News

Jun 26, 2020

In the media

Curator Kimberly Springer weighs in on a trend among Black Americans who choose to settle abroad in the face of persistent racism in the United States.

Jun 25, 2020

News

The Muftiships Web Archive preserves the websites of Muslim legal experts, or Muftis, and leading jurists from the Islamic world, illuminating the ways in which Islamic law is administered in the digital age.

Jun 24, 2020

News

In celebration of PRIDE Month, explore collections in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library that represent a range of LGBTQIA voices and experiences.

Jun 22, 2020

News

Columbia University first opened its doors for a new term, the Summer Session, in 1900, with courses in disciplines from botany to geography, taught by University faculty.

Jun 19, 2020

News

Archival documents in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library reflect the long history of the struggle for emancipation and freedom from enslavement, now celebrated as Juneteenth.

Jun 16, 2020

In the media

Ireland's University Times describes efforts by the University Archives and Trinity College Dublin to archive experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jun 11, 2020

News, Social

Scanning of physical materials from offsite collections held at ReCAP, the Libraries' offsite shelving facility, has resumed. Eligible items will have a "Request from Offsite" link in CLIO.

Jun 9, 2020

In the media

An article by curator Thai Jones about the Chicago public school curriculum that teaches the history of police torture is included in a round-up of resources on policing in America.

Jun 8, 2020

News

The Rare Book & Manuscript Library holds important archives from activists, artists, and organizations who dedicated their lives to fighting racism and promoting black freedom struggles.

Jun 3, 2020

In the media

A questionnaire and website from the University Archives aim to capture the voices and views of faculty, students, staff, and alumni as they live through the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 22, 2020

News

The U.S. Women’s and Girls’ Magazines Web Archive consists of websites of women’s media that have long documented women’s thoughts, political interests, and social, cultural, and domestic life.

May 18, 2020

News

Tour the offices of University presidents past with the University Archives, from the first offices in 1897 to the present-day suite that was once occupied by Dwight D. Eisenhower.

May 8, 2020

News

A 1966 oral history that offers insights into the origins of unemployment insurance, part of the Social Security Act of 1935, is accessible through the Oral History Archives.

May 7, 2020

In the media

The reporters behind the Ear podcast from Columbia Spectator consult the University Archives to examine how Columbia navigated three historic health crises.

May 4, 2020

News

Library, administrative offices, ceremonial space, athletics training facility? The University Archives unveils perhaps the most unexpected prior use of Low Library.

May 4, 2020

In the media

Digital Scholarship Librarian Alex Gil is named a 2020 "mover & shaker" by Library Journal for his work at the intersection of technology, humanities, and social justice.

May 1, 2020

News

The Rare Book & Manuscript Library acquires the archive of Myrna Casas, one of the most important Puerto Rican, Caribbean, and Latina playwrights of the twentieth century.

Apr 30, 2020

News

The momentous historical events that took place across the globe in 1968 are documented in a newly-digitized exhibition from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, now accessible online.

Apr 27, 2020

News

Visible from across campus, the Low Library dome is made entirely of masonry and stands 135 feet high. The University Archives takes us inside the iconic structure.

Apr 26, 2020

News

Graduate student Shabbir Agha Abbas pores over documents from the Libraries' Muslim World Manuscript Project for a broader and more vibrant understanding of Islamic studies.

Apr 22, 2020

News

The Oral History Archives works with the Libraries to make newly-reformatted collections accessible online, including projects on naval history, social security, and the World Bank.

Apr 21, 2020

In the media

An essay in the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies magazine features manuscripts from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library that describe "social distancing" efforts during the plague in Padua in 1631.

Apr 20, 2020

News

The University Archives collects materials to document the Coronavirus pandemic, including official University communications, emails, and websites. Share your lived experience with the Libraries.

Apr 20, 2020

News

Contemporaries and counterparts: Low Memorial Library and Gould Memorial Library of the University of the City of New York, now NYU, were designed by the same architecture firm in the 1890s.

News

'I'm Leaving, and I'm Just Not Coming Back': Fed Up with Racism, Black Americans Head Overseas

Just Launched: Muftiships Web Archive

Pride Month and History in the RBML Collections

The First Summer Session in 1900

Juneteenth, Freedom, and Emancipation Archives in the RBML

In Trinity and Columbia, Twin Archivist Projects Map a Pandemic in Real Time

Service Update: Scanning of ReCAP Materials

Resources to Teach the History of Policing in America that You Won’t Find in Textbooks

Anti-Racist and Black Liberation Archives in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library

University Archives Will Document COVID-19 at Columbia

Just Launched: U.S. Women’s and Girls’ Magazines Web Archive

Inside Low Library: The Offices of the Presidents

A 1966 Oral History Offers Insights into Roots of Unemployment Insurance

The Continued Crisis

Low Library as an Athletics Training Facility?

Alex Gil | Movers & Shakers 2020 - Change Agents (Library Journal)

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

“1968: The Global Revolutions” Exhibition Goes Online

View from the Top: The Low Library Dome

The MWM Project: An Interview with Shabbir Agha Abbas

Oral Histories Newly Available Online

Plague, Passover, and Perspectives on Social Distancing

Documenting COVID-19 at Columbia

Low and Gould Memorial Libraries: Contemporaries and Counterparts