The Cooper Union Archives Collection of Registers and Directories
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of registers and directories produced by the Cooper Union from 1859-2018. Included are registers and directories for staff, students, both staff and students, and alunmni. Originally, staff and student registers were combined, but later staff, student, and alumni registers were separated from one another. Over the years, the registers stopped including telephone numbers and instead included email addresses. Collection highlights include ”The Cooper Black Book,” a register of black students, alumni, and faculty of the Cooper Union.
Dates
- 1859 - 2018
Creator
- Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open to researchers without restriction.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from The Cooper Union Archives and Special Collections. For more information please email archives@cooper.edu.
Biographical / Historical
The Cooper Union opened in 1859 as a free school offering day and night courses in science and engineering along with an all-female school of art. The structure of these programs evolved over the years, e.g. the Women's Art School merged with the architecture courses to become the co-ed School of Art in the 1930s. The various courses on offer would eventually settle into three schools - art, architecture, enginnering - each offering undergraduate degrees. The Cooper Union of today also offers coursework to support graduate degrees in architecture and engineering, as well as a continuing education program.
Extent
209 Volumes (Mixed hardback multi-year volumes and paperback individual year volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of registers and directories for staff, students, and alumni produced by The Cooper Union from 1859-2018. The materials are a mix of bound and unbound materials.
Arrangement
This collection has been arranged by size and date.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was compiled by staff at the Cooper Union Archives.
- Architectural schools Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Art schools Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Education, Higher Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Engineering schools Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Universities and colleges--Curricula--Catalogs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Creator
- Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (Organization)
- Author
- Elizabeth Sardes
- Date
- June 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Cooper Union Archives & Special Collections Repository
Cooper Union Library
7 East 7th Street
New York New York 10003 United States
archives@cooper.edu