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Sep 15, 2021

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A new online exhibit, "The Hispanic Institute Between the Wars: The Making of Cultural Networks," celebrates the centennial anniversary of the founding of the Hispanic Institute for Latin American & Iberian Cultures.

Sep 15, 2021

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As Columbia University nears 125 years in Morningside Heights, University archivists look to the only building left on campus from its time as the Bloomingdale Asylum: Buell Hall.

Sep 10, 2021

In the media

Mary Marshall Clark, Director of the Columbia Center for Oral History Research, discusses the Center's September 11, 2001 Oral History Project and the process of oral history under conditions of trauma.

Sep 8, 2021

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Columbia University faculty, students, and staff now have access to 3.6 million volumes held by Harvard University through the Research Collections and Preservation Consortium (ReCAP) partnership.

Sep 8, 2021

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With University Life, the Office of the President, and the Welcome Home Columbia Planning Committee, the Libraries welcomes new and returning students and invites you to participate in the Columbia Quest Scavenger Hunt!

Aug 31, 2021

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The Libraries and partners across Columbia mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Russian Institute (now the Harriman Institute) with a forthcoming collection of essays and a virtual exhibition.

Aug 31, 2021

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Public Services staff in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library carry on a long-standing tradition of making the library's holdings available to patrons, a service once headed by the pioneering Dr. Mary A. Bennett.

Aug 20, 2021

In the media

Columbia News highlights curator Thai Jones and his work in the archives and the classroom in Voices for Change, a series designed to spark conversation about how to create a truly inclusive, antiracist community at Columbia.

Aug 17, 2021

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The Libraries partners with the University's Miller Theatre and the School of the Arts to present "Live from Columbia: Pop-Ups from Morningside Campus," a series of free, digital performances by world-class musicians.

Aug 16, 2021

In the media

The 36-pound comic scrapbook that chronicles the Great Depression: Atlas Obscura tells how the collection went from a small-town barbershop to a big-time library. (That would be our Rare Book & Manuscript Library!)

Aug 12, 2021

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Two fragments of an ancient papyrus letter - one piece held in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library and the other in the British Library in London - are virtually rejoined into a seamless, digital whole.

Aug 9, 2021

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As the Libraries plans to restore select services for the Fall term, important changes to library access and borrowing procedures will take effect on August 17, including the reopening of library stacks.

Aug 4, 2021

In the media

Postcards from the Libraries' special collections showcase "amusements, movies, and the great outdoors" that writer H.P. Lovecraft visited during the summer of 1925, including the Vale of Cashmere in Prospect Park.

Aug 3, 2021

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Art Properties pursues compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), which assists American Indian tribes in repatriating human remains and cultural heritage objects.

Aug 2, 2021

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With a roster of Columbia Lions participating in the Olympic Games in Tokyo, archivists showcase past Olympic competitors from medal-worthy collections in the University Archives.

Jul 26, 2021

In the media

How curators in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library virtually reunited half of an ancient papyrus letter that dates to 6 A.D. with its companion, held by the British Library in London.

Jul 23, 2021

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University archivists recount how protests among student activists on campus inspired Margaret B. Young, widow of civil rights leader Whitney M. Young, to donate her late husband's papers to Columbia.

Jul 22, 2021

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Librarian for Jewish Studies Michelle Chesner co-directs "Footprints: Jewish Books through Time and Space," an inter-institutional project that tracks the movement of Jewish texts and ideas from place to place and across time.

Jul 19, 2021

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A recent event marked the completion of the Manuscripts of the Muslim World Project, a collaboration among numerous institutions to digitize and provide online access to Islamicate manuscripts and Mughal paintings.

Jul 19, 2021

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Inside the basement of Butler Library: Behind the scenes of the Libraries' Collections Acquisitions Services (CAS) division, which acquires nearly 60,000 books, journals, DVDs, music scores, and graphic novels every year.

Jul 15, 2021

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News from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes correspondence, reports, speeches, and other materials that document the work of civil rights leader Whitney M. Young.

Jul 13, 2021

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The University Archives shares photos from renowned photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White, who took her first class in photography at Columbia in 1922 and whose work is now on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Jul 2, 2021

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Explore the Carnegie Corporation of New York Digital Archive to trace the evolution of ideas surrounding democracy and immigration with the release of the corporation's annual class of Great Immigrants.

Jul 2, 2021

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A scrapbook of comic strips compiled by barber I.A. Persinger throughout the late 1920s and early 1930s offers an unlikely window into sociocultural history and life in Depression-era Kansas.

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The Hispanic Institute Between the Wars (Digital Exhibit)

A Little House with a Long History

Remembering How We Remember: Columbia’s 9/11 Oral History Project Allows Us to "Think About It Differently"

ReCAP Expands Access to 3.6 Million More Volumes

Columbia Quest | Scavenger Hunt

People, Books & Archives in Pictures, 1903-2021: Resources for Russian/Soviet, East European & Eurasian Studies on the Heights

Making Holdings Available to Users: A Long-Standing Tradition

Voices for Change: Thai Jones, Herbert H. Lehman Curator for American History, Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Miller Theatre: Live from Columbia Digital Performances

The 36-Pound Comic Scrapbook That Chronicles the Great Depression

Two Ancient Papyrus Fragments and Their Very Modern Reunion

Stacks, Circulation, ETAS and More: What’s Happening August 17 and Beyond

Amusements, Movies, and the Great Outdoors: Summertime Fun with H.P. Lovecraft

Art Properties Complies with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)

Columbia Olympians in the University Archives

British Library Medieval Manuscripts Blog: A Letter of Recommendation Split between Two Continents

How the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Papers Came to Columbia

Footprints | Jewish Books Through Time and Place

The Muslim World Manuscripts Project: “Listening to All the Echoes in the Garden”

Acquisitions: It’s Not Just Opening Boxes!

News from RBML’s Archivists | June 2021

Bourke-White at Columbia

Celebrate Great Immigrants with the Carnegie Corporation of New York Online Archives

Comics Scrapbook Offers a Window into Depression-era Kansas