Cooper Union Archives Affinity Group

Cooper Union Archives Affinity Group
CU Archives
Lubalin Center
Architecture Archives

The Cooper Union Archives Affinity Group brings together alumni and friends with an interest in the Cooper Union Archives & Special Collections, the Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography, and The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Archive. The group meets periodically to learn about and to support the exciting work being done by the three archives and special collections.

Learn more about the archives:

The Cooper Union Archives & Special Collections
Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography
The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Archive

On January 28, 2025, the Cooper Union Archives Affinity Group hosted a virtual presentation: "The Thing We Keep: Cooper's Open Archives". The video, which provides an introduction to the archives, can be viewed below:

 

For more information, please contact alumni@cooper.edu.

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.