Insider cheers! Technical Services Archivist Patrick Lawler described and made accessible for the first time, according to Head Archivist Kevin Schlottman, “a truly massive set of 19th-century newspapers” from the Seymour B. Durst Collection of Historical Manuscripts, Documents & Newspapers, 1764-1990. Here’s further news of newly processed collections: Beatrice Saunders correspondence with Gordon Hamilton […]
Month: April 2021
Now Available | Columbia Students’ COVID-19 Oral History Interviews

The Columbia University student COVID-19 oral history collection is comprised of eighteen interviews conducted by students of Professor Ana Paulina Lee’s course Contemporary Civilization II. Students took the interviews in April and May of 2020, shortly after the pandemic hit New York City, and Columbia University’s courses converted from in-person to online. As such, they […]
Collection highlight | Vartan Gregorian (1934-2021) and the Carnegie Corporation Digital Archive
Noting the passing of Vartan Gregorian — philanthropist, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and former New York Public Library President — this 2000 interview with NPR’s Scott Simon is but one of many highlights from the Carnegie Corporation Digital Archive. Hear more from the oral history interview with Gregorian. […]
Bob Fass, Radio Pioneer (1933-2021)
The RBML was saddened to learn that radio pioneer Bob Fass died on Saturday the 24th of April, 2021. In 2016, our former director Sean Quimby spearheaded the acquisition of Bob’s papers and recordings, and over the next few years our archivists processed the material. There are some wonderful photos and printed items, but the […]
Now Available | Harold Brown Papers
The University Archives recently processed the Harold Brown papers. This small collection of course materials and student work offers a glimpse of life in the College during extraordinary times, in this case, World War II. Brown completed a BA in 1945, MA in 1946 and PhD in 1949. […]