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“Scarce, Valuable and Splendid Books”: Davis, Town and Their Libraries on Architecture
Retired Curator of Drawings & Archives Janet Parks delves into the "scarce, valuable, and splendid books" that comprise the personal libraries of American architects Alexander Jackson Davis and Ithiel Town, held by the Avery Drawings & Archives collection.
Processing the Myrna Casas Papers
Michelle Lopez, a Fall 2025 archival intern in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, helps to process the papers of Puerto Rican playwright and director Myrna Casas, whose archive will aid research in theater and performance history in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean among many other fields.
Public Domain Day 2026: Columbia University Edition
January 1 is celebrated as Public Domain Day, which acknowledges works that enter the public domain on that day after 95 years of copyright protection. The Libraries' Open Scholarship team highlights works by Columbia University authors that entered the public domain on January 1, 2026.
