Item Information

View of Columbia College in the City of New York

Dublin Core

Title

View of Columbia College in the City of New York
First catalogue of King's College

Subject

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) --History --18th century.
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
College buildings -- New York (State)
Columbia University
Educational facilities
Columbia University -- Alumni and alumnae -- Directories

Description

Two images on the page.

Top image: This is the original college building of Columbia University, then Columbia College (and originally King's College).

Bottom image: Earliest known broadside catalogue of King's College (now Columbia University), listing graduates from 1758 through 1774.

Creator

Anderson, J. (?)
Tiebout, Cornelius, 1777-1832, attributed to
Gaine, Hugh

Source

Stokes, I. N. Phelps. The iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909. New York : Robert H. Dodd, 1915-1928. Electronic reproduction. v. 1. New York, N.Y. : Columbia University Libraries, 2008.

Date

1790?
1774?

Language

eng

Additional Item Metadata

Temporal Coverage

1790

Spatial Coverage

New York
Manhattan

Provenance

Charles A. Munn, Esq.
Columbia University

Citation

Plate 53-a [no page number; following chapter 4]
Plate 53-b [no page number; following chapter 4]

MODS

Key Date

1774 1790

Type of Date

qu

Repository Name

none

Language of Cataloging

eng

Digital Origin

rd

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Engravings
Catalogs

Citation

Anderson, J. (?), Tiebout, Cornelius, 1777-1832, attributed to, and Gaine, Hugh, “View of Columbia College in the City of New York,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed March 17, 2025, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/items/show/1266.

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