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The New Yorker at The New School event recordings

 Record Group
Identifier: NS-07-02-68

Abstract

The New Yorker at The New School was a special lecture series held at The New School in the two consecutive Fall semesters of 1989 and 1990. The series featured lectures, discussions and readings with contributors from The New Yorker, a storied and long running American magazine. The collection consists of audio recordings.

Dates

  • 1989-1990

Creator

Extent

14 1/4 inch Audio Cassette

Language of Materials

English

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of audio recordings of thirteen public lectures featuring New Yorker staff and contributors. These lectures were advertised in the "Special Lectures" section of The New School's general (continuing education) course catalog as a non-credit course. The course description indicates the lectures "explore the history and traditions of The New Yorker and [the speakers] consider their own relationships" with the magazine. Although the first two lectures are only identified by the speaker, all subsequent events in the series are characterized by the genre of work or section of the magazine discussed by participants.

There is no known video of the events.

All lectures advertised in the Fall 1989 and Fall 1990 New School course catalogs are present in the collection.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for appointment.

Conditions Governing Use

To publish 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 Yorker at The New School was a special lecture series held at The New School in the two consecutive Fall semesters of 1989 and 1990. The events featured lectures, discussions and readings with contributors from The New Yorker, a storied and long running American magazine (established in 1925) best known for its cultural content, with a focus on the magazine itself and its idiosyncratic traditions. Advertised guests participating in the series included John Updike, Adam Gopnik, Roz Chast and Daniel Menaker.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The staff of The New School Archives and Special Collections assembled this collection from a larger set of legacy recordings transferred from The New School's Raymond Fogelman Library following the establishment of The New School Archives, circa 2012.

Processing Information

New School Archives staff based all description in this finding aid on course catalog text and audiocassette container inscriptions. Staff did not listen to the tapes to verify content.

Title
Guide to the The New Yorker at The New School event recordings
Status
In Process
Author
Jason Adamo and Jenny Swadosh
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin