The New School Archives And Special Collections

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This oral history project consists of six audio interviews conducted by New School for Public Engagement student Gerard O. Hemmerle as an independent study under the supervision of Professor Julia L. Foulkes during the Spring 2013 semester. Interviewees consist of long-serving university faculty and staff, primarily associated with what was known as the New School for Public Engagement. Recordings are all in English.

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This collection represents video recordings of events sponsored by the India China Institute at The New School.

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Ingrith Deyrup (1919-2004) was a daughter of Alvin Johnson, president of the New School from 1922-1946. The collection consists of a diary that Ingrith kept as a teenager, as well as six small landscape paintings. The diaries provide an intimate look at the life of a New York family deeply immersed in the cultural, artistic, and social life of Manhattan in the 1930s, through the eyes of the 15 and 16-year old Ingrith.

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Instant Replay was a conversation series held at The New School, focusing on professional sports from the perspectives of players, coaches, journalists and television producers. Steven Hoffman coordinated the course and moderated the sessions. The collection is comprised entirely of reel-to-reel audio recordings.

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The Institute for Retired Professionals (IRP) was founded in 1962 by a group of New York City schoolteachers who sought to continue their intellectual development after retirement. The creation of courses and their delivery is entirely member run and depends upon members’ interests. New courses are offered each term. The collection consists mainly of printed matter, such as fliers, publications and course catalogs.

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Audio and video recordings of events held by the Institute for Retired Professionals at The New School, 1962-2011.

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The Institute for Retired Professionals (IRP) was a continuing education program for retirees established at The New School in 1962. The collection contains a small subset of administrative records, including interoffice correspondence, reports, and photographs, from part of the directorship of Michael Markowitz (1988-2016).

Abstract The Institute of World Affairs records document the operations of the Institute and its administrators and researchers. Mostly originating from its 1942 founding to its redesignation as the Research Division of the New School for Social Research in 1953, the files include administrative records such as minutes, correspondence, proposals, contracts, and budgets; manuscripts, notes, and published research material; and research project records. The bulk of the material consists of...

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This collection is comprised of working papers originating from the International Center for Migration, Ethnicity, and Citizenship (ICMEC), described and arranged in the following series: Migration Policy in Global Perspective, Immigrant New York; Occasional Papers; Critical Perspectives on Xenophobia; and Negotiating Differences.

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The International Schenker Symposium, a conference dedicated to furthering the study of the system of music theory developed by Heinrich Schenker, was held at the Mannes School of Music septennially from 1985 to 2013. The collection contains papers presented and administrative files primarily from the first symposium in 1985, and the fourth symposium in 2006. Audio recordings of portions of the 1985, 2006, and 2013 symposia are also included.