directories. A highlight is a bound, illustrated recipe...

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House plans were social organizations for men or women that were active in Queens College and other CUNY campuses in the 1960s. This collection includes a variety of Queens College house plans memorabilia like pins, buttons, and photographs. It also includes print ephemera like party programs and invitations, ticket stubs, and newspaper clippings.

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The Institute for Community Studies Collection consists of materials published by the Institute as well as publications and other materials donated by Maurice R. Berube, relating to the topic of community control of New York City schools and a restructuring of the New York City public school system.

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This collection consists of issues of the Queens College Library Newsletter published between 1953 and 2010, as it was rebranded several times throughout its run. The Library Newsletter provided information on events, staff updates, and pressing library discussion topics of the time.

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Queens College news releases issued by the Office of Communications and Marketing from 2003 through 2021. News releases are compiled into a single document for each year.

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Serial publications produced by the Queens College Communications Office, Foundation, Administration, and/or the Alumni Association, aimed at alumni and/or the wider college community.

Abstract The Queens College Photo Archive includes photographs, architectural drawings and posters documenting Queens College history. Prominent administrators such as QC’s first president Paul Klapper are highlights of the administrator portraits series. There are photographs of the college campus, faculty (primarily those who taught before 1970), library staff, and school events. The series of student life photos document a wide range of activities from political demonstrations, to parties, to...

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Black and white photographic prints of Queens College presidents: Paul Klapper, 1937-1947; Margaret Kiely, Academic Dean from 1937-1947 and Interim President from 1947-1949; John J. Theobald, 1949-1958 (and Deputy Mayor of New York from 1956-1958); Harold W. Stoke, 1958-1964; Joseph P. McMurray, 1965-1970; Joseph S. Murphy, 1971-1977; Nathaniel H. Siegel, Interim 1977-1978.

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The Queens College Retirees Association was founded in 1972 and through its newsletter strives to discuss the issues and rights of Queens College retirees.