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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.

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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)

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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)

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