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Seamen's Church Institute of New York & New Jersey Public Relations Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCI-2016-012

Scope and Content

Includes materials related to SCI’s Department of Public Relations including correspondence, clippings and press releases related to the operations of the Institute. Also included are scrap books with clippings, correspondence, photographs, pamphlets and other ephemera related to SCI and the maritime community in general. Of particular note is correspondence related to SCI’s film and radio initiatives, including the promotional film “Home is the Sailor,” produced by SCI in the 1940s. Also included are transcripts from World War II correspondent George Hick’s wartime program “Men of the Sea.”

Dates

  • 1911-1978

Creator

Extent

26.25 Linear Feet (54 oversized items)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Arranged in alphabetical order according to creator and subject file within four sub-series: News Clippings, Press Releases, Scrap Books, and Subject Files.

Title
Seamen's Church Institute of New York & New Jersey Public Relations Records
Status
Completed
Author
Processed by Johnathan Thayer, 2011. Revised and machine readable finding aid created by Dan Brenner, Fall, 2016.
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
Queens College Library, CUNY
Benjamin Rosenthal Library RO317
65-30 Kissena Boulevard
Flushing 11367 USA us