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* '''Stand, Columbia: A History of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1754-2004''' by Robert A. McCaughey
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This page is a '''list of books about Columbia'''.
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* '''Nicholas Miraculous: The Amazing Career of the Redoubtable Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler''' by Michael Rosenthal
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* '''Morningside Heights''' by Andrew S. Dolkart
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== Biography ==
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* '''My Columbia: Reminiscences of University Life''' by Ashbel Green
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* "Nicholas Miraculous: The Amazing Career of the Redoubtable Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler" by [[Michael Rosenthal]] (2006) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Nicholas+Miraculous&Search_Code=TALL&SL=None&PID=lq_H_qeo4nDLkzSI3iYPXzSpN&SEQ=20070321033857&CNT=50&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y CLIO] [http://www.amazon.com/Nicholas-Miraculous-Amazing-Career-Redoubtable/dp/0374299943/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-3530552-8402353?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176051853&sr=8-1 Amazon.com]
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* '''Great Books''' by David Denby
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* "Eisenhower at Columbia", by Travis Jacobs (2001) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Eisenhower+At+Columbia&Search_Code=TALL&SL=None&PID=lq_H_qeo4nDLkzSI3iYPXzSpN&SEQ=20070321033857&CNT=50&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y CLIO] [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0765800365 Google eBook (limited preview)] [http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780765800367&itm=1 Barnes and Noble]
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* '''The Battle For Morningside Heights''' by Roger Kahn
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* "Memoirs of Frederick A. P. Barnard, by John Fulton (1896) [http://books.google.com/books?id=Dx9AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q&f=false Google eBook]
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* ''' Up Against the Ivy Wall: A History of the Columbia Crisis''' by Jerry L. Avorn
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* "Seth Low: The Reformer in an Urban and Industrial Age", by Gerald Kurland (1971)
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=SGLOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false King's College Alumni] by Leonard Felix Fuld (originally published in [[Columbia University Quarterly]] from September 1907-September 1911)
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== Fiction ==
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*"Johnny One-Eye: A Tale of the American Revolution," by [[Jerome Charyn]] (2008) [http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-One-Eye-Tale-American-Revolution/dp/0393064972/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203800117&sr=1-1 Amazon]
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*"Moon Palace", by [[Paul Auster]] (1989) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Moon+Palace&Search_Code=TALL&SL=None&PID=lq_H_qeo4nDLkzSI3iYPXzSpN&SEQ=20070321033857&CNT=50&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y CLIO]
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*"Morningside Heights," by [[Cheryl Mendelson]] (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Morningside-Heights-Novel-Cheryl-Mendelson/dp/0375760687/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203800172&sr=1-1 Amazon]
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*"Vanity of Duluoz," by [[Jack Kerouac]] (1968) [http://www.amazon.com/Vanity-Duluoz-Adventurous-Education-1935-46/dp/0140236392 Amazon]
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*"The Caine Mutiny," by [[Herman Wouk]] (1951) [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CEkQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FCaine-Mutiny-Novel-Herman-Wouk%2Fdp%2F0316955108&ei=LntXTJ3JNYH_8AaI47z6Ag&usg=AFQjCNH5BOmtSr_dCh3Cq8kP7kdbQuXkGQ&sig2=rChTDWCnI32pkOK7_NZAHg]
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*''A Bachelor of Arts'', by [[John Erskine]]
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== Guides ==
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* "An Official Guide to Columbia University" (1912) ed. [[Brander Matthews]] [http://books.google.com/books?vid=0kgC32Cg2T5t-YolhPy&id=yBATAAAAIAAJ Google eBook] [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Official+Guide+To+Columbia+University&Search_Code=TALL&SL=None&PID=lq_H_qeo4nDLkzSI3iYPXzSpN&SEQ=20070321033857&CNT=50&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y CLIO]
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* "A Guide to Columbia University: With Some Account of Its History and Traditions" ed. John William Robson (1937) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=2&ti=1,2&Search%5FArg=A%20Guide%20to%20Columbia%20University&Search%5FCode=TALL&CNT=50&PID=lOM_VpuaHCKQB_21DBd2uo8uvEp&SEQ=20071216055110&SID=2 CLIO]
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* "Columbia University, College Prowler Off The Record" (2005) [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1596580348 Google eBook]
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== History ==
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=== Columbia ===
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* "A Lever Long Enough: A History of Columbia's School of Engineering and Applied Science Since 1864" by [[Robert A. McCaughey]] (2014)
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* "Columbia University and Morningside Heights" (Postcard History Series) by Michael V. Susi [http://books.google.com/books?id=Tl5SnSGvhHoC Google eBook (limited preview)]
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* "Living Legacies at Columbia" ed. [[Wm. Theodore de Bary]] (2006) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Living+Legacies+at+Columbia&Search_Code=TALL&PID=dKa8t08ZranCElQP4hrltq7HgM2&SEQ=20071211224838&CNT=50&HIST=1 CLIO] [http://www.amazon.com/Living-Legacies-Columbia-Theodore-Bary/dp/0231138849/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197430435&sr=8-1 Amazon.com]
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* "Stand, Columbia: A History of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1754-2004" by [[Robert A. McCaughey]] (2003) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=stand%2C+columbia&Search_Code=TALL&SL=None&PID=lq_H_qeo4nDLkzSI3iYPXzSpN&SEQ=20070321033857&CNT=50&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y CLIO] [http://www.amazon.com/Stand-Columbia-History-University-1754-2004/dp/0231130082/ref=sr_1_1/104-3530552-8402353?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176052272&sr=1-1 Amazon.com]
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* "My Columbia: Reminiscences of University Life" ed. Ashbel Green (2004) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=My+Columbia%3A+Reminiscences+of+University+Life&Search_Code=TALL&SL=None&PID=fEZjf7MKi6HROwoFCuqjYTO3g&SEQ=20070321033746&CNT=50&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y CLIO] [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN023113486X Google eBook] [http://www.amazon.com/My-Columbia-Reminiscences-University-Life/dp/023113486X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-3530552-8402353?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176052335&sr=1-1 Amazon.com]
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* "From King's College to Columbia, 1746-1800" by David C. Humphrey (1976) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=6&ti=1,6&SC=Subject&SA=Columbia%20University%20History%2E&PID=-RnVfTDedwaTD96BFqucwmPdn&SEQ=20070321034318&SID=13 CLIO] [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0231039425&id Google eBook (limited preview)]
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* "Columbia Remembered" ed. Wesley First (1967) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Columbia+Remembered&Search_Code=TALL&SL=None&PID=lq_H_qeo4nDLkzSI3iYPXzSpN&SEQ=20070321033857&CNT=50&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y CLIO]
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* "The Bicentennial History of Columbia University," [[Dwight C. Miner]], ed., 15 vols. (1954-1957)
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** "A History of Columbia College on Morningside," (1954), with chapters by [[Irwin Edman]], [[Lionel Trilling]], [[Justus Buchler]], Charles W. Everett, Fon W. Boardman, Jr., [[Jack N. Arbolino]], and [[Gene R. Hawes]] [http://archive.org/details/historyofcolumbi012462mbp Archive.org]
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** "A History of Barnard College," Marian Churchill White (1954)
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** "A History of the School of Engineering," James Kip Finch (1954)
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** "A History of Adult Education at Columbia University; University Extension and the School of General Studies," John Angus Burrell (1954)
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** "A History of the Graduate School of Journalism," Richard Terrill Baker (1954)
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** "A History of the Graduate School of Business," T. W. Van Metre (1954)
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** "A History of Teachers College," Lawrence A. Cremin, David A. Shannon, and Mary Evelyn Townsend (1954)
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** "A History of the School of Architecture," Theodor Karl Rohdenburg (1954)
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** "A History of the School of Library Service," Ray Trautman (1954)
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** "A History of the School of International Affairs and Association Area Institutes," L. Gray Cowan (1954)
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** "A History of the School of Law," Foundation for Research in Legal History/Julius Goebel, Jr. (1955)
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** "A History of the New York School of Social Work," Elizabeth G. Meier (1954)
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** "A History of the College of Pharmacy," C. W. Ballard (1954)
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** "A History of the Faculty of Philosophy" (1957)
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** "A History of the Faculty of Political Science," R. Gordon Hoxie (1955)
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* "Columbia: Colossus on the Hudson", by Horace Coon (1947) [http://archive.org/details/columbiacollssus012334mbp Archive.org] [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Columbia+Colossus+on+the+hudson&Search_Code=TALL&PID=bSKarTaQKedizbNuC0dSvPmI6HX&SEQ=20070408124651&CNT=50&HIST=1 CLIO]
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* "Columbia: An American University in Peace and War by Fon W. Boardman, Jr. (1944) [http://books.google.com/books/about/Columbia_an_American_university_in_peace.html?id=U0FJAAAAIAAJ]
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* "King's College and the Early Days of Columbia College, A Paper Read at the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the New York State Historical Association" by John B. Pine (1917) [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t00z7x12p;view=1up;seq=21] [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101068037777;view=1up;seq=1]
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* "Columbia" by [[Frederick Paul Keppel]] (1914) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=3&ti=1,3&Search%5FArg=Columbia&Search%5FCode=TALL&SL=None&CNT=50&PID=UD9E8b4iY3bcphB8OqHY3uJcSVJ&SEQ=20070408124757&SID=6 CLIO] [http://books.google.com/books?id=hLAWAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q&f=false Google eBook (full book)]
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* "A History of Columbia University, 1754-1904" by [[Brander Matthews]] (1904) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=history+of+columbia+university&Search_Code=TALL&PID=mXd8qjM4-lN4-0_M799A4H_wNCY&SEQ=20070408135755&CNT=50&HIST=1 CLIO] [http://books.google.com/books?vid=0f9ChN0yzhCAvBADU4H2Uds&id=ZvAKAAAAIAAJ Google eBook (full book)] [http://books.google.com/books?vid=0Ggbf7CcdFGkpiDqe0o&id=3xEUAAAAIAAJ Google eBook (Another Version- full book)]
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*"Columbiana: A Bibliography of Manuscripts, Pamphlets and Books Relating to the History of King's College Columbia College Columbia University" prepared by Charles Alexander Nelson (1904) [http://books.google.com/books?id=hikVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false Google eBook (Google Books Version)]
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*"Universities and Their Sons: History, Influence and Characteristics of American Universities" (See section on Columbia by J. H. Van Amringe) [http://books.google.com/books?id=3rM-AQAAMAAJ Vol. I (1898) Google eBook], [https://archive.org/details/universitiesthei01cham Vol. I (1898) Archive.org], [https://archive.org/details/universitiesthei02cham Vol. II (1899) Archive.org], [https://archive.org/details/universitiesthei03cham Vol. III (1899) Archive.org], [https://archive.org/details/universitiesthei04cham Vol. IV (1900) Archive.org], [https://archive.org/details/universitiesthei05cham Vol. V (1900) Archive.org],
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*"Columbia College in the City of New York: Historical Sketch & Present Condition" (1893) [http://books.google.com/books?id=z8E4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR1#v=onepage&q&f=false Google eBook (full book)]
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*"Views of Columbia College" (1886) (photos of [[Midtown campus]]) [http://wackzut.archive.org/details/viewsofcolumbiac00colu Archive.org]
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*"The Undergraduate Record Columbia College A Book of Statistical Information compiled by William S. Sloan" (1881) [http://books.google.com/books?id=cxATAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA87#v=onepage&q&f=false Google eBook]
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*"An Historical Sketch of Columbia College in the City of New York 1754-1876" edited by [[John Howard Van Amringe]] (1876) [http://books.google.com/books?id=j7TAsGQxY_YC&pg=PP3#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books (full book)]
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* "An Historical Sketch of Columbia College in the City of New York by [[Nathaniel Fish Moore]] (1846) [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ra8WAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books - full book]
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=== Founding Documents and University Statutes ===
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* "The Original Charter of Columbia College in the City of New York, October 31st, 1754; with the Acts of Legislature amending the same, or relating to the College" (1836) [http://books.google.com/books?id=cHo4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false Google eBook]
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* "The Original Charter of Columbia College in the City of New York, October 31st, 1754; with the Acts of Legislature amending the same, or relating to the College" (1854) [http://books.google.com/books?id=i22Zf8BMbjYC&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false Google eBook]
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* "Charters Acts and Official Documents Together with the Lease and Re-Lease by Trinity Church of a Portion of the King's Farm" compiled by John B. Pine (1895) [http://books.google.com/books?id=_rBBAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP5#v=onepage&q&f=false Google eBook]
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* "Charters and Statutes with Amendments to April 3, 1916" (1916) [http://books.google.com/books?id=lnzOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false Google eBook]
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* "Charters Acts of the Legislature Official Documents and Records" compiled by John B. Pine (1920) [http://books.google.com/books?id=PTc4AAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google eBook]
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* The [[University Statutes]]
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=== Neighborhood/Architecture ===
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* "Morningside Heights" by [[Andrew S. Dolkart]] (2001) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=3&ti=1,3&Search%5FArg=morningside%20heights&Search%5FCode=TALL&SL=None&CNT=50&PID=lq_H_qeo4nDLkzSI3iYPXzSpN&SEQ=20070321033857&SID=9 CLIO] [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN023107851X&id=tHM_JXOp4JAC Google eBook (limited preview)]
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* "Mastering McKim's Plan: Columbia's First Century on Morningside Heights" by [[Barry Bergdoll]] (1998) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Mastering+McKim%27s+Plan&Search_Code=TALL&PID=dKa8t08ZranCElQP4hrltq7HgM2&SEQ=20071211224838&CNT=50&HIST=1 CLIO] [http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-McKims-Plan-Columbias-Morningside/dp/1884919057/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197430642&sr=1-9 Amazon.com]
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*AIA Guide to New York City - These often feature a number of buildings on or around Columbia's campus.
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*[http://www.scup.org/asset/62643/HindsightForesight.pdf Hindsight to Foresight: From the Founding to the Future of Five Ivy League Campuses] by Robert Spencer Barnett - 2012 ebook published by the Society for Campus and University Planning with a wealth of information on Columbia and other Ivy League architecture
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=== 1968 Protests ===
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* " Up Against the Ivy Wall: A History of the Columbia Crisis" by Jerry L. Avorn (1968) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=up%20against%20the%20ivy%20wall&SL=None&Search_Code=TALL&CNT=50&HIST=1&DB=local CLIO]
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* "Crisis at Columbia", the Cox Commission Report on the [[1968 protests]] (1968) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=1&ti=1,1&Search%5FArg=crisis%20at%20columbia&Search%5FCode=TALL&CNT=50&PID=IMHsRgBkIzhtkgXlnzDx86kpPb&SEQ=20070321081617&SID=3 CLIO]
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* "Six Weeks that Shook Morningside" Columbia College Today, Spring 1968 [http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/sites/cct/files/cct_spring_1968.pdf PDF]
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* "The Battle For Morningside Heights" by Roger Kahn (1970) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=2&ti=1,2&Search%5FArg=kahn%2C%20roger&Search%5FCode=NAME%5F&CNT=50&PID=3QkbEKAKR--bdPxymMhwOyYe8&SEQ=20070321033712&SID=4 CLIO]
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* "The Strawberry Statement: Notes of a College Revolutionary", by James S. Kunen (1970) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=strawberry+statement&Search_Code=TALL&SL=None&PID=3qelN7rlP2KALGag-_9wdeAzQih&SEQ=20070408140036&CNT=50&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y CLIO] [http://www.amazon.com/Strawberry-Statement-Notes-College-Revolutionary/dp/1881089525/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-3530552-8402353?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176055564&sr=1-1 Amazon.com]
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*"Confrontation on campus;: The Columbia pattern for the new protest" by Joanne Grant (1969) [http://www.amazon.com/Confrontation-campus-Columbia-pattern-protest/dp/B0006CT3R8 Amazon]
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=== Columbia University Press ===
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*"Columbia University Press 1893-1983", by Henry H. Wiggins (1983) [http://books.google.com/books?id=hlqUE_4JE3UC&source=gbs_navlinks_s Google eBook (limited preview)]
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=== Social History ===
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* "Changing the Subject: How the Women of Columbia Shaped the Way We Think About Sex and Politics", by Rosalind Rosenberg (2004) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Changing+The+Subject:+How&Search_Code=TALL&SL=None&PID=lq_H_qeo4nDLkzSI3iYPXzSpN&SEQ=20070321033857&CNT=50&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y CLIO] [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0231126441&id=X3stnfg-IpQC&dq Google eBook (limited preview] [http://www.amazon.com/Changing-Subject-Columbia-Shaped-Politics/dp/0231126441/ref=sr_1_2/104-3530552-8402353?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176056056&sr=1-2 Amazon.com]
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=== School of Journalism ===
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* "Pulitzer's School: Columbia University's School of Journalism, 1903-2003" by James R. Boylan (2003) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Pulitzer's+School&Search_Code=TALL&SL=None&PID=lq_H_qeo4nDLkzSI3iYPXzSpN&SEQ=20070321033857&CNT=50&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y CLIO] [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0231130902 Google eBook] [http://www.amazon.com/Pulitzers-School-Universitys-Journalism-1903-2003/dp/0231130902/ref=sr_1_1/104-3530552-8402353?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176055824&sr=1-1 Amazon.com]
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=== Barnard ===
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* "A History of Barnard College" (published in honor of Barnard's 75th Anniversary) (1964)
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* "A History of Barnard College," Marian Churchill White (1954)
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* "Barnard Beginnings," Annie Nathan Meyer (1935] [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020054931;view=1up;seq=9]
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* "Barnard College 1889-1914," Nicholas Murray Butler (speech) (1914) [http://books.google.com/books?id=tmw7AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false Google eBook]
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* "Changing the Subject: How the Women of Columbia Shaped the Way We Think About Sex and Politics", by Rosalind Rosenberg (2004) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Changing+The+Subject:+How&Search_Code=TALL&SL=None&PID=lq_H_qeo4nDLkzSI3iYPXzSpN&SEQ=20070321033857&CNT=50&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y CLIO] [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0231126441&id=X3stnfg-IpQC&dq Google eBook (limited preview] [http://www.amazon.com/Changing-Subject-Columbia-Shaped-Politics/dp/0231126441/ref=sr_1_2/104-3530552-8402353?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176056056&sr=1-2 Amazon.com]
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== Core Curriculum ==
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* "Great Books" by [[David Denby]] (1997) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=5&ti=1,5&Search%5FArg=denby%2C%20david&Search%5FCode=NAME%5F&SL=None&CNT=50&PID=fEZjf7MKi6HROwoFCuqjYTO3g&SEQ=20070321033746&SID=5 CLIO] [http://www.amazon.com/Great-Books-David-Denby/dp/0684835339/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/104-3530552-8402353?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176055870&sr=1-2 Amazon.com]
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* "An Oasis of Order: The Core Curriculum at Columbia College", by Timothy Cross (1995) [http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/oasis/]
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== Other ==
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* "The Ungovernable City: John Lindsay and his struggle to save New York" by Vincent Cannato (2001) (chapter 7 on the [[1968 protests]]) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=3&ti=1,3&Search%5FArg=cannato%2C%20vincent&Search%5FCode=NAME%5F&CNT=50&PID=V7MNovGGvownYFEPLWXvjb9YFLO&SEQ=20070321081005&SID=2 CLIO] [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0465008445&id=Upv5ezVPBOMC&dq Google eBook (limited preview)] [http://www.amazon.com/Ungovernable-City-John-Lindsay-Struggle/dp/0465008445/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-3530552-8402353?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176056116&sr=1-1 Amazon.com]
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* "Ivy Briefs: True Tales of a Neurotic Law Student" by Martha Kimes [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/0743288386/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_helpful/105-4896802-5798000?ie=UTF8&n=283155#customerReviews Amazon]
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* ''The Seven Storey Mountain'' by Thomas Merton. (He talks about his life as an undergraduate here.)
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* The Varsity Show: A Celebration (2004) - volume about the [[Varsity Show]] published in conjunction with [[Columbia 250]].
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==Documentaries (video) ==
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*"Columbia University: A Celebration" by Ric Burns (2003)
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==See also==
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* [[Research guide and resources for new authors]]
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[[Category:History]]
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[[Category:Books]]

Latest revision as of 12:29, 10 July 2020

This page is a list of books about Columbia.

Biography

Fiction

Guides

  • "An Official Guide to Columbia University" (1912) ed. Brander Matthews Google eBook CLIO
  • "A Guide to Columbia University: With Some Account of Its History and Traditions" ed. John William Robson (1937) CLIO
  • "Columbia University, College Prowler Off The Record" (2005) Google eBook

History

Columbia

Founding Documents and University Statutes

  • "The Original Charter of Columbia College in the City of New York, October 31st, 1754; with the Acts of Legislature amending the same, or relating to the College" (1836) Google eBook
  • "The Original Charter of Columbia College in the City of New York, October 31st, 1754; with the Acts of Legislature amending the same, or relating to the College" (1854) Google eBook
  • "Charters Acts and Official Documents Together with the Lease and Re-Lease by Trinity Church of a Portion of the King's Farm" compiled by John B. Pine (1895) Google eBook
  • "Charters and Statutes with Amendments to April 3, 1916" (1916) Google eBook
  • "Charters Acts of the Legislature Official Documents and Records" compiled by John B. Pine (1920) Google eBook
  • The University Statutes

Neighborhood/Architecture

1968 Protests

  • " Up Against the Ivy Wall: A History of the Columbia Crisis" by Jerry L. Avorn (1968) CLIO
  • "Crisis at Columbia", the Cox Commission Report on the 1968 protests (1968) CLIO
  • "Six Weeks that Shook Morningside" Columbia College Today, Spring 1968 PDF
  • "The Battle For Morningside Heights" by Roger Kahn (1970) CLIO
  • "The Strawberry Statement: Notes of a College Revolutionary", by James S. Kunen (1970) CLIO Amazon.com
  • "Confrontation on campus;: The Columbia pattern for the new protest" by Joanne Grant (1969) Amazon

Columbia University Press

Social History

School of Journalism

Barnard

  • "A History of Barnard College" (published in honor of Barnard's 75th Anniversary) (1964)
  • "A History of Barnard College," Marian Churchill White (1954)
  • "Barnard Beginnings," Annie Nathan Meyer (1935] [5]
  • "Barnard College 1889-1914," Nicholas Murray Butler (speech) (1914) Google eBook
  • "Changing the Subject: How the Women of Columbia Shaped the Way We Think About Sex and Politics", by Rosalind Rosenberg (2004) CLIO Google eBook (limited preview Amazon.com

Core Curriculum

  • "Great Books" by David Denby (1997) CLIO Amazon.com
  • "An Oasis of Order: The Core Curriculum at Columbia College", by Timothy Cross (1995) [6]

Other

  • "The Ungovernable City: John Lindsay and his struggle to save New York" by Vincent Cannato (2001) (chapter 7 on the 1968 protests) CLIO Google eBook (limited preview) Amazon.com
  • "Ivy Briefs: True Tales of a Neurotic Law Student" by Martha Kimes Amazon
  • The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton. (He talks about his life as an undergraduate here.)
  • The Varsity Show: A Celebration (2004) - volume about the Varsity Show published in conjunction with Columbia 250.

Documentaries (video)

  • "Columbia University: A Celebration" by Ric Burns (2003)

See also

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