Central Files (Office of the President records), 1890-1984

Records regarding an honorary degree from Columbia University that was awarded to Alvar Aalto, a Finnish architect and designer. Records include correspondence and a newspaper clipping.

Correspondence between Elie Abel, Jeffery Loubat Professor and dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Correspondence relates to the school. Topics include: faculty appointments, funding for the school, and budgeting.

Correspondence between Theodore Fred Abel, professor of sociology and executive officer of the Department of Sociology at Columbia University, and the provost and secretary of the University. Correspondence relates to the department. Topics include faculty appointments, and budgeting.

Correspondence between Charles Abrams and Columbia University administrators. Abrams was a professor of urban planning and director of the Institute of Urban Environment in the School of Architecture. Records relate to the institute, the school, and urban planning. Records include: correspondence regarding efforts to acquire grant funding for a study of urban minority problems to be conducted by the institute and the Division of Urban Planning; a copy of ""The City,"" Abrams' address at the University of Chicago; a report by Abrams for the Community Renewal Program; and reports regarding urban renewal in Philadelphia and the use of computers by the urban planning division.

Correspondence between Carl W. Ackerman, dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, and the president and other high " level administrators of the University. Also includes correspondence between Ackerman and publishers and journalists from the United States and South America. Records relate to four main subjects: the Graduate School of Journalism, the Pulitzer Prizes, the Maria Moors Cabot Prizes, and journalism and journalists in the United States and South America.

Topics related to the Graduate School of Journalism include: budgeting, faculty affairs, faculty appointments, teaching loads, gifts to the school, events, and the management of special funds. Includes: school budgets; correspondence and a proposal (ca. 1934-1935) regarding the establishment of graduate programs in the school; and reports and correspondence (ca. 1943-1946) regarding a school of journalism in China, which was sponsored by the University. Also includes a report, dating from 1937 which discusses the journalism school's relationship with the Columbia Daily Spectator. The records also include correspondence, proposals, and reports (ca. 1946-1951) regarding the establishment, funding, and administration of the American Press Institute, a professional development and education program for journalists. Also, correspondence and reports regarding the effect of " radio on journalism education (ca. 1937) and the work of the University's Radio Committee (ca. 1938).

Also, reports and correspondence regarding the Pulitzer Prizes. Related topics include: the nomination and selection of Pulitzer Prize recipients, the work of the Advisory Board of the Pulitzer Prizes, and administrative and financial issues regarding the prizes. Includes jury reports and correspondence regarding the ""Pulitzer Prize Playhouse. Also, correspondence and reports regarding the Maria Moors Cabot Prizes. Related topics include: the establishment of the prizes, the nomination and selection of recipients, and administrative issues relating to the prizes. Includes correspondence with the Cabot family. In addition, " Ackerman made a number of trips to South America to meet with journalists and promote journalism. The records include correspondence regarding South American newspapers and journalists as well as correspondence and reports regarding Ackerman's tours of South America during the 1930s and 1940s.

Correspondence between Charles M. Adams, assistant to the director of the libraries at Columbia University, and the provost of the University. Correspondence and reports relate to the appraisal and acquisition of library collections. Includes volume one, number 1 of Library Columns (November, 1943). Also, reports and minutes (ca. March, 1944) regarding the use of Low Memorial Library as an administration building. These reports relate to recommendations regarding the library that had been made in the Coykendal report of 1935.

Correspondence between Edward D. Adams, president of the Germanistic Society of America, and the president and secretary of Columbia University regarding Deutsches Haus, Columbia's German cultural and educational center. Topics include: the purchase of Deutsches Haus and the effect of World War I on the center and on education in German culture. Also, correspondence and deeds of gift documenting the establishment of the Ernest Kempton Adams Fund for Physical Research, the management of special funds, and a gift to the University of scientific instruments.

Correspondence regarding a formal complaint the was brought against Columbia University by Henry A. Adams, a student who did not receive credit for a course. Includes a copy of the petition which was filed with the New York State Department of Education.

Correspondence between John C. Adams and high level administrators at Columbia University. Adams was president of Hofstra University and the secretary and treasurer of the Association of Colleges and Universities of the State of New York. Correspondence relates to the association's involvement in issues affecting higher education. Topics include discrimination in higher education and proposals for a state University. Includes a transcript of a hearing before the State of New York Temporary Commission on the Need for a State University (October, 1947) and a copy of the Austin Mahoney anti-discrimination bill.

Correspondence between Louis Carroll Adams of the Department of Physical Education at Columbia University, and University administrators. Correspondence relates to the use of the University gymnasium by students from the Julliard School. Includes a booklet on requirements and procedures for the physical education program.

Records regarding the honorary degree from Columbia University that was awarded to Konrad Adenauer, the Chancellor of the West German Republic. The degree was awarded as part of the University's 1954 bicentennial celebration.

Correspondence between Felix Adler, professor of social and political ethics in the Faculty of Philosophy at Columbia University, and University president Nicholas Murray Butler. Correspondence relates to the establishment of a professorship of social and political ethics and Adler's appointment to the post in 1902. Correspondence also relates to Adler's term as Roosevelt Professor during 1908 and 1909. The Roosevelt Professorship sent an American professor to Germany to lecture and act as an educational and cultural emissary.

Correspondence between Eugene Ewald Agger, associate professor of economics at Columbia University, and the president and secretary of the University. Most of the correspondence relates to Agger's work as executive secretary of the Intercollegiate War Loan and Savings Committee of the Federal Reserve and his efforts to raise funds for the government during World War I.

Correspondence regarding the mental and physical health of a student in the School of General Studies.

Correspondence between Jose Antonio de Aguirre y Lecube, a lecturer in history at Columbia University, and University administrators. Correspondence relates to his five-year stay at Columbia and his return to Spain in order to support the Basque separatist movement.

Records sent to the Columbia University administration by Fred W. Albertson. Records relate to Columbia's application for an FM radio license. Includes a proposal for operating a radio station as well as University by-laws and other records which were assembled in support of Columbia's application.

Correspondence between Edwin Anderson Alderman and the president and secretary of Columbia University. Alderman was president of Tulane University and later became president of the University of Virginia. Correspondence relates to a range of subjects. Topics include: Butler's invitation for Alderman to attend his installation in 1902 Columbia's merger with the College of Physicians and Surgeons, entrance examinations and the College Entrance Examination Board, the selection of candidates for chairs in economics and physics at the University of Virginia, the selection of a southern candidate for the Roosevelt Professorship, and honorary degrees. Includes correspondence regarding Butler's inaugural and Alderman's plans to model his own installation at the University of Virginia on it.

Correspondence between Walter H. Aldridge and high level administrators at Columbia University. Aldridge was chairman of the board of Texas Gulf Sulpher Company and a University benefactor. Correspondence relates to Aldridge's gifts in support of a proposed University engineering center. Also, correspondence regarding the awarding of the Class of 1889 Prize Medal to Aldridge.

Correspondence between John W. Alexander, associate dean of Columbia College, and high level Columbia University administrators. Includes correspondence with the dean of Columbia College as well as individual students and their families. Correspondence relates to Columbia College, the University's undergraduate college. Much of the correspondence consists of letters regarding student affairs, academic standing, discipline, academic probation, and expulsion. Other topics include: events, prizes, the preparation and distribution of the student handbook, student groups, dormitory facilities, residence hall visitation policies, and space issues.

Records include: minutes of a meeting regarding conditions in residence halls and the administrative organization of the halls (July, 1962); a statement on policies regarding female visitors in residence halls (October, 1962) and other records regarding visitation policies; correspondence regarding the University's policy against the discriminatory fraternity membership requirements (ca. December, 1964), and correspondence regarding proposed community programs to be offered during the 1964 Summer Session.

Correspondence between Ralph S. Alexander, professor of marketing at Columbia University, and University administrators. Alexander chaired the University's Committee on the Bookstore, which studied the operation of the Columbia University Bookstore. Correspondence relates to the business of the committee and committee membership.

Records regarding the honorary degree from Columbia University that was granted to Mohammed Ali, the prime minister of Pakistan, during Columbia's 1954 bicentennial celebration.

Correspondence between Carolyn E. Allen, controller of the Council for Research in the Social Sciences at Columbia University, and the assistant secretary of the University. Correspondence relates to disbursements to council-funded projects.

Correspondence between George M. Allen, chairman of the Committee on Public Ceremonies and executive officer of the Department of Drafting at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. The Committee on Public Ceremonies oversaw the University's academic exercises, visits from dignitaries, and other official events. Most of the records consist of correspondence, schedules, and seating charts relating to opening exercises, commencement, and convocations. Includes a file, dating from 1950 which contains designs for academic robes. Also, correspondence and budgets relating to the Department of Drafting. Topics include faculty appointments, faculty affairs, and equipment.

Correspondence between Jane McMurtry Allen, administrative assistant to the secretary of the University at Columbia University, and University administrators. The records consist of correspondence and routine cover letters relating to: prizes and awards, personnel, scheduling, appointments, and supplies.

Correspondence between Rayford W. Alley and the president of Columbia University. Alley was a University benefactor and chairman of special gifts for the Law School Sustaining Fund. Correspondence relates to Alley's gifts to Columbia and the possibility of his nomination as a University trustee. Includes correspondence with the president's staf.

Correspondence between Rita Alt and administrative offices at Columbia University. Alt appears to have overseen arrangements for events in the rotunda of Columbia's Low Memorial Library. The correspondence is routine.

Correspondence between Friedrich Althoff, the Prussian minister of education, and Columbia University president Nicholas Murray Butler. Correspondence relates to the Roosevelt Professorship, which sent American faculty to Germany to lecture and act as educational and cultural emissarys. Correspondence also relates to the Germanistic Society of America.

Correspondence between Erwin H. Amick and Columbia University administrators. Amick's appointments included associate dean of the School of Engineering and chairman of the Department of Chemical Engineering. Correspondence relates to the school. Topics include: budgeting, scheduling, facilities, personnel, sponsored projects and grants, and gifts to the school. Includes a proposal to establish a research division in the school (1958). The proposal discusses planning for the division and the organization and purpose of the division. Also, correspondence regarding the routine business of the Department of Chemical Engineering.

Correspondence between Theodore W. Anderson of the Department of Mathematical Statistics at Columbia University, and University administrators. Correspondence relates to the department. Topics include faculty appointments and departmental personnel. Also, correspondence relating to Anderson's personnel issues.

Correspondence between James W. Angell, acting executive officer of the Department of Economics at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Angell also served as chairman of the Informal Committee on University Salaries and the Committee on Instruction of the Faculty of Political Science. Correspondence relates to the department, the Faculty of Political Science (ca. 1952-1953), and a variety of other University-related subjects. Topics related to the Department of Economics include: enrollment, budgeting, lectures, faculty appointments, faculty affairs, funding for the department, and facilities. Includes departmental budgets. Topics related to the Faculty of Political Science include: the evaluation of departments, faculty appointments, faculty affairs, departmental budgeting, relations between the Faculty and the University administration, and faculty personnel policies. Includes a statement regarding academic freedom that was submitted to the administration by the faculty in May, 1953.

Also: correspondence (ca. 1949 to the 1950s) regarding faculty salary policies; correspondence and proposals regarding the Schuyler Fiske Seager Endowment and the Schuyler Fiske Seager Fellowship; a report regarding a proposed institute for research in industrial management at the University; and correspondence and a telegram regarding post-World War II aid to Europe.

Correspondence between Charles A. Anger, director of the Office of Development at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. The records consist of correspondence, reports, and proposals relating to the establishment of a development program at Columbia.

Topics include: the creation of development policies and procedures, donor relations, funding proposals, and the status of development campaigns. Includes reports and proposals regarding: building projects, schools, events, research projects, and institutes. Also includes charts, reports, and other records relating to the organization and strategies of the University's development program. Records related to development include a public relations study (September, 1951) and an in-depth evaluation of Columbia's development strategy, income, and activities (1953). Other related records include: charts of the University's development organization in 1954 correspondence relating to the business of the trustees' committee on development; minutes of the University Development Committee; records regarding budgeting and operations in the Development Office; and development pamphlets.

Records regarding other University-related topics include: a 1951 proposal to establish the Citizenship Center, which became the Ferris Booth Hall student center; a report on the University's Health Sciences division dating from 1952 and a survey and analysis of the School of General Studies, the School of Pharmacy, and the School of Social Work dating from 1951. Other related records include: correspondence, proposals, statements, and reports (ca. 1952-1955) relating to the University's attempts to fund an arts center; correspondence and reports (ca. 1953-1954) regarding Columbia's bicentennial fundraising campaign; and a press packet that was produced in 1954 for Columbia's bicentennial celebration.

Correspondence between Donald C. Anthony, assistant director of the libraries at Columbia University, and University administrators. Most of the records consist of routine cover letters and acquisition records. The materials were forwarded to the Office of the Secretary, which issued acknowledgement letters for donations to the libraries.

Correspondence between Jack N. Arbolino, assistant dean in the School of General Studies at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Most of the correspondence relates to the School of General Studies, Columbia's continuing education division. Topics include: personnel, faculty appointments, prizes, and facilities.

Records include letters regarding the relationship between the School of General Studies and the University and public relations for the school, records regarding the revision of the General Studies curriculum (March, 1958), and records regarding procedures for the screening of non-matriculated students. Also includes cover letters and invitations.

Correspondence between Conrad M. Arensberg, professor of anthropology at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Arensberg held appointments as executive officer of the Department of Anthropology and head of the Interdisciplinary Project in Economic Aspects of Institutional Growth. Most of the records relate to the project. Topics include: personnel, salaries, staffing needs, expenditures, and finances. Includes reports on the project. Also, correspondence regarding the Department of Anthropology. Topics include: events, expenditures, funding for the department, facilities, and routine business.

Correspondence between Robert H. Armstrong, William J. Donovan, and E. R. Liebert. Armstrong was a trustee of The Town Hall, an educational institution for the advancement of social and political science, ethics, and the arts. Armstrong chaired the special committee that had been appointed to examine the institution's program of activities. Donovan served as an alumni trustee of Columbia University and also headed Columbia Associates, a group of benefactors who contributed to the University's general fund. Leibert appears to have been The Town Hall's public relations and development director. Correspondence relates to the operation and reorganization of The Town Hall. Includes several reports on the institution's development and revenues.

Correspondence between Leopold Arnaud and the faculty and high level administrators of Columbia University. Arnaud held numerous appointments at the University including dean of the School of Architecture; director of the School of Painting and Sculpture, which was the predecessor of the University's School of the Arts; and director of the School of Dramatic Arts. Arnaud also served on many committees, including the Committee on Art Properties, and advised the University administration on a variety of design projects.

Most of the correspondence, budgets, and reports relate to the School of Architecture (ca. 1935 to 1955), the School of Painting and Sculpture (ca. 1948 to the 1950s), and the School of Dramatic Arts (ca. 1948 to the 1950s). Topics related to the School of Architecture include: faculty appointments, student exchanges, faculty affairs, budgeting, appropriations, fellowships, scholarships, lectures, gifts to the school, facilities, requirements, teaching loads, arrangements for courses, prizes, and awards. Includes correspondence regarding the McKim Travelling Fellowships and the William Kinne Fellowships as well as correspondence, reports, and a newsletter relating to the Housing and Town Planning Program (ca. 1935-1955).

Topics related to the School of Painting and Sculpture include: budgeting, appropriations, facilities, and gifts to the school. Includes the director's first annual report. Although this document dates from 1949 it is filed with the records dating from July, 1957. Topics relating to the School of Dramatic Arts include budgeting and administrative issues involving dramatic productions and theater facilities. Includes correspondence regarding the relationship between the school and the Columbia University Players. Also, correspondence, budgets, and reports regarding Casa Italiana, Columbia's Italian culture and educational center. Topics include gifts, lectures, budgeting, and administrative issues from the late 1940s to the 1950s.

The records also include a small amount of correspondence documenting the work of the Committee on Art Properties, which selected and administered the University's art properties. Most of the correspondence relates to the care and sale of works of art during the 1950s. Also, correspondence regarding the administration of a number of special design projects including plaques, medals, exhibitions, and buildings. Arnaud also served on a committee which was created to evaluate and suggest uses for the Nevis Estate. The estate, which is in Irvington-on-Hudson New York, was donated to the University in 1935.

Includes some correspondence regarding the estate and committee business. Most of the correspondence dating from 1959 relates to Arnaud's retirement. Includes a report dating from January, 1959 which summarizes his education, professional life, and Columbia Career.

Correspondence between Robert Arrowsmith, editor of Columbia Alumni News and secretary of the Columbia University Alumni Council, and Columbia University administrators. Topics include: alumni affairs, the administration of the Alumni Council office, the purpose and content of Columbia Alumni News, and public relations involving academic freedom and the dismissal of faculty members.

Correspondence between Samuel P. Avery, a benefactor of Columbia University, and Seth Low, president of the University. Also, correspondence between Seth Low, University administrators, and others regarding Avery's gifts to Columbia. Topics include: Avery's gifts to establish the Avery building, Avery Architectural Library, Avery Architectural Fund, and a fine arts endowment fund.

Correspondence between Franklin A. Ayer, president of the Columbia Engineering School Alumni Association, and the president of Columbia University. Correspondence relates to events and Ayer's involvement in the appointment of a new University trustee.

Correspondence between Harry Morgan Ayres and the high level administrators of Columbia University. Ayres held a number of appointments including professor of English; director of the Summer Session; director of Casa Italiana, Columbia's Italian culture and educational center; director of the University Extension, the University's continuing education division; and chairman of the Committee on Extension Teaching. Ayers was also the first director of the School of General Studies, the successor to the University Extension. Most of the records consist of correspondence, budgets, and reports regarding the Summer Session and correspondence, budgets, reports, and minutes regarding the University Extension and its reorganization as the School of General Studies. Also includes correspondence and reports regarding Casa Italiana.

Topics related to the Summer Session include: financial planning, budgeting, finances, enrollment, registration procedures, the preparation of the Summer Session announcement, faculty affairs, faculty salaries, personnel, and the school calendar. Includes correspondence regarding accelerated courses and the expansion of summer programs during World War II. Also includes Ayres' regular reports to the Administrative Board of Summer Session. Topics related to University Extension include: the organization and administration of the extension program, faculty appointments, financial administration, budgeting, and the status of extension faculty in the University. Includes a proposal and correspondence (ca.1944) regarding courses on radio. Also, reports and correspondence regarding the reorganization of University Extension as the School of General Studies. Includes summary histories, extracts of the annual reports of the Summer Session and University Extension (ca. 1943), and a report on the study of faculty and administrative responses to the proposed creation of the School of General Studies which took place during the fall of 1944.

Also includes the first annual report of the School of General Studies, which was released in June, 1948. The report discusses a range of topics including: the origin and mission of the school, the relationship of the faculty to the school, the student body, and the future needs of the school. Topics related to Casa Italiana include: the management of special funds, the effects of World War II on the center, and center finances. Includes reports regarding: events at Casa Italiana, its use by outside groups, the Friends of Casa Italiana, activities and programs at the center, the center's calendar, the use of the libraries, faculty activities, and center finances. These reports also document the activities of the Columbia University Committee for War Relief, which used the center's facilities. Includes a report of the Committee on the Future Plans of the Italian Department dating from April, 1948. Also, correspondence regarding Ayres' annuity plan, death, and funeral.

Correspondence between Richard Gordon Babbage, a trustee of Columbia University and chairman of the trustee's committee on finance, and high level University administrators. Babbage was also chairman of the University Sub Committee on a Retirement Program for Non-Teaching Employees. Most of the correspondence relates to the development of a retirement program for University stafIncludes a report from the committee. Also, correspondence regarding the University's accounting procedures and procedures for amending the University statutes. Also includes correspondence regarding the Nevis Estate in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York. The estate was given to the University in 1935. Also, correspondence and a report regarding the financial administration of athletics programs.

Correspondence between Richard Bach and the president of Columbia University. Bach was a lecturer in the School of Architecture and also served as curator for the University. Most of the correspondence relates to the care and preservation of Columbia's art properties. Also, correspondence regarding budgeting for furniture and supplies in the School of Architecture and the Avery Library and reports on the use of funds in the school. Also includes correspondence regarding the proposed establishment of a life class in the school.

Correspondence between George W. Bachman, professor of parasitological and director of the School of Tropical Medicine in Puerto Rico, and the president and secretary of Columbia University. Correspondence relates to the school, which was established and operated with support from the University.

Topics include: faculty appointments, preparation of the school's announcement, fund raising, research funding, finances, federal support for the school, lectures, and clinics. Includes correspondence and reports evaluating the school and its future needs in terms of staff, research, finances, departmental administration, and library collections. Also includes correspondence (ca. 1938) regarding the relationship between the school, the University, and the Puerto Rican government; correspondence (ca. 1939-1940) regarding a primate research colony; correspondence (ca. February, 1937) regarding President Butler's trip to the school. Other records include a long-range planning report (1937) and a faculty bibliography that includes works published from 1926 to 1937. Also, correspondence and a report regarding the Rockefeller Foundation Nutrition Gift Fund in support of nutrition research at the school (ca. 1932) .

Correspondence between Rogers H. Bacon and Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University. Includes correspondence with the University treasurer and secretary. Bacon was an alumni trustee and trustee of the University. He served as chairman of the University Committee on Athletics, president of the Alumni Federation of Columbia University, comptroller of athletics, and comptroller of Kings Crown. Most of the correspondence dating from 1926 and 1927 relates to University policies governing athletics and the funding of athletic programs. Includes correspondence regarding the University's boat house. Correspondence dating from 1934 to 1937 documents Bacon's activities as comptroller of athletics and comptroller of King's Crown. King's Crown was the alumni body which oversaw the budgets of certain student organizations.

Topics include: athletic facilities, financial and accounting policies for athletics programs, student activity fees, and the financial management the student organizations which were administered by King's Crown. Includes budgets for Kings Crown activities and the Department of Physical Education and Intercollegiate Athletics. There is a gap in the records between 1929 and 1934.

Correspondence between Albert M. Baer and Columbia University president Grayson Kirk. Baer was chairman of the Council of the School of General Studies. Correspondence relates to Baer's trip to Japan and the School of General Studies, Columbia's continuing education division. Includes the text of a presentation on Columbia's role in the New York City area that was given to the council by the dean of the School of General Studies.

Correspondence between Elizabeth Feaster Baker and the acting president and provost of Columbia University. Baker was a professor of sociology and executive officer of the Department of Sociology. Correspondence relates to the department. Topics include appropriations and faculty appointments.

Correspondence between George H. Baker, the librarian of Columbia University, and University presidents Seth Low and Nicholas Murray Butler. The records consist of long letters on a variety of subjects. Topics include: gifts of money and books, the acquisition of books, collection development, the construction of Low Memorial Library, and library appropriations and expenditures. Includes information regarding a gift to establish the Avery Library. Also includes detailed information regarding the design and construction of Low Memorial Library.

Correspondence between George Baker, a benefactor of Columbia University, and University president Nicholas Murray Butler. Correspondence relates to the establishment of Baker Field, Columbia's stadium in northern Manhattan. Correspondence documents Baker's gifts to the University for the purchase of the Dykman Property, now called Baker Field, and the construction of a stadium on the site. Also includes correspondence regarding University finances.

Correspondence between George Baker, Jr. and the president of Columbia University. Baker was the son of University benefactor George Baker. Correspondence relates to Columbia's Baker Field athletic facility and to the University's unsuccessful attempts to solicit funds from Baker for the construction of a new library.

Correspondence between Professor Richard Baker and high level administrators at Columbia University. Baker held a number of appointments including secretary of the Faculty of Journalism, professor of journalism, and acting dean of the Graduate School of Journalism. The records consist of correspondence and minutes relating to the journalism school. Topics include: fees, policies, admissions, the administration of programs in the school, scholarships, financial aid, and student affairs. Correspondence dating from 1968 relates to the Maria Moors Cabot Prize and to Dean Emeritus Edward Barrett. Includes Baker's speech at the 30th presentation of the Cabot Prize.

Correspondence between Stephen Baker and the president and secretary of Columbia University. Baker was a trustee of the University and chaired the University's finance committee. He was also a member of the committees on the library and honors. Correspondence relates to a variety of subjects. Topics include: the preparation of the 1918-1919 budget, interest owed on bonds issued by the University, funding for the construction of a building to house the business school, Baker's gifts to the University, plans to erect a football field on South Field, the selection of trustees, and the appointment of Frederick A. Goetze as treasurer of the University. Includes copies of budgets.

Correspondence between Boris A. Bakhmetev, professor of engineering at Columbia University, and the president and secretary of the University. Includes correspondence with Professor Charles Lucke. Correspondence relates to Bakhmetev's appointment and a proposed course in mechanics.

Correspondence between Charles Sears Baldwin and the president and secretary of Columbia University. Baldwin held appointments as a tutor and instructor in Rhetoric in the Summer Session and the Department of Rhetoric and English Composition. Topics include: Baldwin's personnel issues, the nomination of the president-elect of Yale University for an honorary degree, and invitations. Includes detailed correspondence and a syllabus relating to proposed courses in rhetoric. Most of the correspondence dating from 1895 to 1910 is routine.

Correspondence between Charles W. Ballard, Dean of the College of Pharmacy at Columbia University, and the provost and secretary of the University. Records dating from 1939 to 1940 consist of correspondence and a proposal regarding the establishment of a course in clinical laboratory technology. Correspondence dating from 1945 to 1949 relates to the routine academic, faculty, and student affairs of the pharmacy school. Includes a long-range plan for the school. Among other topics, the plan discusses the pharmacy profession, the history of the school, pharmacy research and education, and the public service role of the pharmacy profession.

Correspondence between David M. Balme and the president of Columbia University. Balme was principal of University College of the Gold Coast in west Africa and chairman of the editorial board of Universitas, the college's publication. Correspondence relates to routine issues. Includes four issues of Universitas dating from 1953 to 1954.

Correspondence and records that were sent to the president of Columbia University by New Orleans businessman H. J. Bluford Balter. Records relate to Bluford's proposals to repeal the 16th amendment and place a 25 percent ceiling on federal taxes.

Correspondence between Frederick Bancroft, a lecturer in American history at Columbia University, and the president of the University. Correspondence relates to Bancroft's personnel issues and teaching.

Correspondence between Francis S. Bangs, Columbia University presidents Seth Low and Nicholas Murray Butler, and other University administrators. Bangs was a trustee and alumnus of the University. Correspondence relates to Columbia's financial management, educational policy, student affairs, and government. bangs was a member of the committees on finance and education of Columbia University's board of trustees and also served as secretary of the Columbia University Alumni Association.

Topics include: the financial management of University athletics; Columbia's financial administration, policy, and reporting; and financial matters related to University real estate holdings. Also, student affairs in general, especially the affairs of athletic clubs; University government and the powers of the Trustees; and Columbia's educational role and educational policies. Includes correspondence regarding the dismissal of Professor James McKean Cattell in 1917.

Correspondence between May Moore Barber, acting director of the personnel office at Columbia University, and University administrators. Records relate to personnel policies and personnel administration. Topics include: salaries, benefits, insurance, and tuition exemption. Many of the materials relate to individual University employees.

Correspondence between Professor Harold Barger and high level administrators at Columbia University. Barger was a professor of economics and chairman of the Columbia University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Beginning in 1970 he also chaired the University Senate Committee on Faculty Affairs. Most of the correspondence relates to faculty affairs at the University. Correspondence also relates to the Department of Economics (ca. 1961-1964) and to Barger's personnel issues. Includes routine invitations, acceptances, and regrets.

Topics related to faculty affairs include: salaries, benefits, the retention of faculty members, and appointments. Related records include: a resolution against the National Defense Education Act by the Columbia chapter of the AAUP (January, 1960) and a statement regarding faculty salaries that was issued by the AAUP. Records dating from 1970 to 1971 include substantive letters regarding faculty housing, appointment policies, salaries, work loads, and benefits. Records from this period also include a University Senate resolution regarding the disruption of classes by demonstrations.

Topics related to the economics department include: fellowships, faculty appointments, staffing needs, the economics library, and the retention of departmental faculty. Related records include: a report on conditions in the department and the needs of the department (May, 1964), a letter regarding the proposed merger of the business and economics libraries (February, 1962), and correspondence and working papers regarding the Ford Foundation Research Professorship in Economics (May, 1964) .

Correspondence between Joseph W. Barker and the high level administrators of Columbia University. Barker held a number of appointments including dean of the School of Engineering, chairman of the Advisory Committee on Educational Policy, and chairman of the Committee on Men's Residence Halls. Most of the records consist of correspondence, budgets, and reports relating to the School of Engineering, residence halls, and the University's buildings and grounds.

Topics related to the School of Engineering include: degrees, the curriculum, programs, faculty appointments, staffing needs, teaching loads, scholarships, fellowships, appropriations, expenditures, the management of special funds, research funding, gifts to the school, budgeting, facilities, and equipment. Includes a report on instruction in physics (1934) and a report regarding the faculty and staffing needs of the school (1935). Also, correspondence documenting the school's activities during World War II. During the war, Barker served as special assistant to the under secretary of the Navy. Correspondence dating from 1941 to 1945 includes letters to and from Barker and his staff regarding the administration of the school in his absence. Topics include: the administration of government contracts; the University's V-12 naval training program; and administrative issues involving the education of veterans.

Topics related to University residence halls include: the management of dormitory staff, student services, the residence halls budget, the daily operation of residence halls, and policies regarding residence halls. Includes a proposal from the Furnald Hall House Committee, dating from 1934 which requests permission to have female visitors in the dormitory. Barker also advised the University administration on facilities-related issues. Includes correspondence regarding the design and construction of campus buildings; correspondence and reports (ca. 1934-1935) regarding daily operations, the physical plant, equipment, and safety; and correspondence and reports (ca. 1937) regarding labor relations with employees in the Buildings and Grounds Department.

Correspondence between Edward M. Barnet, acting assistant dean of the business school at Columbia University, and University administrators. correspondence relates to the selection of a new dean for the business school, routine administrative issues involving the school, and events at the school.

Correspondence between Adriaan Jacob Barnouw, Queen Wilhelmina Professor of History at Columbia University, and University administrators. correspondence relates to Barnouw's personnel issues and retirement. Includes correspondence regarding his gift to the University of Dutch books.

Correspondence between Associate Professor Erik Barnouw, editor of the Communications Materials Center at Columbia University, and the president of the University and the director of public relations. Records relate to a variety of topics. Includes a proposal for a television series entitled You and the Future ; correspondence regarding broadcasting courses which were offered by the School of General Studies, Columbia's continuing education division; and correspondence dating from 1953 regarding filming aboard the University's research vessel, the Vema. Includes many routine cover letters.

Correspondence between Salo Wittmayer Baron of Columbia University and the secretary, provost, and vice president of the University. Baron held and appointment as professor of Jewish history, literature and institutions and was later appointed director of the Center for Israeli Studies. Correspondence relates to a variety of topics including: fellowships and scholarships for the Center for Israeli Studies (ca. 1951), the establishment of an archive of Russian and Eastern European history and literature (the Bakhmeteff Archive), the Committee on Retirement Insurance (ca. 1962), the Publications Committee of the Faculty of Political Science (ca. 1962), and funding for Baron's research and clerical assistants. Also, correspondence, minutes, and agenda (ca. 1962-1963) relating to the Advisory Committee of the Faculties and a proposed trimester system. There are gaps in the records from: 1941 to 1947, 1948 to 1950, 1954 to 1959, 1960 to 1962 and 1963 to 1964.

Correspondence between Donald Barr and Columbia University administrators. Barr served as assistant to the dean of the School of Engineering at Columbia University and executive director of the Joint Program for Technical Education. Most of the correspondence relates to the Science Honors program for high school students. Also, Barr's proposal for the University to establish a boarding house for unmarried graduate students.

Correspondence between Edward W. Barrett, dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Most of the records consist of correspondence, proposals, course descriptions and outlines, budgets, reports, copies of newspaper clippings, and invitations relating to the journalism school. Also: correspondence, programs, and speeches relating to the Pulitzer prizes and other journalism awards; correspondence and reports regarding public relations for the University and the United Nations; and correspondence regarding Barrett's personnel issues and professional activities.

Topics relating to the Graduate School of Journalism include: curriculum planning, the development of courses, gifts to the school, fees, the administration of programs in the school, prizes and awards, development, faculty appointments, faculty affairs, appropriations, facilities, scholarships, fellowships, and public relations. Includes the 50th anniversary annual report of the dean (1963); correspondence regarding the school's Half Century Fund (ca. 1963); correspondence regarding the Advanced International Reporting Program; correspondence regarding the Pulitzer scholarships; and a small amount of correspondence documenting the school's science writing certification program during the 1960s. Topics relating to journalism awards include the: Pulitzer Prizes, Pulitzer Prize Fund, Maria Moors Cabot Prize, and Catherwood awards. Includes Barrett's speeches at Cabot Prize award ceremonies. Records regarding public relations consist of correspondence and reports (ca. 1958) regarding the development of a public relations program for Columbia. Also includes reports and other records (ca. 1954) regarding public relations strategy for the United Nations and the evaluation of public opinion regarding the United Nations. Records relating to Barrett's personnel issues, professional activities, and appearances include correspondence, invitations, and acknowledgement letters. Includes a number of speeches by Barrett. Also includes: correspondence regarding his resignation in 1968 his remarks regarding student protests, which were made to journalism school alumni in 1968 and a letter regarding the University's budget crisis, which was sent by Barrett and other prominent Columbians to University president Grayson Kirk in 1960.

Correspondence between John Barrett and the president of Columbia University. Barrett served as United States minister to Panama. Most of the records date from his term as director of the International Bureau of American Republics. Correspondence relates to the establishment and administration of the John Barrett Prizes for papers on Latin American republics. Correspondence also relates to a proposed school of archeology in Mexico.

Correspondence between Professor David P. Barrows and the president of Columbia University. Barrows was a professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley. He served as Roosevelt Professor during the 1933-1934 academic year. The Roosevelt Professorship sent an American professor to Germany to lecture and act as an educational and cultural liaison. Correspondence includes discussion of life at German universities under the Nazi government and the future of the Roosevelt Professorship. In particular, the correspondence relates to life in East Prussia and the treatment of Jews. Includes a handbill announcing one of Barrow's lectures.

Correspondence between Lester G. Barth, chairman of the Department of Zoology at Columbia University. Correspondence relates to faculty appointments, equipment, and personnel in the department. Includes correspondence regarding plans for a new biology course.

Correspondence between Bela Bartok, the Hungarian pianist and composer, and the provost of Columbia University. Correspondence relates to Bartok's honorary degree from Columbia. Also, correspondence regarding bartok's appointment as a visiting associate in music for 1941 and 1942. Includes a letter in which Bartok discusses his work with the Parry collection of Yugoslav folk music recordings.

Correspondence between Bernard M. Baruch and the president of Columbia University. Baruch was a benefactor of the University. Correspondence relates to his gifts to Columbia, including the funding of the Simon baruch Chair of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Correspondence between Jacques Barzun and high level administrators at Columbia University. Barzun held numerous appointments at the University including professor of history, Seth Low Professor of History, dean of the Graduate Faculties, dean of the faculties and provost, university professor, and special assistant to the president on the arts. The records document a wide range of topics. In particular, they relate to the academic affairs of the Graduate Faculties and the University during the 1950s and 1960s. Also, correspondence regarding Barzun's personnel issues and professional activities. Includes his address before a symposium on the role of the University that was held in February, 1968.

Many of the records dating from 1946 to 1954 consist of correspondence, reports, and proposals relating to the committee on the University's bicentennial celebration. Barzun was chairman of the committee. Records from this period also relate to payroll and personnel in the Department of History, the management of Barzun's clerical assistance account, and payments to his assistants. Includes correspondence (ca. 1952) regarding the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Program. Also includes correspondence regarding relations between the University and the surrounding community and relations between Columbia's administration and its students. Records dating from 1955 to 1958 consist of correspondence, budgets, reports, and lists relating to the Graduate Faculties. As dean of the Graduate Faculties, Barzun oversaw the Faculty of Political Science, the Faculty of Philosophy, and the Faculty of Pure Science. Topics include: fellowships, scholarships, faculty affairs, development policies and strategies, the administration of Ph.D. examinations, departmental affairs, policies regarding graduate students, research funding, the management of special funds, faculty salaries, publications, financial administration, and the management of the dean's office. Includes Barzun's announcements to faculty and stafAlso includes correspondence and a pamphlet regarding a proposed University arts Center . Beginning ca. 1958 Barzun served as dean of the faculties and provost. Records dating from the late 1950s through the 1960s relate to the academic affairs of the University. In particular, the records relate to faculty appointments and faculty affairs. Topics include: faculty leave policies, sabbatical leaves, faculty salaries, the ranking and classification of faculty positions, faculty personnel policies, and relations between the administration and the faculty. Other topics include: issues involving graduate students, the organization of departments and schools, academic policies and procedures, tuition and fees policies, instructional budgeting, the preparation of guides and handbooks, and the business of the University Council. Includes Barzun's announcements to deans and department heads, an organizational chart for Columbia's schools (1965), and drafts of a University administrative guide (ca. 1963-1965) .

Correspondence between Charles W. Bastable, assistant professor of accounting at Columbia University, and University administrators. records relate to the automation of the University accounting and budgetary system (ca. 1962). Includes procedures, policies, and suggested budget formats which were presented to the administration in preparation for the automation of the University's budget system. Includes a proposal, dating from 1952 which discusses plans to establish a school of accounting at the University.

Correspondence between Theodore Baumeister, executive officer of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University, and the acting president and secretary of the University. The records consist of correspondence and budgets relating to the department and correspondence regarding Baumeister's personnel issues. Department-related topics include: faculty appointments, budgeting, salaries, the use of government surplus equipment in the department, and appropriations.

Correspondence and other records regarding a scholarship for Nancy Ann Baumgarten, who received financial aid to attend the University of Miami as part of a scholarship program for faculty children.

Correspondence between Carl Frank Bayerschmidt, acting executive officer of the Department of Germanic Languages at Columbia University, and the University's president, secretary, and dean of the Graduate Faculties. .

The records consist of correspondence and budgets relating to the department. Topics include: staffing needs, faculty appointments, enrollment, budgeting, professorships, graduate and undergraduate instruction, faculty affairs, and visiting professors. Includes correspondence and budgets regarding Deutches Haus, Columbia's German culture and educational center. Also includes correspondence regarding the Queen Wilhelmina Professorship. Correspondence also relates to Bayerschmidt's personnel issues. Includes letters in German which Bayerschmidt translated for the University administration.

Correspondence between William A. Bayless of the Columbia University Press and the secretary of the University. Correspondence relates to the cost of producing University bulletins.

Correspondence between Stephen Bayne, chaplain of Columbia University, and the acting president, provost, and secretary of the University. Most of the records consist of correspondence and reports relating to St. Paul's Chapel and Earl Hall, Columbia's nondenominational religious and social center. Includes correspondence between the University and the YMCA of Greater New York regarding the government and mission of Earl Hall. Also, correspondence regarding special religious services, the oversight of religious activities at the University, and the administration of the Bampton Lectures in America. Also includes correspondence relating to the selection of Bayne's successor.

Correspondence between Samuel H. Beach, director of placement at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. The records consist of correspondence, budgets, and reports relating to job placement and the Placement Bureau. Topics include: armed forces recruiting, tuition exemption, draft deferment, and personnel administration. Includes correspondence regarding the National Service Information Center that was located at the University's Alumni House. Includes memoranda dating from July, 1957 which evaluate the University's placement services and organization. Also, correspondence regarding Beach's appointment and personnel issues.

Correspondence between George Wells Beadle, president of the University of Chicago, and Grayson Kirk, president of Columbia University. Correspondence relates to Beadle's presentation of the inaugural lecture for a lecture series entitled The Relationship between the Biological and Physical Sciences. Correspondence also relates to a dinner that was given in Beadle's honor. Includes a guest list.

Correspondence between Charles Austin Beard, professor of history in the Department of History at Columbia University, and University administrators regarding a wide range of subjects. Topics include: the curriculum, teaching, student and faculty relations to the administration, and academic freedom. Also, correspondence between Beard and Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia, discussing the teaching of politics and government, the University's political science curriculum, and suggestions for a public service curriculum. correspondence also relates to faculty appointments in the Department of History as well as Beard's appointment, personnel issues, and teaching responsibilities. Includes a memorandum dated October 8, 1917 in which beard announces his resignation and discusses his views on the relationship between the faculty and the trustees, World War I, academic freedom, and the status of a Columbia professor. Also includes a petition in support of Beard.

Correspondence between Benjamin Haggott Beckhart, professor of banking in the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Records relate to a variety of topics. Includes Beckhart's addresses to the Sixty-Fourth Annual Convention of the Iowa Bankers Association in October, 1950 and the Conference of Business Economists in March, 1951. Also includes correspondence regarding a commercial bank management program that was sponsored by the Graduate School of Business in November, 1959. Also, correspondence regarding Beckhart's personnel issues and professional activities. Includes his 1960 memorandum on relations between the faculty and administration of the business school and the administration of Dean Courtney Brown.

Correspondence between Charles O. Beckman, chairman of the Department of Chemistry at Columbia University, and University administrators. correspondence relates to the Department. Topics include: faculty appointments, budgeting, appropriations, grants, prizes, and the establishment of the Society of Columbia Chemists.

Correspondence between Charles O. Beckmann, chairman of the Department of Chemistry at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Correspondence relates to the department. Topics include: faculty appointments, budgeting, and the management of special funds.

William H. H. Beebe served as both a private secretary to Columbia University president Seth Low and as Columbia's first secretary of the University. During Beebe's term as Low's secretary, Low established the secretary's post to assist the president in the administration of the University. Following Low's resignation in 1901. Beebe continued to act as his personal secretary. The records consist of: correspondence between Beebe and Low while Low was vacationing in Maine; correspondence between Beebe and his staff while Beebe was vacationing in Maine; and correspondence (ca. 1902-1906) between Beebe, University secretary Frederick Paul Keppel, and University president Nicholas Murray Butler. correspondence relates to construction on Columbia's new Morningside Heights campus, daily appointments, budgeting, Low's mayoral campaign (ca. 1900), and the compilation of information and statistics requested by President Low.

Correspondence between Gerard Beekman, a trustee of Columbia University and clerk of the board of trustees, and the president and secretary of the University. Topics include: trustee and University business, social engagements, gifts to the University, and the management of special funds. Includes correspondence regarding the Queen Wilhelmina Lectureship. Contains many routine cover letters.

Correspondence between Jack Beeson, acting secretary of the Alice M. Ditson Fund in the Department of Music at Columbia University, and University administrators. Records relate to: the organization and administration of the fund, allocations to composers and performers from the fund, fund finances, and information on award recipients. Includes minutes of the Advisory Committee on the Alice M. Ditson Fund dating from 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1967. In addition to other topics, the minutes relate to fund finances and projects that were sponsored by the fund.

Correspondence between Charles H. Behre, professor of economic geology and executive officer of the Department of Geology at Columbia University, and University faculty and administrators. Records dating from 1940 to 1950 relate to routine administrative issues and to Behre's personnel matters and professional activities. Includes Behre's proposal for a grant to study mineral deposits in Mexico. Records dating from 1950 to 1963 relate to the Department of Geology, the University's Lamont Geological Observatory, and the University's Ore Genesis laboratory. Topics related to the department of Geology include: faculty affairs, the administration of research projects, facilities, personnel, expenditures, equipment, appropriations, graduate students, teaching loads, fellowships, and scholarships. Includes correspondence regarding University relations with the Lamont family, the donors of the estate in palisades New York which houses the Lamont Observatory. Also includes correspondence regarding the management of the Kemp Memorial Fund, the James Furman Kemp Fellowship Fund, the Nathaniel Lord Britton Scholarship fund, and other special funds. Records relating to the Ore genesis Laboratory include a proposal to establish the laboratory (1950) and a report on laboratory activities for the academic year 1954-1955. Also, correpsondence regarding Behre's appointment and personnel issues.

Correspondence between Bernard Iddings Bell and the president and secretary of Columbia University. Bell was an administrator at St. Stephen's College. Correspondence relates to unresolved financial and faculty issues following the consolidation of St. Stephen's College with Columbia. The two institutions were affiliated from 1928 to 1944. During that time St. Stephen's, which offered a progressive education to its students, served as an additional undergraduate college of the University. In 1941 St. Stephen's was renamed Bard College in honor of its founder, John Bard. Correspondence also relates to Bell's search for employment and arrangements for Columbia to present an honorary degree to Will Spens, vice-chancellor of Cambridge University.

Correspondence between Lillian Bell and the president of Columbia University. Bell was a former cosmetics industry sales representative who wrote to the president of the University regarding her medical and business troubles.

Correspondence between Professor Samuel Flagg Bemis of Yale University and administrators at Columbia University. Correspondence relates to the Bancroft Prize and to the Latin-American Assembly Conference that was held during Columbia's bicentennial celebration in 1954.

Correspondence between Ruth Benedict and the secretary of Columbia University. Benedict was an associate professor of anthropology and the executive officer of the Department of Anthropology. Most of the records consist of correspondence and financial records relating to the business of the department. Topics include: funding for research projects and field training, gifts to the department, and the management of special funds. Includes correspondence regarding funding from the Rockefeller Foundation and correspondence relating to the Boas Gift Fund. Also includes a report to the Rockefeller Foundation which briefly outlines the work of graduate students in the department.

Correspondence between Marcus Benjamin, president of the Columbia University Alumni Club of the District of Columbia, and Columbia University administrators. Topics include: preparations for social events, University public relations, faculty appointments, and the business of the club. Also, many cover letters and invitations.

Correspondence between William Evarts Benjamin and Columbia University president Nicholas Murray Butler. Correspondence relates to Evarts' interest in becoming a University donor for tax purposes and Butler's efforts to encourage Evarts to establish an endowment.

Correspondence between Professor Eric Bentley and the high level administrators of Columbia University. Bentley was Brander Matthews Professor of Dramatic Literature and chairman of the Advisory Committee on the Program in the Arts. Correspondence relates to committee business as well as administrative issues and procedures involving the program. Topics include: budgeting, faculty appointments, and the preparation of a directory. Includes records regarding the establishment of a program in film and broadcasting leading to the MFA degree.

Correspondence between Aaron W. Berg, chairman of the standing committee of the Columbia College alumni association, and high level administrators at Columbia University. The records consist of correspondence, reports, and minutes relating to the Columbia College Fund campaign, events, alumni relations, and development.

Correspondence between Ivar E. Berg, associate dean of the Graduate Faculties at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Correspondence relates to the Graduate Faculties. Topics include: assembling materials for the president's annual report, routine administrative issues, faculty appointments, special funds, and financial troubles in the School of the Arts. Also: correspondence and a report regarding the Council on Environmental Studies; correspondence and a press release regarding Berg's book, Education and Jobs: The Great Training Robbery; and correspondence and a press release regarding Berg's personnel issues and professional activities. Includes correspondence regarding Berg's resignation to return to teaching.

Correspondence between Henri Bergson of the University of Paris and the president of Columbia University during Bergson's term as a visiting professor at Columbia. Most of the correspondence relates to Bergson's appointment, travel arrangements, and accommodations. Includes correspondence regarding the topics for his lectures.

Correspondence between Charles Peter Berkey, Newberry Professor of geology and executive officer of the Department of Geology and Minerology at Columbia University, and the president and secretary of the University. Most of the correspondence relates to the department of Geology, which became the Department of Geology and Minerology. Topics include: facilities, equipment, laboratories, the management of departmental collections, gifts to the department, budgeting, fellowships, scholarships, prizes, and awards. Includes correspondence regarding the department's relations with the American Museum of Natural History. Also includes correspondence relating to the creation of the James Furman Kemp Memorial Fund which was established to promote research and publication in geology. Also, correspondence regarding Berkey's personnel issues, professional activities, and retirement.

Correspondence between Adolf Augustus Berle, professor of law at Columbia University, and the president of the University. Correspondence relates to Berle's appointment. Includes his report on new courses at the law school.

Correspondence between Edward J. Bermingham, a Columbia University trustee, and high level University administrators. Correspondence relates to Bermingham's gifts to the University.

Correspondence between Edward L. Bernays, chairman of the Committee of the Educational Institute of the Air, and Columbia University president grayson Kirk. Bernays seems to have been soliciting President Kirk's involvement in a number of projects. Includes: correspondence and a press release regarding a survey of public attitudes towards televsion commercials, correspondence regarding conferences on educational television, a proposal for an educational radio program, and a report of a conference on Americans abroad.

Correspondence regarding the nomination of Hans Albrecht Bethe to receive an honorary degree from Columbia University. Bethe, a nuclear physicist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, declined the degree on the grounds that he did not accept honorary degrees from American universities.

Correspondence between Lowell P. Beveridge, director of chapel music at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. correspondence relates to the music program in St. Paul's Chapel. Topics include the chapel organ and choir. Also, correspondence regarding Beveridge's personnel issues.

Records regarding Albin Beyer, lecturer in civil engineering at Columbia University. The records relate to an investigation by the government to determine Beyer's loyalty during World War I. .

Correspondence regarding Henry G. Bieler's false claims to be associated with Columbia University in advertisements for a book entitled Food is Your Best Medicine.

Correspondence between Dino Bigongiari and the faculty and high level administrators of Columbia University. Much of the correspondence is with Frank Fackenthal, who served as secretary, provost, and acting president of the University. Bigongiari was DuPonte Professor of Italian; executive officer of the Italian section of the Department of Romance Languages; and a member of the Administrative Board of Casa Italiana, Columbia's Italian culture and educational center. Most of the correspondence and reports relate to the Italian Department. Includes correspondence (ca. 1934) regarding the controversy involving the relationship between Casa Italiana and the Italian government. Topics related to the Italian Department include: scholarships, fellowships, faculty appointments, visiting professors, graduate instruction, the curriculum, staffing needs, faculty recruiting, and faculty affairs. Includes several reports and letters (ca. 1937-1938) which evaluate: the curriculum, requirements, and teaching methods of the department; the state of education in the classics; and departmental staffing needs. Also includes a report regarding the teaching method and requirements of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and the state of language instruction at the University. Also, correspondence regarding Bigongiari's personal affairs, including travel clearances for his trip to Italy following World War II. Includes correspondence regarding his retirement and the selection of his successor.

Correspondence between Rudolph Binion, an associate professor in the Department of History at Columbia University, and the provost and provost's office stafCorrespondence relates to Binion's personnel issues.

William Warner Bishop, the superintendent of the Reading Room in the Library of Congress, corresponded with Columbia University president Nicholas Murray Butler regarding the position of University librarian. The records consist of a letter and reprints of Bishop's articles on librarianship and Roman church mosaics and symbolism.

Correspondence between Harry Bitner, associate librarian in the Law Library at Columbia University, and the secretary of the University. correspondence relates to Bitner's professional activities. Includes supplements to the Index of Legal Periodicals (1952) .

Correspondence between Douglas M. Black, a trustee of Columbia University, and the president and acting president of the University. Black chaired the trustee committees on buildings and grounds and honors and served on the trustee committees on development and alumni affairs. He also chaired the Trustee Committee on the Reorganization. The committee was involved in a major administrative reorganization of the University in 1949. Records relate to a wide range of subjects. Correspondence dating from 1945 to 1949 relates to construction projects, the management of Columbia's buildings and grounds, public relations, the University's development program, benefits for non-academic employees, relations between the University and Columbia College, and trustee affairs. Much of the correspondence dating from this period relates to the reorganization of the University's administrative structure in 1949. Includes an organizational chart of the University. Records dating from 1954 to 1955 Document the establishment of the Earle Fund and record gifts to the fund. Correspondence dating from 1957 to 1958 relates to honorary degrees, emeritus designations for university faculty members, and the funding of the Citizenship Center (Ferris Booth Hall) .

Correspondence between William Black and high level administrators at Columbia University. Correspondence relates to Black's gift to the University for the construction of the William Black Medical Research Center.

Correspondence between Joseph A. Blake, professor of surgery and chair of the Department of Surgery at Columbia University, and University administrators. Topics include: equipment, facilities, personnel, faculty appointments, and fund raising in the Department of Surgery. Also, correspondence relating to special funds for medical research. Topics include the establishment of the Mackay Fund, which was used for research on surgical procedures, and the Crocker Fund for Cancer research. Also includes correspondence regarding Blake's appointment and personnel issues.

Correspondence between Arthur H. Blanchard, professor of highway engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Includes correspondence with the dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Professor William Burr. Correspondence relates to: the establishment of graduate courses in highway engineering, Blanchard's appointment at Columbia, administrative issues involving the highway engineering courses, fundraising for the courses, and the elimination of the highway engineering graduate program due to lack of funds. Includes a program announcement. Blanchard also served as librarian of the University's Davis Library of Highway Engineering. Correspondence relates to the establishment and administration of the library and the donation of books for the library. Also, an offprint of a publication on the relationship between universities and municipal engineering offices. Includes announcements advertising the publication.

Correspondence between Ralph H. Blanchard, chairman of Columbia University's Committee on Retirement Insurance, and high level University administrators. Correspondence dating from the 1940s relates to the establishment of a retirement plan for the University's non-academic employees, the administration of the University pension plan, and policies regarding retirement. Includes reports and pamphlets regarding retirment plans and policies. Also includes a table showing the age, gender, and years of service of the University's non-academic employees. Also, an address on disability insurance that was delivered by Blanchard in March, 1959 and correspondence regarding Blanchard's retirement.

Correspondence between Edwin Howland Blashfield, chairman of the Advisory Committee on Art, and the president of Columbia University. correspondence relates to the University's buildings and art properties. The Advisory Committee on Art was established to oversee the selection of art works for Columbia and the administration of the University's art properties. Blashfield also advised University administrators regarding projects such as the design of Low Memorial Library, Kent Hall, and the Pulitzer Prize Medal.

Correspondence between Hans H. Bleich and Columbia University administrators. Bleich was director of the Institute of Air Flight Structures that was held at the University. Correspondence relates to the institute.

Correspondence between William T. Blodgett and the president and secretary of Columbia University. Blodgett was a benefactor of the University. Correspondence relates to the bequest and reconveyance of the Blodgett farm to Columbia, the establishment of courses in agriculture and forestry, and the purchase and sale of the Van Wyck farm.

Correspondence between Louis E. Bloetjes, counsellor to veterans at Columbia University, and the president and provost of the University. correspondence relates to the Office of the Counsellor to Veterans and federal regulations governing veterans' education. In particular, the records discuss the GI Bill's provisions for doctoral candidates.

Correspondence between William Bloor, treasurer of Columbia University, and the real estate manager, assistant treasurer, and other University administrators. The records consist of correspondence and financial records.

Topics include: the rental of space for use by the University, real estate-related income and expenditures, University properties, the Kings Crown Hotel, gifts to the University, endowment funds, the management of special funds, the management of income from investments, financial analysis, and the financial administration of sponsored projects. The records often document gift receipts and track non-routine appropriations. Includes some minutes of the trustee finance committee

Correspondence between George Blumenthal and the president and secretary of Columbia University regarding Blumenthal's gifts to Columbia and the Blumenthal Lectures.

Topics include: the organization and administration of the Blumenthal Lectures, the establishment of a fund to endow a chair in politics, and the selection of an appointee to hold the chair. Also, correspondence discussing Blumenthal's thoughts on the teaching of politics

Correspondence between Edward T. Boag, registrar of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, and the offices of Columbia's president and secretary. Correspondence relates to: the registration of Columbia College seniors who were matriculating as first year medical students, issues involving student fees, arrangements for President Butler to sign the college's diplomas, and budgeting for the college.

Also includes correspondence regarding Butler's plans to distribute college announcements to seniors at good colleges, physicians in the eastern and middle states, and the secretaries of other medical schools. Includes a newspaper clipping regarding Boag's death in a drowning accident in 1909

Correspondence between Harry Boardman, assistant provost of Columbia University, and University administrators. Most of the correspondence relates to his management of the University's furniture gift program.

Correspondence between Franz Boas, Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University, and University administrators and faculty regarding the Department of Anthropology, projects, and expeditions.

Topics relating to the department include: gifts to the department, faculty appointments, budgeting, finances, and staffing needs. Correspondence also relates to anthropological research and expeditions, funding and appropriations for a variety of projects, the development of work in anthropology and enthnography at Columbia and elsewhere, and the state of anthropological education in the early twentieth century.

Specific topics include: instruction in East Asian cultures at Columbia, an expedition to China in the early 1900s and the establishment and work of the International School of Archeology and Ethnography in Mexico (ca. 1910 to 1911). Includes research proposals. Correspondence from the 1940s deals mainly with research appropriations.

Also, brief exchanges of correspondence between Boas and Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, regarding politics and academic freedom during World War I and World War II, respectively. Boas was also secretary of the Germanistic Society of America. Some correspondence discusses the society's gifts to Columbia. Also includes correspondence relating to Boas' appointment and personnel issues

Correspondence between Marston Taylor Bogert, professor of organic chemistry and chair of the Department of Chemistry at Columbia University, and the president and secretary of the University.

Topics include: the finances, facilities, library acquisitions and holdings, personnel, staffing needs, faculty appointments, and budgeting of the department.

Also, correspondence discussing the state of chemistry as a profession and education in chemistry. Includes correspondence regarding Bogert's personnel issues, professional activities, and committee memberships

Correspondence between Morton T. Bogue and the president, provost, and secretary of Columbia University. Bogue was an alumni trustee, a member of the trustee's committee on education and the University Committee on Athletics, and comptroller of athletics. Correspondence relates to items sent to the committee on education for approval as well as routine committee business and trustee affairs. Includes correspondence and budgets regarding financial administration and budgeting for athletics programs

Correspondence between James Cummings Bonbright, secretary of the Council for Research in the Social Sciences at Columbia University, and the Secretary of the University. Correspondence dating from 1929 to 1930 relates to research appropriations which were made by the council. Correspondence dating from 1934 to 1935 relates to council appropriations for Bonbright's Judicial Valuation research project

Correspondence between Eugene T. Booth, executive officer of the Department of Physics at Columbia University, and University administrators. Correspondence relates to the department.

Topics include: facilities, personnel, the administration of research projects, staffing needs, equipment, and research funding. Includes a report regarding research and discoveries in the department (1957). Also includes a proposal to expand the particle physics research program at the University's Nevis Laboratories, the site of the Nevis Cyclotron. The proposal discusses the expansion of research facilities, the possible research uses of the site, and the expansion project's proposed budget

Correspondence between Willis H. Booth and Grayson Kirk, President of Columbia University. Booth provided funding for the completion of the University's Citizenship Center. The building, which was to be used as a student center, was renamed Ferris Booth Hall as a memorial to Booth's son. Records include newspaper clippings and a list of donors. Also, correspondence between President Kirk and William Taylor regarding the Citizenship Center Finance Committee

Correspondence between Stuart Borchard and Columbia University administrators. Correspondence and brochures relating to properties that the University hoped to purchase from Borchard

Correspondence regarding the honorary degree from Columbia University that was awarded to Jorge Luis Borges, an Argentinian writer. Correspondence relates to preparations for the honorary degree ceremony. Records include: the invitation and program for the ceremony, the text of the citation that was read during the ceremony, a press release regarding Borges, and a guest list

Correspondence between Gutzon Borglum and the president and secretary of Columbia University. Borglum was curator of an exhibition of the works of Constantin Meunier that was held at Columbia's Avery Library.

Topics include arrangements for the exhibition and exhibition-related expenditures

Correspondence between William A. Boring, dean of the School of Architecture at Columbia University, and the University's president, secretary, and clerk of the board of trustees.

Topics include: faculty appointments, fellowships, equipment, professorships, prizes, personnel, and facilities. Includes correspondence and a proposal (ca. 1927-1929) relating to plans for the establishment of a chair and a school of city planning. Also includes a memorandum, dated 1917 proposing the establishment of a camouflage training camp for the Army and letters regarding the design and planning of Columbia's Morningside Heights campus

Correspondence between John A. Borneman and other Columbia University administrators and stafBorneman held numerous appointments including assistant to the secretary of the university, assistant to the chairman of the Committee on Public Ceremonies, acting secretary of the university, and director of space allocation. The records consist of correspondence, schedules, reports, and lists. Most of the records relate to the routine business of the Office of the Secretary or to preparations for University ceremonies. Beginning ca. 1961 correspondence also relates to procedures for University space planning and allocation. Includes minutes of the Space Committee dating from 1962. Includes a Placement Office bulletin dating from 1958

Correspondence between Hugh Borton, Professor of Japanese and Director of the East Asian Institute at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. The records consist of correspondence, budgets, and reports relating to the institute.

Topics include: the establishment of the institute, faculty appointments, funding for the institute and its faculty, faculty exchanges, faculty affairs, lectures, programs, research, and publications. Includes correspondence regarding an academic freedom case involving Professor Shigeto Tsuru and correspondence with Sir George Sansom (ca. 1953) regarding a history of Japan that was sponsored by the institute. Also, correspondence regarding Borton's personnel issues and resignation. Includes information regarding Borton's project to write a history of Japan

Correspondence between Frank Hamilton Bowles and the provost, secretary, and other high level administrators of Columbia University. Also includes correspondence with University faculty members. Bowles held a number of appointments including director of University admissions and secretary of the Pulitzer Scholarship Committee. He also served on the Administrative Board of University Extension, Columbia's continuing education division. Most of the records consist of correspondence, reports, and pamphlets regarding admissions. Records also relate to the Pulitzer Free Scholarships, University Extension, and international students.

Topics related to admissions include: admissions policies and procedures, admissions requirements, scholarships, recruiting candidates for admission, public relations, the management of special funds, placement services, and veterans affairs. Includes annual and special reports documenting admissions and enrollment trends and statistics, application statistics, and the geographic distribution of admissions candidates. Includes reports documenting the schools of business (1938), architecture (1939), optometry (1939), and journalism (1949).

Also, correspondence and a report regarding the Pulitzer Free Scholarships, which were granted to needy New York City high school graduates. The report relates to a study of Pulitzer Scholars and consists of a narrative section and statistics on the earnings, occupations, and publications of scholarship recipients. The records also include a small amount of materials relating to the University Extension. Includes a proposal to establish an evening college (November, 1943). Correspondence dating from 1948 relates to Bowles' resignation to become the director of the College Entrance Examination Board and to issues involving international students

Correspondence between John G. Bowman and the president and secretary of Columbia University. Bowman was an assistant and tutor in English and served as secretary of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Most of the correspondence relates to the Carnegie Foundation (ca. 1907-1910). Includes correspondence regarding faculty retirement plans

Correspondence between Professor Wilhelm A. Braun of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Columbia University, and high level University administrators.

Braun was secretary of the Board of Religious and Social Work which oversaw Columbia's religious activities and helped to administer student social life and extracurricular activities. He also served as secretary of the Germanistic Society of America and director of Deutches Haus, Columbia's German cultural and educational center. Most of the correspondence relates to the administration of Deutsches Haus during World War I and the re-examination of its purpose in response to anti-German sentiment

Correspondence between John Bartlet Brebner, professor of history at Columbia University, and University administrators. Correspondence relates to a variety of subjects. Records include: a draft memorandum regarding the University's educational program for navy personnel, correspondence regarding relations between Columbia and Bard College, and correspondence regarding recruiting and appointments

Correspondence between George Evans Brewer, professor of surgery in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, and the president and secretary of the University. Includes correspondence with Samuel Lambert, dean of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. correspondence relates to the college.

Topics include: faculty appointments, funding, salaries, and proposed mergers with area hospitals. Also, detailed letters regarding army hospitals in France during World War I. The letters describe casualties, hospital affairs, bomb damage, and forays to the front lines.

Correspondence between Lawrence A. Brewer of the Purchasing Department at Columbia University and University administrators.

Topics include: the purchase and sale of equipment and supplies, the authorization of purchases, and Brewer's personnel issues. Includes many cover letters.

Correspondence between W. T. Brewster, professor of english and acting dean of Barnard College, and the president and secretary of Columbia University. Correspondence relates to the administration of Barnard College, a women's college affiliated with Columbia. Brewster served as acting dean and, later, as provost and acting dean of Barnard

Topics include: faculty appointments, personnel issues, scheduling, budgeting, tuition and fees, student affairs and discipline, gifts to the college, public relations, staffing needs, financial aid, the curriculum, and college government. Also, correspondence discussing Barnard's mission, its relationship to New York City and to other institutions, and graduate education for women. Also includes correspondence on the administration of Barnard, the role of the dean, and the revision of the college statutes.

Includes the report of the Committee on the Conduct of Ph.D. Examinations. The report discusses Columbia's Ph.D. examination policies, criteria for granting the Ph.D., and procedures for the administration of examinations. Also, correspondence regarding Brewster's appointment and personnel issues. Records dating from 1929 to 1930 discuss Brewster's retirement

Correspondence between Justin W. Brierly and Columbia University administrators. Brierly was regional chairman of the Colorado chapter of the University's Bicentennial Committee. Correspondence relates to University President Grayson Kirk's trip to Colorado in 1954 in order to take part in an alumni celebration of Columbia's bicentennial. Includes membership lists for the committee

Correspondence between Christian Brinton and the secretary of Columbia University. Brinton was a representative of The Players Club who worked with the University to administer an exhibition of the works of Constantin Meunier at Columbia's Avery Library. Correspondence relates to the exhibition catalog and exhibition-related expenditures

Correspondence between Professor Nathaniel Lord Britton of the Department of Botany at Columbia University and high level University administrators regarding the department and the New York Botanical Garden.

Topics relating to the Department of Botany include: appointments, facilities, funding, equipment, research and educational collections, and staffing needs. Topics relating to the New York botanical Garden include: the establishment of the garden's site in the Bronx, relations between the garden and Columbia University, and the use of the garden's facilities for research.

Also, minutes of the Board of Managers of the New York Botanical Garden dating from 1913 to 1914 the By Laws of the New York Botanical Garden, and volume I, number I of the Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden, dated 1896. Also, proposals for a program in forestry dating from 1896 to the early 1900s and correspondence relating to Britton's personnel issues

Correspondence between Robert R. Brookhart, assistant to the secretary of Columbia University, and University administrators. Correspondence relates to routine administrative tasks.

Topics include: requisitions, pay orders, cash grants to individuals, and the updating of personnel records

Correspondence between Robert Romano Ravi Brooks and the secretary of Columbia University. Brooks was dean of Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and executive director of the Tuition exchange Program. Correspondence relates to tuition remission and tuition exchanges between Columbia, Barnard College, and other colleges and universities. Includes forms, announcements, and estimates. Also includes correspondence from Brooks' staff and memoranda from Brooks to tuition exchange liaison officers

Correspondence between Arthur Brown, assistant dean of the School of General Studies at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Records relate to: the discipline, academic standing, and expulsion of students. Other topics include: prizes, scholarships, and honors. Records include correspondence with individual students and their families. Includes student records

Complaint letters regarding Columbia University and the New York School of Social Work which were sent to the University administration by Charles Brown

Correspondence between Clifford K. Brown and the secretary and chief clerk of Columbia University. Brown was general secretary of the University's Committee on Religious Work and a member of the Columbia University Christian Association and the Univeristy's chapter of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). Correspondence relates to the mission of the Committee on Religious Work, which helped to oversee campus religious groups and programs, and the roles of campus Christian organizations. Includes routine correspondence regarding office space, the scheduling of events, and arrangements for meetings. Also includes minutes of the Committee on Religious Work dating from 1914

Correspondence between Courtney C. Brown, dean of the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University, and University administrators and donors. The records consist of correspondence and press releases relating to the school.

Topics include: faculty appointments, research projects, funding for the school, and the business administration of the school. Includes a small amount of correspondence regarding the curriculum. Also includes an announcement from the Executive Program in Business Administration (1955) and a newsletter of the Executive Association of the Graduate School of Business dating from December, 1954. Brown was also deputy chairman of the National Manpower Council.

The council, which was established under the auspices of Columbia's Graduate School of Business, was composed of representatives from business, labor, medicine, public service and academia. The council studied manpower problems and worked towards a national manpower policy. Includes correspondence relating to the work of the council. Also, correspondence regarding Brown's appointment

Correspondence between Elmer Ellsworth Brown, United States commissioner of education, and the president and secretary of Columbia University. Most of the correspondence relates to national and international conferences on education. Also, correspondence regarding efforts to bring Chinese students to the United States (1908) and copies of regulations for the 10th International Art Exhibition, which was held at the Royal Crystal Palace of Munich in 1909

Correspondence between Sevellon L. Brown, publisher of the Providence Journal and the Evening Bulletin, and Columbia University administrators. Correspondence relates to: Columbia's 1954 Bicentennial Celebration; the American Press Institute, Columbia's program of professional education for journalists; and Brown's candidacy for a honorary degree from Columbia

A proposal by Thomas E. Brown entitled Proposed New Small Bore Range for Columbia University. The proposal, which appears to be for a firing range, includes blueprints and a construction budget

Correspondence between Silas B. Brownell and the president of Columbia University. Brownell was a trustee of Barnard College, the women's college affiliated with Columbia. Correspondence relates to the college.

Topics include: the Barnard/Columbia Agreement (January 19, 1900), revisions to the by-laws of the Barnard board of trustees, plans for the construction of Milbank Quadrangle, and the search for a new dean of barnard (ca. 1908-1910). Records relating to the Barnard/Columbia Agreement include correspondence discussing the need for a resolution to stipulate that the dean of the college always be a woman

Correspondence between Bruce Smith, secretary of the Institute for Public Administration at Columbia University, and the provost of the University. Correspondence relates to the budget of the institute for the 1942-1943 fiscal year

A report entitled A Report for the Radio Committee of Columbia University on Radio and Mass Communications (October, 1939). The report discusses the relationship between radio and education, examines a proposal for the creation of a school of communications, and makes several recommendations regarding how Columbia should respond to developments in communications and broadcasting

Correspondence between Herbert Bascom Bruner, professor of education in Teachers College at Columbia University, and the provost and secretary of the University. Records consist of correspondence and proposals relating to the planning and establishment of a program in rehabilitation training at Teachers College. The program was created in response to legislation proposing government-sponsored rehabilitation services for disabled veterans.

Topics include the mission, requirements, and curriculum of the program

Correspondence between Edmund de Schweinitz Brunner, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Bureau of Applied Social Research, and the vice president and other high level administrators of Columbia University. The records relate to research funding, the financial administration of the Bureau and of Bureau-sponsored projects, faculty appointments, personnel, and the administration of the Bureau.

A brochure celebrating the 30th anniversary of the public relations firm H. A. Bruno and Associates. The brochure was forwarded to Columbia University administrators by Harry A. Bruno

Correspondence between William Cullen Bryant, chairman of the American Language Center in the School of General Studies at Columbia University, and University administrators. Includes correspondence with officials from aid organizations for international students. The records consist of correspondence and reports relating to the center.

Topics include: enrollment, orientation for international students, student affairs, financial aid, and student exchanges. The reports discuss the mission, staff, and educational and extracurricular programs of the center. Includes lists of international students. Also, a detailed report regarding a survey on teaching English in Japan that was prepared by Bryant for the Japan Society in 1955

Correspondence between James Bryce, and the president of Columbia University. Bryce was a member of Parliament. Correspondence relates to Bryce's lecture series, "The Relation of Law to History", which was given in 1904

Correspondence between Walter H. Bucher and the vice president and provost, dean of the graduate faculties, and other high level administrators of Columbia University. Bucher held a number of appointments including professor of Geology, Newberry Professor of Geology, and executive officer of the Department of Geology.

The records consist of correspondence and budgets relating to the Department of Geology. Also, correspondence regarding: Columbia's Lamont Geological Observatory, appropriations for Bucher's research and field work expenditures, and the management of a special fund that was established to support his research.

Also includes correspondence relating to his personnel issues and professional activities. Topics related to the Department of Geology include: faculty appointments, faculty affairs, equipment, laboratories, staffing needs, budgeting, appropriations, the management of special funds, field work, and visiting professors. Includes correspondence regarding the Woodbridge Prize and a letter, dating from 1950 which relates to research involving the carbon 14 dating process

Correspondence between Justice Buchler, Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, and University administrators. Correspondence relates to expenditures for Buchler's research project

Correspondence between Philip Bucky, acting Executive Officer of the Department of Mining and Metallurgy at Columbia University, and the provost of the University. The records consist of correspondence and budgets relating to the department and the School of Mines.

Topics include: personnel, appropriations, faculty appointments, budgeting, and staffing needs. Includes correspondence regarding school finances and budgetary problems

Correspondence between Paul C. Bulger and Columbia University administrators. Bulger was provost of Teachers College and secretary of the college faculty. The records relate to Teachers College, an affiliate of Columbia University.

Topics include: admissions, personnel, and faculty affairs. Includes minutes of the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Teachers College dating from November, 1955. Also includes cover letters and acknowledgement letters. Also, correspondence regarding Bulger's personnel issues

Correspondence between Hermon C. Bumpus, director of the American Museum of Natural History, and the president of Columbia University. Correspondence relates to cooperation between the University and the museum.

Topics include: University and museum faculty, plans to appoint the director of the museum as an ex officio member of the University's Faculty of Pure Science, and fund raising for a bust of Charles Darwin that was to be presented to Christ's College at Cambridge University

Correspondence between Henry J. Burchell, director of Casa Italiana at Columbia University, and the secretary and assistant secretary of the University. Correspondence relates to Casa Italiana, Columbia's Italian culture and educational center.

Topics include maintenance and funding for the center

Correspondence between William A. M. Burden, a trustee of Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Most of the correspondence relates to routine trustee business and personal favors. Includes correspondence regarding the gift of the Twombley-Burden Room in Columbia's Low Memorial Library and correspondence (ca. 1966) regarding the controversy over the University's involvement with the Institute of Defense Analysis. Also, biographical information regarding burden and correspondence regarding his appointment as a trustee. Includes routine cover letters, acknowledgement letters, acceptances and regrets, and invitations

Correspondence between Francis M. Burdick, professor of law in the School of Law at Columbia University, and the president and secretary of the University. Most of the correspondence is routine. Includes Burdick's congratulations to University President Seth Low on the reform of the New York City Charter in 1897 and correspondence regarding the administration of the Law Library (1901). Also includes minutes and correspondence regarding efforts by residents of Riverside Drive and Morningside Heights to close down illegal businesses at the corner of 110 Street and Broadway. The records, which date from 1899 refer to: the suppression of the nuisance at the south-west corner of Broadway and 110th Street, illegal resorts in the neighborhood, and the Little Coney Island nuisance

Correspondence between John William Burgess, Columbia University presidents Seth Low and Nicholas Murray Butler, and other University administrators regarding a wide range of topics. Burgess held appointments as Ruggles Professor of Constitutional Law, dean of the faculty of Political Science and dean of the Faculties of Political Science, Philosophy and Pure Science. At times, he also seems to have acted in President Butler's stead during the president's absences from campus.

Correspondence includes substantive discussion of issues surrounding Columbia's growth as a university, graduate education, and exchanges between German and American universities.

Topics include: relationships between the various schools of the University, new degree requirements, and the organization and growth of graduate instruction at the University. Includes correspondence on publicizing Columbia's new status as a university and explaining the university system to the public. Also, correspondence relating to the curriculum of Columbia College, then known as the School of the Arts, and the relationship between the College and the University. Correspondence dating from Burgess' time as dean also deals with the business of the Faculty of Political Science and the Faculties of Political Science, Philosophy and Pure Science.

Topics include: faculty appointments, student affairs, faculty affairs, and the curriculum. includes correspondence regarding Burgess' personnel issues and gifts to the University. Also, Burgess' reminiscences of his time at Columbia which were prepared for the 50th anniversary of the Faculty of Political Science. Includes correspondence between Burgess and President Butler regarding a variety of issues including: happenings at the University during Butler's absences, University scandals, and public relations.

Also, substantive correspondence regarding the Roosevelt Professorship The Roosevelt Professor lectured at German universities and acted as a cultural emissary to German politicians and educators. Correspondence discusses the establishment and administration of the exchange professorship as well as the role and activities of the Roosevelt Professor. Includes correspondence and reports regarding German politics, society, higher education, and court life as well as the Roosevelt Professor's relations with German educators and officials. Includes correspondence on similar issues relating to the Kaiser Wilhelm Professorship, which brought German educators to the United States. Also, correspondence discussing the effect of World War I on Columbia's relations with German universities and American public opinion of Germany

Correspondence between attorneys for Robert Burke and Columbia University. Burke was a Columbia student who was dismissed for participating in a demonstration. Correspondence relates to the case and Burke's political activities

Correspondence between Anson Burlingame, director of the Office of Projects and Grants at Columbia University, and the vice president of the University. Correspondence relates to the administration of sponsored projects, grants, and government contracts at Columbia. Also, correspondence regarding University policies governing the payment of employee moving expenses

Correspondence between C. Charles Burlingame and the president and secretary of Columbia University. Burlingame was executive officer of the joint administrative board of Columbia's medical school. Correspondence relates to the development of medical facilities in Manhattan.

Topics include: the transfer of land at 168th Street and Broadway from the Babies Hospital to the Neurological Institute of New York for the construction of medical facilities; the construction of the Neurological Institute's facilities at 168th Street; and the transfer of land at Riverside Drive to New York State for the construction of a state psychiatric institute and hospital. Incudes project budgets and deeds

Records regarding Donald M. Burmister, professor of civil engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University. Burmister created the world's first soil mechanics laboratory at the University in 1933.

Topics include Burmister's achievements and his award from the American Society for Testing and Materials for his work in soil mechanics. Includes a copy of Burmister's report entitled "Hindsight Perspective and Foresight Forecasts" as well as a brief summary of the report. Also includes a photograph of Burmister and a letter in which he discusses his views on the world wide ferment of underprivileged and oppressed peoples

Correspondence between Arthur Burns and high level administrators at Columbia University. Burns held a number of appointments at the University including Professor of Ecomonics, Executive Officer of the Department of Economics, Chairman of the Committee on Instruction, and Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Faculties. Burns also served as director of research for the National Bureau of Economic Research and was a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Urban Land Use and Housing. After leaving the University, Burns became chairman of the federal Reserve Board during the Nixon administration. Records relate to a wide range of topics. Much of the material relates to: the Department of Economics, the responsibilities of the Advisory Committee of the Faculties, national economics and employment issues, and Burns' personnel issues and professional activities. Following his appointment to the Federal Reserve Board, Burns corresponded with University president Andrew Cordier regarding the funding of higher education.

Topics related to the Department of Economics include: faculty affairs, visiting professors, arrangements for courses, teaching loads, the departmental curriculum, the management of special funds, budgeting and appropriations, and faculty recruiting and appointments.

Most of the records dating from 1965 to 1967 consist of reports from the National Bureau of Economic Research. As Director of Research for the bureau, burns forwarded numerous bureau reports on economics and related topics to the University administration. A number of these reports also date from 1962 to 1963.

The records also include the annual report of the bureau dating from May, 1952. most of the records relating to Burn's professional activities consist of vouchers requesting payment for research and clerical assistance for his project on international economic organization and social policies. Other records include his remarks regarding employment legislation that were delivered before a meeting of the American Statistical Association (September, 1962) and a reprint of his article, Hicks and the Real Cycle, from the Journal of Economic Philosophy. The records also relate to Burns' committee work. Most of the materials dating from 1961 to 1962 consists of records from the Advisory Committee of the Faculties. The records relate to: faculty affairs, faculty personnel policies, faculty salaries and benefits, and the business and mission of the committee. Materials relating to the Advisory Board of the Institute for Urban Land Use and Housing include a report on the development of the Morningside Heights neighborhood adjoining Columbia. In 1959 Burns also chaired a sub committee of the University Council that was charged with studying the functions and structure of the council. The records include the committee's findings and recommendations, which were called the Burns Report. Records relating to the Committee on Instruction include a report, statistics, and ballots regarding policies governing the composition of doctoral examination committees and the participation of extra-departmental faculty members on examination committees (December, 1958). Other records include correspondence documenting efforts to nominate David Truman for the presidency of the Academy of Political Science in 1962 and a report regarding business education at Columbia (November, 1952)

Correspondence between William H. Burr, Professor of Civil Engineering in the School of Mines at Columbia University, and University presidents Seth Low and Nicholas Murray Butler. Much of the correspondence relates to the Summer School of Surveying which was held at the University's Camp Columbia property in Lakeside, Connecticut.

Topics include the: facilities, equipment, finances, mission, and curriculum of the summer school. Also, correspondence regarding the Department of Civil Engineering.

Topics include: laboratories, research projects, teaching methods, the curriculum, faculty appointments, and departmental finances. Also includes correspondence on the construction of Low Memorial Library and other University buildings. Burr was also a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission. Some correspondence discusses his activities as a member of the commission while visiting the Panama Canal site

Correspondence between Professor John Angus Burrell of the School of General Studies at Columbia University and the secretary and vice president of the University. Burrell chaired the University's Committee on Public Ceremonies, which oversaw academic ceremonies and other official functions. Correspondence relates to preparations for the 1952 commencement ceremonies and appointments in the School of General Studies, Columbia's continuing education division

Correspondence between Russell Burton-Opitz of the Department of Physiology at Columbia University and the president and secretary of the University. Burton-Opitz held appointments as instructor, adjunct professor, and associate professor and was also the administrative head of the department. Most of the correspondence relates to faculty appointments and other routine matters. Includes letters (ca. September, 1909) regarding the admission of women to courses offered by the department

Correspondence between Robert R. Bush, chairman of the Department of Social Psychology at Columbia University, and University administrators. Much of the correspondence relates to departmental concerns regarding funding, space needs, and other issues. Includes correspondence with departmental faculty and students regarding a variety of topics. Also includes Bush's letter of resignation as chairman.

Correspondence between Wendell T. Bush, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, and Nicholas Murray Butler, President of the University. Correspondence relates to: Bush's appointment, a lecture series on Greek religion that was given by Gilbert Murray, and the organization and housing of Butler's personal philosophy library for use by the University and the philosophy department. Includes copies of correspondence between Butler and Gilbert Murray

Correspondence between Eliza Butler and the secretary of Columbia University. Butler was the sister of University president Nicholas Murray Butler and the executive secretary of the Women's Committee on College Contacts. Includes correspondence with Virginia C. Gildersleeve, Dean of Barnard College and chairman of the Women's Committee on College Contacts. Correspondence relates to the work of the committee. Includes reports rating the quality of female graduate students at Columbia, based on academic and extracurricular factors, in order to award graduate residence scholarships. Also includes minutes from the committee's organizational meeting

Correspondence between Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University from 1902 to 1945 and high level University administrators. Butler was one of the most influential figures at the University from the 1890s throughout the first half of the 20th century -- a critical period of development for the University. Prior to his appointment as president, Butler served as dean of the Faculty of Philosophy. Following his retirement in 1945 he continued to serve as president emeritus and a trustee of the University. As dean of the Faculty of Philosophy during the administration of President Seth Low (1890-1901), Butler was a major force behind the transformation of Columbia College into a University. As president, Butler led the University during one of its greatest periods of growth and change. Butler was intimately involved in numerous details of developing and administering the institution. The correspondence relates to a wide range of subjects involving the development, mission, organization, administration, facilities, finances, faculty, and student body of the University. However, the materials are not a comprehensive record of Butler's presidency. His administration can be understood more fully by also reading the correspondence of the trustees, deans, and other top administrators who held office during Butler's presidency.

The records include: copies of a few of Butler's speeches, pages from his appointment books (1940-1944), and a copy of Academic Freedom and allied Subjects: Being Excerpts from the Annual Reports of President Nicholas Murray Butler, 1905-1935 (filed with records dating from 1948). Also, a file on the furnishings of the President's House (1936-1947), including itemized billing information and correspondence regarding the special fund for the Furnishing and Equipment of the President's house, which was established in 1922. Includes an inventory of furniture dated December 1, 1936.

Correspondence dating from Butler's term as dean of the Faculty of Philosophy (1890-1902) consists mostly of Butler's letters to Seth Low and copies of Low's replies. Includes numerous, detailed letters regarding the Faculty of Philosophy as well as other schools and departments at the University. Specific topics of interest include: the proposed integration of the School of Mines with Columbia College (November 3, 1893); Butler's objections to the creation of a trade school at Columbia (January 6, 1891); the University's affiliation with Teachers College, which Butler helped to establish in 1897 and which aligned with Columbia through agreements in 1893 and 1898 the establishment of a summer session in 1900 and Butler's involvement with organizations and committees outside of the University that dealt with college entrance requirements, secondary school curricula, and other educational issues.

The files dating from Butler's presidency served several purposes and the nature of the files changes over time. Much of the correspondence dating from approximately 1901 to 1918 was sent to University administrators by Butler while he was traveling overseas. Correspondents include Trustee John B. Pine and University secretaries Frederick P. Keppel and Frank D. Fackenthal. Correspondence dating from 1919 to 1930 consists of letters from Butler to Fackenthal and copies of Fackenthal's replies. Records from this period also include substantive correspondence (ca. 1919-1928) with Frederick J. E. Woodbridge, dean of the Graduate Faculties, and correspondence (ca. 1928-1930) with James C. Egbert, director of the University Extension, Columbia's continuing education division. Correspondence dating from 1930 to 1945 consists mostly of directives from Butler to Fackenthal, who served as secretary of the University until 1937 and Provost from 1937 to 1945 and University secretary Philip M. Hayden

Correspondence between Benjamin J. Buttenwieser and high level administrators at Columbia University. Includes correspondence between Buttenwieser and Columbia presidents Andrew Cordier and William J. McGill. Buttenwieser was a trustee of the University. He also served on a number of committees, including the Committee on Development and the joint Administrative Board of the Medical Center. Correspondence relates to a variety of subjects.

Topics include: gifts to Columbia, trustee business, events, donor relations, honorary degrees, and the management of special funds. Includes correspondence discussing procedural problems with the system for acknowledging gifts to the University. Also includes routine invitations and acknowledgement letters

Correspondence between Kenyon L. Butterfield, president of the Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, and the president and secretary of Columbia University. Correspondence relates to efforts to establish an institute of rural affairs at Columbia.

Topics include sources of funding for the institute and plans for conferences to be held at the institute

Correspondence between Ettore Cadorin, professor of Italian at Columbia University, and the president of the University. Correspondence relates to Cadorin's draft status in the Italian army during World War I, his petition for a waiver of the requirement to serve in the military, and his eventual return to Italy to serve in the army. Includes copies of correspondence with the Italian minister of foreign affairs, Italian ambassador, Italian counsel, and deputy of Venice

Correspondence between Gary N. Calkins, professor of zoology at Columbia University, and the president and assistant secretary of the University. correspondence relates to the Department of Zoology.

Topics include: faculty appointments, equipment, and departmental facilities in Schermerhorn Hall. Includes a budget for scientific apparatus and a summary of space allocations in the department

Correspondence between Robert D. Calkins, dean of Columbia University's School of Business, and high level University administrators. The records consist of correspondence, budgets, and reports relating to the School of Business. Records also relate to veterans' affairs.

Topics related to the School of Business include: faculty affairs, budgeting, fellowships, research funding, the financial administration of research projects, personnel, faculty appointments, facilities, gifts to the school, student affairs, faculty salaries, tuition and fees, and veterans' affairs. Includes correspondence regarding the establishment of the MBA and BS degrees (ca. 1944) and correspondence documenting the influence of World War II on the school.

Also includes correspondence and proposals regarding research programs including: consumer economics research (ca. 1945) and the establishment of a research program in real estate, urban land use, and housing (ca. 1945). Also includes long-range planning reports for the school (ca. 1943 and 1945) and correspondence and reports regarding certification programs in business and secretarial studies (ca. 1944). Also, correspondence and reports relating to veterans' affairs.

Topics include the Veterans Advisory Service and a University study of the need for government-sponsored educational programs for veterans. Also, the report of the Advisory Committee on Post-War Problems and Policies. The committee was established to consider Columbia's role in post-war education, public service, and public policy. Correspondence ca. 1946 relates to Calkins' resignation to become vice president and chairman of the General Education Board and the selection of his successor

Correspondence between Hermann H. Cammann of the real estate office of H. H. Cammann & Co. and the president of Columbia University. Cammann was a trustee of Columbia and chairman of the Real Estate Committee of the Society of the New York Hospital. Correspondence relates to a variety of subjects involving Columbia's Morningside Heights campus.

Topics include: the purchase of the campus property from New York Hospital, the development of the campus, the purchase of the South Field addition to the campus, and the development of roads and subways in the neighborhood. Includes a detailed letter regarding the disturbance that resulted from the disruption of a freshman dinner at the Carnegie Restaurant by sophomores from the University's School of Applied Science (December, 1897)

Correspondence between Joseph Campbell and the high level administrators of Columbia University, the assistant treasurer, and donors. Much of the correspondence dating from 1955 is between the assistant treasurer and other University administrators. Campbell served as treasurer and was later appointed to serve as the University's first vice president for business affairs. The records consist of correspondence, financial records, and legal documents relating to University finances and financial administration. Also, agenda, correspondence, and financial records of the Advisory Committee on Investments and resolutions of the trustee committee on finance. Most of the records relate to appointments, appropriations, and income from endowments. Other topics include: University budget policies and procedures, accounting and financial analysis, investments and investment policy, the management of special funds, gifts to the University, real estate, insurance, and research and development contracts. Includes: a table showing gifts and bequests to the University from 1918 to 1948 a copy of the affiliation agreement between Columbia and the New York School of Social Work (1951), and an amendment to the Rockefeller Center lease (1953)

Correspondence between Oscar James Campbell, executive officer of the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Correspondence relates to the department and to attempts to establish an arts center at the University. Correspondence also relates to Campbell's personnel issues and committee memberships. Includes a lengthy memorandum (1948) regarding the mission and needs of the Faculty of Philosophy and a copy of Campbell's address before the University's opening exercises in September, 1951. most of the records dating from the 1940s to the mid 1950s consist of correspondence, budgets, and reports relating to the Department of English and Comparative Literature.

Topics include: faculty appointments, faculty affairs, budgeting, appropriations, enrollment, visiting professors, prizes, graduate instruction, and staffing needs. Includes correspondence regarding the Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum, which was operated by the department. Also includes a number of letters regarding post-World War II overcrowding, enrollment, and staffing needs in the department and a copy of the departmental constitution dating from 1948. Campbell also chaired the Advisory Committee on the Arts Center. The committee worked to develop a University center for the fine and performing arts. Some of the records dating from the mid 1940s to the 1950s and most of the records dating from 1955 to 1958 consist of correspondence, reports, proposals, and minutes relating to attempts to establish the arts center.

Topics include: departments and schools to be included in the center, the proposed curriculum and programs of the center, space planning, and fund raising

Correspondence between James Hulme Canfield and the president of Columbia University. Includes correspondence with Nicholas Murray Butler, who became president of Columbia in 1902 during his term as dean of the Faculty of Philosophy. Prior to Canfield's appointment at Columbia, he served as chancellor of the University of Nebraska and president of Ohio University. Canfield served as librarian of Columbia University from 1899 to 1909. Correspondence relates to a variety of subjects involving education, Canfield's career, and the Columbia University Libraries.

Correspondence dating from 1895 to 1899 dates from Canfield's terms as chancellor of the University of Nebraska and president of Ohio State University. During this time, Canfield and Butler corresponded regarding recommendations for faculty appointments and the selection of a superintendent of schools for New York. Records from 1899 also include correspondence regarding Canfield's candidacy to become librarian of Congress and Butler's strong support for his appointment.

Correspondence dating from 1899 to 1909 dates from Canfield's term as librarian of Columbia University. Most of the records from this period consist of detailed correspondence regarding the operations and administration of the libraries. Topics include: acquisitions, gifts to the library, budgeting, and facilities. Includes: correspondence regarding preparations for Canfield's installation (1899), correspondence regarding the replacement of copyists with a printing press for the production of catalog cards (1899), and plans to extend reading privileges beyond the University (1899). Other records include a lengthy letter from Vladimir Simkhovitch in which he discusses anarchism and proposes a study of the subject (September, 1901) and correspondence regarding the national financial crisis of 1907. Also includes correspondence regarding Canfield's trip to England, France and Germany in the fall of 1907. During the trip, Canfield acted as Columbia's representative and investigated educational practices in each country. Correspondence dating from 1909 to 1910 relates to Canfield's death and his memorial tablet, which is located the University's St. Paul's chapel

Correspondence between John D. Cannon, chaplain of Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Correspondence relates to a variety of subjects including religious events and issues involving the University's religious counsellors. Includes a letter regarding the University choir (September, 1965) and notes on meetings regarding a proposal to allow the Earl Hall religious center to be used as classroom space for elementary school students during a boycott of Public School 125 (April, 1967). Includes correspondence regarding Cannon's personnel issues and committee work

Correspondence between Jane Perry Clark Carey, assistant professor of government in Barnard College at Columbia University, and the secretary of the University. Correspondence relates to a travel grant in support of Carey's research trip to Germany and the administration of her research project

Correspondence between Robert L. Carey, faculty chairman of the Columbia College alumni association, and the president of the University. correspondence relates to the annual Dean's Day celebration. Carey was in charge of Dean's Day events in 1959

Correspondence between Newcomb Carlton, a Columbia University trustee, and the president and clerk of the University. Correspondence relates to Carlton's nomination to the board, the development of the University's medical school, the school's relations with Presbyterian hospital in New York City, and University public relations strategies. Includes a map of London's Mayfair District

Correspondence between Robert A. W. Carlton and Columbia University administrators. Carlton was chairman of the Egleston Medal Award Committee and a member of Columbia Associates, a group of University benefactors who made regular contributions to Columbia's general fund. Most of the correspondence relates to gifts to Columbia

Correspondence between Harry J. Carman, Moore Professor of History and Dean of Columbia College, and the high level administrators of Columbia University. Most of the records dating from 1943 to 1951 consist of correspondence, budgets, reports, and newsletters relating to Columbia College and undergraduate instruction at the University. Also, records documenting numerous educational organizations and committees on which Carman served. Also includes Carman's reminiscences of his time at Columbia.

Topics related to Columbia College include: budgeting, the curriculum, faculty appointments, faculty affairs, financial administration, prizes and awards, gifts to the college, scholarships, enrollment, staffing needs, fund raising, long-range planning, and requirements. Reports relating to the college include: a report on the revision of the major system (1947), reports of the Special Committee on the State of Columbia College dating from the 1940s and a report on the development of an undergraduate science curriculum (1949). Includes reports and correspondence dating from the early to mid 1940s which relate to the proposed establishment of a third undergraduate college at the University.

Records relating to the educational committees and organizations on which Carman Served include: a report of the Committee on Post-War Adult Education of the Adult Education Council of New York (1943); agenda and correspondence (ca. 1945-1949) relating to the Dean's Group, an organization of Ivy League deans that met to discuss a range of educational topics; correspondence and minutes (ca. 1957) of the Japan America Intellectual Exchange Program; and correspondence and reports (ca. 1950-1953) on the National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students, which was chaired by Carman. Following his resignation in 1952 Carman continued to correspond with University administrators regarding a range of subjects.

Topics include invitations and administrative appointments as well as Carman's retirement and honors. Records from this period include his Reminiscences of Thirty Years

Correspondence between Oliver C. Carmichael and the acting president and provost of Columbia University. Carmichael was vice chairman of the State of New York Temporary Commission on the Need for a State University. Correspondence relates to the commission, which studied proposals for a state University and anti-discrimination legislation involving colleges and universities. Correspondence also relates to a report on the cost of programs in higher education

Correspondence between Andrew Carnegie and Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University. Only a few items, most of which are invitations, are dated prior to Butler's installation as president of the University in 1902. Most of the correspondence dating from 1902 to 1908 relates to Butler's attempts to solicit donations for various projects.

Topics include funding for: the purchase of the South Field extension to Columbia's Morningside Heights campus, the construction of an athletic field near the Hudson River between 116th and 120th streets, and the establishment of a foundation for the promotion of surgical science. Correspondence regarding funding for an athletic field also includes information regarding Columbia's ban on football in 1905

Correspondence between George Rice Carpenter, professor of Rhetoric and English Composition at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Carpenter was also chairman of the Committee on Instruction and a member of the University Committee on Entrance Examinations.

Topics include: the Department of Rhetoric and English Composition, the Department of English and Comparative Literature, and entrance examinations and requirements. Topics relating to the Department of Rhetoric and English Composition include: faculty appointments, course scheduling, staffing needs, facilities, prizes, fellowships, and the organization of the department. Also, correspondence regarding the establishment of the Department of English and Comparative Literature (ca. 1900) and the administration of the department.

Topics include: departmental relations with Barnard College, the women's college affiliated with Columbia; English instruction for Barnard students; departmental relations with Extension Teaching, the University's adult education division; the curriculum of the department; and graduate instruction in the department. Also, correspondence relating to the University Committee on Entrance Examinations.

Topics include: the business of the committee, admissions criteria, and the administration of entrance examinations. Also, correspondence regarding the routine business of the Committee on Instruction. Includes a study of teaching loads and faculty efficiency (ca. 1908) Also includes correspondence regarding registration procedures and the organization of the registrar's office as well as correspondence on the establishment of the George Rice Carpenter Memorial Library

Correspondence between William H. Carpenter, professor of Germanic philosophy in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Columbia University, and the president and secretary of the University. Carpenter also held numerous important administrative posts and committee appointments including: dean of the Graduate Faculties, secretary of the Committee on Higher Degrees, secretary of the University Council, secretary of the Columbia University Press, provost, and acting librarian. The primary focus of the correspondence is administrative, procedural and financial issues surrounding the University's academic affairs and faculty affairs.

Topics include: funding, awarding and administering scholarships and fellowships; setting and monitoring degree requirements; interpreting course and degree requirements and policies to students; and addressing issues regarding the recognition of requirements and privileges between the various schools of the University. Other topics include: faculty appointments and benefits, the establishment and administration of named professorships, gifts to the University, and equipment for laboratories and departments. Also, correspondence regarding the financial relationship between Columbia University Press and the University. Includes correspondence on faculty manuscripts which were submitted to the press. Also, correspondence relating to the administration of Columbia's libraries.

Topics include: budgeting, facilities, collections, staff, finances, and policies

Correspondence between Horace W. Carpentier, a trustee and benefactor of Columbia University, and University presidents Seth Low and Nicholas Murray Butler. Correspondence relates to: Carpentier's gifts to support study and instruction in Asian culture, his other gifts to Columbia, and University finances and government.

Much of the correspondence relates to Carpentier's support for the establishment of the Department of Chinese Languages and Literatures. Topics related to the department include: its mission, funding, faculty appointments, and the curriculum. Also, correspondence regarding carpentier's gift to establish the Dean Lung Professorship and his support for education and research in Asian cultures. Also includes correspondence discussing Carpentier's thoughts on education in Asian cultures and languages, American public opinion of China, and American political relations with China. Also, correspondence regarding Carpentier's numerous other gifts to columbia.

Topics include: the establishment of the James S. Carpentier Fund in support of a lectureship in law, funding for Kent Hall, and the establishment of the Henry Berg Fund to promote what Carpentier described as humane education and the prevention of cruelty. also, correspondence with President Butler regarding a range of subjects.

Topics include: Columbia's government and mission, alumni representation, the powers of the board of trustees, and the University's financial problems and financial strategy. Includes a brief exchange of letters regarding the admission of women to the School of Law. Also includes a copy of Carpentier's will

Correspondence regarding the honorary degree that was awarded to cellist Pablo Casals by Columbia University. Correspondence relates to preparations for the special convocation in honor of Casals. Records include: several copies of the program from the convocation, information regarding Casals' life and works, and the text of the president's introductory address at the degree presentation ceremony

Correspondence between Everett Needham Case, president of Colgate University, and Frank D. Fackenthal, the acting president of Columbia University. Includes correspondence with Columbia's provost. Case and Fackenthal represented the Association of Colleges and Universities of the State of New York at hearings regarding legislation to ban discrimination in college admissions that were held before the New York State Legislature and the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York. Most of the records consist of correspondence, reports, and statements regarding the anti-discrimination legislation and charges of discrimination which were brought against Columbia

Correspondence regarding a visit to Columbia University by Fidel Castro in April of 1959. Most of the records consist of intra-university memoranda regarding arrangements for the visit. Also includes a guest list and procedures to be followed during the visit

Correspondence between Hollis L. Caswell and high level administrators at Columbia University. Caswell served as Associate Dean, Dean, and President of Teachers College, an affiliate of Columbia. The records consist of correspondence and budgets regarding Teachers College. Also, correspondence and invitations (ca. 1955) relating to Caswell's inaugural as President of Teachers College and a number of letters regarding issues involving education and the education of teachers. Also, correspondence (ca. 1955) regarding negotiations between the Transport Workers Union of American (TWU) and the college.

Topics related to Teachers College include: faculty appointments, admissions and admission policies, relations between Teachers College and Columbia, the preparation of College announcements, and policies regarding cross-registration between Teachers College and the University's School of General Studies and College of Physicians and Surgeons. Includes correspondence regarding the Horace Mann and Lincoln schools, a proposal for a school on Morningside Heights (1957), and a proposal for a research and training program in comparative education (1959)

Correspondence between James McKeen Cattell, professor of psychology at Columbia University, University presidents Seth Low and Nicholas Murray Butler, and other University administrators.

Topics include the business and organization of Department of Psychology and Cattell's dismissal from the University.

Correspondence dating from 1890 to approximately 1917 relates to the Department of Psychology. In particular, the correspondence documents the frequent reorganizations and mergers in the department. During the period covered by these records, the department became the Department of Psychology and Anthropology, the Department of Philosophy and Psychology, and, eventually, the Division of Philosophy, Psychology and anthropology. Topics related to the business of the department include: faculty appointments, laboratories, finances, personnel, course and degree requirements, and staffing needs. Include substantive correspondence on the curriculum in both psychology and anthropology.

Also includes a proposal for the physical and psychological testing of students and related correspondence as well as correspondence regarding the application of psychology to teaching. Also, correspondence between Cattell and President Butler regarding the role of the faculty of Columbia College, the relationship between the faculty and the trustees, faculty relations with the administration, and the powers of the faculty. Also, correspondence between Cattell, Butler, and University trustees regarding Cattell's dismissal in 1917. Also includes correspondence between Butler, trustees, faculty, alumni, and the public regarding Cattell's dismissal. Includes reports, legal documents, and clippings regarding the case

Records submitted to the Columbia University administration by Margaret Chalmers, administrative assistant to the Director of the University's School of International Affairs. Among other topics, the records relate to the evaluation of candidates for Ford Foundation fellowships and efforts to conduct a census of School of International Affairs students

Correspondence between John Armstrong Chaloner and the secretary and trustees of Columbia University. Chaloner was a benefactor of the University. Correspondence relates to the Chaloner Historical Prize

Correspondence between Joseph Perkins Chamberlain, a benefactor of Columbia University and secretary of the advisory board of the University's Legislative Drafting Research Fund, and high level University administrators. Correspondence dating from 1911 to 1918 relates to Chamberlain's gift to establish the Legislative Drafting Research Fund, the endowment of a professorship of legislative drafting, the work of the Advisory Board of the Legislative Drafting Research Fund, and the administration of the Fund office.

Also, correspondence dating from 1947 to 1948 documenting the work of the Committee on Student Organizations to study issues surrounding the approval of speakers sponsored by student groups and to write regulations governing the selection of speakers by student organizations. There is a gap in the records between 1918 and 1947

Correspondence between Joseph A. Chamberlain and the high level administrators of Columbia University. Chamberlain held numerous appointments including executive officer of the Department of Public Law, Dean of Columbia College, and Vice President of the University. Correspondence dating from the 1940s relates to the Department of Public Law. Records dating from the 1950s consist of correspondence, reports, proposals, budgets, and discussion papers relating to the academic affairs of Columbia College. Much of the correspondence dating from the 1960s relates to Chamberlain's responsibilities as vice president. Also, correspondence (ca. 1950-1955) relating to the Columbia Forum on Democracy, a leadership conference for students from area high schools. includes the proceedings of the forum.

Topics related to the Department of Public Law include: staffing needs, the curriculum, prizes, teaching loads, and undergraduate instruction. includes correspondence regarding the Bennett Prize. Topics related to Columbia College include: faculty appointments, prizes, student organizations and activities, scholarships, faculty affairs, the curriculum, and requirements. Includes records regarding the relationship between Columbia College and the University and correspondence regarding University long-range planning.

Also includes a proposal, dating from 1950 which argues for a national examination for the purpose of indentifying candidates for military service. As vice president, Chamberlain appears to have assumed University-wide academic and administrative responsibilities that were similar to his activities as dean of Columbia College. Additional topics related to the University include: development, building programs, student affairs, and policies regarding students

Correspondence between Lydia C. Chamberlain, a benefactor of Columbia University, and the University's president, secretary and clerk of the board of trustees. Correspondence relates to the Lydia C. Roberts Graduate Fellowships and the Lydia C. Roberts Travelling Fellowships. The fellowships were established to fund the graduate education of caucasian college graduates from Iowa. Includes a copy of Chamberlain's will and the agreement between Chamberlain and the New York Trust Company to establish the fellowship funds

Correspondence between Mervin A. Chamberlain, professor of air science at Columbia University, and University administrators. Correspondence consists of personal messages

Correspondence between Jo Hubbard Chamberlain, associate director of the American Assembly, and the president's office at Columbia University. includes correspondence with businessmen and faculty members. Correspondence relates to the American Assembly, a national conference and discussion program that was based in the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University.

Topics include: gifts to the assembly and events

Correspondence between Frank W. Chambers, president of the Alumni Federation of Columbia University, and the acting president of the University. Correspondence relates to: the administration of the federation, the financial relationship between the federation and the University, and the care of alumni records

Correspondence between Charles Frederick Chandler, professor of chemistry and dean of the School of Mines at Columbia University, and University presidents and other administrators regarding the School of Mines, the Department of Chemistry, and the role of the dean. Much of the correspondence deals with the Department of Chemistry.

Topics include: laboratories, equipment and supplies, appointments, staffing needs, facilities, personnel, tuition and fees, instruction in the department, and departmental privileges. Also, correspondence regarding the laboratories and facilities of the School of Mines, the design of Havermeyer Hall, and the chemistry curriculum of the School of mines and the University's medical school. Also includes correspondence between Chandler and President Seth Low regarding the role of the dean and relations between Chandler and Low. Also includes correspondence relating to Chandler's personnel issues

Correspondence between Norman Chandler and high level administrators at Columbia University. Chandler was an alumnus of the University and president of the Time-Mirror Company. Correspondence relates to a luncheon meeting regarding admissions and Chandler's suggestions for appointments to the Pulitzer Prize Committee

Correspondence between John Martin Chapman of the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University and University administrators. Correspondence relates to the Consumer Management Program that was held at Columbia's Arden House conference center

Correspondence between Daniel Chase, executive director of the Sportsmanship Brotherhood, and the president and trustees of Columbia University. Correspondence relates to various events sponsored by the Sportsmanship Brotherhood

Correspondence between William J. Chase, assistant chaplain of Columbia University, and University administrators. Correspondence relates to the chaplain's Office and religious activities at the University.

Topics include: religious services, organ concerts in Columbia's St. Paul's Chapel, and budgeting for religious activities. Includes Christmas cards and condolence letters

Correspondence between Marie-Claude Chauvet, a visiting professor at Columbia University, and the secretary of the University. Correspondence relates to Chauvet's visa

Records sent to Columbia University administrators from Elliot Evans Cheatham, professor of law at the University. The records document four projects in which Cheatham was involved on behalf of the administration. The records relate to the Bureau of Applied Social Research (ca. 1945-1946), admissions policies and the admissions office (1948), the Committee on University Education for the Professions (1955), and the School of Painting and Sculpture (1956).

Records dating from 1945 to 1946 consist of 3 reports from the Committee on Social Science Agencies to the Council for Research in the Social Sciences. The reports discuss the organization, policies, and research goals of the Bureau of Applied Social Research and relations between the bureau and the Council for Research in the Social Sciences. Records dating from 1948 consist of correspondence and a report regarding the revision of admissions policies and procedures, the administration of the admissions office, and the establishment of the Office of the director of University Admissions. Records dating from 1955 consist of multiple copies of a report from the Committee on University Education for the Professions to the University Council. The report discusses the University's role in providing professional education, the relationship between undergraduate instruction and professional education, and the University's educational objectives and methods. Records dating from 1956 consist of correspondence and a report regarding the administration of Columbia's School of Painting and Sculpture and its relationship to the University

Correspondence between Timothy M. Cheeseman and Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University.

Topics include: the administration of Columbia's medical school and the Vanderbilt Clinic, the selection of a director for the University's cancer research center, and University relations with Presbyterian Hospital

Correspondence between Richard S. Childs, chairman of the Institute for Public Administration at Columbia University, and the provost of the University. Correspondence relates to the institute.

Topics include: relations between the institute and Columbia, budgeting, University concerns regarding the staff of the institute, and proposals for the institute's reorganization. Includes an audit of the institute for the 1938-1939 fiscal year

Correspondence between Russell H. Chittenden and the president of Columbia University. Chittenden was director of the Department of Physiological Chemistry in Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons. Correspondence dating from 1898 to 1901 relates to the creation of the department, Chittenden's appointment, and faculty appointments in the department. Records dating from 1909 consist of one letter regarding Chittenden's son. There is a gap in the records between 1901 and 1909

Correspondence between Thomas Wittier Chrystie and the president and secretary of Columbia University. Chrystie was an alumni trustee. Correspondence relates to: arrangements to care for the graves of Columbia University president Nicholas Murray Butler and his wife, the inscriptions on the gravestones, and the disposition of certain of president Butler's personal items. Correspondence also relates to personal favors, events, and Chrystie's committee memberships.

Includes a newspaper clipping regarding the death of Chrystie's father and prominent Columbia alumnus, T. L. Chrystie (1954). Also includes routine invitations

Records relating to the honorary degree that was conferred on Winston Churchill by Columbia University. Includes the text of Churchill's speech at the degree ceremony. Includes newspaper clippings and announcements relating to the Committee on Permanent Peace, a newly-established campus organization that opposed Churchill's foreign policy

Correspondence between Alexander Clark, director of the Office of University Placement and Career Planning at Columbia University, and University administrators. Correspondence relates to the 1965 Columbia Conference on Careers and the dissolution of the Advisory Committee on Student Agencies. Includes two copies of the placement office's annual report for the 1964-1965 academic year

Records relating to the proposed establishment of a new school of the arts at Columbia University. The records appear to have been forwarded to the University administration by Donald L. Clark, a professor of rhetoric at Columbia and chairman of the committee that was appointed to determine the organization and administration of the new school. Includes budgets for the project and committee reports

Correspondence between John Bates Clark, professor of political economy in the Department of Economics and Social Sciences at Columbia University, and the president and secretary of the University. Most of the correspondence relates to Clark's personnel matters. Much of the correspondence also relates to Barnard College, the women's college affiliated with Columbia.

In particular, the correspondence discusses: the division of Clark's teaching responsibilities between the University and Barnard College; his concerns over being perceived as a Barnard faculty member; and disputes between University president Seth Low, the dean of the School of Political Science, and the University Council regarding the use of Columbia faculty to teach Barnard courses and the admission of Barnard students to University courses. Also, routine correspondence regarding faculty appointments and faculty affairs in the Department of Economics and Social Sciences

Correspondence between John Maurice Clark, professor of political economy at Columbia University, and the secretary of the University. Correspondence relates to the honorary degree that was awarded to Clark during Columbia's 1954 bicentennial celebration. Correspondence also relates to Clark's service as an escort to Elizabeth II, Queen of England, during her visit to Columbia in 1954. Includes biographical information on Clark. Also, records relating to Clark's personnel issues and appointment

Correspondence between Kenneth Clark, chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain, and the secretary of Columbia University. Correspondence relates to the honorary degree that was awarded to Clark at Columbia's 3rd Bicentennial Convocation in 1954. Includes biographical information on Clark

Correspondence between Hans Thacher Clarke, professor of biological chemistry at Columbia University, and the secretary of the University. correspondence relates to the Gies Fellowship in Biological Chemistry and Clarke's work on the University's Committee on Patent Procedure

Correspondence from Lucius D. Clay, chairman of the columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center Development Committee. Most of the correspondence consists of acknowledgement letters to donors. Also, a letter regarding docking for the Vema, the research vessel that belonged to the University's Lamont Geological Observatory

Correspondence between Shepard B. Clough, Professor of History in the Department of History at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Most of the records dating from the 1940s relate to a student exchange program and the preparation of doctoral dissertations in the history department. Clough also served on the administrative committee for Casa Italiana, Columbia's Italian culture and educational center. Many of the records dating from the 1950s relate to Casa Italiana.

Topics include: personnel, events, and Clough's relations with other faculty members. Clough also chaired the University's placement committee. Records include correspondence and statistics regarding job placement for University graduates

Correspondence between Edward B. Coe, a trustee of Columbia University and chairman of the trustee committees on honors and education, and the president and secretary of the University.

Topics include: the business of the trustees, arrangements for trustee meetings, and setting the agenda items for trustee meetings. Also, correspondence relating to the work of the committees on education and honors as well as the academic affairs of the University.

Topics include: faculty appointments; the reorganization of departments, in particular the Department of Economics; and honorary degree nominations. Also, a brief exchange of letters (ca. 1910) with Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia, regarding the rights and responsibilities of the faculty and trustees and a conflict between instruction in the Department of History and the religious beliefs of students

Correspondence between Joseph D. Coffee and other Columbia University administrators. Coffee held appointments as development director for Columbia College and assistant to the president for alumni affairs. Correspondence relates to: University development activities and strategies in general; specific gifts, funds, or development projects; public relations; alumni relations; and events. Also, correspondence relating to Coffee's resignation to become vice president of Eisenhower College. Includes many congratulatory letters dating from 1966.

Records relating to development projects include: reports (ca. 1953-1954) on the planning and use of buildings; a development brochure promoting the University's plan to erect a gymnasium in Morningside Park; correspondence regarding the Columbia Gymnasium Building Fund; correspondence regarding the organization and membership of the Gymnasium Committee; and correspondence regarding the administration of the Development Office. Also includes records relating to the planning and funding of the University's Citizenship Center, which became the Ferris Booth Hall student center, and programs from the center's ground-breaking ceremony in 1957

Correspondence between Audrey C. Cohen, executive director of the Women's Talent Corps and founder of the College for Human Services (Audrey Cohen College), and Columbia University administrators. Correspondence relates to the establishment of the College for Human Services. Records include reports regarding the college and the Women's Talent Corps (1967-1968). Also includes articles and other information regarding Cohen, The College for Human Services, and the Women's Talent corps

Correspondence between Adolphe Cohn, chairman of the Department of Romance Languages at Columbia University, and the president and secretary of the University. Correspondence relates to the department, language requirements, and issues surrounding Columbia's transformation into a University. Topics related to the Department of Romance Languages include: faculty recruiting and appointments, faculty affairs, the evaluation of junior faculty, personnel, budgeting, course scheduling, the curriculum, prizes, facilities, and finances.

Also, correspondence with University presidents Seth Low and Nicholas Murray Butler regarding language requirements for admission to the University and the administration of entrance examinations in the romance languages. Also, correspondence regarding the establishment of Columbia as a university, the effect of the University's growth on Columbia College, and the College's relationship to the University's graduate and professional schools. Also includes correspondence relating to Cohn's professional activities and relations with French academics

Correspondence between Thomas S. Colahan, associate director of admissions for Columbia College, and Columbia University administrators. most of the records consist of itineraries for recruiting trips to high schools. Includes correspondence regarding tuition levels and the recruiting of candidates for admission to Columbia

Correspondence between Charles Colbert and high level administrators at Columbia University. Much of the correspondence dating from 1959 relates to Colbert's appointment as dean of Columbia's School of Architecture and his plans for the organization of the school and the dean's office. Records dating from 1960 to 1963 relate to the school.

Topics include: facilities, equipment, events, prizes and awards, the management of special funds, gifts to the school, and fellowships. Includes the curriculum for a new BA degree in planning (February, 1961) and a lengthy memorandum regarding Colbert's administrative and personnel policies for the school (September, 1961). Records dating from 1963 consist of minutes and correspondence regarding Colbert's dismissal. Also, records regarding campus planning at Columbia. Includes minutes of the Advisory Committee on Architecture and Planning (June, 1961). The minutes discuss the role of the committee and of architects in designing and planning the Columbia campus

Correspondence between Charles Chester Cole, associate dean of Columbia College at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Correspondence relates to the routine administration of the college. Includes correspondence regarding faculty appointments and prizes in the college. Also, reports (ca. 1951-1957) that record income from fees and a detailed report (1951) regarding college aptitude tests and the recruiting of prospective science majors. Also, a small amount of correspondence regarding the Bancroft Prize

Correspondence between Frank Nelson Cole, professor of mathematics at Columbia University, and the president of the University. Cole held several committee appointments at the University and at Barnard College, the women's college affiliated with Columbia. He was chairman of the Barnard Committee on Curriculum and Scheme of Attendance, chairman of the Committee on Admissions of Barnard College, and secretary of the University's Faculty of Pure Science.

Topics related to Barnard College include the college's admissions requirements and policies as well as individual candidates for admission to the college. Topics related to the Faculty of Pure Science include: the creation of the Committee on Instruction of the Faculty of Pure Science, degree requirements, the establishment graduate degrees in engineering, faculty affairs, and faculty appointments. Includes minutes of the Commitee on Instruction dated February, 1915. Also, correspondence relating to Cole's appointment and personnel issues. Many letters are brief and routine in nature. Contains little correspondence regarding the Department of Mathematics

Correspondence between William Graham Cole, counsellor to Protestant students at Columbia University, and the acting president of the University. Correspondence relates to contributions to the Religious Counselors'' Inter-Faith Fund. Also, correspondence regarding Cole's appointment

Correspondence between Arthur Prudden Coleman, assistant professor of polish languages and literatures in the Department of East European Languages at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Correspondence, bulletins, and other records dating from 1946 to 1947 relate to the American Association of Teachers of Slavonic and East European Languages. Correspondence dating from 1948 to 1949 relates to Coleman's resignation in protest over the funding of the Adam Mickiewicz Chair by the Polish government. Includes a biographical pamphlet on Adam Mickiewicz which was published in 1940

Correspondence between Henry S. Coleman and high level administrators at Columbia University. Coleman was assistant to the dean of Columbia College and was later appointed director of admissions for the college.

Topics include: admissions, scholarships, and the recruiting of candidates for admission. Includes correspondence regarding individual candidates for admission

Correspondence between Jonathen Ackerman Coles, an alumnus and benefactor of Columbia University, and the president of the University. Coles was a graduate of the School of the Arts (Columbia College) in 1864 and the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1868. Correspondence relates to Coles' gifts to the University for the acquisition of statuary.

Topics include busts of Homer, Minerva, and Benjamin Franklin. includes correspondence regarding proposed gifts which were refused by the University

Correspondence between George Roseborough Collins and high level administrators at Columbia University. Collins was an associate professor of fine arts and executive secretary of the University's Committee on the Program in the Arts. Correspondence relates to: faculty affairs, appropriations, and other routine issues involving the administration of the arts program. Includes correspondence regarding Collins' personnel issues

Correspondence between Walter Collins and the associate provost of Columbia University. Correspondence relates to routine requests for permission for student groups to erect tables in front of Low Memorial Library

Correspondence between Roy J. Colony, assistant professor of geology at Columbia University, and the secretary of the University. Correspondence relates to Colony's retirement

Correspondence between Henry Steele Commager, professor of American history at Columbia University, and University administrators. correspondence relates to Commager's personnel issues

Correspondence regarding the proposed appointment of biologist Barry Commoner to a post at Columbia University. Includes letters for and against Commoner's appointment and correspondence regarding issues surrounding his appointment. Also includes a memorandum regarding the decision not to extend an offer to Commoner

Correspondence between George Brokaw Compton, an alumnus of Columbia University, and the president and secretary of the University. Compton was secretary of the Columbia Alumni Council and editor of the Columbia Alumni News. Most of the records consist of correspondence regarding scholarships. Includes reports on scholarships

Correspondence between James Bryant Conant, president of Harvard University, and the president and secretary of Columbia University. Correspondence dating from 1939 relates to attempts by the American Association of Universities to develop a plan for providing asylum to displaced scholars. Includes the program's statement of principles.

Topics include: the status of displaced scholars, the selection of aid recipients, and funding for the program. Correspondence dating from 1951 to 1952 relates to arrangements for Conant to give the 1952 Bampton Lectures in America. Includes a program of the lecture series

Correspondence between Lawrence R. Condon and high level administrators at Columbia University. Condon served as chairman of the Committee of the Class of 1921. Includes the committee's report entitled Survey of the Relationship of Columbia College to Columbia University

Correspondence between Carl R. Cooper, an alumnus of Columbia University, and University administrators. Correspondence relates to Cooper's attendance, as a representative of Columbia, at the inauguration of the president of Kalamazoo College

Correspondence between George V. Cooper of the Affiliated Alumni Clubs of Columbia University and high level University administrators. Most of the correspondence relates to alumni clubs, development, alumni relations, and alumni affairs. Includes a draft alumni club handbook and volume 1, number 1 of The Affiliate, the newsletter of Columbia's alumni clubs. Also, correspondence regarding nominations for honorary degrees and scholarships

Correspondence between Senator John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky and the secretary of Columbia University. Sherman was appointed to give the Mary Keating Das Memorial Lectures for 1959. Correspondence relates to preparations for the lectures

Correspondence between Kent Cooper, executive director of The Associated Press, and the Vice President and Provost of Columbia University. correspondence relates to plans to commission a portrait of Carl Ackerman, former dean of Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism. Includes a list of donors who supported the project

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.

Prior to Cordier's appointment as dean of the Faculty of International Affairs, he served as under-secretary of the United Nations. He was also a member of the United States Committee of the Dag Hammarskjold Foundation. Records dating from 1961 until approximately 1965 include correspondence between Cordier and Columbia University president Grayson Kirk regarding the work of the committee and the foundation. The records include a certificate of incorporation for the committee (February, 1962) and copies of a brochure regarding the foundation.

Topics related to the School of International Affairs include: appropriations, the management of special funds, faculty affairs, administrative issues involving programs and institutes in the school, the business of the Advisory Board of the School of International Affairs, funding for the school, faculty appointments, facilities, events, and gifts to the school. Related records include: a report (April 1963), brochure (October, 1963), and correspondence and floor plans (1967-1968) regarding plans for Columbia's new international affairs building; reprints of two articles by Cordier (1963); his speech on the professionalization of international studies (filed December, 1966); correspondence and a report regarding professorships funded by the Ford Foundation (ca. May-June, 1965); a report on the Research Project on National Income in East Central Europe (November, 1967); and Cordier's eulogy for Adlai Stevenson, which was delivered at a memorial service in Columbia's St. Paul's Chapel. The records also include a small amount of correspondence, press releases, and newspaper clippings dating from 1971 when Cordier returned to the school after his term as president.

Topics include events and donor relations. Most of the records from 1971 consist of calendar pages. The records also include a report on gifts and grants that were received by the school between 1962 and 1971.

Topics related to the campus disturbances of 1968 1969 and 1970 include: demonstrations, discipline, public relations, Black studies programs, the Naval Reserve Officer's Training Corps (NROTC) and campus recruiting by the military, Columbia's plans to erect a gymnasium in Morningside Park, and Cordier's efforts to improve communication between students, faculty and administrators. Many of the records consist of press releases and Cordier's statements on a variety of subjects related to demonstrations. Among other topics, Cordier issued statements regarding: the Cox Commission's report on the investigation of the 1968 campus disturbances; relations between students and the administration, the role of the University, and disciplinary policies (August 23, 1968); the reorganization of the University's Earl Hall religious center as the Center for Religion and Life (January, 1970); and military action in Vietnam. Other related records include: substantive letters regarding the handling of demonstrations and issues involving campus unrest; a press release regarding Cordier's appointment; his open letter to students regarding the situation on campus (September 10, 1968); a transcript of his appearance on Face the Nation (August 24, 1969); telegrams regarding the Vietnam War and Kent State riots that were sent to President Richard Nixon by Cordier and the presidents of other universities; Cordier's 1970 commencement address; and his calendar pages. Also, two files of records regarding Cordier's investiture as president and two files of congratulatory letters from alumni, donors, and the public. Some of these letters also discuss campus demonstrations

Correspondence between Walter R. Corey, assistant dean of the School of Engineering at Columbia University, and University administrators. correspondence relates to the School of Engineering.

Topics include: personnel, faculty appointments, finances, financial aid, and prizes. Also, correspondence relating to Corey's personnel issues

Correspondence between Milton L. Cornell, president of the Alumni Association of the School of Mines, Engineering, and Chemistry at Columbia Univerity, and the president of the University. Correspondence dating from 1926 to 1928 relates to the work of the Alumni Committee on the Engineering Schools which was appointed by President Nicholas Murray Butler to study School of Mines, Engineering, and Chemistry and to report on its enrollment, faculty, facilities, requirements, and standing. Correspondence dating from 1946 to 1949 relates to the work of the University Development Plan Committee which was appointed by Acting President Frank D. Fackenthal to study the University and develop a report on its future goals and needs. Includes the committee's report. Also, routine correspondence regarding the Society of Older Graduates

Correspondence between Professor John J. Coss of Columbia University and the president and secretary of the University. Coss held a number of appointments including, professor of philosophy, director of the Summer Session, executive officer of the Department of Philosophy, and chairman of the Advisory Board of the Columbia University Statistical Bureau. Correspondence relates to the department, the Summer Session, and the bureau. Topics related to the Department of Philosophy include: faculty appointments, faculty affairs, departmental finances and budgeting, scholarships, personnel, and special events. Includes departmental budgets. Also, correspondence (ca. 1924-1926) documenting the work of the Executive Committee of the 6th International Congress of Philosophy and the agenda of the Congress. Also, correspondence and budgets (ca. 1911) regarding plans for a celebration commemorating Roger Bacon as well as a script outline for a pageant in honor of Bacon.

Topics related to the Summer Session include: finances, the curriculum, scholarships, faculty appointments, student affairs, registration, and budgeting. Includes Summer Session budgets and financial statements. Also includes correspondence and a report regarding a workers' class which was offered during 1929 and 1930. The report documents teaching methods, curriculum, enrollment, and other topics related to the course. As director of the Summer Session, Coss seems to have been active in a number of studies and proposals involving student programs. These include a study of the University's extra-curricular programs and services for students (ca. 1927) and a report from the University Committee on Graduate Training in Collegiate Teaching, dated 1931.

Records related to the Statistical Bureau include a report and map (ca. 1926) entitled "The Distribution of the Negro in Harlem" as well as a small amount of other correspondence and reports. Also, correspondence regarding the closing of Seth Low Junior College, a two-year junior college in Brooklyn which was affiliated with the University's continuing education division. Also includes correspondence relating to Coss' personnel issues and professional activities

Correspondence between Douglas W. Coster, Columbia University's liaison to the United Nations, and the secretary of the University. correspondence relates to the Office of the University Committee on the United Nations.

Topics include: the establishment of the office and its programs, the maintenance of office facilities, student internships, and budgeting. Includes reports for the Summer Session of 1947 and the 1947-1948 academic year

Correspondence between Frederic R. Coudert, a trustee of Columbia University and a member of the Committee on Education of the board of trustees, and Seth Low, president of the University.

Topics include: faculty appointments, Coudert's nomination to the board of trustees, and his resignation. Contains mostly routine correspondence

Correspondence between Frederic R. Coudert, a trustee of Columbia University and a member of the trustee committees on education and honors, and the president, acting president, faculty, and trustees of Columbia University. Correspondence relates to trustee business and the academic affairs of the University.

Topics include: the membership of the board of trustees, arrangements for meetings, faculty appointments, student affairs, special lectures, and the relationship between the University and Teacher's College. Also, correspondence regarding nominations for honorary degrees. Contains many routine cover letters, invitations, and acknowledgement letters. There is a gap in the records between 1919 and 1944

Correspondence between Philip Courtney and high level administrators at Columbia University. Courtney was president of Coty, Inc. and chairman of the United States Council of the International Chamber of Commerce. The records consist of correspondence, cover letters, clippings, and invitations relating to a variety of subjects.

Topics include the routine business of the American Society of the French Legion of Honor, membership in the legion, and legion events. Other records include: several letters regarding the quiz show scandal involving Columbia professor Charles Van Doren's appearance on 21 and the role and dangers of television; a speech and statement on the problems of television (1959); and a speech and memorandum on international monetary problems and American monetary policies (1958)

Correspondence between Laing Gray Cowan, assistant professor of government and assistant director of the School of International Affairs at Columbia University, and the secretary of the University. Correspondence relates to Cowan's leave of absence and the awarding of the Einstein Prize in 1953

Correspondence between Frederick Coykendall, a trustee of Columbia University, the president and other high level University administrators, trustees, and donors. Coykendall served as an alumni trustee and trustee from 1916 to 1954. He was a member of the committees on finance and education and served as chairman of the board from 1933 until his death in 1954.

Correspondence relates to a wide range of topics including: the merger of Columbia University's medical school with Presbyterian Hospital; University finances and debt service; and the transition period between the administration of long-time University president, Nicholas Murray Butler, to the administrations of University presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Grayson Kirk. Correspondence dating from 1911 to 1924 relates to the merger between Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons and Presbyterian Hospital in New York. Topics include: the organization of the medical school, the funding and purchase of a location for the new medical school and hospital, proposed facilities and curricula, and other issues related to the establishment, funding, and administration of the new organization. Much of the correspondence consists of copies of letters from trustees, University administratiors, the dean of the medical school, and the general Education Board which were fowarded to Coykendall for his comments.

Records dating from the 1920s to the 1940s deal with a range of University-related issues. These include: correspondence and reports (ca. 1924-1940) regarding the publications, administration, income, and publication costs of the Columbia University Press; correspondence regarding University finances and debt service, gifts to the University, and the management of special funds; and correspondence and reports (ca. 1930 to the early 1940s) documenting the work of University Patent, Inc. which was run by Columbia in order to secure patents for work done by University faculty members. Also includes correspondence and reports from the 1930s which document the work of the Committee on Residence Halls and Dining Halls and correspondence (ca. 1942-1943) relating to the creation of a comptroller's office, which was established to oversee certain administrative tasks and the manage University's buildings and grounds.

Much of the correspondence dating from the mid 1940s to 1954 deals with routine trustee business. However, records from this period also include some correspondence regarding the retirement of President Butler, the selection of Dwight D. Eisenhower as president of the University, Eisenhower's resignation, and the inaugural of Grayson Kirk as president. Includes a letter dating from February 3, 1949 in which Eisenhower discusses the role of higher education in combating communism

Correspondence between Professor Edwin B. Cragin of Columbia University and the president and secretary of the University. Cragin's appointments included secretary of the Faculty of Medicine, professor of obstetrics, and professor of gynecology. Most of the correspondence relates to faculty and student affairs.

Topics include: candidates for degrees, attendance figures, and students who were caught cheating

Correspondence between Ronald M. Craigmyle and Columbia University president Grayson Kirk. Craigmyle was a University trustee and chairman of the trustees' committee on development and alumni affairs. Correspondence relates to: Craigmyle's gift to Columbia, the 40th anniversary of the Class of 1920 and a gift from Percy Uris for the construction of a building for the Graduate School of Business. Also includes minutes of the Trustee Committee on Development and Alumni Affairs

Correspondence between Henry E. Crampton, professor of Zoology in Barnard College at Columbia University, and the president and secretary of the University. Crampton also chaired the committee in charge of commencement. Most of the correspondence relates to preparations for commencement ceremonies. Also, correspondence regarding Crampton's personnel matters and appointment as Hewitt Lecturer for the 1906-1907 academic year

Correspondence between Rebekeh Crawford, a benefactor of Columbia University, and the secretary of the University. Correspondence relates to Crawford's donation of books for use by undergraduate students and the agreement between Crawford and Columbia that the collection be named the Misses Crawford School Library

Correspondence between Olga Cristo-Loveanu and Columbia University administrators. Mrs. Cristo-Louveanu was the widow of Elie Cristo-Louveanu, a painter and professor of Romanian languages at Columbia. Correspondence relates to: Mrs. Cristo-Louveanu's personal finances and requests for financial assistance from the University; disputes between the University and Mrs. Cristo-Louveanu regarding missing and damaged paintings and reimbursement for the artworks; proposals for the completion of Elie Cristo-Louveanu's manuscript of a Romanian etymological dictionary; and numerous requests for various types of assistance and favors from the University

Correspondence between Francis B. Crocker, professor of electrical engineering and head of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University, and the president and secretary of the University. Correspondence relates to the department.

Topics include: equipment, faculty appointments, and faculty affairs. Includes detailed correspondence regarding the departmental curriculum (ca. 1905-1908) and correspondence regarding the establishment of a four-year course in electrical engineering (1891)

Correspondence between Lincoln Cromwell, president of St. Luke's Hospital in New York City, and the president of Columbia University. Most of the correspondence relates to cooperation between colleges, hospitals, and churches in the Morningside Heights area in order to address community problems

Correspondence between Harold L. Cross, associate dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, and the provost and secretary of the University. Correspondence relates to scholarships, student affairs, and alumni affairs

Correspondence between Robert D. Cross, chairman of the Department of History at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Includes correspondence with William T. R. Fox, professor of international relations and director of the Institute of War and Peace Studies. Correspondence relates to the Department of History.

Topics include: staffing needs and funding for graduate students. In particular, the correspondence relates to a departmental search for someone to teach Latin American topics and attempts to hire E. Bradford Burns over the objections of a University ad hoc committee. Includes the committee report on the search. Also, correspondence regarding Cross' personnel issues and resignation to become the president of Hunter College

Most of the records consist of correspondence between Allen B. Crow, president of the Economic Club of Detroit, and Frank Abrams of the council for Financial Aid to Higher Education. The correspondence was forwarded to Columbia University administrators by Crow. Also, correspondence between Crow and high level Columbia administrators regarding an address on the financing of higher education and the relationship between business and education that was given at the Economic Club by Columbia University president Grayson Kirk

Correspondence between professor Frederick Emory Croxton of Columbia University and high level University administrators. Croxton held a number of appointments including professor of statistics, director of the Statistical Laboratories, secretary of the Faculty of Columbia College, and interim director of admissions. He also served on numerous committees including the Committee on School Problems of Faculty Families, the Committee on Government Surplus Equipment, and the Committee on Space Analysis. Most of the records relate to admissions, the Registrar's Office, and issues involving schooling for faculty children. Includes records regarding a wide range of additional topics. Records related to the Committee on School Problems of Faculty Families consist of correspondence and reports (ca. 1946-1959).

Topics include: public schooling in the University neighborhood, attempts to establish a school at the University, and scholarships for faculty children to attend private schools. Records related to admissions and the Registrar's Office include correspondence, reports, and budgets (ca. 1951-1960). Topics include: application and admissions statistics, class numbering and scheduling, individual candidates for admission, financial aid, and the management of the Foreign Student Advisor's Office.

Other records include: correspondence and lists regarding membership in the Faculty of Columbia College (ca. 1945-1960), correspondence and lists regarding the acquisition of surplus government equipment (ca. 1945-1947), correspondence regarding the equipment and administration of the University's statistics laboratory, and correspondence and reports (ca. 1956-1961) regarding campus space assignments and long-range space planning

Correspondence between Robert Denoon Cumming and Columbia University administrators. Cumming was an associate professor of philosophy and acting chairman of the Department of Philosophy. Correspondence relates to faculty affairs in the department. Also, correspondence regarding Cumming's personnel issues

Correspondence between John William Cunliffe, professor of English and director of the School of Journalism at Columbia University, and the president and secretary of the University. Much of the correspondence relates to Cunliffe's appointment and the routine administration of the School of Journalism. Includes some correspondence regarding the selection of Pulitzer Prize recipients.

Correspondence between Walter A. Curry, executive officer of the department of Electrical Engineering and secretary of the Faculty of Engineering at Columbia University, and the acting president, university secretary, and dean of the School of Engineering. Most of the records consist of correspondence and budgets relating to the Department of Electrical Engineering.

Topics include: faculty appointments, budgeting, equipment, and faculty affairs. Includes correspondence regarding membership in the Faculty of Engineering

Correspondence between Merle E. Curti, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, and high level administrators at Columbia University. Correspondence relates to Curti's appointment to give the Gino Speranza Lectures on American Traditions and Ideals

Correspondence between Professor Carlton C. Curtis and the president and secretary of Columbia University. Curtis held a number of appointments including assistant professor and professor of botany and acting head of the Department of Botany. Correspondence relates to the department.

Topics include staffing needs, faculty appointments, and student affairs. Includes correspondence regarding the reorganization of the department in 1907. Also, correspondence regarding Carlton's personnel issues. Much of the correspondence is routine

Correspondence between J. Montgomery Curtis, professor of journalism at Columbia University, and University administrators. Curtis was also director of the American Press Institute, a professional development and education program for journalists which was run by the journalism school. The records consist of correspondence, reports, articles, and newspaper clippings regarding the institute.

Topics include: institute finances, attendance, programs, the management of special funds in support of the institute, and institute sponsors. Includes membership lists, annual reports to the institute's board, and routine gift acknowledgement letters. Also includes reports documenting a seminar for journalists in South East Asia.

Correspondence between Professor John G. Curtis of the Department of Physiology in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University and the president and secretary of the University. Correspondence relates to the curriculum of the college and the business of the department. Topics related to the College of Physicians and Surgeons include the development of a four-year undergraduate program in medicine and the organization of departments in the college. Topics related to the Department of Physiology include: faculty appointments, facilities, laboratories, and equipment. Includes, a report on the history and condition of the department written by Curtis before his retirement in 1909. Also includes correspondence (ca. 1907-1908) regarding anti-vivisection legislation and the purpose and proper conduct of animal research

Correspondence between Professor Harry Alonzo Cushing and the president and secretary of Columbia University. Cushing held appointments as a tutor and lecturer in history, professor of law, and acting dean of the School of Law. Most of the correspondence relates to routine matters involving Cushing's personnel issues and the administration of the School of Law. Includes correspondence and newspaper clippings regarding Cushing's resignation in protest over the appointment of Harlan Fiske Stone as dean of the law school. The records also include a detailed report of the Special Committee on Library Policies. The report discusses staffing, the improvement of library facilities, and the organization of the University libraries

Correspondence between Ben Scott Custer, director of the Columbia College Citizenship Program, and the president of Columbia University. Correspondence relates to his appointment and personnel issues. Includes a press release

Correspondence between Harold G. Cutright and the president and special advisor to the president at Columbia University. Correspondence relates to Cutright's newspaper columns and issues regarding political activity and academic freedom. Includes newspaper clippings and Methodist pamphlets. Records make note of Lou Little, the University football coach

Correspondence between Olivia M. Cutting, the widow of Columbia University Trustee William Bayard Cutting, and the president of the University. Correspondence relates to the establishment of the William Bayard Cutting fellowships and proposed alternate uses of the fellowship funds during World War I. Includes letters regarding the negative impact of World War I on University finances

Correspondence between Robert Fulton Cutting and the president of Columbia University. Correspondence relates to a variety of subjects regarding the University and social issues. Among other topics, the records document: Cutting's gifts to Columbia in support of prizes for student essays, his appointment as a Curtis Medal judge for 1903 funding for the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, starvation in Russia, and the Fulton Memorial Association

Correspondence between William Bayard Cutting and the president and secretary of Columbia University. Cutting was chairman of the University's finance committee and a member of the Citizen's Relief Committee. Correspondence relates to the University and social problems.

Topics include: Cutting's gifts to the Columbia, fund raising for the University, University finances, Cutting's opposition to the creation of a business school at the University, and relief work on Manhattan's lower East Side. Includes a number of detailed letters from Columbia president Seth Low regarding salaries, Low's opinions on departments and faculty members, and other topics

Routine correspondence regarding expenditures and reimbursements

Correspondence between Samuel S. Dale, a benefactor of Columbia University, and the University's president, secretary and clerk of the board of trustees. Correspondence relates to arrangements for Columbia to maintain the Thomas and Fanny Dale Memorial Library, which Dale had donated to the University

Correspondence between Jack Dalton and high level administrators at Columbia University. Dalton served as Dean of the University's School of Library Service. Correspondence relates to the school.

Topics include: appropriations, faculty affairs, faculty appointments, and membership on the advisory council of the school

Correspondence between Professor Henry W. L. Dana of the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, and Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia. Correspondence relates to Dana's dismissal from the University in 1917. Also, correspondence between butler and University administrators and trustees as well as letters to Butler from alumni regarding Dana's case.

Topics include: the controversy over Dana's memberships in The People's Council and the Collegiate Anti-Militaristic League, his dismissal from the University, and academic freedom. Also, correspondence regarding the activities of the Committee of Nine, the Committee on Education, and the Special committee of Inquiry into the State of Teaching in the University in relation to Dana's dismissal and issues of academic freedom

Correspondence between Charles S. Danielson, the bursar of Columbia University, and University administrators. Routine correspondence regarding the processing of salary, loan, gift, and other financial transactions

Correspondence between Edward A. Darling, superintendent of buildings and grounds at Columbia University, and the president of the University. Most of the records consist of correspondence, bids, proposals, and budgets regarding the purchase and development of Columbia's Morningside Heights campus.

Topics include: the removal of existing buildings, construction, meetings with Charles Follen McKim of the architectural firm of McKim, Meade & White, funding for the new site, and furnishing and equipping the new campus. Also, correspondence regarding the investigation of a theft of microscopes (1899) and correspondence regarding Darling's death and his bequest to the University (ca. 1903-1905)

Correspondence between William Darrach, dean of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, and the president and secretary of the University. Much of the correspondence relates to the medical school.

Topics include: activities and programs, faculty affairs, management of the school's libraries, faculty appointments and recruiting, prizes, fellowships, and research funding. Includes correspondence regarding the administration of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and the Vanderbilt Clinic. Also, correspondence and other records regarding the School of Tropical Medicine in Puerto Rico

Correspondence between Nilima Das of the Taraknath Das Foundation and high level administrators at Columbia University. Correspondence relates to the awarding of the Taraknath Das Foundation Prize to Leon Finder, a professor at Queens College. Includes a list of prize recipients. Also, correspondence regarding memorial lectures in honor of Taraknath Das and the routine business of the Das foundation

Correspondence between Taraknath Das, a lecturer in history and benefactor of Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Das was also chairman of the Taraknath Das Foundation and the Mary Keating Das Committee. Correspondence relates to the Mary Keating Das Memorial Lectures, Das' relations with Indian officials, and his work to promote Indian studies and the understanding of India in the United States. Includes a number of addresses and lectures regarding India. Also includes correspondence regarding the selection of Mary Keating Das lecturers and the management of the Mary Keating Das Fund. Includes invitations and routine correspondence

Correspondence between Henry David, executive director of the National Manpower Council, and high level administrators at Columbia University. The National Manpower Council, which was established under the auspices of Columbia's Graduate School of Business, consisted of representatives from business, labor, medicine, public service, and academia. The council studied human resources issues and worked to stimulate the use of human resources and the development of a national human resources policy. The records consist of correspondence, reports and statements regarding council research and correspondence relating to membership in the council.

Records include: the council's statement in response to federal equal pay legislation; an evaluation of the council's report on vocational education, A Policy for Skilled Manpower; correspondence regarding the council's Womanpower report (ca. June, 1957); correspondence relating to a study of the governmental labor force (ca. July, 1959); a printed compilation of reviews of council reports dating from 1951 to 1956 and council minutes dating from February 18, 1956 and November 17, 1956

Correspondence and other records regarding the dismissal of Arthur T. Davidson, head of surgery at Harlem Hospital, and Davidson's subsequent discrimination lawsuit against Columbia University. Includes reports regarding the case and correspondence between attorney's regarding settlements

Correspondence between Julian T. Davies, president of the Columbia College alumni association, and the president of Columbia University. Correspondence relates to alumni representation on the University's board of trustees, which was first approved in 1909. Correspondence also relates to fund raising

Correspondence between Milton J. Davies, assistant to the director of Columbia University's Extension Teaching division, and the secretary of the University. Includes correspondence with James C. Egbert, director of Extension Teaching. Correspondence relates to the Institute of Arts and Sciences, a program of public lectures and short courses which were offered through Columbia's continuing education division

Correspondence between Charles Davis and the president and secretary of Columbia University. Includes correspondence with the director of University Extension, Columbia's continuing education division. Davis was a benefactor of the University. Correspondence relates to a lecture series by psychologist Alfred Adler and the possibility of establishing an academy of human science

Correspondence between Kingsley Davis, head of the Bureau of Applied Social Research at Columbia University, and the president and vice president of the University. Correspondence relates to research projects and publications sponsored by the Bureau of Applied Social Research. Includes draft proposals (ca. 1953) to establish an international population research center. Also, routine correspondence regarding funding for Davis' own research projects from the Council for Research in the Social Sciences

Correspondence between Paul H. Davis and the high level administrators of Columbia University, University alumni, trustees, and donors. Davis was recruited in 1945 to head a ten-year development program for the University. He served as general secretary and, later, as the vice president in charge of development. Most of the records consist of correspondence, reports, minutes, agenda, and notes relating to the University's development, alumni relations, and public relations activities. Other related records include: clippings, pamphlets, lists, press releases and budgets. Also, correspondence relating to prizes, funds, gifts, and awards.

Topics include the Ambrose Monell Medal, Columbia American Scholars, the Harriman Estate (Arden House), and the Pupin Medal. Also includes records documenting preparations for the inauguration of University president Dwight D. Eisenhower and correspondence regarding Davis' appointment and resignation

Correspondence between William H. Davison and high level administrators at Columbia University. Davison was a professor of naval science and commanding officer of the University's Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) program. Correspondence relates to the NROTC program.

Topics include: faculty affairs, faculty appointments, and administrative issues. Includes a pamphlet regarding the NROTC program at Columbia (November, 1960)

Correspondence between Professor Charles R. Dawson and the president and vice president of Columbia University. Dawson was president of the Men's Faculty Club at the University and chairman of the University Committee on Athletic Eligibility. Correspondence relates to his appointment as chairman of the committee and a stag party that was held at the Men's faculty Club in April of 1959

Correspondence between Ray Dawson, professor of botany at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Correspondence relates to routine requests for permission to use University property for a series of auctions. Also, correspondence regarding the use of the mansion at the University's Nevis Estate in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York

Correspondence between Mrs. Robert W. Dayton, associate director of admissions at Barnard College, and the secretary of Columbia University. Correspondence relates to tuition exemption for the daughters of University faculty who were applying to Barnard

Correspondence between William Theodore De Bary and high level administrators at Columbia University. De Bary held a number of appointments at Columbia including professor of Chinese and Japanese, Horace Walpole Carpentier Professor of Oriental Studies, director of the Columbia College Oriental Studies Program, chairman of the Department of Chinese and Japanese, chairman of the Committee on Oriental Studies, director of the East Asian Language and Area Center, chairman of the Executive Committee of the University Senate, and vice president for academic affairs. Correspondence dating from 1958 to 1969 relates to Asian studies at Columbia. Correspondence dating from 1969 to 1971 relates to Columbia during the campus disturbances of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Also, a report from the Dean's Committee on the Humanities Courses in Columbia College to the dean of Columbia College (March, 1963). The report discusses the humanities portion of Columbia's Core Curriculum and includes the results of a survey of students in humanities courses.

Topics related to the Department of Chinese and Japanese include: appropriations, faculty appointments, the East Asian library, funding for programs and research, faculty affairs and immigration issues, budgeting, and the financial administration of departmental research projects. Topics related to Asian studies include: the Columbia College Oriental Studies Program (ca. 1960-1964); the Committee on Oriental Studies, which was established in 1961 to oversee undergraduate Asian studies; and the East Asian Language and Area Center, which was established to conduct research and education in the languages, cultures, and history of China, Japan, and Korea (ca. 1963-1965). related records include: an annual report of the college oriental studies program for the 1960-1961 academic year; annual reports of the Committee on Oriental Studies for the 1962-1963 1963-1964 and 1964-1965 academic years; comprehensive reports on the East Asian center for the 1962-1963 and 1964-1965 academic years as well as the Summer Sessions of 1964 and 1965 a report on the Ming Biographical History Project, a study of the 14th through the 17th centuries in China that was conducted by the Association for Asian Studies (October, 1964); and a press release regarding a high school Asian studies program (July, 1965). Includes three articles regarding Asian studies: Asian Studies for Undergraduates from the Journal of Higher Education (vol. xxx, no. 1); East Asian Studies: A Comprehensive Program from Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (vol. 356 November, 1964); and Education for a World Community from the Bulletin of the Association of American Colleges (vol. L, no. 4). Also, one file of substantive reports on the East Asian center dating from 1963 to 1964. Some of the reports are duplicates. Records dating from 1969 to 1971 relate to campus unrest and the business of the University Senate.

The records include a number of letters discussing policies regarding demonstrations and discipline. Includes a statement on campus unrest by University president Andrew Cordier (August, 1969) and a press release that quotes a letter from president William J. McGill regarding the disruption of a Puerto Rican history class by a demonstration. Also, substantive memoranda regarding University organization, policies, finances, and other University Senate agenda items. Records dating from 1971 consist of press releases regarding De Bary's appointment as vice president for academic affairs

Correspondence between Mario P. de Brito of the Administrative Department of Public Service in Brazil and the secretary of Columbia University. Correspondence relates to the translation of Columbia's bulletin into Portugese for distribution in Brazil

Correspondence between Robert W. De Forest, President of the Charity organization Society of the City of New York and Secretary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University. Also, correspondence between De Forest and Presbyterian Hospital administrators. Correspondence relates to the establishment of an affiliation agreement between Columbia and Presbyterian Hospital (ca. 1910-1911), relations between the University and the hospital, and relations between Columbia and the Metropolitan museum of Art

Correspondence between Manuel Ma. de Ynchausti and the provost and secretary of Columbia University. Correspondence relates to Ynchausti's anonymous gift in support of a lecturing position at the University for Dr. Jose Antonio de Aguirre

Correspondence between Bashford Dean, adjunct professor of zoology at Columbia University, and the president and secretary of the University. Also includes Dean's letters to Henry Fairfield Osborn, Da Costa Professor of Biology at Columbia University.

Topics include: field work, research trips, the acquisition of specimens. Includes correspondence describing specimens viewed in the field or at other institutions. Also, correspondence regarding fellowships and facilities in the departments of biology and zoology. Dean was also director of the College of the City of New York Summer School of Biology which was held at Cold Spring Harbor, New York (ca. 1890). Includes a detailed report discussing the: student body, lectures, curriculum, organization, equipment, and expenses of the school

Correspondence between Herbert A. Deane and high level administrators at Columbia University. Deane's appointments included dean of the Graduate Faculties and vice provost of academic planning. Most of the correspondence related to the Graduate Faculties is routine. However, some correspondence relates to: student affairs and discipline, faculty affairs, demonstrations, and relations between students and the administration. Includes Deane's speech on student attitudes towards institutions (1968). In particular, the speech addresses anarchist and nihilist opposition to institutions. As vice provost, Deane was charged with evaluating and revising the University's structure and mission. Includes a proposal for changes to the organization and government of the University (1968). Among other topics, the proposal discusses discipline, the role of the faculty, and the relationship of students to the administration. Also, correspondence regarding Deane's personnel issues

Records regarding the appointment of Irving DeKoff as director of student interests at Columbia University. Most of the records relate to personnel issues and other routine topics

Correspondence between Milton C. Del Manzo, provost of Teachers College at Columbia University, and the provost and secretary of the University.

Topics include membership in the Faculty of Teachers College, student affairs, and enrollment privileges for Teachers College and University courses. Includes a copy of the revised by-laws of Teachers College dated September, 1941

Correspondence between George T. Delacorte, president of Dell Publishing Company, and the president and vice president of Columbia University. Correspondence relates to Delacorte's gifts to Columbia. Includes correspondence regarding funding for the College Walk landscaping project and the erection of gates on College Walk at the Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue entrances to Columbia's Morningside Heights campus. Also includes numerous routine acknowledgement letters

Correspondence between Edward C. Delafield and administrators at Columbia University. Correspondence relates to Delafield's gift to Columbia of his estate, Fieldston Hall, for use as a botanical garden.

Topics include: the renaming of the estate as the Edward C. Delafield Botanical Garden, issues regarding taxes and the rebuilding of city streets through and around the estate, possible uses for the house and land, and the question of who would live in the main house at the estate. Includes a report regarding the estate and Delafield as well as a newspaper clipping regarding the gift of the estate. Also includes correspondence regarding Delafield's complaints that the property was not being used as he intended

Correspondence between Fred DelliQuadri, dean of the New York School of Social Work, and high level administrators at Columbia University. The records consist of correspondence and reports relating to the school.

Topics include: faculty appointments, events, funding for the school, alumni relations, development, cooperation between the school and social service agencies, gifts to the school, the management of loan funds, and faculty affairs. Also, many of the records dating from 1964 to 1965 consist of correspondence and reports regarding the Mobilization for Youth program, which was established to control and prevent juvenile delinquency on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Also includes a file of records regarding a reception for Dean DelliQuadri and his wife. Records related to the school of social work include: records regarding the school's change of name to the Columbia University School of Social Work (1962); by-laws of the school's advisory council and a summary report regarding the council (January, 1963); annual reports of the school from the 1961-1962 1963-1964 and 1965-1966 academic years; and a proposal to establish a center for training and research in intergroup relations to be named for Eleanor Roosevelt (July, 1966)

Correspondence between Adam DeNisco, Columbia University's security officer, and University administrators. The correspondence is routine

Correspondence between Edward T. Devine, director of the School of philanthropy and general secretary of the Charity Organization Society of the City of New York, and high level administrators at Columbia University. Correspondence documents Columbia's activities in relation to social work, social services, charities, and hospitals. Also, correspondence regarding the School of Philanthropy.

Topics include: Columbia's financial support for the school, relations between the school and the University, and faculty appointments in the school. Devine also served as a special representative of the American Red Cross. Includes correspondence discussing his work as a representative of the Red Cross after the San Fransisco earthquake of 1906 as an observer of the condition of German prisoners in Russian camps during World War I, and as a relief worker in Paris between 1916 and 1918. Much of this correspondence is administrative. However, there is some discussion of Devine's activities and of conditions in the field

Correspondence between John Dewey, professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Psychology at Columbia University, and the president and secretary of the University. Correspondence relates to the department.

Topics include: special lectures, facilities, faculty appointments, budgeting, fellowships, and course scheduling. Also, correspondence regarding Dewey's personnel issues and memberships on University committees

Correspondence between Thomas E. Dewey, governor of New York, and Columbia University administrators. Correspondence relates to invitations for Dewey to speak at University events. Includes invitations for Dewey to speak at the 25th anniversary of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center

Correspondence between Aquilla G. Dibrell, professor of naval science in the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) at Columbia University, and University administrators. Correspondence relates to the NROTC program.

Topics include: facilities, prizes and awards, personnel, and NROTC policies and programs. Includes invitations

Correspondence between Frank A. Dickey and the president, secretary, and consulting engineer of Columbia University. Dickey served as assistant registrar and registrar of the University. Correspondence relates to the numerous responsibilities of the Registrar's Office.

Topics include: fees, classroom size, examination procedures, student records, and diplomas. Includes a report on examination procedures in the law school and a report on the operation of the student mail system

Correspondence between Lois Dickson, acting foreign student advisor at Columbia University, and University administrators. Correspondence relates to issues involving international students.

Topics include: admissions, orientation, financial aid, immigration and visas, and events. Includes: correspondence regarding admissions and financial aid for Hungarian students during the 1950s directories of international students dating from 1957 and a copy of Columbia Worldwide, the international student newsletter. According to a note in the file, correspondence dated prior to 1956 is filed under Lois D. Stitch

Correspondence between Frederick Dielman of the National Academy of Design and the president of Columbia University. Correspondence relates to an agreement between the University and the academy and the formation of a faculty of fine arts at Columbia

Correspondence between John Dillenberger, associate professor of religion and acting executive officer of the Department of Religion at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Correspondence relates to administrative issues involving the department. Includes supporting documents for a report on the relationship between Columbia and Union Theological Seminary

Correspondence between Carolyn C. Dilworth, administrative assistant to the dean of the School of Law at Columbia University, and University administrators. Correspondence relates to various issues.

Topics include: the school's Hardship Fund, a gift to the school from Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone, prizes, and student affairs

Correspondence between Professor William Bell Dinsmoor and the high level administrators of Columbia University. Dinsmoor held appointments as professor of architecture and, later, professor of archeology. He served as executive officer of the Department of Fine Arts, which was reorganized as the Department of Fine Arts and Archeology. Records relate to the department and to attempts to establish a University arts center. Most of the records dating from the 1930s consist of correspondence, reports and proposals which evaluate the faculty, organization, curriculum, and future needs of the Department of Fine Arts. Correspondence and budgets also document the routine business of the department during this period.

Topics include: budgeting, finances, faculty affairs, and relations with the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In particular, the correspondence discusses the appointment of Professor Margaret Beiber, who was a displaced German scholar, and her status in the department. Most of the records dating from the 1940s to the 1950s consist of correspondence and budgets relating to the department.

Topics include: faculty affairs, faculty appointments, budgeting, and finances. Includes proposals to establish a fine arts center and a University art museum (ca. 1947). Also includes correspondence regarding a proposed Apollinic Festival of fine arts, letters, and sciences (ca. 1936). Also, correspondence regarding Dinsmoor's personnel issues and research

Correspondence between Richard Dirlick, an employee in the Alumni Records Center at Columbia University, and University administrators. most of the records consist of routine forms relating to alumni mailings and address updates

Records forwarded from Moritz A. Dittmar to Columbia University president Grayson Kirk. Dittmar was secretary of Columbia University's College of Pharmacy. Records include: minutes of the Board of Trustees of the College of Pharmacy; the by-laws of the college; and reports from the dean, treasurer, and other administrators of the college.

Correspondence between Morgan Dix and the president of Columbia University. Dix was rector of the Parish of Trinity Church in New York City, a Columbia trustee, and a member of the trustees' committee on honors. Much of the correspondence relates to honorary degrees, University ceremonies, and faculty appointments. Dix also served on the committee on the Course and the Committee on Education. Correspondence dating from 1890 to 1895 relates to the curriculum in a number of Columbia's schools. Also includes: correspondence regarding religious issues involving the teaching of Hebrew Scriptures (April, 1904); Dix's recommendation letters for candidates for admission to the University; and newspaper clippings regarding his death in 1909

Correspondence between Professor Elliot V. K. Dobbie and Columbia University administrators. Correspondence relates to the Faculty of Philosophy. Topics include faculty appointments and salaries

Correspondence between David L. Dodd, associate dean of the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University, and University administrators and faculty. Most of the records relate to the school. Topics include: course scheduling, facilities, personnel, and financial aid. Includes a 1952 proposal regarding the revision of accounting courses for the business major. Also, correspondence regarding the reorganization of the University's administration that took place in 1949 and the establishment of the Office of the Vice President for Business Affairs

Correspondence between Harold W. Dodds, president of Princeton University, and high level administrators at Columbia University. The records consist of correspondence and press releases relating to Dodds' address before the Columbia University Bicentennial opening dinner. Includes the text of his address. Also, correspondence between Dodds and University president Grayson Kirk regarding the Association of American Universities. Includes memoranda from Dodds regarding the response to a statement on academic freedom that was released by the association in March, 1953

Correspondence between Grace H. Dodge, a founder and benefactor of Teachers College at Columbia University, and University presidents Seth low and Nicholas Murray Butler. Most of the correspondence is between Dodge and President Low.

Topics include: the representation of Teachers College on University governing bodies, financial relations between the College and the University, the extension of University privileges to Teachers College students, faculty appointments, issues regarding women students, and the administration of Teachers College and Columbia University. Includes correspondence regarding religious quotas for admission to the Horace Mann School at Teachers College (ca. 1908). Correspondence between Dodge and President Butler deals primarily with Teachers College finances and the membership of the college's board of trustees. Includes correspondence regarding Butler's plan to absorb the Teachers College board into the University's board of trustees and the affiliation of the two institutions in 1914

Correspondence between Marcellus Hartley Dodge and the trustees and high level administrators of Columbia University. Dodge was an alumnus, benefactor, and trustee of the University and also servied as clerk of the University's board of trustees. Contains mostly routine business or courtesy correspondence on a variety of topics as well as invitations, cover letters, and acknowledgement letters. Also, correspondence relating to fund raising, campus development, the acquisition of real estate, gifts to the University, donor relations, and trustee relations

Correspondence between William E. Dodge, a benefactor of Columbia University, and University president Seth Low. Most of the correspondence relates to Earl Hall, Columbia's nondenominational religious and social center. Dodge funded Earl Hall as a memorial to his son