List of books about Columbia

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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

  • "The Original Charter of Columbia College in the City of New York, October 31st, 1754; withthe 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

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

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.)

Documentaries (video)

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