It might’ve heated up outside — welcome, summer! — but inside the RBML reading rooms it can be quite chilly. While we can’t let you bring in coats, jackets or other large coverings, you can bring a light cardigan or long-sleeve shirt. Please review our reading room guidelines before your visit. […]
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New from RBML’s Archivists | May – June 2019
Head Archivist Kevin Schlottmann shares collections newly opened or updated by RBML’s Archivists. Barnard Family Papers “Correspondence, financial records, and legal documents of the Barnard family of Sheffield, Massachusetts. Frederick A. P. Barnard (1809-1889) was President of Columbia College from 1864-1889. His brother John Gross Barnard (1815-1882) was a career officer in the U. S. […]
In tribute | Composer, arranger Sid Ramin dies at 100
Award-winning composer, arranger and orchestrator Sid Ramin died this week at age 100. He was best known for his work as orchestrator for several prominent Broadway productions, including West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959), and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962). He also composed and arranged scores for films and […]
Oral History | Aging, disability and medical care at Guantánamo
From The New York Times, “Guantánamo Bay as Nursing Home: Military Envisions Hospice Care as Terrorism Suspects Age“: More than 17 years after choosing the American military base in Cuba as “the least worst place” to incarcerate prisoners from the battlefield in Afghanistan, after years of impassioned debates over the rights of the detainees and […]
Exhibition Reminder | Ilia Zdanevich: The Tbilisi Years
Guest curator Thomas Kitson, a freelance translator, and Professor Valentina Izmirlieva (Slavic Department) collaborated with RBML Bakhmeteff Archive Curator and Librarian for Russian, Eurasian & East European Studies Rob Davis on our current exhibition, “Ilia Zdanevich: The Tbilisi Years.” Read more about the exhibition, featured materials and the avant-garde movements inspiring Zdanevich work on the […]