Oct 12, 2022 | Cover to Cover
The exhibit Under Construction: 85 Years of Building Futures at Queens College illustrates the evolution of the college’s buildings, grounds, and leadership from the early days to the present. The exhibition celebrates the college’s history of providing opportunities...
Sep 6, 2022 | Cover to Cover, News
By Annie Tummino and Caitlin Colban-Waldron A collaboration between the Department of Special Collections and Archives and the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies provided students a special opportunity to gain real-world experience in the...
May 9, 2022 | Cover to Cover, News
By Lori Wallach, Adjunct Archivist and Queens Memory Outreach Coordinator One of the primary functions of a college archive is to preserve and make accessible a record of the school’s past – its institutional history. At Special Collections and Archives (SCA),...
Apr 25, 2022 | Cover to Cover, News
On April 12, the Queens College Libraries hosted Dr. Peter Archer for an on-campus visit. We are happy to announce that Dr. Archer is organizing his personal papers for donation to the archives, including research documents, photographs, and mementos from his lengthy...
Apr 11, 2022 | Cover to Cover, News
In September 2020, the Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library’s Department of Special Collections and Archives launched a partnership with JSTOR to share digitized primary sources on their Open Community Collections platform (more on the launch). Since the launch, the...