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An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia | A is for…the Addicts Who Survived Collection by David Courtwright

Posted on 2023-09-08 by Kimberly Springer

An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia is a monthly posting featuring the people, events, and organizations in the Oral History Archive at Columbia’s collections, as well as behind-the-scenes info about oral history methodology. Collection title: Addicts Who Survived oral history collection, 1978-1984 Interview contents: Narrators typically discuss their family history, their introduction […]

Upcoming Event: Matt Garcia Book Talk at the Lehman Center for American History

Posted on 2023-09-07 by Thai Jones

Join the Lehman Center for American History and the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies on Tuesday, Sept. 12, at 5pm for a book talk and discussion with Matt Garcia about his new work, Eli and the Octopus: The CEO Who Tried to Reform One of the World’s Most Notorious Corporations. […]

Events | Oral History Master’s Program’s focus on methodology

Posted on 2023-09-06 by Kimberly Springer

Our oral history teaching colleagues in Columbia’s master’s program will be hosting their lively and boundary-pushing workshop series again this Fall. This year’s theme is “Experiments in Oral History Methodology.” Oral history as a research tool has been at times almost synonymous with a certain kind of interviewing: one-on-one, biographical, long-form, recorded, and intended for […]

Columbia’s Plot at Green-Wood Cemetery

Posted on 2023-08-23 by University Archives

A short notice in the New York Times on September 6, 1858 announces that the faculty of Columbia College, the graduating class of 1858, and friends of David Ledyard Mallison “are requested to attend his funeral, on Tuesday September 7.” Just a few months after what should have been his graduation, Columbia College held a […]

Dan Talbot, a New Yorker and His Love for Independent Films and World Cinema

Posted on 2023-08-11 by Yingwen Huang

The Daniel Talbot papers are processed and the finding aid is now available. “I distribute and show films for a living–sometimes precariously. But when I ‘discover’ a new director, I want to sing out to everyone that something new has come along–a work of art that is fresh, different, exciting. The really good stuff makes […]