Queens College Student Publications Collection
Scope and Content
The Queens College Student Publications Collection is comprised of numerous publications produced by the Queens College student body since 1937. A large portion of these holdings exists in newsprint format, some of which have been bound by the year and/or volume. With less frequency, the magazine format appears, as do handmade photocopies.
Cumulatively, the array of publications found in this collection reflects the Queens College experience via the student voice across a myriad of differing perspectives and orientations during key national and international moments since 1937.
Dates
- 1937-Present
Access
Collection is open for research by appointment. Staff may restrict access at its discretion on the basis of physical condition.
Historical
Queens College was founded in 1937 at the site of a former institution for delinquent boys, to serve the needs of a diverse and growing borough with affordable higher education. As part of the greater City University of New York (CUNY) system, Queens College (as of 2013) enrolls students from over 100 countries speaking more than 60 languages during any given semester.
The Queens College student publications, beginning in the 1930’s, help to capture numerous moments in time particular to the microcosm of the institution. During the latter two-thirds of the 20th century, the newspapers reflect the definition, rupture, and redefinition of American culture. While journalistic ambitions chronicle particular experiences of Queens College students to report given moments in time, many publications arise in unison with what are commonly seen as pivotal eras of culture changing forces on the American 20th century
Extent
29 Linear Feet (29 records cartons)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Student Publications Collection consists of 28 Queens College student newspapers and 34 student magazines from the school’s founding in 1937 to the present. They cover national, local, and campus news. Some were developed as competitors with other newspapers; others were made by multicultural groups on campus. A few titles have spin-off “joke” counterparts.
Arrangement
The Student Publications Collection is organized by title, then by date/issue, in the following series:
Series I. Newspapers
The Crown, The Clown,The Rampart, The Phoenix, Knightbeat, Newsbeat, Our World, Ha-Or, Clarion, Castle, Kastle, The Last Word, Fuego Ahora!!, The Beacon, The Globe, Third World News, Update, Abigarrada, The Spectrum, Skyline, QC Quad, QC, Queens World, The Knight News, Spheric.
Series II. Magazines
The QC Lens, Das Tor, Horizons, QC Lens-Horizons, La Revista Popular de QC, Nucleus, The Mitre, Focus, Counterpoint Magazine, The Queens Garter, The Queens Page, Feuilles Volantes, The Queens Jugger, New Poems, Spectrum, Landscapes, Triangle, The Social Science Review, Man and Power, Underground Press at Queens College, Whereas, Il Seminatore, Twenty-One, Pandemonium (1970s), Pandemonium (1990s), Contemporary Politics, The Voice of the Foreign Students, Scrambled Eggs, Non Sequitur, Quod, Drum, Random Thoughts, Kolot
Note: Publications in this collection are found in both bound and unbound volumes, as well as microfilm. Staff in Special Collections will assist in determining which format is best for researcher use.
Source
Queens College, City University of New York.
- Title
- Queens College Student Publications Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Jared Brennan & Andrew Henry, May 2010, Sherin Shibu July 2013, Alexandra Dolan-Mescal and Christopher Arena Spring 2014. Machine readeable finding aid by Margaret Kaczorowski, Fall 2014.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Primarily English, with some Spanish, German, Italian, and Hebrew.
Repository Details
Part of the Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives Repository
Queens College Library, CUNY
Benjamin Rosenthal Library RO317
65-30 Kissena Boulevard
Flushing 11367 USA us
QC.Archives@qc.cuny.edu
