Rare Book and Manuscript Library
RBML Publications
Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
5645088
MS#1995
English
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2 linear feet
2 record cartons
1928-2016
This collection consists of the publications of the special collection libraries at Columbia University.
Restrictions on Access
This collection is located onsite.
Restrictions on Access
This collection has no restrictions.
Accrual of Materials
Additions are expected.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically by date of publication.
Historical Note
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML) is Columbia's principal repository for primary sources. The range of collections in RBML span more than 4,000 years and comprise rare printed works, cylinder seals, cuneiform tablets, papyri, and Coptic ostraca; medieval and renaissance manuscripts; as well as art, realia and born-digital objects. Some 500,000 printed books and 90,000 linear feet (17 miles) of manuscripts, personal papers, and records form the core of the RBML holdings. One can find manuscripts from as early as the 14th century to the modern archives relating to Herman Wouk, Erica Jong, Serge Prokofiev, and Arthur Mitchell. Archives as varied as the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Random House, and Amnesty International-USA, and the archives of Columbia University are available for research.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); RBML Publications; Box and Folder (if known); Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Joanna Rios. Finding aid written by Joanna Rios in October 2018.
Related Material
Additional information about the RBML exhibitions, events and holdings can be found in the RBML Office Files (MS#0263).
Summary
This collection consists of the publications of the special collection libraries at Columbia University. It includes exhibition catalogues and programs, holdings or collection booklets, and publications by the Friends of the Columbia Libraries. It includes materials related to exhibitions held at Low Library, the Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum, Barnard College, and the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Butler Library.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Catalogs
publications (documents)
Academic libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
Columbia University. Libraries
Series I. Publications1928-2016Scope and ContentsThis series contains the publications related to the special collections libraries at Columbia University. The publications are organized chronologically. At the end of the series, there are a number of article reprints related to materials currently held at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
A Catalogue of an Exhibition of Recent European Fine Book and Commercial Printing - Loaned by the Typographic Library of the American Type Founders Company192629Scope and Contents(Jersey City: American Type Founders Company
Discours sur la Philosophie prononce par D'Alembert, 1768 facsimile192811Scope and Contents(Facsimile produced by David Eugene Smith of document currently held at the RBML, part of the Smith collection)
"The History of Elementary Mathematics in the Plimpton Library"192824Scope and Contents(Reprint from Science, October 26, 1928 Vol. LXVIII, No. 1765 pages 390-395)
"Exhibit of Early Astronomical and Mathematical Instruments"193025Scope and Contents(Issue 1 of The Industrial Museum of New York, from the Museum of Peaceful Arts. Features Prof. David Eugene Smith's collection.)
Bibliotheca ColumbianaScope and Contents(Published from time to time by the Friends of the Library of Columbia University)
Number 11933 April12Number 21934 December13Number 31936 June14Number 41937 August15The Education of Chaucer by George A. Plimpton1935210Scope and Contents(Illustrated from the Schoolbooks in Use in his Times. Oxford University Press.)
The William Barclay Parsons Railroad Prints: An Appreciation and a Check List1935211Scope and Contents(Includes the Columbia University Quarterly article by James Kin Finch and Talbot Faulkner Hamlin, "The Parsons Transportation Prints.")
Catalogue and List Prices of Duplicates of Books, Prints, Museum Pieces and Broadsides193626Scope and Contents(Typographic Library and Museum of the American Type Founders Co.)
Exhibition of Selected Books and Manuscripts from the Montgomery Library of Accountancy193716The Sky - Magazine of Cosmic News1937 June212Scope and Contents(This issue of the Bulletin of the Hayden Planetarium includes the article "Instruments of the Past" by Arthur L. Draper on Prof. David Eugene Smith's collection of rare astronomical instruments and books.)
Catalogue of the MacDowell Exhibition193817Scope and Contents(Professor of Music Edward MacDowell 1861-1908)
Authors and Short Title Index Epstean Collection: Books on Photography and Its Applications in the Graphic Arts in the Rare Book Department of Columbia University Library1938213That These Treasures Shall Endure1930s214Scope and Contents(The Seligman Collection at Columbia University. Includes document reproductions.)
An Exhibition Commemorating the Five Hundredth Anniversary of the Invention of Printing194018"Famous American Type Founders Library Comes to Columbia"194127Scope and Contents(Typographic Library, C.C. Williamson, Columbia University Quarterly, December 1941)
Catalog of the Isidore Witmark Collection of Autographed Books and Musical Scores194219An Exhibition of Selections from the Edwin Patrick Kilroe Collection of Tammaniana1942110Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the Libraries of Columbia University: A list of Cuneiform documents from the Sumerian, Old-Babylonian, Kassite, and Neo-Babylonian periods, with photographic reproductions of selected seals, and clay objects1943215Scope and Contents(Isaac Mendelsohn, Curator of Near East Collections. Catalogue Series, Number One.)
Lincolniana in the Columbia University Libraries1944216Scope and Contents(An exhibition including selections from the books and manuscripts recently presented to the University by John Warren Hill, '11 in memory of his father John Wesley Hill. South Hall.)
An Exhibition of Works by and about Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, 1799-1837, in Honor of the 150th Anniversary of his Birth1949217Scope and Contents(Low Memorial Library, May 11-June 30, 1949)
An Exhibition of Rare Books and Manuscripts Selected from the Columbia University Libraries1951111Scope and Contents("Herein Lives Wisdom, Beauty, and Increase." For Guests of the University, Tuesday Evening, May 1st, 1951. Low Memorial Library.)
Quality in Book-Production: An Exhibition1952112Scope and Contents(An exhibition of fine books of all periods selected from the Columbia University Libraries with special emphasis on the typographic collection. Publication for the Friends of Columbia Libraries and their Guests, March 27, 1952.)
Music Hall and Vaudeville 1875-19401954113Scope and ContentsFifteen annotated programs of gramophone recordings from the collection of Edward B. Wisely; The Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum)
Man's right to knowledge and the free use thereof by Mark van Doren1954218Marco Polo to Perry: An exhibition portraying Western knowledge of the Far East during six centuries1955114An Exhibition in Honor of the 200th Anniversary of the Publication of Johnson's Dictionary, 15 April 17551955219Stephen Crane: 1871-19001956115The Address by Sir Francis Meynell at the Dedication of the George Macy Memorial Collection of Books Published by the Limited Editions Club1957220Scope and Contents(With a list of the titles)
An Exhibition of Bookbindings Historical and Modern Selected from the Columbia University Library Collection1958221Scope and Contents(On view in Butler Library, 535 West 114th Street, October 6, 1958 to January 3, 1959)
Manuscript Collections in the Columbia University Libraries: A descriptive list1959116Exhibit of Books and Manuscripts on the Risorgimento and the Unification of Italy1959222Scope and Contents(Under the auspices Columbia University, the Society for Italian Historical Studies and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura)
"George Arthur Plimpton: The Collector and the Collection"196028Scope and Contents(By Francis T.P. Plimpton, reprinted from the November 1960 and February 1961 issues of the Columbia Library Columns.)
A Letter from Henry Laurens to his son John Laurens, August 14, 17761964223Scope and Contents(Foreword by Alfred C. Berol and introduction by Richard B. Morris)
Frederic William Goudy 1865-19471966117Scope and Contents(A commemorative exhibition arranged and described by Roland Baughman)
The Engel Collection1967118Scope and Contents(Presented by Solton and Julia Engel)
The Genius of Arthur Rackham exhibition brochure1967119The Centenary of Arthur Rackham's Birth: An appreciation of his genius and a catalogue of his original sketches, drawings, and paintings in the Berol Collection by Roland Baughman1967224An Exhibition of The George Macy Memorial Collection of Books Published by the Limited Editions Club1968120Scope and Contents(Part Two held at the Low Library Rotunda, 1968-1969)
Rare Books and Manuscripts at Columbia: Their Facilities and Use1969121Scope and Contents(Columbia Library Columns special edition for the Columbia $200 Million Campaign)
The $200 Million Campaign: The Columbia Libraries1969225Scope and Contents(On the cover, Cuneiform Tablet no. 322. "Pythagorean Triangles." Clay tablet, incomplete, ca. 1900-1600 B.C. Old Babylonian cuneiform script. Plimpton Collection.)
Rarities for Research in the Columbia Libraries: A Selection of Rare Books and Manuscripts in the Department of Special Collections1970122History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Philadelphia, Published by Bradford and Inskeep, 1814: A Census of the Extant Copies in Original Boards with a Preface by Alfred C. Berol and with an Introduction by Lester J. Cappon1970226Catalogue of the Brander Matthews Collection of Theatre Models1973123Scope and Contents(By Donald Pace. Exhibition on the Barnard College campus.)
The Jack Harris Samuels Library by Kenneth A. Lohf1974227Scope and Contents(Reprinted from the February 1974 issue of Columbia Library Columns, with a foreword by Warren H. Haas.)
Twenty-fifth Anniversary Gifts1976124Scope and Contents(Gifts in honor of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Friends of Columbia Libraries)
Random House & Bennett Cerf: A Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition1976228Scope and Contents(Low Memorial Library, January 28-February 20, 1976)
The Tass Windows: An Exhibit of Soviet World War II Poster Art from the Louis G. Cowan Collections1976229Scope and Contents(The Russian Institute of Columbia University in the City of New York, December 2-16, 1976)
Beat Art: Drawings by Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac, Peter Orlovsky, Philip Whalen and Others1977125Scope and Contents(An exhibition prepared by the Seminar on Problems of Style, Department of Art History, Barnard College)
The Centenary of John Masefield's Birth1978126Scope and Contents(An exhibition of first editions, letters, manuscripts, photographs, drawings and portraits)
Fifty Treasures from Fifty Years: An Exhibition Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library1980230Scope and Contents(Low Memorial Library Rotunda, November 6-26, 1980)
A Selection of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at Columbia University1981127Scope and Contents(An exhibition held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America)
Perspectives on Jewish Messianism: An Exhibition of the Rare Books and Manuscripts from the Judaica Collections of the Columbia University Libraries1981231Scope and Contents(The Rotunda, Low Memorial Library, April 13-24, 1981. Center for Israel and Jewish Studies)
Whitney M. Young, Jr.: A guide to information sources in the United States1982128Scope and Contents(Compiled by Harry R. Murphy)
The Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Columbia University: Collections and Treasures1985129The Origins of a Great Profession exhibition brochure1987130Thomas Merton: The Poet and the Contemplative Life1990131Scope and Contents(An exhibition compiled by Patrick T. Lawlor, foreword by Kenneth A. Lohf)
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at Columbia University1991132Scope and Contents(Papers presented at a Symposium sponsored by the Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Interdepartmental Committee on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, March 31, 1990 edited by Beatrice Terrien-Somerville.)
The Lohf Years1992133Scope and Contents(An exhibition of selected rare books and manuscripts acquired by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library while Kenneth A. Lohf as its Librarian, 1967-1992)
A Collector's Recollections: George Arthur Plimpton1993134Scope and Contents(Edited by Pauline Ames Plimpton with a foreword by George Plimpton)
From Russia to Kiss Me, Kate: The Careers of Sam and Bella Spewack1993135Scope and Contents(Compiled by Rudolph Ellenbogen and Bradley D. Westbrook; Remembering the Spewacks by Arthur and Lois Elias)
The World on Paper: A Celebration of the Mapmaker's Art1994136Scope and Contents(By Mead T. Cain)
The Publications of Vincent FitzGerald & Company 1980-20002000137The American Type Founders Company Collection2002138Jewels in her Crown: Treasure from the Special Collections of Columbia's Libraries2 folders2004139-40The Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum at Columbia University200521Drawn to Public Service: Political Cartoons from the Papers of Herbert H. Lehman200922Scope and Contents(By Duane Tananbaum)
Letitia Elizabeth Landon: Catalogue of a Collection Held by the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Columbia University201623Scope and Contents(L.E.L. The English Improvisatrice, by Francis J. Sypher, Jr.)