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Nov 19, 2025

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A football championship revisited: University archivists share a "'you-gotta-be-kidding' coincidence in Columbia football history" and the Lions' two shared Ivy League Championships - the first in 1961 and, more recently, in 2024.

Oct 21, 2025

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View the digital archives of two vital University publications, Spectator and The Record, in a collection that contains nearly 18,000 issues, including editions that date to 1877, and total more than 136,000 digitized pages.

Sep 26, 2025

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An impressive new acquisition by the University Archives is a 1775 King's College diploma belonging to John William Livingston, which also provides insights into the College presidency of Rev. Myles Cooper.

Aug 13, 2025

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University archivists tell the tale of a long-lost Columbia tradition: In the 19th century, students celebrated the birth of the first child born to a member of the class, the Class Baby, and presented the new father with a silver cup known as the Baby Cup.

Jun 12, 2025

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Columbia College students in the late 19th century harnessed the emerging art of photography to collect classmates' images in keepsake volumes, a selection of which are currently on view in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

May 26, 2025

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This Memorial Day, we pause to remember those who died serving in the United States military, including members of our own Columbia community: The Columbia Roll of Honor, maintained by the University Archives, recognizes students and alumni who sacrificed their lives during military service.

May 15, 2025

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University archivists recently processed the alumni files in the Columbia School of Library Service records, which include materials related to the coursework of groundbreaking librarian, curator, and cataloger Dorothy (Burnett) Porter Wesley, B.S. 1931, M.S. 1932.

May 1, 2025

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University archivists introduce Florence Ellen (F. E.) Harpham, the first woman to become a member of the Columbia faculty in 1896 as a "computer" in the Department of Astronomy; her work included analysis of the some of the earliest celestial photographs taken in the United States.

Jan 30, 2025

In the media

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.

Jan 9, 2025

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To mark the 100th anniversary of the Morgan Library and Museum as a public institution, University archivists remember its first director, Belle da Costa Greene, as "a key partner and contributor" to library exhibitions at Columbia throughout the early 20th century.

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A Football Championship Revisited

Explore Columbia's Archival Newspapers

New Acquisition | A King’s College Diploma from 1775

The Baby Cup

On View | Windows into the Past: Columbia College Class Albums, 1856-1890

Memorial Day | Columbia Roll of Honor

Now Available | Columbia School of Library Service Records

Meet Flora Harpham

A Salute to the CCAA

Belle da Costa Greene and Columbia

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A Football Championship Revisited

Explore Columbia's Archival Newspapers

New Acquisition | A King’s College Diploma from 1775

The Baby Cup

On View | Windows into the Past: Columbia College Class Albums, 1856-1890

Memorial Day | Columbia Roll of Honor

Now Available | Columbia School of Library Service Records

Meet Flora Harpham

A Salute to the CCAA

Belle da Costa Greene and Columbia

News Archive