Fellows and Interns
The Special Collections and Archives (SCA) Fellowships Program offers hands-on experience, mentorship, and stipends to a limited number of graduate students enrolled in Library and Information Science programs each year. Participants may optionally use the fellowship to fulfill the internship requirement and receive course credits. A full list of prior participants and their projects is posted below.
Fall 2024-Spring 2025
Bianca Oliva, Asian/American Center Collection Fellow
Bianca Oliva processed the records of the Queens College Asian/American Center, publishing a finding aid for the collection using ArchivesSpace. Oliva also selected, scanned, and cataloged a sample of important materials from the collection for display on the JSTOR platform.
Olivia Zisman, Shirley Klein Rare Book and Manuscript Fellow
Olivia Zisman processed oversized materials, including the World War II poster collection, and the Political Posters collection. She rehoused these items in acid free map folders and created custom backings and mylar enclosures for the items as necessary. She published finding aids for these collections using ArchivesSpace.
Nancy Lambert, Freda S. and J. Chester Johnson Civil Rights and Social Justice Archives Fellows
Nancy Lambert processed the papers of gay author, playwright, director, and Queens College alum, Edward M. Cohen. She also worked on the Queer at Queens College Oral History Project, writing a finding aid for existing recordings, as well as conducting a new interview.
Fall 2022-Spring 2023
Sarah Barlow-Ochshorn, Coach Lucille Kyvallos Athletics Records Fellow
Sarah Barlow-Ochshorn processed the Coach Lucille Kyvallos Athletics Records; curated a selection of the materials for display in the Pine Tree Foundation Special Collections exhibit area; and co-executed a Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon on Women and Sports.
Pamela Padilla, Shirley Klein Rare Book and Manuscript Fellow
Pamela Padilla processed music manuscript collections from the Aaron Copland School of Music and Music Library; implemented the “Guidelines for Archival Description of Notated Music”; and solicited quotes from conservators for potential repair of select items from the rare book collection.
Danica Stompór, Freda S. and J. Chester Johnson Civil Rights & Social Justice Archives Fellow
Dani Stompór processed the Queens College GLASA (Gender, Love, and Sexuality Alliance) Journals; hosted a “journal party” program to celebrate the opening of the collection; and processed transcripts for oral histories related to social justice, including interviews with Joan Nestle, founder of the Lesbian Herstory Archive.
Spring 2022
Ellis Ging, Queens College Center for Jewish Studies Archives Fellow
Ellis Ging processed the Vincent Giordano Collection on Romaniote Jews, and uploaded and cataloged over 800 scans from the collection to the JSTOR platform.
Brendan Enright, Freda S. and J. Chester Johnson Civil Rights & Social Justice Archives Fellow
Brendan Enright processed the Harvey Silver Political Ephemera Collection; digitized and catalogued 100 items from the Art Gatti Papers for upload on the JSTOR platform; and processed oral history transcripts.
Melissa Lino, Shirley Klein Rare Book and Manuscript Fellow
Melissa Lino housed fragile volumes in custom phase boxes and created a digital exhibit using items from the Juvenile Rare Book Collection.
Fall 2020-Spring 2021
Victoria Fernandez, Freda S. and J. Chester Johnson Civil Rights & Social Justice Archives Fellow
Victoria Fernandez coordinated the Student Help Lived Experience Project, a collaboration with alumni to document civil rights activities of the early to mid-1960s through oral histories, written submissions, and digital collections. She also authored a library guide to compile and share all relevant resources related to the project.
Fall 2020
Kuba Pieczarski, Félix V. Matos Rodríguez Internship
Kuba Pieczarski catalogued and uploaded the Queens College COVID-19 Collection which highlights the experiences of Queens College faculty, staff, students, and alumni during the pandemic.
Fall 2019-Spring 2020
Tomasz Gubernat, Digital Projects Fellow
Tom Gubernat processed collections and helped develop a new Memory Lab for campus and community engagement (funded by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation).
Jeanie Pai, Processing Fellow
Jeanie Pai processed collections and helped develop a new Memory Lab for campus and community engagement (funded by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation).
Reign McConnell, SEEK History Project Intern
Reign McConnell processed archival records and oral history transcripts for the SEEK History Project.
Spring 2019
Max Thorn, Instruction Fellow
Max Thorn partnered with Professor Carol Giardina of the History Department to integrate archival materials and instruction into the class History 392w: America in the 1960s.
Abby Sumner, Processing Fellow
Abby Sumner processed the papers of Leo Kraft, an American composer, teacher, and writer who taught at Queens College from 1947-1989; and published a finding aid for the collection using ArchivesSpace.