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Mar 8, 2024

In the media

Columbia News reports on "the history of the women who founded Columbia's most prolific community service efforts," which have collectively "raised millions of dollars in support of nonprofits that serve Harlem and Morningside Heights."

Feb 14, 2024

In the media

"From the archives: Five Columbia Libraries collections that amplify Uptown Black history. Dive into into the stories of globally celebrated trailblazers whose transformative work shaped Uptown history."

Feb 13, 2024

In the media

Columbia Spectator reports on the progress of the Obama Presidency Oral History Project, which aims to "document the presidency of Barack Obama, CC ’83, from the perspective of...'extraordinary people' affected by the presidency."

Jan 31, 2024

In the media

The American Booksellers Association (ABA) and the Libraries announce that the ABA has donated the association's "extensive organizational and bookseller archives" to the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Jan 25, 2024

In the media

"Mother Country Radicals," a podcast for which Curator for American History Thai Jones served as Historical Consultant, was awarded a 2024 duPont-Columbia Award, which recognizes strength of reporting, storytelling, and impact in the public interest.

Dec 19, 2023

In the media

The most popular stories in 2023 from Columbia Neighbors includes a celebration of the "artistic legacy of Dominican-York icon Josefina Báez," whose archive was acquired by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Dec 10, 2023

In the media

The Eye consults archival materials from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library to investigate this history of Buell Hall on the Morningside Heights campus, once home to the Bloomingdale Insane Asylum.

Nov 29, 2023

In the media

Ned Blackhawk, winner of the 2023 National Book Award for Nonfiction for his work, "The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History," speaks at the University's Lehman Center for American History.

Sep 29, 2023

In the media

"Uncovering the history of Columbia’s presidential inaugurations: A new exhibit at the Rare Book & Manuscript Library sheds light on the traditions that usher in a new era at the University."

Sep 28, 2023

In the media

The Columbia Spectator reports that President Minouche Shafik visited a new exhibition in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library that highlights the history of inauguration ceremonies at Columbia.

Sep 1, 2023

In the media

With images from the archives of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, the NYC LGBT Historic Sites project highlights Manuel Ramos Otero, "widely regarded as one of the most important openly gay Puerto Rican writers of the 20th century."

Aug 22, 2023

In the media

Attention, art lovers! Columbia News highlights four offerings on campus for art, music, and more, including the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, which often exhibits materials from the Libraries' collections.

Apr 30, 2023

In the media

The Eye investigates "efforts for language revitalization and cultural preservation" at the University, including a project in the Libraries to digitize and make accessible a collection of manuscripts about the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw culture.

Apr 30, 2023

In the media

Rare Book Librarian Jane Siegel shares favorite texts from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, which holds more than 10 million volumes, and provides insights into the history and artistry of bookmaking.

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."

News

The History of the Women Who Founded Columbia's Most Prolific Community Service Efforts

From the Archives: Five Columbia Library Collections that Amplify Uptown Black History

Columbia Spectator | Obama Presidency Oral History Project...

American Booksellers Association Donates Archives to Columbia University

The 2024 duPont-Columbia Awards

Year in Rewind: Top Columbia Neighbors Stories of 2023

Beyond Buell Hall: The Lives and Legacies of Bloomingdale Insane Asylum

Ned Blackhawk, Winner of the 2023 National Book Award for Nonfiction, Speaks at Columbia

Uncovering the History of Columbia’s Presidential Inaugurations

Shafik Visits New Butler Library Archival Exhibit Ahead of Inauguration

Manuel Ramos Otero Residence | NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project

Attention, Art Lovers! Here are 4 Places on Campus to Get Your Culture Fix

A Century Later, Columbia Excavates ‘Salvage Anthropology’

Cut the Pages | The Eye

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

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The History of the Women Who Founded Columbia's Most Prolific Community Service Efforts

From the Archives: Five Columbia Library Collections that Amplify Uptown Black History

Columbia Spectator | Obama Presidency Oral History Project...

American Booksellers Association Donates Archives to Columbia University

The 2024 duPont-Columbia Awards

Year in Rewind: Top Columbia Neighbors Stories of 2023

Beyond Buell Hall: The Lives and Legacies of Bloomingdale Insane Asylum

Ned Blackhawk, Winner of the 2023 National Book Award for Nonfiction, Speaks at Columbia

Uncovering the History of Columbia’s Presidential Inaugurations

Shafik Visits New Butler Library Archival Exhibit Ahead of Inauguration

Manuel Ramos Otero Residence | NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project

Attention, Art Lovers! Here are 4 Places on Campus to Get Your Culture Fix

A Century Later, Columbia Excavates ‘Salvage Anthropology’

Cut the Pages | The Eye

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