List of books about Columbia

This page is a list of books about Columbia.

Biography

• "Nicholas Miraculous: The Amazing Career of the Redoubtable Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler" by Michael Rosenthal (2006) CLIO Amazon.com
• "Eisenhower at Columbia", by Travis Jacobs (2001) CLIO Google eBook (limited preview) Barnes and Noble
• "Memoirs of Frederick A. P. Barnard, by John Fulton (1896) Google eBook
• "Seth Low: The Reformer in an Urban and Industrial Age", by Gerald Kurland (1971)
• King's College Alumni by Leonard Felix Fuld (originally published in Columbia University Quarterly from September 1907-September 1911)

Fiction

• "Johnny One-Eye: A Tale of the American Revolution," by Jerome Charyn (2008) Amazon
• "Moon Palace", by Paul Auster (1989) CLIO
• "Morningside Heights," by Cheryl Mendelson (2005) Amazon
• "Vanity of Duluoz," by Jack Kerouac (1968) Amazon
• "The Caine Mutiny," by Herman Wouk (1951) [1]
• A Bachelor of Arts, by John Erskine

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

• "Columbia University and Morningside Heights" (Postcard History Series) by Michael V. Susi Google eBook (limited preview)
• "Living Legacies at Columbia" ed. Wm. Theodore de Bary (2006) CLIO Amazon.com
• "Stand, Columbia: A History of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1754-2004" by Robert A. McCaughey (2003) CLIO Amazon.com
• "My Columbia: Reminiscences of University Life" ed. Ashbel Green (2004) CLIO Google eBook Amazon.com
• "From King's College to Columbia, 1746-1800" by David C. Humphrey (1976) CLIO Google eBook (limited preview)
• "Columbia Remembered" ed. Wesley First (1967) CLIO
• "The Bicentennial History of Columbia University," Dwight C. Miner, ed., 15 vols. (1954-1957)
  • "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 Archive.org
  • "A History of Barnard College," Marian Churchill White (1954)
  • "A History of the School of Engineering," James Kip Finch (1954)
  • "A History of Adult Education at Columbia University; University Extension and the School of General Studies," John Angus Burrell (1954)
  • "A History of the Graduate School of Journalism," Richard Terrill Baker (1954)
  • "A History of the Graduate School of Business," T. W. Van Metre (1954)
  • "A History of Teachers College," Lawrence A. Cremin, David A. Shannon, and Mary Evelyn Townsend (1954)
  • "A History of the School of Architecture," Theodor Karl Rohdenburg (1954)
  • "A History of the School of Library Service," Ray Trautman (1954)
  • "A History of the School of International Affairs and Association Area Institutes," L. Gray Cowan (1954)
  • "A History of the School of Law," Foundation for Research in Legal History/Julius Goebel, Jr. (1955)
  • "A History of the New York School of Social Work," Elizabeth G. Meier (1954)
  • "A History of the College of Pharmacy," C. W. Ballard (1954)
  • "A History of the Faculty of Philosophy" (1957)
  • "A History of the Faculty of Political Science," R. Gordon Hoxie (1955)
• "Columbia: Colossus on the Hudson", by Horace Coon (1947) Archive.org CLIO
• "Columbia: An American University in Peace and War by Fon W. Boardman, Jr. (1944) [2]
• "Columbia" by Frederick Paul Keppel (1914) CLIO Google eBook (full book)
• "A History of Columbia University, 1754-1904" by Brander Matthews (1904) CLIO Google eBook (full book) Google eBook (Another Version- full book)
• "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) Google eBook (Google Books Version)
• "Universities and Their Sons: History, Influence and Characteristics of American Universities" (See section on Columbia by J. H. Van Amringe) Vol. I (1898) Google eBook, Vol. I (1898) Archive.org, Vol. II (1899) Archive.org, Vol. III (1899) Archive.org, Vol. IV (1900) Archive.org, Vol. V (1900) Archive.org,
• "Columbia College in the City of New York: Historical Sketch & Present Condition" (1893) Google eBook (full book)
• "Views of Columbia College" (1886) (photos of Midtown campus) Archive.org
• "The Undergraduate Record Columbia College A Book of Statistical Information compiled by William S. Sloan" (1881) Google eBook
• "An Historical Sketch of Columbia College in the City of New York 1754-1876" edited by John Howard Van Amringe (1876) Google Books (full book)
• "An Historical Sketch of Columbia College in the City of New York by Nathaniel Fish Moore (1846) Google Books - full book

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

• "Morningside Heights" by Andrew S. Dolkart (2001) CLIO Google eBook (limited preview)
• "Mastering McKim's Plan: Columbia's First Century on Morningside Heights" by Barry Bergdoll (1998) CLIO Amazon.com
• AIA Guide to New York City - These often feature a number of buildings on or around Columbia's campus.
• 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

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

• "Columbia University Press 1893-1983", by Henry H. Wiggins (1983) Google eBook (limited preview)

Social History

• "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

School of Journalism

• "Pulitzer's School: Columbia University's School of Journalism, 1903-2003" by James R. Boylan (2003) CLIO Google eBook Amazon.com

Barnard

• "A History of Barnard College," Marian Churchill White (1954)
• "A History of Barnard College" (published in honor of Barnard's 75th Anniversary) (1964)
• "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) [3]

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

• Research guide and resources for new authors