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Columbia University

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1896    

Biographical / Historical

Columbia University was founded 1754 as King's College. In 1784, the name changed to Columbia College, followed by a 1896 reorganization as Columbia University.

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Léonie Adams and William Troy papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 316
Abstract:

The Léonie Adams and William Troy Papers consist of correspondence, writings, teaching materials, and other papers that document the personal and professional lives of both writers and teachers. The papers span the years 1902 to 1980.

Dates: 1902-1987

Bangs family papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 47
Abstract:

Scrapbooks, manuscripts, diaries. letters, and personal papers documenting the lives and careers of American humorist John Kendrick Bangs and his son, Francis Hyde Bangs.

Dates: 1881-1964

John Sylvester Fischer papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 850
Abstract: Family and general correspondence, subject files, writings, diaries and memorabilia. The general correspondence makes up nearly half the papers, documenting Fischer's professional career. As editor of Harper's Magazine (1935-1967) with time out as an editor of Harper & Brothers (1947-1953) he numbered many prominent writers among his correspondents. Notable are Bruce Catton, Norman Cousins, Ralph Ellison, Malcolm Foster, John Kenneth Galbraith, John...
Dates: 1907-1980

Johnson family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 305
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, papers, volumes, deeds, and other material documenting several generations of the Johnson family of Connecticut and New York. Samuel Johnson (1696-1772), William Samuel Johnson (1727-1819), William Samuel Johnson (1795-1883), and Samuel William Johnson (1828-1895) are prominent figures in the papers. The correspondence of William Livingston (1723-1790) and Noah Welles (1718-1776) is also arranged in the papers. In addition to extensive correspondence...
Dates: 1631-2017, bulk 1631-1918

George Washington Lyon papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 979
Abstract:

Notebooks, papers and diploma relating to George Washington Lyon's student years at Columbia University.

Dates: 1854-1858

Martha McPhee papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1606
Abstract: Notebooks, journals, writings, correspondence, personal papers, and printed material, as well as computer and audiovisual media, by or relating to writer Martha McPhee. Collection materials document McPhee's writing process, as well as her relationships with her family including her sister Laura McPhee, mother Pryde Brown, father John McPhee, husband Mark Svenvold, and others; her experience in a blended family; her childhood near Princeton, New Jersey; her trips to Italy in her youth; and...
Dates: 1906-2019, bulk 1970-2019

James Marshall Osborn Research Files

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 333
Abstract: Lecture and class notes, research files and other papers, card indexes, and microfilms compiled by James Marshall Osborn during the course of his studies at Columbia University and Oxford University, as well as his time teaching and curating at Yale University, 1932-1979. Included are Osborn's paleography files, which consist of 296 examples relating to seventeenth-century English government and law. There are also three 16mm silent film reels, two of which are titled "Tour to the...
Dates: 1620s-1979, bulk 1932-1973

Edmund Ware Sinnott papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 452
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, lectures, speeches, writings, notes, clippings, and printed material, primarily relating to Edmund Sinnott's professional career as a botanist.

Dates: 1904-1968

David Wagstaff collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 541
Abstract:

The collection of logbooks and ship's papers gathered by David Wagstaff, plus correspondence and reports concerning the Canadian salmon industry and student notebooks of Philip Kearny (1815-1862) and Thomas Richmond (d. 1859) when they were students at Columbia.

Dates: 1810-1935