News

Mar 17, 2023

In the media

A conversation hosted by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library on March 27 focuses on materials that were recently uncovered in the archive of Jewish bibliographer and historian Zosa Szajkowski (1911-1978).

Mar 3, 2023

In the media

For Tablet magazine, writer Chaya Sara Oppenheim studies the Megillat Saragossa, a 17th century scroll held by the Rare Book & Manuscript that tells of "a diasporic Jewish community on the verge of destruction."

Feb 20, 2023

In the media

The archive of Josefina Báez, an innovative Afro-Latina artist known first for her groundbreaking work, "Dominicanish," was recently acquired by the Latino Arts & Activisms Collection in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Feb 10, 2023

In the media

An outcome of the Columbia University and Slavery seminar, co-taught by the Libraries' Curator for American History Thai Jones, the Historical Markers project is an "educational, public-oriented display" based on student research from the course.

Nov 15, 2022

In the media, Video

A video from the Columbia Daily Spectator features conversations with the founders of the Student Homophile League, the first gay student organization in the United States, and showcases materials from the University Archives.

Sep 7, 2022

In the media

Columbia News profiles faculty, staff, and students who recently received awards, including Director of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library Courtney Chartier and University Librarian Emeritus Jim Neal.

Jul 12, 2022

In the media

Librarian for Jewish Studies Michelle Margolis shares "the role of a librarian and the hidden world of Judaica and rare books" on an episode of the Show & Tale series from the 18forty Podcast.

Jun 30, 2022

In the media

Curator Thai Jones served as Historical Consultant for a ten-part podcast, "Mother Country Radicals," that reexamines the interconnected histories of white and Black militants in the 1960s.

Jun 24, 2022

In the media

Archivist Katia Davydenko mounts an exhibit in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library to contextualize the ongoing war in her native Ukraine and educate the Columbia community about the history surrounding the crisis.

Apr 27, 2022

In the media

"An Heir, a $25 Million Giveaway, and 30,000 Unanswered Letters": Letters to heir Michael James Brody Jr., now held by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, are "a time capsule of the setting of the Age of Aquarius."

Apr 18, 2022

In the media

Season two of "Overdue Conversations," a podcast from curators in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, premieres with an ongoing discussion of how archives inform dialogues about history, literature, and politics.

Apr 13, 2022

In the media

Director of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library Courtney Chartier shares with Columbia Magazine six of her favorite pieces from the collections that she stewards, including the papers of iconic dancer Arthur Mitchell.

Mar 31, 2022

In the media

Artwork from cartoonist Manuel Rosenberg, whose papers are held by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, was featured in an article in the Independent by the illustrator's great-niece about his travels in post-revolutionary Russia.

Feb 5, 2022

In the media

The Washington Post consults Director of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library Courtney Chartier to discuss President Donald Trump's frequent destruction of articles, briefings, schedules, and other documents.

Dec 13, 2021

In the media

Jada Yuan reflects on the legacy of her grandmother, groundbreaking nuclear physicist and the first Michael I. Pupin Professor of Physics at Columbia, Chien-Shiung Wu, in an essay for the Washington Post, featuring photos from the University Archives.

Nov 1, 2021

In the media

Courtney Chartier, announced as the new director of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library in July 2021, holds a background as an archivist, which enables her to see the full scope of the stewardship of rare collections.

Sep 16, 2021

In the media

Archival documents in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library bring light to historical African American legal triumphs, including a Black woman who sought - and won - justice in 1791.

Sep 10, 2021

In the media

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.

Aug 20, 2021

In the media

Columbia News highlights curator Thai Jones and his work in the archives and the classroom in Voices for Change, a series designed to spark conversation about how to create a truly inclusive, antiracist community at Columbia.

Aug 16, 2021

In the media

The 36-pound comic scrapbook that chronicles the Great Depression: Atlas Obscura tells how the collection went from a small-town barbershop to a big-time library. (That would be our Rare Book & Manuscript Library!)

Apr 22, 2021

In the media

Israeli magazine Haaretz chronicles the career of illustrator Nurit Karlin, the first woman cartoonist to be published by The New Yorker, whose papers were recently acquired by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Nov 4, 2020

In the media

The Libraries hosts four cartoonists for "America, WTF?: Comics in a Time of Crisis," a discussion of the Trump administration, identity, and the role of comics.

Oct 22, 2020

In the media

Library Journal details efforts by archivists in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library to identify more than 1,200 married women by their full names, rather than their husbands' names, in the library's finding aids.

Sep 17, 2020

In the media

Curator Thai Jones, who co-taught the 2020 Columbia University and Slavery seminar, addresses the "long and complex legacy" of slavery at King's College and Columbia University.

News

An RBML Program on Jewish Life in France Before World War II

A Second Purim Story

Josefina Báez: Dominican-York Icon Whose Archive is Now Housed at Columbia University

Columbia University and Slavery Project Launches Historical Campus Markers

Columbia Student Homophile League: The Nation’s First Gay Student Organization

The Carl Sagan Medal, a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, and a Fulbright First for Columbia Nursing

Michelle Margolis: What Do Librarians Do?

Mother Radicals Podcast

Interview with Archivist Katia Davydenko about the Ukraine Exhibit at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library

An Heir, a $25 Million Giveaway and 30,000 Unopened Letters

Introducing Overdue Conversations: Season 2

6 Fascinating Finds from Columbia’s Archives

An American Correspondent...

‘He Never Stopped Ripping Things Up’: Inside Trump’s Relentless Document Destruction Habits

Discovering Dr. Wu

Courtney Chartier is the New Director of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Archival Documents Bring Light to Historical African American Legal Triumphs

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

Voices for Change: Thai Jones, Herbert H. Lehman Curator for American History, Rare Book & Manuscript Library

The 36-Pound Comic Scrapbook That Chronicles the Great Depression

Nurit Karlin Papers (Haaretz)

How Did We Get Here, As Answered Through Comics

Identifying 1,257 Married Women by their Full Names in Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library Finding Aids

A Long And Complex Legacy: An Interview With Thai Jones On The Columbia University And Slavery Project

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An RBML Program on Jewish Life in France Before World War II

A Second Purim Story

Josefina Báez: Dominican-York Icon Whose Archive is Now Housed at Columbia University

Columbia University and Slavery Project Launches Historical Campus Markers

Columbia Student Homophile League: The Nation’s First Gay Student Organization

The Carl Sagan Medal, a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, and a Fulbright First for Columbia Nursing

Michelle Margolis: What Do Librarians Do?

Mother Radicals Podcast

Interview with Archivist Katia Davydenko about the Ukraine Exhibit at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library

An Heir, a $25 Million Giveaway and 30,000 Unopened Letters

Introducing Overdue Conversations: Season 2

6 Fascinating Finds from Columbia’s Archives

An American Correspondent...

‘He Never Stopped Ripping Things Up’: Inside Trump’s Relentless Document Destruction Habits

Discovering Dr. Wu

Courtney Chartier is the New Director of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Archival Documents Bring Light to Historical African American Legal Triumphs

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

Voices for Change: Thai Jones, Herbert H. Lehman Curator for American History, Rare Book & Manuscript Library

The 36-Pound Comic Scrapbook That Chronicles the Great Depression

Nurit Karlin Papers (Haaretz)

How Did We Get Here, As Answered Through Comics

Identifying 1,257 Married Women by their Full Names in Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library Finding Aids

A Long And Complex Legacy: An Interview With Thai Jones On The Columbia University And Slavery Project