For the December installment of its Curatorial Shorts series, the RBML hosted Robb Haberman, Associate Editor of the John Jay Papers, and David N. Gellman, Professor of History at DePaul University for a conversation about the Jay family’s fraught relationship with slavery and abolition. The focus of the talk was Liberty’s Chain: Slavery, Abolition, and […]
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Columbia alum and archives donor featured in NY Mag’s Curbed (with photos)
How do you live in the same Chelsea one-bedroom — purchased for $3000 — for over 50 years and still have room for a wealth of collectibles? Apparently, by donating select objects to Columbia’s distinctive collections libraries. For its Great Rooms feature Curbed, an NY Magazine vertical dedicated to that New York obsession real […]
News from RMBL’s Collections Managers and Archivists | December 2021 and January 2022
Kevin Schlottmann, RBML’s head archivist, shares a selection of new and updated finding aids, as well as newly available collections. We have lots to share, including newly processed collections, recently digitized AV material, and some significant updated finding aids. At long last, the heavily used Random House records have an digital finding aid, replacing a […]
Jennifer E. Steenshorne and the John Jay Papers: A Commemorative Tribute
By Robb K. Haberman The John Jay Papers Project, The Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and Columbia University mourn the recent loss of our esteemed colleague and dear friend Jennifer E. Steenshorne. Jenn joined the John Jay Papers in July 2005 and worked as an associate editor on the project for the twelve years following. […]
Now Available | Columbia University Web Archives 1996-2010
Have you ever wished you could go back in time and see what Columbia’s website looked like before now? Since July 2010 the University Archives has been helping our users do just that. As part of its mission to preserve and provide access to the institutional history of Columbia in all formats, the UA has […]