Head Archivist Kevin Schlottmann shares collections newly opened by RBML archivists. A large addition to the New York Clearinghouse records was processed, and the finding aid substantially improved: “New York Clearing House Association (now The Clearing House Association) was founded in 1853 as the first banking clearing house in the United States. The records include amicus briefs, […]
Book History Colloquium 2018 | Huxleyed into the Full Orwell
September 26, 2018, 6:00pm Butler 523 Journalist and science fiction writer Cory Doctorow will talk about the millennia-old social compact of the book, and the arbitrary renegotiation of that contract in the age of ebooks, where prior restraint, restrictions on lending, donation and gifting, and invasive, surveillant technologies have become the norm. He will investigate […]
Arthur Mitchell, a charismatic dancer with the New York City Ballet in the 1950s and ’60s and the founding director of the groundbreaking Dance Theater of Harlem, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 84. https://t.co/W45rGEO4kY — The New York Times (@nytimes) September 19, 2018 Along with admirers the world over, we mourn the loss […]
Exhibition | Florenz Ziegfeld & Joseph Urban: Transforming Broadway
Starting on September 17th: come see how Florenz Ziegfeld & Joseph Urban transformed Broadway! This exhibition from RBML’s vast Joseph Urban archive, features a selection of original drawings, set models, and plans created by Urban for Florenz Ziegfeld. These included all but one of the Ziegfeld Follies from 1915 through 1931, the Midnight Frolics, and […]
Workshop | Explore oral history and the future with CCOHR
Our colleagues over in the Columbia Center for Oral History Research (CCOHR) will host series of workshops on Oral History and the Future. The sessions are centered around the question, “How is this future orientation made real?” Read more about the series and see the list of presenters coming to campus this fall. September 13, […]