Jewels in Her Crown: Treasures of Columbia University Libraries Special Collections

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Adam, James (d. 1794)   British Order – Ink and wash on paper  
Adams, Faried   R. v. Adams and others. South African Mass Treason Trial  
Addams, Jane (1860-1935)   Twenty Years at Hull-House with Autobiographical Notes  
Agricola, Georg (1494-1555)   De re metallica   
Alberti, Leon Battista (1404-1472)   De Architectvra  
Alexander I, Czar of Russia (1777-1825)   Funeral scroll  
Anderson, Alexander (1775-1870)   Diarium commentarium vitae Alexander Anderson  
– Ibid.   Wood engraving of garden-house scene, signed in the block "AA"   
Andō, Hiroshige (1797-1858)   Tōkaidō Gojūsantsugi no uchi: Fujikawa   
Andreae, Johannes (d. 1348)   De arbore consanguinitatis, affinitatis et cognitionis spiritualis  
Archdiocese of Sao Paulo   Projeto A "Brasil: Nunca Mais"  
Architectural Iron Works of New York   Illustrations of Iron Architecture  
Artzybasheff, Boris (1899-1965)   Marian Anderson – Painting in tempera and pencil   
Baildon, John (fl. 1570)   A Booke Containing Divers Sortes of Hands  
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)   Rumanian Folk Music  
Beals, Jessie Tarbox (1870-1942)   Photograph of slum children, ca. 1918-19  
Beauchesne, John De (1538? -after 1610)   A Booke Containing Divers Sortes of Hands  
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)   Wellingtons-Sieg, oder: Die Schlacht bey Vittoria. Opus 91.  
– Ibid.   Notes on Mozart's Requiem and sketch for Missa Solemnis  
Berlage, Hendrick Petrus (1856-1934)   Frank Lloyd Wright. Wendingen   
Bestuzhev, Alexander (1797-1837)   On Your Namesake Day   
Bisen, Fukuda (1875-1963)   Chūgoku sanjū emaki  
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich (1906-1945)   Application to Union Seminary  
Bouchet, René   Portrait of Bennett Cerf  
Briggs, Emily Grace (1867-1944)   The Deaconess in the Ancient and Medieval Church  
Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917 - 2000)   Annie Allen   
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896)   Symphony IV, (Romantic)  
Butler, Nicholas Murray (1862-1947)   Medal, Nobel Prize for Peace, 1931  
Cardozo, Benjamin N. (1870-1938)   Communism  
Carnegie, Andrew (1835-1919)   Records of College Donations, New York  
– Ibid.   Typed letter, signed, to Robert A. Franks   
Caslon, William (1693-1766)   A Specimen by W. Caslon  
Cassini, Giovanni (1677-1756)   Planisphere terrestre  
Cassini, Giovanni Domenico (1625-1712)    Planisphere terrestre  
Catherine II, Empress of Russia (1729-1796)   Nakaz Eia Imperatorskago Velichestva Ekateriny Vtoriya...  
Chalcidensis, Iamblichus (ca. 240-325)   De mysteriis Aegyptiorum, Chaldaeorum, Assyriorum  
Chang, Peter H. L. (Zhang Xueliang), (1901-2001)   "Recollections of Xian Incident [Review]"   
Charcot, Jean-Martin (1825-1893)   Ueber die Localisationen der Gehirn-Krankheiten  
Clinton, DeWitt (1769-1828)   Letterbooks  
Columbia University   Silver cup presented to MacDowell by Columbia students, 1904  
Crane, Hart (1899-1932)   The Bridge  
Crane, Stephen (1871-1900)   Maggie, a Girl of the Streets  
Curie, Marie Sklodowska (1867-1934)   Impressions of America  
da Carpi, Jacopo Berengario (1460?-1530?)   Commentaria cum amplissimis additionibus super anotomia Mundini  
Da Ponte, Lorenzo (1749-1838)   Memorie. In tre volume. Seconda editione corretta, ampliata e accresciuta  
Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé (1787-1851)   Historique et description des procédés du daguerréotype et du diorama  
dalla Croce, Giovanni Andrea (1509?-1580)   Chirurgiae...libri septem   
Daly's Theatre, New York   Account book  
Dannay, Frederic (1905-1982)    The Roman Hat Mystery: A Problem in Deduction  
Davidson, Jo (1883-1952)   Portrait of V. K. Wellington Koo   
Davis, Alexander Jackson (1803-1892)   United States Custom House – Watercolor and black ink on paper  
de Cuvilliés, François (1695-1768)   A collection of engravings  
de Villa Dei, Alexander (1175-1240)   Doctrinale  
Delano and Aldrich   Marine Terminal, LaGuardia Airport  
Descartes, René (1596-1650)   Renati Des-Cartes Musicae compendium  
Donatus, Aelius (fl. 354 CE)   Ars Minor  
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528)   Underweysung der Messung  
Edmonston Studio   Harlan Fiske Stone with his law clerks  
Eisner, Will (1917-    )    Les Droits de l'homme  
Ellison, Ralph (1914-1994)   Working notes and outline for Invisible Man   
Euler, Leonard (1707-1783)   Tentamen novae theoriae musicae  
Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)   Composing stick  
Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939)   Contract for "The Psycho-Analytic Problem of the War"  
– Ibid.   Totem und Tabu  
Fry, Varian (1907-1967)   Surrender on Demand   
Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642)   Sidereus nuncius  
Galvani, Luigi (1737-1798)   De viribus electricitatis in motu musculari commentarius  
Gan, K. F. von   Czar Nicholas II with his family  
Garland, Judy (1922-1969)   "The Judy Garland Story"  
George, Kara (1762-1817)   Agreement – Belgrade  
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (1860-1935)   The Yellow Wall Paper  
Ginsberg, Allen (1926-1997)   Howl (for Carl Solomon)  
Graham, James (1745-1794)   Doctor Bard's Lectures upon the Palsey  
Greene & Greene   Detail drawing of decorative window, Earle C. Anthony House  
Griffin, John Howard   Journal  
Guastavino, Rafael (1842-1908)   Drawing for Dater House, Montecito, California  
Gumby, L. S. Alexander (1885-1961)   Collection of Negroiana  
Hamilton, Alexander (1757-1804)   Wedding handkerchiefs of Alexander and Elizabeth Hamilton, 1780  
Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler (1757-1854)   Gold double-band wedding ring and wedding handkerchiefs   
Harper & Brothers   Contract between Herman Melville and Harper & Brothers  
Harrison & Abramovitz   Sketch of original plans for United Nations building  
Harvey, William (1578-1657)   De motu cordis & sanguinis in animalibus, anatomica exercitatio  
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)   Gebote Gottes den Herm  
Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961)   Autograph letter, signed to Daniel Longwell, 3 pages,  
Hill, David Octavius (1802-1870)   A Series of Calotype Views of St. Andrews   
Hine, Lewis (1874-1940)   Photograph of welder, Empire State Building  
Holst, Gustav (1874-1934)   Egdon Heath  
Homer (fl. 9th or 8th century BCE?)   Iliad – Papyrus fragment, Greek  
– Ibid.   Odyssey – Papyrus fragment, Greek  
– Ibid.   Ilias; Ulyssea; Batrachomyomachia; Hymni xxxii  
Hooke, Robert (1635-1703)   Micrographia  
Hozumi, Yatsuka (1860-1912)   Kenpō Teiyō [Outline of the Constitution]  
Hunter, John (1728-1793)   The Natural History of the Human Teeth  
Isidoros, Aurelius (4th century CE)   Petition to Dioskoros Caeso  
Itō, Hirobumi (1841-1909)   Teikoku kenpō, Kōshitsu tenpan gige   
Jaisingh II, Court of Raja (1686-1743)   Yantraraja  
Jay, John (1745-1829)   Federalist Number 5  
Jiang, Tingxi (1669-1732)   Qin ding gu jin tu shu ji cheng – Encyclopedia, in 1,672 volumes  
Johnson, Eastman (1824-1906)   Portrait of Fredrick A. P. Barnard, 1886  
Johnson, W. R. (b. 1933)   Lilac Wind  
Johnson, William Samuel (1795-1883)   Litchfield notebook of law lecture courses  
Joyce, James (1882-1941)   Ulysses  
Kahn, Ely Jacques (1884-1972)   Drawing, Dowling Theater, Times Square, New York City  
Kalognomos, Georgios   Enchiridion peri synallagmatikon  
Kelmscott Press   Specimen copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer  
Kemble, Frances Anne (1809-1893)   Muslin bodice of the costume worn as Juliet   
– Ibid.   Journal by Frances Anne Butler, with the author's ms. annotations  
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963)   Executive Order, Equal Opportunity in Housing  
Kent, Rockwell (1882-1971)   Ceramic cup, saucer, plate from the "Moby Dick" pattern  
Khayyam, Omar (1048-1122 CE)   Maqalah fi al-jabr wa-al muqabalah [Algebra]  
King's College Board of Trustees   Draft of medical diploma of Robert Tucker  
Kirby, Ephraim (1757-1804)   Reports of cases adjudged in the Superior Court of Connecticut  
Kitamura, Kigin (1625-1705)   Genji monogatari kogetsu shō  
Kuniyoshi, Utagawa (1798-1861)   Yume no ukihashi (Bridge of dreams)  
Laennec, René Théophile Hyacinthe (1781-1826)   De l'Auscultation Médiate  
Lafever, Minard (1797-1854)   Drawings for unbuilt church in Brooklyn Heights, 1840  
Lafréry, Antoine (1512-1577)   Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae  
Lamb, Thomas W. (1871-1942)   Drawing for a proposed new lobby, Audubon Ballroom  
Lawrence, Sir Thomas (1769-1830)   Portait of George Gordon, Lord Byron   
Le Bouvier, Gilles (1386-ca. 1457)   La chronique des rois Charles 6 et 7 conformé aux troubles d'aujourduy  
Lee, Manfred B. (1905-1971)   The Roman Hat Mystery: A Problem in Deduction  
Lewis, Harold Miller (1893-1978)   Laboratory notebook  
Lichtenstein, Roy (1923-1997)   Untitled, 1974  
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)   Manuscript letter in John Hay's hand, signed by Lincoln  
– Ibid.   Arithmetic exercises from manuscript sum book   
Littleton, Thomas (1422-1481)   Tenures  
Luther, Martin (1483-1546)   Der Prophet Jona   
MacDowell, Edward Alexander (1860-1908)   Indian Suite, [Suite No. 2, Op. 48]  
Marshall, Thurgood (1908-1993)   Transcript of Oral History Interview  
Matthews, Herbert L. (1900-1977)   Interview with Fidel Castro in Sierra Maestras Mountains  
Maximus, Valerius (fl. 20 CE)   Facta et dicta memorabilia   
Mazzinghi, Joseph (1765-1844)   Chains of the Heart, or the Slave by Choice. A Comic Opera.  
McKim, Charles Follen (1847-1909)   Typed letter, signed, to Stanford White, with initial sketch of Low Library  
Menglei, Chen (1651-1741)   Qin ding gu jin tu shu ji cheng – Encyclopedia, in 1,672 volumes  
Merton, Thomas (1915-1968)   The Seven Storey Mountain   
Mill, John Stuart (1806-1873)   Autobiography of J. S. Mill, written by himself  
Millett, Kate (b. 1934)   Sexual Politics [Submitted in partial fulfillment of the Ph.D.]  
Milton, John (1608-1674)   Letterbook  
Minobe, Tatsukichi (1873-1948)   Kenpō satsuyō [Principles of the Constitution]   
Moore, Douglas (1893-1969)   "Augusta's Aria," from The Ballad of Baby Doe   
Nabokov, Vladimir (1899-1977)   Untitled Poem, Album  
Nevins, Johannes (1627-before 1672)   Document pertaining to a plot of land  
New York City, Coroner's Office   Minutes of the Coroner's Proceedings  
Newton, Isaac (1642-1727)   The Three Mysterious Fires  
Nicholas I, Czar of Russia (1796-1855)   Autograph letter, signed, to Count Alexander Benckendorff   
Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)   Notes on Nursing: What it is, and What it is Not  
Nobuyoshi, Kuzuoka (1629-1717)   Urashima Tarō  
Oliva, Joan (1580-1615)   Portolan atlas of five charts of the the European and African Coasts  
Ortelius, Abraham (1527-1598)   Theatrum orbis terrarum [Atlas]. Antwerp: Egidius Coppens Diesth, 1570.  
Palacios, Antonio Herna (1921-2000)   Les Droits de l'homme  
Parsons, William Barclay (1859-1932)   Diary, Rapid Transit System of New York  
Peale, Charles Willson (1741-1827)   Portrait of Alexander Hamilton  
Perkins, Frances (1880-1965)   Draft notes of reply to F. D. Roosevelt on her nomination to the Cabinet  
Peter I, Czar of Russia (1672-1725)   Patent  
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778)   Elevazione ortografica della Tribuna  
Plumbe, John (1809-1857)   Daguerreotype portrait of Alexander Anderson  
Pollio, Marcus Vitruvius (b. ca. 80/70 BCE)   De re aedificatoria   
Polo, Marco (1254-1324)   Buch des edeln Ritters und Landtfahrers Marco Polo  
Powell, Dawn (1896-1965)   Charts & Casts & Notes for Golden Spur  
Prang, Louis (1824-1909)   Views in Central Park, New York  
Pratt, William (1822-1893)   Daguerreotype portrait of Edgar Allan Poe  
Pupin, Michael Idvorsky (1858-1935)   X-ray photograph of lead shot in hand  
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)   Orpheus Britannicus. A collection of all the choicest songs…  
Rackham, Arthur (1867 -1939)   Self-portrait, 1924  
– Ibid.   Sketchbook for A Midsummer Night's Dream, ca. 1908  
Remizov, Alexei (1877-1957)   Deed (Gramota)  
Robert Stephenson and Company   "America" – Watercolor drawing, 1828  
Robertson, Archibald   New York from Long Island  
Salisbury, Harrison E. (1908-1993)   China Diary-Tiananmen   
Sassoon, Siegfried (1886-1967)   Notes and rough drafts  
Serlio, Sebastiano (1475-1554)   Book VI, On Domestic Architecture  
Shakespeare, William   Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851)   Frankenstein, or, the modern Prometheus  
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816)   School for Scandal  
– Ibid.   Richard Brinsley Sheridan – Miniature portrait  
Shute, John (d. 1563)   The First and Chief Grovndes of Architectvre  
Skobtsova, Elizaveta (1891-1945)   Untitled – Watercolor, [1930s]  
Smith, Amanda (1837-1915)   An Autobiography: the story of the Lord's dealing with Mrs. Amanda Smith  
Spenser, Edmund (1552?-1599)   Colin Clouts Come Home Again  
Spewack, Bella Cohen (1899-1990)    Kiss Me, Kate, "Script A"  
Spewack, Samuel (1899-1971)   Kiss Me, Kate, "Script A"  
Statham, Nicholas (fl.1472)   Abridgment  
Stein, Gertrude (1874-1946)   Tender Buttons, Objects, Food, Rooms  
Stettheimer, Florine (1871-1944)   Portrait of Myself, 1923  
– Ibid.   Maquettes made for costumes and scenery for Four Saints in Three Acts   
Stoddard, Solomon (1643-1729)   Common Place Book and Sermon Notes  
Stoppard, Tom (1937-    )   Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead   
Sullivan, Louis H. (1856-1924)   Drawing for Doorknob, Guaranty Building  
Swan, Abraham (ca. 1720-ca. 1765)   A Collection of Designs in Architecture  
Tagliacozzi, Gaspare (1545-1599)   De curtorum chirurgia per insitionem  
Tammany Society   Journal & Rules of the Council of Sachems of Saint Tammany's Society  
Taube, Mikhail (1869-1961)   Reminiscences, 1900-1917 [Fragment of a memoir]  
Taylor, Telford (1908-1998)   Nuremberg Trials, photograph   
– Ibid.   Statement on Nuremberg Trials for the International News Service  
Toryū, Amanoto (1818-1877)   Kyōka chakizai gazōshū  
Turner, A. A.   Portrait of Florence Nightingale  
Upjohn, Richard (1802-1878)   Trinity Church perspective view  
Urban, Joseph (1872-1933)   "Blue Nursery Scene," The Ziegfeld Follies, 1931  
Vereshchagina, Alexandra (1810-1873)   Autograph album  
Vesalius, Andreas (1514-1564)   De humani corporis fabrica libri septem  
Vincent Fitz Gerald & Company   Maquette for The Reed  
von Gersdorff, Hans (1455-1529)   Feldtbuch der Wundartzney  
Wald, Lillian D. (1867-1940)   The House on Henry Street   
Washington, George (1732-1799)   Proposals for the additional army  
Wheatley, Phyllis (1753-1784)   Poems on various subjects, religious and moral  
White, Stanford (1853-1906)   Album of family letters with sketches  
Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)   Leaves of Grass  
William III, King of England (1650-1702)   Anno regni Gulielmi III Regis Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Decimo  
Williams, Tennessee (1911-1983)   Early draft of The Eclipse of May 29, 1919   
Wilson, Robert   "The Life and Times of Sigmund Freud"   
Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941)   Two Stories  
Woolrich, Cornell (1903-1968)   Night Has a Thousand Eyes  
Wright, Frank Lloyd (1867-1959)   Drawing of dining room, Dana House, Springfield, Illinois  
Wright, Thomas (1711-1786)   Various & Valuable Sketches and Designs of Buildings  
Yale & Towne   Doorknob, Guaranty Building – Cast iron fixture  
Yŏngsŏn   Syongdo mallyŏn pulgasari chyŏn  

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