May 9, 2022 | Cover to Cover, News
By Lori Wallach, Adjunct Archivist and Queens Memory Outreach Coordinator One of the primary functions of a college archive is to preserve and make accessible a record of the school’s past – its institutional history. At Special Collections and Archives (SCA),...
Apr 25, 2022 | Cover to Cover, News
On April 12, the ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ Libraries hosted Dr. Peter Archer for an on-campus visit. We are happy to announce that Dr. Archer is organizing his personal papers for donation to the archives, including research documents, photographs, and mementos from his lengthy...
Apr 11, 2022 | Cover to Cover, News
In September 2020, the Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library’s Department of Special Collections and Archives launched a partnership with JSTOR to share digitized primary sources on their Open Community Collections platform (more on the launch). Since the launch, the...
Mar 14, 2022 | Cover to Cover, News
by Caitlin Colban-Waldron, Adjunct Archivist In celebration of Women’s History Month, we share one of the most-requested items from QC’s Special Collections and Archives department: the 1942 yearbook photo of graduating senior Marie Daly. In the photo, her hair is set...
Feb 8, 2022 | Cover to Cover, News
In celebration of Black History Month, this month we share an item from our digital shelves: an oral history with Soribel Genao. Soribel Genao is Associate Professor of Educational Leadership in the Department of Educational and Community Programs at ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ....
