Columbia University Founding Anniversaries Collection, 1837-2004

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Series I: Columbia College 50th Anniversary



Box 1 Folder 1 Columbia College Semi-Centennial, 1837


Box 1 Folder 2 Columbia College Semi-Centennial-Correspondence, 1837 1928, 1837, 1928

Series II: Columbia College Centennial (100th)


Box 1 Folder 3 Columbia Centennial, 1854


Box 1 Folder 4-5 Columbia College Centennial, 1887, (2 folders)



Box 11 Folder 1 Columbia College Centennial, 1887

Series III: Columbia University Sesquicentennial Anniversary (150th)



Box 1 Folder 6 1904



Box 11 Folder 2-3 150th Anniversary, 1904, (2 folders)



Box Flat Files Columbia Daily Spectator: 150th Anniversary Issue; Chandler-Van Amringe-Number, 1904 October 28, 1904


Box Flat Files Poster, 1904

Series IV: Columbia University 175th Anniversary



Box 1 Folder 7-8 General, 1929, (2 folders)



Box Flat Files Poster, 1929


Box Flat Files Campus Exhibition Listing and Map, 1929


175th Anniversary Committee Records, 1928-1929

These files belonged to Dixon Ryan Fox, Professor of History, who was appointed the Chair of the General Committee in charge of the Program to Commemorate the Founding of King's College, Now Columbia University. Fox seems to have been working on a report of the events held during the celebration. The materials include committee minutes, correspondence, exhibition catalogues, printed materials and information about the funding for the newly commissioned portraits.



Box 13 Folder 1 Bronze medals, 1929

These service medals were "awarded to [47] alumni of foreign birth and training who have returned important public service in their own lands, or for service to the Univesity." For a service medals, please see the Columbia Medals collection.


Box 13 Folder 2 Committee, 1928-1929

In addition to matters related to the membership of the committee and the minutes, this folder includes correspondence and clippings.


Box 13 Folder 3 Exhibitions - Correspondence, 1929

Correspondence with Department Heads about special departmental exhibitions in the libraries.


Box 13 Folder 4 Exhibitions - Summaries and Inventories, 1929

Reports from the department heads who were asked to make "a full descriptive catalogue" of the exhibitions for publication in the general 175th report. Includes department information as well as from the general Columbia exhibitions (John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, Seth Low, etc.).


Box 13 Folder 5 Guests - Ambassadors, 1929


Box 13 Folder 6 Lectures, 1929

Correspondence between Dixon Ryan Fox and possible speakers.


Box 13 Folder 7 Luncheons, 1929

Over 2,500 alumni, faculty members and current students atteneded the dpeartmental luncheons held on campus on Wednesday, October 30, 1929. From Library Service to Philosophy, History, English and Comparative Literature, Teachers College, Engineering, departments welcomed their guests to lunch at their home offices, libraries, International House, Faculty House, etc. For departments that did not organize a luncheon, guests were asked to lunch at the Grill in John Jay Hall. Prof. Fox asked department heads to submit summaries of the luncheons for inclusion in the final 175 report. This folder contains those accounts.


Box 13 Folder 8 Portraits, 1929

55 artworks were on display during the celebration: 52 portraits (including new commissions and loaned works); one model of the King's College building by McKim, Mead & White; and two sculptures (John Dewey by Jacob Epstein and James Earl Russell by Sergei Konenkov).


Box 13 Folder 9 Portraits - Beard, Charles A., 1929


Box 13 Folder 10 Portraits - Dunning, William Archibald, 1929


Box 13 Folder 11 Portraits - Jackson, A.V.W., 1929



Box 14 Folder 1 Portraits - Livingson, William, 1929


Box 14 Folder 2 Portraits - Seligman, E.R.A., 1929


Box 14 Folder 3 Portraits - Wilson, Edmund Beecher, 1929


Box 14 Folder 4 Press clippings, 1929

Newspaper and Columbia Alumni News, November 1929


Box 14 Folder 5 Printed materials, 1929

Program, seating list, ticket requests


Box 14 Folder 6 Synopsis (including a full schedule of events), 1929

Includes multiple drafts


175th Anniversary Committee Chair's Correspondence


Box 14 Folder 7 A-G, 1929


Box 14 Folder 8 H-R, 1929


Box 14 Folder 9 S-Z, 1929


Box 14 Folder 10 Anniversary Memos, 1929


175th Anniversary Mailings and Printed Materials


Sample Invitations, 1929



Box 15 Folder 1 Notice to Alumni, 1929


Box 15 Folder 2 Notice to Faculty, 1929


Box 15 Folder 3 Distribution Records, 1929


Box 15 Folder 4 Events Program, 1929 October 25-31


Box 15 Folder 5 Service of Praise and Thanksgiving Program, 1929 October 27

Includes the text of the address delivered by Rev. Raymond C. Knox


Box 15 Folder 6 Catalogue of Portraits, 1929 October 28-November 8


Box 15 Folder 7 University Assembly Program, 1929 October 30


Box 15 Folder 8 Alumni Dinner Menu, Program and Seating List, 1929 October 30

Hotel Pennsylvania


175th Anniversary Celebration Convocation


Box 15 Folder 8 University Convocation Invitation, 1929



Box 16 Folder 1 Anniversary Celebration Program, 1929 October 31


Box 16 Folder 2 Formulas used by President Nicholas Murray Butler in Conferring Honorary Degrees at the University Convocation, 1929 October 31


Box 16 Folder 3 Ave Mater Immortalis - Concluding Address by President Butler at the 175th Anniversary University Convocation, 1929 October 31

Series V: Columbia University Bicentennial (200th)



Box 2 Folder 1 [1954]


Box 2 Folder 2 Charter Day, October 30, 1954


Box 2 Folder 3 Clippings, 1953-1954


Box 2 Folder 4 Clippings, 1954


Box 2 Folder 5 Columbia University: A Background, 1950 1953, 1950, 1953


Box 2 Folder 6 Convocation, 1954 July 1, 1954


Box 2 Folder 7 Correspondence, 1954-1956


Box 2 Folder 8 CSPA--Committee, 1950s


Box 2 Folder 9 Events, 1954



Box 3 Folder 1 Events, 1954


Box 3 Folder 2 File Index, 1955


Box 3 Folder 3 Film, 1950-1951


Box 3 Folder 4 First Report and Recommendations of the Bicentennial Public Relations Committee, 1952


Box 3 Folder 5 Materials, 1952-1954


Box 3 Folder 6 Medal, 1954


Box 3 Folder 7 Planning, 1952-1954


Box 3 Folder 8 Planning and Reports, 1952-1954



Box Flat Files Posters, 1952-1954, (2 folders)



Box 3 Folder 9 Press Release Packet, 1954


Box 3 Folder 10 Programs, 1954



Box 4 Folder 1 Special Publications, 1954


Box 4 Folder 2 Speakers, Bureau, 1953-1954


Stamp:


Box 4 Folder 3 1954


Box 4 Folder 4 Ceremony Acceptances, 1954


Box 4 Folder 5 Ceremony Regrets, 1954


Box 4 Folder 6 Clippings, 1953-1954


Box 4 Folder 7 Committee, 1953-1954


Box 4 Folder 8 Correspondence, 1953-1954


Box 4 Folder 9 Issues, 1953-1954


Box 4 Folder 10 Photographs and artwork, 1953-1954

Series VI: Columbia University 250th Anniversary


Subseries VI.1: Program Files



Box 6 Folder 1 Articles and Announcements, 2003-2004


Box 6 Folder 2 Book Party Changing The Subject, 2004


Box 6 Folder 3 Campus Exhibit, Low Rotunda, 2004


Closing Festivities:


Box 6 Folder 4 HOWL, 2004


Box 6 Folder 5 Program Calendar, 2004


Box 6 Folder 6 Symposium--The 21st-Century City and it s Values: Urbanism, Toleration, and Equality, 2004


Box 6 Folder 7 Symposium--Re: NEW Frontiers in Creativity


Box 6 Folder 8 Tickets


Box 6 Folder 9 Commencement, 2004


Columbia University Symposium:


Box 6 Folder 10 Brain and Mind, 2004


Box 6 Folder 11 Constitutions, Democracy, and the Rule of Law, 2003


Box 6 Folder 12 Earth's Future: Taming the Climate, 2004


Box 6 Folder 13 Genes and Genomes, 2003


Box 6 Folder 14 Columbia University in Asia, undated


Box 6 Folder 15 Dinner with H.R.H Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, 2004


Box 6 Folder 16 E-mails, 2004


Box 6 Folder 17 E-Newsletters, 2004


Box 6 Folder 18 Fred Friendly Seminar--Liberty and Security in an Age of Terrorism, 2003


Box 6 Folder 19 History Series--Our Past Engaged, 2004


Box 6 Folder 20 Living Legacies, 2004


Box 6 Folder 21 Miscellaneous Printed Matter, undated



Box 7 Folder 3 Opening Weekend, 2003


Box 7 Folder 5-6 Program Calendar, 2003-2004, (2 folders)


Box 7 Folder 7 Publications, Special Editions, 2003-2004


Box 7 Folder 9 Tea and Talk: Alma Mater at 100, 2003


Subseries VI.2: Memorabilia and Objects



Box 9 Alma Mater Foam Crowns


Box 9 Bandanas



Box 7 Folder 6 Book Covers, 2004 undated., 2004 undated


Columbia University 250th Banner:



Box 8 School of Library Service


College of Pharmaceutical Science


Box 8 Columbia 250 Community Festival Mini-Pennants



Box 9 Columbia 250 Community Festival T-Shirt


Box 9 Columbia 250 Community Festival Postcards


Box 9 Columbians Ahead of Their Time folders


Box 9 Columbia University 250 Staff Rugby Shirt



Box 7 Folder 7 Ephemera, 2004 undated



Box 8 Framed Artwork Commemorating President Bollinger's trip to Asia


Box 8 Picture Cube



Box 7 Folder 8 Postcard, 2004


Box 7 Folder 9 Stationery, undated


Subseries VI.3: Moving Pictures



Box 10 C250 Slideshow, CD-R


Box 10 Columbia 250 Year Celebration, directed by Ben Hayflick. DVD-R


Box 10 Columbia at 250, Steeplechase Films. length: 81m 21s. VHS, 2003 March3 (2 copies), 2003


Box 10 Columbia at 250, Steeplechase Films. length: 81m 21s. DVD-R, 2003 October 10 (2 copies), 2003


Box 10 Columbia at 250, Steeplechase Films. length: 81m 21s. Super VHS, 2003 October 22, 2003


Box 10 Columbia U. Studios: The Dream Factory, DVD-R, 2003 October (2 copies), 2003


Box 10 Columbia U. Studios: The Dream Factory, DVD, 2003 October, 2003


Box 10 Columbia University 250TH Birthday Bash, Tape 1. 4:00pm-5:30pm. Beta, 2003 October 17, 2003


Box 10 Columbia University 250TH Birthday Bash, Tape 2. 5:30pm-6:20pm. Beta, 2003 October 17, 2003


Box 10 Columbia University 250TH Birthday Bash, Tape 3. 6:20pm-6:45pm. Beta, 2003 October 17, 2003


Box 10 Columbia University 250TH Birthday Bash, Marching Band Footage. Beta, 2003 October 17, 2003


Box 10 Columbia University 250TH Birthday Bash, length: 2h 35m. DVD-R, 2003 October 17 (5 copies), 2003


Box 10 Columbia University 250TH Concert, Tape 1. Beta, 2003 October 18, 2003


Box 10 Columbia University 250TH Concert, Tape 2. Beta, 2003 October 18, 2003


Box 10 Columbia University: A Celebration, length: 81m 21s. VHS (2 copies), 2003 November 5, 2003


Box 10 Columbia University: A Celebration, length: 81m 21s. DVD-R, 2003 November 5 (3 copies), 2003


Box 10 Columbia University: A Celebration, Titled Master. length: 81:21. VHS, 2003 October 24 (2 copies), 2003


Box 10 Columbia University: A Celebration, Short version,A Cake for Kings . The Dream Factory. Revised Master. VHS, 2004 September 30 (6 copies), 2004


Box 10 Columbia University 250 Concert, Opening Weekend, length: 2h 54m. DVD-R, 2003 October 18 (4 copies), 2003


Box 10 New Flash Presentation, CD-R, 2004 April 13, 2004


Subseries VI.4: Posters



Box Flat Files "An Invitation to Engage Our Past" 2004 April, 2004


Box Flat Files Business, Graduate School of, 2004


Box Flat Files "Brain and Mind: A C250 Symposium" 2004 May, 2004


Box Flat Files Columbia 250 Community Festival, 2004 October, 2004


Box Flat Files Columbia 250 Closing Festivities 2004 September -October, 2004


Box Flat Files "Community Block Party" by Norman Messiah, Community Festival Commemorative Poster, 2004 October, 2004


Box Flat Files Homecoming, Pictured: Sid Luckman, 2003 October 18, 2003


Box Flat Files Homecoming Weekend, 2004 October, 2004


Box Flat Files "Howl: A Poetry Gathering in Honor of Columbia's Beats," 2004 October, 2004


Box Flat Files Opening Weekend, Pictured: Alma Mater [Birthday Bash], 2003


Box Flat Files Pictured: Zora Neal Hurston, 2003


Box Flat Files Pictured: Thomas Hunt Morgan, 2003


Box Flat Files Pictured: Alexander Hamilton, 2003


Box Flat Files Pictured: Ric Burns, 2003



Box 7 Folder 4 Poster Proofs, 2003-2004



Box Flat Files "Mobilizing Science and Policy for Earth's Future" 2004 March, April, 2004


Box Flat Files 21st Century City, 2004 October, 2004


Subseries VI.5: Proclamations


Box Flat Files New York State Senate and Assembly Legislative Resolutions, 2004


Box Flat Files United States Postal Service Postcard Ceremony, 2004 March, 2004


Box Flat Files New York City May or's Office, "C.U. Postal Card Day," 2004 March, 2004


Box Flat Files The Council of the City of NY-250th Community Festival, 2004 September, 2004

Series VII: Other Anniversaries



Box 5 Folder 1 Bicentennial of 1787 Charter, 1987, 1787, 1987

(A new charter was issued in 1787 that established Columbia College in the City of New York, the undergraduate school.)



Box 12 Columbia College Charter Bicentennial celebration scrapbook, 1987



Box 5 Folder 2 Charter Day Celebrations, undated


Box 5 Folder 3 Charter Replica, undated


Box 5 Folder 4 Columbia as a University, 1941


Box 5 Folder 5 Founding Anniversaries-History, 1939-1954


Box 5 Folder 6 "Graduate School of Journalism Centennial, 2012-2013"


Box 5 Folder 7 Law, School of -- Centennial, 1950s


Box 5 Folder 8 Proposed Re-chartering, circa 1920 1959, 1920, 1959



Box Flat Files School of Architecture and Planning Centennial -- Exhibition Poster "The Making of an Architect, 1881-1981"


Box Flat Files School of Library Service Centennial Poster, 1987


Box Flat Files School of Mines Fiftieth Anniversary Poster, 1914