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Title: Marie LaGuardia
Description: LaGuardia Community College Tenth Anniversary unveiling of Mayor LaGuardia Statue
Subjects: , Tenth Anniversary, LaGuardia, Marie, Shenker Joseph
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: Mayor Edward Koch, President Joseph Shenker, Dean Martin Moed - 10th Anniversary Event
Description: Mayor Koch speaks at 10th Anniversary event
Subjects: , 10th Anniversary, Koch, Edward
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: Event for the 25th Anniversary of LaGuardia Community College - Faculty and Staff in the Cobblestone Courtyard
Description: Event for the 25th Anniversary of LaGuardia Community College - Faculty and Staff in the Cobblestone Courtyard
Subjects: , 25th Anniversary, Cobblestone Courtyard
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: Evelyn Lowmark participates in a LaGuardia Community College event
Description: Evelyn Lowmark (second from left) participates in the Murder Mystery Cruise on a party liner on the New York City Harbor for LaGuardia Community College one of the events for the 25th Anniversary of the college
Subjects: , Lowmark, Evelyn, 25th Anniversary, Murder Mystery Cruise
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: Children attend event for the 25th Anniversary of LaGuardia Community College
Description: Children attend event for the 25th Anniversary of LaGuardia Community College - Cobblestone Courtyard - 1997
Subjects: , 25th Anniversary, Cobblestone Courtyard
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: 25th Anniversary Event for LaGuardia Community College - 5K on Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, New York
Description: 25th Anniversary Event for LaGuardia Community College - 5K on Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, New York - 1997
Subjects: , 25th Anniversary, 5K race
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: Marie LaGuardia at the unveiling of the statue of her husband Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia at the 10th Anniversary
Description: Marie LaGuardia with the statue of her husband Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia that was unveiled at the event for the 10th Anniversary of LaGuardia Community College
Subjects: , LaGuardia, Marie, LaGuardia, Fiorello, 10th Anniversary
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: The Tenth Anniversary poster from 1981
Description: The Tenth Anniversary poster
Subjects: , LaGuardia Community College, Tenth Anniversary
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: Marie LaGuardia at the unveiling of the statue of her husband Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia with the artist at the 10th Anniversary
Description: Marie LaGuardia at the unveiling of the statue of her husband Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia with the sculpture, Neil Estern and President Shenker at the 10th Anniversary of LaGuardia Community College
Subjects: , LaGuardia, Marie, LaGuardia, Fiorello, 10th Anniversary, Shenker, Joseph, Estern, Neil
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: Mayor Koch(left), Marie LaGuardia and President Shenker at 10th Anniversary Event - 1981
Description: Mayor Koch applauds (left), Marie LaGuardia and President Shenker at 10th Anniversary Event - 1981
Subjects: , Koch, Edward, LaGuardia, Marie, Shenker, Joseph, 10th Anniversary
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: Trinidad and Tobago Flag Donation
Description: Correspondence from L. Lutens-Joseph of the Trinidad and Tobago Mission to the United Nations.
Subjects: Trinidad and Tobago Flag, Hall of Flags, 25th Anniversary

Title: LaGuardia Insider 1995 Spring
Subjects: 25th Anniversary, M-Building:AIDS (Disease), Office Technology, E-Building, Recreation Center, Middle States, O'Pray, Robert, Kydd, Janice, Williams, Dorrie, Mesulam, Harriet, Immergut, Brita, Bowen, Raymond, Blandi, Susan, Stevenson, John

Title: LaGuardia Insider 1996 Winter
Subjects: Strategic Plan, High Schools, 25th Anniversary, Institutional Self Assessment, School to Work program, Robert F. Wagner Institute for the Arts and Technology, Fiber optics, Agbim, Ngozi, Watson, Sandra, Davidson, Donald, Mena, Carol, Kahn, Arlene

Title: LaGuardia Insider 1996 Spring
Subjects: Family College, ACE, 25th Anniversary, Watson, Sandra, Cyril, Janet, Buckley, John, Boris, Edna, Carson, Barbara, Kahn, Arlene, Williams, John, Watson, Sandra, Heitner, Joan, Gottlieb, Michael, McMillian, Freeman, Kydd, Janice, Polizzi, Frances, Hamada, George

Title: LaGuardia Insider 1997 Winter
Subjects: University of Santa Domingo, Technology in higher education, Family College, ID card, Morretto Gustavo, Hall of Flags, Mellow, Gail, Construction: 25th anniversary, Williams, Dorrie, Lieberman, Janet, Elliot, Richard, Bowen, Raymond

Title: LaGuardia Insider 1997 Spring
Subjects: University of Santa Domingo, Theater program, 25th Anniversary, Natural and Applied Sciences Department, Mathematics Department, COPE, Gallo,Jose, Co-operative Education, International High School, 25th anniversary, Hall of Flags, Gottlieb, Michael, Deer-Sterling, Carolyn, Elliot, Richard, Farrell, Catherine, Melick, John, Bowen, Raymond, Eicholz, Gunther

Title: Cooperative Times, Summer - Fall 1996
Description: Cooperative Times was the newsletter of the Cooperative Education division at LaGuardia Community College.
Subjects: Cooperative Education, Summer Olympics, School to Work Program, Internships, 25th Anniversary

Title: LaGuardia Community College Media Studies News: Episode 2
Description: This week the our news team takes a look back at the history of LaGuardia Community College.
Subjects: Celentano, Holly, 40th Anniversary of LaGuardia Community College, Katopes, Peter, Mellow, Gail, Shenker, Joseph, LaGuardia, Fiorello, Enrollment

Title: Vincent Banrey
Description: Mr. Vincent Banrey graduated from the college in 1977 and at the time of the interview was Associate Director of the Student Health Office. Timestamp summary [Interview follows the interview with Enock Charlotin on VHS tape]: (22:19) Introductions and discusses coming to the college as a student because of the Cooperative Education Program and his impressions of the college as a student. (24:41) “The college wasn’t very big so there was a sense of people knowing each other” (25:00) Describes the layout of the building, covering the cafeteria, “Sangria Junction,” and the multi-purpose Great Hall. (28:40) Discusses the different faculty and staff that helped him as a student and the counselors the college provided (31:20) Banrey discussed the closeness of the college in the early years and knowing people from different departments (32:53) Covers the Cooperative Education Program and mentions how the Writing for Business and Coop Seminar courses helped him prepare for writing resume and interviews. (36:07) Had an internship at the Brooklyn Navy Yards. He was a Research Analysis Assistant. (37:11) Talks about how internships helped him decide his career path. (40:00) Goes into the growth of the college, construction and the changing physical space of the college and changing administrative structure. (45:12) Covers the different support services and student resources on campus and how they have changed and grown over the years (48:32) Talks about changes in the student body and points out the large number of veterans who attended the college in the 1970’s, coming from Vietnam and benefiting from open admissions (51:35 ) In reference to the question “what makes LaGCC distinct,” Banrey said, “The slogan that was used – LaGuardia Works – because it cares about the people.”
Subjects: , 25th Anniversary, Oral History, Students, Great Hall, Cooperative Education, Banrey, Vincent
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College (New York, N.Y)

Title: Umoja Kwaguvu
Description: Umoja Kwaguvu was the Coordinator of Student Activities, a long time staff member and a Family Institute Adjunct. He was involved in organizing many events in the early college years. Timestamp summary of interview [Follows Gil Muller interview on VHS tape]: (41:37) Professor Umoja Kwaguvu began to work in LaGCC in 1972, starting in the Veterans Program teaching English, and then moving to Student Services in 1974. (43:40) Covers organizing theatre shows, student parties and flyering the college buildings for events (45:03) “The Main building was like a factory and there was a little room there they called Student Activities.” (46:00) Talks about all night movie festivals that were organized, the mix of students and faculty at the events (49:33) “We could do almost anything we wanted to do. Bureaucracy had not set in yet.” (51:12) Describes African American Reading Marathon – President Shenker said we were to do something for the 1976 Bicentennial. The event had people continuously reading from February 1st-8th for 200 hours straight. [Archivist Note: Institutional Archives has photographs of the African American Reading Marathon in the photograph collection] (58:38) Became fulltime Coordinator in Student Activities in 1976. (58:53) Describes organizing trips to: Stratford, Connecticut; Montreal, Canada; Jamaica; Brazil; Europe (London, Paris, Rome). Trips were focused on opening students up to the world, many who never left New York City before (01:02:53) Student Services had a performing arts Marathon in the late 1980s/early 90’s. LaGuardia was a regional representative at the Bob Hope Talent Show in 1977/78 [Archivist Note: Institutional Archives also has photographs of the Bob Hope Talent Show in their photograph collection] (01:05:30) Talks about having prominent figures visiting the college including: the comedian Dick Gregory, Judge Bruce Wright, Yolanda King (Dr. King’s daughter), and Attallah Shabazz (Malcolm X’s daughter). (01:13:29) Direction and guidance for events and programs came from the Director of Student Activities – Leo Newball (01:16:20) Talks about the change of events that happened when Student Activities became Student Life (01:80:00) Describes his experience working with students and the changes in the student body, and political in. (01:21:31) Covers the 1989 student takeover and other protests, where students occupied parts of the campus in protest over rising tuition. Describes the students as militant but non-violent during these events. (01:23:40) He discussed what he thought made LaGCC different – "Students get training fit for work – see them professionally doing their work – anywhere you go you find LaGuardia people" (01:25:10) End
Subjects: Kwaguvu, Umoja, Kwaguvu, Umoja, 25th Anniversary, 25th Anniversary, Oral History, Oral History
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College (New York, N.Y)

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