This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
This collection consists of photographs and negatives taken by professional photographer, Gabriel Amadeus Cooney for use by Columbia University in a series of brochures produced in the 1990s. The images include portraits of Columbia administrators, faculty, staff, students as well as images of the campus, interior and exterior images of certain campus buildings, classroom scenes, athletics, and even the neighborhoods surrounding Columbia University. Some images and negatives are in color, but most are black and white.
Arranged in three sub-series, this series consists of photographic prints taken of Columbia faculty, administrators, staff, students, campus buildings and features, classroom activity, athletics, and the libraries. These are mostly 8 x 10 prints but there are five 11 x 14 prints. Some prints are in color, but the majority of them are in black and white. All of these prints have corresponding negatives in Series II. Folders are arranged alphabetically in each subseries.
Arranged in two sub-series, this series consists of images taken of Columbia faculty, administrators, staff, students, campus buildings and features, classroom activity, athletics, libraries and the surrounding neighborhoods. They are primarily 35mm and some 2 ¼" square negatives in both color and black and white. The negatives are all housed in archival quality sleeves in binders found in their respective boxes. Each sleeve of negatives has a unique identifying number which is noted in the container list just before the description of the images found in that particular sleeve. The dates noted are those assigned by Gabe Cooney on the sleeves (e.g. 96919 = 1996 September 19). Many of these negatives correspond directly prints found in Series I of this collection as well as to contact sheets and prints found in Series I in the Office of Alumni and Development Photograph Collection (UA#0208).
This collection is arranged in two series.
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of both the physical property and copyright. To request permission to quote or publish, please contact the University Archives at uarchives@columbia.edu.
If images are exhibited or published, Gabriel Cooney must be credited as the photographer.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Gabriel Cooney Photograph Collection; Box and Folder; University Archives, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.
Office of Alumni and Development Photograph Collection, 1978-2006 (UA#0208)
Historic Photograph Collection, 1855-2012 (UA#0003)
Office of Public Affairs Photograph Collection, ca.1947-2006.(UA#0109)
No additions are expected
2015.2016.M165: Source of acquisition--Gabriel Cooney. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--2 June 2016.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
This collection was processed by Jocelyn Wilk. Finding aid written by Jocelyn Wilk in November 2018.
2018-12-02 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Gabriel Amadeus Cooney is a professional photographer based in Massachusetts who was hired by the Office of Alumni and Development in the 1990s to photograph campus, students, faculty and staff to illustrate brochures for a University-wide fundraising campaign.
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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