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We emphasize offering information on the rare books on exhibit at the library in this section of the website. The Libraries' collection includes resources in more than 450 languages and primary source materials that span over 4,000 years of human thought.
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4d ago
How can we truly listen? How can we ensure the stories we capture are both authentic and accessible? These are the questions driving the Oral History Archives at Columbia’s latest display, DO BETTER: Reflexively + Critically Encountering Oral History Methods. Join us as we embark on a journey through the evolution of oral history, challenging [...]
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1w ago
In May 1895, newspapers around the country reported that Columbia President and alumnus Seth Low (CC 1870) had donated $1 million for the construction of the library building on the future Morningside Heights campus. This was at the time the largest donation ever made by an individual to a college or university. Low received letters [...]
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3w ago
A panel discussion at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture last week commemorated the 60th anniversary of Malcolm X’s assassination, and celebrated his revolutionary friendship with Yuri Kochiyama. The event was a collaboration of The New York Public Library’s Center for Educators and Schools, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the [...]
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1M ago
The Office of the Secretary recently sent out its yearly appeal asking members of the Columbia community to submit nominations for this year’s honorary degree and University Medal for Excellence recipients. The University aims to honor individuals “across all of the various areas of study and fields of academia.” The only restrictions are that honorees [...]
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1M ago
Oral historian and urban planner Ambar Wortham leads a sliding scale 3-hour interactive workshop on: the importance of preserving your own story and ensuring your life experiences are remembered for generations to come. Together, we will learn how self-preservation is as vital as the care you offer others, techniques to reflect on and organize [...]
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1M ago
Colleagues in the Columbia Center for Oral History Research welcome applications for the biannual 2025 Oral History Summer Institute. This year’s theme is Speaking Up for Democracy: Oral History and Political Change. The Summer Institute convenes for five days (July 14–18) with an additional workshop on hands-on techniques and implementation on Saturday, July 19, 2025. [...]
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1M ago
At the RBML, there are a couple of historical chairs in our reading rooms. One chair used to be in Benjamin Franklin’s library and is featured during presidential inaugurations. The other belonged to Columbia College Class of 1786 alum DeWitt Clinton. In fact, as the plaque on the chair notes, this is the chair “in [...]
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2M ago
The historical records of the Carnegie Corporation of New York are held by the RBML. They are a heavily-used resource by all kinds of patrons, because the Corporation’s philanthropy over the last century-plus has extended to nearly every corner of American life. Until 2015, all the records were paper-based, but since then the grant records have been [...]
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2M ago
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Morgan Library and Museum as a public institution. As part of the commemoration, the Morgan has put together an exhibition about the life and career of its first director, Belle da Costa Greene. Columbia librarians collaborated with Greene long before the Morgan was open to the public, [...]
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3M ago
Columbia Professor of Economics William Vickrey (1914-1996) is widely considered the Father of Congestion Pricing. And deservedly so. Vickrey studied traffic bottlenecks, gridlock and public transportation to find system efficiencies. With a version on congestion pricing about to go into effect in New York City starting January 5, 2025, we look back at a version [...]
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