New School photographs and publicity
1933-1984
- Collection Overview
- Scope and Contents note
- Organization and Arrangement
- Administrative Information
- Keywords for Searching Related Subjects
- Collection Inventory
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Guide to the New School photographs and publicity
Collection Overview
- Repository
- Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Design Archives
- Creator
- New School (New York, N.Y.).
- Creator
- New School University.
- Title
- New School photographs and publicity, 1933-1984, (Bulk, 1944-1977)
- Extent
- 2.3 linear ft: 4 boxes
- Summary
- The bulk of this collection consists of photographs of New School students, faculty, administrators, buildings, class sessions, student life, and events from 1944-1977.
Preferred Citation note
[Identification of item], [date (if known)], New School photographs and publicity, NS.01, box __, folder __, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Design Archives, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, New York.
Scope and Contents note
This collection includes one folder of press releases and publicity from 1972-1973. The rest of the collection consists of black and white photographs of class sessions, students, faculty, buildings, and events, many of which were published in New School publicity materials, publications and catalogs. Many of the photographs are in poor condition and have been heavily marked up for publication. Most date from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1970s. Photographers are frequently credited.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Design Archives
66 5th Ave.lobby level
New York, NY, 10011
212.229.5942
archivist@newschool.edu
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research use. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for appointment.
Use Restrictions
To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the Kellen Design Archives. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu
Custodial History note
The material in this collection was transferred from Fogelman Library in January 2009, along with materials related to New School arts and public programs.
Keywords for Searching Related Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
- New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y.). Graduate Faculty.
Genre(s)
- Photographs.
- Press kits.
Personal Name(s)
- Johnson, Alvin Saunders, 1874-1971
- Moore, Peter
- Seligson, Stanley
- Turnley, Laima
Subject(s)
- Art -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century.
- Buildings -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century.
- College students -- Conduct of life.
- Commencement ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century.
- Publicity.
- Student life and customs.
- Universities and colleges -- Departments.
Collection Inventory
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Art class and print workshop, circa 1944 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Art classes, circa 1950s, 1984 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Buildings | ||||
| 65 Fifth Avenue | ||||
| Architect's renderings, circa 1968 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Construction, 1968-1969 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Exteriors, circa 1968 | 1 | 4-5 | ||
| Interiors | ||||
| Escalators, 1969 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Fogelman Library, 1968-1971, probably 1977 | 1 | 7-8 | ||
| Foyer and front lounge, 1970-1971 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Offices and hallways, circa 1970s | 1 | 10 | ||
| Sculpture, circa 1969-1977 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Sommerick Reading Room, 1969-1970 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Swayduck Auditorium, 1969-1970 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| 66 Fifth Avenue [Parsons School of Design]: Exterior, circa 1978 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 66 West 12th Street | ||||
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In 1930, The New School moved from its Chelsea location into a newly-constructed building at 66 West 12th Street. The structure was designed by Joseph Urban, with murals by José Clemente Orozco and Thomas Hart Benton. In 1955, the school undertook a project to expand 66 West 12th Street. The original Joseph Urban building was renamed the Alvin Johnson Building, and the adjacent building to which it was joined was called the Kaplan Building (for philanthropist Jacob Kaplan). A courtyard joined these two buildings to 65 West 11th St., which was named the List Building (for donors Vera and Albert List). The project, completed in 1957, tripled the size of the original structure. |
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| Auditorium lecture [Max Lerner?], circa 1944 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Class [with Thomas Hart Benton mural in background], circa 1945 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Courtyard, probably 1971 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Exterior, 1944, between 1955 and 1959 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4-7 | |||
| Interior renderings, probably 1930 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Library, circa 1944 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Office staff at work, circa 1944 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Students and faculty in gallery space, circa 1944 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Class sessions, 1965-1977 | 2 | 5-7 | ||
| Class sessions: 1977 [contact sheets] | 2 | 8 | ||
| Commencement, 1971 | 2 | 7-8 | ||
| Commencement, 1974 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Exhibits and events | ||||
| Berlin in Books: Gunter Grass reading, 1977 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Comics, circa 1975 | 2 | 13 | ||
| Conference on Citizenship, 1974 | 2 | 14 | ||
| New School Art Center, 1970-1974 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Faculty and administrators | ||||
| General | ||||
| Group shots, 1933 [photocopies only], circa 1946-circa 1960s | 3 | 2 | ||
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Includes images of Henry David, David Dubinsky, Alvin Johnson, Hans Staudinger (in front of Thomas Hart Benton mural), and Charles Tilley and the Committee for Historical Studies. Also depicted is a group dining in the Orozco Room (attendees possibly include Erwin Piscator and members of the École Libre); events related to the expansion of the 66 West 12th Street building; and a photocopy of a posed photograph of the original members of the University in Exile (reproduced from a 1933 article in the New York Times). |
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| Staff and administrators, circa 1974 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Unidentified, circa 1940s-1970s | 3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 11-12 | |||
| Individuals | ||||
| A-Z, 1940s, 1960s-1970s | 3 | 5 | ||
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Includes images of Max Ascoli, Erwin Piscator, Edward K. Nell, Robert Scholte[?], and Robert D. Stenzel. |
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| Deyrup, Felicia, circa 1970s | 3 | 6 | ||
| Diamond, Stanley, circa 1970s | 3 | 7 | ||
| Gordon, David M., 1970s | 3 | 8 | ||
| Greenberg, Henry, circa 1970 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Heilbroner, Robert L., after 1971 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Hymer, Stephen H., circa 1971 | 3 | 11 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Johnson, Alvin, 1930s-circa 1970 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 13 | |||
| Lin[?], circa 1970 | 3 | 13 | ||
| Nelson, Richard R., circa 1967 | 3 | 14 | ||
| Reiter (Rapp), Reyna, circa 1973 | 3 | 15 | ||
| Schwartzman, David, circa 1970 | 3 | 16 | ||
| Shaik, Anwar, circa 1970 | 3 | 17 | ||
| Staudinger, Hans, circa 1946 | 4 | 14 | ||
| Vidich, Arthur J., circa 1970 | 3 | 18 | ||
| Vietorisz, Thomas, circa 1960s-1970s | 3 | 19 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Press releases and publicity, 1972-1973 | 3 | 20 | ||
| Students, 1965-1977 | 3 | 21-22 | ||