This series consists of one black leather album containing 105 archive-quality 5x7 inch historic photos (of which 90 are manually darkroom-produced, black-and-white enlargements, mainly from negatives) depicting Columbia College student life and related current events during 1963-1965. Identifying information about each image is noted in the container list.
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Victor Kayfetz, '66 CC, at Home, 1963 June 20
(Photo by Dan Kayfetz, M.D., '37CC, who worked at the Columbia Rare Books Library in the mid-1930s.)
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Sunset view east from Victor's apartment, 1963 June 17
(View is toward 109th and Broadway, near Columbia.)
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Arthur Gandolfi, '66CC, 1963 July 4
(Waiting in New York for his Republican student group's bus to Draft Goldwater rally, Washington, D.C.)
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Arthur Gandolfi, '66CC, 1963 July 4
(With his Republican group at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington. D.C.)
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Washington D.C. Armory, 1963 July 4
(Venue for Draft Goldwater rally)
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Senator John Tower, R-Texas, 1963 July 4
(addressing Draft Goldwater Rally, Washington, D.C.)
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Start of black voter registration rally at Columbia's Sun Dial, 1963 October 11
(Rally was to register voters for Plaquemin Parish, Louisiana . Michael Harrison, '66 CC at right.)
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Black voter registration rally at Columbia, 1963 October 11
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Black voter registration rally at Columbia, 1963 October 11
(Unidentifed person collecting contributions)
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After black registration voter rally at Columbia, 1963 October 11
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Pickets protesting speech by Madame Nhu (Trần Lệ Xuân), First Lady of South Vietnam, 1963 October 12
(outside McMillan Theatre, Columbia University)
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Pickets protesting speech by Madame Nhu, 1963 October 12
(outside McMillan Theatre, Columbia University. Looking north.)
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Madame Nhu, First Lady of South Vietnam, speaking at McMillan Theater, Columbia., 1963 October 12
( Her 18-year-old daughter Ngô Đình Lệ Thủy sits the background.)
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Dwight D. Eisenhower speaking at Ferris Booth Hall, Columbia, 1963 November 21
(Columbia President Grayson Kirk and Abbot Rudolf, '64CC at left.)
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Crowds outside U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., 1963 November 25
(Top photo on page; crowd waiting to view coffin of assassinated President John F. Kennedy)
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JFK's coffin at head of his funeral procession, Washington, D.C., 1963 Novemver 25
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JFK's funeral procession, Washington, D.C., 1963 November 25
(Top photo on page; including Robert, Jacqueline and Ted Kennedy at right, President Lyndon Johnson at left.)
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JFK's funeral procession, Washington, D.C.,, 1963 November 25
(Bottom photo on page; image taken a few seconds later with Lyndon Johnson at center left.)
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A Columbia College sophomore's desk, Furnald Hall, 1963 November 29
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Baseball game at Baker Field, 1964 April 9
(2 photos; CCNY beat Columbia 5-0)
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Freshman dormitory applicants, 1964 April 15
(2 photos. Students waiting overnight for sign-up opportunity in Livingston - now Wallach - Hall.)
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Freshman dormitory applicants waiting overnight, 1964 April 15
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David B. Truman, 1964 April 21
(Top photo; Columbia College Dean speaking at "Dialogue on Student Political Apathy", Harkness Theater, Columbia)
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Léonie Fuller Adams, 1964 April 21
(Bottom photo; Poet and Columbia English teacher reading her work)
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Amitai Etzioni, 1964 April 21
(Associate Professor of Sociology speaking on "Socialism in the Nuclear Age" at Wollman Auditorium, Columbia)
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Picketers at Schaefer Center, 1964 April 22
(Top photo; protesting alleged job discrimination against blacks and Puerto Ricans by the beer company. Opening Day, New York World's Fair, Queens)
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Demonstrator confronts beer drinker at Schaefer Center, 1964 April 22
(Bottom photo; Opening Day of New York World's Fair, Queens)
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Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) demonstrators, 1964 April 22
(Top photo; sitting on the bar at Schaefer Center, New York World's Fair. Columbia's CORE chapter sent 26 members to demonstrate.)
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Policeman and CORE demonstrators, 1964 April 22
(Bottom photo; Policeman with bullhorn tells CORE demonstrators at Schaefer Center, New York World's Fair, to disperse or face arrest)
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Mike Flug '66CC and Louis Perez '67 CC, 1964 April 22
(Columbia CORE demonstrators handcuffed together after being pulled off the bar at Schaefer Center, New York World's Fair. Perez had a front tooth knocked out as he was dragged from the bar by Pinkerton security guards.)
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Joel Berger '65CC and Senator Kenneth Keating (R., New York), 1964 April 24
(soliciting a Draft Stevenson signature from incumbent Senator Kenneth Keating outside Ferris Booth Hall at Columbia)
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Joel Berger '65CC and John W. Alexander, 1964 April 24
(Top photo; Berger getting a Draft Stevenson signature from the Columbia College Assistant Dean.)
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Senator Kenneth Keating (R., New York) talking with students, 1964 April 24
(Bottom photo; to the Senator's right o his right: Ira Katznelson '66CC and Jesse Berman '66CC.)
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Senator Kenneth Keating (R., New York), 1964 April 24
(Senator being interviewed by a Columbia student)
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Columbia College Geology Class Field Trip, 1964 April 30
(Top photo; field trip to the Delaware Water Gap on the New Jersey-Pennsylvania border.)
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Tom Cornelius '66CC on a geology class field trip, 1964 April 30
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Columbia College Geology Class Field Trip, 1964 April 30
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Columbia College Geology Class Field Trip, 1964 April 30
("ice cream lover" student on field trip)
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Picketers in front of the Soviet UN Mission, 1964 May 1
(Top photo; including 30 Columbia students protesting treatment of Jews mainly in Russia, on International Workers' Day)
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TGIF Party, Ferris Booth Hall Patio, 1964 May 1
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TGIF Party, Ferris Booth Hall Patio, 1964 May 1
(Close-up of musicians and neighborhood kids.)
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TGIF Party, Ferris Booth Hall Patio, 1964 May 1
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TGIF Party, Ferris Booth Hall Patio, 1964 May 1
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Columbia Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) members at their Awards Ceremony, 1964 May 8
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Columbia NROTC Awards Ceremony, 1964 May 8
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Protesting Columbia NROTC Awards Ceremony on Low Library steps, 1964 May 8
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"Social Mockers" staging a fake murder, 1964 May 8
(Top photo; as a protest during Columbia NROTC Awards Ceremony, near Butler Library.)
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Columbia College Freshman Orientation, 1964 September
(Bottom photo; Jeff Garrett '68CC and Paul de Bary '68CC in front row.)
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Columbia College Freshman Orientation, 1964 September
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Law School Bridge Construction, 1964 September
(Bottom photo; looking north at bridge being built over Amsterdam Avenue)
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Robert F. Kennedy at Ferris Booth Hall, 1964 October 5
(campaigning at Columbia for Republican Kenneth Keating's seat in the U.S. Senate representing New York)
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Robert F. Kennedy in a crowd of Columbia students, 1964 October 5
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New York City policeman entering Morningside Park at night, 1964 October 14
(Bottom photo; Taken for Spectator series "Crime in Morningside".
)
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Apartment robbery victims in nightclothes with policeman, 1964 October 16
(Top photo; Taken for "Crime in Morningside" series.)
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Resident in garbage-filled hallway at Bryn Mawr SRO, 1964 October 14
(Bottom photo; troubled single-room occupancy (SRO) hotel on 121st Street. Taken for "Crime in Morningside" series.)
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Ragpicker with his horse and wagon, Morningside Heights, 1964
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Wine Merchants' Society president speaking at Ferris Booth Hall, 1964 October 21
(Bottom photo; before wine tasting)
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Wine tasting at Ferris Booth Hall, 1964 October 21
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Republican students promoting Barry Goldwater for President, 1964 October
(Bottom photo; students at an outdoor table)
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Democratic students promoting Lyndon Johnson for President and Hubert Humphrey for Vice President, 1964 October
(Top photo; At right is Joel Berger '65CC. )
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Bishop Homer A. Tomlinson visits Columbia, 1964 October 29
(Bottom photo; Homer was the Theocratic Party candidate for President)
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Students at official Democratic election night party, 1964 November 3
(Party held at the Statler Hilton - now Pennsylvania Hotel - in Manhattan)
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Democratic election night party at Statler Hilton, 1964 November 3
(with slide of Robert Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson shaking hands.)
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Democratic election night party, Statler Hilton, Manhattan, 1964 November 3
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Kenneth A. Lohf, 1964 November
(Assistant Director of Special Collections, Columbia University Library, showing a rare bound volume)
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Students playing touch football in Riverside Park, 1964 November 29
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Neighborhood kids on a rock in Riverside Park, 1964 November 29
(Bottom photo; Riverside Church in the background)
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Mario Savio, 1964 December 11
(Top photo; Savio was leader of the Free Speech Movement at University of California, Berkeley, speaking outdoors at Columbia)
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Crowd gathering to hear Mario Savio, 1964 December 11
(Bottom photo; crowd in center of Columbia's campus)
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Mario Savio, 1964 December 11
(speaking to a crowd outdoors at Columbia)
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Christopher Dykema '66CC, 1965 February 2
(Dykema dates: 1944-2008), who later became a social worker in New York. Taken at his home near Columbia)
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Andrew W. Cordier unveiling the design of the new International Affairs building, 1965 February 3
(Top photo; Cordier was International Affairs School Dean. The SIPA building was designed by Harrison & Abramovitz)
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Dean Andrew W. Cordier and a model of the planned International Affairs building, 1965 February 2
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Burned-out Black Muslim mosque in Harlem, 1965 February 27
(following assassination of Malcolm X)
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Picketers on 125th Street, 1965 February 27
(demanding that stores close to honor the assassinated Malcolm X)
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Technician adjusting dials in the boiler room under Uris Hall, 1965 February
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Columbia student in zoology class dissecting a frog, 1965
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Barnard Gilbert & Sullivan Society's production of "The Mikado", 1965 April 7
(Top photo; at Minor Latham Playhouse, featuring Antonia Hess, J. Harris Spero, and Diane Tramontini.)
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Barnard G&S Society's "Mikado", 1965 April 7
(Bottom photo; showing Robert Binder and Tom Neugebauer.
)
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"Il Troubleshootore" Varsity Show, 1964 May
(70th annual Varsity Show, opening night. Bill Henderson as Zachary Mandolin confronts Stephanie Ellington as Fanciulla Delawest. Music by Daniel Paget, lyrics by Howard Kissel.)
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"Il Troubleshootore" Varsity Show, 1964 May
(At left is Anthony Abeson)
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Big Men on Campus outside Ferris Booth Hall, 1964 May 5
(Person on left is Robert Kronley '65CC)
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Columbia Daily Spectator office, Early 1965
(Top photo; Dan Epstein '66CC and Stan Sesser '65CC.
)
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The new Spectator editors, 1965 March
(Bottom photo; Jesse Berman, Philip Brenner, Stephen Steiner, David Spiegel (top), Daniel Epstein, Michael Drosnin. Michael Gengler, all '66C.)
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The new Spectator business staff, 1965 March
(Harold Jawetz, Steve Weiner, Cliff Kern (top), Mike Talbot, Jay Goldsamt, Stuart Schlang, all '66CC or '67CC)
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Spectator office, 1964 October 9
(Stephen Steiner, Business Manager L. Michael Kruger and Editor Donald H. Shapiro.
)
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Spectator office, 1964 October
(Bill Wertheim '65CC with his latest photo for the newspaper. Also a poet and political activist.
)
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Spectator office, 1964 October 14
(Michael Drosnin, later Editor.)
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Spectator office, 1964 October
(Edwin Goodgold '65CC, Features Editor.)
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First All-University Trivia Contest, 1965 March 1
(Two photos; Showing judges Doron Gopstein '66CC, '67L, Dan Carlinsky '65CC, Edwin Goodgold and Arnold Fleischer '65CC.)
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Satirical montage for the April Fool's issue of Spectator, 1965
(Mad science professor has turned student into a lab rat and is now ready to sacrifice him.)
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Montage for the April Fool's issue of Spectator, 1965
(History Professor Orest Ranum closing the books on student)
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Columbia College students playing banjo and guitar, 1964
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Columbia College students playing banjo and guitar, 1964
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Students and their dates at a dance in Ferris Booth Hall, 1964
(Bottom photo; At right is Stuart Schlang)
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Broadway between 113th and 114th Streets, 1964
(Top photo; West End bar and restaurant)
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Columbia College Dean David B. Truman, 1964
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Guitarist with female fan, 1964
(Top photo; in Greenwich Village)
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Cheerful-looking woman in conversation, 1964
(Bottom photo; Washington Square Park, Greenwich Village)
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Outdoor chess game in Greenwich Village, 1964
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Washington Square crowd in Greewich Village, 1964
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A Morningside Heights neighbor, 1964