Since the 1870s, the School of Mines had regularly offered summer instruction in geodesy, geology, mining and metallurgy. But on July 2, 1900, the University opened its doors for a new term, the Summer Session, with courses in a wide range of disciplines — botany, education, English, geography, history, etc. — and taught by Columbia […]
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Summer Institute in Oral History announced
The Columbia Center for Oral History Research’s 2019 Summer Institute in Oral History will focus on the challenges we face in documenting the political present when secrecy and distortions of truth threaten the most vulnerable in open societies. What role does public memory and the search for meaning play in rescuing and preserving the stories […]
Summer travels with the University Archives
Now that Commencement has passed and the campus has calmed, are you thinking summer about travel plans? Here’s some inspiration from the University Archives: three travel diaries from three very different writers and from very different times and circumstances. […]
CU summer housing: Lorca slept here
Welcome to the start of Columbia’s 2018 summer session! We recently processed a collection of Columbia Men’s Residence Hall Registers and Ledger Books. The registers served as a directory of residents for each of the earliest dorms on the Morningside campus. Organized by last name and first initial, the books list the room number, mail […]