The Things We Keep: Cooper’s Open Archives

Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 6 - 7pm

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The Things We Keep: Cooper’s Open 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. 

At this special webinar, representatives from each archive will present special items representative of their archives and collecting, highlighting the history of the Cooper Union. Speakers will include Steven Hillyer, Director of the School of Architecture Archive and his colleague, Archivist Caitlin Biggers; Mary Mann, Archives Librarian; and Sasha Tochilovsky, Director of the Lubalin Center.

The Things We Keep: Cooper’s Open Archives
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
6:00 pm EST
Via Zoom

To attend, please register here.
 

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  • “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.”

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  • 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.