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Dec 22, 2020 News 2020: A Year Unlike Any Other A year in review: among other projects, the University Archives mobilized to document Columbia's official response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other milestones in 2020. Dec 21, 2020 News Some Illumination for All View a selection of manuscripts from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library's medieval and Renaissance collections, newly digitized and accessible online for discovery and study. Dec 15, 2020 News “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” and Columbia The iconic Santa Claus with a beard “as white as the snow" was created by loyal Columbian Clement Clark Moore, CC 1798, in a poem for his children, written on Christmas Eve in 1822. Dec 10, 2020 News Oral History | Newly Available in the Digital Library Collection: Eisenhower Oral History Project Transcripts and select audio material from the Eisenhower oral history project, among the University's most researched collections, are now accessible to scholars. Dec 9, 2020 News News from the RBML’s Archivists and Collections Management Specialists | November 2020 News from the archives of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes newly-digitized audio and video material from the Chinese oral history project collection. Dec 8, 2020 News Home Study: Columbia’s Long-Distance Experiment The University Archives details an initiative that began in 1919 and enabled Columbia to provide educational opportunities, or "home study," to students all over the world. Dec 1, 2020 News Lighting Up the Yule Log The University Archives celebrates the holiday season with one of the oldest Columbia traditions, the Yule Log, which dates to the colonial days of King's College. Nov 24, 2020 News Remembering “Our Mayor”: David N. Dinkins and Columbia University Libraries The Libraries remembers the late David N. Dinkins, the first African-American mayor of New York City, whose papers are held by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Nov 18, 2020 News Records Management and University Archives 101s Learn the basics behind the University Archives, which helps Columbians manage their records and preserves and makes accessible the institutional history of the University. Nov 17, 2020 News Radio Liberty Oral History Project Newly Available to the Public 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 News News from the RBML’s Archivists | September and October 2020 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. Nov 12, 2020 News Columbia Football at 150! The University Archives explores the past 150 years of Columbia Football, including the team's first game on November 12, 1870 against Rutgers University. Oct 28, 2020 News Columbia and Daylight Saving Time: You’re Welcome Two Columbia professors, John K. Rees and Harold Jacoby, were instrumental in New York City's decision to adopt Daylight Savings Time in the early 20th century. Oct 23, 2020 News Meet Tara, Who Helps Students and Researchers at Columbia Access Special Collections Safely in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library Meet Tara Craig, Head of Public Services in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, who helps students and researchers at Columbia access special collections safely. Oct 21, 2020 News What’s It Like to Be a student at Columbia? The University Archives provides a glimpse into student life at Columbia, from the late 19th century onward, through student publications, notebooks and lecture notes, photographs, and more. Oct 14, 2020 News Happy Birthday, Ike! Happy birthday, Ike! The University Archives recounts Dwight D. Eisenhower's connections to Columbia University to celebrate the American president and military leader's birthday on October 14. Oct 7, 2020 News Going to Columbia from Home: the 1880s Edition The University Archives explains that women who attended Columbia College in the 1880s were not permitted to attend lectures with male students and were instead required to "study at home." Sep 23, 2020 News How Well Do You Know Alma? To celebrate the dedication of Columbia's iconic Alma Mater on September 23, 1903, the University Archives asks, how well do you know Alma? Take our quiz to test your Alma expertise! Sep 11, 2020 News Expanded Parking and Commuting to Campus: Then and Now The University will provide shuttles to faculty and staff for the Fall 2020 term, which isn't the first occasion that Columbia has expanded services for commuters. Sep 11, 2020 News News from RBML’s Archivists | August 2020 News from the archives of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes newly-digitized audio material from the Language and Culture Archive of Ashkenazic Jewry (LCAAJ). Sep 9, 2020 News Eleanor Roosevelt Speaks for Herself: Identifying 1,257 Married Women by their Full Names Archivists in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library identify more than 1,200 women in the library's finding aids by their full names who were previously described only by their husbands' names. Sep 8, 2020 News Here’s What to Expect at RBML this Fall Semester In accordance with the University's COVID-19 safety protocols, the Rare Book & Manuscript Library offers a number of accommodations and services for the Fall 2020 term. Aug 28, 2020 News RBML Staff and CUL Bid Farewell and Good Luck to Sean Quimby The Rare Book & Manuscript Library bids farewell to director Sean Quimby, who joins the University of Pennsylvania after six years with Columbia University. « 1 »
News from the RBML’s Archivists and Collections Management Specialists | December 2020 News from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes correspondence and documents from Frances Perkins, one of the most influential American women of the mid-20th century.
2020: A Year Unlike Any Other A year in review: among other projects, the University Archives mobilized to document Columbia's official response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other milestones in 2020.
Some Illumination for All View a selection of manuscripts from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library's medieval and Renaissance collections, newly digitized and accessible online for discovery and study.
“’Twas the Night Before Christmas” and Columbia The iconic Santa Claus with a beard “as white as the snow" was created by loyal Columbian Clement Clark Moore, CC 1798, in a poem for his children, written on Christmas Eve in 1822.
Oral History | Newly Available in the Digital Library Collection: Eisenhower Oral History Project Transcripts and select audio material from the Eisenhower oral history project, among the University's most researched collections, are now accessible to scholars.
News from the RBML’s Archivists and Collections Management Specialists | November 2020 News from the archives of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes newly-digitized audio and video material from the Chinese oral history project collection.
Home Study: Columbia’s Long-Distance Experiment The University Archives details an initiative that began in 1919 and enabled Columbia to provide educational opportunities, or "home study," to students all over the world.
Lighting Up the Yule Log The University Archives celebrates the holiday season with one of the oldest Columbia traditions, the Yule Log, which dates to the colonial days of King's College.
Remembering “Our Mayor”: David N. Dinkins and Columbia University Libraries The Libraries remembers the late David N. Dinkins, the first African-American mayor of New York City, whose papers are held by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
Records Management and University Archives 101s Learn the basics behind the University Archives, which helps Columbians manage their records and preserves and makes accessible the institutional history of the University.
Radio Liberty Oral History Project Newly Available to the Public 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.
News from the RBML’s Archivists | September and October 2020 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.
Columbia Football at 150! The University Archives explores the past 150 years of Columbia Football, including the team's first game on November 12, 1870 against Rutgers University.
Columbia and Daylight Saving Time: You’re Welcome Two Columbia professors, John K. Rees and Harold Jacoby, were instrumental in New York City's decision to adopt Daylight Savings Time in the early 20th century.
Meet Tara, Who Helps Students and Researchers at Columbia Access Special Collections Safely in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library Meet Tara Craig, Head of Public Services in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, who helps students and researchers at Columbia access special collections safely.
What’s It Like to Be a student at Columbia? The University Archives provides a glimpse into student life at Columbia, from the late 19th century onward, through student publications, notebooks and lecture notes, photographs, and more.
Happy Birthday, Ike! Happy birthday, Ike! The University Archives recounts Dwight D. Eisenhower's connections to Columbia University to celebrate the American president and military leader's birthday on October 14.
Going to Columbia from Home: the 1880s Edition The University Archives explains that women who attended Columbia College in the 1880s were not permitted to attend lectures with male students and were instead required to "study at home."
How Well Do You Know Alma? To celebrate the dedication of Columbia's iconic Alma Mater on September 23, 1903, the University Archives asks, how well do you know Alma? Take our quiz to test your Alma expertise!
Expanded Parking and Commuting to Campus: Then and Now The University will provide shuttles to faculty and staff for the Fall 2020 term, which isn't the first occasion that Columbia has expanded services for commuters.
News from RBML’s Archivists | August 2020 News from the archives of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes newly-digitized audio material from the Language and Culture Archive of Ashkenazic Jewry (LCAAJ).
Eleanor Roosevelt Speaks for Herself: Identifying 1,257 Married Women by their Full Names Archivists in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library identify more than 1,200 women in the library's finding aids by their full names who were previously described only by their husbands' names.
Here’s What to Expect at RBML this Fall Semester In accordance with the University's COVID-19 safety protocols, the Rare Book & Manuscript Library offers a number of accommodations and services for the Fall 2020 term.
RBML Staff and CUL Bid Farewell and Good Luck to Sean Quimby The Rare Book & Manuscript Library bids farewell to director Sean Quimby, who joins the University of Pennsylvania after six years with Columbia University.
