Class Photograph Albums Collection, 1856-1902

Class Photograph Albums Collection, 1856-1902

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
UA#0131
Bib ID:
10278078 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Columbia University
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
26 linear feet (112 flat boxes)
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.

This collection is located onsite.

This collection has no restrictions.

Description

Summary

A collection of photo albums (111 items) representing the faculty and graduating classes of Columbia College (now known as Columbia University in the City of New York), and more specifically, the School of Arts (the undergraduate college now known as Columbia College). While the majority of the albums represent Columbia College, there are a few from other Schools including: the School of Law, the School of Mines, and the School of Music. Additionally, there is one album with portraits of Trustees, one from the School of Mines Summer School of Practical Engineering, and one documenting the performance of Capt. Kidd.

Arrangement

Arranged in one series.

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.

This collection is located onsite.

This collection has no restrictions.

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); Class Photograph Albums Collection; Box and Folder; University Archives, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accrual

No additions are expected

Immediate Source of Acquisition

2002.041.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Collection processed Jennifer Ulrich 2002.

Finding Aid written Jocelyn Wilk August 2012.

Finding Aid further edited Adrien Hilton February 2012.

Revision Description

2013-05-31 xml document instance created by Adrien Hilton

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

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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Genre/Form
Cabinet photographs
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Photographs
Name
Columbia College (New York, N.Y.)
Columbia University
Subject
Portraits

Series I: Class Photograph Albums, 1856-1902


Box 1

Columbia College, 1862


Box 2

Columbia College, 1862


Box 3

Columbia College, 1862


Box 4

Columbia College, 1862

(Includes Civil War-era photographs in the final pages of the album: "St. Maurice, a Mississippi steamer"; "the U.S. Mississippi"; "the wharf-boat at Baton Rouge"; "the State House - Baton Rouge"; "Corporal in Negro Regiment"; "beauties of the institution, Baton Rouge"; "contraband as they enter our lives"; "contraband quarters - Baton Rouge"; "contraband just in"; J. Fennimore Cooper.)


Box 5

Columbia College, 1863


Box 6

Columbia College, 1863


Box 7

Columbia College, 1863


Box 8

Columbia College, 1864


Box 9

Columbia College, 1864


Box 10

Columbia College, 1865


Box 11

Columbia College, 1865


Box 12

Columbia College, 1865


Box 13

Columbia College, 1866


Box 14

Columbia College, 1866


Box 15

Columbia College, 1866


Box 16

Columbia College, 1867


Box 17

Columbia College, 1867


Box 18

Columbia College, 1867


Box 19

Columbia College, 1868


Box 20

Columbia College, 1869


Box 21

Columbia College, 1870


Box 22

Columbia College, 1871


Box 23

Columbia College, 1871


Box 24

Columbia College, 1872


Box 25

Columbia College, 1873


Box 26

Columbia College, 1856

(Lithographs)


Box 27

Columbia College, 1858


Box 28

Columbia College, 1873


Box 29

Columbia College, 1873


Box 30

Columbia College, 1874


Box 31

Columbia College, 1874


Box 32

Columbia College includes Minutes, 1874


Box 33

Columbia College--25th Anniversary of Class of 1874, 1899


Box 34

Columbia College, 1863


Box 35

Columbia College/School of Mines, 1873, 1876, 1873, 1876


Box 36

Columbia College, 1874


Box 37

Columbia College, 1874


Box 38

Columbia College, 1875


Box 39

Columbia College, 1878


Box 40

School of Mines, 1881


Box 41

School of Mines, 1882


Box 42

Columbia College, 1887


Box 43

Columbia College, 1859


Box 44

Columbia College, 1879


Box 45

Columbia College, 1880


Box 46

Columbia College, 1880


Box 47

Columbia College, 1886


Box 48

School of Mines, 1890


Box 49

School of Mines, 1882


Box 50

Columbia College, 1888


Box 51

Columbia College, 1883


Box 52

Columbia College, 1881


Box 53

Columbia College, 1888


Box 54

Columbia College, 1878


Box 55

Columbia College, 1878


Box 56

Columbia College, 1882


Box 57

School of Mines, 1888


Box 58

School of Mines, 1878


Box 59

Columbia College, 1886


Box 60

Columbia College, 1888

Complete set, includes full set of campus photographs.


Box 61

Columbia College, 1882


Box 62

Columbia College, 1885


Box 63

Columbia College, 1884


Box 64

Columbia College, 1884


Box 65

Columbia College, 1879


Box 66

Columbia College, 1881


Box 67

Columbia College, 1883


Box 68

Columbia College, 1860


Box 69

Columbia College, 1877


Box 70

Columbia College, 1883


Box 71

School of Mines, 1884


Box 72

Columbia College, 1880


Box 73

Columbia College, 1881


Box 74

School of Mines, 1884


Box 75

Columbia College, 1861


Box 76

Columbia College, 1862


Box 77

Columbia College, 1882


Box 78

Columbia College, 1882


Box 79

Columbia College, 1861


Box 80

School of Mines, 1883


Box 81

"Portrait of Trustees", 1902

(In commemoration of the installation of University President Nicholas Murray Butler.)


Box 82

Columbia College, 1881


Box 83

School of Mines, 1884


Box 84

Columbia College, 1883


Box 85

School of Mines, 1886


Box 86

Columbia College, 1859


Box 87

Columbia College, 1859


Box 88

Columbia College, 1859


Box 89

Columbia College, 1859


Box 90

Columbia College, 1859


Box 91

Columbia College, 1860


Box 92

Columbia College, 1860


Box 93

Columbia College, 1860


Box 94

Columbia College, 1856

(Lithographs)


Box 95

Columbia College, 1856

(Lithographs)


Box 96

Columbia College, 1862


Box 97

Columbia College, 1862


Box 98

School of Law, 1862


Box 99

Columbia College, 1882


Box 100

Columbia College, 1871


Box 101

Columbia College, 1876


Box 102

Columbia College, 1881


Box 103

Columbia College, 1883


Box 104

Columbia College, undated


Box 105

Columbia College, 1880


Box 106

Columbia College, 1880


Box 107

Columbia College, 1881


Box 108

Columbia College, 1888


Box 109

School of Mines Summer School of Practical Mining, 1879


Box 110

Columbia College, 1883


Box 111

Columbia College Capt. Kidd Performance,, 1888


Box 112

Columbia College, 1860