Feb 9, 2023 | Cover to Cover, News
You’re invited! Douglass Day 2023, February 14, featuring a Transcribe-A-Thon of the papers of Mary Ann Shadd Cary. Douglass Day is a collective act of radical love for Black history, and an event that helped inspire the creation of Black History Month. ...
Feb 7, 2023 | Cover to Cover, News
From February 6-10, 2023, libraries, archives, and other cultural institutions around the world are sharing free coloring sheets and books based on materials in their collections. Sponsored by the New York Academy of Medicine, the initiative is a wonderful way to...
Jan 27, 2023 | Cover to Cover
How can the archives inspire you? This past October, Queens College’s Special Collections and Archives and Professor John Wegner’s Design 1 class met to cultivate inspiration for the Design course’s final project: designing a suite of menu materials for imagined New...
Dec 9, 2022 | Cover to Cover, News
By Pamela Padilla Wondering what an archivist does? In this post, Pamela Padilla, the library’s Shirley Klein Rare Book and Manuscripts Graduate Fellow, provides a sneak peek of her work processing the Alexander Kouguell Papers. Kouguell, a world-class cellist,...
Nov 21, 2022 | Cover to Cover
This past September, the anticipation for the CUNY x Kith collaboration was through the roof. Kith apparel, a “multifunctional lifestyle brand for men, women, and kids, as well as a progressive retail establishment,” partnered with CUNY to create a range of shirts,...
