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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)]
 
* "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)]
 
*"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)]
 
*"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)]
*"Universities and Their Sons: History, Influence and Characteristics of American Universities" (1898) (See section on Columbia by J. H. Van Amringe) [http://books.google.com/books?id=3rM-AQAAMAAJ Google eBook]
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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],
 
*"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)]
 
*"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)]
 
*"Views of Columbia College" (1886) (photos of [[Midtown campus]]) [http://wackzut.archive.org/details/viewsofcolumbiac00colu Archive.org]
 
*"Views of Columbia College" (1886) (photos of [[Midtown campus]]) [http://wackzut.archive.org/details/viewsofcolumbiac00colu Archive.org]

Revision as of 00:38, 11 January 2014

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," 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