At the RBML, we recently installed a small exhibition on diplomas awarded by King’s College, as Columbia was known from 1754 to 1784. The exhibition in the Chang Octagon includes reproductions of diplomas awarded from 1763 to 1773. How did these materials make it to the University Archives? For some, we are indebted to the […]
Now on View: King’s College Diplomas
At the RBML, we recently installed a small exhibition on diplomas awarded by King’s College, as Columbia was known from 1754 to 1784. The exhibition in the Chang Octagon features reproductions of diplomas awarded from 1763 to 1773. It also includes related documents: a handwritten draft for an honorary degree, a program from the 1771 […]
Research at the RBML | Glenda Sluga uses the Wellington Koo papers to tell a story of economic development
Professor Glenda Sluga, author of The Invention of International Order: Remaking Europe After Napoleon, recently visited the RBML to extend her research on the intellectual foundations of international cooperation into the twentieth century. Examining the Wellington Koo and David Owen collections, Sluga is investigating how ideas about economic development were expressed in the founding of the United […]
Oral History | New collection launches with hundreds of interviews with African American elders
Now available online: The Baldwin-Emerson Elders’ Project! Established by award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson, the Baldwin-Emerson Elders Project captures and celebrates the untold stories of activists, storytellers, and community builders who have witnessed and shaped monumental change in American public life… In their interviews, elders reflect on their own life histories as well as major […]
Research at the RBML | The Socrates of Hamilton Heights: Jonathan Marty on Marshall Berman
Jonathan Marty, PhD student in City & Regional Planning at Berkeley, recently visited the RBML to delve into the papers of Marshall Berman, Marxist philosopher, historian, and theorist of NYC. Below, Marty describes his long-awaited and Covid-delayed visit to the RBML and the beginnings of his project, The Socrates of Hamilton Heights: The Life and Times […]