Our colleagues over in the Columbia Center for Oral History Research (CCOHR) will host series of workshops on Oral History and the Future. The sessions are centered around the question, “How is this future orientation made real?” Read more about the series and see the list of presenters coming to campus this fall. September 13, […]
Remembering 9/11 through oral histories
To say that the events of September 11, 2001 had a lasting impact on New York City, the nation and the world would be an understatement. In the days after the attack, the Columbia Oral History Research Office, as the combined research and archives arms were known then, had the foresight, skill and tact to […]
Collections News | Albert Field Playing Cards go online
The Columbia University Libraries has digitized cards from nearly two hundred decks of the Albert Field Collection of Playing Cards. The cards date from the 16th century through to 1801, and were mostly European – French, German, English, and Italian, though we slipped in one deck from a very new United States. […]
For your next playlist: Oggie and the Blue Lions
If you enjoy big band music, you should listen to the Columbia Blue Lions. C. Ogden Beresford, or Oggie, was a member of the Columbia College Class of 1943. A trumpet player, Beresford joined the University Band, played in the Symphony Orchestra, and was a member of the dance band, the Columbia Blue Lions, which […]
Oral history interviews with Supreme Court justices
Who will be the next Supreme Court Justice to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy? The confirmation hearings to vet this administration’s nominee have begun. Reporters are describing what went down on day one as unlike anything they’ve seen before in, collectively, years of judicial reporting. While you watch and wait to see what happens, stop into […]