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Administrative records

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Records that relate to budget, personnel, supply, and similar facilitative operations within an organization.

Found in 55 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

Allen Austill records

 Record Group
Identifier: NS-02-01-03
Abstract Allen Austill (1927-2016) joined The New School in 1962. In 1965, he was appointed dean of the Adult Division and in 1987, he was named chancellor of the university and held this position until his retirement in 1989. The Allen Austill records are a small but significant set of materials largely relating to Austill's activities at The New School that fell outside of his primary role as dean of the Adult Division, including new program initiatives. Some documents in this...
Dates: 1957 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1980

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

Ann Snitow faculty records

 Collection
Identifier: NS-02-08-01
Summary

Records kept by New School faculty member Ann Snitow, largely documenting her activities in connection with the evolving status of gender studies courses and programs at The New School at the graduate and undergraduate level.

Dates: 1986 - 2012

Arthur J. Vidich papers

 Collection
Identifier: NA-0009-01
Summary Arthur J. Vidich (1922-2006) was a long-term member of the faculty at the New School for Social Research as a professor of Sociology (1960-1991). He published dozens of books, papers, and edited anthologies, notably Small Town in Mass Society: Class, Power, and Religion in a Rural Community (1958). This collection contains material documenting his teaching, writing, lectures, and other academic and professional work spanning his entire career. ...
Dates: 1940 - 2005

Charles S. Olton records

 Record Group
Identifier: PC-01-07-01
Abstract

Consists of records created and received by Charles S. Olton, dean of Parsons School of Design from 1989 until 1997. Includes subject files on committees, departments and programs, events, individuals, international projects, and general administrative issues. Some files are restricted. Please email archivist@newschool.edu for details.

Dates: 1974 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1989 - 1997

Clara Mayer papers

 Collection
Identifier: NS-02-01-02
Abstract Clara Woolie Mayer (1895-1988) held a long affiliation with the New School: as a student, as a trustee, and then in administrative roles, including dean of the School of Philosophy and Liberal Arts (1943-1961) and vice president of the New School for Social Research (1950-1961). Dating largely from 1950 to the early 1960s, the collection consists of subject files pertaining to programs, departments, and New School faculty and administration. Of note is Mayer's correspondence,...
Dates: 1879 - 1976

David C. Levy records

 Record Group
Identifier: PC-01-04-01
Abstract David Corcos Levy served as dean of Parsons School of Design from 1970 until 1989. The bulk of these records were generated between 1970 and 1984, after the merger of Parsons and the New School for Social Research, and consist of memos, correspondence, reports, and subject files related to Levy's administrative tenure. Correspondents include a range of New School and Parsons administrators, including New School president John R. Everett. Categories and subjects represented...
Dates: 1949 - 1992, undated

David Hahn École Libre papers

 Collection
Identifier: NA-0031-01
Abstract

The collection contains administrative documents, letters of support, remarks, photographs, and ephemera gathered by David Hahn, business manager of the École Libre des Hautes Études.

Dates: 1942; 1953

Elizabeth Aaron records

 Record Group
Identifier: MA-01-05-01
Abstract

Elizabeth Aaron taught ear-training in the Techniques of Music department of Mannes College of Music (later, Mannes School of Music at The New School) from 1957 to 2017. The collection consists of administrative files relating to Aaron’s committee roles, Mannes board of trustee minutes, notebooks, recordings, photographs, and materials pertaining to the attempted merger of Mannes and Manhattan School of Music in 1978.

Dates: 1939-2013