A forgotten collection of New York students’ essays from the 1960s captures more than a thousand viewpoints on the city’s greatest challenges and opportunities. Now fully digitized and searchable, the “New York’s Future As I View It” essay contest from 1965 offers a unique snapshot of the history of the city’s future. […]
Research from the RBML | Tessa Roynon writes about Toni Morrison’s editorial list
The Toni Morrison editorial files are a much-loved part of the Random House papers, tracking Morrison’s work with a host of renowned and canonical authors, including Toni Cade Bambara, Henry Dumas, Lucille Clifton, and Angela Davis. Below, Tessa Roynon, librarian at The Swan School, discusses why libraries should consider preserving examples of Morrison’s editorial list […]
[Cross-posting] Librarian Jean Blackwell Hutson ’35
Our Barnard Archives and Special Collections and Communications colleagues showcase curator and librarian Jean Hutson Blackwell (Barnard ’35, Columbia ’36 and ’41) in this informative biographical tribute. For more on Hutson from the Oral History Archives at Columbia, you can listen to Hutson in her own words or read this transcript from her 1978 oral […]
[New Collection] Archiving the Everyday: MINUTIAE App Collection
The Oral History Archives at Columbia is excited to announce a groundbreaking addition to our collections: the MINUTIAE app archival collection! This acquisition marks a first for Columbia University Libraries, as we document the complete lifecycle of a mobile application. MINUTIAE, launched in 2017 by artists Martin Adolfsson and Daniel Wilson, offers a unique […]
Now Available | Columbia School of Library Service records
We recently processed the Alumni Files, a large series in the Columbia School of Library Service records. Alumni here means former students who enrolled in a degree program (BS, MS, PhD), whether or not they completed their program, from 1926 to 1992. These files have often been requested by researchers so we are delighted to […]