Head Archivist Kevin Schlottmann shares collections newly opened by RBML archivists. El Diario/La Prensa Photograph Morgue, 1970-2006 “El Diario/La Prensa is the largest and oldest Spanish-language daily newspaper in New York City, and the oldest Spanish-language daily in the United States. The El Diario/La Prensa Photograph Morgue contains photographs and associated materials kept as reference, […]
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Find out if comics are your thing with Book Riot’s checklist, The 20 Stages of Your Comic Book Obsession. And then browse the RBML’s archival portal to see what we’re collecting in comics and cartoons. […]
Now available | Collections of Columbia Student AB Theses and Master’s Essays
The University Archives recently published two finding aids which will help researchers find Columbia College AB theses from 1878 to 1905 and Master’s Essays from the Department of History from 1971 to 1989. […]
Shavu’ot: The holiday of the Torah
The holiday of Shavu’ot is one of the lesser known holidays in the Jewish calendar. It doesn’t involve obvious rituals, like eating flat crackers for a week, living in a hut in the backyard, blowing a ram’s horn, or fasting. Shavu’ot celebrates the giving of the Torah to the Israelites at Mount Sinai, and is […]
Now available | Digitized early issues of The Blue and White
The Blue and White was founded in 1890 as a broadsheet weekly newspaper – looking similar to its competition the then bi-weekly Columbia Spectator. After 14 issues it changed format and became a monthly humorous and literary magazine. Content included lecture announcements, student poetry, critical essays, illustrations and drawings, and reports of what was happening […]