Universities & colleges; Public speaking; College administrators;
Untitled typewritten text dated May 7, 1946. Draft of speech about peace in the post World War II world, to be given by President Paul Kapper, Queens College Accession #2001-01. The speech calls for a lasting will to peace, genuine and sustained,...
Universities and Colleges--New York (State)--New York--Anniversaries, etc; Libraries; Reading; Military uniforms; Clothing & dress; Hats;
Transparency of a photograph of several students reading, one in uniform. It was believed to have been taken in the library in Jefferson Hall during World War II. It was published in People's College on the Hill: Fifty Years at Queens College,...
H. (Hyman or "Hargrave" as he appeared to sign his letter) D. Corbin was an instructor in Health and Recreation at the College in 1944 when he wrote the President's Office thanking Paul Klapper for arranging his occupational deferment from the...
New Poems, Vol. II, No. 1, February, 1957. Includes the works of Queens College faculty and students in a single column format. Content continues on back cover. Price: 10 cents.
Quonset hut development established for returning veterans after World War II and located at Bruckner Blvd. & Boynton Ave., facing east. In the distance is the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge and Clason Point Gardens, the first low rise housing project in...
The work of the world's largest printing equipment manufacturer is described. R. Hoe & Co. converted its plant during World War II to create ordnance material under contract to the U.S. Army. In-- Bronxboro, Vol. XXV, No. 10-11, pp. 11-12.
Businesses; World War II; Equipment; Clothing; Ships
Among other products, Bronx businesses supplied machine parts, ships, clothing and fueling systems to the nation's emergency defense program during World War II. In-- Bronxboro, Vol. XVIII, Nos. 3-4. p. 5.
View of New York harbor. In the center is the ocean liner, Kaiser Wilhelm II, accompanied by five visible tugboats and various other vessels. The image is framed in gold on a woodgrain background.
The Kaiser Wilhelm II ocean liner, flying the German and possibly US flags, flanked by tugboats in a murky New York Harbor scene. Smoke billows from numerous smokestacks. A ferry is visible in the left background with city buildings rising behind...
