Kaleidoscope Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of various art pieces submitted by the Florida Tech community in a variety of forms, such as short stories, poetry, drawings, and photographs. This collection contains the founding constitution and at least two physical copies of every Kaleidoscope issue, as well as some copies of the Belletrist. This collection also contains digital files of some issues.
Dates
- 2008-2009, 2011-2015
Language of Materials
English.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions exist and the collection is open for access.
Conditions Governing Use
Photocopies, photographs, and scans of items in this collection may be made by users or by library staff on behalf of users for the following purposes: personal, research, scholarly, educational, and other nonprofit use. It is the responsibility of the user to abide by any and all applicable copyright laws in their use of material from the Harry P. Weber University Archives. Florida Tech is not responsible for any copyright infringement resulting from improper use of research copies or scans created by or provided to users.
Biographical / Historical
The Kaleidoscope is a student-run organization created for students of Florida Tech as a “creative outlet.” Initially called the Belletrist, the literary magazine disappeared for a time and in 2008 was revived as the Kaleidoscope.
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet (1 box, .5 cubic feet, 9 physical folders, 6 PDF files, 18.7 MB.)
Abstract
Kaleidoscope is a literary magazine produced by students under the sponsorship of faculty from the College of Psychology and Liberal Arts. It includes short stories, poetry, photography, and artwork from Florida Tech undergraduates, graduates, faculty, and staff. The physical collection of the Kaleidoscope includes the complete run to date, as well as some copies of the Belletrist.
Arrangement
Chronological.
Accruals
Further accruals are expected.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital copies from 2013 onward may be accessed online on the Kaleidoscope Orgsync homepage (https://orgsync.com/3250/files/472381). PDFs of some issues available through the repository.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital copy of most recent edition of Kaleidoscope can be found on the orgsync website. The current URL for the current edition is: https://orgsync.com/3250/files/1022149/show
Separated Materials
Digital files are stored separately from hard copies.
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Kaleidoscope Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Anthony Pietra, Erin Mahaney
- Date
- 10/30/2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Harry P. Weber University Archives Repository
Evans Library
Florida Institute of Technology
150 West University Blvd.
Melbourne FL 32901-6975 USA
(321)-674-7632
(321) 724-2559 (Fax)
archives@fit.edu