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Queens (New York, N.Y.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

New York Metro Area Local History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCA-0101
Abstract

The collection consists of depictions of the greater New York City metro area, with a focus on life, architecture, transportation, and other subjects. 

Dates: 1911 - 1965
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / New York Metro Area Local History Collection

Queens College Clock Tower Bells Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SCA-0062
Abstract

This collection contains photos and related papers documenting the creation and installation of the five bells in the Chaney-Goodman-Schwerner Clock Tower of Queens College’s Rosenthal Library.

Dates: 1989-2012
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Queens College Clock Tower Bells Collection

Queens College House Plans Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SCA-0007
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1956-1971
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Queens College House Plans Collection

Queens College Newsletters and Magazines

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SCA-0021
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1948 to 2009
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Queens College Newsletters and Magazines

Queens College Publicity Clippings, 1939-1973

 Collection
Identifier: SCA-0006
Abstract

Bound volumes of assembled newspaper clippings about the college, from 1939 to 1973.

Dates: 1939-1973
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Queens College Publicity Clippings, 1939-1973

Queens Memory Collection

 Collection
Identifier: QMP-2011-001
Abstract This collection consists of physical items donated to the Queens Memory Project, a digital archive that documents the history and daily life of Queens, between June 2010 and October 2012. Some materials were given to accompany oral history interviews recorded for the project, while others were donated as standalone items. The collection includes photographs, documents, fliers, news clippings, personal papers, printed programs, and other miscellanea. Most, though not all, of the items have...
Dates: 1935-2012
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Queens Memory Collection

Rikki Asher Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCA-0057
Abstract

This collection consists of items related to numerous collaborative art projects directed by Dr. Rikki Asher, professor of arts education at Queens College, between 2000 and 2011. The collection includes color slides, photos, and postcards, published articles, news clippings, printed booklets and programs, sketches, audiocassettes, DVD’s and other miscellanea. Many of the items have been digitized.

Dates: 1978-2013
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Rikki Asher Papers

Ruth Frisz Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: QMP-0056
Scope and Contents These interviews took place in April of 2013, between Ruth Frisz and Eric Jablon. In the first interview Dr. Ruth Frisz discussed her career at Queens College, which started in 1966. She began her career as an advisor to the fraternities, sororities and house plans, eventually becoming the coordinator of student activities. She lost her job in the New York Finanial Crisis and rejoined the college in 1978 as a professor and coordinator of the counseling program and then retired in January of...
Dates: 2013-04 - 2013-04-30
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Ruth Frisz Oral History

Stan Shaw and Michael Wenger Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: QMP-0023
Scope and Contents Stan Shaw and Michael Wenger discuss their experience initiating, coordinating, and participating in the Virginia Student Help Project and the Jamaica Student Help Project of Queens College in the early to mid-1960s. The Virginia Student Help Project was an intensive education effort during the summer of 1963 in Prince Edward County, Virginia where public schools were closed for five years in massive resistance to integration. The Jamaica Student Help Project took place closer to home....
Dates: 2020-07-15
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Stan Shaw and Michael Wenger Oral History
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