This post is written by Aki Snyder, Processing Archivist in Archival Collections Management. John Ferrone (1924 – 2016) was an American book editor working for Dell Publishing and Harcourt, Brace, & World (later Harcourt Brace Jovanovich). Ferrone retired from Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1990, but
This post was written by Umrat Khan, while she was a Graduate Student Assistant at NYU Special Collections. She graduated from NYU’s Experimental Humanities and Social Engagement Program in 2024. Collection materials in foreign languages tend to be overlooked due to language barriers, limited access,
This post is written by Lauren Stark, Processing Archivist in Archival Collections Management. Many radical groups are formed with noble intent, whether it is to overcome an injustice or bring attention to a lesser-known cause. Despite these intentions, these groups often splinter or separate. There
This post is written by Lizzy Zarate, the Web Archives Student Assistant for Archival Collections Management. She is an MA student at NYU in the Archives & Public History Program. May 1st marks the start of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. While
This post is written by Maddie DeLaere, an Archival Collections Management Graduate Student Worker. She is completing the NYU/LIU Dual Degree program, pursuing a Masters in Food Studies alongside an MLIS. Sometimes, when a new collection is processed – materials sifted, organized, and removed to
This post is by Cameron Andersen, a Graduate Student Assistant at NYU Special Collections. She is in her final semester of a dual degree program with Long Island University, completing both an MA in Religious Studies at NYU and an MLIS in Archives and Records
This post is by Cameron Andersen, a Graduate Student Assistant at NYU Special Collections. She is in her final semester of a dual degree program with Long Island University, completing both an MA in Religious Studies at NYU and an MLIS in Archives and Records
This piece is written by Umrat Khan, a Graduate Student Assistant at NYU Special Collections. She is currently a Master’s Student at NYU’s Experimental Humanities and Social Engagement Program, and is conducting research on Islamic material culture through corporeal, lived and spatial perspectives. She is
This post is written by Weatherly Stephan, Head of Archival Collections Management, and Rachel Searcy, Accessioning Archivist In 2019, Archival Collections Management received the Collection on Enslavement in Cuba for accessioning into the Fales Library. The collection consists of documents concerning slavery in Spanish-colonized Cuba
Michael Koncewicz is the Michael Nash Research Scholar & Ewen Center Coordinator. This post is a part of a series that showcases different parts of Portable Devices, 1574-1998: Notebooks from NYU Special Collections, an exhibition on display April 14-June 21 at NYU Special Collections. The