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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

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

Helen Marshall Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SCA-0104
Abstract Helen Marie Marshall (1929–2017) was an American politician and community organizer who served in the various elected positions of New York State Assemblymember, New York City Councilmember, and Queens Borough President between the 1980s and mid-2010s. Documenting the legacy of her personal life and career as an African American woman of Guyanese heritage, the Helen Marshall Papers are comprised of 35.75 linear feet of materials dating from the 1920s through 2014. Including records such as...
Dates: circa 1920s to mid-2010s

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

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

Historical Tests and Assessments Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SCA-0120
Abstract

This collection consists of mid-20th century psychological assessments, aptitude tests, career and technical training exams, and subject area exams by grade level. Special focus on tests authored by researchers, teachers, and officials from New York.

Dates: 1927 - 1980

Home Economics Department Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SCA-0125
Scope and Contents This collection documents the history of the Home Econonomics Department at Queens College. It contains files of the Home Economics Alumni Association (circa 1950s), including including newsletters, membership information, administrative materials, and notices for programs (box 1); materials documenting departmental activities arranged chronologically from the 1940s to the 1990s, such as clippings, invitations to dinners, photographs, and brochures (box 2); and one file on the Home Economics...
Dates: 1921 - 1997; Majority of material found in 1940s-1980s

Homophile Movement Publications Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SCA-0107
Abstract

Curated sets of issues of homophile (pre-Stonewall LGBTQ+) advocacy and community publications the Mattachine Review and The Ladder.

Dates: 1960 - 1968

Hortense Powdermaker Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SCA-0038
Abstract Hortense Powdermaker (1896-1970) was a noted anthropologist, writer, and educator. She was a Professor of Anthropology at Queens College from 1937 to 1968. The collection comprises materials related to her research and field work in Lesu (New Ireland, Papua New Guinea) in the late 1920s, in Indianola, Mississippi in the early 1930s, and in Luanshya, Zambia in the early 1950s, and includes field notes, interviews, survey results, correspondence, and unpublished manuscripts of writings. The...
Dates: circa 1929-1967

Hratch Zadoian Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SCA-0039
Abstract

This collection consists of items donated by Hratch Zadoian, professor of political science and retired administrator at Queens College, relating to various projects he was involved with between 1983 and 2011. The collection includes photos; news clippings; printed booklets and programs; videotapes; and other miscellanea. Some of the items have been digitized.

Dates: 1983-2011

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City University of New York. Search for Education and Knowledge Program 1
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