Alice was here

Tomorrow, October 6th, is Mad Hatter Day! University Archivist Jocelyn Wilk shares a Columbia connection to the day, which celebrates the Hatter, a key character in Lewis Carol’s Alice in Wonderland.   Did you know that Alice in Wonderland came to visit Columbia and was awarded an honorary degree? You may think us mad to suggest […]

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New Resource | Notable Columbians

  At the University Archives, working with researchers allows us to learn about a wide range of Columbians. From a researcher, we learned about Otelia Cromwell, the first African American woman to receive a PhD at Yale. (Cromwell received a Master’s degree from Columbia in 1911.) Another asked us about Anni Weiss-Frankl, one of the […]

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For your next playlist: Oggie and the Blue Lions

If you enjoy big band music, you should listen to the Columbia Blue Lions. C. Ogden Beresford, or Oggie, was a member of the Columbia College Class of 1943. A trumpet player, Beresford joined the University Band, played in the Symphony Orchestra, and was a member of the dance band, the Columbia Blue Lions, which […]

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Summer travels with the University Archives            

Now that Commencement has passed and the campus has calmed, are you thinking summer about travel plans? Here’s some inspiration from the University Archives: three travel diaries from three very different writers and from very different times and circumstances. […]

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CU summer housing: Lorca slept here

Welcome to the start of Columbia’s 2018 summer session! We recently processed a collection of Columbia Men’s Residence Hall Registers and Ledger Books. The registers served as a directory of residents for each of the earliest dorms on the Morningside campus. Organized by last name and first initial, the books list the room number, mail […]

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