The collection consists of 8 zines created by members of the New School community (mostly students) at a zine workshop hosted by the New School Archives and Special Collections as part of a series of events hosted in October 2019 during the "Festival of New," a week-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of The New School’s founding.

In 2014, the New School celebrated the 80th anniversary of the University in Exile, which was the institution first established by Alvin Johnson to provide refuge for Jewish and anti-Nazi scholars fleeing Europe in the 1930s and 1940s. This born-digital collection contains files related to the planning and programming of the commemorative event on January 30, 2014, including tribute videos featuring notable New School trustees who fled Europe during World War II.