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Correspondence between Professor George E. Woodberry, head of the Department of Comparative Literature at Columbia University, and the president of the University. Correspondence relates to the department and to Woodberry's personnel issues. Most of the correspondence relates to arrangements for courses to be given in the department. The records also include many letters regarding the conflict between Woodberry and Professor Brander Matthews and the resulting establishment of separate departments -- the Department of English and the Department of Comparative Literature. Includes correspondence with President Seth Low, in which Woodberry complains of his treatment, and correspondence regarding relations between the two departments. Also, correspondence regarding protests over the reduction in the number of courses to be given by Woodberry.

Correspondence between Professor Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge of Columbia University and University president Nicholas Murray Butler, the secretary of the University, faculty members, and trustees. During his long career at Columbia, Woodbridge held numerous appointments including: professor of philosophy, Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy; dean of the Faculties of Political Science, Philosophy, and Pure Science [the Graduate Faculties]; and Roosevelt Professor. Correspondence relates to a wide range of topics involving the Department of Philosophy and Psychology, the Graduate Faculties, and the University's organization, academic affairs, and finances. Topics related to the Department of Philosophy and Psychology. Include: faculty appointments, staffing needs, and teaching assignments. Topics related to the administration of the Graduate Faculties include: tuition and fees, prizes and awards, fellowships and scholarships, the organization and government of schools and departments, degrees, budgeting, faculty affairs, and the management of special funds. includes correspondence regarding the University Research Fund. Also, correspondence between Woodbridge and President Butler on a range of University-related topics including University finances and the organization of schools and faculties. Woodbridge also seems to have assumed some of Butler's responsibilities during the president's absences. Includes Woodbridge's remarks to the University Council regarding the dismissal of professors James McKeen Cattell and Henry W. L. Dana and the relationship between faculty members and the University. Also, correspondence regarding the nomination of candidates for the butler Medal and the selection of medal recipients. Also, correspondence [ca. 1931-1932] regarding Woodbridge's tenure as Roosevelt Professor. The Roosevelt Professorship sent an American professor to Germany to lecture and act as a cultural and educational emissary.

Correspondence between Professor Francis Carter Wood and the president, secretary, and faculty of Columbia University. Wood was professor of clinical pathology in the Department of Pathology at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons and, later, the director of the University's Institute for Cancer Research. Much of the correspondence relates to the institute.

Correspondence between Professor John Woodhull of Teachers College at Columbia University and the president of the University. Woodhull was in charge of overseeing buildings and supplies at Teachers College. Related topics include college maintenance and the construction of Milbank Hall. Woodhull also chaired the State Science Teachers Association. Related correspondence deals with the New York State high school physics curriculum. Also, correspondence regarding Woodhull's personnel issues. includes a journal of his trip through the West

Correspondence between Neal Wood, secretary of the Council for Research in the Social Sciences, and high level University administrators. Records relate to the council, which was based at Columbia. Most of the records consist of correspondence and notes regarding expenditures for sponsored research projects. The records also include a small number of minutes and agenda for council meetings and a bibliography of publications by council-sponsored projects between 1956 and 1961

Correspondence between William W. Woods, director of the Department of Information at Columbia University, and the president and secretary of the University. Correspondence relates to the Department of Information and its role as a liaison with the press and a publicity office for the University. Includes a report on the department's goals and activities [February, 1918] and a memorandum regarding press coverage of Professor charles Beard's resignation from the University in 1917