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This small collection consists of correspondence, minutes, articles, and printed matter regarding this alumni association for graduate students at Columbia, originally founded as the Alumni Association of Doctors of Philosophy. The records are related to their earliest dates, from their foundation in 1906 to the 1920s.

The Alumni Class Records contains materials pertaining to the alumni from the Classes of 1842 to 1963, from Columbia College and the School of Mines, later the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Content includes programs, menus, invitations, clippings, correspondence, and printed matter related to activities from college days to the many reunion events in the subsequent years.

This collection contains the correspondence, minutes and subject files of the Columbia College Alumni Association.

This collection consists of audio and reel-to-reel tapes of alumni program meetings around the country and abroad.

This collection consists of the correspondence, board and committee minutes, and other administrative records of the Alumni Federation and its predecessor, the Alumni Council. It also contains records related to the regional Alumni Clubs.

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.

This collection consists of Dr. Felix H. Vann's lecture notes, essays, and drawings for his Columbia College courses: Zoology, Geology, Psychology and Sociology, Fine Arts, 1927-1929. The collection also includes correspondence regarding the Class of 1930 reunions.

Personal correspondence, speeches, subject files, photographs, and printed and miscellaneous material of Hogan. The correspondence, speeches, and other material relate primarily to his activities as District Attorney, and to his unsuccessful campaign for the U.S. Senate, 1958. The papers also reflect Hogan's deep concern for Columbia University, as a Trustee and a member of numerous alumni committees. Among the major correspondents are Harry J. Carman, Dwight David Eisenhower, Robert F. Kennedy, Arthur Hays Sulzburger, and Herbert Bayard Swope.

Correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, documents, photographs and printed materials relating primarily to Coykendall's various involvements with Columbia University, including the Trustees, University Patents, the Columbia University Press, alumni affairs, and the searches for successors to Presidents Butler and Eisenhower. Also, material relating to his membership in the New York State Historical Association. Among the major correspondents are Nicholas Murray Butler, Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Dwight David Eisenhower, Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt, Arthur Hays Sulzberger, Mark Van Doren, and Thomas J. Watson. Also, memorabilia relating to Coykendall's association with the University and the Press.

The collection consists of 484 letters written by Jonathan Nathan to his college classmate, Hamilton Fish, Sr. (1808-1893). The letters seem to have been written between the years 1843 and 1857 though many of them are undated. The letters are personal in nature, dealing with daily activities, friends, and travel.

This collection consists of photographs, articles, reviews, and correspondence related to portrait artist Lester Merton Chace, Jr. CC 1950. The materials were collected and organized by Anne Battley Phipps, BC 1948 and it includes some reminiscences recorded by Anne Phipps.

The collection consists of 10 student drawings completed by Lydia Patterson while attending Columbia University's School of Architecture. The majority of the drawings are gouache and watercolor with graphite and ink on paper, dated circa 1928 to 1930. The titles and dimensions are as follows: "An Athletic Club" (57 1/2 x 38 1/2 in.)"French Gothic Window" (37 x 58 in.)"A Government Military School" (41 x 33 1/2 in)"Horticultural Society" "A Group of Small Houses" (28 x 39 in.)"A Seaside Lounge Room" (28 x 37 in.)"Private Library #1" (26 1/2 x 36 1/2 in.)"Private Library #2" (26 x 36 in.)"Monumental Observation Tower" (23 1/2 x 36 1/2 in)"Separate Floor Plan for Observation Tower (#9)" (27 x 18 in).

This collection consists of the administrative records of the Office of University Development and Alumni Relations (UDAR).

This small collection of Bach's professional papers contains primarily correspondence and papers related to his consulting work for the American Institute of Interior Designers and his correspondence with UNESCO and other organizations regarding laws against design piracy. The collection also contains correspondence, notes, and clippings concerning his research on industrial design topics, including the value of better design in industry, an ideal industrial design school, and specialized museums serving industries. Also included in the collection are typescripts and published copies of some of Bach's writings and lectures.

This collection consists of the membership files, dinner records and minutes of the Society of Older Graduates.