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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 bicentennial anniversary records, 1898-1957

42.75 linear feet
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This collection contains the records from the Office of the Bicentennial, which was led by Richard B. Powell, David Loth and James L. Malfetti. This collection includes the correspondence originating in or received by the Office of the Bicentennial, the office files, and the subject files. In addition to the Office of the Bicentennial records, this collection includes the materials collected by and/or transferred to the Columbiana Collection, under the curation of Milton Halsey Thomas. This includes the conference transcripts, papers, convocation records, and an extensive collection of printed materials.

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Series III: Office Files, 1898-1956

Series IV: Printed Materials, 1950-1956

Series V: Subject Files, 1949-1957

John D. Cannon Papers, 1900-1984, bulk 1966-1969

3.84 linear feet
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The collection consists of correspondence, memos, publications, reports, press clippings, press releases, sermons and speeches retained by the Rev. John D. Cannon, University Chaplain at Columbia University, 1966-1969.

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Series IV: Subject Files

Series III: Student Strike, 1968

Series V: Publications--Collected

Academic Appointment Records, 1890s-1990

46 linear feet
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Originally compiled by the Office of the Secretary and later by the Academic Appointments Office, this card catalogue contains a record of all appointment letters sent to faculty members beginning in the 1890s. The cards include the appointees' name, degrees, and a record of each appointment (rank, school and academic year). For faculty and officers of research, the last date on the cards is June 30, 1990. For officers of administration, there are cards with information through July 1987. The cards are divided between inactive (last appointment ended before June 1990) and active (still at Columbia in 1990). The active appointments are also subdivided by school or division.

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Series I: Inactive Appointment Records, 1890-1990

Columbia Engineering Photograph Collection, 1958-2008, bulk 1988-2003

9.59 linear feet
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This collection consists of photographs, negatives, and contact sheets of alumni and alumni activities, faculty, students and annual events which were taken to illustrate the School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni magazine Columbia Engineering.
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Series I: Columbia Engineering Photographs, 1940s-2008, bulk 1988-2003

Clara Schauffler Recipe Collection, 1902-1904

.25 linear feet
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Clara Elizabeth Schauffler created a recipe book from the domestic science courses she took at Teachers College from September 1902 to June 1904.
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Series I. Recipe Book

Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education negatives, 1932-1963

6 Linear Feet
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This collection contains negatives, on glass and on film, of the student athletes and sports teams at Columbia University from the 1930s to the 1960s.
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Series I: Individuals, 1933-1963

Will Csaplar Postcard Collection, 1900-1950s, bulk 1910-1925

1.04 linear feet
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This collection consists of postcards from the early twentieth century depicting Columbia University buildings, sites, and related imagery. These postcards were collected over the years by Columbia alum Will Csaplar (AB 1957, AM 1958).
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Series I: Morningside Campus

Historical subject files, 1810s-2022, bulk 1968-1972

182.23 linear feet
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The Historical Subject Files Collection documents Columbia University history and related topics from 1754 to the present. The collection includes articles, booklets, clippings, correspondence, memoranda, non-photographic images, notes, pamphlets, posters, press releases, programs and reports.
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Series IV: Athletics, 1850s-2000s

Series XIII: Information Services, 1900s-2000s

Series XI: Fundraising, 1880s-2000s

The American Assembly records, 1950-2008

77.5 linear feet
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This collections contants the administrative papers from 1950 to 1970s, which document the establishment of the Assembly and how it operated in the framework of Columbia University and its Business School. It also includes the volumes created for each Assembly topic and meeting year. The volumes contain both original manuscript material (e.g., correspondence, memos, reports, photographs, programs, etc.) related to the planning and execution of each meeting as well as published reports and publications generated for the meeting. Topics addressed by the Assembly over the years include: US Foreign Policy, Outer Space, Nuclear/Atom Power, International Relations, Collapse of the USSR, Arms Control, US Economy, Domestic policy issues (health insurance, labor, black economic development), Religion and American Life, Social Issues, Arts and Public Policy, Environmental issues, Politics, Tax System, Financial Systems, World Migration and US Policy. The collection also includes The Assembly's publications and a participant index.

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Series IV. Participant records, 1950s-2000s

Gabriel Cooney Photograph Collection, 1991-1999, bulk 1996-1998

4.29 linear feet
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This collection consists of photographic prints (8x 10 and 11x14) and negatives (35mm and 2 ¼" square) taken by professional photographer Gabriel Amadeus Cooney for Columbia University. Many of the images were ultimately used in a brochure titled Broadway Local published in 1991 and in a series of brochures for the Campaign for Columbia produced between1996 and 1999. Some prints and negatives are in color, but most are in black and white. Many of these negatives and prints correspond directly to contact sheets and prints found in Series I of the Office of Alumni and Development Photograph Collection (UA#0208).
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Series I: Prints, 1990s