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Event Details × Close Collections Elvis Takes Texas Listen to an archive of the legend performing at his home away from home. Through the Eyes of Children Children living through the Spanish Civil War document events through art. In the Limelight RBML's Dramatic Museum Realia puppets reflect history and fashion. Birds of America Explore John James Audubon's extensive collection of feathered species. Year of the Rat Celebrate Lunar New Year with archival photos of Chinese temples. MLK Day In honor or Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's birthday, listen to sound recordings as he advocates civil disobedience. International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemorate with audio archives at Union Theological Center. It Does a Body Good See nutritional campaigns throughout the years. Previous Next View All Collections News Columbia Spectator showcases "Awash in Books: Books for the Year of Water," an exhibition of works that celebrate and explore one of the most precious resources on Earth. The University Archives shares previously-restricted administrative records related to the search for a new University president after the historic campus protests in April 1968. Browse the latest additions to the Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, including a 16th-century volume that features fold-out maps of the Holy Land. New year, newly-processed collections! The latest from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes the papers of dancer Arthur Mitchell and the archive of New York-based publisher Goodie Publications. Happy birthday, Zora Neale Hurston (BC 1928)! The acclaimed author of "Their Eyes Were Watching God" and other works was the first African-American graduate of Barnard College. Learn about the history of the iconic Apollo Theater from the Oral History Archives' Apollo Theater Oral History Project, which features interviews with performers and music industry insiders. Curator Thai Jones, who studies radical social movements, discusses the potential consequences of a decision by a Virginia school district to allow students time off to protest. Columbia Engineering Magazine consults the Libraries' lead conservators about the future of cultural preservation. In recognition of Human Rights Month, archivist Chris Laico discusses his work to make the Libraries' human rights collections accessible to researchers and scholars worldwide. Hear a 1991 oral history from Margaret Lawrence, the first African-American psychoanalyst and a graduate of Columbia's College of Physicians & Surgeons, who passed away on December 4 at 105. The Mellon Foundation awards the Libraries $750,000 to preserve nearly 21,000 unique audio and moving-image recordings, including audio material from the archive of radio personality Bob Fass. Actor Cliff Montgomery was a star on the Columbia Football field long before he landed in Hollywood! Montgomery led the Lions to victory over Stanford in the 1934 Rose Bowl. The Rare Book & Manuscript Library marks World AIDS Day with oral histories from the Physicians & AIDS project, "a historical account of the epidemic through the eyes of the doctors who experienced it." News from archives of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library include the papers of Chinese-American publisher William Chang and Russian choreographer Leonide Massine. The Web Archive of Independent News Sites on Turkish Affairs documents and preserves online news outlets about Turkey that are not controlled by the state. A new research guide from the Columbia Research Initiative on the Global History of Sexualities connects scholars to oral histories and other resources from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. An interview with Dr. Manan Ahmed, Associate Professor of History, about the value of the ongoing Muslim World Manuscript Project to teaching and scholarship. Two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone donated a portion of her theatrical archive, spanning the actress's five-decade career, to the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. The Independent Documentary Filmmakers from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan Web Archive preserves at-risk primary source materials from notable documentarians. On World Digital Preservation Day, the Libraries celebrates the collections conserved, the access maintained, and the understanding fostered by preserving digital materials. Recently-processed materials from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library include a collection that documents Nobel Prize-winner Marie Curie's travels in the United States. Like a restless spirit, the chair in which Columbia alumnus and two-term governor of New York, DeWitt Clinton, died drifted across campus before taking up permanent residence in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. In time for Halloween, the Libraries tells the eerie tale of Buell Hall, the only remaining building from an era when the Columbia campus was home to an "asylum for the insane." The curators of the archival exhibit "Roar, Lion, Roar: A Celebration of Columbia Football" share stories about New York City from the history of Columbia Football. University archivists recount the unfortunately ill-fated and short-lived football career of Jack Kerouac, who briefly played for Columbia football coach Lou Little in the 1940s. The Libraries receives early Slavic books and manuscripts that date from the 17th to the 20th centuries from Columbia alumnus and Hamilton College professor emeritus, Franklin A. Sciacca. The South Asian Open Archives, an initiative from the Libraries and numerous partner institutions, facilitates global access to 350,000 pages of research materials in 13 languages. In partnership with the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Libraries announces a digital archive that explores the philanthropic legacy of Andrew Carnegie. The Women in Film Pioneers Project relaunches the thriving digital resource, enhancing its commitment to the advancement of research on women filmmakers in the silent era. "The Pavilion," a mural by Baris Gokturk (SOA '20) and based on a book by Professor Zeynep Celik, is installed in Butler Library as part of the Performing the Library project. Happy Homecoming weekend, Columbia! The first Homecoming was celebrated in October 1948 to honor newly-inaugurated University president, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Outreach Archivist Leah Edelman, who recently joined the staff of the Burke Library, tackles one of her top priorities: relocating select collections to offsite storage. 2020 presidential candidates have paid more attention to climate change than in previous election cycles. The reason, according to Curator Thai Jones, is activism. 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