February 25, 2021, 6:10 PM 7:30 PM Changing the Narrative on Gun Violence: Survivors Want You to ‘Sit Down and Listen’ Holly Werner-Thomas 👉🏾This collection will be archived in the Oral History Archives at Columbia. March 11, 2021, 6:10 PM 7:30 PM Documenting State Violence, Building Archives of Survival Gabriel Solis March 18, 2021, […]
News from RBML’s Archivists | January 2021
Kevin Schlottmann, RBML’s head archivist, shares these updates of a selection of new and updated finding aids, as well as newly available collections. 🆕 Newly processed and available As we do every January, we lifted restrictions that expired at the turn of the year. This year, 15 collections had folders or sections that were […]
Book Event Today, 4pm — Abortion Law Since Roe v. Wade
Join the Lehman Center for American History and the Rare Book & Manuscript Library for an online talk by Mary Ziegler (Florida State University) on her new book, Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present. Event date: Wednesday, February 24th, 2021 Event time: 4:00 – 5:30 pm EST Register for this […]
Mamie’s “Lovely Pink Gown”
In 1963, former University President Dwight D. Eisenhower was invited back to Columbia to receive the Alexander Hamilton Medal. For the dinner event held at Low Library, Mamie Eisenhower chose to wear the pink gown she posed in 1950 for her Columbia portrait. This gown is currently held at the University Archives. […]
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