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Columbia University Manuscripts Collection, 1655-1912
4.59 Linear FeetAutograph letters, official and private documents, and accounts, which were previously mounted in eleven volumes. Most of these relate to Columbia University or people associated with the University.
Columbia College papers, 1703-1964, bulk 1754-1920
67.08 linear feetSamuel Johnson papers, 1710-1971, bulk 1710-1772
6.5 linear feetThree volumes of correspondence, including some letterbook copies; many sermons, individually bound; prayers; and other manuscript materials. Correspondenbce is with many of his well known contemporaries and deals largely with matters pertaining to his church or to King's College. Shelved with the collection are two card file boxes containing an old handwritten calendar with abstracts, 1710-1914, a set of cross reference entries, and a calendar of material not at Columbia, 1715-1785. Additional letters have been added
Diplomas and Certificates Collection, 1714-2003, bulk 1800-1959
56.87 linear feetVan Wagenen Family Documents, 1730-1839
0.42 linear feetA small but interesting collection of family documents that relate to the history of slavery and Columbia.
Alumni Federation Cards, 1750s-1970s, bulk 1880s-1940s
40 linear feetUniversity Artifacts collection, 1750s-2020s, bulk 1880s-1990s
124.61 linear feetThe University Artifacts Collection contains objects, textiles, buttons, trophies, ribbons, plaques, plates, and other three-dimensional items used as well as created by or for the University since its founding in 1754 as King's College. Some items were created for specific individuals or classes.
William Samuel Johnson Papers, 1753-1802
1 linear feetCorrespondence between William Samuel Johnson, 1727-1819, and his son Robert Charles Johnson, 1766-1806, concerning personal business in Connecticut and a father's advice to a young man entering his law career. Some of the father's letters of special interest were written during his term as U.S. Senator (1791), and some concern British-French trade relations, 1793. There are also copies of letters to Johnson from Cadwallader Colden, Silas Deane, James Duane, John Fitch, Jonathan Trumbull, and William Williams. Other letters have been added
Commencement Collection, 1758-
23.8 linear feetColumbia Medals collection, 1770s-2015
13.13 linear feetThis is an artificial collection of medals and pins presented to Columbia University students, faculty, staff, and alumni over the years.