Research at the RBML | Max Lewontin on CLR James and Darcus Howe

PhD Candidate in History at Northwestern University, Max Lewontin recently visited the RBML as part of his project titled, “Poor people all over the world are clamouring for a change”: Migration, Race, and Transnational Circuits of Black Power. Below Max talks about his research in the CLR James and Darcus Howe papers, unearthing documents related to the […]

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Tributes Marking the Retirement of Jennifer Lee, Curator for Performing Arts

As this post is being written, the Curator for Performing Arts, Jennifer Lee, is checking up on researchers in the RBML’s reading room using the Serge Prokofiev Archive. She’s encouraging to them in their quest by fielding on-the-spot inquiries with her deep knowledge and curiosity. This care and consideration for the materials and researchers is […]

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Research at the RBML | The Big Five and supersizing literature: Dan Sinykin on publishing conglomeration

  Assistant Professor of English at Emory University Dan Sinykin recently visited the RBML to delve into the library’s massive publishing archives. Making sense of appropriately supersized collections will contribute to his book project, Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed Book Publishing and American Literature. Below, Dan recounts some of his finds and how unexpected discoveries in the archive […]

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Columbia Neighbors features activist and former West Harlem resident Yuri Kochiyama

From Columbia Neighbors weekly newsletter, which describes people, places, and things of interest on the Columbia campus accessible to the community: 5 Things to Know About the Life and Times of Uptown Trailblazer Yuri Kochiyama. Listen to an oral history interview with Kochiyama from the Japanese American Citizens League oral history collection, 1996-1997. […]

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Research at the RBML | Gary Ley on Albert Maltz

RBML researcher and Swansea University PhD candidate, Gary Ley writes a guest essay about delving into the Albert Maltz collection at Columbia. Maltz, a screenwriter, novelist, and playwright, was jailed after his refusal to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee regarding his membership in the Communist Party. (Columbia also has a collection of Maltz’ […]

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