Currently on view in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library is a small but fascinating exhibition of dice, from the Smith Collection of Mathematical Instruments. They date from the Roman era to the early 20th century. David Eugene Smith (1860-1944) was a professor of mathematics at Teachers College, Columbia University. He used these dice in […]
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ONLINE EXHIBITION: “Choosing Sides: Right-Wing Icons in the Group Research Records”
The Group Research, Inc. Records, housed in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Columbia University, comprise a rich resource documenting the organizations, people, and campaigns of conservative activists in the United States from the early-1960s to the mid-1990s. Drawn from that collection, the items in this exhibit highlight the important role that illustrators, cartoonists […]
ONLINE EXHIBIT– “The Unwritten History”: Alexander Gumby’s African America
This online exhibit explores the efforts of Alexander Gumby to create a documentary history of African-American achievement in the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. An influential figure during the Harlem Renaissance, Gumby compiled a scrapbook collection of approximately 300 volumes in support of his project, filled with news clippings, photographs, pamphlets, handbills, original artwork, manuscripts, and […]
599 Years Ago Today
Today, 24 January, five hundred and ninety-nine years ago. The future pseudo-cardinal of S. Onofrio told those guys to pay the wine bill, for pete's sake! Proof lies in this library's Smith Documents 0300, and here's a picture of it. (Click on the image to see a larger size.) It's signed, "J., evesque de Saint […]
CURRENT EXHIBITION– The People in the Books: Stories from Columbia’s Hebraica and Judaica Manuscripts
Columbia University’s collection of Judaica and Hebraica is the third largest in the country, and the largest of any non-religious institution. The following link connects to the online version of the current exhibition being held at the RBML from September 12, 2012 through January 25, 2013. Spanning the 10th to the 20th centuries, the exhibition features […]