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Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library   Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library

Located in Avery Hall, the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library collects books and periodicals in architecture, historic preservation, art history, painting, sculpture, graphic arts, decorative arts, city planning, real estate, and archaeology. The Library contains more than 250,000 volumes and receives approximately 1,500 periodicals.  More...
     
Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary   Burke Library
at Union Theological Seminary


Located on the campus of Union Theological Seminary, the Burke Library is the largest theological library in the western hemisphere, containing rich collections for theological study and research. With holdings of over 700,000 items, the Library is recognized as one of the premier libraries in its field and includes extensive holdings of unique and special materials.  More...
     
Rare Book and Manuscript Library   Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Located on Butler Library's 6th floor, the Rare Book & Manuscript Library is home to many of Columbia's greatest treasures. The library contains cuneiform tablets, papyri, ostraca, astronomical and mathematical instruments, maps, works of art, photographs, posters, early printing presses and papermaking equipment, type specimens, sound and moving image recordings, theater set models, puppets, masks, ephemera and memorabilia.  More...


Collection Fields:

Collections selected for interns to process may come from the following areas:

African-American Studies

Architecture
      Avery Drawings & Archives

United States Business and Economic History

Higher Education (including Columbia University)
      University Archives

Human Rights
      Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research

Immigration

Journalism/Communications/Media

Literature and Criticism

Music

New York City and State

Oral History
      Oral History Research Office

Politics and Political Movements

Publishing and Bookselling and Book Arts

Religious History/Missionary Groups
      Burke Library Archives

Russian and Slavic History and Culture
      Bakhmeteff Archive
      Soviet and East European Independent Press Collection

Social Welfare/Social History

Women's Studies
      Archives and Manuscript Collections Relating to Women
      Archives of Women in Theological Scholarship





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