Kevin Schlottmann, RBML’s head archivist, shares a selection of new and updated finding aids, as well as newly available collections. Newly Linked Audio-visual and Moving Image Collections Max Neuhaus papers, 1950s-2008 “Research materials relating to the creation and installation of sound sculptures by Max Neuhaus.” Newly Available Oral History Collections The Columbia University […]
Bourke-White at Columbia
A striking self-portrait of Margaret Bourke-White welcomes visitors to the Met’s latest photography exhibition “The New Woman Behind the Camera.” Before she became a renowned photojournalist, Bourke-White was a student at Columbia, who took her first photography class with Clarence H. White in 1922. […]
Comics Scrapbook Offers a Window into Depression-era Kansas
RBML welcomes an exciting new addition to its collections: a scrapbook compiled by a Kansas barber named I. A. Persinger, who began the book in 1928. […]
Celebrate Great Immigrants with the Carnegie Corporation of New York online archives
The Carnegie Corporation of New York just released its annual list of Great Immigrants, which includes an array of individuals contributing to this nation’s rich tapestry of social, scientific, medical, and medical achievements. While there are, undoubtedly, complications to all legacies, it’s worth noting contemporary efforts by institutions to use their resources to […]
Return to Campus: Records Management Considerations
As Columbia begins the return to “normal University life in September,” it’s time to think about our offices and our records. Here are some recommendations in an effort to ease our transition back to campus life. […]