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 […]
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[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 […]
Show Me Your Cards: Communicating In The Days Of Yore
Before texts, tweets, and swipes, there were calling cards, cartes de visite, and dance cards—the original social media of centuries past. Often dismissed as trivial, these small pieces of ephemera tell a big story: how we connected, flirted, and formed relationships before the digital age. Though fleeting in nature, they offer lasting insight into the […]
An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia: 5000 pages with Richard D. Heffner
An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia is a monthly posting featuring the people, events, and organizations in the Oral History Archive at Columbia’s collections, as well as behind-the-scenes info about oral history methodology. Title: Oral history interview with Richard D. Heffner, 1997 and Oral history interview with Richard D. Heffner, 2011 Interview […]