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Staten Island Community College (SICC) Records consists of ten series including administrative records, academic affairs records, student affairs records, alumni affairs records, public relations and media, events records, historical records, photographs, realia and grounds records.

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Richmond College was founded in 1967 an an upper division college, and ultimately merged with Staten Island Community College (SICC) to form the College of Staten Island (CSI) in 1976. The records include publications, meeting minutes, photographs and correspondence, but coverage of official administrative records is weak.

Abstract Prof. James L. G. Fitzpatrick was a faculty member and administrator at the Staten Island Community College from 1959 to 1976. He taught and served as Head of the Department of Mechanical Technology. He was appointed the first Academic Dean of the college in 1959, serving as Dean of the Faculty and acting under the college president to administer the academicprogram. He also coordinated a large part of the planning for the college’s campus in Sunnyside, completed in 1967. Fitz Patrick became...

Abstract The CSI Association is a nonprofit corporation with a Board of Directors composed of six students, two faculty members, and three administrators, and two independent directors who approve budgets and administer the student activity fee at CSI. The Association also allocates an earmarked portion of the fee that it traditionally has applied to Commencement exercises, student leadership development, and administration of the Corporation. The Association participates in the development and...

Abstract The Curriculum Committee considered proposed changes to the college curriculum. After Richmond College and Staten Island Community College (SICC) merged to form the College of Staten Island in 1976, the Curriculum Committee was also involved in integrating their two existing curricula into one new college curriculum. The Curriculum Committee became a standing committee of the College Council when a new system of governance was implemented in the spring of 1982. The records consist of meeting...

Abstract Faculty participated in the governance of both Staten Island Community College (SICC) and Richmond College prior to their formal merger to form the College of Staten Island (CSI) on September 1, 1976. CSI followed the tradition of SICC in calling the governing body the "Faculty Council." Initially, the Faculty Council had two sections - a Community Division and a Richmond College Division. After the first academic year, these sections were merged to form one council, which held itsfirst...

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According to the College of Staten Island’s 1990 Governance Plan, the College Council is responsible for “the formulation of policy relating to admission and retention of students, grading practices and standards, curriculum, degree requirements, academic freedom, cultural activities, and those aspects of campus life which relate to academic affairs and general educational matters.” The records consist of meeting minutes, agendas and discussion materials.

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The student government officially represents the student body to the administration, faculty and other interested parties. The government also coordinates extracurricular activities, runs the student government office, and provides funding and assistance to clubs, publications and special projects. The records include a handbook and meeting minutes.

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This collection contains photographs related to the College of Staten Island. In general, most photographs deal with either the Closing Ceremony for the Willowbrook State School (1987) or the construction of the Willowbrook Campus (1985-1994).

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The CSI Buildings Records include reports and subject files on the construction project, planning and architects.

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This collection contains files and reprints of clippings on various subjects related to the College of Staten Island.

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The collection consists of programs and other records for many one-time campus events.

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This collection consists of publications, reports, plans and programs created by or for the College of Staten Island.

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This collection consists of various realia, including a mug, a compact disc, key chains, clothing, tassels, buttons and bumper stickers.

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1.5 Linear Feet of photographs and approximately 700 envelopes of negatives. 1.5 Linear Feet of photographs and approximately 700 envelopes of negatives.

Abstract The Women's Studies program at Richmond College first offered a program leading to a bachelor's degree in 1972. It is the oldest such degree program in the City University system, and the second oldest in the United States. The current program dates from the merger of Richmond College and Staten Island Community College to create the College of Staten Island in 1976.The records of the Women's Studies Program include materials related to events, conferences, proposals, schedules,...

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This collection contains material pertinent to the Evening Studies program at the Staten Island Community College. Dean Attinson was involved in the program from 1970 to 1979, and her papers provide access to a broad range of material from that period including memos, correspondence, advertisements and news clippings.

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This collection documents the career of William M. Birenbaum, internationally renowned educator and former President of Staten Island Community College.

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Student Publications, 1956-2012 consists of digitized newspapers, journals, magazines and yearbooks published by students of Staten Island Community College, Richmond College and The College of Staten Island.

Digitization and accessibility to the contents of this collection is funded by The College of Staten Island Student Publications Board.

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The photographs in this collection document the construction process from 1960 through 1964. They show the work in progress at various stages, and provide insight into the process. In addition, there are several photographs of workers, and one photograph of architect Othman H. Ammann with Robert Moses.

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This collection contains photographs by Christine Osinski. Because dates are not always provided, it is unclear when they were produced, but it was most likely between 1984 and 2002. Most of the images depict the harbor islands with a few images of historic buildings.

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This collection contains a series of photographs taken by Larry Racioppo of the Fresh Kills landfill.

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This image collection consists of 53 vintage photographic prints of work by Eric C. L. Aerts created in the 1970s depicting residents of the Willowbrook State School and Staten Island, as well as other New York City scenes, mostly public protests.

Scope and Contents The John J. Marchi collection comprises approximately 65 linear feet of material, from c. 1958-2000. (There is one item that pre-dates Marchi’s legislative career – a 1942 student paper titled “The Zenger Case” for a class in American Constitutional History. It has been placed with the Biographical files.) The core of the collection is the subject file collection; it dates primarily from the 1960s-1990s. With one exception, the collection reflects the activities of Senator Marchi’s Albany...