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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 College records, 1875-2022, bulk 1969-1987 123 Linear Feet (99 record cartons; 12 document boxes; 3 card file boxes) 2.47 Gigabytes (1 external hard drive and 908 PDFs)

Columbia College (Columbia University)
This collection is composed of the general files of Columbia College's Dean's Office, the minutes of Columbia College committees and the correspondence of Columbia College administrative officers during the years 1892 through 2019. A review of this collection allows researchers to gain insights into the interaction of Columbia College faculty and administrators with students, fellow faculty members, parents of students, and administrators of other colleges.
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Columbia Daily Spectator records, 1886-1982 0.42 linear feet (1 document box)

Columbia Daily Spectator (Organization)
This collection contains the constitution of the Board of Editors (1886), the records of the Columbia Students Publishing Company (1904 to 1916), and correspondence by and for the editors of the Columbia Daily Spectator.
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Columbia Spectator Photograph collection, 1950-1999 10.5 linear feet (25 document boxes)

Columbia Daily Spectator (Organization)

This collection contains approximately 5,500 photographic prints and 12,400 negatives taken and used by the Spectator. The photographs consist of black and white, silver gelatin prints and 35mm negatives. The bulk of the images are portraits, with many press photographs provided to the newspaper by outside sources. Not all prints have corresponding negatives. Photographs were filed together by name so that several views can be found in one folder. The original folder-level description was maintained.

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Joanne Grant research files, 1963-1968 1.44 linear feet (3 document boxes)

Grant, Joanne
This collection consists of the working materials Joanne Grant, a journalist and activist, collected for the research and publication of her 1969 book Confrontation on Campus: Columbia Pattern for the New Protest (New York: New American Library, 1969).
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Lawrence A. Kobrin papers, 1948-2019 1 linear feet (1 record carton)

Kobrin, Lawrence A.

This collection includes Kobrin's student files, course materials, memorabilia, and textbooks. There is also correspondence with Columbians, Class of 1954 materials, and a copy of Kobrin's memoir "Looking Back from Here" (2019).

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University Protest and Activism Collection, 1958-2018, bulk 1968-1972 42.60 linear feet (86 document boxes, 1 half-sized document box, (1) 16"x20" OS flat box, (1) 8" x 7.5" x 9" clams hell box, 4 record storage cartons)

Columbia University. Archives
The student strikes of this era, in particular that of 1968, represent the main focus of the collection, although other issues and many voices are expressed. The collection contains material authored by Columbia University administration, faculty, students, as well as non-affiliated organizations and individuals.
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