Columbia University Bulletin
The Columbia University Bulletin was published from 1890 to 1898. It began as a journal of important management decisions and faculty research at Columbia, but eventually evolved into an informative periodical aimed at alumni. In 1898 it was transformed into Columbia University Quarterly, the forerunner to the current Columbia magazine.
History
Originally intended to be a bi-monthly periodical, the Bulletin appeared only at intervals over its first few years before settling into a thrice-an-academic-year schedule. For its first 14 volumes it was printed by authority of the Trustees with a note at the beginning of Volumes 2-14 stating that its purpose is to: "give a summary of important university and faculty legislation, to record the scientific and literary work of the officers of Columbia College, to furnish information with regard to original investigations that are in progress, to indicate the subjects that occupy the attention of the advanced seminaria, and to give other general information that may be either of immediate interest to inquirers, or of permanent value as a matter of record." Volumes 15-20 were printed by Columbia University Press with each issue beginning with a note that it is "addressed to the Alumni, officers, and friends of the University, and its purpose is to furnish pertinent information with regard to the University and its separate schools, and to give a summary of important University legislation."
After its 20th volume, the Bulletin was rebranded as Columbia University Quarterly, which continued in print, with an absence for the entirety of the 1920s, until 1941. In 1978 Columbia magazine filled its empty shoes.
Content
The evolution of the Bulletin from a focus on academic affairs within the scholarly community to one with a greater appeal to alumni is clear, with the later issues being rich with plans, descriptions, and illustrations of the new Morningside Heights campus, and alumni news.
Google Books Archive
- Columbia University Bulletin:
- Volume 1 - July 1890
- Volume 2 - February 1892
- Volume 3 - July 1892
- Volume 4 - January 1893
- Volume 5 - July 1893
- Volume 6 - October 1893
- Volume 7 - February 1894
- Volume 8 - July 1894
- Volume 9 - December 1894
- Volume 10 - March 1895; (Alternate copy)
- Volume 11 - July 1895; (Alternate copy)
- Volume 12 - December 1895; (Alternate copy)
- Volume 13 - March 1896
- Volume 14 - June 1896
- Volume 15 - December 1896
- Volume 16 - March 1897
- Volume 17 - June 1897
- Volume 18 - December 1897
- Volume 19 - March 1898
- Volume 20 - June 1898
- Volume 1-20 Index and Bibliographical Note
