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Correspondence between Charles Waldstein and the president of Columbia University. Waldstein was a benefactor of the University. Correspondence relates to efforts to establish lectures on foreign policy and international relations. Correspondence also relates to a proposed prize for graduate students in the Department of Public Law and issues involving Belgian refugees during World War I. Includes correspondence regarding a professor who was referred to as Professor Carnoy

Correspondence between Grayson L. Kirk and high level administrators at Columbia University. Also includes correspondence with trustees, alumni, faculty members, and the public. Other records include: reports, proposals, press releases, and speeches. Kirk held numerous appointments at Columbia including provost, vice president and provost, and president. Records dating from 1947 through 1949 relate to Kirk's terms as acting director of Columbia's School of International Affairs, executive director of the European Institute, chairman of the University Committee on the United Nations, associate provost, and provost.

Correspondence between Andrew W. Cordier, president of Columbia University, and high level University administrators, University donors and alumni, and funding agencies. From 1962 until his appointment as acting president in 1968 Cordier served as Dean of the Faculty of International Affairs, director of the European Institute, and professor of international relations. He also chaired the Coordinating Committee on International Affairs. Records dating from 1962 to 1968 consist of correspondence, reports, and funding proposals relating to the School of international Affairs and Columbia's international studies programs. In 1968 following the resignation of President Grayson Kirk, Cordier agreed to serve as acting president of the University for one year. In 1969 he accepted a one-year appointment as president of the University. Records dating from 1968 to 1971 consist of correspondence, statements, press releases, notes, and clippings regarding Cordier's presidency, campus unrest, relations between Columbia and the community, and relations between students, faculty and the administration. Topics include: demonstrations, discipline, public relations, and Cordier's efforts to improve communication with students. Beginning in 1970 the records also include correspondence regarding University finances, income, and development.