Columbia University will preserve and provide access to almost two decades’ worth of audiotapes from the archive of groundbreaking broadcaster Bob Fass. Through a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources, the RBML and Columbia’s Preservation and Digital Conversion Division will preserve Fass’ broadcasts from the 1960s and ’70s. A pioneer of “free form” […]
Here’s what John Jay did after the American Revolution
Robb Haberman, Associate Editor of The Selected Papers of John Jay, recently shared findings from his research with The Gotham Center for New York City History: Recently returned from his mission in London to assume the role of New York’s chief executive, Jay perceived that revolutionary France posed an even greater danger to the United States than […]
Marking Juneteenth in the words of formerly enslaved Africans
Mary Freeman, a doctoral student in Columbia’s History Department and a valued student employee here in the RBML, shared a few of her findings related to the Juneteenth, or Freedom Day, holiday. Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery on June 19, 1865, presents an opportunity to highlight a rare […]
Newly Available Collections – June 2018
Head Archivist Kevin Schlottmann shares collections newly opened by RBML archivists. El Diario/La Prensa Photograph Morgue, 1970-2006 “El Diario/La Prensa is the largest and oldest Spanish-language daily newspaper in New York City, and the oldest Spanish-language daily in the United States. The El Diario/La Prensa Photograph Morgue contains photographs and associated materials kept as reference, […]
Find out if comics are your thing with Book Riot’s checklist, The 20 Stages of Your Comic Book Obsession. And then browse the RBML’s archival portal to see what we’re collecting in comics and cartoons. […]