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Queens Memory Project
Queens Memory is an ongoing program of Queens College and the Queens Public Library designed to collect stories, images, and other evidence of life in the borough of Queens. Queens Memory staff provide support for public and oral history projects on campus, and help document the history of Queens College through oral history interviews, scanning days, homecoming activities, and more.
For more information, to get involved, or to request instructional support, contact Queens Memory Outreach Coordinator Lori Wallach at lori.wallach@qc.cuny.edu.
SEEK History Project
The SEEK History Project documents the rich history of the Queens College Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Program. SEEK stands for Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge. It is a higher education opportunity program at Queens College. It was established to provide comprehensive academic support to assist capable students who otherwise might not be able to attend college due to their educational and financial circumstances.
The project consists of oral history interviews, archival records processing, and public programming, with a focus on the SEEK uprising of 1968/1969 as well as subsequent joys and challenges experienced by faculty, staff, and students of the program over its 55+ year existence. The physical historical records (Queens College SEEK Records) are open for research, and selected items have been digitized for browsing.
Queer at Queens College
By collecting and making accessible the stories of LGBTQ+ and allied Queens College students, staff, and alumni, this ongoing, multi-faceted project aims to illuminate what it has meant, will mean in the future, and means now in this present moment to be queer at Queens College.
Resources
Research Guides
- Queens College World War II Veterans History Project LibGuide
- Civil Rights: The Queens College Student Help Project
- Queens College Presidents
- Red Scare at CUNY: A Research Guide
- Exhibits
Videos
- Commemorating a Legacy of Dissent: Revisiting Campus Activism 1968-1970 (Fall 2020)
- Stories from the Civil Rights Archives: The Queens College Student Help Project of 1963 (Fall 2021)
- A Virtual Walking Tour of Named Buildings on the Queens College Campus (Fall 2022)
- Building Your Family Tree Without Breaking the Bank (Spring 2023)
- Food, Fashions, Furnishings, and Friendship: A Queens College Journey (Fall 2023)
- The Musical Heritage of Queens: A Virtual Walking Tour (Spring 2024)