In the Archives

José Clemente Orozco. Struggle in the Occident or Carrillo Puerto & Lenin, detail. 1930 – 1931. The New School Mural […]

In archival terms, this assemblage of objects is known as “realia”- ie. three-dimensional objects (man-made or naturally occurring) such as […]

“I had always seen architecture as landscaping.” – Michael Kalil, “Seed Vision” interview, 1990 Kalil’s archive offers up several interesting […]

The Temple bell stops But the sound keeps coming out of the flowers – Basho Admittedly, this post is overdue, […]

“We dream faster than we can build and we build faster than we accept. We therefore invent the notion of […]

Being able to identify the origins and historical significance of archival materials is truly satisfying, and—dare I say it?—quite fun. […]

ast week we saw the unveiling of a new “visual identity” here at the New School including a new custom created typeface […]

This blog post was written in response to information gathering resulting from the visit of an international researcher. Here in […]

ParsonsPaper was a monthly student-produced newspaper that ran from 1976 to 1990, and was sponsored by the Parsons Student Council. […]

I was recently trying to remember when and how I first learned to write a letter. I asked some colleagues […]

  I started working in The New School Archives as an assistant on the audio collections of the school. Coming […]

This is the second part of our series on the history of women’s swimwear. Click here to view Part 1! At the […]

After a particularly cold winter here in New York, “swimsuit season” is officially upon us, leading millions of women to […]

If someone told you that students from the New School are very open-minded, that would not be surprising. Obviously, the […]

Each time a class visits the New School Archives and Special Collections, the same general conversation transpires. Students: Can we […]

As a university archivist I sometimes feel like I see almost the reverse image of what others see. Living Room […]

They say that history is made in the margins. Or maybe they don’t say that, exactly, but it’s probably true, […]

There’s nothing less utopian and avant-garde than the New York City loft. A symbol of gentrification in Manhattan and Brooklyn, […]

It’s not often that one thinks about the archives and urban space together. On the one hand, you have the […]