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NA. New School Personal and Subject-Specific Papers

 Record Group
Identifier: NA

Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:

Judith B. Walzer papers

 Collection
Identifier: NA-0033-01
Abstract

Judith B. Walzer served as the first provost of the New School for Social Research (now, The New School) from 1985 to 1997. The collection contains correspondence, memoranda, program proposals, university budget-related files, and documents pertaining to faculty matters during Walzer’s tenure as provost.

Dates: 1983-2005

Leonard Freed photographs

 Collection
Identifier: NA-0040-01
Abstract

This collection contains 85 photographs by Leonard Freed, an American photojournalist known for his coverage of the American civil rights movement of the 1960s. The photographs include candid depictions of underrepresented American communities, the civil rights movement, and European street scenes.

Dates: 1954-2004

Mark Schmidt collection of Mobilization materials

 Collection
Identifier: NA-0020-01
Abstract

Mark Schmidt is an alumnus of Eugene Lang College at The New School who took part in the Mobilization for Real Diversity, Democracy, and Economic Justice. The Mobilization was a campus movement during the 1996-1997 school year that protested the firing of Professor M. Jacqui Alexander, an Afro-Carribbean feminist scholar and Graduate Faculty member. This small collection of materials, assembled by Schmidt, includes photographs and a video.

Dates: 1996-1997

Maurice Edwards papers documenting the work of graphologist Klara G. Roman

 Collection
Identifier: NA-0010-01
Abstract

This collection primarily consists of correspondence, articles, and proofs related to the publication of graphologist and New School faculty member Klara Roman's (1881-1962) book, Encyclopedia of the Written Word. The materials were assembled by actor, director, and author Maurice Edwards (1922-2020) in his capacity as Roman's assistant and posthumous co-editor (with Rose Wolfson). The files also hold items related to Edwards's theater career.

Dates: 1949 - 1973

Michele Alexander collection on the International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women

 Collection
Identifier: NA-0024-01
Abstract

The Michele Alexander collection on the International Tribunal on Crimes against Women (ITCW) consists of reports, ephemera, clippings, photographs, and correspondence documenting this event, held in Brussels, March 4-8, 1976. The ITCW consisted of personal testimony, the presentation of reports by various national committees, and workshops on problems and potential solutions, discrimination against women worldwide, and gender-based violence.

Dates: 1972-1976

M.S. Handler papers

 Collection
Identifier: NA-0030-01
Abstract

The papers of M.S. Handler, a foreign correspondent for The New York Times and United Press Association, among other news outlets, includes correspondence, photographs, draft writings, research files, and press clippings. The records date from the early 1920s through 1981, with the bulk created between 1942 and 1969.

Dates: 1924-1981; Majority of material found within 1942-1969

Reiner Schürmann New School course audio recordings collection

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Identifier: NA-0006-02
Abstract

This collection consists solely of audio recordings of Reiner Schürmann (1941-1993) lecturing on Kant, Nietzsche, and philosophical anthropology. Schürmann was a professor in the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research, and The New School Archives staff assumes that the lectures were made during Philosophy Department courses he taught in the late 1980s.

Dates: 1987-1989

Reiner Schürmann papers

 Collection
Identifier: NA-0006-01
Scope and Content of Collection

These papers document the work of Reiner Schürmann, from notes and material compiled as a student at Centre d'études du Saulchoir (le Saulchoir), his lectures at the New School and manuscripts of his published writings, as well as correspondence with publishers and colleagues.

Dates: 1958 - 1993

Reuben Abel papers

 Collection
Identifier: NA-0003-01
Abstract These papers document the academic career of Reuben Abel (1911-1997), beginning with his undergraduate study at Columbia College and doctoral philosophy studies in the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research, through his professorship at the university. It includes course notes and syllabi, and material documenting his student activities, such as his role as founder and editor of the New School student magazine, 12th Street: A Quarterly. ...
Dates: 1927 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1936 - 1995

Seth Benardete lecture audio recordings

 Collection
Identifier: NA-0015-01
Abstract

This collection consists of audio files of lectures given by classics scholar and philosopher Seth Benardete in his classes at The New School and New York University. The lectures represent Benardete's courses on subjects such as the works of Plato and Aristotle, among others. Each course consists of a series of recordings covering the semester-long span of that course. The recordings were made by Benardete's students on cassette recorder.

Dates: 1981 - 2001