Series I. Benjamin Franklin Miller, 1817-1847
The papers consist of the Miller's undated lecture notes in bound notebook format, copies of poems and translations, a travel notebook, miscellaneous notes, and a few letters. The lecture notes represent the lectures of a number of early nineteenth century professors, including Nathaniel Fish and Chancellor Kent (law), but not all professors were identified. The 1817 and 1847 materials may be those of family members.
Box 1 Folder 1
Correspondence and Notes, 1817-1847
Box 1 Folder 2
Poetry, Lecture Notes, circa, 1829-1831
Notebooks, undated
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Mechanics
Box 1 Folder 4
Natural Science
Box 1 Folder 5
Philosophy, Civil Government
Box 1 Folder 6
Law
Box 1 Folder 7
Moral Philosophy
Box 1 Folder 8
Literature
Box 1 Folder 9
History of Britain
Box 1 Folder 10
Chancellor Kent's Lectures
Box 1 Folder 11
Travel Notebook
Box 1 Folder 12
Roman Philosophy
Box 1 Folder 13
Greek and Latin
Box 1 Folder 14
Poetry
Box 1 Folder 15
Greek History
Box 1 Folder 16
History of Literature
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Rules of Composition
Box 2 Folder 2
Blair's Lectures, Philosophy
Series II. Walter Trimble, 1878-1933
Series II contains lecture notes from the School of law. The notes were taken by Trimble while a student at Harvard Law School and Columbia's School of Law.
Box 3 Folder 1
Provenance Information, 1933
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Lecture notes, Harvard '79, Fine Arts, 1878-1880
Box 3 Folder 3
Lecture notes, Harvard Law School, 1879-1880
Box 3 Folder 4
Lecture notes on Equity, School of Law, 1880
Box 3 Folder 5
Lecture notes, School of Law, Burgess, 1880
Lecture notes, School of Law
Box 3 Folder 6 to 7
1880, (2 Folders)
Box 3 Folder 8 to 9
1881, (2 Folders)
Series III: Jonathan M. Wainwright, 1880-1886
Series III consists of both lecture notes and memorabilia. Found here are nine volumes of notes and several folders of memorabilia from Wainwright's years at Columbia. A scrapbook given to Wainwright by his brother Dick for Christmas in 1880 is included, as well as copies of examinations from Columbia College. The memorabilia includes tickets, commencement programs, pamphlets, and tuition receipts.
Box 3 Folder 10
Scrapbook, 1880
(Christmas gift from brother)
Box 3 Folder 11
Notes on English Literature, Dr. Quackenbos, 1881-1882
Box 3 Folder 13
Examinations, 1882-1884
Box 3 Folder 15
Memorabilia, General
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Memorabilia, School of Law
Notes, School of Law
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Municipal Law, Professor Dwight, 1881-1882
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Principles of Equity, 1885
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Political Economy Vols. I & II, 1884-1886
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Political Economy, 1884-1886
Box 3 Folder 19
Contracts, 1884-1886
Box 3 Folder 20
Miscellaneous, 1884-1886
Box 4 Folder 1
Miscellaneous, 1884-1886
Box 4 Folder 2
Constitutional History of England with Professor R.M. Smith, 1884-1886
Box 4 Folder 3
Greek Notes, Exercises, Essays, 1884-1886
Series IV. Edwin R.A. Seligman/John W. Burgess, 1882-1883
Series IV contains notes taken from John W. Burgess lectures by Edwin R. A. Seligman, C.C. 1879, from 1882 to 1883. John W. Burgess (1844-1931) was professor at Columbia from 1876 to 1902 and the founder of the University's School of Political Science. The collection found here includes eight notebooks from Burgess lecture's dating from 1882 to 1883.
Burgess Lectures, 1882-1883
Box 4 Folder 4
Constitutional History and Political Science
Box 4 Folder 5
Principles of International Law
Box 4 Folder 6 to 7
Comparative Constitutional Law, (2 Folders)
Box 4 Folder 8 to 11
General, (4 Folders)
Series V. Jacob S. Langthorn, 1888-1892
Series V is comprised of Jacob S. Langthorn's course notes from Charles F. Chandler lectures and other lectures from various School of Mines professors from 1888 to 1892. Included in this collection are notes from lectures given by Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925), an industrial chemist and one of the founders and long-time dean of Columbia's School of Mines. He also taught at the College of Physicians and Surgeons and was the president of the College of Pharmacy before it was merged into by Columbia.
School of Mines
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Practical Mining, 1888-1889
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Applied Chemistry, Charles Chandler, 1889
Box 4 Folder 14
Physics, Ogden N. Rood, 1889-1890
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Geology, John S. Newberry and J.Kemp, 1889-1892
Box 4 Folder 16
list of book on mining by ProH.S. Munroe, circa, 1890-1892
Box 4 Folder 17
Physics, circa, 1890-1892
Box 4 Folder 18
Hygiene, John S. Billings and Zoology, Nathaniel L. Britton, circa, 1890-1892
Box 4 Folder 19 to 20
General Notes and Formulas, circa, 1890-1892, (2 Folders)
Series VI. Lewis S. Bigelow, 1899-1903
Series VI consists of notes taken while Lewis S. Bigelow was enrolled in the Department of Comparative Literature from 1899 to 1903
The notes found here come from lectures given by several of the professors of the Department of Comparative Literature, including George E. Woodberry, J. E. Spingarn, and Frank Chandler. George E. Woodberry (1855-1930) studied at Harvard University and was appointed professor of literature at Columbia in 1891, moving in 1900 to the Department of Comparative Literature. He was known as both a poet and critic.
Found with this collection were a series of notes from lectures in the Department of Comparative Literature, the author of which is unknown. The notebooks have been kept and can be found with this series.
Box 5 Folder 1
Tuition Receipts, 1899-1903
George E. Woodberry lectures
Box 5 Folder 2
English II course book, 1899
Box 5 Folder 3
English Literature from 1789 to the Death of Tennyson, 1899, 1789, 1899
Box 5 Folder 4
Studies in Literature, 1900
Box 5 Folder 5
English Literature from the Birth of Shakespeare to 1660, 1900, 1660, 1900
Box 5 Folder 6
Theory, History and Practice of Criticism, 1900
Box 5 Folder 7
Literature II, 1901
Box 5 Folder 8
Shakespeare, 1901
Box 5 Folder 9 to 10
Comparative Literature II, 1901, (2 Folders)
Box 5 Folder 11 to 12
Comparative Literature IV, 1901, (2 Folders)
Box 5 Folder 13
Comparative Literature V, 1901
Box 5 Folder 19
Comparative Literature V, Criticism, 1901-1902
Box 5 Folder 20
Comparative Literature VI, 1901-1902
Box 5 Folder 22 to 23
Comparative Literature II, 1902, (2 Folders)
Box 5 Folder 28
Notes on Scott, Dickens, and Tennyson, 1902-1903
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Lectures given before Seminar A, 1903
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"The Roamer,", 1903
Box 5 Folder 34
Literature, English 13, 1899-1900
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Comparative Literature, English Literature from 1798 to the Death of Tennyson, circa 1900-1902, 1798, 1900-1902
Box 6 Folder 3
Comparative Literature, History of the Epic, circa, 1900-1902
(course co-taught with J.E. Spingarn)
Box 5 Folder 15
Comparative Literature VIII- frank W. Chandler, 1901
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Comparative Literature X, J.E. Spingarn, 1901, (2 Folders)
Box 5 Folder 18
History II, 1901
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Comparative Literature VII, J.E. Spingarn, 1902
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Comparative Literature VIII, Frank W. Chandler, 1902
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Comparative Literature X, J.E. Spingarn, 1902
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History XI, James Harvey Robinson, 1902
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Notes on Thackeray, 1903
Box 5 Folder 32
Reading lists for Comparative Literature courses, circa 1900-1903
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Miscellaneous, circa 1900-1903
Box 5 Folder 35
Comparative Literature, The Renaissance, Dr. J.E. Spingarn, 1901-1902
Box 5 Folder 36
Comparative Literature, J.E. Spingarn, circa, 1900-1902
Box 5 Folder 37
Comparative Literature, Mediaeval Lyric Poetry, J.E. Spingarn, circa, 1900-1902
Box 6 Folder 2
Comparative Literature, History of Criticism, circa, 1900-1902
Series VII. Lynn Thorndike, 1902-1905
Series VII consists of notes written by Lynn Thorndike during Herbert L. Osgood's lectures between 1902 and 1905. Herbert L. Osgood (1855-1918) was a distinguished colonial historian and an important critic of traditional interpretations of the American Revolution. Osgood also edited the Minutes of the Common Council of the City of New York, published 1905, and played a role in reforming state and city record-keeping practices.
Box 6 Folder 4
English Constitutional History before 1660, 1902-1903, 1660, 1902-1903
Box 6 Folder 5 to 6
Lecture Notes, English History, 1660-1832 (2 Folders)1903-1904, 1660-1832
Box 6 Folder 7
American Colonial History (Hist. 32), circa, 1903-1905
Box 6 Folder 8 to 9
American Colonial History (Hist. 33), circa, 1903-1905, (2 Folders)
Series VIII. Carl Trischka, 1884-1915
Series VIII contains lecture notes, a diary and Carl Trischka's master's thesis. Found here are notes taken by Trischka from courses in surveying, railroading, geology, and metallurgy, as well as a diary, the 1913 School of Mines Annual.
Box 6 Folder 10
Kogebog histiane Svendsens, 1884
Notes, School of Mines Courses
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Course 15: Plane Surveying, 1910
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C.E. 28: Rail Roading, 1911
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C.E. 27: Mining Claim Survey, 1911
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Metallurgy 62.S, 1912
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Geology 4 and Metallurgy 72, circa, 1909-1913
Box 6 Folder 15
Diary of summer work, circa, 1909-1913
Box 6 Folder 16
School of Mines Annual, 1913
Box 6 Folder 17
Map of Crittenden County, Kentucky Geological Survey, 1915
Box 6 Folder 19
Report of summer work in geology, circa, 1909-1913
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School of Mines, Master's Thesis, circa, 1909-1913
Series IX: James S. Ackerman, 1954-1947
This series includes notes taken by Ackerman during a P.O. Kristeller seminar.
Box 6 Folder 26
Notes re. Paul Oscar Kristeller Seminar, 1945-1947
Series X: Douglas Fraser, circa, 1950s
This series contains notes taken by Professor Douglas Fraser when he was a student at Columbia. They include notes primarily on art history lectures, but with some anthropology and other courses included as well.
Series XI: James Banner, 1960-1962
Series XI contains lecture notes taken by James M. Banner, Jr. (GSAS, M.A.1961) when he was a graduate student in history.
Box 6 Folder 21
The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1960-1961
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The Age of the French Revolution- Peter Gay, 1961-1962
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The Age of Expansion, Garrett Mattingly, Fall term, 1961
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Colonial America- Richard B. Morris, 1960-1961
Box 6 Folder 25
The French Revolution, Shepherd B. Clough, 1960-1961
Series XII: Harold Wechsler, 1963-1969
Series XII contains lecture notes taken by Harold Wechsler (Columbia College, A.B. 1964; GSAS, M.A.1969, Ph.D. 1974) when he was an undergraduate and graduate student in history. Classes were taken with such notable professors as James Shenton, Walter Metzger, Richard Morris, Robert K. Merton, Frank Tannenbaum, and Jacques Barzun. Multiple classes are often found in one notebook and sometimes class notes are continued in a subsequent notebook. If multiple class notes are found in a notebook, flags have been placed within the notebook to delineate where notes for a particular class begin.
Box 8 Folder 1
Contemporary Civilization C1101x – C1102y: Development of Western Institutions and Social Ideas, 1963-1964
(course taught by Robert Dullete)
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Anthropology C1201y: Human and Cultural Evolution, 1965 Spring
(course taught by Robert Stegler)
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Math C1001x – C1002y: Intro to the Basic Concepts of Math, 1963-1964
(course taught by Serge Lang)
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Physics C1006y: General Physics I: Mechanics and Heat, 1964 Spring
(course taught by Jack Sternberger)
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Government C1201x – C1202y: Democracy and Dictatorship in the 20th Century, 1964-1965
(course taught by Joseph Rothschild)
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Humanities C1121x: Readings in European and American Literature and Philosophy of the 19th and 20th Centuries, 1964 Fall
(course taught by W. David Noakes)
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Government C1201x – C1202y "Democracy and Dictatorship in the 20th Century, 1965
(notes continued; course taught by Joseph Rothschild)
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Government 10 (Barnard): American State and Municipal Politics, 1965
(course taught by Demetrois Caraley)
Box 8 Folder 7
History C3121x: The U.S. in the 19th Century: 1789 – 1900, 1964 Fall
(course taught by James Shenton)
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History C3122y: The U.S. in the 19th Century: 1789 – 1900, 1965 Spring
(course taught by James Shenton)
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History C3133x – C3134y: The United States in the 20th Century, 1965-1966
(notebook 1 of 3; course taught by Walter Metzger)
Box 9 Folder 2
History G6661x – G6662y: Colonial America 1607 – 1763, 1965 Fall
(course taught by Richard Morris)
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English C3007y: English Speech and Pronunciation, 1966 Spring
(course taught by Ronald Baken)
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Science and Society 3001y: Philosophical and Social Implications of 20th Century Physics, 1966 Spring
(course taught by I.I. Rabi)
Box 9 Folder 2
History C3134y: The United States in the 20th Century, 1966 Spring
(notebook 3 of 3; course taught by Walter Metzger)
Box 9 Folder 3
History C3134y: The United States in the 20th Century, 1966 Spring
(notebook 2 of 3; course taught by Walter Metzger)
Box 9 Folder 4
History C4882y: Russia through Foreign Eyes, 1966 Spring
(course taught by Alexander Dallin)
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Sociology G4050y: History of Sociological Theory, 1966 Spring
(course taught by Robert K. Merton)
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History C3204y: Europe, 1714 – 1870, 1966 Spring
(course taught by Jeffry J. Kaplow)
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Economics G4311x – G4312y: American Economic History, 1965-1966
(course taught by Louis Hacker)
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Government C3611x – C3612y: International Politics, 1965-1966
(course taught by Donald Puchala and Waynde A. Wilcox)
Box 9 Folder 8
Sociology C3666x: Political Sociology, 1965 Fall
(course taught by Allen Silver; supplementary lectures: Sociology G6047x; Political Sociology: Structures and Processes, 1968 Fall)
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Contemporary Civilization C1201x – C1202y: Development of Western Institutions and Social Ideas, 1965-1966
(course taught by Milton Hassol)
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Sociology F1105x: Problems of Complex Societies, 1966 Fall
(course taught by Amitai Etzioni)
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Sociology C2208y: The Logic of Social Inquiry, 1967 Spring
(course taught by William Martin)
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Philosophy G4060y: Society and its Institutions: A Pluralistic Institutional Social Theory, 1967 Spring
(course co-taught by John H. Randall, Horace L. Friess, James Gutman, Frank Tannenbaum and Robert P. Wolff)
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Oriental Studies V3355x: Oriental Civilizations: Introduction to the History and Culture of Oriental Societies, 1966 Fall
(course co-taught by Myron Cohen and Ellen M. Gumpertz)
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Oriental Studies V3356y: Intro to the History and Culture of Oriental Studies, 1967 Spring
(course co-taught by Ainslee T. Embree and Morton Klass)
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Government G4471x: Political Institutions of China, 1966 Fall
(course taught by A. Doak Barnett)
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Government G6868y: Communism in Asia, 1967 Spring
(course taught by Donald Zagoria)
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History 12 (Barnard): England from the Norman Conquest to the 20th Century, 1967 Spring
(course taught by Stephen E. Koss)
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Sociology G8015y – G8016y: Analysis of Social Structures, 1967-1968
(course taught by Robert Merton)
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NYU Summer Class: Philosophy of Education, 1968 Summer
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Mathematical Statistics – Sociology G4181x – G4182y: Statistical Methods in the Social Sciences, 1968-1969
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History G6693x – 6694y: American Economic History, 1607 – 1960, 1967-1968
(course taught by Stuart W. Bruchey)
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History G6697x – G6698y "History of the Foreign Relations of the U.S., 1967-1968
(course taught by Henry F. Graff)
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History TW3162: History of American Social Thought, 1967 Fall
(course taught by Frederick D. Kershner)
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History G6000x: Nature and Types of History and Historiography, 1967 Fall
(course taught by Jacob W. Smit)
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History G8707x – G8708yy "American Social History, 1967-1968
(course taught by David J. Rothman)
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History G4166y: The Passage from the 19th to the 20th Century, 1969 Spring
(course taught by Jacques Barzun)
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History G4670y: Political Parties and Issues, 1968 Spring
(course taught by Richard Hofstadter)
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Sociology G4043x: The Social Structure of the United States, 1967 Fall
(course taught by Daniel Bell)
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History W3501x "History of Education in the U.S, 1968 Spring
(course taught by Jonathan C. Messerli)
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History C3123x – C3124y: American Urban History, 1967-1968
(course taught by Robert Fogelson)
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History W3051x "History of Education in the U.S., 1968 Spring
(continuation of notes; course taught by Jonathan C. Messerli)
Box 11 Folder 5
Teachers College TP3000S: Psychological Foundations of Education,, 1968 Summer
(course taught by Samuel Ball)
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History G4667x – G4668y: Political and Social History of the U.S., 1828 – 1860, 1968-1969
(course taught by Eric L. McKitrick)
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Government G4411x: Political Systems of Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary Societies, 1968 Fall
(course taught by Michel Oksenberg)
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Sociology G4051y: Social Change: Modernization, 1969 Spring
(course taught by Immanuel Wallerstein)
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History G8701x – G8702y: American Economic History, 1968-1969
(course taught by Stuart Bruchey)
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History C3135y: Afro-American History, 1969 Spring
(course taught by Eric Foner; first pages may be Gary Becker lectures on urban economics.)
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Sociology G6098y: Historical Method and Documentary Analysis, 1969 Spring
(course taught by Sigmund Diamond; first pages are lecture by Arno Mayer.)
Series XIII: Mildred Daum, 1940-1941
Series XIII contains lecture notes taken by Mildred Daum (M.A. 1941)when he was a graduate student in Medieval History. These are her notes from Columbia classes taken between Fall 1940 and Spring 1941. They are eminently legible, and seem more or less to reproduce the lectures given in the various courses that she took, including Prof. Lynn Thorndike's History 231-2.
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Economics 121: Current types of economic theory, 1940 Fall
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Notes from seminar and reading notes, 1940 Fall
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History 101: Nature, methods, and types of history, 1940 Fall
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Economics 161: The Regulation of public utilities, 1940 Fall
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History 231-2: Intellectual history of Western Europe from the time of Petrarch to the French encyclopedia, 1940-1941
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History 150: European thought and culture in the nineteenth century, 1941 Spring
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Latin u145: Medieval Latin, 1940 Fall
Box 12 Folder 8
German language class, 1940 Fall
Series XIV: Elizabeth Fisher, 1948-1951
Series XIV contains typed lecture notes for General Studies classes taken by Elizabeth Fisher (M.A. 1944) while she was employed as social secretary to Margaret B. Pickel, Dean of University Women, between 1946 and 1951.
Box 12 Folder 9
G.S. Astronomy 1: Introduction to general and practical astronomy, 1948 Fall
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G.S. Astronomy 2: Introduction to general and practical astronomy, 1948 Sping
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G.S. English 31-32: Shakespeare, 1949-1950
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G.S. English 31-32: The Novel in English, 1950-1951
Series XV: Jonathan Liebowtiz, 1958-1961
Series XV: contains lecture notes taken by Jonathan Liebowtiz (Columbia College BA 1961) when he was an undergraduate student, mostly from his Junior and Senior years. Classes were taken with such notable professors as James Shenton, C. Wright Mill, Milton Smith, F.W. Dupee, Walter Metzger and Ernest Nagel. Notebooks usually contain the notes from just one course, though sometimes a two-part course is found in one notebook (e.g. Compartive Literarture 19-20). Note that fall semester classes started in September of a year and finished in January of the following year.
Box 13 Folder 1
Astronomy 1-2: Introduction to Astronomy, 1958-1959
Taught by Professor Epstein
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French 41-42: Advanced Composition and Conversation, 1958-1959
Taught by Professor Clamens
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History 9: History of the American Republic 1789-1958, 1958-1959
Taught by Professor James Shenton
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History 10: History of the American Republic 1789-1958, 1959
Taught by Professor James Shenton
Box 13 Folder 5
Comparative Literature 19-20: Poetry in the 20th Century, 1959-1960
Taught by Professor F.W. Dupee
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Economics 5-6: Economic Analysis, 1959-1960
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Government 51-52: Democracy and Dictatorship, 1959-1960
Taught by Professor Joseph Rothschild
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History 5: Ancient History I, 1959-1960
Taught by Professor Morton Smith
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History 21-22: Renaissance and Reformation, 1959-1960
Taught by Professor John Cammett
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History 13: U.S. in the 20th Century, 1959-1960
Taught by Professor Walter Metzger
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History 6: Ancient History II, Spring 1960
Taught by Professor Morton Smith
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History 14: U.S. in the 20th Century, Spring 1960
Taught by Professor Walter Metzger
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Government 61: International Relations, 1960-1961
Taught by Professor Larus
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Philosophy 33: Philosophy of Law, 1960-1961
Taught by Professor Ernest Nagel
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Sociology 1: Social Stratification, 1960-1961
Taught by Professor C. Wright Mills
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History 25 II- 26: European Society and Politics Since 1870, 1960-1961
Taught by Professor David Ralston
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History 26 II: European Society and Politics Since 1870, Spring 1961
Taught by Professor David Ralston
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Government 62: International Relations, Spring 1961
Taught by Professor Larus
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History 24: Europe in the Age of Revolution, Spring 1961
Taught by Professor Peter Gay