The Libraries are pleased to announce that The New York Real Estate Brochure Collection now includes Manhattan. This online collection covers approximately 3,000 buildings and more than 13,000 images from brochures including drawings, floor plans and marketing material from Brooklyn and Manhattan. The New York Real Estate Brochure Collection is an invaluable resource for studying […]
Category: Events and Exhibits
CUL Digital Collection: Bunraku Puppet Theater
Bunraku, Japanese puppet theater, is an unusually complex dramatic form, a collaborative effort among puppeteers, narrators, and musicians. This online exhibit features highlights from the Barbara Curtis Adachi Bunraku collection. This unique collection is held at the C. V. Starr East Asian Library. The Barbara Curtis Adachi Collection, given to Columbia’s C. V. Starr East […]
CUL on YouTube: Andrew Alpern Collection of Drawing Instruments
This collection of architectural drawing instruments was gathered over forty years by New York architect, historian, and attorney Andrew Alpern, largely by purchase at auction and from private dealers in the United States and Europe. The collection was a gift from Mr. Alpern to Avery Library in 2006. Learn more about the Alpern Collection […]
Avery Library Sixth Annual Display of Recent Acquisitions
The director and curators at the Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library cordially invite you to a viewing and reception for “The Avery Library Sixth Annual Display of Recent Acquisitions” on Monday, May 17th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, 1172 Amsterdam Avenue, on Columbia University’s Morningside […]
Good Luck with Finals!
Thanks again to all the students who came out for the Butler Study Break last night! Our coffee and bagels for 300 didn’t last long at all. The Librarians at Columbia wish you all the best of luck with finals this year. Find pictures from the study break on on the Libraries Facebook page, and […]
Butler Study Break, Tonight 10PM – Midnight
Study Days are here! Need a break? Stop by the Butler Cafe Lounge tonight (May 5) from 10PM to midnight to grab a bagel, coffee, and enjoy some study-break activities. (Don’t be late, supplies are limited!) Here are some tips to help you make the most of your study breaks this week. Have a snack […]
An Exhibit and Evening with Ed Koren, Cartoonist for The New Yorker Magazine
The Wallach Art Gallery is currently exhibiting Edward Koren: The Capricious Line, a major survey of the work of the artist best known for his cartoons and cover illustrations for The New Yorker magazine. This exhibition will be on view through June 12, 2010. On Wednesday, May 26th at 6:30 p.m at the Wallach Art […]
Poetry Reading at the Burke Theological Library with Eleanor Johnson
The Burke Theological Library will host poet and Columbia professor Eleanor Johnson, reading from her new book of poetry, Her Many Feathered Bones. Her Many Feathered Bones is a collaborative experiment in slow dialogue. Wishing to integrate visual and verbal art in a way that would privilege neither form over the other, Dr. Johnson began […]
“Educating Scholars: Doctoral Education in the Humanities” Lecture
The Friends of the Columbia Libraries are pleased to sponsor a lecture by Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Irving M. Ives Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Economics at Cornell University and director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, and Harriet Zuckerman, senior vice president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and professor emerita of […]
“Joseph Pulitzer and The World” Lecture with James McGrath Morris
Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library will host a talk by author James McGrath Morris on the life of Joseph Pulitzer. The event will take place on Wednesday, April 7 at 6:00 pm in the Lecture Hall of Columbia’s Journalism Building, 2950 Broadway. This event is free and open to the public. The lecture […]