Watch the video to learn more about the El Diario collection. So much of New York’s history has been lived, sung and reported in Spanish. With the great migration of the 1950s, what had long been a relatively small Latino community in New York became a thriving center of Puerto Rican life and culture. But […]
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ONLINE EXHIBIT– “1968: Columbia in Crisis”
The occupation of five buildings in April 1968 marked a sea change in the relationships among Columbia University administration, its faculty, its student body, and its neighbors. Featuring documents, photographs, and audio from the University Archives, 1968: Columbia in Crisis examines the causes, actions, and aftermath of a protest that captivated the campus, the […]
Columbia University Libraries Announces Research Awards Winners
Columbia University Libraries is pleased to announce the ten recipients of the Libraries Research Awards. The Libraries Research Awards program, established in 2011, provides $2,500 grants to facilitate access to Columbia's special and unique collections. Grants were awarded on a competitive basis to scholars whose research proposals demonstrated a compelling need to consult CUL holdings […]
Loaded Dice
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 […]
Writing the Word: A Selection of Medieval Latin Biblical Manuscripts in Columbia Collections
Chang Octagon Exhibition Room April 10 to July 5, 2013 This exhibition features codices and fragments from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library and The Burke Library at the Union Theological Seminary, both of the Columbia University Libraries. Spanning the period from the eighth to the fifteenth century, these manuscripts demonstrate the range […]