35 10 373 https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/0ba458fc960fae52ac2fbf75b259a95d.pdf b7131f249cd1156851ccb9d1bb798814 PDF Text Text MARY ALICE AYERS PAPERS 1955 - 2012 Finding Aid Archives and Special Collections �TABLE OF CONTENTS General Information Biographical Sketch Scope and Content Note Series Description Container List 2 3 4 5 6 - 11 1 �GENERAL INFORMATION Accession Number: Size: Provenance: Restrictions: Location: Project Archivist: Date: 13-01 2.47 Cubic Feet Mary Alice Ayers None Range 6 Section 4 Shelves 47 - 48 Yingwen Huang April 2013 2 �Biographical Sketch Mary Alice Ayers was born in Yonkers, New York on July 10th, 1937. She was the youngest child of the family. Her father, Andrew Barry McElroy, was born in Ireland, but later became a U.S. citizen. Her mother, Helen Theresa McIntyre, was a native New Yorker. The family of four resided in the Bronx, New York. Despite both of her parents having only completed their high school educations, Mary was motivated to pursue a college degree. Mary initially attended Marymount College and later transferred to Hunter College. During her undergraduate years at Hunter College, she led an active student life; she was the Secretary-Treasurer of the Class of June 1959 and a member of various student clubs and fraternities such as the English Club, Philosophy Club, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Tau Delta. Upon her graduation, her short story—“A Museum Piece”—was awarded the Bernard Cohen Short Story Prize by the Department of English. In June 1959, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in English and Philosophy. After she graduated from Hunter, she worked as an advertising copywriter at an advertisement company from 1959 to 1964, where she met Jack Ellis Ayers, to whom she was later married. In 1964, she followed her husband and moved to Atlanta, Georgia. However, her marriage lasted for about 9 years and resulted in divorce in 1973. In 1973, Mary decided to pursue her Master’s in Education with a concentration in Secondary Education at Georgia State University. At the same time, she worked as a 9th grade English teacher at Westminster School in Atlanta for 5 years. After she received her Master’s, Mary decided to move to Miami, Florida in 1978. As the dedicated teacher that she was, she continued to teach English and Creative Writing at various high schools while she was working on her writings. Later, she became a professor at the University of Miami and Florida International University and taught college students Creative Writing and Basic and Advance Composition for business, science, and technology. At the same time, she devoted her time to writing and published most of her writings between 1970s and 1990s. As an extraordinary award - winning fiction writer, Mary received a grant from the Ingram Merrill Foundation, a writing fellowship from Millay Colony for the Arts, and she was twice a winner of the PEN Syndicated Fiction award, American Short Fiction award, and a nominee for the Pushcart Prize. Two of her writings, Change at Jamaica and The Infinite Dark (What the Dark Was), received the PEN Syndicated Fiction Award. The Infinite Dark was also featured on the National Public Radio’s “The Sound of Writing”, and later published in an anthology called Life On The Line (1992), widely read by students in the humanities field. Another of her short stories, “Works Cited”, received the American Short Fiction Contest Award. Many of her other short stories were also published in numerous leading literary magazines including Paris Review, Partisan Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Mississippi Review, Florida Magazine, Newsday Magazine, Four Quarters, Epoch, Connecticut Critic, and Village Advocate. Her poem, “Last Voyage”, was written in memoriam of Ana Sanchez, a student of hers at University of Miami in 1996, and it was featured on WLRN’s “The Voice of Poetry”. Moreover, Mary was named in the Millennium Edition of Who's Who of American Women in 2000. In June 2012, Mary Alice Ayers passed away due to heart disease at her home in Miami, Florida. Yingwen Huang 3 �Scope and Content Note The Mary Alice Ayers Papers, 1937 - 2012, mainly document the early development of her talents in creative writing and her passion as a dedicated educator and a diligent writer. The bulk of her papers extend from her undergraduate years in 1955 to her death in 2012. The materials are arranged alphabetically by type of documents including her biographical data, education and employment records, correspondence, and writings. All papers that are in fragile condition have been Xeroxed and the originals are kept in plastic sleeves. The contents within Ayer’s biographical information consist of her birth certificate, obituary, resumes, profiles from various biography databases, her Last Will and Testament, and family background. Some documents regarding Ayer’s family background were found online, such as the 1940 Federal Census Record and obituaries of her relatives. The documents in the academic institutions folders include Ayer’s academic records, correspondence, and papers written by her during her undergraduate years, as well as her instructional materials and contracts from the institutions where she was employed. They are arranged chronologically by the year she was associated with the institution. The correspondence includes incoming and outgoing letters with her dentist, friends, publishers, etc., from 1955 to 2010. There are also letters between Ayers and Charles McGrath, an editor of the New Yorker, whom Ayers was sending her manuscripts to, hoping to get her writings reviewed and published. Another person in her correspondence is Simon Frank, a doctor as well as the author of an unpublished work called “Butterfly Dream” that Ayers was helping to edit. Among her writings are some of her published and unpublished works including diaries, journals, reading notebooks, short fiction stories, novels, poems, and some undated and untitled writings. From her short stories such as “The Infinite Dark” and “Work Cited”, one can see how one can inspire and motivate students from the perspective of an educator. Her other short stories and novels, such as “A Recovery of Sorts” (1971) and “Will Park” (1999), offer the readers keen insights about the conflicts and complications between couples and families. Most of her stories involve a personal touch and allow the reader to connect the main character to Ayer’s experience in the different roles she partakes in life. For example, in “Mother’s Money, Then and Now” (1978), she was a housewife, whereas in “Finding a Place” (2009), she was a realtor. While her earlier works mainly revolve around personal relationships and conflicts, she incorporated new elements such as religion and nature into her later works: “Islander” (1992), “To Be An Angel” (2009), and the “Seven Nature Poems” (2008 - 2009). Lastly, the Mary Alice Ayers Papers will provide invaluable insights to Hunter alumni, researchers, and writers, as well as educators who hope to increase their knowledge in teaching and writing by studying the legacy of a passionate writer and a committed English educator. Yingwen Huang 4 �SERIES DESCRIPTION Series I – Biographical Series I consists of Mary Alice Ayers' biographical data including her birth certificate, obituary, resumes, profiles from various biography databases, and her Last Will and Testament. In addition, there are papers about her family that were later found and added to the collection. Series II – Academic Institutions Subseries 2.1 Education Subseries 2.2 Employment Subseries 2.1 consists of Mary's student records, correspondence, and writings during her education at Hunter College (1957 - 1959) and Georgia State University (1973 - 1975). Subseries 2.2 consists of her employment contracts in Westminster School, Atlanta, Georgia (1973 1978), a guide from the University of Miami, Florida (1977), and her instructional materials from Florida International University (2009 - 2010). All materials are arranged chronologically according to the years of her association with the institutions. Series III – Correspondence Series III consists of incoming (1978) and outgoing letters (June 1955 - March 2010), as well as correspondence with Charles McGrath, an Editor of the New Yorker (1978 - 1993) about her story submissions to the New Yorker, and Simon Frank, M.D., the author of an unpublished work titled “Butterfly Dreams” that Mary edited (May 1991 - February 1992). Series IV – Writings Subseries 4.1 Published Works Subseries 4.2 Unpublished Works Subseries 4.1 consists of notes, drafts, and manuscripts of her published works arranged alphabetically (1977 - 1998). Subseries 4.2 consists of diaries, notebooks, and the notes, drafts, and manuscripts of Mary's unpublished short stories, novels, and poems ranging from the 1960s to 2010s. They are arranged chronologically by decades of the final product. However, there are some works that are undated. In addition, while most of her works contain notes with the manuscripts, not all of them have rough drafts and notes with them. 5 �CONTAINER LIST SERIES I - BIOGRAPHICAL Box 1 Folder 1 2 Contents Biographical Data Family Background SERIES II - ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS Subseries 2.1 - Education 1 3 Hunter College, 1957 - 1959 Academic Records Correspondences, January 1982 & August - October 2000 Writings, 1957 - 1959 “The Hunt of West Tenth Street”, Marymount College, 1956 “Weekend”, 1957 “The Little Wife”, 1958 “A Museum Piece”, Bernard Cohen Short Story Prize Awarded by the Department of English at Hunter College, 1959 “An Appointment With Necessity”, n.d. “Thus Ends A Vigil”, n.d. 5 Georgia State University, 1973 - 1975 4 Subseries 2.2 - Employment 1 6 7 8 Westminster School, Atlanta, Georgia, 1973 - 1978 University of Miami, Florida, 1977 Florida International University, 2009 - 2010 SERIES III - CORRESPONDENCE 1 9 Incoming, 1978 Outgoing, June 1955 - March 2010 Correspondence with Charles McGrath, Editor of the New Yorker, 1978 - 1993 Simon Frank, M.D., Author of “Butterfly Dreams”, edited by Mary Alice Ayers, unpublished, May 1991 - February 1992 6 10 11 �SERIES IV - WRITINGS Subseries 4.1 - Published Works Box 1 Folder 12 13 Contents List of Publications and Reviews, 1996-1998 Published Short Stories, 1977 - 1998 Ayers, Mary Alice. "Articles of Faith." Four Quarters 27.1 (1977): 24-29 ---. "Change at Jamaica." PEN Syndicated Fiction Award 1986 ---. Literary Review 29:1 (1985): 5-10. ---. Florida Magazine 18 January 1987: 23 - 25. ---. Florida Magazine 10 May 1987: 21 - 24. ---. Newsday Magazine 17 May 1987: 60 - 67. ---. "England's So Different Now." Florida Magazine 10 May 1987: 17-18. ---. "Kinsdale." Michigan Quarterly Review 17.2 (1978): 213-222. ---. "Lost at Sea." Mississippi Review 6.3 (1977): 68-77. ---. "Of Sisters." Paris Review 85 (1982): 80-89. ---. "Slow Flying." Partisan Review 57.2 (1990): 239-242. ---. "Something Old, Something New." Four Quarters 31.4 (1982): 23-27. ---. "The Infinite Dark." PEN Syndicated Fiction Award 1988 ---. "The Infinite Dark." Anthology Life On The Line: Selections on Words and Healing. Ed. Sue Brannan Walker and Rosalyn Demaios Roffman. Mobile, Alabama: 1992. 56 - 61. ---. "Works Cited." American Short Fiction 8:29 (1998): 86-104. 13 14 Subseries 4.2 - Unpublished Works 2 1 2 3 4 5 Diary Entries, March - November 1952, May 2007, August 2009 Notebooks January 13, 1969 - April 25, 1970 St. John, n.d. St. Luke, January 21, 1980 - September 21, 1990 Unpublished Short Stories, 1960s “George to Be Completed”, n.d. “How About the Friendly Big City For A Change?” n.d. “Strange Shadows On You Tend”, n.d. “Lost at Sea”, March 1965 “The Wedding”, May 1966 “Up at Lake Bombazine”, June 1966 Unpublished Short Stories, 1970s “A Recovery of Sorts”, 1971 “A Reactionary Affair”, July 1978 7 6 �SERIES IV - WRITINGS Subseries 4.2 - Unpublished Works Box 2 Folder 6 Contents Unpublished Short Stories, 1970s “Mother’s Money, Then and Now”, July 1978 “Once Upon a Story”, April 1979 “Another Jesus”, August 1979 Unpublished Short Stories, 1980s “To Be Reconciled”, July 1981 “An Uncle from Wales”, August 1984 “There Is a Tide”, July 1985 “Building”, June 1987 “Cultural Affair”, July 1987 “I Promise I Won’t Touch”, March 1988 “Nature Lover”, August 1988 Unpublished Short Stories, 1990s “Wishneak Falls”, January 1990 “Will Park”, January 1992 “The Jacket”, February 1992 “Collaborators”, July 1992 “Lesson”, July 1993 “The Flavor of God”, August 1996 “Embryonics”, July 1999 Unpublished Short Stories, 2000s “Breathing Room”, August 2001 “Ourselves and Others Married”, August 2001 “Shooting Bird”, 2005 “To Be an Angel”, December 2009 “Finding a Place”, December 2009 (renamed after “The Little Lame”) “Catskills”, July 2010 Unpublished Short Stories, Undated, Titled “A Natural Sequence” “An Adventurous Summer” “Awakening” “Chapter One: The Harsh Rain” “Dialogue Between Robert & Annie” “Fall” “Guilty or Not” “Lost Child” 7 8 3 1 2 3 8 �SERIES IV - WRITINGS Subseries 4.2 - Unpublished Works Box 3 Folder 3 Contents Unpublished Short Stories, Undated, Titled “Margie’s Big Event” “Spiritual” “The Joys of Boating: As Seen by the Boatman’s Wife” “Uncertain Hours” Unpublished Short Stories, Undated, Untitled “A Dim Light Fell Through The Colored Glass…” “Anne Marie Woke Up Shaking And Terribly Frightened…” “But The Trouble With Him Was Not That No One Love…” “He Had First Seen Jennie On The Wharf At Venice” “I Am Not Telling This Story Merely To Give…” “Margie Martin Was In A Delicious State Of Semi - Consciousness…” “Paul Offers To Father The Child… Karen” “The Subway Was Far Too Crowded.” “We Had Been Friends A Long Time, Ann & I” Notes about mother taking care of her Notes on a novel planning… Karen Short Story Submission Records and Guidelines, 1972 - 2010 Undeveloped Short Story Ideas and Publication Proposal, n.d. Unpublished Novels “Take A Bunch Of Carrots”, Notes, 1967- 1977 “Take A Bunch Of Carrots”, Drafts, 1967 - 1977 Summary of “Take A Bunch Of Carrots”, July 28, 1977 “Take A Bunch Of Carrots”, February 2, 1967 “Free Trade”, February 9, 1967 “Strawberry Red”, March 23, 1967 “Wings”, March 24, 1967 - November 16, 1967 Untitled 6, November 17, 1967 Untitled 7, November 18, 1967 - January 21, 1968 Untitled 8, February 6, 1968 Untitled 9, February 21, 1968 Untitled 10, March 11, 1968 Untitled 11, March 14, 1968 Untitled 12, April 11, 1968 “Take A Bunch of Carrots”, Manuscript (Missing Chapter One) 4 5 6 7 8 4 1 9 �SERIES IV - WRITINGS Subseries 4.2 - Unpublished Works Box 4 Folder 2 3 4 Contents Unpublished Novels “Nun's Parlor”, 1986 “Islander”, Notes, 1982 - 1992 “Islander”, 1st Drafts, 1982 - 1992 Chapter One: An Away Place, July 12, 1982 Chapter Two: Getting Under Way, July 29, 1982 Chapter Three: Missing Connections, August 30, 1982 Chapter Four: The Price of Love, August 12, 1983 Chapter Five: Racing Before Us The Time When, June 27, 1983 Chapter Six: Visions, August 3, 1984 Chapter Seven: Waste, April 14, 1989 Chapter Eight: Appetite, November 1, 1997 “Islander”, 2nd Drafts, 1982 - 1992 “Healing Isle” (renamed after “Islander”), Manuscripts, 1982 - 1992 Chapter One: An Away Place Chapter Two: Getting Under Way Chapter Three: Missing Connections “Butterfly Dreams” by Simon Frank, Edited by Mary Alice Ayers, Notes, 1991 - 1992 “Butterfly Dreams”, Manuscript, 1991 - 1992 Unpublished Poems, 1948 - 2006 “A Friend”, April 18, 1948 "Last Voyage: In Memoriam: Ana Sanchez," Student of Mary Alice Ayers at University of Miami. May 11,1996. Featured on “The Voice of Poetry” (WLRN) “Hellen: Hip At 101”, December 28, 1999 (Poem dedicated to Hellen Ingram Plummer, mother of Pulitzer Prize winning poet James Ingram Merrill and former wife of Merrill Lynch founder Charles E. Merrill) “Roger Is Right” (For Roger Tobin), July 28, 2001 5 6 7 5 1 2 10 �SERIES IV - WRITINGS Subseries 4.2 - Unpublished Works Box 5 Folder 2 Contents Unpublished Poems, 1948 - 2006 “Immediate Response to a Dinner Invitation Following Anthony's Comment” (Parody on Hamlet), December 21, 2006 Unpublished Poems: “Seven Nature Poems”, 2008 - 2009 “Aqua Longing”, 2008 “An Airing”, 2008 “Blizzard”, August 2008 “Brooks Rock”, September 2008 “Color In Call”, April 25, 2009 “Fecundity”, August 27, 2008 “Nebulous Cumulous”, Jun. 2009 Unpublished Poems, 2010 - 2011 “Romance News”, Christmas 2010, December 14, 2010 “Shadow Boxing”, January 24, 2011 “Party Time”, January 25, 2011 “Sour Season”, January 25, 2011 Unpublished Poems, Undated “Analogy” “Love I & II” “Patterns” “Resignation” “Unity” “To Our Endlessness” Untitled Poem 3 4 11 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ayers, Mary Alice (1955--2012) Description An account of the resource Ayers is a Hunter alumna, a dedicated educator, and a professional short fiction writer. She has received numerous awards and prizes for her published short stories. The highlights of her papers consist of her biographical information, correspondence, publications, as well as her unpublished writings. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hauser, Bernice Description An account of the resource Hauser's papers are currently unprocessed. https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/eec0bc18d9954aa3b3241821b9bd5bc3.pdf 452010d0510f9923198e7037836603fa PDF Text Text SARAH COHEN NEUMARK PAPERS 1952-2009 Finding Aid Archives and Special Collections �TABLE OF CONTENTS General Information Biographical Sketch Scope and Content Note Series Description Container List 2 3 4 5 6-8 1 �GENERAL INFORMATION Accession Number: Size: Provenance: Restrictions: Location: Project Archivist: Date: 13-02 1.82 cu. ft. Sarah Cohen Neumark None Range 6 Section 4 Shelf 48 Yingwen Huang May 2013 Sarah Neumark (sitting, front, second from left) and the Class of 1931 at their 75th Reunion, May 6, 2006 2 �Biographical Sketch Sarah Cohen Neumark was born in New York City on July 8, 1911. During her undergraduate years at Hunter College, she was highly active in various student clubs such as the German Club and the Menorah Club, and she was also the treasurer of the Spanish Club. In 1931, she received her Bachelor of Arts at Hunter College with a concentration in Spanish and minors in French and German. In addition, she was also fluent in Yiddish. After she graduated from Hunter College, she attended the Teacher's College at Columbia University and received a Master of Arts in education. She taught commercial subjects and Spanish. Before her retirement, she was a registered stockbroker of the New York Stock Exchange. Sarah was married to Bernard L. Neumark, a New York attorney. Although the two did not have any children, they spent valuable time together traveling. One fact that she was most proud of was that she had visited each of the 50 states with her husband. In addition, she had also traveled to Mexico, Israel, and London. Her hobbies included photography, writing parodies, and making amateur movies. Furthermore, her four-verses poem under the topic of Modern Education appeared in the Wall Street Journal, and was later published in The Wall Street Journal Book of Wit in 1981. As an active alumna at Hunter College, Sarah participated in planning and organizing both her 70th and 75th Class Milestones in 2001 and 2006, and served as the Milestone Chair when she was on the Board of Directors of the Hunter College Alumni Association. In 1982, she was named to the Hunter College Hall of Fame. She was also one of the founders of The Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, and later became a member of the Guild for the Kaye Playhouse engaging in various organizations. Aside from her physical and spiritual support of the College, she also financially contributed to the Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, the Hunter Foundation, the Friends of Hunter College Library, and the Scholarship & Welfare Fund of the Alumni Association. Her motto, "my attitude is gratitude", explains why she was an active participant in alumni activities and an invaluable contributor to Hunter College. Outside of Hunter College, she was also an active member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Motion Picture Club and the Vice-President of the New York Chapter of Hadassah as well as the Program Chair. During her later years, she resided in the Salvation Army’s Williams Memorial Residence in Manhattan. At the residence, she founded the Yiddish Club and was the Salvation Army's coordinator of Jewish activities. Sarah was an individual who possessed the spirit of bringing people together and at the same time, creating a sense of community wherever she went. On April 14, 2009, Sarah passed away and was survived by her sister, several nieces and their families. Yingwen Huang 3 �Scope and Content Note The Sarah Cohen Neumark Papers, 1952 - 2009, mainly contain information on various important alumni events that occurred at Hunter as well as Sarah's active participation and contribution to various organizations at Hunter College. The collection contains almost no information regarding her family background and her careers. The bulk of her papers extend from her alumni period at Hunter College to her death in 2009. The materials are generally arranged alphabetically and include her biographical data, general correspondence, documents related to Hunter College, and her writings. All photographs have been put in sleeves for preservation. The contents in Sarah’s biographical data consist of her profile from the Hunter College 1982 Hall of Fame booklet and her obituary published in 2009 in the At Hunter, a publication of Hunter College. The general correspondence includes both incoming letters between 1952 and 2007 and outgoing letters from 1971 to 2005. Most of the incoming letters are from her friends and the organizations she was involved in while some are alumni newsletters from Hunter College. Outgoing letters include letters from her to friends, organizations, and companies where she was requesting transfer of funds for donation. All correspondence is arranged chronologically. The papers under Hunter College highlight Sarah's involvement in activities of various organizations within Hunter between 1962 and 2007. She was not only a member of the 125th Anniversary Committee, Alumni Leadership Conference, but also the Representative of the Class of 1931, and the Class Co-Coordinator for her Class Reunions. Her papers under the Alumni Association of Hunter College emphasize Sarah's effort of bringing her class together and reminiscing over the memories they share. Other materials also include papers related to her role in the Guild for the Kaye Playhouse and her spiritual as well as financial support to the college. The documents in her writings include those that were published and those that were unpublished between 1975 and 2009. Her articles were published in Hunter publications such as the NewsHunter. In addition, she was the editor of The Magnet, a publication of the New York Chapter of the Hadassah. She has also written poems and parodies. One of her short poems was published in The Wall Street Journal Book of Wit in 1981. Sarah's unpublished collection of Poems and Parodies for Seniors about Seniors by a Senior Senior was sent to Jennifer J. Raab, the President of Hunter College, by Sarah's niece after her death along with a letter written by Sarah before her death in 2009. The Sarah Cohen Neumark Papers will most likely be of interest to Hunter alumni, students, researchers, and those who hope to learn about a woman who devoted herself physically and spiritually to her alma mater. Her papers emphasize her enthusiasm and dedication to the activities at Hunter, as well as her generous contributions and gratitude that are most valuable to Hunter College. Yingwen Huang 4 �SERIES DESCRIPTION Series I – Biographical Series I consists of Sarah’s profile from the 1982 Hunter College Alumni Association Hall of Fame booklet and her obituary in the Hunter College Alumni Publication, At Hunter. Series II – General Correspondence Series II consists of incoming (1952 - 2007) and outgoing letters (1971 - 2005). They are arranged chronologically. Series III – Hunter College Series III consists of papers on various organizations and matters Sarah was involved in with her alma mater (1962 - 2007). The materials in this series consist of articles, brochures, certificate, correspondence, flyers, invitations, minutes, photographs, and publications. They are arranged alphabetically. Series IV – Writings Series IV consists of her published writings as well as her unpublished works from 1975 to 2009. Her writings consist of journals, and a collection of poems, parodies, and reflections. They are arranged alphabetically by the genre of the writings. 5 �CONTAINER LIST SERIES I - BIOGRAPHICAL Box 1 Folder 1 Contents Biographical Data Hunter Hall of Fame, Alumni Association of Hunter College. 1982. 9. "In Memoriam: Sarah Neumark (BA 1931)."At Hunter. Summer 2009. 21. SERIES II - GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1 2 3 Incoming, 1952 - 2007 Outgoing, 1971 - 2005 SERIES III - HUNTER COLLEGE 1 4 Articles about Hunter College, 1990 - 2007 Carey, Benedict. "Brainy Parrot Dies, Emotive to the End." New York Times. 8 September 2007. Engeler, Amy. "Hard Times At Hunter High." 7 Days. 7 September 1988. 1720. Gordon, Dave. "Jennifer J. Raab: Core of the Big Apple." Lifestyles Magazine. Fall 2007. 41-43. Grimes, William. "A Descendant of the Enlightenment." New York Times. 1 September 1993. ---. "Top Library Post Goes To Hunter President." New York Times. 1 September 1993. C13+. Hunter College. Arbit Blatas "The Threepenny Opera" in Painting, Sculpture and Lithography. 17-27 January 2001. Obituary of Dorothy Epstein. n.d. Rosenthal, Philip P. "The Hows, Ways, and Whereffores to Attract Male, Coed and Younger Graduates." The Alumni Association of Hunter College, 17 October 1994. Thomas, Robert McG. Jr. "Rose Hamburger, Racing Fan And Oldest Handicapper, 105." New York Times. 8 August 1996. 6 �SERIES III - HUNTER COLLEGE Box 1 Folder 5 6 7 8 9 10 Contents Alumni Association of Hunter College 125th Anniversary Committee, 1995 - 1996 Alumni Leadership Conference, December 17, 1994 Class of 1931 Reunions Brochures, May 5, 2001 Correspondence, 1983 - 2006 Memories and Songs Photographs, 1986 - 2006 Publications, 2001-2006 Bahrampour, Tara. "Neighborhood Report: Upper East Side; When A Stamp Was 2 Cents And Their Tuition Was Free" New York Times. 13 May 2001. At Hunter. Spring 2001. 7. "Great Memories." At Hunter. Summer 2006. p.7. 11 12 4 2 1 2 Rosters, 1976 - 1998 Event Brochures, 1961 - 2007 Hall of Fame Certificate, 1982 (Box 4) Scholarship & Welfare Fund, 1966-2003 Drawings, 1987, by Fanny K. Casher, President of Class of 1931 SERIES III - HUNTER COLLEGE 2 3 4 5 Friends of the Hunter College Library, 1997 Hunter Foundation, 1997 - 2005 Hunter Publications, 1964 - 2005 At Hunter, Spring 2001 Open Line, Fall 2005 Hunter Alumni Quarterly, Fall 1964, Fall 1966, Summer 1967 Hunter Alumni News, Vol. I, No. 4, March 1967 Honor Roll of Donors, 1964 - 1970 Invitations, 1974 - 2007 7 6 �SERIES III - HUNTER COLLEGE Box 2 Folder 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 SERIES IV - WRITINGS 3 4 Publications, 1975 - 1997 Neumark, Sarah C. "Alumni Enjoy Anthropology Tour of Mexico." NewsHunter. Vol. 5, No. 2, March 1975. ---. "Rose Golomb Honored For Service To Hunter College." News =Hunter. Vol. 6, No. 3, March 1976. ---. “Hunter Greenhouse Has Exotic Plants.” NewsHunter. January 1977. ---. “Modern Education.” The Wall Street Journal Book of Wit. Ed. Charles Preston. Illinois: Dow Jones-Irwin, 1980. 185. ---. The Magnet, published by the Shalom/Fannie Zornberg Group of Hadassah. September 1997. 5 6 7 Unpublished Writings, 1993 - 2009 Journal, circa. 2004 Poems, Parodies, and Reflections, 2009 Songs & Parodies, 1993 - 2004 Contents Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse Articles, 1994 - 2003 Correspondence, 1989 - 2001 Flyers, circa. 1995 - 2003 Gala Planning, 1998 - 1999 Kayebill, 1994 - 2000 Minutes of the Guild for the Kaye 1994 - 1995 1996 - 2000 3 8 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Neumark, Sarah C Description An account of the resource Neumark is a Hunter alumna, a teacher, and an organizer. She has made many contributions to various organizations at Hunter. Her collection consists of her profiles, correspondence, and papers related to the organizations she was involved in. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Schwartz, Eli A. Description An account of the resource Schwartz's papers are semi-processed. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shaw, Daisy K. Description An account of the resource Hunter alumna and member of both the Hunter Hall of Fame and Phi Beta Kappa. Shaw was a pioneer in the field of Vocational Guidance. The papers consist of correspondence, memoranda, articles, papers, brochures, lecture notes, and publications. Shaw’s papers are currently unprocessed. https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/71c3a9ed08ca57ce6625d4e81866b511.pdf 2430094bc288b3aaf3b32e4f37f4e732 PDF Text Text The Kate Simon Papers 1959-1989 Finding Aid Archives and Special Collections �TABLE OF CONTENTS General Information Biographical Sketch Scope and Content Note Series Description Container List 3 4 5 6-7 8 - 16 2 �GENERAL INFORMATION Accession Number: Size: Location: Provenance: Restrictions: Archivist: Assistants: 96-01 6.3321 cu. ft. Range 5 Section 8 Shelves 46 - 48 Kate Simon None. Prof. Julio L. Hernandez-Delgado Ms. Gretchen Opie Ms. Nicole Thomas June 1999 November 2014 Date: Revised: 3 �BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Kate Simon was born Kaila Grubschmeidt in Warsaw, Poland on December 5, 1912. At the age of four, with her mother and younger brother, she immigrated to the United States where they joined her father who had already been there for more than two years. In 1917 the family settled in a Jewish immigrant neighborhood in the Bronx. Simon was raised in a traditional Jewish family with a father she has described as “tyrannical.” Her mother, unlike other women in the neighborhood, had once owned her own shop in Poland, and encouraged her daughter to get an education and to be financially independent before she married. After a difficult childhood, Simon left home at fifteen and supported herself with a variety of jobs. Eventually she was able to work her way through college, and in 1937 she graduated from Hunter College with a BA in English. Simon married twice. Her first husband, Dr. Stanley Goldman, died in 1942, and a marriage to publisher Bob Simon ended in divorce in 1960. Her only child, Alexandra, died in 1954 at the age of twenty. Simon began her writing career doing book reviews for several publications including The New Republic and The Nation. She began writing books after a publisher friend suggested she write a travel guide to New York City. The publisher’s idea had been to highlight the most chic and exclusive places in the city, but instead Simon wrote New York Places and Pleasures: An Uncommon Guidebook. Published in 1959 by Harper and Row, it vividly describes lesser known and unusual aspects of New York City from the intimate perspective of someone who had lived there nearly all her life. The book became a bestselling paperback, has been revised four times, and is now considered a classic among New York guidebooks. After the success of her first book, Simon was able to continue writing travel guides, living at her publisher’s expense for months or years at a time in the area she was exploring. Her successful and popular guides include Mexico: Places and Pleasures (1963), London: Places and Pleasures (1968), Kate Simon: Paris Places and Pleasures (1971), Rome: Places and Pleasures (1972), England’s Green and Pleasant Land (1974), Fifth Avenue: A Very Special History (1978), and Italy: The Places in Between (1984). Using the same vivid, descriptive prose she is known for, Simon also published three volumes of memoirs: Bronx Primitive: Portraits of a Childhood (1982), A Wider World: Portraits in Adolescence (1987), and Etchings in an Hourglass (1990). Simon has received several awards for her work. She won the National Book Critics Circle Nomination in 1982 and was named a Books-Across-The-Sea Ambassador of Honor in 1983. Her name was added to the Hunter Hall of Fame in 1983, and in 1989 she received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Hunter College. On February 5, 1990, when she was 77 years old, Kate Simon died from stomach cancer in her home in Manhattan. Gretchen Opie Nicole Thomas 4 �SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE Kate Simon was a popular and prolific writer, known for her humor, her honesty and her vivid descriptions of the places and people around her. She was a world traveler who related her varied experiences to her readers in her many guidebooks. Her writings about New York, including her memoirs, have established her as an expert on the city, and she continues to be cited as an authority. The Kate Simon Papers consists of documents dating from 1959 (the year Simon’s first book was published) to 1989 (the year she was diagnosed with stomach cancer). There are personal documents, notes and drafts of Simon’s writing, clippings of articles, reviews of her work, teaching materials, photographs from her travels, and slides that she used during her lectures. The bulk of the collection contains materials relating to Simon’s writings. There are travel logs, journals and handwritten notes which record her initial impressions of the places, people and events she would later write about. Similarly, the photographs in the collection capture the appearance of places described in her guidebooks. The most extensive part of the collection contains typed drafts of Simon’s well-known books and other writings. Simon generally gave the drafts working titles which don’t always correspond to the names of published chapters or section headings. In some cases there is nothing else to identify the pieces, and it can be difficult for the researcher to determine which drafts later became parts of books, which were preparatory writings, and which may have been published as separate articles or essays. It is clear, however, that the drafts included in the collection are fairly comprehensive. There are parts of Etchings in an Hourglass and A Wider View, a musical version of Bronx Primitive, and sections from her various travel guides. A Renaissance Tapestry: The Gonzaga of Mantua is particularly well represented with two extensive drafts. In several cases there are multiple drafts revealing Simon’s successive revisions. The collection as a whole thoroughly documents the various stages of Simon’s writing process, from her initial ideas to the published piece. The papers are as unique and idiosyncratic as Kate Simon herself, and provide researchers with a unique opportunity to better understand Simon’s life and work. Gretchen Opie Nicole Thomas 5 �SERIES DESCRIPTION Series I – Biographical Information Series I consists of articles about Kate Simon, awards she received, her marriage certificate, financial documents, royalty records, and handwritten travel logs. In addition, there are articles about Simon receiving an honorary doctorate from Hunter College. Folders are arranged alphabetically. Series II – Correspondence Series II consists of incoming and outgoing letters which are arranged chronologically from 1959 to 1989. Series III – Writings Subseries 3.1 Drafts Subseries 3.2 Research Notes Subseries 3.3 Articles Written by Kate Simon Subseries 3.4 Articles Written by Kate Simon Undated Subseries 3.5 Brochures and Essays Subseries 3.6 Miscellaneous Materials Subseries 3.7 Publisher Announcements of Kate Simon’s Books Subseries 3.1 consist of drafts of articles, essays, and book chapters. Many of the drafts contain corrections, inserts, deletions, and comments. Subseries 3.2 consists of handwritten research notes that Simon referred to while preparing several of her publications. Subseries 3.3 consists of articles written by Kate Simon which appeared in various newspapers and magazines. The articles are arranged by date of publication. Subseries 3.4 consists of articles written by Kate that are undated. The articles are arranged alphabetically by title. Subseries 3.5 includes a brochure on the Cooper Union Museum and an essay on writing. Subseries 3.6 consists of miscellaneous materials and Subseries 3.7 consists of publisher announcements of Bronx Primitive Portraits in a Childhood (1982), Italy The Places In Between (1971), and New York Places & Pleasures: an uncommon guidebook (1959). Series IV – Reviews of Kate Simon’s Works Series IV consists of reviews of Simon’s works that appeared in The Cooper Union Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Harper’s Magazine, Herald Tribune, Newsday, New York Magazine, The New York Times, Travel & Leisure, and Vogue Magazine. Reviews are arranged alphabetically by title of each work. Series V – Teaching Materials Series V consists of instructional materials that Simon used in the classes and seminars she taught. There are also documents relating to speeches, lectures and readings she participated in. 6 �Series VI – Photographs Series VI consists of black-and-white and color photographs and slides. Included are publicity shots of Simon as well as prints and slides of her numerous travel destinations. Many of the photographs are untitled. 7 �CONTAINER LIST SERIES I – BIOGRAPHICAL AND PERSONAL INFORMATION Box 1 Folder 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8-9 10 11 1 Contents Articles, 1951 - 1989 Awards, 1982 - 1983, 1986, 1989 Biographical Materials Clippings, n.d. Financial Documents, 1986 - 1988 Marriage Certificate, November 27, 1946 Medical Documents, 1980 Royalty Statements, 1973 - 1978, 1980 - 1981, 1983, 1988 Tenant Association Papers, 1985 - 1989 Travel Logs, n.d. Honorary Doctorate from Hunter College including the Ceremonial Shawl, 1989 2 SERIES II – CORRESPONDENCE 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 Incoming 1949, 1956, 1958 - 1962 1963 - 1964, 1970 - 1971, 1973 - 1980, 1982 - 1985 1986 - 1989 n.d. Outgoing 1959 - 1961, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1983 - 1986, 1989 n.d. SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.1 Drafts 4 1 2 3 Addresses Abigal Adams Smith, n.d. 42nd Street Library “5th Avenue,” n.d. Address delivered at (Hunter College) Commencement, Times Square, April 1989 8 �SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.1 Drafts Box 4 Folder 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Contents Alberti, Leon Batista (1404 - 1472) Albi and Monte Carlo, n.d. Aldo, n.d.* And Music, n.d. And Once Again, Hospital, n.d. Aristo, n.d. Bandello, n.d. Barcelona, 1979 Bazar Sabado, n.d. Betty and Golf Pro, n.d. Bill, n.d. Bob Simon, n.d. Box Material, n.d. Brinton, n.d. (The first 22 pages are missing) Brooklyn College, n.d. Bronx Primitive (a musical), n.d. Castiglione, n.d. Children, n.d. The City Dwellers, n.d. Cuidad Trujillo and Haiti, n.d. Collections, n.d. Culture Encounters (Caribbean), n.d. Culture Shock, n.d. Culture Shock/India, n.d. Culture Shock Overwhelming India, n.d. Dalmation Montage, n.d. Death My Friend & Companion, n.d. Eastward Ho, n.d. Eating, n.d. Encounters—Ruth, n.d. End, n.d. Enna, n.d. Episodes in the Life of a Step-Parent, n.d. Essays – Literature, n.d. Est ce que vous ete Juive?, n.d. Estes, n.d. 5 *(Different drafts of this work are titled Aldo, Aldo the Gold, Aldo the Shoe Shine Boy, Aldo with Italy, Italy Aldo, My Italian Life Aldo?, and My Life in Italy??? Aldo?) 9 �SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.1 Drafts Box 5 Folder 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Contents Etchings in an Hourglass, n.d. Ethel—Ruth, n.d. Fifth Avenue Christmas, n.d. Five –Spot Café, n.d. Following Separation, n.d. Forward, n.d. Girl, n.d. Golden Man—Cordoba, n.d. The Gonzaga Lords of Mantua, Selwyn Brinton, 1927 Greek Island, n.d. Greg and Laura, n.d. The Greenbelt, n.d. Haiti Revisited, March 18, 1975 Harvard, n.d. History, n.d. History—Europe and Italy, n.d. Hold for “Machismo”, n.d. Hollywood Romance, n.d. Hospital, n.d. Illness, Analysis, n.d. India, n.d. Introduction to New York Observed, n.d. Isabella, n.d. Ischia, n.d. Israel, n.d. Italy, n.d. Jaffa, n.d. Jerome, n.d. Jerry, n.d. Jerusalem, n.d. Jerusalem Byways, n.d. Jugoslavia, n.d. Julius II - Michelangelo Buonarotti, n.d. Layering Views of New York City, n.d. Lessons, n.d. Letter, n.d. Letter to My Nieces, n.d. Lexie Illness, n.d. The Little Virtues, n.d. 10 6 �SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.1 Drafts Box 6 Folder 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15-19 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Contents Machiavelli, n.d. Machiavelli and Castiglione, n.d. Machiavelli’s “Prince,” n.d. Magics and Sciences, n.d. Mantegna, n.d. Mantua, n.d. Marriage, n.d. Marthe and Del, n.d. The Meeting, n.d. Melteme, n.d. Memoires of a Renaissance Pope, n.d. Mexico I: Places and Pleasures, n.d. Mexico II, n.d. Mexico Paris 7, n.d. Mexico-Tom, n.d. Minor Deities—Esther, n.d. Monreale, n.d. Mysteries ñ Puzzles Conundrums (Edgar Wind Pagan Mysteries), n.d. Ned, n.d. Not Quite Chance Encounters, n.d. Opening, n.d. Oxaxca, n.d. Painter, n.d. Pandora’s Box Dora and Erwin Panofsky, n.d. Pantheon Books, 1956 Paris, n.d. Paris II, n.d. Parks Renaissance, n.d. Pavanne for a Dead Princess, n.d. Peter and Norma, n.d. Plague, n.d. Poetry, n.d. Preface, n.d. A Renaissance Tapestry: The Gonzagas of Mantua p. 1 - 100 p. 82 - 129 p. 101 – 200 11 7 �SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.1 Drafts Box 8 Folder 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Contents A Renaissance Tapestry: The Gonzagas of Mantua p. 130 - 200 p. 201 - 255 p. 201 - 300 p. 261 - 295 p. 301 – 381 Untitled Chapters Inserts Roads Not Taken, n.d. Rubens, n.d. Russian Lessons, n.d. Siena et al (Information), n.d. Simon for November, n.d. Small Loves, n.d. Small Renaissance Court, n.d. Songs without Words, n.d. The Smith from Lichterfeld, n.d. Spanish Civil War, n.d. Speech: 158th Commencement Address at Hunter College Splendor of Israel, n.d. Stella and Fanny, n.d. The Storekeeper, n.d. Sylvia, n.d. Theatre, n.d. Third Autobiography, n.d. Three Faces of Humanism Mantegna, n.d. Three Faces of Humanism Vittorino Ramboldini, n.d. Travel and Leisure Possibilities, n.d. Triangles, n.d. Triptych, n.d. Two Bronx Girls, n.d. Two Men, Two Women, A Phantom, n.d. Untitled Drafts, n.d. Vignettes, n.d. Visits to Israel, 1953 Who and Where Am I, n.d. A Wider World: Portraits in An Adolescence, n.d. Women, n.d. Words and Thought, n.d. 12 9 �SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.1 Drafts Box 9 Folder 32 Contents The Zocalo: The Immortal Place, n.d. Subseries 3.2 Research Notes 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Autobiography III Gonzaga Jerusalem Mexico Miscellaneous I Miscellaneous II New York Park Renaissance Smithsonian Institute Travel and Leisure Subseries 3.3 Articles Written By Kate Simon 11 1 Simon, Kate. “The New York Shopper A To Z: An Alphabet of Oddities.” Harper’s Bazzar (May 1959): 134 - 135, 154. ---. “The Three Harlems and What is Happening to Them.” Harper’s Magazine (March 1960): 62 - 65. ---. “Hongos Magicos/Mexico’s Hallucinogenic Mushrooms.” Cavalier (September 26, 1963): 26, 62-65. 2 ---. “Did the Italians Invent Opera – Or Vice Versa?” The New York Times, February 8, 1970, n.p. ---. “Encounter on a Train.” Travel & Leisure (February 1976): 14, 19 - 20. ---. “ Double Takes.” Travel & Leisure (December 1976): 6, 8. 3 ---. “A Modest Proposal.” Travel & Leisure (December 1976): 58. ---. “A Modern Canterbury Tale.” Travel & Leisure (January 1977): 68. ---. “The Spanish Girl.” Travel & Leisure (July 1977): 74. 13 �SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.3 Articles Written By Kate Simon Box 11 Folder 4 Contents Simon, Kate. “Monumental Mexico.” Travel & Leisure (May 1978): 22 - 25. ---. “Serendipitous Discoveries.” Travel & Leisure (July 1978): 78. ---. “The Magic Market.” Travel & Leisure (November 1978): 156 5 ---. “Mr. Lincoln’s Land.” Travel & Leisure (September 1978): n.p. ---. “Barcelona.” Travel & Leisure (December 1978): n.p. ---. “Sienna in the Sun.” Travel & Leisure (June 1979): 82 - 88. 6 ---. “Private Eye on New York.” Vogue Magazine (July 1980): 110, 120, 122. ---. “Saluting the Statue of Liberty.” Travel & Leisure (July 1984): 73 - 84. ---. “The Tower of London.” Travel & Leisure (June 1985): 123 - 126, 160. 7 ---. “Jerusalem.” Travel & Leisure (January 1986): 95 - 136. ---. “A Contempt for Danger.” The New York Times, November 16, 1986, n.p. ---.“Bringing New Life to the Parks.” The New York Times Magazine, April 26, 1987, pp. 22-25, 39. 8 ---. “The Cloisters: New Treasures and Pleasures.” The New York Times, May, 15, 1988: Section 2: 1, 45. ---. “Two Girls from the Bronx.” Newsday, December 12, 1988, 62. Subseries 3.4 Articles Written By Kate Simon Undated 11 9 Simon, Kate. “Central Park, Recycled.” Travel & Leisure, n.d. ---. “Cozumel.” (n.d.): 188. ---. “London For Sale.” (n.d.): 91-96. 10 ---. “Love Letter from Mexico.” Travel & Leisure, (n.d.): 88. 14 �SERIES III – WRITINGS Subseries 3.4 Articles Written By Kate Simon Undated Box 11 Folder 10 11 Contents Simon, Kate. “No Place Like Home: A Traveler Returns to New York.” New York Magazine (n.d.): 108 - 113 ---. “The Tourist As Writer.” Travel & Leisure (n.d.): 118 ---. “They Who Guard the Treasures” Travel & Leisure (n.d.): 122 ---. “Typical New Yorker?” Herald Tribune (n.d.): n.p. ---. “What About America? The New York Times, (n.d.) 12 ---. Published Excerpts (n.d.) Subseries 3.5 Brochures and Essays Written By Kate Simon 11 13 Simon, Kate. “The Cooper Union Museum as seen by Kate Simon” in New York Places & Pleasures, Meridian Books, Inc., 1959. Simon, Kate. “Jimmy and Death.” from Bronx Primitive in The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing by Rise B. Axelrod and Charles R. Cooper, New York: St. Martin’s Press, p. 18 - 23. Subseries 3.6 Miscellaneous Materials 11 14 Miscellaneous Materials Subseries 3.7 Publisher Announcements of Kate Simon’s Books 11 15 Bronx Primitive, 1982 Italy: The Places In Between, 1970 New York: Places and Pleasures: an uncommon guidebook, 1959 15 �SERIES IV – REVIEWS OF KATE SIMON’S WORKS Box 12 Folder 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 Contents Bestsellers List Bronx Primitive, 1982 Bulletins, 1963 - 1964, 1974, 1982, 1988 - 1989 England’s Green and Pleasant Land, 1975 Fifth Avenue: a Very Social History, 1978 Italy: The Places In Between, 1970 London: Places and Pleasures, 1968 Mexico: Places and Pleasures, 1963 New York, 1963 New York: Places and Pleasures: an uncommon guidebook, 1959 Paris: Places and Pleasures, n.d. A Renaissance Tapestry: The Gonzaga of Mantua, 1988 Rome: Places and Pleasures, n.d. A Wider World: Portraits In An Adolescence, 1986 13 SERIES V – TEACHING MATERIALS 13 4 5 6 Class Materials Instructional Materials Lectures, Speeches and Readings SERIES VI – PHOTOGRAPHS 13 7 8 Candid and Portrait Photographs of Kate Simon, 1963 General Photographs Arts in New York, 1983 Literary Lions, 1989 The New York Times Book Review, 1986 Slides The New York Public Library, 42nd Street & 5th Avenue Byron Book, James Book, Library Torch, Crystal Palace and the Frick Collection Lecture: Slides from Abigail Adams Smith Unlabeled Transparencies of Countryside Unlabeled Photographs and Negatives 16 14 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Simon, Kate (1959--1989) Description An account of the resource Simon is a Hunter alumna and member of the Hunter Hall of Fame. Simon was a writer who wrote about her travels to Europe and Latin America. The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, book reviews, and photographs. https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/600fd20f81c08dfeabb75874c4e99f7c.pdf f71748ced5ffdd323b50392458f75e5a PDF Text Text MILDRED SPEISER PAPERS 1946-2013 Finding Aid Archives and Special Collections �TABLE OF CONTENTS General Information Biographical Sketch Scope and Content Note Series Description Container List 2 3-4 5 6-7 8 - 13 1 �GENERAL INFORMATION Accession Number: Size: Provenance: Restrictions: Location: Project Archivist: Date: 03-13 ≈4.12 cu. ft. Mildred Speiser None Range 4 Section 5 Shelf 28-29 Yingwen Huang February 2014 2 �BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Mildred Speiser was born in New York City. As the oldest child of the family, she is five and a half years older than her younger brother, Kenneth Speiser. Her family is of Hungarian origin. Her mother, Bertha Weiss, left Hungary after the First World War and traveled to the United States; she arrived in New York on July 4th, 1921. Her father, Irving Speiser, who studied engineering in Hungary, also left the country after the First World War. He later traveled to Canada and was working in the fur trade. Through a mutual connection in New York, Bertha and Irving met and were later married in 1930. After their marriage, the family lived together in New York while Bertha deemed herself the "house-executive" and Irving founded a fur company. Mildred grew up in a brownstone house on the fourth floor with her family during the depression. As a child, Mildred had always had great interest in both mathematics and rhetoric due to the influence of her father's expertise in mathematics, engineering, and geography. In addition, she has always preferred to participate in intellectual discussions with others rather than adopting the typical feminine role in a traditional household. Her early development was later reflected in her enthusiastic involvement in various organizations. Mildred attended P.S. 166 Elementary School and Joan of Arc Junior High School. While she was attending Hunter College High School, she founded the History Club and actively participated in the General Organization, G.O. Cheering Squad, Campaign Committee, Publicity Committee, Assembly Committee, Constitution Revision Committee, Term Central Project Committee, Math Club, Hunter Forum, etc. She was also the Treasurer and Representative for her class. Her highly outspoken and assertive personality contributed to her zealous involvement in many student activities. As the advertising manager of the Hunter College High School Publications, she received support from advertising companies for the Annals and the Argus. With Mildred’s help, her graduating class was able to produce the most inexpensive yearbook. In January 1949, Mildred graduated from high school. Mildred continued her education at Hunter College. Even though she was working part-time while enrolled in the part-time sessions, she continued to be active in various extracurricular activities. She was a member of the Political Science Club, Nite Lites, House Plan, SING, Upper Sophomore Class Day Show and Dance Committee, Staff-Student Social Committee, Board of Trustees for Graduate Scholarship, and the Treasurer of the Young Democrats. She was also involved in student government matters where she served as the Publicity Chair, Vice President of the Junior Class, and Council Representative of the Class of January 1953. She also participated in the Model Congress where she presented a proposal with her team. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in Political Science in January 1953. After Mildred received her Bachelor’s degree, she began her teaching career at P.S. 166 as a daily substitute while she was working towards her Master’s degree. In June 1955, she received her Master’s in Education from Hunter College. In addition, she also did additional graduate work at Cornell University, New York University, University of Montana, and University of Colorado. As a person who prefers the challenge of changing, she later continued her teaching career in various junior high schools teaching art and mathematics; she also lectured in graduate mathematics, business, and teacher training courses at Hunter College and Marymount Manhattan College as well as Adult Education at the Board of Education despite the fact that she had no academic background in the fields she taught in. As an educator, Mildred believed that her duty was to bring diversity together to enhance the students’ academic as well as social experience. 3 �BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH However, Mildred was not only an educator. She was also a sales lady at Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s, a camp counselor, a group leader at private and girl scout camps, a travel consultant, a wedding planner, an entrepreneur, a cast teacher, an editor, and a writer. As an entrepreneur, she founded Arthur Farms Inc. and manufactured gourmet pickles with customers such as Bloomingdale’s, Altman’s and Zabar’s. In the past, she also worked with Robert Goulet, a famous actor, and she taught Macauley and Kieran Culkin in the cast of the “Home Alone” series. She was also the public relations consultant and a Board Member of the Shadow Box Theatre. The diversity in Mildred's career choices mirrors her impressive character. Moreover, Mildred was the founder and a Board Member of the Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association. After her graduation from the Hunter College High School, she became highly involved in organizing alumni reunions for her class. She kept in touch with her classmates and held on to all the letters she received from them. She proudly proclaims that she has collected 98% of the information for her class with only 2 people missing. At the 1975 Alumni Association Reunion, Mildred, as one of the first Officers who passed the by-laws, was elected to be the President. She served as the President from 1973 to 1983. In 1983, she was elected to the Hunter College Hall of Fame. She is the President Emerita of the Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association, a member of the Campus Schools Building Committee, the Search Committee for Campus Schools Director, and the Campus Schools Advisory Committee for the President of Hunter College. She was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Hunter College Alumni Association and the Sylvia & Danny Kaye Playhouse. She is also a distinguished advisor for students in the Hunter College Public Service Scholars Program. Her hobbies include reading, theater, sports, ping pong, writing poetry and humorous short stories, and traveling. She spent forty years traveling abroad to different countries in each continent; she has been to Africa, Asia, Australia, Central and South America, Europe, Middle East, Canada, the Pacific and Caribbean Region, and 48 states in the U.S. including Alaska and Hawaii. The most interesting places she has visited were the Easter Islands, Afghanistan, Nepal, and Tasmania. Moreover, she developed her writing in her later years. She edited Math Skills by Objectives (1988) and published Our '76 Founding Sisters (1976). Her poems and short stories were published in Seeds in the Wind - Ethical Workshop Poets 1968, Echo, the Bloomingdale Poets, and Reflections in Poetry & Prose by the United Federation of Teachers (Retired Teacher’s Chapter). Led by her passion in poetry, she founded a poetry club called Poetry in the Park. She is also the Stalwart Block Association collaborator. Mildred also appeared in multiple international documentaries, such as the "LAPIS EXILLIS- Lost Secrets of the Illuminati" (2011) and "Awaking the Latent Energies of the Master Building from New York" by Leonardo O. Amaral (2010). After Mildred’s retirement, she continues to participate in various community activities. She is currently the longest resident in the Master Apartments, a landmark building in New York City, where she has been living for at least 52 years since 1961. She is knowledgeable in all aspects regarding the building and she maintains the archives of the Master Apartments. In addition, she also gave presentations at various events such as the Women's History Month and Leadership Conference at Hunter College. She is also a computer teacher at the Jewish Community Center, a conductor at the Poetry Workshops in New York, lecturer at the Block & Hexter Elderhostel and Kislak Adult Center in Pennsylvania, and a speaker at the Israeli Humanitarian Foundation. Yingwen Huang 4 �SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The Mildred Speiser Papers, 1946-2013, mainly document her academic life at Hunter College and its High School as well as her involvement as the Founder and a Board Member of the Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association. The bulk of her papers extend from as early as her high school career at the Hunter College High school to as recent as 2013. Her papers consist of correspondence, class materials, minutes, by-laws, contracts, surveys, contacts, reports, flyers, invitations, news clippings, publications, poems, short stories, speeches, and photographs. The collection has little information about her teaching career whereas the collection consists mostly of records about her contributions to Hunter College and its High School. However, one can inquire to the United Federation of Teachers for detailed information about her teaching career. The most informative sections from her collection that would attract the interest of researchers are Series II and III, Hunter College High School and Hunter College, all of which relates to her critical roles at the high school and the college. Within the Hunter College High School Series, one can find her papers dated from her high school days to the establishment of the HCHS Alumnae/i Association. One of the highlights is the incoming correspondence from her classmates that she kept from as early as her high school days to as recent as 2013. The collection also includes detailed records of Mildred’s graduating class before and after the founding of the Alumnae/i Association. Series III, Hunter College, consists of records related to her activities at the college during her undergraduate years as well as her involvement in various organizations. The Mildred Speiser Papers will be of interest not only to Hunter College alumni and alumni of the Campus Schools, but also educators, writers, and poets, as well as the general population of students and researchers who wish to learn more about the establishment of the Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association. Mildred's collection reveals her endless efforts and devotion that she has contributed to Hunter College. One could say that her greatest contribution to Hunter College was the founding of the HCHS Alumnae/i Association. Yingwen Huang 5 �SERIES DESCRIPTION Series I – Biographical Series I consists of Mildred Speiser's curriculum vitae, profiles from various organizations, and articles about Mildred. All papers are arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within each folder. Series II - Hunter College High School Subseries 2.1 - Class of 1949 Subseries 2.2 - Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association Subseries 2.1 consists of materials related to Mildred's high school class (Class of 1949) from 1946 to 2009. Such materials consist of advertising contracts, class materials, contact information, correspondence, examinations, quizzes, minutes, information regarding her extracurricular activities, reunion preparations, surveys, reminiscence materials, and her class yearbook. Incoming correspondence is organized by decade, then by the maiden names of the classmates who she received abundant letters from. Subseries 2.2 is related to the Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association from 1949 to 2012. It consists of records kept before the official establishment of the Alumnae/i Association. It includes by-laws, correspondence, memoranda, event flyers, invitations, financial reports, newspaper clippings, reports, minutes, and publications after the creation of the Alumnae/i Association. All papers are arranged alphabetically by category and then chronologically within each category. Series III - Hunter College Subseries 3.1 – Class of 1953 Subseries 3.2 – Alumni Activities Subseries 3.1 consists of assignments, exams, grades, and other papers relevant to Mildred’s extracurricular activities during her undergraduate days at Hunter College. All records are organized alphabetically and then chronologically within each folder. Subseries 3.2 includes documents related to the Alumni Association and other organizations within Hunter College. The papers include event booklets, flyers, invitations, by-laws, remarks, minutes, memoranda, correspondence, news clippings, publications, reports, and resumes of faculty members. All records are organized alphabetically and then chronologically within each folder. Series IV - General Files Series IV consists of materials that are not relevant to Hunter College or the Hunter College High School. These include incoming correspondence, newspaper clippings, and materials related to the other organizations she was involved in. They are organized in alphabetical order and then chronologically within each category. 6 �SERIES DESCRIPTION Series V - Writings Series V consists of a book that she edited, poems, and short stories she published from 1985 to 2012. There are also drafts of the speeches she gave at the Alumni Reunions. They are organized in alphabetical order. Series VI - Photographs Series VI consists of her high school graduation photos in black and white as well as her profile pictures in color from later days, undated. 7 �CONTAINER LIST SERIES I - BIOGRAPHICAL Box 1 Folder 1 Contents Biographical Curriculum Vitae Profiles on Mildred Speiser Hunter College Alumni Association Hall of Fame, 1983 Class Reunion Brochure, 1994 Block Association Honors Residents of Long Standing, March 31, 2011 The Red Harlem Readers, February 6, 2011 Block and Hexter Vacation Center, n.d. Leadership Conference, n.d. Hunter College Reunion booklet Addendum, 1953 - 2003 Somerville, Barbara. "History's Women Brought to Light: Schoolteacher Unearths Data Presents It in Capsule Form". Palm Beach Post. 10 April 1977. B1+. Blau, Jon. "Where are you, Ethel?" Queens Chronicle. 7 May 2009. 2 SERIES II - HUNTER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL Subseries 2.1 - Class of 1949 1 2 3 4 Advertising Contracts, 1946 - 1949 Class Materials, circa. 1946 Contact Information, 1949 – 2009 (Oversize List in Box 7, Index Cards in Box 11) Correspondence, Incoming 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s n.d. 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 1 2 8 �SERIES II - HUNTER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL Subseries 2.1 - Class of 1949 Box 2 Folder 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Contents Correspondence, Incoming Corrigan, Lillian Davis, Dorothy Freier, Sybil Gamson, Alice Kanner, Eva La Ferriere, Dolores Marvis, Helene Rosenfeld, Marilyn Eslofsky Schneider, Joan Sturken, Eleanor Weissman, Miriam Beltway Belles, group of classmates who resides in the Metropolitan D.C. area 1940s - 1960s 1980s 1990s n.d. Urbas, Joan, 1952 - 2009 Class of 1951, 1949 - 1950 Correspondence, Outgoing, n.d. Examinations, 1940 - 1948 Extracurricular Activities, 1945 - 1948 Reminiscence Materials, 1947 - 1948 Reunions Anonymous Surveys, 1999 Bills and Receipts, 1950 - 1989 Brochures, 1965 - 2009 Invitations, 1959 - 2009 RSVP Cards, 1959, 1965 (Box 11) Statistical Information Survey, 1955 - 1970 "Things & Stuff" from the Class of C4, 1949 Yearbook Production, 1949 Yearbook in Scrapbook format, 1949 (Box 7) 9 14 15 16 17 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 4 1 2 �SERIES II - HUNTER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL Subseries 2.2 - Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association Box 4 Folder 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Contents Alumni Dues, 1949 - 1952 Bylaws, circa. 1997 Correspondence, 1952 - 2009 Events, 1922 - 2012 Financial Reports, 1949 - 1977, 1990, 1995 - 1996, 1998 Minutes, 1989, 1990, 1995 - 1997 Miscellaneous, n.d. News Clippings about Hunter College High School/Alumni, 1968 - 2011 (Oversize, Box 7) 2 3 4 5 6 People of HCHS (Newspaper Clippings, profiles, etc.), 1951 - 2011 Poems and Writings by Poetry Group, Authors, & Other Creative Female Alumnae (Organized alphabetically by last name) Policies and Plans, 1986, 1996 - 1998 Publications AlumNotes, 1981 - 2011 Hunter HiLites, March 2005 Observer 1986, 1994, 1996, 2004, 2009, 2012 (Box 7) 7 8 9 6 1 1-2 That's What, 1953 - 1959 What's This, April 1949 - December 1951 What's What, 1939 - 1950, 1975, 1990, Oversize issues, 1980, 1985 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2004, 2008 (Box 7) Early Identification of the Gifted and Talented: A Community Forum, 31 October 1987. (PowerPoint Presentation) Stone, Elizabeth. The Hunter Campus Schools for the Gifted: The Challenge of Equity and Excellence, March 1992. 5 10 �SERIES III - HUNTER COLLEGE Subseries 3.1 – Class of 1953 Box 6 Folder 3 4 5 Contents Assignments, Exams, and Grades, circa. 1950 Student Activities, 1949 – 1952 Model Congress, 1950 - 1954 Subseries 3.2 – Alumni Activities 6 6 7 8 9 7 Alumni Activities, 1953-1968 Alumni Association Birthday Celebration Booklets, 1969, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1991 - 1993, 1995 - 1996, 2009 By-laws, Organizational Charts and Remarks, 1972 - 1973, 1988, 1998 Class Reunions, 1968, 1997, 2002 - 2003 Oversize Box for various files Series II, Subseries 2.1 Contact Information Oversize List, 1949 – 2009 Yearbook in Oversize Scrapbook format, 1949 Series II, Subseries 2.2 News Clippings about Hunter College High School/Alumni, 1968 - 2011 Publications: Observer, 1986, 1994, 1996, 2004, 2009, 2012 What's What, 1980, 1985 - 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2004, 2008 8 1 2 3 4 5 Alumni Association Correspondence, 1963 - 1987, 1996 Hall of Fame Booklets, 1988, 1998, 2000, 2009 - 2013 Minutes, circa. 1973 – 1998 Commencements, 1933, 1989, 1997 Correspondence 1952 - 2011 11 �SERIES III - HUNTER COLLEGE Subseries 3.2 – Alumni Activities Correspondence Hunter College Alumni 1949 - 1952 1979 - 1989 1990 - 2010 n.d. DiPerna, Mary Drucker, Terry Kosssoy, Joan Newman, Arlene Sol, Francine Event Invitations, Flyers, and Programs, 1973 – 2011 Friends of Hunter College Art Galleries, 1992 - 2013 Friends of Hunter College Libraries, 1991 - 2002 Hunter College Foundation, 1993 - 2010 Hunter College Public Service Scholar Program, 1987 - 2011 Hunter College Publications Alumnae News, 1957 - 1958 At Hunter, Winter 1996, 2001 Firescapes, 1977 Hunter News, n.d. NewsHunter, 1973 Pneuma, 1978 Renazette, Spring 1982 The Asterisk, 1988 Hunter Arrow, 1949 - 1957 Hunter Envoy, 1976 - 1993 Hunter Student Profile, 1987 - 1992 Hunter Symphony, 1992 - 1993, 2001 - 2002, 2007 - 2008 News Clippings about Hunter College, 1950 - 2009 Normal College Examinations, 1887 - 1894 Resume of Professors, n.d. Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, 1993 - 2011 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 7 8 9 10 11 10 1 2 3 12 �SERIES IV - GENERAL FILES 10 4 5 6 American Women's Economic Development, 1985 - 1990 Incoming Correspondence General Correspondence, 1980 - 2006 Joan of Arc Junior High School Alumni, 1992 SERIES V - WRITINGS 10 7 8 9 10 Miscellaneous, 1965 – 1996 Math Skills by Objectives, 1985 Poems and Short Stories from Reflections, by the United Federation of Teachers (Retired Teacher’s Chapter), 2000, 2002 - 2004, 2012 Writings and Speeches, n.d. SERIES VI - PHOTOGRAPHS 10 11 12 Photographs of Mildred Speiser, n.d. Photographs of the Graduates from the HCHS Class of 1949, 1949 Small Card box Series II, Subseries 2.1 Contact Information, 1949 – 2009, Index Cards Reunions RSVP Cards, 1959, 1965 11 13 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Speiser, Mildred Description An account of the resource Mildred is not only a Hunter alumna, an educator, an entrepreneur, a consultant, a leader, and a writer, but she is also the Founder and a Board Member of the Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association. In her papers, the assorted documents emphasizing her active participation in various organizations as well as the establishment of the Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association portrays her boundless efforts and devotion to the Hunter Community. https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/91f71631426e2627a1ff94635c137446.pdf 9dc7d285a85e290153a23b53b37c5b9d PDF Text Text The Marjorie P. K. Weiser Papers, 1948 -1992 Finding Aid Archives and Special Collections �TABLE OF CONTENTS General Information 3 Biographical Sketch 4 Scope and Content Note 5 Series Description Container List 6 7 - 11 Bibliography 12 2 �GENERAL INFORMATION Accession No.: Size: Provenance: Restrictions: Location: 98-01 2.2614 cu. ft. Mr. Norman Weiser None. Range 5 Section 1 Shelf 6 Archivist: Assistant: Date: Prof. Julio L. Hernandez-Delgado Ms. Dane Guerrero June 2010 Revised: November 2014 3 �BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Marjorie Phillis Pearle was born in the Bronx, New York on February 2, 1934. She was one of two children born to Joseph Pearle (a certified public accountant and attorney) and Cecelia (Klein) Pearle, both of whom were Hungarian. Marjorie graduated from Hunter College High School on June 21, 1951, and subsequently received a Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in English and Anthropology from Hunter College on June 16, 1955. Marjorie’s academic success (Magna Cum Laude) enabled her to become a member of Phi Beta Kappa shortly after graduation. Marjorie continued her interest in Anthropology at Columbia University where she attended from 1955 to 1956, but failed to graduate from said university. On January 5, 1957, Marjorie married Herbert M. Katz which resulted in the births of son Daniel Seth and daughter Nina Judith. The marriage lasted 16 years but dissolved in divorce in 1973. After 3 years as a divorcee Marjorie met and married Norman Weiser (a radio producer and public relations manager) on November 26, 1976. Marjorie and Norman remained as a couple until Marjorie passed away in 1996. After leaving Columbia University in 1956 Marjorie accepted a post as an editorial trainee with The Rockefeller Foundation, Office of Publications, in New York City. Marjorie’s next assignment was with Funk and Wagnalls where she worked as an associate editor in the trade book department from 1957 to 1960. Between 1960 and 1978 Marjorie became a free-lance writer, but she continued to work as a development editor through 1990 with Beard Glasser Wolf (independent packager producing books on food and cookery), Prentice-Hall (Book Project Division), Cambridge Book Company (Simon & Shuster Educational Division), Chelsea House, and Worth Publishers. Marjorie was attentive, meticulous, productive, and excelled in completing publisher related assignments. While diligently working as a development editor with the aforementioned companies, Marjorie somehow managed to author and co-author a total of 16 books. Some of her key publications include Pegs to Hang Ideas On (1972), Shaped by Hands (1975), Ethnic America (1978), Womanlist (1981), and Snapshots (1984) to name a few. In a March 22, 1981, New York Times Book Review of Womanlist Marjorie explains the task of being an editor and writer: For me, the challenge of being an editor and writer lies in the opportunity to explore a variety of subject areas, and to present information to specific audiences. The joy of working both with ideas and people can be found in few other occupations – and here it produces a useful lasting product. Marjorie’s work as a development editor and writer did not deter her from being actively involved with the Alumni Association of Hunter College (1982 - 1990?), the Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association (1973 -1990?), and Temple Shaaray Tefilia in New York City (1974 - 1990?). Marjorie P.K. Weiser passed away in 1996 and left a legacy of an individual who loved her family and friends and who cherished life with passion. 4 �SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The Marjorie P.K. Weiser Papers primarily document her affiliation with the Hunter College High School (Class of 1951) and with Hunter College of the City of New York (Class of 1955). It also highlights her active and simultaneous participation with the Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association and with the Alumni Association of Hunter College. The files that pertain to Weiser’s years at Hunter College High School and her subsequent participation with the Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association include, among other things, notebooks on Biology and Hygiene (1948 -1951), committee minutes (1986 - 1992), reminiscences by select alums of their years at the high school, and publications that Weiser either wrote for or actually spearheaded; these would include Alumnotes (1979 -1996), An AlumNotes Extra (1987 - 1988), AlumNotes Reunion Extra (1990 - 1994), Hunter Hi-Lites (n.d.), That’s What’s Special (1990 - 1991), and What’s What (1951, 1980, 1987, 1990, 1992). The files that relate to Weiser’s undergraduate years at Hunter College include awards, report cards, research papers, and copies of specific Hunter College publications. Documents that are associated with the Alumni Association of Hunter College consist of correspondence, financial reports, minutes, etc. The Marjorie P.K. Weiser Papers provide researchers with an opportunity to comprehend the intricacies of student life by sifting through unique documents that were left by an extraordinary individual who attended and graduated from Hunter College High School and Hunter College during the first half of the 20th Century. 5 �SERIES DESCRIPTION SERIES I - BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Series I consists of biographical entries in Contemporary Authors (1983) and in Something About the Author Facts and Pictures about Authors and Illustrators (1994). In addition there is a questionnaire from the University of California that Marjorie responded to in 1985. Lastly, there is a copy of a eulogy that was presented by Norman Weiser on May 21, 1996. SERIES II - HUNTER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL Subseries 2.1 – Notebooks Subseries 2.2 – Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association Subseries 2.1 includes Marjorie’s Hunter College High School diploma, dated June 26, 1951, and several Biology and Hygiene notebooks spanning the years 1948 through 1951. In addition, there are materials regarding the Senior Show and Sing for 1951; there is also a Senior Proclamation dated April 1951. Series 2.2 documents Marjorie’s active involvement with the Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association. Of possible interest to researchers are the folders on the history of the school and reminiscences of former students Esther Hoffman Beller, Shirley Unger, and Edna Lewinson, which are recorded on cassette tapes. Also included are transcripts of interviews for Esther Hoffman Beller, Viola Herman Selling, and Edna Lewinson. Another interesting component of this subseries includes copies of Alumnotes (1979 - 1994), An Alum Extra (1987 - 1988), AlumNotes Reunion Extra (1990 - 1994), Hunter Hi-Lites (n.d.), That’s What’s Special (1990 - 1992), and What’s What (1951, 1980, 1987, 1990, 1992) which Marjorie helped to produce. SERIES III – HUNTER COLLEGE Subseries 3.1 Alumni Association of Hunter College Series III documents Marjorie’s tenure as an undergraduate student and her outstanding academic achievement at Hunter College by graduating Magna Cum Laude. Marjorie’s awards, report cards, and research papers provide a glimpse of an astute and disciplined individual who enjoyed her years at Hunter College and who was determined to succeed in life. Subseries 3.1 highlights Marjorie’s active involvement with the Alumni Association of Hunter College. 6 �CONTAINER LIST SERIES I – BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Box 1 Folder 1 Contents Contemporary Authors A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields. Vol. 103. Edited by Frances C. Locher. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1983, p. 540 - 541. Something About the Author Facts and Pictures about Authors and Illustrators For Young People. Volume 33. Edited by Ann Commire. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1994, p.229. School of Education, Department of Counseling and Special Education, University of Southern California, Questionnaire, 1985. Margie: A Eulogy by Norman Weiser, May 21, 1996. SERIES II – HUNTER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL Subseries 2.1 - Notebooks 1 2 Commencement Diploma, June 26, 1951 “Sara Maria Jones of Hunter High-Affectionately for Miss Louise M. Webster.” Lyric and Music by Charlotte Hochman, n.d. Senior Show, June 1951 Senior Proclamation, April 1951 The Sing, June 1951 3 4 5 6 7 Notebooks Biology Notes, December, 1948 Biology 7 - B, September, 1950 Biology 8 - A, February - June 1951 Biology Notebook, n.d. Hygiene, January 1951 7 �SERIES II – HUNTER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL Subseries 2.2 – Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association Box 1 Folder 8 9 Contents By-Laws, n.d. Committee Minutes and Materials Executive Committee, 1989, 1991, 1992 Fund Raising Committee, 1988, 1989 Hall of Fame Awards, 1988 Long Range Planning Committee, 1987, 1988 Nominating Committee, 1988 Steering Committee, 1986, 1987 Correspondence, 1988 - 1994 Directory, 1993 Distinguished Alumnae/i History of Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Highlights, n.d. Before (the) Coming of (the) Alumnae/i Association, n.d. Heads of the (Hunter College High) School, n.d. Hunter College High School and its Alumnae Association: A Chronology, n.d. 14 15 16 2 1 2 Homecoming (Sing), Fall 1988 Membership Receipts Miscellaneous Materials Miscellaneous Materials Newspaper Articles and Clippings Oral History Cassette Tapes Esther Hoffman Beller (Class of 1911), October 20, 1984 Shirley Unger (Class of 1934), October 20, 1984 Esther Hoffman (Class of 1911), December 3, 1987 Edna Lewinson, February 16, 1988 Transcripts Esther Hoffman Beller, December 3, 1987 Viola Herman Selling, December 9, 1987 Edna Lewinson, February 16, 1988 8 10 11 12 13 3 4 �SERIES II – HUNTER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL Subseries 2.2 – Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association Box Folder Contents Photographs Hunter College High School Reunion May 16, 1982 1983 Esther Hoffman, Edna Lewinson, Viola Selling, Mildred Speiser Unidentified Alums Publications Alumnotes Fall 1979 - Fall 1984 Spring 1985 - Spring 1996 Correspondence April 1986 - September 1988 October 1988 - November 1990 Logos and Drafts Miscellaneous Materials Poetry Submissions, 1988, 1990 - 1992 Reminiscences, 1987 - 1991 An AlumNotes Extra, 1987 - 1988 AlumnNotes Reunion Extra, 1990 - 1994 Argus, 1989 Blue Muse: The Poetry of Doris I. Warren, 1987 Hunter Hi-Lites, n.d. That’s What’s Special Summer, 1990 Minutes and Revisions, 1990 Summer, 1991 Correspondence and Revisions, 1991 Edited Copy, 1991 Pictures of Paintings by Claudia Markovich, ca. 1992 Correspondence, March 1990, February 1991 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 1 9 �SERIES II – HUNTER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL Subseries 2.2 – Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association Box Folder Contents Publications What’s What June 15, 1951, March 1980, December 1987, February 28, 1990, April 27, 1992, May 15, 1992 Questionnaire Class of 1948, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1970, 1971 Reunions Class of 1950 Class of 1951 Class of 1952 Class of 1965 Class of 1984 Roster of Students, 1930 - 1940 Student Papers “The History of Sara Maria Jones,” by Marian A. Goldhamer, 1952 “The First Reunion: Best of All?” by Ted Louie, 1983 4 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 SERIES III – HUNTER COLLEGE 4 12 Undergraduate Years of Marjorie Pearle Awards and Membership Dean’s List, Fall 1954, Spring 1955 Report Cards, June 1954, June 1955 Research Papers 13 “Ashanti: The People, Their Nation, Religion, Art and Folklore.” n.d. “Outline: Beginnings of Lexicography.” n.d. “The Blessing.” April 30, 1953 “Europe 1954.” September 1954 “Madam Butterfly: Story, Play and Opera.” n.d. Commencement Program, June 16, 1955 Hunter College Diploma, June 16, 1955 14 10 �SERIES III – HUNTER COLLEGE Box 4 Folder 15 16 17 18 19 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 Report 7 “Early Identification of the Gifted and Talented: A Community Forum,” October 31, 1987 Contents Hunter College, 1934 - 1984 Publications The Alumni Spectator, March 1989, Winter 1990 At Hunter October 1986 - March 1988 Chapter News: Special Libraries Association, September 1985 Hunter Hall of Fame, 1987 - 1992 Hunter College Birthday Luncheon, April 27, 1985 The Hunter Magazine, 1987 - 1988 NewsHunter, October 1973 The Renaissance, Winter 1984 Report from the President, 1980 - 1985 Wordbath ‘92, ca. 1992 Subseries 3.1 Alumni Association of Hunter College 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Birthday Celebration Seating List, April 27, 1991, May 2, 1992 Constitution and By-Laws, February 1988 Correspondence, November 1984 - November 1989 Financial Reports, 1982 - 1987 Hunter College Birthday Celebration Programs, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991 Inauguration of Dr. Paul LeClerc, November 20, 1988 Memoranda, 1986, 1990 Minutes, May 1987 - February 1988 Reunions Class of 1955 Class of 1955 Milestone Reunion Questionnaire Roster Class of 1959 (Silver Anniversary) April 28, 1984 11 �BIBLIOGRAPHY Colle, Vivienne, and Marjorie P. K. Weiser. Vivienne Colle’s Make-It-Yourself Boutique. New York: M. Evans; distributed in association with Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1967. Katz, Herbert M.; Weiser, Marjorie P. and Peter Burchard. Museum Adventures; an Introduction to Discovery. New York: Coward-McCann, 1969. Schenk, Brian and Marjorie P.K. Weiser. Snapshots: a Collection of Readings for Adults. New York: Cambridge, 1984. Weiser, Marjorie P. and Herbert M. Katz. Museums, U.S.A.: A History and Guide. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1965. Weiser, Majorie P.K. Ethnic America. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1978. ---. Fingerprint Owls and Other Fantasies. New York: M. Evans, distributed in association with Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1972. ---.Grace Kelly. New York: Coward-McCann, 1970. ---. Instant-effect Decorating; Hundreds of Easy, Inexpensive Ways to Make Your Home Exciting and Livable. New York: M. Evans; distributed in association with Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1972. ---. Shaped by Hands: Indian Art of North America. New York: Macmillan, 1975. Weiser, Majorie P.K. and Jean S. Arbeiter. Pegs to Hang Ideas On; A Book of Quotations. New York: M. Evans, 1973. ---. Womanlist: A Book of Lists By, About, of Interest To, and Celebrating Women. New York: Atheneum, 1981. Weiser, Marjorie P.K., Arbeiter, Jean S. and Taoko Hori. Uman Risuto. Japan, 1983. Weiser, Marjorie P.K. and Regina Avraham. Consumer Education: Student Videotext. New York Cambridge, 1985. ---. Rights and Citizenship: Student Videotext. New York: Cambridge, 1985. Weiser, Marjorie P.K.; Jackson, Robert, and Carolyn Moy. Boxes, Strings, and Things: Gifts You Can Make. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1975. Weiser, Marjorie P.K. and Edgar Allan Poe. Tales of Mystery and Terror. New York, N.Y.: Playmore Publishers under arrangement with I. Waldman & Sons, 1979. 12 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Weiser, Marjorie Paula K. Description An account of the resource Mildred is not only a Hunter alumna, an educator, an entrepreneur, a consultant, a leader, and a writer, but she is also the Founder and a Board Member of the Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association. In her papers, the assorted documents emphasizing her active participation in various organizations as well as the establishment of the Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association portrays her boundless efforts and devotion to the Hunter Community. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Whitbread, Louise Louis Description An account of the resource Whitbread is a Hunter alumna and a former N.Y.C. public school teacher. In addition, she was an internationally acclaimed poet and author of 28 books of poetry, dramas, inspirational essays, illustrative arts and children’s books. The collection consists of a biographical sketch, correspondence, publications and a copy of Whitbread’s Last Will and Testament. https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/omeka/files/original/7eb3c8ba5e3f250746373aae495cf6c8.pdf 5a77806c53253dad3f3a03468b55a699 PDF Text Text Mary Kenny Landers Papers 1938 - 1979 Finding Aid Archives and Special Collections �TABLE OF CONTENTS General Information Biographical Sketch Scope and Content Note Series Description Container List 2 3-4 5 6-7 8 - 17 �GENERAL INFORMATION Accession Number: Size: Location: Provenance: Restrictions: 93-01 8.1412 cu. ft. Range 5 Section 4 Shelves 21-24 Mary K. Landers The Following Folders are CLOSED to Researchers: Box 6 Box 7 Box 12 Box 17 Archivist: Assistant: Date: Revised: Folders 5 - 13 Folders 1 - 7 Folder 9 Folder 3 Prof. Julio L. Hernandez-Delgado Ms. Gretchen Opie July 1999 November 2014 2 �BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Mary K. Landers was born in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1905. She received a Bachelor of Arts (1926) and a Masters of Arts (ca. 1930) from Brown University, and later acquired a Ph. D from the University of Chicago. Landers joined the Department of Mathematics at Hunter College in July 1933, and continued to teach until 1975 when she retired as a full professor. During her tenure at Hunter College Landers was actively involved in a variety of college-wide committees like the Grievance Committee. Two of the most engaging assignments involved the development of a new Computer Science program for the Departments of Mathematics and Science and the chairing of the Advisory Board on Plant Planning. Landers’ most active role was as secretary of the Legislative Conference from 1959 to 1972. The Legislative Conference was formerly established in 1938. For most of its history the Legislative Conference represented the interests of the entire instructional staff of the city colleges-library, laboratory, registrars, business and medical staffs as well as the teaching faculty. Among the Conference's primary concerns were salaries, retirement benefits, curriculum changes, and promotional policies. It served as an informal negotiator, working with school administrators, the Board of Higher Education, and city and state legislatures to develop policies that were beneficial to the instructional staff. By 1967, however, New York City had established the Municipal Office of Collective Bargaining, and the state had passed a law that regulated for the first time the activities of employee representative organizations. The Legislative Conference could no longer function successfully without being recognized as the exclusive representative of the City University staffs. In 1968, following an election, the Legislative Conference was named the sole collective bargaining agent for tenured teaching faculty; the United Federation of College Teachers (UFCT) would represent the non-teaching instructional staff, as well as temporary and adjunct professors. The Legislative Conference became affiliated with the New York State Teachers Association (NYSTA) and the National Education Association (NEA) in 1970. This allowed the Legislative Conference to use many of the resources of many influential state and national organizations while still maintaining its autonomy. In 1972, when the affiliation agreement between the Legislative Conference, NYSTA, and NEA expired, the Legislative Conference merged with the United Federation of College Teachers (UFCT) to form the Professional Staff Congress. For the first time CUNY had a single unified organization serving as the legal bargaining agent for all the instructional staffs of The City University of New York. This collection reveals Landers’ active involvement in nearly all aspects of the Legislative Conference. She was an early advocate of academic collective bargaining and was instrumental in developing and creating many of the organization’s policies. 3 �Mary K. Landers taught mathematics at Hunter College for 42 years. Landers was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the New York Academy of Sciences. She retired as professor emeritus of mathematics at Hunter College in 1975. In 1985, Rita Morgan was inducted in the Hunter Hall of Fame primarily for work as a peace activist and for her advocacy of the hungry and the homeless worldwide. Landers unfortunately developed cancer and died at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island on November 20, 1990. She was survived by her two sons Robert and Richard, her daughter Patricia and by her two sisters, Margaret Rowell and Rita Hitchinson. Gretchen Opie Julio L. Hernandez-Delgado 4 �SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The Mary K. Landers Papers consists of documents that she acquired from her association with the Legislative Conference and Hunter College of the City University of New York between 1957 and 1975. In addition, there are also materials that document her work as a professor of mathematics and her involvement in a variety of department and college-wide committees. The collection also contains materials from the honor societies of which she was a member, and from the Hunter College Library. One important aspect of the collection are the records from the Advisory Board on Plant Development, a committee Landers was involved with from 1962 to 1969. The committee worked with department representatives, developers, and architects to plan the construction of what eventually became the East and West towers of Hunter College. Materials in the collection include departmental space requests and recommendations, minutes, correspondence, reports from subcommittees, and building programs. The bulk of the papers consists of materials from the Legislative Conference. As secretary of the Conference from 1959 to 1972, Landers amassed an array of materials that document the activities of the organization. In addition to her own materials, Landers managed to save documents and correspondence of Belle Zeller, first president of the Legislative Conference and Mary R. Sheehan, the Conference’s former secretary. The Papers highlight the work of the Legislative Conference from 1938 to 1972. It includes a complete set of the minutes of the Legislative Conference that were edited by Landers, as well as administrative records, directories, financial documents, correspondence, and the Conference’s two news publications, the Legislative Conference News and The Reporter. Many of the documents cover budget, salary and tenure negotiations, minutes, correspondence, and reports. Landers also served as chair of the Hunter College Grievance Committee from 1970 to 1972, and kept extensive records of the grievances she dealt with during that time. In addition, there are also documents relating to several significant events in the Conference’s history, including the election that named it the sole collective bargaining agent for career faculty, the affiliation between the Conference, New York State Teachers Association (NYYSTA) and the National Education Association (NEA), and the merger between the Legislative Conference and the United Federation of College Teachers (UFCT). Although the papers contain little biographical information on Landers, they do reveal her association and commitment to the Legislative Conference allowed her to preserve an important and thorough documentation of the work of CUNY’s first official legal representative of the career faculty. 5 �SERIES DESCRIPTION Series I – Biographical Information Subseries I consists of three articles which provide brief information on the life of Mary K. Landers. Series II – Legislative Conference Subseries 2.1 Administration Subseries 2.2 Committees Subseries 2.3 Correspondence Subseries 2.4 Publications Subseries 2.5 Hunter College Chapter of the Legislative Conference Subseries 2.1 consists of general files the Legislative Conference. There are minutes, including three bound volumes edited by Mary K. Landers, by-laws, membership directories, financial materials, records from the Executive Committee and the Governing Board. Folders are arranged alphabetically. Subseries 2.2 consists of memoranda, minutes and reports of the committees that comprised the Legislative Conference. The committee files provide information about the Conference’s policies, budgetary concerns, salary and tenure negotiations, grievances, and benefits for non-instructional staff. Also included are materials recording significant events in the Conference’s history, including the election that named it the sole collective bargaining agent for career faculty, the affiliation between the Conference, NYSTA and the NEA, and the merger between the Conference and the UFCT. Arrangement is alphabetical, then chronological in most folders. Researchers should note that individual grievance folders are CLOSED for examination as well as Landers’ student files. Subseries 2.3 consists of correspondence pertaining primarily from Mary K. Landers; Mary Sheehan, previous secretary of the Legislative Conference; and Belle Zeller, chair of the Conference from 1944 to 1972. Subseries 2.4 consists of select issues of the Legislative Conference News (1964 - 1972) and The Reporter (1968 - 1971). Subseries 2.5 consists of materials from the Hunter College Chapter of the Legislative Conference which highlight the chapter’s activities. Folders are arranged alphabetically. Series III – Organizations Series II documents the collaborative work of the Legislative Conference with the Board of Higher Education, the National Education Association and the New York State Teachers Association among other organizations. Arrangement is alphabetical. Series IV – Hunter College Subseries 4.1 Advisory Board on Plant Development Subseries 4.2 Division of Science and Mathematics Subseries 4.3 Honor Societies Subseries 4.4 Hunter College Library 6 �Subseries 4.1 consists of documents from the committee that planned the construction of the East and West towers of Hunter College. There is extensive documentation of departmental space requests and recommendations, materials from subcommittees, and reports and building programs from architects and planners. Subseries 4.2 contains materials from the Department of Mathematics. There are notes, outlines and materials from Landers’ classes and committee work. Folders are arranged alphabetically. Subseries 4.3 consists of materials from the three honor societies that Mary K. Landers was a member of: Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Mu Epsilon and Sigma Xi. Folders are arranged alphabetically. Subseries 4.4 contains materials from the Hunter College Library from 1942 to 1965. There is extensive correspondence from the Friends of the Hunter College Library from 1942 -1957, as well as information about the library’s reference room, reserve room, and Teachers Central Laboratory. Folders are arranged alphabetically; correspondence is chronological. 7 �CONTAINER LIST SERIES I – BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Box 1 Folder 1 Contents “Mary K. Landers, 85, Former Math Professor.” The New York Times November 12, 1990, n.p. “In Memoriam Mary K. Laners.” Clarion, December 1990, p. 8. “In Memoriam [Mary K. Landers].” The Faculty Voice, March 1991, p. 2. SERIES II – LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE Subseries 2.1 Administration 1 2 Agreement Between The Legislative Conference and the Board of Higher Education (B.H.E.) of the City of New York, ca. 1969 Bulletins, 1948 - 1971 Appointments, Reappointment and Promotion, 1946 - 1947 Bills, 1961-1967 By-Laws, 1943, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967 Check books Civil Service Employees, 1960 College Office Assistants, 1963 College Physicians and Dentists, 1960 College Science Assistants, 1963 - 1966 Community Colleges, n.d. Directory, 1960 - 1971 Distribution of Rank, 1965 - 1969 Dues, 1959 - 1965 Ibid., 1966 - 1971 Election of Delegates Ballots, 1964 Ballots, 1967 Election Results: 1960, 1962, 1967 Faculty Research Program, 1970 Financial Reports, 1971 - 1972 Governing Board, 1968 - 1970 8 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2 1 2 3-4 5-6 7 8 9 10 �SERIES II – LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE Subseries 2.1 Administration Box 2 3 Folder 11 1 2 3 4 Contents History of Legislative Conference Hunter College School of Social Work, 1967 Leaves of Absences, 1943, 1945 LC-NEA-NYSTA’s Affiliation, 1970 Library Staff, 1952 - 1958 Minutes Typed and Handwritten Drafts 1959 - 1960 1960 - 1961 1961 - 1962 Digest of Minutes, 1961-1963 Miscellaneous Minutes Legislative Conference of the City University of New York 1938 - 1972, 3 volumes, ed. Mary K. Landers (bound) 1 2 3 4 5 Miscellaneous Materials Officers and Members, 1939 - 1967 Personnel Status, 1948 Public Relations Program, 1940 Teacher Load, 1967 5 6 7 8 9 4 5 Subseries 2.2 Committees 5 6 Administrative Staff Committee, 1946, 1950 - 1951 Budget Committee 1940 - 1947 1960 - 1961 1961 - 1962 1962 - 1963 1964 - 1965 1965 - 1966 1967 - 1968 1968 - 1969 1969 - 1975 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 6 1 �SERIES II – LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE Subseries 2.2 Committees Box 6 Folder 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 8 1 2 3 4 Contents Collective Bargaining Committee, 1963-1968 Committee on Board Higher Education (B.H.E.) By-Laws, 1938 - 1939, 1943 - 1967 Executive Committee, 1963, 1965 Grievance Committee Administrative Materials Aschkenasy, Nehama Bablove, Beatrice Baird, Keith Davis, Tom Delaney, Sheila Hayes, Roslyn Jackson, Renwick Jaworsky, Michael [CLOSED FILES] Martin, Constance [CLOSED FILES] Muntz, Elizabeth Rave, Georgia Robbins, Lillian Schecter, Stanley Seda, Eduardo Shilling, Nancy Sociology Department Miscellaneous Grievances Insurance Committee Brochures Correspondence, 1964 - 1967 Employee Blood Credit Program, 1971 Insurance Plans Committee on Instruction and Temporary Ranks, 1964 Negotiating Committee, 1969, 1971 Pension and Retirement Committee, 1956, 1966 - 1967 Committee for Equal Retirement for N.Y.C. Teachers, 1961 10 �SERIES II – LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE Subseries 2.2 Committees Box 8 Folder 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 9 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 Contents Legislative Conference Pension and Retirement Committee Teacher’s Retirement Board, 1950 - 1969 Calendar, 1974 Correspondence, 1960 - 1961 Independent Committee for the Election of H. Bushey, 1953 Committee on Retraining and Reassignment of Staff Members, 1942 - 1944 Committee on School of General Studies, 1952 - 1967 Salary Committee 1935 - 1946 1947 - 1948 1949 - 1950 1950 - 1952 1953 - 1972 Tenure Committee Tenure Legislation, 1940 Tenure for Non-Instructional Staff, 1940 1945 1950 - 1972 Committee on University Governance, 1964 - 1968 10 Subseries 2.3 Correspondence 10 6 7 Landers, Mary K. Incoming, 1959 - 1971 Outgoing, 1959 - 1970 11 �SERIES II – LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE Subseries 2.3 Correspondence Box 11 Folder 1 2 Contents Sheehan, Mary R. Incoming, 1949 - 1960 Outgoing, 1948 -1959 Zeller, Belle Incoming 1947 - 1963 1963 - 1970 Outgoing, 1946 - 1971 General Correspondence 1938 - 1961 1962 - 1970 Twentieth Anniversary Luncheon Correspondence, March - April 1958 Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Luncheon Correspondence, January 1963 Correspondence, February - April 1963 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Subseries 2.4 Publications 12 1 2 Legislative Conference News, 1964 - 1972 The Reporter, 1968 - 1971 Subseries 2.5 Hunter College Chapter of the Legislative Conference 12 3 4 5 6 Activities, 1971 Committees Communications Committee, 1971 Executive Committee, 1970 - 1972 Facilities Committee, 1971 12 �SERIES II – LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE Subseries 2.5 Hunter College Chapter of the Legislative Conference Box 12 Folder 7 8 9 10 11 12 Contents Committees Housing Committee, 1971 - 1972 Membership Committee, 1971 [CLOSED FILE] Correspondence, 1970 - 1972 Departmental Representatives, 1971 Grade Appeals, 1970, 1978 Miscellaneous Materials SERIES III – ORGANIZATIONS 12 13 14 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 1 American Association of University Professors, 1949, 1955, 1966 - 1967 Board of Higher Education Agreement between Legislative Conference and Board of Higher Education, 1969 By-Laws, October 1948 By-Law Amendments, 1958 - 1959 Minutes, 1946 - 1948 Miscellaneous Materials Reports of the Chair, 1959 - 1961, 1963 - 1965 Summaries of Action April 2, 1941 December. 20, 1948 March 18, 1963 March 16, 1964 February 15, 1965 March 15, 1965 May 17, 1965 September 20, 1975 13 �SERIES III – ORGANIZATIONS Box 14 Folder 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Contents National Education Association, ca. 1971 New York State Teachers Association, 1972 Professional Staff Congress of The City University of New York Activities, 1972 - 1974 Administrative Council Clarion, 1972 - 1974 Department Representatives United Federation of College Teachers, 1966 - 1921 University Faculty Welfare Trustees Agenda and Minutes, 1966 - 1971 By-Laws, 1967 Faculty Welfare Trustees Newsletter, 1968 - 1979 SERIES IV – HUNTER COLLEGE Subseries 4.1 Advisory Board on Plant Development 14 12 13 14 University Faculty Welfare Trustees Miscellaneous Materials CUNY Master Plan, 1968 Holy Report on Long Range Plan, 1963 Hunter College Faculty Council Committee on Legislation and Board of Higher Education (B.H.E.) By-Laws 1942 - 1946 1943 - 1947 Special Evening Session Committee, 1950 Hunter College Master Plan, 1968 Programs for Bronx & Park Avenue Buildings, 1966 - 1968 Student Enrollment Policies and Trends, 1967 - 1968 Long Range Plan, Final Draft, 1968 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 14 �SERIES IV – HUNTER COLLEGE Subseries 4.1 Advisory Board on Plant Development Box 15 Folder 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Contents Hunter College Master Plan Minutes, 1964 - 1965, 1967 - 1968 Miscellaneous Materials Proposed Capital Budget 1966 - 1967 Report on Expansion Program for Hunter College, 1967 Space Requests and Recommendations, 1963 - 1968 Space Program Summaries, 1968 Detailed Building Program, November 17, 1969 Bronx Classroom Building, 1969 Fine Arts Building, 1965 - 1966 Subcommittees Library, 1964 - 1966 New Park Avenue Building, ca. 1967 Teacher Education and Graduate Center, 1964 - 1965 16 Subseries 4.2 Division of Science and Mathematics 16 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Committee on Curriculum Curriculum Changes, 1972 - 1973 Minutes, 1972 - 1973 New Course Proposals, ca. 1972 Mathematics Department Academic Counseling, 1965 Activities - Clubs, Speakers and Colloquiums, 1966, 1972 Administrative Materials, 1952, 1966 Computer Science Program Computer Equipment, 1968 - 1969 Computer Lab, 1969 Computer Science Program, 1973 Courses 15 �SERIES IV – HUNTER COLLEGE Subseries 4.2 Division of Science and Mathematics Box Folder Contents Computer Science Program Dolciani, Mary Department Materials, 1968 - 1969 Examination Books, 1967 Educational Policy Committee, 1963, 1972 Landers, Mary K. Course Notes, 1953 - 1954, 1969 Students Lists, 1956 - 1957, 1970, [CLOSED FILE] Lao G. Simons Scholarship Fund, 1940 Miscellaneous Materials Nominating Committee, 1972 Textbook Brochures 16 17 20 21 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Subseries 4.3 Honor Societies 17 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Committee on Honorary Societies, 1953 - 1959 Phi Beta Kappa Constitution and By-Laws, 1951, 1958 Meeting Notices, 1952 - 1953, 1963, 1969 Membership, 1949, 1953, 1962 - 1965 Pi Mu Epsilon, 1965 Sigma Xi Convocation, 1969 General Materials 16 �SERIES IV – HUNTER COLLEGE Subseries 4.4 Hunter College Library Box 17 Folder 15 16 17 18 19 20 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Contents Acquisitions List Design, 1965 Civil Defense, 1942 CUNY Library Teletype, 1965 Division Requests, 1957 - 1961 Friends of the Hunter College Library Acknowledged Contributions, 1954 - 1957 Bank Statements, 1943 - 1956 Brochure, 1953 Correspondence 1942 - April 1943 May - December 1943 1944 - 1947 1948 - 1949 1951 - 1952 1953 - 1957 Information Sent to Other Agencies Miscellaneous Materials Reference Room, 1965 - 1966 Reserve Room, 1964 - 1965 Social Science Library, 1965 Teachers Central Laboratory, 1964 - 1965 Weeding and Book Disposal 17 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Landers, Mary K. (1938--1979) Description An account of the resource Former professor of mathematics at Hunter College, Landers was also a member and treasurer of the Legislative Conference which later became the Professional Staff Congress of The City University of New York. The papers consist of brochures, correspondence, memoranda, flyers, announcements, and minutes of the Legislative Conference from 1938 to 1972.