The New School Archives And Special Collections

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The collection includes files of photocopied clippings published between 1995-2001, pertaining to The New School and its divisions. The clippings were retained by The New School Communications Office and were assembled into monthly or seasonal bound editions titled New School in the News, which were distributed to individuals and offices throughout the university.

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Documents constituting the work of The New School's Liberal Arts+ Task Force, as well as documents compiled by Eugene Lang College representatives on the Liberal Arts+ Task Force.

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Printed publicity materials including but not limited to mailers, viewbooks, pamphlets, and postcards generally advertising The New School, or a particular course or program of study.

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The MFA in Contemporary Theatre and Performance program at The New School College of Performing Arts School of Drama was established in 2021 as an integrative curriculum in acting, writing, and directing. This collection contains video recordings of capstone thesis projects created collaboratively by students of the program as part of the curriculum.

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The collection consists of one decade of sound recordings documenting guest speakers of The New School's MFA in Creative Writing Program's Non-Fiction Forum. Speakers include major Anglophone non-fiction writers, including art and music critics, historians, memoirists, and journalists.

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The collection consists of a little over one decade of sound recordings of poetry readings and discussions, titled the Poetry Forum, sponsored by The New School's MFA in Creative Writing Program.

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The collection contains audio recordings of students in the MFA Creative Writing Program at The New School reading their thesis work.

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The collection consists of a little over one decade of sound recordings documenting guest speakers of The New School's MFA in Creative Writing Program's Writing for Children's Forum.

Abstract The collection consists of roughly two decades of sound recordings documenting guest speakers, faculty, and students of The New School's MFA in Creative Writing Program, including events that pre-date the official establishment of the program in 1996. Included in this collection are awards ceremonies, tributes and celebrations, conferences and symposia, book and literary magazine launches, readings series and forums, and ongoing partnerships with external institutions such as the Harlem...

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The collection consists of documentation about five artists and the works they created for the New School at its flagship building at 66 West 12th Street, and for later additions to the building. The materials here were gathered and produced by the curators of the New School Art Collection. Materials include correspondence, photographs, documentation of restoration efforts, exhibition catalogs, and promotional materials.