Fifteen scrapbooks covering the career and political interests of George Rivet Van Namee have been donated to Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno, California. Containing news clippings, memorabilia, and printed ephemera, the scrapbooks provide an important window into Democratic politics (particularly the career of Governor Alfred E. […]
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Alfred J. Kahn Papers Donated to Columbia
Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library has acquired the papers of social policy author, advocate, and Columbia University Professor of Social Work Dr. Alfred J. Kahn. The papers were donated by Kahn’s daughter, Nancy V. Kahn, and include many of Kahn’s policy proposals, research material, and business papers. The collection offers invaluable insight into […]
The Journalism of Opinion Conference Video
Video of Columbia University’s recent conference on opinion journalism in American intellectual history, which was cosponsored by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, is available at the Columbia Journalism Review site. Conference speakers included Victor Navasky (former editor and publisher of The Nation, who delivered the keynote), jazz and social critic Stanley Crouch, Dissent editor Michael […]
International Geophysical Year, a Giant Globe, and Historical Maps
In 1958 students entering Columbia University’s Geology Library were confronted with a six-foot-tall inflatable rubber globe, on display as part of an exhibit on maps. Although they may have been unaware, the 18-month year from July 1957 to December 1958 had been designated International Geophysical Year by the International Council of Scientific Unions. The result […]
Congratulations, graduates!
Tomorrow is graduation day here at Columbia; floors are polished in the library, flowers are planted outdoors, and already the proud participants in light blue caps and gowns (with yet prouder parents) are thronging the campus. All very festive and fancy. The soon-to-be-delivered diplomas, though, don’t hold a candle to those of Renaissance Italy. The […]