Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Columbia College

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The Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Columbia College was a publication started in 1848 by students in Columbia College. It was the forerunner of The Columbian, which is now the official yearbook of Columbia College and SEAS.

In 1848 the senior class published an Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Columbia College including a list of graduates, members of the societies on campus, and overall enrollment at the College. It was inspired by a similarly titled offering by Stephen R. Weeks, a janitor, proctor, and assistant librarian. Subsequent senior classes continued to publish the Catalogue while adding additional material each year until 1857, when the publication got carried away and published an extravagant edition in six (6!) colors. This so horrified the Trustees that they took over the publication of the Catalogue from thence forward. Publication of the Catalogue in more austere form continued until 1878 when its functions were split between the Handbook of Information and Annual Register of the Officers and Students of Columbia College. The Handbook eventually became the Columbia College Catalogue and then the Columbia University Catalogue.

These are not to be confused with the various Catalogue of Officers and Graduates, an irregularly printed volume which was a forerunner to the University Alumni Directory.

Old Student Publications from Google Books Archives

Old Administration Publications from Google books Archives

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CLIO entry 1 CLIO entry 2 CLIO entry 3 CLIO entry 4

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