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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 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 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 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 6, 2022

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The first students to reside on the Columbia campus in Morningside Heights were members of the 1895 varsity crew team, who were granted permission to use the former Bloomingdale Asylum grounds as training quarters.

Mar 9, 2022

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University archivists reveal a second Low Library in Shanghai, China, at St. John's University, similarly made possible by a gift from former University President Seth Low and closely connected to Columbia.

Mar 8, 2022

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News from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes a newly-processed collection of papers from Margaret Bancroft, who earned a Master's degree from Columbia in 1913 and writes of her time at the University.

Feb 17, 2022

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To mark the return of in-person Commencement ceremonies, University archivists recall Commencements past, including the 1861 proceedings during which President Abraham Lincoln was awarded an honorary degree.

Feb 10, 2022

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Curatorial Shorts from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library offer a look at new findings from the library’s collections, including a recent installment that considered slavery, abolition, and the Jay family of New York.

Feb 9, 2022

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Archivists reveal the origins of the presidential keys to the University, which are presented to incoming Columbia presidents by the Chair of the Board of Trustees at each presidential inauguration ceremony.

Feb 3, 2022

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In celebration of Black History Month, the Libraries explores acquisitions and collections in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library that showcase the deep contributions of Black historians & thought leaders in our archives.

Jan 28, 2022

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The John Jay Papers Project, the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and Columbia University mourn the recent loss of Jennifer E. Steenshorne, an esteemed colleague and associate editor on the project.

Jan 26, 2022

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Records from former Emeritus Professor of Economics Carl Shoup, including correspondence and photographs, offer a personal account of the Shoup Tax Mission to Japan in 1949-1950 and its ongoing legacy.

Jan 19, 2022

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University archivists partner with the Libraries’ Web Resources Collection Program to preserve a record of Columbia’s web presence, now including content that dates to 1996, the earliest year for which archived data is available.

Jan 18, 2022

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To commemorate the release of a new edition of "Autobiography" by Angela Davis, archivists in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library release a memo from the editor of its original 1974 edition, Toni Morrison.

Jan 12, 2022

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University archivists share a small collection of notebooks, essays, and exam books from John Purroy Mitchel, CC 1899, who was a part of the second class to graduate from the University's Morningside Heights campus.

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A Royal Symbol Persists Beyond the Revolution

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

Researching Columbia’s Campus and Histories of Racism and Enslavement

Stargazing at the Bloomingdale Observatory

Before Morningside Heights: Columbia’s Second Home

The Benjamin Franklin Chair’s Big Day Out

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

A Dorm for Crew on “Cathedral Heights”

The Low Library in Shanghai

News from RBML’s Archivists and Collections Managers | February 2022

A President’s Degree and a Long-Lost Letter

Liberty’s Chain: Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York

Mystery Solved: The Presidential Keys to the University

Exploring Black History in Archival Collections

Jennifer E. Steenshorne and the John Jay Papers: A Commemorative Tribute

Now Available | Shoup Tax Mission to Japan Records

Now Available | Columbia University Web Archives, 1996-2010

Toni Morrison’s Memo on Angela Davis

Now Available | John Purroy Mitchel Papers

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A Royal Symbol Persists Beyond the Revolution

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

Researching Columbia’s Campus and Histories of Racism and Enslavement

Stargazing at the Bloomingdale Observatory

Before Morningside Heights: Columbia’s Second Home

The Benjamin Franklin Chair’s Big Day Out

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

A Dorm for Crew on “Cathedral Heights”

The Low Library in Shanghai

News from RBML’s Archivists and Collections Managers | February 2022

A President’s Degree and a Long-Lost Letter

Liberty’s Chain: Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York

Mystery Solved: The Presidential Keys to the University

Exploring Black History in Archival Collections

Jennifer E. Steenshorne and the John Jay Papers: A Commemorative Tribute

Now Available | Shoup Tax Mission to Japan Records

Now Available | Columbia University Web Archives, 1996-2010

Toni Morrison’s Memo on Angela Davis

Now Available | John Purroy Mitchel Papers

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