Columbia University History Resources


Timelines

Timeline created by the Health Sciences Library Archives & Special Collections:

Other Resources

  • Columbians Ahead of Their Time
    Created for Columbia's 250th website in 2004-2005, this site contains biographical essays about notable Columbia faculty, administrators and alumni who have helped shape the world and how we see it.
  • Columbia University Honorary Degree List 
    Created by the staff of the University Archives, this MS Excel document lists all of the individuals who have received hononrary degrees from Columbia since the 18th century. There is also a tab which lists those who have been awarded the University Medal for Excellence. The list is updated annually, after Commencement.
  • Columbia University Roll of Honor
    Created in conjunction with the installation of a commemorative plaque in Butler Library, this website is intended to be a memorial acknowledging the sacrifice and contributions of each Columbia war casualty as an individual. The Honor Roll of names on this site will be amended as more information surfaces about Columbians engaged in past, present, and future military conflicts of the nation.
  • Columbia University President Profiles
    Created by the staff of the University Archives, this area of our website provides information on all of Columbia's presidents from 1754 to the present.
  • Columbia Library Columns, 1951-1996
    This website is home to digitized issues of Columbia Library Columns which was published from 1951 to 1996.  Over the years contributors included faculty, University adminstrators, writers, historians and collectors, as well as Columbia librarians.  Articles focused on individual collections, special acquisitions, literary topics and issues relating to the growth of Columbia's libraries and special collections generally.
  • Bancroft Prizes Web Site
    This is an informational web site for The Bancroft Prizes. Under the terms of the will of the late Fredric Bancroft, these prizes are awarded annually by Columbia University in the City of New York to the authors of distinguished works in either or both of the following categories: American History (including biography) and Diplomacy. This site includes a link to a list of all past winners of this distinguished award.
  • Pulitzer Prizes Web Site
    This is the official website for The Pulitzer Prizes, which have been honoring excellence in Journalism and the Arts since 1917.  The site contains the complete list of Pulitzer Prize winners from 1917 (the first year the Prizes were awarded) to the present. The site also lists Nominated Finalists from 1980 (the first year finalists were announced) through the present, the full text of winning entries in the Journalism categories from 1995 through the present, and selected material from winners in the Letters, Drama and Music and Special Awards and Citations categories. Also included are biographies of winners from 1995 through the present and information on Board members and Nominating Jurors.

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