Columbia University historical recordings, 1902-1985

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
UA#0315
Bib ID:
4078636 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Columbia University
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
18.55 linear feet (21 document boxes, 1 record carton, 4 oversize boxes, 10 phonograph album boxes, and 1 OS flat box.)
Language(s):
English , Japanese .
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 on-site.

Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. All original copies of audio / moving image media are closed. Email rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Description

Summary

An artificial collection of phonograph records, reels of audio tape recordings, and motion picture films recording a variety of Columbia University academic and extra-curricular activities and events such as lectures; speeches, some at award ceremonies; commencement; installation of Nicholas M. Butler and Dwight D. Eisenhower as presidents of the university; King George VI of England during his visit, 1939; speech of England's Queen Mother, Elizabeth in 1954; homecoming; football, the band; academic and alumni conferences; and radio programs under the auspices of Columbia. Many of the recordings are of Eisenhower. Other prominent personalities include John Foster Dulles, Herbert Hoover, Isidor Rabi, Eleanor Roosevelt, John R. Dunning, and the Shah of Iran.

Arrangement

Cataloged.

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 on-site.

Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. All original copies of audio / moving image media are closed. Email rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Columbia University Historical Recordings; Box and Folder; University Archives, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.

Ownership and Custodial History

Transferred from Columbiana, 1974 & 1977; Gift of the Columbia University Engineering Alumni Association, 1979.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Columbiana. Method of acquisition--Transfer; Date of acquisition--1974. Accession number--M-74.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 05/05/89. EAD container list created by Emily Burns CC 2018 and Jocelyn Wilk. Finding Aid written by Jocelyn Wilk in August 2019.

Revision Description

2019-08-23 Collection number changed from MS#0258 to UA#0315.

2020-07-09 Links to first batch of digitized material added. kws

2022-03-30 Updated box location for items formerly in Box 3 that moved to Box 4 after digitization. (JR)

2023-09-19 Added box 37 to collection. (JW)

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
Phonograph records CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Slides (photographs) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sound recordings CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Tape recordings CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Video recordings (physical artifacts) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Columbia University -- : Alumni and alumnae CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Columbia University -- : Anniversaries, etc CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Columbia University -- : Football CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Columbia University -- : History CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Columbia University -- : Presidents CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Dunning, John R (John Ray), 1907-1975 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Eisenhower, Dwight D (Dwight David), 1890-1969 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
George, King of Great Britain, VI, 1895-1952 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1919-1980 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Rabi, I. I (Isidor Isaac), 1898-1988 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Bands (Music) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Motion pictures CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Radio programs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- New York CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID