Forgive me, reader; it’s been a very long time since my last post. Why? Because every time I find something interesting to write about it gets… complicated, and I get distracted. For example: A comics class came for a hands-on session, and in addition to the comics the professor picked out, I showed them […]
Journalists at Risk in the Former Yugoslavia: The Committee to Protect Journalists Records
Catherine Carson Ricciardi Archivist In processing the records for the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), I’ve found many files that document the challenges for journalists covering the war in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. For example, records relating to a project to create a safety handbook for these journalists provide additional insights into the […]
“Mr. Farley! This is War!”
Annalisa Pesek, RBML Intern (summer, 2011) Today’s climactic moment as an RBML intern arrives at that time in the day when your fingers are beginning to tingle from the constant re-foldering and you start to question whether or not the demise of your career as an archivist will be the result of your enduring curiosity. […]
Researching Poor Children and Society: The New York Juvenile Asylum Records
Catherine Carson Ricciardi Archivist Since the New York Juvenile Asylum (NYJA) records were processed two years ago, the RBML has received many inquiries. In handling these queries, I’ve become quite familiar with this collection and its wealth of information. While many inquiries come from genealogists, the records also provide primary source material for historians interested […]
Amelia Earhart’s Adventurous Side
Carrie E. Hintz Archivist Alright, so the images here are a bit fuzzy– but what they show is a young Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) perched on top of the domed roof of Columbia’s Low Library. Earhart attended Columbia University’s School of General Studies from 1919-1920 (and again, briefly, in the spring of 1925) intending to go […]