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 […]
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility Records
The records of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) have been processed and are now available for use by researchers at the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. The ICCR is a coalition of predominantly faith based institutions that are committed to socially responsible investing. The strength of the records lies in their documentation of […]
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 […]
Going Online: Special Collections Research Accounts
Columbia’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library is rolling out a web-based circulation system to streamline how our users request material at the RBML. Researchers will have a new, web-based Special Collections Research Account to create requests for immediate or future use, with the added benefit of having access to their complete history of requests from […]