The Joanna Wan-Ying Chan papers have been processed and open for research, and the finding aid is now available. It all started when Joanna Wan-Ying Chan (陳尹瑩), a Maryknoll sister, was appointed the Director of Youth Services at the Transfiguration Church in New York’s Chinatown in 1969. On the Lunar New Year holiday, February 7, […]
Institutional Research Data from the 1960s
The term institutional research data was not in use in 1960, but that is exactly what Director of University Planning Stanley Salmen was collecting and studying. In a recently discovered set of boxes, we found a number of binders from Salmen’s office. Labeled as “Course Study,” these binders hold enrollment numbers, tuition data, faculty salaries […]
An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia | B…is for Schlesinger Library’s Black Women’s Oral History Project
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: Black women oral history project : oral history, 1976-1985 Interview contents: Undertaken by the Schlesinger Library of Radcliffe […]
“In Matters of Religion”
In honor of Columbia’s 20th University President Minouche Shafik, there is a small exhibition in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library’s Chang Octagon on the traditions related to the installation ceremony. The “Charter and Keys” exhibition highlights the two symbols in the transfer of power: incoming presidents receive a copy of the 1754 Charter of […]
Oral History | Newly available Cuban Voices oral history collection
The Cuban Voices oral history collection is processed and its finding aid is ready for researcher use. Elizabeth Dore, Emeritus Professor of Modern Languages and Linguistics at the University of Southampton coordinated the Cuban Voices Project, also known as Memories of the Cuban Revolution. Dore received a Ph.D. in Latin American History from Columbia […]