Office of Public Affairs Photograph Collection, 1947-2016

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Series I: Photographs

Alphabetically arranged prints of a variety of subjects, places and events associated with Columbia University. The bulk of the images are undated, but those with noted dates usually date from the 1950s through the 1990s. Topics included in this series include commencement, Pulitzer Prizes, homecoming, Columbia Scholastic Press Association, and many images of campus features and buildings.



Box 43 Advanced Science Writing Program, 1958



Box 1 Aerial View, undated, (6 folders)


Box 1 Aerial View-Color, undated


Box 1 Aerial View-Black and White Proof and Other Prints, undated



Box 43 African Law Library, undated


Box 43 AIDS Awareness, 1994-1995


Box 43 Air Force ROTC, 1954-1955


Box 43 Alma Mater, 1986 1988 undated, 1986, 1988 undated


Box 43 Alma Mater Removal, 1978



Box 1 Alma Mater Removal, May 22, 1978


Box 1 Alpine, undated


Box 1 Alumni Federation, undated


Box 1 American Culture Studies, undated


Box 1 American Language Center, undated


Box 1 The American Museum of Natural History-Columbia Agreement, undated


Box 1 American Teacher Convention, undated


Box 1 Antideuteron, undated


Box 1 Archimede Bathyscaphe, undated


Box 1 Architectural American Drawings, undated


Box 1 Architecture Centennial, undated


Box 1 Architecture Centennial-I.T.T. Lectures, 1982


Box 1 Architecture (Detail), undated


Box 1 Architecture Prize, undated



Box 44 Architecture School, undated, (2 folders)



Box 2 Arden House, undated


Box 2 Art History and Archaeology, Department of, undated


Box 2 Art Show, undated



Box 44 Art and Science, Graduate School of, undated


Box 44 Arts, School of the, undated, (2 folders)



Box 2 Athletics, undated, (2 folders)


Box 2 Atomic Research, undated


Box 2 Audubon Research park, undated


Box 2 Avery Hall, undated


Box 2 Awards, undated


Box 2 Baker Field, undated


Box 2 Bampton Lectures, undated


Box 2 Bancroft Awards, undated


Box 2 Bancroft Prizes, undated


Box 2 Barnard College, undated



Box 3 Berger Awards, undated


Box 3 Yogi Berra Scholarship, undated


Box 3 Best Stock Photos, undated


Box 3 Bicentennial, 1975


Box 3 Biology, undated


Box 3 BioSciences Library and Biosphere, undated


Box 3 Biosphere, undated


Box 3 William Black Research Building (11), undated


Box 3 Borges Degree, undated


Box 3 Breevoort-Eickemeyer Award, undated


Box 3 Brookdale, undated


Box 3 Buell Center, undated


Box 3 Bursars Office, undated



Box 44 Business School , undated, (2 folders)



Box 45 Business School Activities , undated, (2 folders)



Box 44 Butler Library, 1954-1988



Box 3 Butler Library, undated, (3 folders)


Box 3 Cabot Awards, undated


Box 3 Cabot Prize, undated


Box 3 Camoes Center, undated


Box 3 Camp Columbia, undated



Box 4 Campaign for Columbia, undated


Box 4 Campus Guide Service, undated



Box 43 Campus Views, 1983-1996, (2 folders)



Box 4 Cancer, undated


Box 4 Career Information Library, undated


Box 4 Career Services, undated


Box 4 Carman Hall, undated


Box 4 Casa Italiana, undated


Box 4 CBS Debate, undated


Box 4 Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, undated


Box 4 Center for American Culture Studies, undated


Box 4 Center for Andorra, undated


Box 4 Center for Preservation Research, undated


Box 4 Center for Study of Human Rights, undated


Box 4 Center for Telecommunications, undated


Box 4 Center for U.S.-China Arts Exchange, undated


Box 4 Cerebral Palsy, undated


Box 4 Chan Scholarship, undated


Box 4 Chandler Medals, undated


Box 4 Chemistry, undated



Box 5 Chemistry Laboratory, undated


Box 5 Chinese Art (Sackler), undated


Box 5 Chinese Scientific Delegation, 11/72


Box 5 A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Dickens, undated


Box 5 Citizenship Council, undated


Box 5 Winston Churchill Papers, undated


Box 5 Campus Rallies, undated


Box 5 Classroom Scenes, undated


Box 5 Classroom--Lab Scenes, undated


Box 5 Cloud Chamber, undated


Box 5 College Walk, undated


Box 5 Columbia Alumni, undated



Box 45 Columbia College, undated, (4 folders)



Box 46 Columbia College, undated



Box 5 Columbia College Bicentennial Celebration, undated


Box 5 Columbia College Clubs of, 1928


Box 5 Columbia College Fund, undated


Box 5 Columbia Day, undated


Box 5 Columbia Lion, undated


Box 5 Columbia Rhodes Scholarship Winners, undated


Box 5 Columbia University Artists, undated


Box 5 Columbia University Campaign, undated


Box 5 Columbia University Campus--View North, undated


Box 5 Columbia University Clubs, undated


Box 5 Columbia University Forum, undated



Box 6 Columbia University Orchestra, undated


Box 6 Columbia University Players, undated


Box 6 Columbiana, undated


Box 6 Columbia University Press, undated


Box 6 Columbia TV, undated


Box 6 Columbia University Union, undated


Box 6 Columbia Young Investigator Awards, undated


Box 6 Columbians, undated


Box 6 Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA), undated


Box 6 Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA), undated


Box 6 Columbia University Press Association (CSPA), 1963-1965


Box 6 Columbia University Press Association (CSPA), 1950-1959


Box 6 Columbia University Press Association (CSPA), 1948-1949


Box 6 Commemoration Service, undated


Box 6 Columbia Logos (Stat Form), undated


Box 6 Columbia Shield, undated


Box 6 Commencement (General), undated



Box 7 Various Commencement Shots, undated


Box 7 Commencement, 1997


Box 7 Commencement, 1996


Box 7 Commencement, 1995


Box 7 Commencement, 1994


Box 7 Commencement, 1992


Box 7 Commencement, 1991


Box 7 Commencement, 1990


Box 7 Commencement, 1992


Box 7 Commencement, 1993


Box 7 Commencement, 1988



Box 8 Commencement, 1987


Box 8 Commencement, 1986


Box 8 Commencement, 1985


Box 8 Commencement, 1984, (2 folders)



Box 9 Commencement, 1983


Box 9 Commencement, 1982


Box 9 Commencement, 1981, (2 folders)



Box 10 Commencement, 1980


Box 10 Commencement, 1979


Box 10 Commencement, 1978


Box 10 Commencement, 1977



Box 11 Commencement, 1976


Box 11 Commencement, 1975


Box 11 Commencement, 1974


Box 11 Commencement, 1973


Box 11 Commencement, 1972


Box 11 Commencement 1971-Alumni Medalists


Box 11 Commencement, 1970


Box 11 Commencement, 1969



Box 12 Commencement, 1968


Box 12 Commencement, 1967


Box 12 Commencement, 1966


Box 12 Commencement, 1965


Box 12 Commencement, 1964


Box 12 Commencement, 1963



Box 13 Commencement, 1962


Box 13 Commencement, 1961


Box 13 Commencement, 1960


Box 13 Commencement, 1959


Box 13 Commencement, 1958


Box 13 Commencement, 1957


Box 13 Commencement, 1956


Box 13 Commencement, 1955


Box 13 Commencement, 1954


Box 13 Commencement, 1953


Box 13 Commencement, 1952



Box 14 Commencement, 1951


Box 14 Commencement, 1950


Box 14 Commencement, 1949


Box 14 Computer Center, undated


Box 14 Con Edison Professorship, undated


Box 14 Concert Band, undated


Box 14 Conferences, undated


Box 14 Conference on International Economic Development, undated


Box 14 Continuing Education, undated


Box 14 Controller, undated


Box 14 Construction, undated


Box 14 University Seal and Crown, undated


Box 14 Cyclotron (Photos not to be used), undated


Box 14 Cyclotron (under construction), undated



Box 15 Cyclotron, undated


Box 15 "Curl," Clement Meadmore, 1998


Box 15 Current Photos Used in Record, 1986-87


Box 15 Dance Theater of Harlem, undated


Box 15 Dean Day, undated


Box 15 Deans Row, undated


Box 15 Debates, undated


Box 15 Delafield Estate, undated


Box 15 Delafield Hospital, undated


Box 15 Dental Research, undated


Box 15 Development, undated


Box 15 Dining Halls, undated


Box 15 Ditson Awards, undated



Box 16 Dodge Hall, undated


Box 16 Double Discovery Center, undated


Box 16 Columbia-Dupont, 1983


Box 16 Dupont Award, undated


Box 16 Dupont Award 1996-97


Box 16 Dupont Award Presenters, 1993


Box 16 Dupont-Columbia Award, undated


Box 16 Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Awards 1983-84



Box 17 Earl Hall, undated


Box 17 Earl Hall, undated


Box 17 East Asian Institute, undated


Box 17 East Asian Library, undated


Box 17 East Campus Development, undated


Box 17 East Hall, undated


Box 17 Egleston Medal, undated


Box 17 Electronic Research Labs, undated


Box 17 Eisenhower Scholar, undated


Box 17 Employee Relations, undated


Box 17 Empowerment Zone, undated


Box 17 Engineering Convocation, undated



Box 46 Engineering, School of, undated, (4 folders)



Box 18 Exhibits, undated


Box 18 Faculty (misc.), undated


Box 18 Faculty Luncheon at Faculty House, undated


Box 18 Faculty Apartment Building (125th), undated


Box 18 Fairchild Center, undated


Box 18 Falling Water, undated


Box 18 Federal Aid, undated


Box 18 Famous Speakers , undated, (2 folders)


Box 18 Ferris Booth Hall-under construction, undated



Box 19 Field House, undated


Box 19 Financial Aid, undated


Box 19 Firing Line, undated


Box 19 Flood Artifacts, undated


Box 19 "Flight" Gertrude Schweitzer, undated


Box 19 Foreign Students, undated


Box 19 Forum on Democracy, undated


Box 19 Freshman Officers, undated


Box 19 Freshman Orientation, undated


Box 19 Fulbright Scholarship, undated


Box 19 Frosh-Soph Rush, undated


Box 19 Fund Drive-Columbia College, undated


Box 19 Fund Raising, undated


Box 19 Gannett Center, undated



Box 20 Gates, undated


Box 20 G. E. Gifts (570 Lexington Ave.), undated



Box 47 General Studies, School of , undated, (2 folders)



Box 20 Geology, undated


Box 20 Gergely Exhibit, undated


Box 20 Gift Shop, undated


Box 20 Glee Club, undated


Box 20 Goldschmidt Fellow, undated


Box 20 Government and Community Affairs, undated


Box 20 Grace, undated


Box 20 Graduate Faculties, undated


Box 20 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) Centennial Celebration,, undated


Box 20 Graphic Arts Exhibit, undated


Box 20 "The Great God Pan" George Gary Barnard, 1998


Box 20 Great Teachers Award, undated


Box 20 Guastavino Vaulting, undated


Box 20 Gym, undated


Box 20 Hamilton, Alexander-Award Dinners-Mac Frankel (photos) Hamilton Medal,, undated



Box 21 Hamilton, Alexander-Award Dinners, undated


Box 21 Hamilton, Alexander by William Ordway Partridge, undated


Box 21 Hamilton Hall, undated


Box 21 Hamilton Medal, undated


Box 21 Hamilton, Alexander Papers, undated


Box 21 Hammarskjold, Dag-Memorial Lectures, undated


Box 21 Hammer, Armand-Gift and Health Sciences, undated


Box 21 Hammerstein Center, undated



Box 22 Harcourt Awards, undated


Box 22 Harlem Hospital, undated


Box 22 Harkness Home, undated


Box 22 Harriman Institute , undated, (2 folders)


Box 22 Havemeyer Hall, undated


Box 22 HEP, undated


Box 22 Heyman Center, undated


Box 22 Hitchcock Scholarship, undated


Box 22 Hogan Hall Dedication, undated


Box 22 Homecoming, undated



Box 23 Homecoming, 1977


Box 23 Homecoming, 1967


Box 23 Homecoming, 1966


Box 23 Homecoming, 1965


Box 23 Homecoming, 1960-1961


Box 23 Homecoming, 1959


Box 23 Homecoming, 1958


Box 23 Homecoming, 1954


Box 23 Homecoming, 1953


Box 23 Homecoming, 1952


Box 23 Honorary Degrees , undated, (2 folders)



Box 24 Horwitz Prize , undated, (2 folders)


Box 24 Hosho No Troupe, undated


Box 24 Housing Institute, undated


Box 24 Hudson Laboratory, undated


Box 24 Industrial Reactor Laboratories, undated


Box 24 Informal Campus Shots, undated


Box 24 Institution, undated


Box 24 Institute for Crippled and Disables, undated


Box 24 Institute of African Studies, undated


Box 24 Institute of Nutrition Studies, undated


Box 24 Institute for Research in African American Studies, undated


Box 24 Intergroup Relations Project, undated



Box 47 International Affairs, undated, (4 folders)



Box 25 International Book Exhibition, undated


Box 25 International House, undated


Box 25 International Reporting Program, undated


Box 25 International Writing Fellows, undated


Box 25 Iranian Art (Sackler), undated


Box 25 Italian Academy, undated


Box 25 Italy, undated


Box 25 Japan Related Activities and Events at Columbia (Current), undated


Box 25 Jay, John, Award Dinner, undated


Box 25 Jay, John, Award Photos, 1987 1995, 1987, 1995, (2 folders)


Box 25 Jay, John-Diploma, undated


Box 25 Jay, John, Hall, undated


Box 25 Jefferson, Thomas by William Ordway Partridge, undated


Box 25 Jewish Student Center, undated


Box 25 Jewish Studies, undated


Box 25 Jewish Theological Seminary, undated



Box 26 Johnson Hall, undated


Box 26 Johnson Hall Plaza, undated



Box 48 Journalism, School of, undated, (4 folders)



Box 26 Julliard Program, undated


Box 26 Kemp Medal, undated


Box 26 Kent Hall, undated


Box 26 Kent Hall Student and Faculty Lounge, undated


Box 26 Kings College Charter, undated


Box 26 Knight-Bagehot Fellows, undated


Box 26 Kluge Scholars, undated


Box 26 Korean Scroll, undated


Box 26 Korean Students, undated


Box 26 Laboratory Scenes, undated


Box 26 Lamont Estate, undated


Box 26 Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory , undated, (2 folders)



Box 27 Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, undated


Box 27 Language Laboratory, undated



Box 48 Law, School of, undated



Box 49 Law, School of, undated, (4 folders)


Box 49 Law, School of-Building Only , undated, (2 folders)


Box 49 Law, School of-Law and Convocation, undated



Box 27 "Le Marteleur", undated


Box 27 Lerner Hall, undated


Box 27 "Letters" Charles Keck, undated


Box 27 Levien Gym Dedication, undated


Box 27 K.C.L.I. Medal, undated


Box 27 Libraries, undated



Box 28 Libraries, undated


Box 28 Life Force, undated


Box 28 Lindsay, John, undated


Box 28 Library Service School, undated


Box 28 Lion Mascot, undated


Box 28 Lipchitz Sculpture, undated


Box 28 August us Long Medical Library, undated


Box 28 Low Memorial Library (Inside), undated


Box 28 Low Library , undated, (2 folders)



Box 29 The Mace, undated


Box 29 Maison Francaise, undated


Box 29 Masefield, John Collection, undated


Box 29 Maser, undated


Box 29 Mathematics Building, undated


Box 29 Mattfeld Inauguration, undated


Box 29 Maxwell Hall, undated


Box 29 McArthur Fellows, undated


Box 29 McKinsey Foundation Lectures, undated


Box 29 McMillin Theatre (See Miller Theatre), undated


Box 29 Media Dinner, undated


Box 29 Medical Center (exterior), undated


Box 29 Medical Center (interior), undated


Box 29 Memorial Services, undated


Box 29 Merton Award, undated


Box 29 Michelle Clark Fellowship Program, undated


Box 29 Miki, Takeo, undated



Box 30 Miller Theatre, undated


Box 30 Miller Theatre-Performances, undated


Box 30 School of Mines, undated


Box 30 Minority Summer Research Program, undated


Box 30 Moore, H.-Sculpture, undated


Box 30 Mondale, Walter, undated


Box 30 Moratorium, undated


Box 30 Morningside Park, undated



Box 31 Mudd (Seely Wintersmith) Building, undated


Box 31 Music Department , undated, (2 folders)


Box 31 Music, Electronic, undated


Box 31 National Alumni Program, undated


Box 31 National Magazine Award, undated


Box 31 National Manpower Council, undated


Box 31 NEH, undated


Box 31 Neighborhood, undated


Box 31 Neurological Institute, undated


Box 31 Nevis Estate, undated


Box 31 New Campaign for Columbia, undated


Box 31 Newcomer's Party, undated


Box 31 New York City Scenes, undated



Box 50 New York School of Social Work, undated



Box 31 New York State University Presidents Financial Aid Press Conference,, undated


Box 31 Night Scenes, undated



Box 32 N.R.O.T.C., undated


Box 32 Institute of Ophthalmology, undated


Box 32 O'Brian, Hugh Seminar, undated


Box 32 Oral History, undated


Box 32 Painting and Sculpture, School of, undated


Box 32 Palm Tree Print, undated


Box 32 Pasha Visit, undated


Box 32 Pegram, George Laboratory, undated


Box 32 Perez, Carlos Andrew-Visit (Venezuelan President), 6/30/77


Box 32 Physical Plant, undated


Box 32 Philosophy Hall, undated


Box 32 Physic Laboratory, undated



Box 50 Physicians and Surgeons , undated, (2 folders)



Box 32 Physiology Class, undated


Box 32 Piazza, Lisa, undated


Box 32 Pirensi Exhibit, undated


Box 32 Piransi Exhibit, undated


Box 32 Placement Office, undated



Box 33 Plasmajets, undated


Box 33 Plasma Lab-Engineering School, undated


Box 33 Physicians and Surgeons (P and S), College of-Bicentennial, undated


Box 33 President's House, undated


Box 33 President's Report, undated


Box 33 Presbyterian Hospital, undated


Box 33 Project Double Discovery, undated


Box 33 Psychology Laboratory, undated


Box 33 Public Health, undated



Box 34 Pulitzer Board, undated



Box 33 Pulitzer Prize (General), undated



Box 34 Pulitzer Prizes, 1982-1987, (6 folders)



Box 35 Pulitzer Prizes, 1988-1990, (3 folders)



Box 33 Pulitzer Prize, 1992-2000, (4 folders)


Box 33 Pupin, Michael I. Anniversary Medal, undated


Box 33 Queen Juliana Convocation, undated



Box 35 Rabi Scholar, undated

(Suzanne Krivo with Professor Isidore S. Edelman)


Box 35 Radio-Telescope, undated


Box 35 Rackman Collection, undated


Box 35 Radar, undated


Box 35 Radiation Laboratory, undated


Box 35 Arthur M. Ransey of Canterbury, undated


Box 35 Rare Book and Manuscript Library 1 of 2, undated


Box 35 Rare Book and Manuscript Library 2 of 2, undated



Box 36 Rau, Lady Rama (Visit), undated


Box 36 Ray Lectures, undated


Box 36 Reactor, undated


Box 36 Registration, undated


Box 36 Reid Hall, undated


Box 36 Religious Group, undated


Box 36 Residence Halls, undated


Box 36 Revson Fellows, undated


Box 36 Sygman Rhee Convocation, undated


Box 36 Rickert Award, undated


Box 36 Riverside Church, undated


Box 36 Robeson Award, undated


Box 36 Robinson Scholarship, undated


Box 36 Rockefeller Center, undated


Box 36 Ross Gallery, undated


Box 36 Ruben-Viele Chair, undated


Box 36 Sackler Collection, undated


Box 36 Russian Exchange Students, undated


Box 36 Russian Institute, undated



Box 37 Saint Clair Place Development, undated


Box 37 Schermerhorn Hall, undated


Box 37 St. John the Divine, undated


Box 37 Schapiro Center for Engineering and Physical Science Research, undated


Box 37 Schapiro hall (Site), 1987


Box 37 Alma Schapiro Center for Theatre and Music, undated



Box 50 School of Public Health, undated



Box 37 Schumann Fellows, undated



Box 43 Sculptures, 1987



Box 37 St. Paul's Chapel 1 of 2, undated


Box 37 St. Paul's Chapel 2 of 2, undated


Box 37 "Scienta" Charles Keck, undated


Box 37 Sebastiano Serlio, undated


Box 37 Security, undated


Box 37 Senate, undated


Box 37 Sienkiewicz, Henry-Display, undated


Box 37 Sloan Fellows, undated



Box 38 Snow Scenes 1 of 2, undated


Box 38 Snow Scene 2 of 2, undated



Box 50 Social Work, undated



Box 38 Society of American Historians, undated


Box 38 South Field, undated


Box 38 Soviet Union, undated


Box 38 Spectator Anniversary, undated


Box 38 Spencer Awards, undated


Box 38 Special Collections, undated


Box 38 Sports Shots, undated


Box 38 Stettheimer, Florine, Paintings, undated


Box 38 Student Enterprises, undated


Box 38 Sullivan Drawings, undated


Box 38 Harlan Fiske Stone Award Dinner, undated


Box 38 Summer Institute for Space Study, undated


Box 38 Summer Session, undated



Box 39 Tammany Papers, undated


Box 39 Tass Window Posters (World War II), undated


Box 39 Teacher's College, undated


Box 39 Teuscher, Cristina, undated


Box 39 The Thinker, undated


Box 39 Thornton Awards, undated


Box 39 "Tight Rope Walker", undated


Box 39 Tinker Professorship, undated


Box 39 Titanic Search, 1980


Box 39 Tobenkin Awards, undated


Box 39 Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor, undated


Box 39 Transit Strike, 1966 April


Box 39 Translation Center, undated


Box 39 Tree-Ring, undated


Box 39 Trilling Lectures, undated


Box 39 Trustees, undated


Box 39 Bishop Tutu Honorary Degree, 1982


Box 39 Bishop Tutu Honorary Degree, 8/1982


Box 39 Twenty-Five Club, undated


Box 39 Twombley-Burden Room, undated


Box 39 Ulanov, Barry, undated


Box 39 Union Theological Seminary, undated


Box 39 United Nations-NY, undated


Box 39 University Development and Alumni Relations, undated


Box 39 University Hall, undated


Box 39 University Health Services, undated



Box 40 University Lectures/Seminars, undated


Box 40 Urban Center, undated


Box 40 Uris Hall, undated


Box 40 U.S. Constitution Bicentennial, undated


Box 40 Van Am, undated


Box 40 Van Amringe, John Howard by William Ordway Partridge, undated


Box 40 Van Doren Award, undated


Box 40 Varsity Club



Box 43 Volleyball, 1983



Box 40 Wallach Art Gallery, undated


Box 40 Wallach Art Gallery-Raphael's Legacy Photos, undated


Box 40 Wallach Art Gallery-Post/Pre Raphaelite Exhibit, undated


Box 40 Wallach Art Gallery-"The World on Paper: A Celebration of the Mapmakers Art",, undated


Box 40 Wallach Art Gallery-The Art of Sotho Habitation: Southern African Art at CU,, undated



Box 41 Wallach Art Gallery-Rothko, Mark Early Paintings Exhibition, undated


Box 41 Wallach Art Gallery-Edwin Austin Abbey's Shakespearean Subjects, undated


Box 41 Wallach Art Gallery-"Goya's Caprichos from Brooklyn Museum", undated


Box 41 Wallach Art Gallery-Photos from 1893 World's Fair on View, undated, 1893, undated


Box 41 Wallach Art Gallery-The World of the Han Dynasty Tomb, undated


Box 41 Vema 1 of 2, undated


Box 41 Vema 2 of 2, undated


Box 41 Vetlesen Prize, undated


Box 41 WKCR-New Antenna, undated


Box 41 Wien Award, undated


Box 41 Womanspace, undated



Box 42 Women's Center (Columbia College), undated


Box 42 Woodbridge Hall (Married Students Dormitory), undated


Box 42 Worcester Project, undated


Box 42 World's Fair, 1883


Box 42 The World Room, undated


Box 42 World War I Posters, undated


Box 42 Young Papers, Margaret Buckner (Mrs. Whitney M., Jr.), undated


Box 42 Yule Log, undated


Box 42 Zoology Department, undated