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Archives & Special Collections Yoko Inagi-Ferguson, Associate Dean and Chief Librarian Charles Stewart, Archivist Sydney Van Nort, Sallie Rush,City College President Vincent Boudreau, and Shimoda City Assembly Chair Seiji Takeuchi in front of the United States flag Townsend Harris flew in Japan. Photo by Philip J. Carvalho The Archives and Special Collections Division was established in 1960 and is maintained in a controlled, secure environment which includes ample compact moveable shelving. The archival collections document instruction, teaching, research, alumni and student life at the College through institutional records, publications, memorabilia, faculty and alumni papers, photographs, blueprints and media. Biographical information is collected on distinguished alumni, including the ten Nobel laureates who are City College alumni. These collections actively serve the City College community and are of continuing interest to scholars studying the history and sociology of higher education, as well as to biographers and journalists. The Special Collections include books on clothing and costumes from around the world, the Thomason Tracts (140 pamphlets printed during the English Civil War), English drama and comedy written for the stage from 1660 to 1880, first editions of the works of William Butler Yeats, and early 20th century British writers. There is also a small but choice collection of 17th and 18th century titles in the fields of astronomy, mathematics and chemistry. Some of these are featured in the online presentation “Before the Textbook.” We welcome and invite you to view a selection of items in our Digital Collections. Above: Library hosts Yoko Inagi-Ferguson, Associate Dean and Chief Librarian Charles Stewart, and Archivist Sydney Van Nort in July 2018 with special guest Sallie Rush,City College President Vincent Boudreau, and Shimoda City Assembly Chair, Seiji Takeuchi, in front of the United States flag flown in Shimoda, Japan by Townsend Harris.