Demarest, David P. , 1931-2011

Scope and Contents This collection contains print versions of, FOCUS: the Faculty and Staff Newspaper from 1971 to 2008 as well as discs from 2000 to 2008 containing website and indesign data. The collection is almost entirely complete with two copies of each print issue.The FOCUS Manual, a guide written by FOCUS founder and editor from 1971-1994, David Demarest, described that FOCUS, “seeks and ‘independent’ stance: the option to publish pieces critical of university policies.” The manual also...

Overview Dr. Eugene Levy was a professor of history at Carnegie Mellon University from 1965-1999. This collection reflects Dr. Levy’s career-long interest in the documentation and analysis of the history of the industrial landscape of the greater-Pittsburgh region. Often working with his colleague and close friend David Demarest, Levy shot photographs of mill towns outside Pittsburgh such as Homestead, Duquesne, McKeesport, and Monongahela. The collection contains photographs of the Homestead Works...