CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

A participatory project to collect and preserve the histories of the City University of New York

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Kroll Mask

This mask was made by the Graduate Center General Assembly for a "Kroll Monster" costume that was used in a series of agitprop materials to highlight CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein's relationship to Kroll, Inc. CUNY hired this security company to [...]

Item Type: Image (Poster / Print)
Time Period: 2010-2020 From OWS to Covid-19
Subjects: Activism, Austerity, Board of Trustees, CUNY Administration, Legal, State and/or City budget, Student Organizations, Tuition
Tags: Baruch College, Graduate Center General Assembly, Kroll Inc., Matthew Goldstein
Report of the Citizens' Commission on the Future of the City University of New York

In November 1969, CUNY's Board of Higher Education formed and tasked the Citizens' Commission to "study the future of the University in all its aspects." Their analysis resulted in the creation of an extensive report in 1971 that detailed the [...]

Item Type: Text (Report / Paper / Proposal)
Time Periods: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle, 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Admissions, Austerity, Board of Higher Education, City / State Relations, Community Colleges, CUNY Administration, Financial Aid, Open Admissions, State and/or City budget, Tuition
Tags: Baruch College, Budget Cuts, Citizens Commision
"Maybe I had a little something to do with making this all possible" - An Oral History Interview with Mayor Robert F. Wagner on the Creation of John Jay College

In this October 5, 1988 interview, Robert F. Wagner, Jr., New York’s mayor from 1954 to 1965, speaks with Professor Jerry Markowitz in preparation for Educating for Justice, a history of John Jay College. Wagner recounts New York’s early efforts [...]

Item Type: Oral History (Tape)
Time Periods: 1946-1960 Municipal College Expansion, 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle, 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Board of Higher Education, City / State Relations, Criminal Justice, CUNY Administration, Founding of CUNY, Open Admissions, Politics, State and/or City budget
Tags: Baruch College, Chancellor Albert Bowker, City Hall, Don Riddle, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Leonard Reisman, Mayor Robert Wagner, Police, Police Education

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