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An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia: “F” is for “fair use”An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia is a monthly posting featuring the people, events, and organizations in the Oral History...
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King’s College Diplomas and John B. PineAt the RBML, we recently installed a small exhibition on diplomas awarded by King’s College, as Columbia was known from 1754 to 1784. The...
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Now on View: King’s College DiplomasAt the RBML, we recently installed a small exhibition on diplomas awarded by King’s College, as Columbia was known from 1754 to 1784. The...
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Research at the RBML | Glenda Sluga uses the Wellington Koo papers to tell a story of economic developmentProfessor Glenda Sluga , author of The Invention of International Order: Remaking Europe After Napoleon, recently visited the RBML to extend...
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Oral History | New collection launches with hundreds of interviews with African American eldersNow available online: The Baldwin-Emerson Elders’ Project! Established by award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson,...
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Research at the RBML | The Socrates of Hamilton Heights: Jonathan Marty on Marshall BermanJonathan Marty, PhD student in City & Regional Planning at Berkeley, recently visited the RBML to delve into the papers of Marshall Berman,...
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Research at the RBML | Ann Hornaday on All the Presidents’s MenAnn Hornaday, movie critic at The Washington Post , recently visited the RBML as part of her research for her project entitled, “Follow the...
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Research at the RBML | A. Brad Schwartz on Ed Murrow and Fred FriendlyHistorian Brad Schwartz recently visited the RBML as part of his research on legendary broadcaster Edward Murrow. Currently a graduate student...
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Columbia’s Yew TreesSenior Class gifts have evolved significantly over the years. In the early days of Columbia on Morningside Heights, the Senior Class ended their...
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An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia: “E” is for EthicsAn A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia is a monthly posting featuring the people, events, and organizations in the Oral History...
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Women at Columbia College in 1786?A notice in the New-York Journal of November 23, 1786, notes that a number of young women participated in public examinations at Columbia...
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Alice Louise PondAlice Louise Pond was not the first nor even the second woman to receive a Columbia diploma. Those honors belong to Winifred Edgerton, the first...
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William H. Donald’s Account of the Xi’an IncidentThe Xi’an Incident/西安事變 is also known as one of the most controversial historical events in 20 th Century Chinese history. This event led to...
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Student Employee Profile: Meet Flor BarcelóOur colleagues at the Spotlight blog posted this nice interview with Flor Barceló, a graduate of our primary source internship program. Student...
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Low Library by Cake Man RavenAll birthday parties need a cake and Columbia’s 250th Anniversary in 2003 was no different. Harlem native Patrick De’Shaun Dennis III, better...
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Harlem Renaissance Artist Charles Henry AlstonIn 2018, Columbian Denise Murrell GSAS PhD 2014 was the curator of the Wallach Art Gallery’s “ Posing modernity : the black model from...
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Extras Between The SheetsThe work of archival and rare book processors is truly fascinating and never-ending. At RBML, we take great pleasure in exploring beyond the...
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Mary Leticia Caldwell and Marie Maynard DalyMarie Maynard Daly, who received her PhD in chemistry from Columbia in 1947, is considered the first Black woman in the U.S. to earn a PhD in...
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Oral History | OHMA’s spring 2024 workshop series announcedOur colleagues in the Oral History Master’s Program (OHMA) have an exciting line-up of talks and workshops for spring semester ....
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Lewis A. Rosenthal Memorial Room PlaqueHave you ever wondered who else lived in “your” dorm room? Some Columbia students have been visited by returning alumni (see Art Garfunkle...
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Collections highlight | Sam Higgins on the Sidney Kramer paperbacksSidney Kramer was a major figure in the 20th-century publishing world, a literary agent and a founder of Bantam Books, an early paperback company...
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Peter Schickele (1935-2024)Peter Schickele in Milwaukee, February 24, 1981. Public domain, via Wikipedia The RBML notes with sadness the passing of composer, music...
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Seth Low and The Gilded AgeThe second season of Julian Fellow’s The Gilded Age on Max followed the lives of New Yorkers and Brooklynites in 1883. This season viewers...
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An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia | D is for the legendary Carol DodaAn A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia is a monthly posting featuring the people, events, and organizations in the Oral History Archive...
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Remembering Ronald J. GreleRon Grele, in the spring of 2017, enjoying a pocket garden on Morningside Drive that he tended to faithfully for decades. It is with...
