The Winthrop Group recently finished processing the papers of Jack and Irene Delano on behalf of the RBML. Here is a guest blog post written by Cristina Stubbe, the Winthrop archivist who processed the papers. A Personal Connection with the Delano Collection There is so much I could say about the Jack and Irene Delano […]
Category: Latino Art & Activism
Tips for researchers’ first time in the archives: photos and scanning
Carrie Smith, Lecturer at Cardiff University, recently posted a thread on Twitter with basic advice for first-time archives researchers. The thread has tips that work well for our own RBML users — even for our more regular visitors. […]
Rare Book & Manuscript Library Acquires the Archive of Playwright Myrna Casas
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Columbia University is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Myrna Casas papers in the Latino Art and Activism Archives. The new collection contains a range of rich materials pertaining to the life and work of playwright Myrna Casas (1934-present), one of the most important Puerto Rican, Caribbean, […]
THIS THURSDAY, 2:00-3:15 PM – Lehman Center Book Talk on The Hispanic Republican
Join the Lehman Center for American History for a talk by Geraldo Cadava (Northwestern University) on the author’s new book, The Hispanic Republican: The Shaping of an American Political Identity, from Nixon to Trump. Thursday, October 8th, 2:00-3:15 PM — CLICK HERE TO REGISTER — […]
Anti-Racist and Black Liberation Archives in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library
The extrajudicial murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which followed the lynching of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, and coincided with a global pandemic that has taken disproportionate toll on African Americans, reveals that systemic racism is a life or death matter–for the millions of people who suffer its effects, and for a nation that purports […]