tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889308877216722012023-06-20T06:09:12.259-07:00McCarthyism at Queens CollegeQC.Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00291281075391930224noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588930887721672201.post-6466806339518634912010-12-01T12:43:00.001-08:002010-12-14T16:50:10.046-08:00McCarthyism at Queens College Digital Exhibit<div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: large;">This site is a digital reproduction</span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">of the exhibit<i> McCarthyism at Queens College,</i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i> 1947-1955</i></span><span style="font-size: large;">. The exhibit was originally installed in the Rotunda of the Benjamin </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Rosenthal Library at Queens College from September 2 through October 18, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">2003.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Each tab above represents a section of the exhibit as it was originally presented </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">and labeled. The original intellectual order of the exhibit has been maintained, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"> with the exception of minor layout changes to accommodate on-screen viewing.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: large;">The original exhibit was curated by Dorothy Pita, Professor Emeritus of </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Education, and </span><span style="font-size: large;">Lawrence Kaplan, Professor Emeritus of History at City College.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"> Both were students at Queens College during the period portrayed. Drawing on</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"> the Queens College Archives and other archival sources, and with the assistance</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"> of designer Alice Sprintzen and Queens College Archivist Stephen Barto, they </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">assembled a powerful display of photographs, original documents, news </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">clippings, political cartoons, and other materials. Click <a href="http://www.qc.cuny.edu/communications/news_services/releases/Pages/NewsArchive.aspx?ItemID=1200">here</a> to read more about</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"> the original exhibit. We hope that the digital version of the exhibit will serve as </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">an education tool for years to come. </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Additionally, this website has incorporated a selection of digitized images </b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>from the Oscar Shaftel Collection, which is part of the Queens College </b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Special Collections and Archives. Shaftel was a Queens College professor </b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>who played a central role in the McCarthyism debate on campus. Click on </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>the <a href="http://qcmccarthyism.blogspot.com/p/arthur-shaftel-papers-civil-rights.html">Oscar Shaftel Collection</a> tab to view these images.</b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
</b></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com