Records of City-As-School
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Abstract
City-As-School is a public high school in the West Village of Manhattan, New York City. Its curricular focus is on experiential learning through internship and built on the idea that all children learn differently. This collection consists of yearbooks, catalogs, anniversary and graduation ceremony programs, and other City-As-School programming materials. One 1978 softcover yearbook contains drawings by the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat on three pages. Basquiat's name is listed in the staff directory for the yearbook, and a photograph of his graffiti tag. Some of the programming materials include a scrapbook documenting City-As-School's "Our Adventure in China" (2002); Remembering Fred Koury: A Tribute and Celebration (2010-09); and City-As-Shakespeare pamphlets. This collection also includes one folder of materials created by City-As-School students and faculty during a visit to the New York University Archives. The digital media consists of graduation slideshows, school education programs regarding anti-bullying and safety, and photographs of school events.
Historical Note
City-As-School is a public high school in the West Village of Manhattan, New York City. Since its opening in 1972, City-As-School's curricular focus has been on experiential learning through internship. City-As-School is built on the concept that all children learn differently.
Arrangement
The order in which these materials were sent to the archives has been maintained. There are five series in this collection:
Series I. Yearbooks
Series II. Catalogs
Series III. City-As-School Anniversary Celebrations
Series IV. City-As-School Press and Programming
Series V. City-As-School Visits to NYU, 2018
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of yearbooks, catalogs, anniversary and graduation ceremony programs, and other City-As-School programming materials. One 1978 softcover yearbook has drawings by Jean-Michel Basquiat on three pages. Basquiat's name is listed in the staff directory for the yearbook, and a photograph of his graffiti tag. Some of the programming materials include a scrapbook documenting City-As-School's "Our Adventure in China" (2002), Remembering Fred Koury: A Tribute and Celebration (2010-09), and City-As-Shakespeare pamphlets. This collection also includes one folder of materials created by City-As-School students and faculty during a visit to the New York University Archives. The digital media consists of graduation slideshows, school education programs regarding anti-bullying and safety, and photographs of school events.
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Conditions Governing Access
With the exception of students and faculty of City-As-School, access is restricted for five years after the date of publication of yearbooks and other publications.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use materials in the collection in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Records of the City-As-School; MC 271; box number; folder number; New York University Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The first accession was donated by City-As-School in March 2017 with an accretion in July 2017; the accession numbers associated with these gift are 2017.029 and 2017.005, respectively. An accretion of publications and ephemera were donated during a visit to the NYU Archives in May 2018; the accession number associated with this gift is 2018.014. An accretion of school records and other documents saved by former City-As-School principal and vice-principal Richard Safran was donated in July 2018; the accession number associated with this gift is 2018.023. In 2019, additional course catalogs and event ephemera was donated; the accession number associated with this gift is 2019.080 In January 2023, Katy Bolger donated an accretion of photographs, yearbooks, and ephemera; the accession number associated with this gift is 2023.010.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Advance notice is required for the use of computer records. Original physical digital media is restricted. Born-digital materials have not been transferred and may not be available to researchers. Researchers may request access copies. To request that material be transferred, or if you are unsure if material has been transferred, please contact university-archives@nyu.edu with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.
Accruals
Further accruals are expected.
About this Guide
Processing Information
At the time of accessioning, materials were described on the collection-level with a container list, but have not been arranged. The digital media (10 DVD-Rs and 7 CD-RWs) is stored separately with a Digital Media Separation Sheet in Box 2. New York University Libraries follow professional standards and best practices when imaging, ingesting, and processing born-digital material in order to maintain the integrity and authenticity of the content.
In 2021, the historical, arrangement, and abstract notes were updated to reflect departmental requirements. The titles for the series were edited, adding "series" and numbers.
In February 2023, an accretion was rehoused in archival boxes and intellectually incorporated into the collection as a separate series.
In February 2025, a new digital object for the processed electronic records was created to conform to current practices.