Academic costumes and textiles collection, 1820s-2000s
85.02 linear feetThis collection consists primarily of academic robes and hoods of various Columbia professors and administrators, especially those given to these individuals for honorary degrees at other universities. The collection also contains some other textile materials, including the Women's Banner or Butler Library Banner (in two parts), Columbia College banners and flags, and some crew sweaters. Additional textiles can be found in the University Artifacts Collection (UA#0016).
Alexander Anderson Diary, 1793-1799
0.42 linear feetAnderson's connections to Columbia are many. He received an M.D. from Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1796, engraved Columbia's commencement ticket in 1794, and a bookplate for the College Library. As noted in his diary, he began sketching the design for the bookplate on March 14, 1795, delivered the finished work to President Johnson on March 25th, and was, after some effort on his part, paid £2, 8s on May 7th.
Alice M. Ditson Fund Records, 1940-2009
42.2 linear feetThe Alice M. Ditson Fund was established at Columbia University in 1940 and is still active in its primary function of providing financial support to composers, performances, and recordings of contemporary American music. The fund also gives out the annual Ditson Conductor's Award, established in 1945, which honors conductors who have a distinguished record of championing American music. The collection includes files regarding the selection of this prize across several decades, as well as financial records, meeting minutes, applicant files, and subject files for the general Fund since its creation.
Alumni Class Records, 1850-1989
24.84 linear feetThe Alumni Class Records contains materials pertaining to the alumni from the Classes of 1842 to 1963, from Columbia College and the School of Mines, later the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Content includes programs, menus, invitations, clippings, correspondence, and printed matter related to activities from college days to the many reunion events in the subsequent years.
Alumni Federation Cards, 1750s-1970s, bulk 1880s-1940s
40 linear feetAndrew Sarris papers, 1945-1988, bulk 1965-1985
20.42 linear feetArthur A. Goren Papers, 1834-2010, bulk 1900-2010
4.5 linear feetThe collection contains copies of articles and photocopies of archival material used for research, drafts of speeches and manuscripts, handwritten and typed research notes, correspondence, clippings, photographs, and teaching and course material such as syllabi, readings, notes, and bibliographies. These materials were gathered by Goren between approximately 1960 and 2005, as he conducted research in, wrote about, and taught American Jewish history at universities in the United States and Israel.
Bampton Lectures in America collection, 1948
1 linear feetThis collection consists of the ticket request correspondence for the inaugural, four-part lecture series "The Prospect of Western Civilization" delivered by Arnold Joseph Toynbee, Director of Studies in the Royal Institute of International Affairs, in April 1948.
Bard College Minutes, 1928-1944
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