We are pleased to announce that the papers of federal judge Wilfred Feinberg have been processed and are open for research. Judge Feinberg was nominated by President Kennedy in 1961 to serve as a district judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. In 1966, Judge Feinberg was elevated […]
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William Golden Papers
We are pleased to announce that the papers of philanthropist William T. Golden have been processed and are open for use! William T. Golden was an investment banker, a philanthropist and an all around interesting guy. He began his career as a Wall Street investment banker with a strong interest in science and technology who […]
Discovering Personal Relationships in Organizational Records
While some people may think of organizational records of being largely impersonal due to their primary function of documenting business activities, this is not true in all cases. Organizational records may document not only business functions, but relationships. The founders and other staff of organizations maintain professional relationships that may also develop a personal element […]
Processing is the Process of Processing
Clifford Odets and Margaret Brenman-Gibson, circa 1950s Margaret Brenman-Gibson Papers, Box 15 I started working at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library as a processing archivist in August of this year. It's been just four short months and already I've seen some amazing things. But before getting to a few of the goodies, let me […]
CURRENT EXHIBITION– The People in the Books: Stories from Columbia’s Hebraica and Judaica Manuscripts
Columbia University’s collection of Judaica and Hebraica is the third largest in the country, and the largest of any non-religious institution. The following link connects to the online version of the current exhibition being held at the RBML from September 12, 2012 through January 25, 2013. Spanning the 10th to the 20th centuries, the exhibition features […]