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News from Special Collections and Archives

This semester, Fellows and student interns in the Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives created a variety of new finding aids. These tools make it easier than ever to discover and interact with our unique historical materials.

Processed by Graduate Archives Fellow Jeanie Pai. This collection documents performing arts related events and programs associated with Queens College from 1938 to 2004. This includes activities from the early days of the college, such as the Orchestral Society and Choral Society; the Colden Center (founded in 1960); and the Kupferberg Center for the Arts. The collection contains photographs, invitations, memos, brochures, programs, and other printed ephemera.
 

Processed by Graduate Archives Intern Max Thorn. Alumnus Steven Errera (‘69, BA in Economics) was a notable figure in energy trading beginning in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Among the records are marketing materials created or collected by Errera for the New York Mercantile Exchange and the broader energy futures market; his business correspondence; materials from conferences and seminars at which he presented; and collected publications covering the energy futures market, many of which quote Errera.

Queens College Yearbooks and Bulletins

Undergraduate intern Reign McConnell made finding aids for our yearbooks and course bulletins, two of our most-used collections. 

Archives Fellow Jeanie Pai created an online finding aid for the Aaron Copland School of Music records. This collection had been processed in 2017 but was previously only available as a PDF. 

Pardon our Noise!

Construction work is underway on Level 3, as we make a beautiful new home for our Special Collections and Archives.

We are sorry for the disturbance. Floor levering and bookshelf installation projects will go on through December 5, and will be noisy. Other work continues through December 16, but should not be as loud.

We remind everyone that quiet study, including Brody pods and study carrels, is available on Levels 4, 5, and 6, and is open to all our students. Thanks for your understanding as we build a better Rosenthal Library!

Lecture: The Etymologies of Identity

Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Rosenthal Library – Room 300i 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM
Presented by ARIA, The Association to Reunite Italian Americans at Queens College

Prof. Nicola Lucchi, Lecturer in the Department of European Languages and Literatures, will discuss Margherita Sarfatti’s 1937 travelogue. In particular, he will illustrate how Sarfatti, a major Italian intellectual and, at one point, Mussolini’s lover, considered the Italian American linguistic identity as an antidote to ideas of racial purity. This event is co-sponsored by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute.

Light refreshments will be served
For more information: A. de Luise, 718-997-3748
Prof. Lucchi’s current exhibition, Futurismo! The Italian Avant-Garde and its Cultural Impact, is currently on display in the Rosenthal Library Rotunda.

Civil Rights Lecture with Mark Levy, QC ’64

“The American Civil Rights Movement: Freedom Summer 1964 and Beyond.”

The Comparative Literature Department invites you to The Literature and Human Rights Lecture Series. Today’s speaker is Mark Levy, who participated in the Freedom Summer movement, taught in QC’s SEEK Program, and has written extensively on civil rights and education. Join us for a lecture that reminds us that “the movement for justice is not over.” 

Tuesday, October 22, 12:15-1:30 PM. Rosenthal Library, President’s Conference Room #2.

Workshop: An Introduction to Open Educational Resources

Queens College Libraries and the Center for Teaching and Learning are getting a head start on Open Access Week! On Thursday, October 17 at 4 PM, join Leila Walker, Emerging Technologies and Digital Scholarship Librarian, and Nancy Foasberg, Associate Professor and Humanities Librarian, to learn about Open Educational Resources. Students, faculty and staff are all welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

This event is in Rosenthal Room 227, on Level 2 of the library.

For more information email Rob Garfield at rob.garfield@qc.cuny.edu or visit http://ctl.qc.cuny.edu/faculty-speaker-series-oer/