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Category: Columbia University Archives
A Narrative in the Documents: The Gibbs Affair
Interesting narratives that are interwoven into Columbia University’s history can unravel simply by creating an online inventory for a collection. Recently, a series of letters was discovered within the Columbia College Papers that elucidate past events involving administrative prejudice, academic politics, and the Civil War. After James Renwick, Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy and […]
On Display @ Kunming City Museum: Barney Rosset, Publisher-Hero as Combat Photographer in China
Columbia University Libraries/Information Services’ (CUL/IS) Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML) is pleased to announce the opening of Barney Rosset, Publisher-hero as Combat Photographer in China, an exhibition at Kunming City Museum, in Kunming City, Yunnan, China, which features a collection of RBML’s photographs of China from World War II by Grove Street Press publisher […]
Rare Book & Manuscript Library Acquires Granary Books Archive
Columbia University Libraries/Information Services’ Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the archive of Granary Books, one of the country’s most significant artist book publishers operating today. Founded in 1981 as a distributor, Granary Books began publishing under the direction of Steve Clay in 1985. Granary Books’ mission is […]
Selling Russia’s Treasures
November 12, 2013 (Tuesday) Butler Library, Room 203 at 6:00 PM Please join us for a presentation on the Soviet Trade in Nationalized Art, 1917-1938 – an authoritative illustrated account of the unprecedented sale of Russia’s cultural treasures by the Soviet government. Speakers will include Nicolas Iljine, Natalia Semenova, Elena Solomakha, Robert H. Davis, […]