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Sep 17, 2022

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The U.S. Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787. Though not among the signatories, statesman John Jay, whose papers are held by the Libraries, contributed immensely to its ratification.

Sep 15, 2022

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When Diego and Frida came to Columbia: University archivists recount an appearance by Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo at an important protest on campus in 1933.

Sep 12, 2022

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A series of blog posts from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library highlights archival documents and objects from "Social Climates: Power and the Environment in the Archives," an exhibition currently on view in the RBML.

Sep 1, 2022

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Dean of the School of the Arts Carol Becker will deliver the 2022 Dean's Lecture in the Humanities on "poets, priests, mystics, and revolutionaries," Ernesto Cardenal and Thomas Merton, on October 27.

Aug 31, 2022

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Archivists in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library explore the personal papers of poet Lucie Broido-Brock, who led the poetry concentration in the School of the Arts from 1993 through 2018.

Aug 29, 2022

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Graduate student Evelyn MacPherson delves into the papers of economist Joseph E. Slater, including documents related to his philanthropic work in Venezuela, as part of her internship with the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Aug 16, 2022

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The Libraries announces a joint exhibition with the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) about the Jewish communities in Corfu, a Greek island, with materials on display in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library and at JTS through November 15.

Aug 3, 2022

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University archivists recount the history of the Furnald Grocery, a student-run, non-profit convenience and grocery store in the basement of Furnald Hall that enabled students to buy groceries at minimal markup.

Jul 20, 2022

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Newly-processed records in the University Archives offer insights into perceptions beyond the Columbia campus of the 1968 student strike and the factual investigation led by an independent commission of academics.

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.

Jul 6, 2022

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A royal symbol persists beyond the American Revolution: The Columbia crown, an artifact from the University's origins as King's College, has evolved throughout the school's 250-year history.

Jun 30, 2022

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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

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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.

Jun 19, 2022

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Juneteenth marks the anniversary of the abolition of slavery, announced on June 19, 1865. An early 20th century archival collection in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library offers a glimpse into the memories of former slaves in the Jim Crow South.

Jun 13, 2022

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The Rare Book & Manuscript Library acquires the papers of Myrna Casas, one of the most important Caribbean, Latina, and Puerto Rican playwrights of the twentieth century, for the Latino Arts and Activism Archives.

Jun 6, 2022

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The Libraries spearhead a pilot project to reimagine how campus spaces engage Columbia’s ongoing legacy of racism, including extensive research into slavery, segregation, and discrimination over the course of the University's history.

May 30, 2022

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On Memorial Day, we honor all military services members who gave their lives for our country. The University Archives stewards the Roll of Honor, a registry of Columbia alumni lost in conflicts from the American Revolution onward.

May 25, 2022

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The Columbia campus has a long history in Morningside Heights: the University built its first structure in the neighborhood in 1892, the Bloomingdale Observatory, near the southwest corner of Amsterdam Ave. and 118th St.

May 11, 2022

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View artifacts from the University's former one-block campus on 49th St. in Midtown, where Columbia was located for 40 years prior to its current home in Morningside Heights.

Apr 27, 2022

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When University President Lee C. Bollinger steps down from his role in 2023 and Columbia inaugurates its next president, the Benjamin Franklin chair from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library will make an appearance at the ceremony.

Apr 27, 2022

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"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

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News from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes of the results of an audio and moving images initiative, a three-year project that concluded at the end of March and featured a number of newly-digitized oral history collections.

Apr 13, 2022

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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.

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Constitution Day and John Jay

When Diego and Frida Came to Columbia

Social Climates Exhibit: Into the Capitalocene

2022 Dean’s Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities

Processing Lucie Brock-Broido’s Papers

Processing the Joseph E. Slater Papers

The Jews of Corfu: Between the Adriatic and the Ionian

Louis Taxin and the Furnald Grocery

Now Available | Cox Commission Records

Michelle Margolis: What Do Librarians Do?

A Royal Symbol Persists Beyond the Revolution

Mother Radicals Podcast

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

Juneteenth (2022 Tweet)

Rare Book & Manuscript Library Acquires the Archive of Playwright Myrna Casas

Researching Columbia’s Campus and Histories of Racism and Enslavement

University Archives' Roll of Honor (Memorial Day 2022)

Stargazing at the Bloomingdale Observatory

Before Morningside Heights: Columbia’s Second Home

The Benjamin Franklin Chair’s Big Day Out

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

Introducing Overdue Conversations: Season 2

News from RBML’s Archivists and Collections Managers | March and April 2022

6 Fascinating Finds from Columbia’s Archives

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Constitution Day and John Jay

When Diego and Frida Came to Columbia

Social Climates Exhibit: Into the Capitalocene

2022 Dean’s Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities

Processing Lucie Brock-Broido’s Papers

Processing the Joseph E. Slater Papers

The Jews of Corfu: Between the Adriatic and the Ionian

Louis Taxin and the Furnald Grocery

Now Available | Cox Commission Records

Michelle Margolis: What Do Librarians Do?

A Royal Symbol Persists Beyond the Revolution

Mother Radicals Podcast

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

Juneteenth (2022 Tweet)

Rare Book & Manuscript Library Acquires the Archive of Playwright Myrna Casas

Researching Columbia’s Campus and Histories of Racism and Enslavement

University Archives' Roll of Honor (Memorial Day 2022)

Stargazing at the Bloomingdale Observatory

Before Morningside Heights: Columbia’s Second Home

The Benjamin Franklin Chair’s Big Day Out

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

Introducing Overdue Conversations: Season 2

News from RBML’s Archivists and Collections Managers | March and April 2022

6 Fascinating Finds from Columbia’s Archives