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Nov 2, 2022

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Writer Lili Hamlyn visits the Rare Book & Manuscript Library to explore the Oral History Archives for her research into grief and public mourning, particularly the 9/11 Oral History Project, which includes a range of interviews from many impacted by the attacks.

Apr 13, 2022

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News from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes of the results of an audio and moving images initiative, a three-year project that concluded at the end of March and featured a number of newly-digitized oral history collections.

Oct 8, 2021

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The Sheila Michaels Civil Rights Organization Oral History Collection offers a democratized narration of the Civil Rights Movement, through interviews with foot soldiers who made change possible through consistent, diligent activism.

Sep 10, 2021

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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.

May 7, 2021

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As spring debuts in New York City and Manhattan’s cultural institutions begin to re-open, a new exhibition at the New York Botanical Gardens links to a collection in the Libraries' Oral History Archives.

Apr 29, 2021

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Oral history interviews with Columbia students, recorded in April and May 2020, reflect the social implications of the COVID-19 pandemic as the University transitioned to online learning.

Apr 28, 2021

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To mark the passing of philanthropist Vartan Gregorian (1934-2021), President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Oral History Archives shares a 2000 interview from the Carnegie Corporation Digital Archive.

Apr 7, 2021

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News from the Oral History Archives includes more than 300 individual, or independently-collected, newly-digitized oral history interviews in the Digital Library Collections.

Mar 9, 2021

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Lawyers Who Went South, a newly-available collection from the Oral History Archives, documents the experiences of lawyers who participated in the 1960s civil rights movement.

Mar 4, 2021

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Hear from Frances Perkins, one of the most influential female figures of the 20th century, in an extensive oral history interview, newly released by the Oral History Archives.

Jan 22, 2021

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The Addicts Who Survived oral history collection offers a robust picture of how the trafficking and consumption of narcotics impacted 20th-century New York City.

Dec 10, 2020

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Transcripts and select audio material from the Eisenhower oral history project, among the University's most researched collections, are now accessible to scholars.

Nov 17, 2020

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The Radio Liberty oral history project, which presents a broad social, political, economic, and cultural panorama of Russia during the 1917 Russian Revolution, is now publicly available.

Nov 12, 2020

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News from the archives of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes more than 1,300 digitized oral histories that are now accessible via CLIO and the Digital Library Collections.

May 8, 2020

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A 1966 oral history that offers insights into the origins of unemployment insurance, part of the Social Security Act of 1935, is accessible through the Oral History Archives.

Apr 22, 2020

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The Oral History Archives works with the Libraries to make newly-reformatted collections accessible online, including projects on naval history, social security, and the World Bank.

Jan 6, 2020

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Learn about the history of the iconic Apollo Theater from the Oral History Archives' Apollo Theater Oral History Project, which features interviews with performers and music industry insiders.

Dec 10, 2019

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Hear a 1991 oral history from Margaret Lawrence, the first African-American psychoanalyst and a graduate of Columbia's College of Physicians & Surgeons, who passed away on December 4 at 105.

Dec 1, 2019

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The Rare Book & Manuscript Library marks World AIDS Day with oral histories from the Physicians & AIDS project, "a historical account of the epidemic through the eyes of the doctors who experienced it."

Aug 16, 2019

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The Oral History Archives' Black Journalists Collection reflects the influence of the Chicago Defender, a noted African-American newspaper that will soon cease print production.

Jul 19, 2019

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The late Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens was interviewed by Columbia's Center for Oral History about the state of civil and human rights post-9/11.

May 20, 2019

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The Oral History Archives in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library will be the sole repository of the official oral histories of the presidency of Barack Obama, CC 1983.

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Lili Hamlyn Examines Rituals of Public Mourning in Columbia’s Oral History Archives

News from RBML’s Archivists and Collections Managers | March and April 2022

New Collection | Sheila Michaels Civil Rights Organization Oral History Collection

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

Art and Nature-Related Oral Histories in NYC

Newly Available | Columbia Students’ COVID-19 Oral History Interviews

Collection Highlight | Vartan Gregorian (1934-2021) and the Carnegie Corporation Digital Archive

Newly Available Online | Biographical Oral History Interviews Online

Newly Available Online | Lawyers Who Went South

A Frances Perkins Anniversary Gift to Oral History

Oral History | Addicts Who Survived Oral History Project

Oral History | Newly Available in the Digital Library Collection: Eisenhower Oral History Project

Radio Liberty Oral History Project Newly Available to the Public

News from the RBML’s Archivists | September and October 2020

A 1966 Oral History Offers Insights into Roots of Unemployment Insurance

Oral Histories Newly Available Online

As Seen on TV: More on the Apollo Theater through Oral History

First African-American Psychoanalyst, Margaret Lawrence, Dies at 105

Marking World AIDS Day with Oral Histories from the Collections

Remembering the Influence of the Chicago Defender

In Passing: Oral History with Justice John Paul Stevens

Obama Presidency Oral Histories to be Archived at Columbia

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Lili Hamlyn Examines Rituals of Public Mourning in Columbia’s Oral History Archives

News from RBML’s Archivists and Collections Managers | March and April 2022

New Collection | Sheila Michaels Civil Rights Organization Oral History Collection

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

Art and Nature-Related Oral Histories in NYC

Newly Available | Columbia Students’ COVID-19 Oral History Interviews

Collection Highlight | Vartan Gregorian (1934-2021) and the Carnegie Corporation Digital Archive

Newly Available Online | Biographical Oral History Interviews Online

Newly Available Online | Lawyers Who Went South

A Frances Perkins Anniversary Gift to Oral History

Oral History | Addicts Who Survived Oral History Project

Oral History | Newly Available in the Digital Library Collection: Eisenhower Oral History Project

Radio Liberty Oral History Project Newly Available to the Public

News from the RBML’s Archivists | September and October 2020

A 1966 Oral History Offers Insights into Roots of Unemployment Insurance

Oral Histories Newly Available Online

As Seen on TV: More on the Apollo Theater through Oral History

First African-American Psychoanalyst, Margaret Lawrence, Dies at 105

Marking World AIDS Day with Oral Histories from the Collections

Remembering the Influence of the Chicago Defender

In Passing: Oral History with Justice John Paul Stevens

Obama Presidency Oral Histories to be Archived at Columbia

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