<I>Microcosm</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1958
name: label: Published by
content: The City College of the City University of New York, American, founded 1847
label: Subject of
content: General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: United States Armed Forces, American, founded 1775
label: Subject of
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
label: Owned by
content: General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021
notes: label: Caption
content: After graduating from Morris High School in the South Bronx in 1954, Colin Powell attended City College of New York (CCNY). He was a member of the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) and the Pershing Rifles, an ROTC fraternal organization and drill team. Powell graduated from CCNY in 1958 with a bachelor’s degree in geology. Upon graduation, he received his commission through the ROTC as a second lieutenant in the Regular Army.
label: Caption
content: When Powell became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1989, he was the first African American to hold that position and the first Chairman to earn his commission through the ROTC.
label: Description
content: A large black yearbook, “Microcosm”, published by The City College of New York, New York, 1958, owned by General Colin L. Powell. The yearbook has a soft plastic leather-like covering with a large, embossed gold beaver holding a stick, on the bottom half. On the spine in large gold ink text is “1958 / MICROCOSM / CCNY”. On the reverse of the back cover, at the bottom, is a raised publisher’s seal. The inside of the front cover and first page features a large page-to-page drawing of people out and about in New York City. Below the border of the drawing on the first page is “PHOTO BY HANS GESELL ‘58”. The internal pages feature formal black-and-white pictures of City College’s students and their addresses, for the 1958 school year. General Powell’s picture and information are featured on page 205.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Yearbook of the City College of New York owned by Gen. Colin Powell
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Military
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alma J. Powell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2022.101.1.32
objectType: label: Type
content: yearbooks
label: Type
content: books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © The City College of the City University of New York
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on photographic paper , plastic and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (open): 12 5/16 × 18 3/4 × 1 in. (31.2 × 47.6 × 2.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (closed): 12 5/16 × 9 5/16 × 1 in. (31.2 × 23.6 × 2.6 cm)