Editor’s note: the publication date of this article reflects the date this article was added to the new version of The New School Histories website, not the original publication date.

They say that history is made in the margins. Or maybe they don’t say that, exactly, but it’s probably true, and one of the joys of working as a processing archivist is having the chance to explore (and to help others explore) these marginal histories.

A collage of the covers of the New School catalogs over the years.