Collection: Pace University Student Newspaper Archive
Description: The collection to be digitized is the student newspaper archive from Pace University’s Pleasantville campus, comprising issues published since the campus opened in 1963. The archive documents more than six decades of student journalism reflecting campus life and the surrounding Westchester County community. Coverage includes student perspectives on local elections, social issues such as drug addiction, student activism, and community arts organizations, as well as reporting on events of national and international significance as they were experienced locally. These newspapers serve as primary historical sources that document institutional history while also situating Pace University within its broader regional context.
The significance of the collection extends beyond institutional memory. Student newspapers capture voices and experiences that are often absent from administrative records, providing insight into how students understood and responded to social, political, and cultural change over time. Content from the Pleasantville student newspaper archive has already supported scholarly work, including a peer reviewed content analysis of student news controversies published in the journal College Media Review. In addition, archival photographs drawn from the newspapers are regularly reused in Pace University’s public facing communications and social media, demonstrating ongoing interest in the collection’s historical and cultural value among audiences beyond academic researchers.