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Feb 25, 2022

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Columbia affiliates are now invited to apply to publish in open access journals through Cambridge University Press - free of processing charges! Learn more about the agreement with the NorthEast Research Libraries Consortium.

Feb 17, 2022

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To mark the return of in-person Commencement ceremonies, University archivists recall Commencements past, including the 1861 proceedings during which President Abraham Lincoln was awarded an honorary degree.

Feb 16, 2022

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Organizers of "At Home in the World," a series of online conversations that brings together librarians from various area studies disciplines, reflect on the grassroots effort and discuss upcoming events.

Feb 10, 2022

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Curatorial Shorts from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library offer a look at new findings from the library’s collections, including a recent installment that considered slavery, abolition, and the Jay family of New York.

Feb 10, 2022

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A collection of more than 2,500 rare Judaica books and 45 manuscripts, donated to the University in 1892, includes writings by a community of Sephardic, or Spanish and Portuguese, Jews in Amsterdam.

Feb 9, 2022

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Archivists reveal the origins of the presidential keys to the University, which are presented to incoming Columbia presidents by the Chair of the Board of Trustees at each presidential inauguration ceremony.

Feb 3, 2022

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In celebration of Black History Month, the Libraries explores acquisitions and collections in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library that showcase the deep contributions of Black historians & thought leaders in our archives.

Jan 28, 2022

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The John Jay Papers Project, the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and Columbia University mourn the recent loss of Jennifer E. Steenshorne, an esteemed colleague and associate editor on the project.

Jan 28, 2022

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Current Columbia University faculty, staff, and students now have full access to content from The Wall Street Journal through the Libraries. Learn how to activate your WSJ.com Pass.

Jan 26, 2022

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Records from former Emeritus Professor of Economics Carl Shoup, including correspondence and photographs, offer a personal account of the Shoup Tax Mission to Japan in 1949-1950 and its ongoing legacy.

Jan 25, 2022

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The Libraries offers regularly-occurring workshops on key resources, like CLIO, the Libraries' online catalog. Learn more about the sessions, which are typically held via Zoom and are open to all Columbia affiliates.

Jan 19, 2022

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University archivists partner with the Libraries’ Web Resources Collection Program to preserve a record of Columbia’s web presence, now including content that dates to 1996, the earliest year for which archived data is available.

Jan 18, 2022

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The Libraries joins fellow archives and libraries to commemorate the National Day of Racial Healing with resources that honor truth, racial healing, and transformation, including music and oral histories.

Jan 18, 2022

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To commemorate the release of a new edition of "Autobiography" by Angela Davis, archivists in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library release a memo from the editor of its original 1974 edition, Toni Morrison.

Jan 12, 2022

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University archivists share a small collection of notebooks, essays, and exam books from John Purroy Mitchel, CC 1899, who was a part of the second class to graduate from the University's Morningside Heights campus.

Jan 5, 2022

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The Columbia FLI Partnership Lending Library is a collection of textbooks and other course materials available to low-income and/or first-generation students from the University’s undergraduate schools.

Dec 17, 2021

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On December 17, 1991, a bombshell exploded in the worlds of comics, Wall Street, and the media: Marvel Comics released an impressive quarterly report to shareholders - formatted as a sensational comic by several of the brand's most iconic artists.

Dec 17, 2021

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December 17, 2021, marks the 94th anniversary of the death of St. Croix-born, Harlem-based writer Hubert Harrison (1883-1927), who was described by A. Philip Randolph as "the father of Harlem Radicalism."

Dec 15, 2021

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University archivists share an attendance ledger for daily chapel service, which was required to be "constantly performed" by the King's College charter. The ledger was kept by College janitor Stephen R. Weeks and dates to 1847-1854.

Dec 10, 2021

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Staff from the Burke Library reflect on the wide array of services and support offered virtually throughout the pandemic, the team's recent return to in-person work, and look forward to 2022.

Dec 3, 2021

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News from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes more than 130 oral history interviews with such noteworthy figures as activist Bayard Rustin and Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall.

Dec 1, 2021

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Records from the Department of Classics at Columbia document the long, storied history of the department through faculty meeting minutes that date to 1903, completed dissertations, and other archival materials.

Nov 19, 2021

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"What is the Use of Buddhist Art?" draws from the Buddhist objects in the Libraries' Art Properties, including sculptures, stelae, paintings, texts, and ritual implements from ancient Gandhara (Pakistan/India), Nepal, Tibet, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia.

Nov 19, 2021

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"Object Relations: Indigenous Belongings," curated by acclaimed artist Alan Michelson, a Mohawk member of the Six Nations of the Grand River, showcases a selection of Native American art and cultural heritage objects held in the Libraries' Art Properties.

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Free Open Access Publishing with Cambridge University Press

A President’s Degree and a Long-Lost Letter

At Home in the World: An Online Conversation Series Bringing Area Studies Librarians Together

Liberty’s Chain: Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York

Writing in Spanish and Portuguese among the Dutch: Jewish Sephardim in Amsterdam

Mystery Solved: The Presidential Keys to the University

Exploring Black History in Archival Collections

Jennifer E. Steenshorne and the John Jay Papers: A Commemorative Tribute

Access The Wall Street Journal through Columbia University Libraries

Now Available | Shoup Tax Mission to Japan Records

Ongoing Workshops from Columbia University Libraries

Now Available | Columbia University Web Archives, 1996-2010

Columbia University Libraries Participates in a National Day of Racial Healing

Toni Morrison’s Memo on Angela Davis

Now Available | John Purroy Mitchel Papers

How to Use the FLI Partnership Lending Library for Low-Income or First-Generation Undergrads

Marvel Comics Shareholder Reports: A Marriage of Corporate and Creative

On the Anniversary of the Death of Hubert Harrison

Mr. Weeks' Chapel Attendance Book

Looking Back & Looking Forward

News from RBML’s Archivists and Collections Managers | October and September 2021

Now Available | Department of Classics Records

What is the Use of Buddhist Art?

Object Relations: Indigenous Belongings

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Free Open Access Publishing with Cambridge University Press

A President’s Degree and a Long-Lost Letter

At Home in the World: An Online Conversation Series Bringing Area Studies Librarians Together

Liberty’s Chain: Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York

Writing in Spanish and Portuguese among the Dutch: Jewish Sephardim in Amsterdam

Mystery Solved: The Presidential Keys to the University

Exploring Black History in Archival Collections

Jennifer E. Steenshorne and the John Jay Papers: A Commemorative Tribute

Access The Wall Street Journal through Columbia University Libraries

Now Available | Shoup Tax Mission to Japan Records

Ongoing Workshops from Columbia University Libraries

Now Available | Columbia University Web Archives, 1996-2010

Columbia University Libraries Participates in a National Day of Racial Healing

Toni Morrison’s Memo on Angela Davis

Now Available | John Purroy Mitchel Papers

How to Use the FLI Partnership Lending Library for Low-Income or First-Generation Undergrads

Marvel Comics Shareholder Reports: A Marriage of Corporate and Creative

On the Anniversary of the Death of Hubert Harrison

Mr. Weeks' Chapel Attendance Book

Looking Back & Looking Forward

News from RBML’s Archivists and Collections Managers | October and September 2021

Now Available | Department of Classics Records

What is the Use of Buddhist Art?

Object Relations: Indigenous Belongings