Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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In order to use the collections, all visitors to the Rare Book & Manuscript Library are required to create a Special Collections Research Account. Registering as a special collections user also allows you to request materials online before your visit.

 

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The Columbia University Libraries online catalogue is a primary tool for locating RBML materials.

Archival Collections Portal

This portal provides access to records of archival collections at Columbia University Libraries, including finding aids, collection descriptions and available digital content, such as online exhibits and images.

Oral History Portal

Use this portal to explore the collections of the Columbia Center for Oral History (CCOH) Archives at RBML.

 

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Current Exhibition

Enchanted Vision: The Arthur Rackham Collection

"Enchanted Vision: the Arthur Rackham Collection"

June 18, 2018 - August 31, 2018
Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Kempner Gallery

In the late 1960s, Mr and Mrs Alfred Berol donated to Columbia the largest collection of original work by the book illustrator Arthur Rackham in the United States. "Enchanted Vision" is the Rare Book & Manuscript Library's first Rackham exhibition in over four decades, presenting pen-and-ink and watercolor drawings as well as material from the thirty sketchbooks in the collection--shedding light not only on Rackham's diverse work but on his process.

@1968CU on Twitter

Experience 1968 in real time

What if the University and the Columbia Spectator had Twitter to report on the protests and rallies of 1968 in real time? Follow @1968CU on Twitter this semester as events unfold leading up to the explosive demonstrations in April and May with the "live" reporting of this significant moment in Columbia University history.