Series XX: Special Events, 1860-2012, inclusive; 1960-1997, bulk
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Scope and Contents
Photographs in this series document visits from important 20th century individuals such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Robinson, and John F. Kennedy. This series also contains photographs of award dinners, dedications, and galas; lectures and conferences; festivals and student performances; and alumni events such as reunions and dinners.
This series contains some digitized negatives.
Alumni Dean Dinner (GSAS), 1980
Alumni Dinner, 1957
Alumni Dinner -- Class of 1917, 1976
Alumni Dinner -- Class of 1927, 1978-1979, inclusive
Alumni Dinner -- Class of 1931, 50th Anniversary, 1981
Alumni Events -- General, 1990-1997, inclusive
Alumni Federation -- Annual Dinner, 1980
Alumni Federation -- Photographs, 1986
Alumni Federation -- Achievement Awards, 1982
Alumni Federation -- Achievement Awards -- Fundraising, 1973-1980, inclusive
Albany Day, 1985-1991, inclusive
University Heights Alumni Dinner, 1982
NYU 150 Year Anniversary, 1981-1982, inclusive
Sixth Annual Memorial Service, 1981
25 Year Awards, 1980-1981, inclusive
Alumni Receptions and Dinners -- General, 1981, 1986, 1988-1990, inclusive
Alumni Receptions and Dinners -- General, 1986, 1991, inclusive
Alumni Receptions and Dinners -- General, 1987-1991, 1994, inclusive
Washington Square Service Awards (25 Years) Contact Sheets, 1983-1984, inclusive
Awards -- Dr. Oliva's Award -- Baroness Zerillo, 1999
Awards -- Law School -- Vanderbilt Associates 1st Gold Medal to Senator Robert Packwood of Oregon, 1969
Awards -- Neuman Literary Prize in Israel, 1969
Awards -- Library, undated
Awards -- J. Edgar Hoover Scholarship Awards, undated
Awards -- Honorary Degree Contact Sheets, 1981-1984, inclusive
Awards -- Helmsley Awards, undated
Awards -- Charles Waldo Haskins Award Dinner, 1983
Awards -- Guggenheim Contact Sheets, 1983-1988, inclusive
Awards -- Great Teachers Award, 1965-1984, inclusive
Awards -- General, 1993-1994, inclusive
Awards -- Faculty Resource Network, 1990-1991, inclusive
Awards -- Faculty Grants Contact Sheets, 1982-1992, inclusive
Awards -- Bobst, 1990
Awards -- Administrative, 1984-1987, inclusive
Association for Research Libraries (ARL) Board Meetings (Washington), 1990
Art Show (Greenwich Village), 1962-1966, inclusive
Dr. Brademas at Advisory Council Meeting, 1982
Announcement -- 5 Year Campaign for Development of New Science Center, undated
American Association of University President's Meeting, 1980
Campaign Gala, 1981
Campaign Gala (Negatives), 1981
Bicentennial Conference, 1976
Bicentennial Parade (Negatives), undated
Celebrities, undated
Beauty Pageant, 1960
Celebration of the Arts, 1981
Blood Drive, 1970
British Educational Commission, 1918-1933, inclusive
Billion Dollar Campaign and Gala, 1985-1994, inclusive
Billion Dollar Campaign and Gala (Negatives), 1994
Chancellor's Service Awards, 1986-1994, inclusive
Conference -- Various, 1992-1994, inclusive
Conference -- Of Universities, 1932
Conference -- United Nations, 1962
Conference -- Post Modernism, undated
Conference -- NYU Goals, 1974
Conference -- Anatomy of Hate, 1992
Conference -- Industry College, 1953
Concerts -- Various, 1968, 1980-1981, inclusive
Concerts -- Goldman Band, 1925-1926, inclusive
President's Cocktail Party for Anthony Lewis, 1980
Credit Union Opening (Dr. Brademas), 1983
College Democrats of America (NYU Chapter), undated
Coles Annual Giving Gala, 1985
Chinese Educational Commission, 1920-1979, inclusive
Chase Manhattan Bank Presentations, 1985
Christmas Celebration with L. Jay Oliva, undated
Convocations -- Contact Sheets, 1983-1985, inclusive
Distinguished Teachers Award (Negatives), 1991
2012 NYU Leadership Conference -- Villa La Pietra (Florence, Italy), 2012
Gallatin Papers Project, 1958
Fundraising Campaign, 1983
Grad Students Forum (L. Jay Oliva Host), undated
Founder's Day, 1894
Founder's Day (90th Anniversary of NYU), 1921
Founder's Day, 1996
French House (Reception), 1972
Debating Tournament, 1957
Dean's Day, 1979
Dean's Awards (WSUC), 1982-1984, inclusive
Dedication -- Plaque to Eleanor Roosevelt (Washington Square Park Coalition), 1986
Dedication -- Ninth Floor Main Building, 1981
Dedication -- Loew Hall, 1955
Dedication -- Jose R. and Miguel de Capriles Fencing Salle, 1982
Dedication -- Coles, 1981
Dedication -- Bristol Drinking Fountain, 1939
Dedication -- Begrisch Reference Room, 1973
Dedication -- Tech II Dedication Ceremony, 1970
Dedication -- Surdna Conference Center, 1972
Dedication -- Main Building Education Center, 1991
Dedication -- Hershman Seminar Room, 1982
Dedication -- David Leonard Room, 1975
Dedication -- Glucksman House, 1993
Dedication -- Zimmer Conference Room, 1982
Dedication -- Todman Film and Television Center, 1986
Dedication -- Heights Alumni Lounge (Negatives), 1988
Dedication -- Skirball (Negatives), 1993
Dedication -- Leonard Stern (Negatives), undated
Dedication -- Goddard Hall (Negatives), undated
Family Picnic at FDR Park, 1992-1993, inclusive
Drug Abuse Conference, undated
Dedication -- Paulette Goddard Stairwell Dedication (Contact Sheets), 1987
"For Whom The Bell Tolls" (Television Production?), undated
Dinner -- Hotchkins, George Burton, 1949
Dinner -- Arnold Schwartz, undated
Dedication -- Warren Weaver Hall, 1965
Courant Institute Chinese Banquet, 1985
Crime Forum, 1981
Convocation, 1981
Convocation in Honor of Madame El-Sadat, 1981
Convocations -- Onassis Center, 1986
Convocations -- Onassis Center (Negatives), 1987
Convocations -- Kriser (Negatives), 1987
Convocations -- King of Spain (Negatives), 1983
Convocations -- Iakovos, 1989
Convocations -- Iakovos (Negatives), undated
Convocation -- Cancer Advancement, 1980
Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities, undated
Cottler and Sons Commercial Shoot, 1986
Honorary Degrees to Five Eminent Brazilians, 1958-1962, inclusive
John Brademas Inaugural Ball, 1981
The Great Debate (Questioners), 1982
Guggenheim Fellows, undated
Holocaust Photo Exhibit, undated
Global University, undated
Honorary Degrees, 1951
Global Initiative Trip, 1994
Foreign Education Commission, 1918
Foreign Education Commission (Negatives), 1918
Gallatin Dinner, 1969, 1972, inclusive
Founders Day, 1978-1984, inclusive
Hertsberg Lecture, 1994
Huntley Memorial Lecture - John Chancellor (Speaker), 1983
Lecture -- Phelps, 1964
Lecture -- Moskowitz, circa 1960s-1970s, inclusive
Lecture -- Sidney Hook, 1984
Lecture -- John Koumoulides, 1983
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Service, 1968
Lyndon Baines Johnson as Solomon Lecturer, 1971
Kennedy Campaigning at Loeb Student Center, 1960
Kennedy Campaigning at Loeb Student Center (Negatives), 1960
Law School Dinner, 1976
Krisner Seminar, 1982
Lecture -- Goldsmith-Reilly, 1996
International Festival, 1960
International Festival, 1962
International Festival, 1965
International Festival, 1967
International Festival, 1968
International Festival, 1969
Honors Conference (in Brown House), 1953
Hundred Year Association (20th Anniversary Dinner), 1932
Jay Oliva Inaugural Ball, 1991
Honorary Degrees -- Edward Reilly Stettinius Jr., 1944
Honorary Degree -- Lord Goddard, 1946
Honorary Degree -- Eisaku Sato, 1967
Honorary Degree -- Carl Ludwig, 1967
Honorary Degree -- Frederick Lowe, 1967
25th Anniversary of Israel Celebration, 1973, 1983, inclusive
Lecture -- Moscovitz Lecture, 1969-1981, inclusive
Meeting -- Humanities Council, 1983
Lecture -- Issac Bashevis Singer, 1973
Lecture -- Joseph Tekoah (Israeli Ambassador to UN), 1969
Lecture -- William B. Shockley, 1974
Scope and Contents
CONTENT WARNING: This folder contains photographs depicting swastikas. The photographs also address eugenics and racist themes.
Lecture -- William B. Shockley (Contact Sheets), 1974
Scope and Contents
CONTENT WARNING: This folder contains photographs depicting swastikas. The photographs also address eugenics and racist themes.
Loeb Student Center -- Anniversary Ball, 1961
Loeb Student Center -- Anniversary Ball (Negatives), 1961
Loeb Student Center Special Events, 1964, 1966, 1968, inclusive
Loeb Student Center -- Various Events, circa 1960s
"Bread Happenings at Loeb Student Center" (Negatives), undated
Lecture -- Rudin Lecture and Cocktail Party, 1983
Lecture -- Steven Runciman, 1984
Lecture -- Professor Xiao Qian, 1986
NYC Mayoral Meeting, 1967
Luncheon for Michael Brock, 1984
Medical Centenary Dinner (including Somerset Maugham), 1941
Marathon for Muscular Dystrophy, undated
League of World Universities, 1993-2002, inclusive
Lectures and Press Conferences (Contact Sheets), 1985
Presidential Inaugural, Bobst Library, 1981
Presidential Inaugural, Bobst Library (Negatives), 1981
Presentation (Medal) -- Society for Libraries, 1940
Reception -- Silverstein Scholarship, undated
Mortgage -- Heights Campus (Burning of Mortgage), 1910
Class of 1894, University Heights, 1894
Class of 1894, University Heights (Negatives), 1894
Opening -- Russian American Press Center in Moscow, 1992
Olympics, 1988
Olympics (Negatives), 1960, 1988, inclusive
One Hundred Million Special Fund, 1983-1985, inclusive
One to One (Negatives), 1968-1969, inclusive
One to One, 2009
One to One (Negatives), 2009
Poetry Reading with Adrianne Rich, 1980
Parents Day, 1982
Parties, 1983
Peace Corps Recruitment Drive, 1965
Penthouse Dinner, Sheldon Solow, 1990
Disability Plaque Presentation, 1983
Presentation of "Friends of Washington Square Park" by the Arch, 1980
Presentation of Mayoral Proclamation, 1965
Presidential Event -- Dinners Hosted by David Krisser, Esq., 1978, 1980, 1987-1988, inclusive
Presidential Installation -- John Sexton Bobst Library, undated
Presidential Scholar Awards, 1983
Press Conference -- Announcement of New Athletic League, 1986
Reception for Yehuda Amichi, 1983
Reception -- Graduate Student Receptions, 1968-1970, inclusive
Reception -- Geoffrey Hellman, 1970
Photographs of Retirement Reception, WSC Deans, 1971
Reception -- Jane Maggin, 1981
Reception for Edgar Munhall, 1981
Recording Session, 1981
Science and Technology Policy Conference, 1980
Seminar on Sexuality, Hard Core Puppet Show, 1982
Seminar -- Center for International Studies, 1970-1971, inclusive
Sesquicentennial Exhibition Opening, 1981
Sesquicentennial Exhibition Opening (Negatives), 1981
Royal Shakespeare Company at NYU, undated
New York Shakespeare Festival, 1967
Snug Harbor -- Signing of Lease, 1949
Spring Festival, 1980
Superpower Relations Forum, 1982
Frank Gaffney (Arms Control) Symposium, 1983
Symposium -- Physics, 1972
Town Hall (Various Events), 1965-1968, 1970-1971, 1975, inclusive
University Day, 1913
Visit -- Cardinal Mercier, 1919
Visit -- Governor Nelson Rockefeller at Vanderbilt Hall, undated
Visit -- Baron Shiba to Guggenheim School of Aeronautics, 1926
Visit -- Borges with Brademas, undated
Visit -- International Dignitaries, Politicians, and Business Men, 1980-1985, 1988, 1991-1992, 1995-1996, inclusive
Visit -- International Dignitaries, Politicians, and Business Men, 1983, 1985, 1990-1995, 1998, inclusive
Visit -- International Dignitaries, Politicians, and Business Men (Negatives), 1983, 1985, 1990-1995, 1998, inclusive
Dr. Martin Luther King -- Human Rights Student Organization, undated
Visit -- Prince of Wales to NYU, 1860
Visit -- Prince of Wales to NYU (Negatives), 1860
Visit -- President Lyndon Johnson, 1971
Visit -- Boris Yeltsin, 1991
Visit -- Senator Keating, undated
Visit -- Eleanor Roosevelt, 1929
Visits -- Eleanor Roosevelt (Negatives), 1929
Week of Service -- University Wide, 1998
King Juan Carlos I of Spain at the Inauguration of the Spain Chair at NYU, 1983
World's Fair -- NYU Exhibit at Chicago, circa 1893
World's Fair -- NYU Exhibit at Chicago (Negatives), circa 1893
World's Fair -- NYU Exhibit at St. Louis 1904, 1904
World's Fair -- NYU Exhibit at St. Louis 1904 (Negatives), 1904
Typhoid Inoculation, circa 1916-1917, inclusive
Week Proclamation, 1981
National Commission on the Public Service (Volker Commission), 1988
Winter Celebration at NYU, Coles Sports Center, 1985
Winter Celebration at NYU, Coles Sports Center (Negatives), 1985
1950s Events, 1950-1951, inclusive
1970s Events (Contact Sheets), 1972, 1975-1979, inclusive
1970s Events (Contact Sheets), 1978-1979, inclusive
1970s and 1980s Events (Contact Sheets), 1979-1984, inclusive
1980s Events, 1982, 1984-1986, inclusive
1980s Events, 1983
1980s Events, undated
1980s Events (Contact Sheets), 1980-1982, inclusive
1980s Events (Contact Sheets), 1980, 1982-1984, inclusive
1980s Events (Contact Sheets), 1980-1983, inclusive
1980s Events (Contact Sheets), 1980-1984, inclusive
1980s Events (Contact Sheets), 1980-1985, inclusive
1980s Events (Contact Sheets), 1981-1982, 1984-1985, inclusive
1980s Events (Contact Sheets), 1981-1983, inclusive
1980s Events (Contact Sheets), 1981-1983, 1985, inclusive
1980s Events (Contact Sheets), 1981-1984, inclusive
1980s Events (Contact Sheets), 1981, 1984-1985, inclusive
1980s Events (Contact Sheets), 1981-1985, inclusive
1980s Events (Contact Sheets), 1981-1986, inclusive
1980s Events (Contact Sheets), 1982-1985, inclusive
1980s Events (Contact Sheets), 1983
1980s Events (Contact Sheets), 1983-1984, inclusive
1980s Events (Contact Sheets), 1983-1985, inclusive
1980s Events (Contact Sheets), 1983-1986, inclusive
1980s Events (Contact Sheets), 1983, 1988-1989, inclusive
1980s Events (Contact Sheets), 1984
1980s Events (Negatives), 1989
1990s Events, 1991, 1994-1995, 1997, inclusive
Board of Trustees -- Larry Silverstein's Yacht, 1989
Alumni Federation Annual Dinner, 1993
Investors in Excellence Luncheon, 1994
NYU Today, International Student Film Festival, 1995
$1 Billion a Plate, 1990
Heyman Hall Dedication, 1994
Dean Daley Dinner, 1993
NYU Lobbying in Albany (Academic Events), 1997
McDonough Dinner, 1995
Rudin Reception, 1994
20th Anniversary George Washington Inauguration (Negatives), 1989
General Pershing and Chancellor Brown (Negatives), 1925
Marshall Foch Honorary Degree -- Negative, 1921-11-18
Appraisal
Following digitization in February 2024, this cellulose nitrate negative was discarded as hazardous waste because it posed a fire safety hazard.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
#369 Portrait Super Speed Film Pyro Tank - Developer
Founders Day Celebration, 90th Anniversary, 1921, inclusive
Language of Materials
Founders Day Celebration, 90th Anniversary 2 -- Negative, 1921, inclusive
Language of Materials
Appraisal
Following digitization in February 2024, this cellulose nitrate negative was discarded as hazardous waste because it posed a fire safety hazard.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
#571 1/2 sec Commercial Ortho Taken from Grandstand
Founders Day Celebration, 90th Anniversary 1 -- Negative, 1921
Language of Materials
Appraisal
Following digitization in February 2024, this cellulose nitrate negative was discarded as hazardous waste because it posed a fire safety hazard.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
#570 1/2 sec Commercial Ortho made from Grandstand