Judith Crist papers, 1930s-2012

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Series IV: Columbia University, 1959-2012

This series contains class notebooks, committee records, correspondence, essays, memoranda, and teaching materials.

The class notebooks are restricted in accordance with FERPA privacy guidelines.


Subseries IV.1: Administrative and Correspondence Files, 1959-2009

This subseries contains records related to Crist's teaching appointments and activities, including appointment letters, correspondence, and official memoranda.

The subseries also contains records related to alumni committees for the Columbia University School of Journalism, as Crist was active in these committees.

In addition, Crist kept files of student correspondence: these contain correspondence with students who kept in touch with her over the years, and do not include correspondence with her current students.



Box 125 J-School Appointment Letters, 1959-1965



Box 26 J-School Alumni Association Executive Committee, 2004 Fall, 2004


Box 26 J-School Alumni Association Executive Committee, 2005-2006



Box 55 2007 Executive Committee, 2006, 2007, 2007, 2006, 2007

(J-School alumni)


Box 55 Columbia Teaching, 1966-2000

(Mostly official University correspondence)


Box 55 Alumni '03, 2003-2009

(Primarily related to the Alumni executive committee)


Box 55 Alumni Journal Piece, 2007


Box 55 Journalism School 75th Anniversary, 1987, 1988, 1987, 1988


Box 55 Columbia Alumni Awards, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2005, 2006, 2008


Box 55 Columbia School of Journalism Alumni, 1969-2007

(Primarily related to committee work)


Box 55 Columbia Magazine, 1993

(Correspondence on Crist's article for the magazine)



Box 56 Columbia--Personal, 1967-1994


Box 56 Columbia Classes, 1981, 1982, 1981, 1982


Box 56 Columbia Scholastic Press, 1980-1983


Box 56 Columbia CTelevision--CTV (Advisory Committee, etc.), 1978-1981


Box 56 Columbia, 1987-1990


Box 56 Journalism School Reunion, 1985



Box 57 Alumni--Judith Crist, 1990s-2000s


Box 57 Journalism School Centennial, 2012



Box 105 J-School Correspondence with Faculty, 1990-1996


Box 105 J-School Official Documents, 1990-1995



Box 96 J-School Alumni and Awards, 2008


Box 96 Alumni Correspondence, 2009


Box 96 Columbia Journalism Alumni Journal, 2007-2008

(Includes article on Crist's 50 years of teaching)


Box 96 Related Ephemera, undated

(Some is Journalism School related)


Student Correspondence

(This correspondence appears to be with former students who kept in touch with Crist over the years, and not with students currently in her classes)



Box 36 Student Correspondence, 1984-2007

(Appears to be A-C)



Box 56 Student Correspondence, E-G, 1982-2007


Box 56 Student Correspondence-M, 1986-1996


Box 56 Student Correspondence-N, 1994-2006


Box 56 Student Correspondence-O, P, 1983-1999


Box 56 Student Correspondence-R, 1974-1987


Box 56 Student Correspondence-S, 1984-2000, 2007, 1984-2000, 2007


Box 56 Student Correspondence-T, 1996-2001


Subseries IV.2: Teaching Files, 1965-2012

This subseries contains class notebooks and teaching materials.

The class notebooks are restricted in accordance with FERPA privacy guidelines.

The teaching materials include her class rules, and articles and writing samples that she used with her classes. The files also include a set of student essays, all of which are undated and unmarked.



Box 93 Class Notebooks, 1965-1991 (17 Items), 1965-1991

[RESTRICTED until2071]



Box 97 Class Notebooks, 1990-2012 (34 Items), 1990-2012

[RESTRICTED until2102]


Class Materials--Articles and Clippings



Box 42 Clips from Class of 1993, 1989-1991, 1993, 1989-1991



Box 57 Crist Writing Samples, undated

(These might be for Crist's classes, as they are not her own writing)



Box 105 Clips for Class, 1993-1997



Box 55 In Praise of the Humble Comma Copies, 1988


Box 55 How to Read a Column Copies, 2009


Box 55 Let's Think Outside the Box of Bad Clichés Copies, 2007


Box 55 Jerry Gilman's Clippings--Writing Errors, 2002-2004


Box 55 Crist--Writing Samples, 2001


Box 55 The Meanings of Life Copies, undated


Box 55 Watch My Style Copies, undated


Box 55 Microsoft Spell Checker Copies, undated


Box 55 1895 8th Grade Final Exam Copies, 2002, 1895, 2002


Box 55 Columbia Journalism Alumni Journal, 1999, 2000, 1999, 2000


Box 55 Rules for Budding Critics Copies, 1964


Box 55 Hymns to Joy Copies, 1995


Box 55 And the Bones Breaking Copies, 1996


Box 55 Yes, Virginia, a Thousand Times Yes Copies, 1997


Box 55 Computers Invite a Tangled Web of Complications Copies, 2001


Box 55 Humor Thy Father Copies, 1998


Box 55 A City Full of Material for Reality TV Copies, 2004


Box 55 Complex Machines vs. The Writer's Art Original, 1991


Box 55 Mel Gibson Articles, 2006


Box 55 Standards of Decency, Standardized Copies, 2001


Box 55 The Art of Rudy Copies, 2001


Box 55 A Little Bit of Hell from Three Perspectives Copies, 1995


Box 55 If Only the Masters Had a Decency Commission Back Then Copies, 2001


Box 55 The Pepcid Primary Copies, 1996



Box 108 Assorted Articles, 1993-2001


Box 108 What Makes a Winning Editorial, 1997


Box 108 Class Materials/Articles (?), 2000


Box 108 Clips, 1998-1999


Box 108 More Assorted Articles, 2001-2007


Box 108 NYPL to Close--copies, 2007


Box 108 No Smoking, But Leaping?--copies, 2007


Box 108 Apple Pie Conundrum--copies, 1989, 2003, 1989, 2003


Box 108 What They Don't Teach at J-School--copies, 2002


Box 108 A Remnick Reader--copies, 1998


Box 108 Those Wild and Crazy Hyphens--copies, 2002


Box 108 Stringing It Out--copies, 2000


Box 108 A Wise Ruling on Campus Fees--copies, 2000


Box 108 Lot's Wife--copies, undated


Box 108 Of Boats, Fish, and Fathers--copies, undated


Box 108 Father's Actions…--copies, 2000


Box 108 Licking the Plate in Thanksgiving--copies, 1999


Box 108 Who Needs Breasts, Anyway?--copies, 2002


Box 108 Snapshots Put Family's Past in Focus--copies, 2001


Box 108 1st Person Writing Samples, 2007


Box 108 The Gospel of Debbie--copies, 2004


Box 108 Technology Makes Me Mad--copies, undated


Box 108 Where's Poppa?--copies, 1996


Box 108 Geeks, Boob Tubers, and Doo Hickeys--copies, 2000


Box 108 The Intruder--copies, 1999


Box 108 Want to Work as a Editor?--copies, 2001


Box 108 Christopher Columbus, P.C.--copies, 1998


Box 108 Hi, I'm Bill--copies, 1998


Box 108 The Way Folks Were Meant to Eat--copies, 1996


Box 108 O.K., So I'm Fat--copies, 1996


Box 108 Farwell to a Bungalow--copies, 2000


Box 108 Of Time and the River--copies, 1995


Box 108 The Day that Changed Me Forever--copies, 2005


Box 108 Batching It--copies, 2000


Box 108 Brave Interview on Robert Duvall, 2001


Box 108 Teaching Materials, 2001


Box 108 Fat Is Easier--copies, 1995


Box 108 Bush-League Strutting--copies, 1995


Box 108 Make It Snappy--copies, 1997



Box 55 Class Rules--Personal and Professional Style Rules, undated


Student Essays

(These essays are undated and unmarked)



Box 84 Student Essays, Abel, undated


Box 84 Student Essays, Bush, undated


Box 84 Student Essays, Clark, undated


Box 84 Student Essays, Dodd, undated


Box 84 Student Essays, Eldred, undated


Box 84 Student Essays, Hersberg, undated


Box 84 Student Essays, Jahncke, undated


Box 84 Student Essays, Jameson, undated


Box 84 Student Essays, Kelly, undated


Box 84 Student Essays, Lesser, undated


Box 84 Student Essays, LiMay e, undated


Box 84 Student Essays, Lovegren, undated


Box 84 Student Essays, MacNair, undated


Box 84 Student Essays, McKenna, undated


Box 84 Student Essays, Olson, undated


Box 84 Student Essays, Schmelzer, undated


Box 84 Student Essays, Smock, undated


Box 84 Student Essays, Thottam, undated