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Emmanuel College Student Newspapers Finding Aid: Collection Overview

 Title: Emmanuel College Student Newspapers

Date(s): undated, 1948-2012, 2016 (bulk 1948-1999)

Repository I.D.: US: MBEmm: SP-2010-11

Collection Call No.: SP-2010-11

Author/Creator: Emmanuel College (Boston, Mass.). Student Body

Location: Emmanuel Archives—Cardinal Cushing Library 202

Extent:  5.3 linear feet (5 volumes, 62 folders/ 4 boxes)

Language(s): Material is in English

Abstract: The collection contains newspapers produced by the Emmanuel College Student Body between 1948 and 2016.

Access Restrictions: 1) The collection is not restricted. 2) Emmanuel College holds copyright to the material. 3) Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be discussed with the College Archivist

Preferred Citation:
[Article Title, Publication Title, Date, Volume Number]. [Box Number, Folder Number]. Emmanuel College Student Newspapers. Cardinal Cushing Library, Emmanuel College Archives, Boston, MA.

Provenance: The Emmanuel College Student Newspapers were acquired by the Emmanuel College Archives in 2010 from various College Offices that include: Presidents’ Office, Alumni Archives and various other offices on campus.

Processed By: Processed by John P. Healey Jr. in April 2013.

Biography/History: The Emmanuel Focus, which started in 1948 with a seven (7) person editorial board and Sr. Berchmans Louise of the English Dept. as the faculty advisor. It was supported by student subscriptions, provided information on campus or religious events. It was not until the late 1960s that the publication began to provide information on national events. By the fall of 1971 the Emmanuel Focus was facing financial difficulties as student subscriptions and staff writers dropped and the Emmanuel Focus ceased publication, although for a short period of time there were mimeographed circulation newsletters throughout the campus. Prior to the end of the Emmanuel Focus, in 1966, a segment of the student population, in response to the conservative tone of the Focus established the newsletter Open End that aimed to raise awareness of a student ‘voice’ on campus and was designed to be an unstructured publication to enable it to respond to the changing interests of the student body. By the late 1960s, the publication had ceased. In October 1974 a new student publication developed entitled Focus II, aimed to inform the student body on contemporary issues. It ceased publication in the early 1980s. It was, however, followed by several other publications that included: the short lived Lapis Ledger (early 1980s), Emmanuel Current (1980s), Current Focus (1990s), Emmanuel College Times (early 2000s) and The Hub (est. 2011). A special print edition of The Hub was released on September 6, 2016.

Scope and Content: The Emmanuel College Student Newspapers contains the various student publications and their associated material (e.g. publication correspondences, writing guidelines manual, letters to the editor) between 1948 through 2012. There is no new coverage for the period between 2000 through 2002 and 2005 through 2010. The collection contains a chronologically ordered and consecutive run of newspapers between the fall of 1948 and the spring of 1964. After this date the collection runs in a chronological order, but in a non-consecutive run. The newspapers document contemporary issues of Emmanuel College, the Catholic Church, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, the City of Boston, and national news.

Accruals:  The archives will add student newspapers as they become available.

Collection Arrangement: The collection is arranged into eleven (11) series based upon chronological publication of the student newspapers. 1. Hokus  2. African American Newsletter 3. Emmanuel Focus 4. Open End 5. Focus II 6. The Journal  7. Lapis Ledger 8. Emmanuel Current 9. Current Focus  10. Emmanuel College Times 11. The Hub.

Note: Digital copies may be made available with the consent of the Cardinal Cushing Library.