In the latest issue of Columbia College Today (Fall 2025), Charles Butler writes an amazing story about a recent “you-gotta-be-kidding” coincidence in Columbia football history. Last year, junior Jack Smiechowski helped Columbia win the Ivy League Championship (tied with Harvard and Dartmouth) and this year, as a senior, he is one of the co-captains. The […]
[Event, Tues, 11/.18.25] How We Listen: Behind the Boxes…When Archivists Get Personal About Their Own Family Histories
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, […]
Max Beckmann diaries online
The diaries of painter Max Beckmann are now available online, fully, for the first time (in German). As the home of 10 Beckmann diaries, the Rare Book & Manuscript Library was pleased to contribute to scans of the materials in our holdings to this project. Please see below for a full description of the […]
New Acquisition | A King’s College Diploma from 1775
Last summer we held a small exhibition focused on the diplomas awarded by King’s College, as Columbia was known before the Revolutionary War. The tradition of handing out diplomas at Commencement was started by King’s College’s second president, Myles Cooper, in 1763. We had in our holdings examples from 1763 to 1774. So what happened […]
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 […]