I went last month to the CODEX Book Fair and Symposium. CODEX is big, too big, perhaps, with nearly 180 tables. So many books, people, conversations, so much over-stimulation. The question between marathon sessions — at the Fair itself, on the bus, in the bar, at dinner, at coffee, was "What did you see?" […]
Month: February 2013
Tennessee Williams Additions
by Jennifer Lee The RBML has received a very significant addition to its already major holdings of Tennessee Williams material. This addition is particularly important because it relates to Williams’ later work, the strength of Columbia’s holdings. The new material includes heavily annotated typescripts of Williams’ later plays including Out Cry (1971), […]
Amos Vogel Papers and Tributes
by Jennifer Lee Columbia’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library has been the home to Amos Vogel’s papers since 2008. After’s Amos’s death last year, his family found more papers in the Vogel apartment near Washington Square. These have now come to Columbia, and will be added to the 149 boxes of material already open to […]
Frederick Douglass, Ulysses Kay, and Emancipation 150
by Jennifer In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, The Greene Space presented From Emancipation to the Great Migration, an evening of discussion and performances that is available online at: The Greene Space. The event included Dr. Khalil Muhammad (Director of The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture) and Pulitzer Prize-winning […]
Graduate Internship in Primary Sources Now Accepting Applications
The Columbia University Libraries is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for our Graduate Student Internship in Primary Sources. The Columbia University Libraries’ Graduate Student Internship Program is designed to enrich graduate studies and professional training in primary sources through an introduction to archival work. Interns will gain hands-on training in archival […]