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Correspondence, biographical materials, manuscripts, and published materials.
Central Files (Office of the President records), 1890-1984 927 linear feet
Charles Gordon Heyd papers, 1893-1961 5.5 Linear Feet
Chen Lifu Papers, 1926-1989, bulk 1926-1951 1.25 Linear Feet
Columbia College papers, 1703-1964, bulk 1754-1920 66.08 linear feet
Columbia University in World War II collection, 1933-1975 32.02 linear feet
Constance Baker Motley Papers, 1935-2006 13.72 linear feet
The bulk of the Motley papers document her professional life. The papers include correspondence, manuscripts, memoranda, speeches, interviews, photographs, audio cassettes, and memorabilia.
C.S. (Chien-Shiung) Wu Papers, 1945-1994, bulk 1960-1979 9.42 linear feet
The collection consists of speeches, reports, publications, research notes, and correspondence. The bulk of the collection relates to Wu's involvement in the American Physical Society as well as her research activities. The correspondence is chiefly professional, relating to C. S. Wu's physics research, professional commitments, appointments, meetings, conferences, and publications. Correspondence also includes letters from individuals around the world praising Wu for her accomplishments, asking advice, arranging speaking engagements, discussing administrative matters, and trading research notes, as well as information on publications and other topics. In addition, the collection contains information on Wu's involvement in the development of an affirmative action program at Columbia University in the 1970's.
David A. Paterson papers, 2005-2011 38.75 linear feet
David Diamond papers, 1925-1968 6 Linear Feet
Declaration of Atlantic Unity records, 1948-1978 22.75 linear feet
Correspondence files of the Declaration of Atlantic Unity. The declarations which they issued are in the box of printed materials (No. 49)
Double Discovery Center records, 1965-2005, bulk 1985-1995 61.5 linear feet
Douglas Putnam Haskell papers, 1866-1979-(bulk 1949-1964). 56 Linear Feet
Elinor Weiss Papers, 1984-2016 2 Linear Feet
Erik Bert papers, 1924-1980 7 linear feet
Eugene H. Nickerson papers, 1955-1970 290 boxes
Personal, administrative, political, and investigative files of Nickerson. The papers deal almost entirely with his eight years as County Executive, and consist of correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts of speeches, notes, press releases, photographs, and clippings. Among the major correspondents are James A. Farley, Hubert H. Humphrey, Robert F. Kennedy, Edward I. Koch, and Percy E. Sutton. The Investigation Files, which amount to nearly half the collection, document investigation into corruption and mismanagement in numerous Long Island businesses and governmental departments. These investigations, instigated and overseen by Nickerson, were carried out largely by the Commissioner of Accounts, Milton Lipson, and later by Samuel Greason, the first governmental ombudsman in the United States. These files consist primarily of memoranda, transcripts of hearings, payroll and financial accounts, notes, and tape recordings.
Francis T. P. Plimpton papers, 1901-1983 29 linear feet
G. Lester Anderson papers (Part II), 1969-1975 2.5 Linear Feet
G. Lester Anderson papers (Part III), 1951-1974 7.5 Linear Feet
Gloria DeSole Papers, 1969-1988 2.0 cubic ft.
Graduate School of Journalism records, 1912-2011, bulk 1950-1989 71.26 linear feet
Helen Zaidee Marie Rodgers papers, 1890-1959 5.34 Linear Feet
Henry Lee Smith papers, circa 1935-1972, bulk 1956-1972 22.5 Linear Feet
Herbert Wechsler Papers, 1919-2000, bulk 1932-1995 60 linear feet
H. H. Kung papers, 1936-1958, bulk 1936-1944 0.4 Linear Feet
Historical biographical files, 1800-2022 184.31 linear feet
The materials that comprise the Historical Biographical Files have been collected and added to from a variety of sources over the years by current and previous staff. The files consist of materials related to people who have a connection to the University whether as student, alumni, administrator, faculty, staff, guest lecturer, or honorary degree recipient. Materials generally consist of newspaper and magazine clippings, press releases, programs, ephemera, printed matter, lists, reports, and pamphlets.
Huang, Fu papers, 1913-1945 0.8 Linear Feet
Isadore Gilbert Mudge papers, 1875-1977, bulk 1910-1957 2.09 linear feet
Jewish Liberal Arts Club Collection, 1931-2000 2.25 Linear Feet
John Leonard papers, 1939-2015, bulk 1950s-2008 26.5 linear feet
John T. Horton papers, circa 1920-1979 2.38 Linear Feet
Joseph Manch papers, 1922-1988 15.83 Linear Feet
Juan J. Linz papers, 1936-2010, bulk 1950-1989 12 linear feet
The Juan J. Linz papers contain correspondence, personal documents, awards, photographs, notes, writings, speeches, lectures and courses notes, research files, press coverage and interviews, and printed material, dating from 1920s to 2010. The materials also include one box of materials on Columbia Student Unrest in 1968. The collection provide an insight on Juan J. Linz's family and childhood as well as his education and his work as a political scientist and a professor.
Lydia T. Wright papers, 1883-1968 7.3 Linear Feet
Manning Marable papers, 1967-2012 140 linear feet
Selig Adler papers (Part I), 1928-1985 6.26 Linear Feet
Selig Adler papers (Part II), 1928-1985 10 of 16.26 Linear Feet
Sigma Pi Phi Alpha Kappa Boule records, 1954-2003 2.71 Linear Feet
Stuart Gedal 1968 Columbia University Strike Collection, 1966-1970 3.75 linear feet
A collection of over 340 pieces of original material related to the demonstrations at Columbia University and their after-math, focused on actvities led by the Columbia Students for a Democratic Society (Columbia SDS) to protest the Vietnam War, end the construction of a Columbia gymnasium on public park land in Harlem, and include University students in institutional decision-making. Most items date to the spring and fall of 1968, including newspaper and magazine clippings, flyers for protests and demonstrations, letters, leaflets, journal and newspaper issues, essays, notices, press releases, memos, meeting minutes, proposals, and many other items, all collected and archived by Stuart Gedal, a student at Columbia and prominent SDS member.
Temple Beth Zion Records, 1864-2008, bulk (Bulk 1890-1995) 68 Linear Feet
Thomas B. Lockwood papers, 1876-1956 13 Linear Feet
Tingfu Tsiang Papers, 1942-1965 1.25 Linear Feet
Tony Kushner papers, 1920, 1961-2018 84 linear feet
V. K. Wellington Koo papers, 1906-1992, bulk 1931-1966 120.5 Linear Feet
Wallace K. Harrison architectural drawings and papers, 1913-1986, bulk 1930-1980 22 manuscript boxes
Whitney M. Young, Jr. papers, 1960-1977 300 boxes
Correspondence, speeches, reports, testimony, press releases, and articles of Young. The files document Young's leadership in many social welfare and civil rights organizations, as well as his activities as a columnist and speaker. Cataloged correspondents include Robert F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Hubert H. Humphrey, Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, Roy Wilkins, and John W. Gardner.