This post is by Callum Blackmore, a GSAS student and intern in the RBML’s Graduate Student Internship in Primary Sources. Two recently processed collections at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library provide insights into the life and work of Judy Garland. But while one paints the star in a largely negative light, the other offers […]
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Two Glimpses of Judy Garland at the RBML: Part I
This post is by Callum Blackmore, a GSAS student and intern in the RBML’s Graduate Student Internship in Primary Sources. Two recently processed collections at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library provide insights into the life and work of Judy Garland. But while one paints the star in a largely negative light, the other offers […]
Two Operatic Controversies (and what they tell us about the relationship between the arts and the media in the United States)
This post is by Callum Blackmore, a GSAS student and intern in the RBML’s Graduate Student Internship in Primary Sources. In October 1975, a controversy erupted around the American opera singer, Beverly Sills. At the heart of this controversy was a feature article by the opera critic, Peter G. Davis (1948-2021), whose papers are now […]
Processing Lucie Brock-Broido’s Papers
Guest post by Iva Moore (School of the Arts, 2023) The poet Lucie Brock-Broido has been critical to the Writing Program’s reputation at Columbia’s School of The Arts. After completing a Briggs-Copeland Lectureship at Harvard, Brock-Broido served as the head of Columbia’s poetry concentration from 1993 to 2018. She established herself as a bit of […]
Processing the Joseph E. Slater Papers
Guest post by Evelyn MacPherson, GSAS student At the start of my internship with the Rare Books and Manuscript Library I was asked if I knew what my dissertation would be on— a fair question for any rising fourth year PhD candidate, albeit a daunting one. I’d been asking myself the same question, and I […]