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==History==
 
==History==
"College Annuals" have been published at Columbia since 1848 in various forms. In 1890, the then junior class of 1891 published its first annual, titling it "The Columbian." In subsequent years each junior class titled their publication The Columbian, which eventually became the sole yearbook. Today, The Columbian takes the establishment date of its predecessors as its own date of founding. 2010 marks the 162nd continuous year of publication of a student annual on campus, predating the ''[[Columbia Daily Spectator]]'', as well as every other collegiate yearbook, with the exception of Harvard's ''Crimson''.
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The Columbian traces its roots back to 1848, the first year a something that resembled a "College Annual" was published at Columbia. 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''.
  
== Old Publications from Google Books Archives ==
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In 1864, the junior class, driven in part by competition amongst the fraternities, once again took up the cause of an annual student publication listing fraternity and society memberships, and commentary on the events of the past year. The first publication was put out by the class of 1865 in the spring of 1864 and titled ''The Columbian.'' From 1865-1889 the name of the publication would be changed to ''The Columbiad''.  In [[1868]], a conflict between [[Delta Phi]] and [[Psi Upsilon]] resulted in Delta Phi publishing a renegade unofficial issue in parallel. From [[1878]]-[[1889]], the School of Mines broke off from the Columbiad after having joined it in order to publish its own annual, ''The Miner''. When the engineers decided to team up with the arts and science students again in [[1890]], the merged book was once again titled ''The Columbian'', a name that has remained ever since. The later issues of the Columbiad developed a reputation for excellent illustrations.
===Junior Class Annuals===
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== Old Student Publications from Google Books Archives ==
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=WYw7AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false Centennial Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Columbia College 1854]
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=JiVOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false The Columbiad 1870]
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=JiVOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false The Columbiad 1870]
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=JyVOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false The Columbiad 1871]
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=JyVOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false The Columbiad 1871]
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=luMSAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA98AEwCQ#v=onepage The Columbian 1905]
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=luMSAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA98AEwCQ#v=onepage The Columbian 1905]
  
== External Links ==
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== Old Administration Publications from Google books Archives ==
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=JDQZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Columbia College 1866-1867]
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=tzUbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Columbia College 1875-1876, 1876-1877, 1877-1878]
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=mGQdAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR1#v=onepage&q&f=false Annual Register of the Officers and Students of Columbia College 1883-1884, 1884-1885, 1885-1886, 1886-1887, 1887-1888, 1888-1889, 1889-1890]
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=t67OAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR1#v=onepage&q&f=false Handbook of Information as to the Course of Instruction, etc., etc., in Columbia College and its Several Schools]
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== External links ==
 
[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/yearbook Columbian Homepage]
 
[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/yearbook Columbian Homepage]
  
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== Bibliography ==
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=cxATAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA87#v=onepage&q&f=false The Undergraduate Record Columbia College A Book of Statistical Information compiled by William S. Sloan (1881) pgs. 87-89, 96]
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=ZvAKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA177#v=onepage&q&f=false A History of Columbia University 1754-1904 (1904) pgs. 177-178]
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=HgcpAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA27#v=onepage&q&f=false "Undergraduate Publications at Columbia", Columbia University Quarterly, Vol. 2 No. 1, December 1899 pgs. 27-38]
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[[Category:Defunct publications]]
 
[[Category:Student publications]]
 
[[Category:Student publications]]

Revision as of 03:31, 23 July 2010

The Columbian is the official yearbook of Columbia College and SEAS. The book is produced over the course of the academic year by the staff of the Columbian. The staff members of the Columbian are CC or SEAS undergraduates who join the yearbook staff, which functions much like any other student organization. However, the Columbian does not fall under any of the five governing boards at Columbia, and instead reports directly to Student Development and Activities (SDA).

Previous volumes of the Columbian are available for viewing in the Columbiana Collection of the University Archives in Butler Library, and in the Columbia Alumni Center on W. 113th Street.

Publication

The book is published annually by Josten's of Pennsylvania. The book usually consists of roughly 350 to 400 pages, including portraits of the graduating class (or at least those who opt to sit for a portrait in the fall of their senior year), along with names and majors. The book traditionally measures nine by twelve inches and is bound in a hardcover. The cover art of the book varies from volume to volume at the discretion of the editor-in-chief and staff.

History

The Columbian traces its roots back to 1848, the first year a something that resembled a "College Annual" was published at Columbia. 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.

In 1864, the junior class, driven in part by competition amongst the fraternities, once again took up the cause of an annual student publication listing fraternity and society memberships, and commentary on the events of the past year. The first publication was put out by the class of 1865 in the spring of 1864 and titled The Columbian. From 1865-1889 the name of the publication would be changed to The Columbiad. In 1868, a conflict between Delta Phi and Psi Upsilon resulted in Delta Phi publishing a renegade unofficial issue in parallel. From 1878-1889, the School of Mines broke off from the Columbiad after having joined it in order to publish its own annual, The Miner. When the engineers decided to team up with the arts and science students again in 1890, the merged book was once again titled The Columbian, a name that has remained ever since. The later issues of the Columbiad developed a reputation for excellent illustrations.

Old Student Publications from Google Books Archives

Old Administration Publications from Google books Archives

External links

Columbian Homepage

Bibliography