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Musicians on Music event recordings

 Record Group
Identifier: NS-07-02-30
Abstract

Between 1988 and 1990, The New School hosted an interview series, "Musicians on Music," organized and moderated by music critic Joan Thomson Kretschmer. The collection consists of analog audio and video tapes documenting Kretschmer and her guests at the university, including classical music conductors, singers, and performers.

Dates: 1988-1990

Naiad and Walter Einsel papers

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0166-01
Abstract

The work of illustrators Naiad and Walter Einsel appeared in numerous publications from the 1950s to the 1990s. This collection includes personal papers, slides and photographs, original sketches, and samples of their professional work, as well as teaching materials from their courses on illustration.

Dates: 1939-2011

National Book Awards Finalist Readings event recordings

 Record Group
Identifier: NS-07-02-48
Abstract

The New School hosted the National Book Awards Finalist Readings from 1998 until 2019. This collection of audiovisual recordings documents nominated finalists reading their work at the university the night before the awards ceremony.

Dates: 1998-2005

Nellie Lane Woodruff scrapbook of Lilli Lehmann opera ephemera

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: MP-0018-01
Abstract

The scrapbook, compiled by Nellie Lane Woodruff (1867-circa 1944), contains ephemera about opera singer Lilli Lehmann (1848-1929). It appears from the contents of the scrapbook that Lehmann and Woodruff were acquaintances, if not friends. The scrapbook contains photographs, clippings, programs, and other ephemera documenting Lehmann's professional singing career at the Metropolitan Opera of New York, the Bayreuth Festival, and at other venues.

Dates: 1885-1902

New School accounting records

 Collection
Identifier: NS-03-07-01
Abstract

The New School accounting records consist of files from the Office of the Treasurer and other administrative offices documenting the finances of the university. These include construction files, financial statements from 1930-1959, and ledgers with receipts and accounts payable dating from the 1930s-1970s.

Dates: 1931-1975

New School Adult Division Office of the Dean records

 Record Group
Identifier: NS-02-01-01
Abstract

These records were created by the dean's office of the adult education division of The New School (as of 2022, Schools of Public Engagement), and predominantly reflect the activities of two deans, William Birenbaum and Allen Austill, 1961-1979. A subset of records document the formation of New School College in the 1960s, the Institute for Retired Professionals, and the Physicians Assistant program. A number of files are restricted due to confidentiality.

Dates: 1928-circa 1991; Majority of material found within 1959-1979

New School Alumni Relations records

 Record Group
Identifier: NS-03-02-05
Abstract

The New School Alumni Relations records contains lists of alumni, reunion invitations, and promotional material.

Dates: 2000-2008

New School Annual Reports

 Record Group
Identifier: NS-01-01-08
Abstract

This collection consists solely of published, bound annual reports for the New School for Social Research, now The New School, issued by the university's Board of Trustees.

Dates: 1984-2009

New School Architectural plans and drawings for 66 West Twelfth Street

 Collection
Identifier: NS-09-01-01
Summary

Originally located in six renovated brownstones on West 21st Street in New York City, The New School for Social Research reopened in 1931 in a new building at 66 West Twelfth Street in Greenwich Village, designed by Joseph Urban (1872-1933). The collection consists of drawings of Urban's original building at 66 West Twelfth Street, drawings for the expanded campus in the 1950s, and plans of other renovations and expansions at the site.

Dates: 1924 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1959

New School Archives records

 Record Group
Identifier: NS-08-01-03
Abstract This collection contains documentation of The New School Archives, established in 2012, and its predecessor, the Kellen Design Archives (also known as the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Archives Center). Wendy Scheir became director of the Archives in 2008, taking over from Xenophon T. Barber. The records cover both directorships and relate to Archives exhibitions, publicity, collecting, preservation, strategic planning, and grant applications. Also included are photographs of...
Dates: 1993-2017