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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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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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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Theodore Fred Abel papers, 1930-1984

2 linear feet

Typescript diaries, with holograph correction detailing Theodore Abel's daily personal and professional life with his comments on local, national and world events. Recorded are his daily activities and his thoughts on all aspects of the human conditions: history, literature, the arts, religion, science, politics, sociology, etc. The journals are rich in details about the Columbia University Sociology Department and related departments.

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William Martin papers, 1957-2012

0.63 linear feet

The collection consists of course materials for some of the classes taught by William Martin (1932-2023) while an instructor at Columbia University in the 1960s and 1970s. The collection also contains extensive personal correspondence between William Martin and Columbia University Sociology Professor Allan Silver (1930-2015) dating from 1960s-2010s. Correspondence topics include sociology, political controversies at Columbia/Barnard, classical music, and — perhaps most of all - Israel and antisemitism, especially in academia.

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