Black Journalists Oral History Project Find valuable insights into the early years of Black journalists’ struggles to shape their role in those newsrooms and the evolution of the Black press.
Reminiscences of Bobby Bowen Listen to a leader of the Black Panther Party in Richmond, CA and how he came to consciousness through reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
Alexander Gumby Scrapbooks Browse a growing video collection from the cable network's archive on topics from economics, women's studies, human rights and more.
The Spirit of 1968 Explore documents and materials on the Black freedom movement on Morningside Heights, and around the globe.
A Brief History of Anti-Black Violence and Policing at Columbia University Discover a documentation of the history of student and community activism on campus and in Harlem.
In the School of Wisdom: Persian Bookbinding ca 1575-1890 Virtually visit a reprise of a previous RBML exhibition presented between October 2018 and March 2019.
John Brown and Harper's Ferry Explore the life of John Brown, a radical abolitionist who risked his life to end slavery.
How Harlem Became Radical See ephemera from Hubert H. Harrison-- the first great soapbox orator of Harlem-- who was a brilliant and influential writer, educator, and movement builder of the early 20th century.
Behind the scenes of archivists' work to update finding aids for more than 1,100 collections in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, which are crucial to facilitate discovery for library users.
News from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes correspondence and documents from Frances Perkins, one of the most influential American women of the mid-20th century.
A year in review: among other projects, the University Archives mobilized to document Columbia's official response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other milestones in 2020.
View a selection of manuscripts from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library's medieval and Renaissance collections, newly digitized and accessible online for discovery and study.
The Libraries announces updates to services during intersession and Spring term, including access to in-person library services with modified hours like book pick-up and scanning.
The iconic Santa Claus with a beard “as white as the snow" was created by loyal Columbian Clement Clark Moore, CC 1798, in a poem for his children, written on Christmas Eve in 1822.
Declassified government documents held in the Libraries’ collections are now significantly easier to search and discover through the Freedom of Information Archive.
The Libraries' Norman E. Alexander Lecture in Jewish Studies celebrates ten years of collecting and conserving Judaica and highlights research in Jewish studies.