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Sep 15, 2021

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As Columbia University nears 125 years in Morningside Heights, University archivists look to the only building left on campus from its time as the Bloomingdale Asylum: Buell Hall.

Sep 8, 2021

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Columbia University faculty, students, and staff now have access to 3.6 million volumes held by Harvard University through the Research Collections and Preservation Consortium (ReCAP) partnership.

Sep 8, 2021

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With University Life, the Office of the President, and the Welcome Home Columbia Planning Committee, the Libraries welcomes new and returning students and invites you to participate in the Columbia Quest Scavenger Hunt!

Aug 31, 2021

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The Libraries and partners across Columbia mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Russian Institute (now the Harriman Institute) with a forthcoming collection of essays and a virtual exhibition.

Aug 31, 2021

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Public Services staff in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library carry on a long-standing tradition of making the library's holdings available to patrons, a service once headed by the pioneering Dr. Mary A. Bennett.

Aug 27, 2021

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A new addition to the papers of comic book artist Jerry Robinson, held by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, sheds a startling light on the early years of a storied creator and illustrator.

Aug 19, 2021

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News from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes newly-reformatted oral histories from the Thomas Iorio Stonewall Vets video recordings, which document LGBTQ culture and heritage in New York City in the mid-1990s.

Aug 17, 2021

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The Libraries partners with the University's Miller Theatre and the School of the Arts to present "Live from Columbia: Pop-Ups from Morningside Campus," a series of free, digital performances by world-class musicians.

Aug 12, 2021

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Two fragments of an ancient papyrus letter - one piece held in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library and the other in the British Library in London - are virtually rejoined into a seamless, digital whole.

Aug 9, 2021

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As the Libraries plans to restore select services for the Fall term, important changes to library access and borrowing procedures will take effect on August 17, including the reopening of library stacks.

Aug 3, 2021

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Art Properties pursues compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), which assists American Indian tribes in repatriating human remains and cultural heritage objects.

Aug 2, 2021

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With a roster of Columbia Lions participating in the Olympic Games in Tokyo, archivists showcase past Olympic competitors from medal-worthy collections in the University Archives.

Jul 23, 2021

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University archivists recount how protests among student activists on campus inspired Margaret B. Young, widow of civil rights leader Whitney M. Young, to donate her late husband's papers to Columbia.

Jul 19, 2021

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A recent event marked the completion of the Manuscripts of the Muslim World Project, a collaboration among numerous institutions to digitize and provide online access to Islamicate manuscripts and Mughal paintings.

Jul 19, 2021

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Inside the basement of Butler Library: Behind the scenes of the Libraries' Collections Acquisitions Services (CAS) division, which acquires nearly 60,000 books, journals, DVDs, music scores, and graphic novels every year.

Jul 15, 2021

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News from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes correspondence, reports, speeches, and other materials that document the work of civil rights leader Whitney M. Young

Jul 13, 2021

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The University Archives shares photos from renowned photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White, who took her first class in photography at Columbia in 1922 and whose work is now on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Jul 2, 2021

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Explore the Carnegie Corporation of New York Digital Archive to trace the evolution of ideas surrounding democracy and immigration with the release of the corporation's annual class of Great Immigrants.

Jul 2, 2021

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A scrapbook of comic strips compiled by barber I.A. Persinger throughout the late 1920s and early 1930s offers an unlikely window into sociocultural history and life in Depression-era Kansas.

Jun 30, 2021

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As Columbia prepares to return to "normal University life," according to the Office of the President, the University Archives offers a series of recommendations to transition offices and records back to campus.

Jun 23, 2021

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Fifty years ago, in 1971, Columbia established the first LGBTQ student lounge on a college campus in Furnald Hall, a safe space for the gay community at the University.

Jun 22, 2021

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A selection of ebooks in commemoration of Pride Month, available to Columbia faculty, staff, and students through SimplyE for Columbia, speaks to a range of experiences and stories from the LGBTQ community.

Jun 16, 2021

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Beginning Monday, June 28, seat reservations will no longer be required to use library spaces. Six libraries will remain open as study space for students, faculty, and staff through September 7.

Jun 15, 2021

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To celebrate National Immigrant Heritage Month, the University Archives remembers Michael Pupin, or Mihajlo Idvorsky Pupin, CC 1883, University faculty member and inventor of coils to facilitate long-distance telephone calls.

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A Little House with a Long History

ReCAP Expands Access to 3.6 Million More Volumes

Columbia Quest | Scavenger Hunt

People, Books & Archives in Pictures, 1903-2021: Resources for Russian/Soviet, East European & Eurasian Studies on the Heights

Making Holdings Available to Users: A Long-Standing Tradition

Formation of a Comic Book Artist

News from RBML’s Archivists and Collections Managers | July and August 2021

Miller Theatre: Live from Columbia Digital Performances

Two Ancient Papyrus Fragments and Their Very Modern Reunion

Stacks, Circulation, ETAS and More: What’s Happening August 17 and Beyond

Art Properties Complies with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)

Columbia Olympians in the University Archives

How the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Papers Came to Columbia

The Muslim World Manuscripts Project: “Listening to All the Echoes in the Garden”

Acquisitions: It’s Not Just Opening Boxes!

News from RBML’s Archivists | June 2021

Bourke-White at Columbia

Celebrate Great Immigrants with the Carnegie Corporation of New York Online Archives

Comics Scrapbook Offers a Window into Depression-era Kansas

Return to Campus: Records Management Considerations

A Safe Space Turns 50

Pride Month Spotlight: Ebooks in LGBTQ Studies

Discontinuation of Seat Reservations

From Immigrant to Inventor

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A Little House with a Long History

ReCAP Expands Access to 3.6 Million More Volumes

Columbia Quest | Scavenger Hunt

People, Books & Archives in Pictures, 1903-2021: Resources for Russian/Soviet, East European & Eurasian Studies on the Heights

Making Holdings Available to Users: A Long-Standing Tradition

Formation of a Comic Book Artist

News from RBML’s Archivists and Collections Managers | July and August 2021

Miller Theatre: Live from Columbia Digital Performances

Two Ancient Papyrus Fragments and Their Very Modern Reunion

Stacks, Circulation, ETAS and More: What’s Happening August 17 and Beyond

Art Properties Complies with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)

Columbia Olympians in the University Archives

How the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Papers Came to Columbia

The Muslim World Manuscripts Project: “Listening to All the Echoes in the Garden”

Acquisitions: It’s Not Just Opening Boxes!

News from RBML’s Archivists | June 2021

Bourke-White at Columbia

Celebrate Great Immigrants with the Carnegie Corporation of New York Online Archives

Comics Scrapbook Offers a Window into Depression-era Kansas

Return to Campus: Records Management Considerations

A Safe Space Turns 50

Pride Month Spotlight: Ebooks in LGBTQ Studies

Discontinuation of Seat Reservations

From Immigrant to Inventor