Heyman Center for the Humanities records, 1974-1997

Call No.:	UA#0276
Bib ID	6948294 View CLIO record
Creator(s)	Heyman Center for the Humanities
Title	Heyman Center for the Humanities records, 1974-1997
Physical Description	5 linear feet (4 record cartons)
Language(s)	English .
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 off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. All administrative records of the University are restricted for 25 years from the date of creation. The RBML cannot provide access to original time-based media material which has not been first been reformatted for preservation. Researchers are welcome to examine archival time-based media items and decide whether they wish to place an order for Audio/Video reformatting. If copyright and/or condition restrictions apply, it may not be possible to digitize a requested item. Please note that A/V reformatting is handled by an outside vendor and typically takes 6-8 weeks.

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Summary

This collection consists of a selection of Heyman Center for the Humanities event records (both paper and audiocassettes) and publications. It includes the correspondence files of Ruth A. Levenson, who served as the Associate Provost for Special Projects, Director of the Center for the Study of Global Habitability and Associate Director of the Heyman Center for the Humanities. There are also annual reports and correspondence for the Society of Fellows in the Humanities.

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.

All administrative records of the University are restricted for 25 years from the date of creation.

The RBML cannot provide access to original time-based media material which has not been first been reformatted for preservation. Researchers are welcome to examine archival time-based media items and decide whether they wish to place an order for Audio/Video reformatting. If copyright and/or condition restrictions apply, it may not be possible to digitize a requested item. Please note that A/V reformatting is handled by an outside vendor and typically takes 6-8 weeks.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Heyman Center for the Humanities records; Box and Folder numbers; University Archives, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

2001.020: Source of acquisition--Laura Humiston. Method of acquisition--Transfer.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Processing Information

Collection-level record describing unprocessed material made public in summer 2018 as part of the Hidden Collections initiative. This collection was processed by Joanna Rios, May 2023.

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Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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History / Biographical Note

Historical Note

Heyman Center for the Humanities was created to encourage interdisciplinary teaching and research and is devoted to the study and discussion of contemporary issues in the humanities. Its first home opened in 1981 in the then-new East Campus. The Center includes the Society of Fellows in the Humanities, the Lionel Trilling Seminars, the Center for the Study of Human Rights as well as libraries and seminar rooms devoted to the General Education program. The Center was named after David Heyman CC 1912 who contributed the funds. Former Provost and Professor Theodore DeBary was its first director (1980-2004). The University Committee on General Education was established in 1972 to facilitate the coordination of general education courses in the several divisions of the University and to foster discussion of educational issues across divisional boundaries. The Columbia Society of Fellows in the Humanities was organized in 1975 at the instigation of then. Provost Wm. Theodore deBary with endowments from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the William R. Kenan Trust. The Lionel Trilling Seminars were established in 1976 in memory of the distinguished teacher and writer and the Center for the Study of Human Rights was inaugurated in 1977-78. In 1985, the Center added the Society of Senior Scholars, who are emeriti professors enlisted to teach, after normal retirement, in the basic courses of the College's core curriculum. It later added the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, and the Friends of the Heyman Center.

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