New York University Archives Collection of the Washington Square News: New York University Archives Collection of the Washington Square News: NYU Special Collections Finding Aids

Call Number

RG.39.178

Date

1973-2024, inclusive

Creator

Washington Square News

Extent

90.50 Linear Feet

in 53 oversize flat boxes, 9 reels of microfilm, 51 bound volumes, and 1 folder in shared housing

Extent

3 websites

in 3 archived websites.

Language of Materials

Materials in English.

Abstract

This collection contains issues from the student newspaper the Washington Square News (established as the Washington Square Daily News), dating from 1973 to 2017. This newspaper documents life at NYU, local and national news, campus living, and student clubs. The collection is extensive but not comprehensive, there may be some issues that were published but are not included in this collection. This collection includes issues in their original print format as well as microfilmed copies. Some issues are bound.

Historical Note

New York University has had many student newspapers with many different names since its founding. The Heights campus and the Washington Square campus had separate student newspapers until 1973 when the Heights campus was closed. The Washington Square News was first published in the fall of 1973, and was preceded by the Washington Square Journal.

Originally titled the Washington Square Daily News, the newspaper shortened its title in the fall of 1974 and continues to be distributed/circulated.

Arrangement

Newspapers are arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains issues from the student newspaper the Washington Square News (established as the Washington Square Daily News), dating from 1973 to 2017. This newspaper documents life at NYU, local and national news, campus living, and student clubs. This collection also contains Washington Square News's arts and culture publication, The Village Angle Magazine, dating from 1983 to 1988. The collection is extensive but not comprehensive, there may be some issues that were published but are not included in this collection. This collection includes issues in their original print format as well as microfilmed copies. Some issues are bound. The collection also includes the website for the publication, with crawls of the website dating back to 2013.

Subjects

Topics

College student newspapers and periodicals.; Student activities.

Titles

Washington square news (New York, N.Y.)

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

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

Published citations should take the following form: Identification of item, date; New York University Archives Collection of the Washington Square News; RG 39.178; box number; folder number; or item identifier; New York University Archives, New York University.

To cite the archived website in this collection: Identification of item, date; New York University Archives Collection of the Washington Square News; RG 39.178; Wayback URL; New York University Archives, New York University.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

In 2013, https://nyunews.com/ was selected by curators and captured through the use of Archive-It. Archive-It uses web crawling technology to capture websites at a scheduled time and displays only an archived copy, from the resulting WARC file, of the website.

In May 2020, https://issuu.com/nyu.news/docs/wywh/ was added. The accession number associated with this website is 2020.040. In September 2021, https://issuu.com/nyu.news/docs/wywh_2021/ was added. The accession number associated with this website is 2022.009.

In December 2023 and May 2024, two accretions were donated by Nanci Healy. The accession numbers associated with these transfers are 2024.023 and 2024.046.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Researchers must consult microfilm copies for issues published between 1973 and 1987 due to the fragility of the original newspapers.

Take Down Policy

Archived websites are made accessible for purposes of education and research. NYU Libraries have given attribution to rights holders when possible; however, due to the nature of archival collections, we are not always able to identify this information.

If you hold the rights to materials in our archived websites that are unattributed, please let us know so that we may maintain accurate information about these materials.

If you are a rights holder and are concerned that you have found material on this website for which you have not granted permission (or is not covered by a copyright exception under US copyright laws), you may request the removal of the material from our site by submitting a notice, with the elements described below, to the special.collections@nyu.edu.

Please include the following in your notice: Identification of the material that you believe to be infringing and information sufficient to permit us to locate the material; your contact information, such as an address, telephone number, and email address; a statement that you are the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed and that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; a statement that the information in the notification is accurate and made under penalty of perjury; and your physical or electronic signature. Upon receiving a notice that includes the details listed above, we will remove the allegedly infringing material from public view while we assess the issues identified in your notice.

Collection processed by

Abbey Wilson

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-05-17 11:01:18 -0400.

Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Language: Finding aid written in English

Processing Information

In December 2020, archived websites were added as a series.

In 2024, bound issues from 1980-1981, and loose issues from 2004-2007, 2012, 2014-2024 were foldered and rehoused into serial boxes and added chronologically within the existing inventory.

Revisions to this Guide

February 2022: Edited by Nicole Greenhouse to reflect additional administrative information and added archived websites

April 2024: Edited by Stacey Flatt to reflect the addition of materials from accretion 2024.023

May 2024: Edited by Stacey Flatt to reflect the addition of materials from accretion 2024.046

Repository

New York University Archives