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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 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 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 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 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. Aug 25, 2020 News Going to Columbia While Living At Home As the University reduces the number of students who will live on campus for the Fall 2020 term, the University Archives recalls that Columbia wasn't always a residential college. Jul 20, 2020 News The Malleable Academic Calendar: Then and Now The 2020-2021 academic calendar was adjusted to address the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest example of how the calendar has been historically responsive to circumstances. Jun 22, 2020 News The First Summer Session in 1900 Columbia University first opened its doors for a new term, the Summer Session, in 1900, with courses in disciplines from botany to geography, taught by University faculty. May 18, 2020 News Inside Low Library: The Offices of the Presidents Tour the offices of University presidents past with the University Archives, from the first offices in 1897 to the present-day suite that was once occupied by Dwight D. Eisenhower. May 4, 2020 News Low Library as an Athletics Training Facility? Library, administrative offices, ceremonial space, athletics training facility? The University Archives unveils perhaps the most unexpected prior use of Low Library. Apr 27, 2020 News View from the Top: The Low Library Dome Visible from across campus, the Low Library dome is made entirely of masonry and stands 135 feet high. The University Archives takes us inside the iconic structure. Apr 20, 2020 News Documenting COVID-19 at Columbia The University Archives collects materials to document the Coronavirus pandemic, including official University communications, emails, and websites. Share your lived experience with the Libraries. Apr 20, 2020 News Low and Gould Memorial Libraries: Contemporaries and Counterparts Contemporaries and counterparts: Low Memorial Library and Gould Memorial Library of the University of the City of New York, now NYU, were designed by the same architecture firm in the 1890s. Apr 13, 2020 News Continuous History: The Trustees Room of Low Library The University Archives traces the history of the Trustees Room in Low Library, which has held meetings of the University's Board of Trustees since 1897. Apr 6, 2020 News New Directions in Libraries: Now and Low The University Archives shares favorite facts, photos, and stories about Low Library, which opened in 1897 and featured one of the “most advanced library arrangements of the time.” Mar 30, 2020 News Columbia’s Response to Other Pandemics Decades prior to the onset of COVID-19, Columbia responded to two devastating health crises: an outbreak of cholera in New York City in 1832 and the worldwide influenza pandemic of 1918. Mar 9, 2020 News Sports Photographs: On the Harlem River The University Archives tells how two members of Columbia's crew team convinced New York Central Railroad to paint the letter "C" on the 100-foot rock cliff now known as C Rock. « 1 »
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.
“’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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Going to Columbia While Living At Home As the University reduces the number of students who will live on campus for the Fall 2020 term, the University Archives recalls that Columbia wasn't always a residential college.
The Malleable Academic Calendar: Then and Now The 2020-2021 academic calendar was adjusted to address the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest example of how the calendar has been historically responsive to circumstances.
The First Summer Session in 1900 Columbia University first opened its doors for a new term, the Summer Session, in 1900, with courses in disciplines from botany to geography, taught by University faculty.
Inside Low Library: The Offices of the Presidents Tour the offices of University presidents past with the University Archives, from the first offices in 1897 to the present-day suite that was once occupied by Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Low Library as an Athletics Training Facility? Library, administrative offices, ceremonial space, athletics training facility? The University Archives unveils perhaps the most unexpected prior use of Low Library.
View from the Top: The Low Library Dome Visible from across campus, the Low Library dome is made entirely of masonry and stands 135 feet high. The University Archives takes us inside the iconic structure.
Documenting COVID-19 at Columbia The University Archives collects materials to document the Coronavirus pandemic, including official University communications, emails, and websites. Share your lived experience with the Libraries.
Low and Gould Memorial Libraries: Contemporaries and Counterparts Contemporaries and counterparts: Low Memorial Library and Gould Memorial Library of the University of the City of New York, now NYU, were designed by the same architecture firm in the 1890s.
Continuous History: The Trustees Room of Low Library The University Archives traces the history of the Trustees Room in Low Library, which has held meetings of the University's Board of Trustees since 1897.
New Directions in Libraries: Now and Low The University Archives shares favorite facts, photos, and stories about Low Library, which opened in 1897 and featured one of the “most advanced library arrangements of the time.”
Columbia’s Response to Other Pandemics Decades prior to the onset of COVID-19, Columbia responded to two devastating health crises: an outbreak of cholera in New York City in 1832 and the worldwide influenza pandemic of 1918.
Sports Photographs: On the Harlem River The University Archives tells how two members of Columbia's crew team convinced New York Central Railroad to paint the letter "C" on the 100-foot rock cliff now known as C Rock.
