World Trade Center collection, 9999
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1894
- Bib ID:
- 6310236 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Columbia University. Libraries
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 32 linear feet (34 record storage cartons)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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Material is unprocessed. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Description
Summary
Papers from individual students, staff, or faculty members are welcome. Secondly, the Libraries will also accept collections of materials in any language or format from any part of the world that document the crisis and the continuing its continuing effects. Photographs, e-mails, letters, pamphlets, flyers, audio-tapes and other items are all welcome. These will eventually form a World Trade Center Archive, available for research or study.
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
Material is unprocessed. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); World Trade Center Collection; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
accn number: Source of acquisition--[source of acquisition]. Method of acquisition--Gift, Purchase, etc; Date of acquisition--date.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Collection-level record describing unprocessed material made public in summer 2018 as part of the Hidden Collections initiative.
Papers processed mmb 5/2/1999.
Papers appraised appraiser [date].
Biographical / Historical
The tragic events of September 11 have had an enormous and continuing impact on the Columbia community. As a side effect, they have generated an abundance of paper and electronic records. We in the Libraries and the University Archives have formed an emergency committee in the hope of saving these records and making sure they will be available for future study. First, we urge those who have responsibility for maintaining departmental, divisional, or other files to be particularly careful to preserve these local records so that they may become part of the permanent record of the effects of the disaster and the University's response to it. The University Archives, the Health Sciences Archives, and the Law School Archives are accepting all records generated by the crisis along with any printed or ephemeral material produced on campus for deposit in their collections, where they will be cataloged and made available for future use.
Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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