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Columbia University Archives

Columbia University Archives

6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
uarchives@columbia.edu
The University Archives, a unit within the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, preserves the institutional memory of Columbia University through the acquisition of official University records and related historical collections and materials from its founding in 1754 to the present day.

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Columbia University historical recordings, 1902-1985

18.55 linear feet
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An artificial collection of phonograph records, reels of audio tape recordings, and motion picture films recording a variety of Columbia University academic and extra-curricular activities and events such as lectures; speeches, some at award ceremonies; commencement; installation of Nicholas M. Butler and Dwight D. Eisenhower as presidents of the university; King George VI of England during his visit, 1939; speech of England's Queen Mother, Elizabeth in 1954; homecoming; football, the band; academic and alumni conferences; and radio programs under the auspices of Columbia. Many of the recordings are of Eisenhower. Other prominent personalities include John Foster Dulles, Herbert Hoover, Isidor Rabi, Eleanor Roosevelt, John R. Dunning, and the Shah of Iran.

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School of Engineering Biographical Records, 1926-1927

3.17 linear feet
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This collection consists of the biographical data questionnaires completed by former students of the School of Engineering in 1926.

Columbia College papers, 1703-1964, bulk 1754-1920

67.08 linear feet
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The surviving files of official correspondence, reports, documents, and printed materials of King's College from 1750 to 1784 and Columbia College from 1785 to 1890, as well as Columbia University up to 1964. The King's College era materials include grants, deeds, indentures, lists of governors, leases, accounts, etc. The Columbia College era papers commence with documentation regarding the attempts to revive the college at the end of the American Revolution. In the later period these papers primarily supplement and document the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Governors and the Board of Trustees. Much material was destroyed and scattered in the late 19th century leaving this collection quite incomplete.

Department of History Master's Essays, 1971-1989

29.58 linear feet
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The collection consists of the Master's essays or theses submitted to the Department of History from 1971 to 1989.

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Columbiana Manuscripts, 1572-1986, bulk 1850-1920

39.25 linear feet
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An artificial collection comprised of correspondence, diaries, lecture notes, essays, administrative documents, minutes, and other documents related to Columbia University. Materials were created by or for students, alumni, faculty, administrators, staff, trustees, and honorary degree recipients.

Columbia College A.B. Theses Collection, 1878-1905

32.25 linear feet
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This collection consists of the undergraduate theses admitted for graduation by students of Columbia College from 1878 to 1905.

South Africa Divestment Records, 1972-1987

5 linear feet
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Beginning in the late 1970s, Columbia students urged the university to divest from companies doing business in South Africa in protest of South Africa's system of apartheid. After a series of student protests culminating in a month long blockade of Hamilton Hall in 1985, the Trustees voted to begin full divestment. The collection contains the administrative records of this decision making process in the 1970s-1980s.

Department of Economics records, 1915-2016

24.96 linear feet
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This collection consists of the records relating to the faculty and curriculum of the Department of Economics, primarily during the 1940s and 1950s, when prominent faculty members included James Angell, Arthur Burns, Carter Goodrich, Carl Shoup, Horace Taylor and William Vickerey. The collection also includes Carl Shoup's records from when the School of Business was administratively under the Department of Economics. There are also materials from Donald Dewey's courses: outlines, reading lists, exams, etc.

"Records of civilization" records, 1915-1954

2.5 linear feet
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This collection consists of the correspondence and administrative records of the "Record of Civilization" series editor Austin P. Evans.
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School of General Studies Literature-Writing theses, 1984-2007

15 linear feet
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Theses submitted to meet the requirements for the undergraduate degree in Literature-Writing in Columbia University's School of General Studies.