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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Rare Book & Manuscript Library

6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
rbml@library.columbia.edu
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library is Columbia University’s principal repository for special collections. We collect, preserve, describe, promote, and provide access to the material evidence of diverse individuals and activities in alignment with the University’s research and teaching mission. We build and steward deep collections in select subject areas and connect them to a global audience through reference, teaching, exhibitions, publications, and public programs.
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David Dinkins papers, 1941-2017, bulk 1985-1993

225 linear feet
These papers comprise correspondence, organizational records and documents, speeches, public schedules, photographs and memorabilia relating to the public life of David N. Dinkins, civil servant to the City of New York for over thirty years and professor in the Practice of Public Affairs at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.
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D. B. Steinman Papers, 1907-1959, bulk circa 1950-1955

0.25 linear feet

A small collection of correspondence, awards, and ephemera related to the engineer David B. Steinman. The bulk of the material dates from the first half of the 1950s.

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Meyer Schapiro papers, 1919-2006

400 linear feet
This collection encompasses the professional, personal, and artistic life of art historian Meyer Schapiro.
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Leonardo: the scientist and artist -- Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art --, 1952 August

Leonardo: the scientist and artist -- Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art --, 1952

(Quality of recording is poor, with echoes and noises. Reels 415 through 417 are copies of reels 413 through 414. Reels 415 through 417 are in very poor condition. Sound quality is fair. There is an echo in the introductory sections, but it clears up for the lecture. Professor is off microphone sometimes.)

  1. Series VII: Sound and video recordings, 1952-1990s
  2. Subseries: VII.2: Audiocassettes and Audiotapes, 1952-1982
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John Jay Iselin papers, 1983-1995

8 linear feet
Papers of John Jay Iselin, journalist, editor, professor of journalism, and president of both WNET/Channel 13 and the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
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