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Special Collections & Archives<\/a><\/strong>
Search the Collections<\/a><\/strong>
Digital Collections<\/a><\/strong>
Collection Strengths<\/a><\/strong>
Queens Memory Project<\/a><\/strong>
Fellows and Interns<\/a><\/strong>
Special Collections and Archives Exhibits<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n

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Civil Rights and Social Justice * Collection Guides<\/a><\/h3>\n

Queens College students and faculty have a rich history of participation in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, as well as other struggles for social justice. Starting in 2009, Queens College Library\u2019s Special Collections and Archives began collecting materials from alumni, faculty, and community members involved in these movements. The collections document projects like Mississippi Freedom Summer in 1964 and the Summer Community Organization and Political Education project in 1965, as well as local, New York-based campaigns of the NAACP, Congress of Racial Equality, and Students for a Democratic Society. The archive is also home to the library of civil rights activist James Forman. We continue to expand in this area, documenting a broader array of voices, organizations, and time periods in the fight for a better world.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”||||true|true” border_color_all=”#A9A9A9″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Music & the Arts *\u00a0COLLECTION GUIDES<\/a><\/h3>\n

Queens College alumni and faculty have strong records of achievement in the creative fields. After Queens College\u2019s founding in 1937 the music program (now the Aaron Copland School of Music) quickly became one of the most prestigious in the country, while the Kupferberg Center for the Arts and Godwin-Ternbach Museum provide world-class arts opportunities to the residents of Queens. Special Collections and Archives holds manuscripts of several musicians, composers, cultural critics, and literary figures. The college is\u00a0<\/span>in the process of transferring<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>the archival collection of multi-media artist and Queens College alumna Barbara Rosenthal.<\/p>\n

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RARE BOOKS & Print History *\u00a0COLLECTION GUIDES<\/a><\/h3>\n

Special Collections and Archives maintains a collection of over 2000 volumes which trace the history of publishing and print culture. Strengths include pre-1700 early rare books, nineteenth century juvenile literature, a collection of Cervantes books that spans from the 1620 first English printing of\u00a0<\/span>Don Quixote<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>to the 20th century, and plays of the Spanish Golden Age. The collection also includes modern zines, chapbooks, and artists\u2019 books. In late 2021, James J. Periconi donated his collection of over 500 Italian Language American Imprints to the library. The Periconi collection is accessible through\u00a0<\/span>OneSearch<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>as well as a\u00a0<\/span>digital site powered by Omeka<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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QUEENS COLLEGE<\/h3>\n

Special Collections and Archives collects records, publications, photographs, and ephemera documenting the administrative, scholarly, and social history of the campus from the college\u2019s founding in 1937 to the present day, as well as papers of prominent alumni, faculty, and administrators.<\/p>\n