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Mar 5, 2025

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The curator of a Los Angeles exhibit on "forgotten artisan" Manuel Sandoval consulted the Frank Lloyd Wright archives in Avery Library to explore the legacy of the Nicaraguan artist, including his ties to Wright.

Mar 5, 2025

In the media

The New York Times reports that "a sweeping history of Native Americans and a study of the creation of the port of Los Angeles in the 19th century have won this year’s Bancroft Prize."

Mar 5, 2025

In the media

ComicBook.com chats with ElfQuest creators Richard and Wendy Pini who established a "landmark endowment for future comics, collections, and more" with the Libraries' Comics and Cartoons collection.

Feb 25, 2025

In the media

Forbes reports that "Wendy and Richard Pini, the couple behind the long-running ElfQuest independent comics series, are donating $500,000 to Columbia University to endow and conserve the school library’s growing collection of comics, graphic novels, and related prose works."

Feb 19, 2025

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"Looking to the stars: 'Celestial Navigation' exhibit opens in Butler Library. Graduate students showcased new works alongside archival navigational and astronomical pieces in the new exhibit," as highlighted by the Columbia Spectator.

Feb 14, 2025

In the media

The New York Times took to the archives of Avery Library to research "a Philip Johnson house on the market in Newburgh, NY: Wolfhouse, as it is known, was built in the late 1940s and recently restored."

Jan 30, 2025

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To mark the 200th anniversary of the Columbia College Alumni Association (CCAA), Columbia College Today visited the University archives to learn more about the origins and early history of the organization - and found just how much alumni have shaped the College and its community.

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The Forgotten Artisan Behind Frank Lloyd Wright

2025 Bancroft Prize Winners│The New York Times

ElfQuest Creators Wendy and Richard Pini Create Landmark Endowment for Future Comics, Collections, and More

ElfQuest Creators Donate $500,000 To Columbia University Comics Archive

Looking to the Stars: "Celestial Navigation" Exhibit Opens in Butler

A Philip Johnson House Is on the Market in Newburgh, N.Y.

A Salute to the CCAA

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The Forgotten Artisan Behind Frank Lloyd Wright

2025 Bancroft Prize Winners│The New York Times

ElfQuest Creators Wendy and Richard Pini Create Landmark Endowment for Future Comics, Collections, and More

ElfQuest Creators Donate $500,000 To Columbia University Comics Archive

Looking to the Stars: "Celestial Navigation" Exhibit Opens in Butler

A Philip Johnson House Is on the Market in Newburgh, N.Y.

A Salute to the CCAA

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