The RBML is happy to announce the fall schedule of Curatorial Shorts. We look forward to seeing you at the talks and you can register ahead using the webinar links below. Our line-up this year will include in September a short talk by Thai Jones and Melina Moe on the current exhibition in the […]
Kevin Schlottmann, RBML’s head archivist, shares a selection of new and updated finding aids, as well as newly available collections. Newly Linked Audio-visual and Moving Image Collections Max Neuhaus papers, 1950s-2008 “Research materials relating to the creation and installation of sound sculptures by Max Neuhaus.” Newly Available Oral History Collections The Columbia University […]
Archival description is a critical part of any special collection program. Researchers rely on description of our archival collections to find materials relevant to their work. Archivists rely on description to manage the materials. As office technology changes, archival description changes along with it. […]
Processing collections and creating finding aids according to updated archival standards gives RBML archivists the opportunity to discover anew our collections. In this post, Processing Archivist Yingwen Huang reflects on creating a new finding aid for the heavily used Wellington Koo Papers. Wellington Koo, a graduate of Columbia and a prominent statesman and diplomat from […]
In many ways, both professionally and collegially, the addition of Yingwen Huang, is a boon to the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. In particular, Ying has brought both archival and historical perspective on several oral history interviews and supplementary archival materials that were bequeathed to the, as it was known then, Oral History Research Office […]