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Histories of
The New School

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 other resources by and about New School faculty, staff, and students.

  • In the Archives

    New School Archives staff reflect on debates, conundrums, and fascinations in the archives.

  • Reflections & Analysis

    Scholarly commentary, personal memories, opinion.

  • Projects

    Exhibitions and collaborative projects exploring New School history.

About

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

We invite contributions to this site! Contact us at archivist@newschool.edu.

Please follow our Style Guide for all submissions.

All work on the site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

In the Archives

New School Archives staff reflect on debates, conundrums, and fascinations in the archives.

Mardi Gras: A Forgotten Parsons School of Design Tradition

by Jenny Swadosh

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

Cameras in the Archives’ Reading Room

by Jenny Swadosh

Manage All Those Research Photos Using Tropy!

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

ParsonsPaper: What Students’ Illustrations Can Tell You

by Jeesu Kim

Italian Refugee Scholars at The New School: A Collective Profile

by Carmen Hendershott, Librarian, The New School

Processing the Michael Kalil Collection

by Jen Larson

Indoor / Outdoor Space Engineer

by Jen Larson

Tools of the Trades

by Jen Larson

You Only Need One Idea

by Ari Spool

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

by Aaron Winslow

Enter Squinting

by Wendy Scheir, Director of Archives and Special Collections

Alvin Johnson, Deliver Us from Dogma

by Jennifer Ulrich

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

by Sara Idacavage

Historical Matchmaking

by Sara Idacavage

Michael Kalil: An Introduction

by Jen Larson

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

by Sara Idacavage

Giuseppe Zambonini: Loft Utopia

by Aaron Winslow

The Great Awakening

by Agnes Szanyi, PhD '20

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

by Jenny Swadosh

Explore Further

  • 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 other resources by and about New School faculty, staff, and students.

  • In the Archives

    New School Archives staff reflect on debates, conundrums, and fascinations in the archives.

  • Reflections & Analysis

    Scholarly commentary, personal memories, opinion.

  • Projects

    Exhibitions and collaborative projects exploring New School history.

About

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

We invite contributions to this site! Contact us at archivist@newschool.edu.

Please follow our Style Guide for all submissions.

All work on the site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.