Collection ID: 13222652 UA#0187

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Columbia University. Archives
Extent:
2.5 linear feet and 1 document box and 1 oversize flat box
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Columbia University calendars; Box and Folder; University Archives, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Background

Scope and Content:

This collection contains calendars produced by various departments and offices of the University to serve as mementos, record the academic year, or mark anniversaries, such as the sesquicentennial calendar in 1904. Some are calendars made to be displayed on walls; others are weekly appointment books. The calendars contain original artwork (drawings, cartoons) and photographs. Earlier calendar feature photos which originally appeared in the yearbook, the Columbian. Later calendars contain photos of the Morningside Heights campus buildings and students, many of which can be found in the Historical Photograph Collection (including those by Manny Warman, University Photographer) and in the Walter L. Bogert Photograph album.

Biographical / Historical:

The Columbia University calendars is an artficial collection compiled by Columbiana curators and University Archives staff over the years.

Processing information:

This collection was processed by Jennifer Ulrich in January 2003. Finding aid written by Joanna Rios in May 2019.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in one series.

Accruals:

Additions are expected.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

PREFERRED CITATION:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Columbia University calendars; Box and Folder; University Archives, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th St.
New York, NY 10027, United States
CONTACT:
(212) 854-5590
rbml@library.columbia.edu