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Group of students sleeping at a library table, ca. 1970s.

Crowd of students in front of Butler Library participating in the 1950 Soph-Frosh Rush.

Tug of war for Soph-Frosh Rush taking place in front of Butler Library.

Crowd standing in front of Butler Library after the completion of the Soph-Frosh Rush, ca. 1950.

18 May 1977 Commencement ceremony. Procession of University Trustees from Butler Library to Low Plaza.

Professor Larkin Farinrolt marches from Butler Library with the mace, in front of President Grayson Kirk, at the 1957 commencement ceremony.

View of Butler Library from Low Library entrance, during the 1957commencement.

1953 Columbia graduate, holding two children, having his picture taken after the ceremony is over.

Group photograph of the 1934 Craftsmanship Award winners with President Nicholas Murray Butler in front of South Hall (Butler Library).

President Nicholas Murray Butler handing out a Craftsmanship Award in front of South Hall (Butler Library), 1934.

Students playing with a very large ball in front of Butler Library as part of the 1947 Soph-Frosh Rush.

David Dubinsky (1892-1982), one of the most influential labor leaders of 20th century America. He managed to make his way to the United States in 1911 after escaping while in transit to exile in Siberia. He was being sent there by the Tsarist…

David Dubinsky served as president of one of the most powerful American unions, the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, between 1932 and 1966. In this letter, he accepts a position on the International Labor Organization Committee.

Program for the Music Festival of Allied Nations, a charity concert that supported the Organization for Rehabilitation through Training (ORT).

Herbert H. Lehman (1878-1963) giving to David Dubinsky a check for tickets to the benefit of the Committee for Relief and Rehabilitation of Victims of Persecution in Europe. David Dubinsky served as treasurer of the Committee.

David Dubinsky played an important role in many election campaigns in general, and in Herbert H. Lehman’s campaigns in particular.

Letter from Lehman to Dubinsky about Lehman's possible appointment to the United Nations Social and Economic Council.

Telegram from Dubinsky, on behalf of unions in New York City and area, asking then Governor Herbert Lehman to run for United States Senator.

Inscribed on verso: "150 W 96 St 9-G New York, NY 10025-6469"

A distinguished translator from Russian and Yiddish, an active member of professional associations (American Translators Association, Authors Guild, Authors League of America, and PEN),…

Mirra Ginsburg's father, Joseph Ginsburg (sitting 3rd from the left), among a group of emigrants from Russia in Libava, Latvia, waiting for visas for America.