New School Office of Public Information records
Online Access
Available digital items: https://digital.archives.newschool.edu/index.php/Detail/collections/NS030108.
Summary
These records represent public relations and course promotions activities of various divisions of the New School from the late 1960s and 1970s. Materials include press releases, internal and external reports, correspondence and memoranda, print publicity for courses, and organizational material regarding special programs and events.
Dates
- 1962 - 1979
Creator
- New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997) (Organization)
Extent
1.7 Cubic Feet (2 boxes, 1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Content of Collection
These records represent public relations and course promotions activities of various divisions of The New School, largely ranging from the late 1960s to the late 1970s. Some files show evidence of a central New School office whose function may have been to track and coordinate divisional efforts. Materials include draft and final copy of press releases and articles, internal and external reports, correspondence and memoranda, and promotional print publicity. Also included are organizational records for events, including a Channel 13 (local public television station) fund raising campaign to which The New School donated free courses, and the launch of the Parsons School of Design Fashion Education Center, which opened in midtown Manhattan in 1977. A range of public relations personnel are represented, including Albert Landa, Florence Scharf, Renee Glaser, Harold A. Klein, and Bruce R. Thaler.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research use. Student records are restricted for a period of time in accordance with The New School Archives’ confidentiality policy. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for more information.
Use Restrictions
To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the New School Archives and Special Collections. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.
Historical Note
The New School Office of Public Information was the successor to the New School Publicity Office, renamed in 1957. Until at least the 1990s, New School divisions conducted independent public relations and course promotions activities, although concerted efforts at centralized oversight are in evidence from the late 1960s onward.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in three series. Folders in Series I and 2. are alphabetical, while Series 1. is in reverse chronological order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These files were part of a large accession of records transferred from The New School President's Office in 2015.
Separated Materials
Archivist removed issues of the Institute of Retired Professionals' journal, the IRP Review, for transfer to Special Collections.
- Administrative records (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Correspondence (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Publicity (Subject) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the New School Office of Public Information records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- New School Archives and Special Collections Staff
- Date
- October 31, 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- April 25, 2018: New School Archives staff added Other Finding Aids note.