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May 11, 2023

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Researcher Gary Ley, a Ph.D. candidate at Swansea University, consults the papers of Albert Maltz, a writer who was imprisoned after his refusal to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee regarding his membership in the Communist Party.

May 11, 2023

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In honor of Jewish American Heritage Month, the Libraries highlights unique materials related to the history of Jews in the Americas, including a chessboard created in 1876 at the Industrial School of the Hebrew Orphanage Asylum (HOA).

May 7, 2023

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Columbia University Libraries is pleased to announce 14 recipients of the annual Outstanding Student Worker awards, nominated by Libraries staff from a workforce of nearly 200 students.

May 4, 2023

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Laurence Cossu-Beaumont, a professor at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, visited the Rare Book & Manuscript Library to review archival materials related to William and Jenny Bradley, a pair of literary agents based in 20th-century Paris.

May 3, 2023

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Records related to the University's bicentennial anniversary celebrations in 1954, including nearly 300 interviews with local business owners, depict the myriad of events held to honor the history of Columbia in Morningside Heights and beyond.

Apr 27, 2023

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Beverly Gage, '04GSAS, a recent recipient of a Bancroft Prize in American History & Diplomacy and a previous winner of the Bancroft Dissertation Award, reflects on the recognition, then and now.

Apr 26, 2023

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The Libraries and partner organizations work to make resources associated with the COVID Information Commons (CIC) accessible to the broader public to ensure that "all members of society have equal access to crucial information about pandemic prevention and preparedness measures."

Apr 26, 2023

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Actor Cory Michael Smith visits the Rare Book & Manuscript Library in preparation to play journalist Varian Fry, an agent of the Emergency Rescue Committee, which helped artists, intellectuals, and others escape from Nazi-occupied Europe.

Apr 18, 2023

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The Columbia University Department of Physics will welcome a host of visitors, including two subject specialists from the Libraries, for a special edition of its Community Round Table to discuss the concept of open science.

Apr 18, 2023

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Spice up your weekly meal plan with recipes from "What's Cooking at Columbia," featuring 20th-century favorites from Columbia faculty, including Jamaican Pepper Pot Soup by Nicholas Murray Butler and Vegetable Soup from Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Apr 11, 2023

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In his semi-autobiographical novel, "Vanity of Duluoz," writer Jack Kerouac recalled his time as a student and football player at Columbia in 1940 - including a quintessentially collegiate experience in Livingston (now Wallach) Hall.

Apr 6, 2023

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Join Columbia University Libraries for a program and reception to honor the 2023 recipients of the Bancroft Prizes in American History and Diplomacy: scholars Beverly Gage, Kelly Lytle Hernández, and John Wood Sweet.

Apr 4, 2023

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The manuscripts of Tlingit artist, ethnographer, and linguist George Hunt, part of the papers gifted to the University by famed anthropologist Franz Boas, were recently digitized by archivists in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Mar 28, 2023

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Three women students in the School of Engineering claimed "firsts" in the 1970s and led the way toward coeducation at Columbia, including Wendy Ho, SEAS 1980, the first female athlete to receive a varsity "C."

Mar 28, 2023

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The oral history transcripts selected for the “Lost in Transcription” case in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library exhibition, "Original Copies," reflect various iterations of transcripts in the Oral History Archives at Columbia.

Mar 27, 2023

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The Rare Book & Manuscript Library announces the opening of an exhibition that explores the technologies that make facsimiles possible, the motivations that drive their production, and the questions they raise about authenticity.

Mar 23, 2023

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The Historical Representation at American House Museums Web Archive documents the changing interpretation and presentation of underrepresented groups at historic house museums in the United States.

Mar 16, 2023

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The Rare Book & Manuscript Library announces upcoming events in the Curatorial Shorts series, which offers an informal look at new findings from the library's collections.

Mar 16, 2023

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The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary holds several examples of "Paris Bibles," Bibles intended for personal study that date to the 13th century and are printed on fine parchment with "minute, precise writing and delicate embellishments."

Mar 14, 2023

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In April of 1887, the University celebrated the centennial of its 1787 charter at a grand Convocation, where trustees awarded 60 honorary degrees, including three to female scholars - or "fair doctors," as newspapers of the day dubbed the trio.

Mar 13, 2023

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Archivists in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library highlight materials, namely oversized artwork, from the Indusco Inc. records, a collection that documents the work of aid organizations in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Mar 9, 2023

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Scholar Lawrence Stern explores nearly 200 linear feet and 500 boxes of materials that document the decades-long career of sociologist Robert K. Merton, spent almost exclusively at Columbia University.

Mar 8, 2023

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Columbia University Libraries has announced that three acclaimed works by Beverly Gage, Kelly Lytle Hernández, and John Wood Sweet will be awarded the 2023 Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy.

Mar 1, 2023

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The Latino Arts and Activisms (LAAS) Collection in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library acquires the papers of writer, performer, and theorist Josefina Báez, founder of the Latinarte/Ay Ombe Theatre in New York, among numerous other accomplishments.

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Research at the RBML | Gary Ley on Albert Maltz

Highlighting Jewish American Collections

Columbia University Libraries Announces 2023 Outstanding Student Worker Award Winners

Research at the RBML | Laurence Cossu-Beaumont on Transatlantic Literary Agents

Now Available | Columbia Bicentennial Anniversary Records

Columbia Alumna Beverly Gage Reflects on Winning a 2023 Bancroft Prize

The COVID Information Commons & Columbia University Libraries

Transatlantic’s Varian Fry

Year of Open Science Extravaganza

What’s Cooking at Columbia: A Recipe Book

Jack Kerouac: #DormLife in 1940

You're Invited | 2023 Bancroft Prizes in American History and Diplomacy

Description and Digitization of the George Hunt Kwak’wala Ethnographic Manuscripts

Engineering Women: “Firsts”

Exhibition | Lost in Transcription

Original Copies: Facsimiles and Their Mediations of Authenticity and Ownership

Just Launched: Historical Representation at American House Museums Web Archive

Spring Curatorial Shorts | Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Paris Bibles | The Burke Library

Columbia’s “Fair Doctors”

Processing the Gung-ho Oversized Artworks

Research at the RBML | Lawrence Stern on Robert K. Merton

Columbia University Libraries Announces the Winners of the 2023 Bancroft Prizes

Columbia’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library Welcomes the Josefina Báez Papers, the Tenth in the Latino Arts and Activisms Collection

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Research at the RBML | Gary Ley on Albert Maltz

Highlighting Jewish American Collections

Columbia University Libraries Announces 2023 Outstanding Student Worker Award Winners

Research at the RBML | Laurence Cossu-Beaumont on Transatlantic Literary Agents

Now Available | Columbia Bicentennial Anniversary Records

Columbia Alumna Beverly Gage Reflects on Winning a 2023 Bancroft Prize

The COVID Information Commons & Columbia University Libraries

Transatlantic’s Varian Fry

Year of Open Science Extravaganza

What’s Cooking at Columbia: A Recipe Book

Jack Kerouac: #DormLife in 1940

You're Invited | 2023 Bancroft Prizes in American History and Diplomacy

Description and Digitization of the George Hunt Kwak’wala Ethnographic Manuscripts

Engineering Women: “Firsts”

Exhibition | Lost in Transcription

Original Copies: Facsimiles and Their Mediations of Authenticity and Ownership

Just Launched: Historical Representation at American House Museums Web Archive

Spring Curatorial Shorts | Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Paris Bibles | The Burke Library

Columbia’s “Fair Doctors”

Processing the Gung-ho Oversized Artworks

Research at the RBML | Lawrence Stern on Robert K. Merton

Columbia University Libraries Announces the Winners of the 2023 Bancroft Prizes

Columbia’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library Welcomes the Josefina Báez Papers, the Tenth in the Latino Arts and Activisms Collection