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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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Florine Stettheimer papers, 1920-1940

15 Linear Feet

This collection includes correspondence, original artwork, journals and scrapbooks of Stettheimer's work, photographs of her paintings, apartments, family and friends, catalogues, books and articles pertaining to Stettheimer's paintings and exhibits and puppets for Four Saints in Three Acts and the (unfinished) ballet Pocahontas.

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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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Sir Winston Churchill papers, 1908-1954

3.5 linear feet

A collection of correspondence, typescripts, proofsheets, pamphlets, periodicals, and memorabilia by or relating to Sir Winston Churchill. Included are files of Daniel Longwell, editor of LIFE from 1946 to 1954, dealing with the serialization of A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES and TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY in LIFE. Accompanying the collection is a group of approximately 350 books by or about Churchill. Many are first editions or inscribed copies.

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Preston Gibson papers, 1903-1920

2 linear feet
A collection of the writings and personal papers of Preston Gibson (1880-1937), a playwright and prominent society figure.
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