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Anthony Tamburri Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: QMP-0046
Scope and Contents Anthony Tamburri is the Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, City University of New York; Distinguished Professor of European Languages and Literatures at Queens College; and the co-founder of the Bordighera Press. As the COVID-19 pandemic grew worrisome in the United States, Tamburri recalls how the daily tasks and projects he had been working on at the Calandra Institute came to a halt when states began to enforce a stay-at-home quarantine in March 2020. Tamburri shares...
Dates: 2020

Arthur Gatti Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: QMP-0052
Scope and Contents Arthur Gatti is an author and poet with a long history of involvement in activism and community organizing. In the interview, he discusses his life growing up in Queens, NY in an Italian American household and how he gained political consciousness and awareness through his experiences and the influence of his friends. One friendship he talks about at length is his relationship with Mario “Bob” Savio who later became known for his leadership role in the Free Speech Movement which originated...
Dates: 2020-11-19

Arthur Gatti Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SCA-0027
Abstract The Arthur Gatti Collection contains newspaper clippings, publications, documents, correspondence, fliers, posters, photographs, scrapbooks, and memorabilia documenting Gatti’s political and social activism at Queens College in the early-to-mid 1960s. Materials are from both Gatti’s direct experience and the activities of several major activist organizations in the national political and social landscape of the 1960s. The collection also documents the political career and personal life of...
Dates: 1957-2002

Artists' Books Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SCA-0069
Scope and Contents

Artists’ books are works of art in the form of a book. This collection consists of 67 artists’ books created between 1976 and 2012. It includes works by famous artists like Chuck Close and Ed Ruscha as well as young emerging artists during the period.

Dates: 1976 - 2014

Banesh Hoffmann Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SCA-0028
Abstract

The Banesh Hoffmann Collection contains selected papers, published works, and recordings of this accomplished Queens College mathematics professor. Dr. Hoffmann is best known for his collaboration with Albert Einstein on the general theory of relativity and for his opposition to standardized testing.

Dates: 1921-1990

Barbara (Jones) Omolade Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SCA-0029
Abstract

The Barbara (Jones) Omolade Collection documents civil rights activism on the Queens College campus during the 1960s, including the Freedom Week Events of 1964. This collection also provides material pertaining to the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964 and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

Dates: 1963–1995, bulk 1963-1965; Majority of material found within 1963 - 1965

Barbara Schadlow Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: QMP-0049
Scope and Contents Barbara Schadlow, who grew up in Flushing’s Pomonok housing, attended Queens College from 1965 through 1969. In this interview, she reminisces on her time at the school as an education major and especially as a member of the Doll House house plan. Being a part of Doll House was tremendously influential, she recalls, as it gave her a much fuller experience of campus life and resulted in numerous lifelong relationships. She later returned to Queens College for her master’s in elementary...
Dates: 2021-03-26

Bette Weidman Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: QMP-0010
Scope and Contents

In this interview, Dr. Bette Weidman discusses the start and development of her career as an English professor at Queens College. She also muses about how her interest in Queens College oral histories began, and the appeal of the genre as “a community of scholars conversing.”

Dates: 2019-10-10

Bette Weidman Oral History Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SCA-0018
Abstract

This collection contains physical and digital items related to several oral history projects and courses conducted by Dr. Bette Weidman, professor of English at Queens College, between 1980 and 2012.

Dates: 1980-2014

Campaign Materials for Democratic Socialists of America Endorsed Candidates

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SCA-0012
Scope and Contents

Campiagn materials for several candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in New York City, circa 2018-2020. Materials consist primarily of publicly distributed campaign literature (fliers, postcards, and posters) and "swag" (buttons, tote bags, stickers). However, the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez series also includes research and organizing materials created by electoral organizers in the DSA Queens branch.

Dates: 2018 - 2020

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