6177459Columbia Scholastic Press Association convention records6177459Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-01-13 20:21:35 -0500.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard2021-11-19Content list published (JR) Rare Book and Manuscript Library Columbia Scholastic Press Association convention records Columbia Scholastic Press Association 6177459 UA#0286 English /repositories/2/resources/4493 1 linear feet 1 record carton 1954-1955 Restrictions on Access

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 Accruals

No additions are expected.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

2002.054

 Biographical / Historical

The Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA), organized at Columbia in the fall of 1924, grew out of several gatherings of editors and staff members from secondary schools in the metropolitan New York area. As a result of these early meetings, a contest to evaluate student-edited newspapers and magazines was organized in February 1925. The results of that competition, which saw 179 publications entered, were announced at a convention held at Columbia on March 12-13, 1925, with 308 delegates in attendance. Those delegates voted to ask the University to continue the organization, adopted its official name, and established its journal, The School Press Review. Conventions have continued each year since 1925 at Columbia. In 1954, as Columbia was celebrating its bicentennial, the theme of the 30th Annual CSPA Convention was "Man's Right to Knowledge and the Free Use Thereof."

 Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Columbia Scholastic Press Association convention records; Box and Folder; University Archives, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.

 Processing Information

This collection was processed by Joanna Rios in November 2021.

 Related Materials

Additional materials about the CSPA conventions from the 1920s to the 1980s can be found in the Historical subject files (UA#0002).

 Summary

This collection consists of the materials related to the 30th Annual Columbia Scholastic Press Association convention held in 1954. It includes the registration forms and submissions for prizes.

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Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

 Newspapers School yearbooks Convention announcement - Invitation to Participate/repositories/2/archival_objects/1386791195411Participation forms, completed/repositories/2/archival_objects/1386792195412Participant submissions - all Regions except Region 3/repositories/2/archival_objects/1386793195413Participant submissions - Region 3/repositories/2/archival_objects/1386794195414Region 3 chairmen forms and press releases/repositories/2/archival_objects/1386795195415School newspapers/repositories/2/archival_objects/13867961954-195516York Junior College yearbook/repositories/2/archival_objects/1386797195417Scope and Contents

(Used Bicentennial theme and was eligible for a Certificate of Participation and Appreciation from the University)