Brooklyn College Covid-19 Archive @A Journal of the Plague Year

Focus

The Brooklyn College digital archive documents any Brooklyn College student, faculty, staff member, alumni or community member’s story or experience related to COVID-19. We welcome anything that helps to capture the experience of the pandemic and the experiences of their communities.

History

Professors from a variety of disciplines met in May 2019 to collaborate to develop an archive for Brooklyn College students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members to contribute and preserve stories and documents related to COVID-19 pandemic. Because New York City has been at the heart of the pandemic, and because the Brooklyn College community includes so many essential workers and others who directly and indirectly affected, we felt there was a vital need for such an archive. Brooklyn College has important stories to tell, and we think those should be encouraged and, ultimately preserved.

After a good deal of research and preparation, we decided to launch the Brooklyn College collection within a large, omnibus archive: the Journal of the Plague Year. The JoTPY is run (and funded) by the public history program at Arizona State University and has a curatorial team from a wide range of institutions.

Collection

The digital archive currently has essays, personal reflections, poems, interviews, images, videos, photographs, social media posts, music and artwork.

Form of Collection

It’s a digital archive so all submissions must be in a digital format. 

Emphasis

Our archive is mainly directed towards current Brooklyn College students, faculty, staff, alumni but also encourages  community members to submit to the archive.

Time Period

We launched the archive in August, 2020 and continue to encourage  submissions.

Public Access

Yes, at:  https://covid-19archive.org/s/brooklyncollege/page/welcome

Director

Prof. Miriam Deutch
Brooklyn College, City University of New York

Contact Person

Miriam Deutch
Email: MiriamD@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Telephone number:718-951-5221
Website: https://covid-19archive.org/s/brooklyncollege/page/welcome