Contents

  • Histories

    Essays on periods and aspects of New School history, partial and evolving.

  • People

    Profiles of people who have passed through the New School. Entries focus on their time at the school.

  • Reader

    Readings, artworks, and materials by and about people associated with the school, including faculty, staff, and students.

  • Reflections & Analysis

    Podcasts, scholarly commentary, and opinion.

About

This website seeks to explore and interrogate the past at a school dedicated to the new. Contributions by students, staff, faculty, alumni, and researchers.

Editors
Julia L. Foulkes, Professor of History
Mark Larrimore, Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Wendy Scheir, Director, New School Archives and Special Collections

Connections
The New School Archives Digital Collections from the Archives Public Seminar The New School

Contact
[email protected]

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In the
Archives

Workers from The New School Archives reflect on issues, debates, conundrums and fascinations that emerge while collecting, preserving, organizing and describing the archives.

You Only Need One Idea

by Ari Spool, NSPE '14

Tools of the Trades

by Jen Larson

Indoor / Outdoor Space Engineer

by Jen Larson

Processing the Michael Kalil Collection

by Jen Larson

Italian Refugee Scholars at The New School: A Collective Profile

by Carmen Hendershott, Librarian, The New School

ParsonsPaper: What Students’ Illustrations Can Tell You

by Jeesu Kim

Dear Archives: Tips on Contacting an Archivist or Special Collections Librarian

by Jenny Swadosh

The Great Awakening

by Agnes Szanyi, PhD ‘20

A Quick Dip into the History of Women’s Swimwear: Part 2

by Sara Idacavage

A Quick Dip into the History of Women’s Swimwear: Part 1

by Sara Idacavage

Alvin Johnson, Deliver Us from Dogma

by Jennifer Ulrich

Cameras in the Archives’ Reading Room

by Jenny Swadosh

Enter Squinting

by Wendy Scheir

Jeremiah B. Lighter: The Central Margin of 20th Century Book Design

by Aaron Winslow

Giuseppe Zambonini: Loft Utopia

by Aaron Winslow

Emil Antonucci: Designing New York

by Aaron Winslow

Michael Kalil: An Introduction

by Jen Larson

Historical Matchmaking

by Sara Idacavage

The New Look: A Brief Survey of Typefaces & Logos Used at The New School

by Liza Harrell-Edge

Manage All Those Research Photos Using Tropy!

by Anna Robinson-Sweet, Assistant Archivist, New School Archives and Special Collections

Histories of The New School Libraries

by Jennifer Weinraub, Librarian, The New School Libraries and Archives

Mardi Gras: A Forgotten Parsons School of Design Tradition

by Jenny Swadosh

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