Dwight D. Miner papers on the history of Columbia University, 1938-1978

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Series VI: Note Card Files



Box 37 Academic Costume: Barnard


Box 37 Academic Costume: Low & Subsequent Presidents


Box 37 Administration of Harris (Post-Mason) 1816-1829


Box 37 Administration of W.S. Johnson Legislative Aid


Box 37 Administration of W.S. Johnson Retrenchment & Decline


Box 37 Administration of W.S. Johnson Slow Progress, 1788 April-1792 January


Box 37 Administration of Mason 1811-1816


Box 37 Administration of Wharton & Moore 1801-1811


Box 37 Admission of Women to Graduate Work


Box 37 Albany Frontier


Box 37 Alexander, James


Box 37 Alexander, William (Stirling)


Box 37 Alumni Activity 1825-1849


Box 37 Alumni Activity 1849-1864


Box 37 Alumni Activity 1864-1889


Box 37 Alumni Activity 1902


Box 37 Andrew & Davenport


Box 37 Anglican Church in America: Bishop of London


Box 37 Anglican Church in America: 18th Century


Box 37 Anglican Church in Connecticut: 18th Century


Box 37 Anglican Church: New York 17th-18th Century


Box 37 Anglican Church: New York 18th Century


Box 37 Anglican Episcopacy Movement 18th Century


Box 37 Antill, Edward


Box 37 Apthorp, Charles Ward


Box 37 Apthorp, East (Johnson choice for successor)


Box 37 Athletics: Early Days to 1864


Box 37 Athletics: 1864-1889


Box 37 Athletics: 1890


Box 37 Athletics: 1897


Box 37 Auchmuty, Samuel


Box 37 Bache, Theophylact


Box 37 Bangs


Box 37 Banyar, Goldbrow


Box 37 Barclay, Henry


Box 37 Barnard Administration


Box 37 Barnard Annual Reports


Box 37 Barnard College 1889


Box 37 Barnard College Founding


Box 37 Barnard Election


Box 37 Barnard and the Elective System


Box 37 Barnard Religious Views: also Evidences of Rev. Religion, 1864-1889


Box 37 Barnard Scientific Views



Box 38 Barnard and the Trustees


Box 38 Barnard and the University Idea


Box 38 Beekman, Henry


Box 38 Bibliography


Box 38 Bibliography-Title Pages


Box 38 Botantic Garden: 1814-1849


Box 38 Botantic Garden and Removal of College: 1850-1857


Box 38 Budget Making Procedures


Box 38 Building and Grounds


Box 38 Building and Grounds: 1784 November


Box 38 Building and Grounds: 1864-1889


Box 38 Building and Grounds: Janitor; Stevens House; 1829-1857


Box 38 Building Project and Repairs: 1801-1811


Box 38 Butler Academic Freedom


Box 38 Butler Administration Finances


Box 38 Butler Administrative Boards


Box 38 Butler Administrator


Box 38 Butler


Box 38 Butler and the Ancient Classics


Box 38 Butler Annual Reports


Box 38 Butler Career of Teacher


Box 38 Butler Close Associates


Box 38 Butler the Departments


Box 38 Butler Educational Activities: Prior to 1902


Box 38 Butler Election and Installation


Box 38 Butler First Report: 1902


Box 38 Butler Fund Raiser


Box 38 Butler as International Figure


Box 38 Butler Last Years


Box 38 Butler and Modern Languages


Box 38 Butler Most Important


Box 38 Butler and National Politics


Box 38 Butler and the New Deal


Box 38 Butler on Powers and Functions of the Faculties


Box 38 Butler Role of the Liberal Arts College


Box 38 Butler Sizes up Columbia's Problem (at end of 4th period) 1921


Box 38 Butler and the Sciences


Box 38 Butler on Specialization


Box 38 Butler Seeks Leading Scholars


Box 38 Butler and Theodore Roosevelt


Box 38 Butler Views on Fundamentals of Education


Box 38 Butler Views on Role of Columbia in Nation & World


Box 38 Cattell Dismissal: 1917


Box 38 Cadwallader, Colden


Box 38 Cadwallader, Colden and the College


Box 38 Campus and Students Life


Box 38 Catholics in New York 17th Century-Early 19th Century


Box 38 Chambers, John


Box 38 Change of Name to "University": 1896


Box 38 Chapel, 1864-1889


Box 38 Chapel Services, 1855


Box 38 Charter Controversy


Box 38 Charter Controversy: 1753 March-December


Box 38 Charter Controversy: 1754 March-October


Box 38 Charter Revision, 1802-1810


Box 38 City College New York


Box 38 Clarkson, David


Box 38 Classics in Barnard Administration, 1864-1889


Box 38 Classics in Columbia College, 1897-1954


Box 38 Clossy, Samuel


Box 38 Coeducation Issue, 1882-1889



Box 39 College


Box 39 College Curricula: 18th Century


Box 39 College: 1868-1871


Box 39 College Founding's: Pennsylvania


Box 39 College Libraries


Box 39 College Literary Societies: 1860-1901


Box 39 Collegiate Course for Women: 1883-1889


Box 39 Colonial College Foundings: Summary


Box 39 Colonial Mind Mid-Century


Box 39 Colonial Money l8th Century


Box 39 Columbia Alumni in the Community: 1820s-1850s


Box 39 Columbia Relations with Civic Societies: 1817-1842


Box 39 Columbia College: 1907-1917


Box 39 Columbia College: 1911-1914


Box 39 Columbia College: World War I


Box 39 Columbia College: 1919-1953


Box 39 Columbia College: 1873-1876 (Richard T. Ely), 1878-1882 (N.M. Butler)


Box 39 Columbia College: Admissions Requirement 1897


Box 39 Columbia College: Arts 1880s


Box 39 Columbia College: Enrollment 1864-1888


Box 39 Columbia College : First Decade on Morningside 1897-1907


Box 39 Columbia College Organized 1787 May


Box 39 Columbia and the Outbreak of the Civil War


Box 39 Columbia School of Arts Curriculum 1864-1889


Box 39 Columbia University Bulletin


Box 39 Columbia University Registration 1840s-1950s


Box 39 Commencement of 1787


Box 39 Commencement 1811


Box 39 Commencement under Barnard


Box 39 Commerce and Industry 1760


Box 39 Committee of Seven: To consider Abolition of fees; Univ. professorships etc


Box 39 Committee on Conference (of the University Council) 1917


Box 39 Completion of a Decade on Morningside 1907


Box 39 Cooper: Attempt to seize Cooper; his flight 1775


Box 39 Cooper: Background; election to presidency


Box 39 Cooper in England after War 1775


Box 39 Cooper, Myles - president


Box 39 Cooper: trip to England 1771-1772


Box 39 Cooper Union


Box 39 Crommelin, Robert


Box 39 Cruger, Henry


Box 39 Cruger, John


Box 39 Cultural Life of New York City 1864-1889


Box 39 Cruger, John Harris


Box 39 Curricular Reform 1820s: Ticknor; Aucherst


Box 39 Curriculum 1794


Box 39 Custis, Jack


Box 39 Cuylers


Box 39 Dana, H.W.L.


Box 39 Deans and the Central Administration


Box 39 Dean of the Graduate Faculties


Box 39 Dean Reactions to the War Experience: Reports of 1919


Box 39 Delancey, James



Box 40 Delancey, James Jr.


Box 40 Delancey, Oliver


Box 40 Dental School: Integration with medical faculty


Box 40 Dental School: to 1945


Box 40 De Peyster, Abraham


Box 40 Discipline: 1864-1889


Box 40 Drisler Administration


Box 40 Drisler Administration Departments


Box 40 Duer's Administration I (1830-1831)


Box 40 Duer's Administration II (1832-1835)


Box 40 Duer's Administration III (1836-1842)


Box 40 Duer's Administration Finances


Box 40 Dutch School New York City


Box 40 East Field Acquisition


Box 40 Economic & Political Conditions 1762-1763


Box 40 Educational Plans of 1784 December


Box 40 Education Reform-Clash of Faculty & Trustees 1809


Box 40 Education Reforms 1801-1811


Box 40 18th Century College Curriculum


Box 40 1837 Semi-Centennial Celebration


Box 40 Eisenhower Administration


Box 40 Election of Duer


Box 40 Election of Harris: 1811


Box 40 Elocution: 1784-1830


Box 40 Elocution: 1830-1857


Box 40 Elocution: 1858-1864


Box 40 Elocution: 1864-1889


Box 40 English Language & Literature: 1881


Box 40 English Schools-N.Y. Early 18th Century


Box 40 Enlightenment and the Great Awakening


Box 40 Establishment of Law School: 1858


Box 40 European Influences on American Higher Education (Cowley)


Box 40 Expansion of American Education: 1855-1881 (Thursfield, Henry Barnard)


Box 40 Extension Teaching: 1921


Box 40 Fackenthal Interregnum


Box 40 Faculty; By-laws; Commencement


Box 40 Faculty of Fine Arts 1905-1913


Box 40 Faculty; Increase in Powers 1885


Box 40 Faculty of Philosophy


Box 40 Faculty of Philosophy 1902


Box 40 Faculty of Political Science 1890


Box 40 Faculty of Political Science 1902


Box 40 Faculty of Pure Science 1902


Box 40 Faculty Rank, Salaries, Leaves, Etc. 1864-1889


Box 40 Faculty Rank, Salaries, Leaves, Etc. 1890-1901


Box 40 Faculty Salary, Schedule, Rank, Leaves, Pensions


Box 40 Faculty of Science 1896


Box 40 Faculty of Science 1902


Box 40 Finances: 1801-1811


Box 40 Finances: 1864-1889


Box 40 Finances: 1887 October-1889


Box 40 Finances: 1890-


Box 40 Finances: King Administration 1849-1864


Box 40 Finances: Petitions to Legislature 1811-1816


Box 40 Finances: Petitions to Legislature 1816-1829


Box 40 First Proposals for a College in New York


Box 40 49th Street Building 1857


Box 40 Franklin's Ideas on Education


Box 40 Fish Papers 1880 May 20


Box 40 French Church


Box 40 Getting Started Under Request, 1784 May-November


Box 40 Gibbs Affair 1854-1855


Box 40 Giles, Samuel


Box 40 Government & Liberty


Box 40 Grammar School: Early Proposals 1813-1828; School 1828-1850


Box 40 Grammar School: Last Years 1850-1864


Box 40 Great Awakening and Education



Box 41 Harpur, Robert


Box 41 Haynes, Joseph


Box 41 High Tide of Romanticism


Box 41 Higher Education in U.S.: 1830-1850


Box 41 History Scholarship: 1876-1901


Box 41 History, Philosophy and Belles-Lettres


Box 41 Holland, Edward


Box 41 Horsmanden, Daniel


Box 41 Houseal, Benard


Box 41 Inglis, Charles


Box 41 Institutes


Box 41 Institute of Public Administration


Box 41 Institute for Urban Land Use: 1947


Box 41 Intellectual Currents - Early 19th Century


Box 41 Johnson, John Jay


Box 41 Johnson, Samuel


Box 41 Johnson, Saul-Stratford


Box 41 Johnson, S., Dr.


Box 41 Johnson, Samuel


Box 41 Johnson, William Samuel


Box 41 Johnson Educator Prior to 1754


Box 41 Johnson up to 1770s


Box 41 Johnson, Samuel: Berkeley and Yale


Box 41 Joint Committee on Instruction


Box 41 Jones, History of New York


Box 41 Jones, Thomas


Box 41 Kempe, John Tabor


Box 41 Kempe, William


Box 41 Kempe, William


Box 41 Kennedy, Archibald


Box 41 Kent's Second Professorship of Law: 1823-1826


Box 41 King Administration I 1849-1853


Box 41 King Administration II 1854-1857 May


Box 41 King Administration III 1857-1864 May


Box 41 K.C. as Compared to Other Colleges: Costs, Enrollment, Reasons for Choice


Box 41 King, Charles Benefactions; Sources of Support


Box 41 King, Charles Character


Box 41 King, Charles Curriculum


Box 41 King, Charles Description by Outsiders


Box 41 King, Charles During Revolution


Box 41 King, Charles Election and Inauguration: 1849


Box 41 King, Charles Elocution


Box 41 King, Charles Faculty


Box 41 King, Charles Finances


Box 41 King, Charles Founding


Box 41 King, Charles Governors


Box 41 King, Charles Grammar School


Box 41 King's College Art Collection


Box 41 King's College Building: 1755-1776


Box 41 King's College Library



Box 42 King's College Literary and Debating Society


Box 42 King's College Locality


Box 42 King's College Lotteries 1746-1755


Box 42 Lands at Lake George, Ticonderoga, etc. 1802


Box 42 Law Grants


Box 42 Law Professorship 1793-1798; James Kent


Box 42 Law School 1890


Box 42 Law School 1902


Box 42 Library 1811-1829


Box 42 Library 1830-1842


Box 42 Library 1842-1849


Box 42 Library 1864-1889


Box 42 Library 1901


Box 42 Lieber, Francis


Box 42 Lispenard, Leonard


Box 42 Literary and Scientific Course 1830-1843


Box 42 Literary Societies 1784-1795


Box 42 Literary Societies 1802-1829


Box 42 Literary Societies and Fraternities 1830-1849


Box 42 Literary Societies and Fraternities 1849-1864


Box 42 Livingston, James


Box 42 Livingston, John


Box 42 Livingston, John Henry


Box 42 Livingston, William


Box 42 Lodge, Abraham


Box 42 Low Administration Department


Box 42 Low Election


Box 42 Low and Melvil Dewey


Box 42 Ludlow, Gabriel


Box 42 Lottery


Box 42 M.A. Degree 1878


Box 42 MacDowell Resignation 1904


Box 42 Mathematics; Astronomy; Natural Philosophy: 1830-1842


Box 42 Mathematics: Astronomy; Natural Philosophy: 1842-1849


Box 42 Mathematics; Astronomy; Natural Philosophy: 1849-1864


Box 42 Mathematics and Natural Philosophy: 1816-1829 Adrian Anderson Renwick


Box 42 Matthews, David


Box 42 Maunsell, John


Box 42 Medical School Rappeleye


Box 42 Medical School Reorganization of, Spring of 1782


Box 42 Merchants in Politics 1750s and 1760s


Box 42 Military Background: 1753 Summer-1756 Spring


Box 42 Modern Languages: Barnard Administration 1864-1889


Box 42 Moore's Land Grant to King's College


Box 42 Moore, Lambert


Box 42 Moore, N.F. Administration I 1842-1843


Box 42 Moore, N.F. Administration II 1844-1849


Box 42 Moore, N.F. Finances


Box 42 Morris, Richard


Box 42 Morris, Roger


Box 42 Move to Abolish School of Arts: 1888-1889


Box 42 Moutressor, John


Box 42 Murray, Joseph



Box 43 Natural Sciences Mid-18th Century


Box 43 Natural Sciences in Columbia College 1897


Box 43 New Construction; Repairs Grounds: 1812-1829


Box 43 New York Around 1746


Box 43 New York Chamber of Commerce


Box 43 New York Commerce


Box 43 New York Corporate Organization


Box 43 New York Countries


Box 43 New York Courts: 1753-1754


Box 43 New York Cultural and Intellectual Life: 1740-1755


Box 43 New York in 1811


Box 43 New York in 1816


Box 43 New York 18th Century Proprietaries


Box 43 New York 18th Century School


Box 43 New York Lottery Laws: 1746-1755


Box 43 New York Mid-18th Century Business Conditions


Box 43 New York Mid-18th Century Commerce


Box 43 New York Mid-18th Century Dutch Reformed Church


Box 43 New York Mid-18th Century Lawyers and Landed Families


Box 43 New York Mid-18th Century Markets


Box 43 New York Mid-18th Century Newspapers


Box 43 New York Mid-18th Century Shipping


Box 43 New York Mid-18th Century Toleration


Box 43 New York the Political Scene: 1788-1790


Box 43 New York Politics: 1720-1740


Box 43 New York Politics: 1740-1750s


Box 43 New York Politics: 1750s


Box 43 New York Politics: 1768-1770


Box 43 New York Politics: 1775-1776


Box 43 New York State Politics: 1818-1830


Box 43 New York Politics: 18th Century Background


Box 43 New York Politics: 18th Century Independence


Box 43 New York Politics: Stamp Act Period


Box 43 New York Population: 1770s


Box 43 Rise of New York as Commerce and City Centers: 1820-1830


Box 43 New York: 1750-1770


Box 43 New York: 1700s Albany


Box 43 New York: 1750s Commerce


Box 43 New York: 1750s Labor


Box 43 New York: 1750s Landed Estates


Box 43 New York: 1750s Manufacture


Box 43 New York Social Classic: 1740s-1750s


Box 43 New York Strategic Center of Defense vs. French Late 17th-18th Century


Box 43 New York Supreme Court: 1760s


Box 43 New York Town Life


Box 43 New York University Founding and Impact on Columbia: 1832


Box 43 New York City Baptists


Box 43 New York City beginning of 18th Century


Box 43 New York City College and Trinity at End of the Revolution: 1783-1784


Box 43 New York City Culture: 1750s and 1760s


Box 43 New York City de Crevecoeur Descriptions: 1772


Box 43 New York City 1800 Appearance


Box 43 New York City 1830


Box 43 New York City 1840s


Box 43 New York City 1850s


Box 43 New York City Government: 1740s-1750s


Box 43 New York City and Other Northern Cities: 1740s-1760


Box 43 Nicoll, Benjamin


Box 43 Non-Athletic Student Activities: 1897



Box 44 Office of Provost: Carpenter 1912


Box 44 Ogilvie, John: 1770-1774


Box 44 150th Anniversary: 1904


Box 44 Oriental Languages: 1864-1889


Box 44 Organization by Divisions: 1903-1946


Box 44 Organizing College under W.S. Johnson: 1787 November-1788 April


Box 44 Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law


Box 44 Parson


Box 44 Peck, Harry


Box 44 Period of "Let-Down" Mid-30s


Box 44 Pharmacy


Box 44 Philipse, Frederick


Box 44 Philosophy, Ethics and Psychology: 1881


Box 44 Physicians and Surgeons, Faculty of 1800-1805


Box 44 Physicians and Surgeons, Faculty of 1806-1813


Box 44 Physicians and Surgeons: 1860-1891


Box 44 Physicians and Surgeons: 1891-1901


Box 44 Physicians and Surgeons: 1902-1919


Box 44 Physicians and Surgeons: Affiliation in Columbia 1858-1860


Box 44 Physicians and Surgeons: Darrach Administration


Box 44 Physicians and Surgeons: Relations with Presbyterian Hospital


Box 44 Pine


Box 44 Pine, John B.: King's College now Columbia University


Box 44 Plan to Educate Indians in King's College 1756-1771


Box 44 Plans for Removal to a New site: 1864-1889


Box 44 Political Science


Box 44 Political Tension


Box 44 Pop


Box 44 Pratt, Benjamin


Box 44 Preparations by Request to obtain new charter 1787


Box 44 Presbyterian Church 18th Century


Box 44 Pressures on Park Place Site: 1850-1853


Box 44 Prize Fellowships, etc. 1864-1889


Box 44 Problems of Advanced Instruction


Box 44 Professional Option Programs


Box 44 Proposals to Ally, or Incorporate, other Institutions with Columbia


Box 44 Proposals for College; charter controversy


Box 44 Proposals for Founding a College in New York


Box 44 Proposals to Revise Curriculum: 1853-1858


Box 44 Proposals to Revive Law, Medicine and Theology: 1826


Box 44 Provisions for Doctoral Degrees: 1875-1889


Box 44 Provoost, John


Box 44 Public Lectures: 1864-1889


Box 44 Public Lectures:.1883-1913


Box 44 Public School Support in New York City 1820s-1830s


Box 44 Pure Sciences: 1864-1889


Box 44 Queen's Prerogahue


Box 44 Randolph, John at Columbia 1788 May-1790 Summer


Box 44 Reade, Joseph


Box 44 Relations with Civic and Scientific Societies: 1857-1864


Box 44 Relations of College with Episcopal Church: 1849-1864


Box 44 Relations of Columbia and Episcopal Church: 1864-1914


Box 44 Relations with Episcopal Church: 1830-1849


Box 44 Relations with other Educational and Scientific Bodies


Box 44 Relations with Scientific and Educational Institutions: I864-I889


Box 44 Relations with other Educational and Scientific Organizations: 1890-1901


Box 44 Religion in 18th Century


Box 44 Religious Conditions in New York: l664-18th Century


Box 44 Removal to 49th Street: 1857 May


Box 44 Reflector


Box 44 Richard, Paul


Box 44 Rives


Box 44 Robinson, Beverley



Box 45 Schermerhorn


Box 45 School of Architecture: 1881-1901


Box 45 School of Architecture: 1902


Box 45 School of Business


Box 45 School of Engineering: 1896


Box 45 School of Journalism


Box 45 School of Law: 1858-1889


Box 45 School of Library Economy-Melvil Dewey


Box 45 School of Library Service


Box 45 School of Mines: 1890


Box 45 School of Mines: 1864-1888 (then see "Drisler Administration")


Box 45 School of Political Science


Box 45 School of Political Science: 1880-1889


Box 45 School of Political Science: Founding-1880


Box 45 School of Social Work


Box 45 Schools and Colleges: 1830s


Box 45 Science in America 1800-1850


Box 45 Scott, John Morin


Box 45 Search for First-Rate Faculty


Box 45 Seth Low Junior College


Box 45 Silver Bowl showing the Original Trinity schoolhouse


Box 45 Smith, Rev. Dr. William


Box 45 Smith, William, Senior


Box 45 Smith, William, Jr.


Box 45 Society (The)


Box 45 Spanish War


Box 45 Special Ceremonies


Box 45 Spectator


Box 45 Spencer, Darwin and Columbia


Box 45 Spingarn Dismissal: 1910-1911


Box 45 St. Stephen's College


Box 45 Stamp Act


Box 45 State of College: 1787 November


Box 45 State of College: 1830s-1840s


Box 45 Statutes of 1821


Box 45 Statutes of 1905


Box 45 Statutes of 1763


Box 45 Statutes of 1755


Box 45 Student 1897


Box 45 Student Aid: Scholarships, Fellowships, Prize Lectureships


Box 45 Students: Discipline and Awards: 1811-1829


Box 45 Students: Discipline, Fines and Gowns


Box 45 Students: Discipline, Personalities, etc. 1830-1849


Box 45 Students: Impression 1818-1831 - Stevens, Fish, Ward


Box 45 Students Life, Discipline, Lodging


Box 45 Students Life, Sports, Discipline, Personalities 1849-1864


Box 45 Students Publications 1864-1889


Box 45 Students Reminiscences under Low: 1890-1897


Box 45 Teachers College 1889-1898


Box 45 Teachers College 1898


Box 45 Tuition, Reduced Tuition, Prizes 1864-1889


Box 45 University Alumni Activity: 1890


Box 45 University Council 1902


Box 45 University Council Proposed 1889, Organized 1890 May


Box 45 University Course 1858-1861


Box 45 University and the Depression


Box 45 University Extension 1921


Box 45 University as a Federation: 1898


Box 45 University Objectives: Mass vs. Quality; Early 20th Century


Box 45 University Purchases of Dwelling Houses on Height


Box 45 University and World War I


Box 45 Upper Estate: After 1857


Box 45 Upper Estate: 20th Century Including Radio City Lease of 1928


Box 45 Vardill, John


Box 45 Vermout Lands after Rev. 1786


Box 45 Ver Planck, Philip


Box 45 Verplanck, Samuel


Box 45 William Livingston


Box 45 Water Lots 1770


Box 45 Watts, Jolen


Box 45 Watts, Robert


Box 45 Walton, Jacob


Box 45 Walton, William


Box 45 White, Henry


Box 45 Woodberry Resignation 1904



Box 46 Other Universities Card Files


Box 46 Bibliographical Card Files