Reclamation and Rehabilitation: Creating the Master's Thesis Collection at the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near East Studies

Master's Theses occupy a strange liminal position for graduate departments at New York University. Since they are not kept by the university archives, this often renders them inaccessible, and no attempt is made to maintain or document student output. This article is a case study of work done to process and catalog a departmental collection of student Master's Theses. Methodology, use-cases, and intent is detailed in order to demonstrate the potential of the material, and the value in making it accessible to a wider student body.