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Aug 20, 2021

In the media

Columbia News highlights curator Thai Jones and his work in the archives and the classroom in Voices for Change, a series designed to spark conversation about how to create a truly inclusive, antiracist community at Columbia.

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 16, 2021

In the media

The 36-pound comic scrapbook that chronicles the Great Depression: Atlas Obscura tells how the collection went from a small-town barbershop to a big-time library. (That would be our Rare Book & Manuscript Library!)

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 4, 2021

In the media

Postcards from the Libraries' special collections showcase "amusements, movies, and the great outdoors" that writer H.P. Lovecraft visited during the summer of 1925, including the Vale of Cashmere in Prospect Park.

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 26, 2021

In the media

How curators in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library virtually reunited half of an ancient papyrus letter that dates to 6 A.D. with its companion, held by the British Library in London.

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 22, 2021

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Librarian for Jewish Studies Michelle Chesner co-directs "Footprints: Jewish Books through Time and Space," an inter-institutional project that tracks the movement of Jewish texts and ideas from place to place and across time.

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 21, 2021

In the media

The Libraries announces plans for a full reopening for the Fall term, including all library locations, library stacks, visitor access, and 24-hour operations in Butler Library, among other highlights.

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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Voices for Change: Thai Jones, Herbert H. Lehman Curator for American History, Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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

Miller Theatre: Live from Columbia Digital Performances

The 36-Pound Comic Scrapbook That Chronicles the Great Depression

Two Ancient Papyrus Fragments and Their Very Modern Reunion

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

Amusements, Movies, and the Great Outdoors: Summertime Fun with H.P. Lovecraft

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

Columbia Olympians in the University Archives

British Library Medieval Manuscripts Blog: A Letter of Recommendation Split between Two Continents

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

Footprints | Jewish Books Through Time and Place

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

Here's What You Need to Know About the Reopening of Columbia's Libraries This Fall

Discontinuation of Seat Reservations

From Immigrant to Inventor

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Voices for Change: Thai Jones, Herbert H. Lehman Curator for American History, Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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

Miller Theatre: Live from Columbia Digital Performances

The 36-Pound Comic Scrapbook That Chronicles the Great Depression

Two Ancient Papyrus Fragments and Their Very Modern Reunion

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

Amusements, Movies, and the Great Outdoors: Summertime Fun with H.P. Lovecraft

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

Columbia Olympians in the University Archives

British Library Medieval Manuscripts Blog: A Letter of Recommendation Split between Two Continents

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

Footprints | Jewish Books Through Time and Place

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

Here's What You Need to Know About the Reopening of Columbia's Libraries This Fall

Discontinuation of Seat Reservations

From Immigrant to Inventor