2009-2010

This collection contains materials in print and digital format related to Bard Graduate Center’s exhibitions, academic programs, public programs, and publications. It is grouped into series by the administrative department, and further divided into subseries as follows:

• Series I: Academic Programs
• Series II: Development
• Series III: Public Humanities + Research
• Series IV: Marketing, Communications, and Design
• Series V: Department of Research Collections
• Series VI: Publications
• Series VII: Gallery
• Series VIII: Website

• Subseries I: Course Catalogs contains printed catalogs detailing course offerings for each academic year.
• Subseries II: Handbooks contains annual student handbooks of operations and policies.
• Subseries III: Alumni Directories contains printed booklets listing BGC alumni, their occupation at time of publication, and their contact information.
• Subseries IV: Events contains printed flyers, brochures, programs, and invitations related to academic or student events at BGC, such as seminars, symposia, lectures, brown bag lunches, Materials Days, and workshops. Some event series include The Paul and Irene Hollister Seminar on Glass, the Françoise and Georges Selz Lectures, The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Seminar in the Material Cultures of the Ibero-American World, the Horowitz Seminar on New York and American Material Culture, and the Trehan Seminar in the Arts of the Islamic World.
• Subseries V: Miscellaneous contains miscellaneous materials, including course descriptions and other materials about work opportunities available to students.

• Subseries I: Iris Foundation Awards contains invites, programs, and save the dates from most of the annual Iris Foundation Awards.
• Subseries II: Benefits includes but is not limited to invites, programs, and flyers related to events hosted by BGC including the Benefit for the Scholarship Fund gala and the Benefit for Garden History and Landscape Studies.
• Subseries III: IADF (International Art and Design Fair) contains materials from gala preview parties for the International Art and Design Fair, hosted at Seventh Regiment Armory.

• Subseries I: Exhibitions - Press Kits contains press kit materials from BGC exhibitions, including press releases, brochures, and invitations for previews and openings.
• Subseries II: Exhibitions - Press Coverage contains press clippings concerning exhibitions at BGC.
• Subseries III: General Press Coverage contains other, non-exhibition-related, press coverage of BGC.
• Subseries IV: Newsletters contains BGC newsletters, published seasonally.
• Subseries V: Recruitment contains materials produced for prospective students, including informational and promotional materials brochures and cards.
• Subseries VI: Year in Review contains booklets highlighting the research, scholarship and accomplishments of BGC students, faculty, curators, and fellows each academic year.
• Subseries VII: General contains press packets and clippings concerning Bard Graduate Center’s founding and opening in 1993 and 2009 expansion.
• Subseries VIII: General Advertisements contains advertisements concerning Bard Graduate Center’s academic programs, exhibitions, and related programming.
• Subseries IX: Institutional Emails contains copies of BGC email communications promoting admissions, public programs, academic programs, and exhibitions. The majority of messages were sent to external mailing lists, though some were sent to the BGC community to advertise internal events.

• Subseries I: Library Operations contains materials covering the planning and operations of the BGC Library including guides, directories, and maps, as well as files from the library’s temporary operation out of Bard Hall during the 2009 renovations.
• Subseries II: Library Programs contains printed materials for events organized by library staff, including Ex Libris Day and arts and crafts activities. This series also includes the annual DRC@BGC Department of Research Collections Zine.

• Subseries I: CHMW contains materials related to the series Cultural Histories of the Material World.
• Subseries II: Exhibitions contains a Japanese edition of the exhibition catalogue Marimekko: Fabrics, Fashion, Architecture.
• Subseries III: Studies in the Decorative Arts contains materials related to Studies in the Decorative Arts, a journal published by The University of Chicago Press on behalf of Bard Graduate Center from 1993-2009.
• Subseries IV: West 86th contains materials such as flyers and other materials related to West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture, published by The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Bard Graduate Center from 2011-present (2026).
• Subseries V: Promotional contains invitations and postcards for events held by BGC’s Publications department.