Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Columbia University
- Extent:
- 18.13 linear feet and 20 document boxes, 1 record carton, 4 oversize boxes, 10 phonograph album boxes, and 1 OS flat box.
- Language:
- English , Japanese .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Columbia University Historical Recordings; Box and Folder; University Archives, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.
Background
- Scope and Content:
An artificial collection of phonograph records, reels of audio tape recordings, and motion picture films recording a variety of Columbia University academic and extra-curricular activities and events such as lectures; speeches, some at award ceremonies; commencement; installation of Nicholas M. Butler and Dwight D. Eisenhower as presidents of the university; King George VI of England during his visit, 1939; speech of England's Queen Mother, Elizabeth in 1954; homecoming; football, the band; academic and alumni conferences; and radio programs under the auspices of Columbia. Many of the recordings are of Eisenhower. Other prominent personalities include John Foster Dulles, Herbert Hoover, Isidor Rabi, Eleanor Roosevelt, John R. Dunning, and the Shah of Iran.
- Acquisition information:
- Source of acquisition--Columbiana. Method of acquisition--Transfer; Date of acquisition--1974. Accession number--M-74.
- Custodial history:
Transferred from Columbiana, 1974 & 1977; Gift of the Columbia University Engineering Alumni Association, 1979.
- Processing information:
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 05/05/89. EAD container list created by Emily Burns CC 2018 and Jocelyn Wilk. Finding Aid written by Jocelyn Wilk in August 2019.
- Arrangement:
Cataloged.
- Physical / technical requirements:
Material base and configuration--Sound recordings
Material base and configuration--Audio tapes
Material base and configuration--Motion pictures
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Radio programs
Bands (Music)
Universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- New York
Motion pictures
Phonograph records
Slides (photographs)
Tape recordings
Sound recordings
Video recordings (physical artifacts) - Names:
- Columbia University -- : History
Columbia University -- : Football
Columbia University -- : Alumni and alumnae
Columbia University -- : Anniversaries, etc
Columbia University -- : Presidents
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947
Eisenhower, Dwight D (Dwight David), 1890-1969
George, King of Great Britain, VI, 1895-1952
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Rabi, I. I (Isidor Isaac), 1898-1988
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
Dunning, John R (John Ray), 1907-1975
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1919-1980
Online content
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
-
This collection is located on-site.
Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. All original copies of audio / moving image media are closed. Email rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
-
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Columbia University Historical Recordings; Box and Folder; University Archives, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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6th Floor East Butler Library535 West 114th St.New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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(212) 854-5590rbml@library.columbia.edu