Flat Files Collection, 1754-2024

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Series XIII. Subject Files-Oversize, 1910-2004

This series contains oversize material that would normally be included in the subject's Historical Subject File.



Box Flat Box 4 Buildings and Grounds: Journalism World Room



Box Flat Box 5 Buildings and Grounds: Uris Hall, undated


Buildings and Grounds: Rockefeller Center and Upper Estate, undated



Box Flat Box 8 World's Fair Flyer: Opening Exercises and Announcement Posters, 1922-1925, 1928, 1934-1935, 1939


SASL Bach Society, Posters and Phonographic Record, 2000-2004


University Senate, Diploma Design, 2004


Fundraising Development Project, 1951



Box Flat Box 11 Commencement, Illustrations from The New York Times, 1910, 1913


Columbia College Admissions Brochure, 1990s



Box Flat Box 16 Buildings and Grounds: Nevis Laboratories and Estate, undated


Buildings and Grounds: Proposed Gymnasium in Morningside Park, undated



Box Flat Box 18 Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory "Open House", 2003 October 4



Box 15-L-5 Drawer 5 MTA "Train of Thought" Posters, 2008

(4) rectangular posters with image and text selected by Columbia University in the City of New York which were displayed on buses ("BusTalk") and subways ("SubTalk") in 2008. Quotes are from John Stuart Mill, Immanuel Kant, Isaac Newton, and George Eliot. Images are of RBML rare books and collection material.