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New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997)

 Organization

Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

Albert Landa records

 Record Group
Identifier: NS-03-02-07
Abstract Consists of records generated by Albert Landa (1927-2008), who started in 1960 as director of Public Information and became vice president of Development and Public Relations at The New School, and then held the title of Vice President, until his retirement in 1985. The records in this collection are notable because Landa was deeply involved in a rapid expansion of the university, including its 1970 incorporation of Parsons School of Design. The collection comprises six series,...
Dates: 1933 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1963 - 1985

Alvin Johnson letters to Dannie Heineman

 Collection
Identifier: NA-0001-01
Summary

Consists of handwritten and typed letters from Dr. Alvin Johnson, President Emeritus of the New School for Social Research, to philanthropist Dannie N. Heineman and carbon copies of some of Heineman's replies.

Dates: 1951 - 1961

Alvin Saunders Johnson collection

 Collection
Identifier: NS-01-01-01
Abstract This collection primarily reflects the activities of Alvin Saunders Johnson during his years as director and president emeritus of the New School for Social Research (1946-1971). The files consist of biographical materials, correspondence, subject files, and writings. Because much of Johnson's work as president emeritus of the New School was concentrated on fundraising, the correspondence and subject files largely document this activity. Other projects documented here include...
Dates: 1908 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1938 - 1959

American Cities: Law, Survival and the Administration of Justice symposium recordings

 Record Group
Identifier: NS-07-02-23
Abstract

The New School hosted this symposium on law and urban policy, moderated by attorneys Joseph Lobenthal, Jr. and Martin Gallent, over a three month period. The collection consists of sound recordings from the symposium.

Dates: 1971 October 6-December 8

American Race Crisis Lecture Series audio recordings

 Collection
Identifier: NS-07-02-04
Scope and Contents The audio recordings and transcripts in this collection document lectures from a fifteen-week series on the race crisis in the United States, held in the spring of 1964 at the New School and organized by New School professor Daniel S. Anthony. The recorded speakers include Charles Abrams, Algernon D. Black, Dan W. Dodson, Milton A. Galamison, Martin Luther King, Jr., Louis Lomax, Melvin Tumin, Robert C. Weaver, and Roy Wilkins. Open to the general public, the lectures were...
Dates: 1964

Bob Adelman photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: NA-0014-01
Summary Bob Adelman (1930-2016) studied photography with Alexey Brodovitch at The New School in the 1950s and became one of the photographers regularly documenting the life of the New School in the 1970s and 1980s. Adelman also taught at the school and was one of the most well-known photographers of the Civil Rights Movement. This collection consists largely of black and white photographic prints taken for the New School for Social Research. The collection also includes a small group...
Dates: circa 1960-1990; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1984

Carmen Hendershott collection of New School ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: NS-05-04-02
Abstract

The material in this collection was assembled by New School librarian Carmen Hendershott and transferred periodically to the New School Archives. The collection includes fliers, posters, invitations, program and admissions materials, and event programs produced by multiple university divisions including the New School for Social Research, College of Performing Arts, and Schools of Public Engagement, as well as by academic support centers and offices.

Dates: 1970-2019

Conversations about Women event recordings

 Record Group
Identifier: NS-07-02-35
Abstract

“Conversations about Women” was an ongoing lecture series held at The New School and organized by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics. Historian and New School women’s studies professor Gina Luria Walker moderated the panels and lectures. The audio recordings in this collection focus on biographical and autobiographical writing about women.

Dates: 1993-1994

Conversations with Actors event recordings

 Record Group
Identifier: NS-07-02-34
Abstract

Theater critic and biographer Martin Gottfriend organized and moderated the event series, “Conversations with Actors,” at The New School every semester from Summer 1991 through Spring 1994. Each session featured group interviews with well-known actors, especially New York City-based stage actors. The collection consists of audio recordings of the interviews.

Dates: circa 1991-1994