Browse Archival Collection | Arthur Mitchell Collections Digital Exhibition | Arthur Mitchell: Harlem Trailblazer “Columbia Acquires Archives of Arthur Mitchell, Dance Pioneer,” The New York Times […]
New Exhibition | Dynamic Archives: renaming and identifying collections
Why would an archivist change the name of a collection? That’s the central question behind a new RBML exhibit. Dynamic Archives features examples of archival collections and materials whose naming, identifying and meaning have had to keep up with historical, social and political perspectives, as well as translation practices and epistemologies. […]
The Legacy Path: Discover Russia Abroad with Marc Raeff
November 9, 2018, 4-8pm Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Butler Library Reflections on the legacy of Columbia Professor Marc Raeff (d. 2008) by colleagues, students, and family and a celebration of the opening of his archive. This event is co-sponsored by the Harriman Institute. […]
Newly available and updated RBML finding aids, October 2018
Head Archivist Kevin Schlottmann shares collections newly opened by RBML archivists Dennis Ryan Editorial Cartoon collection, 1873-2010 “Dennis B. Ryan began collecting cartoons in the early 1980s, ultimately focusing on cartons related to moments and topics of significance in American history, or on topics of personal interest.” This collection contains 2071 items, described and […]
A Ghost in Philosophy Hall
The Columbia University Archive’s spookiest (and only) documented ghost story begins on a dark and dusty evening in 1945, when Professor Jeffery related to Columbiana curator Milton Halsey Thomas a harrowing tale that he had heard nearly a decade earlier from John D. Prince, a professor of East European Languages. Thomas took notes on the […]