[Event] Oral Histories Behind Every Tile – a session with Nicole Wong + The Mahjong Project

Tuesday, February 10th at 4pm EST This event offers a chance to hear from The Mahjong Project’s history keeper, Nicole Wong about her efforts to preserve mahjong’s rules, etiquette, and personal anecdotes for generations. Her beautiful website and companion book,  Mahjong: House Rules from Across the Asian Diaspora illustrates how the game bridges families across […]

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Oral History | Architectural memories courtesy of Avery Library’s Drawings & Archives

  Congratulations to our colleagues in Avery Library on their acquisition of a set o oral memoirs that are “reflections of twenty-five Skidmore, Owings & Merrill partners including Gordon Bunshaft and David M. Childs, Srinivasa Iygenar and J. Walter Severinghaus.” We love to spotlight the use of interviewing methods across the Columbia University Libraries’ collections! […]

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[Event, Tues, 11/.18.25] How We Listen: Behind the Boxes…When Archivists Get Personal About Their Own Family Histories

A banner for an event titled "Behind the Boxes: When Archivists Get Personal About Their Own Family Histories." The title text is in a large, monospace font on the left side, set against a bright teal background with a faint green-and-yellow, swirling, ghosted pattern. To the right of the text is a low-resolution, color image that appears to be a still from an older video recording. It shows three people, possibly children or teenagers, holding hands and standing in a line. Below the main title and image, smaller text centered on the banner reads: "a candid talk with David Walker (Archivist at The Easton Foundation & Louise Bourgeois Archive) on memory, meaning, and the records we keep".

  Join the Oral History Archives at Columbia for a candid conversation that explores where the professional world ends and the personal one begins! What happens when archivists confront their own family histories? On Tuesday (11.18), as part of the Oral History Archives’ How We Listen series, join us for a conversation with David Walker, […]

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Oral History Archive Reveal: Anti‑Social Design in a Hyper‑Connected Society

Event Announcement – How We Listen…Archive Reveal: Anti‑Social Design in a Hyper‑Connected Society Date: Tuesday, 23 September 2025 Time: 3:00 – 4:30 PM ET Location: Online (Zoom link will be emailed to registrants) The Oral History Archives at Columbia is thrilled to unveil a groundbreaking addition to our holdings—the MINUTIAE app archival collection. This is the first time Columbia University Libraries […]

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A to Z of Oral History | I is for Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality Oral History Collection

  An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia is a periodic posting featuring people, events, and organizations in the Oral History Archive at Columbia’s collections, as well as behind-the-scenes info about oral history methodology.   Collection title: Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality Oral History Collection Interview contents: The Institute for Research on […]

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