Tag Archives: archives

Reflecting on change

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Columbia College Archives

The pandemic has impacted our lives in ways we’re just beginning to understand. Less than three years ago, we worked five days a week onsite, shared food communally, and met in conference rooms. The move to remote research, online classes, … Continue reading →

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Student Perspective: The Heart of Curated Collections

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Evangeline Pina

Being approached with the opportunity to process a collection was exciting. It was a task completely shiny and new, far from the procedural digitization and organization from before. Only one other student worker at the time had been working on one, … Continue reading →

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Student Perspective: Unveiling Mysteries through Processing

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Columbia College Archives

By: Amara Andrew My palms were sweating, my heartbeat was racing and I felt like I was about to pass out. I was a nervous wreck when I was first approached about processing a collection for the archives. All that … Continue reading →

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Student Perspective: Importance of Research Skills

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Nicole Neale

I was sent to the Special Collections Book Room with the task of finding items that exemplify the scope of the collection and could make interesting social media posts. In other words, to find cool stuff and take pictures of … Continue reading →

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Loops and Swirls: Musings on Script

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Heidi Marshall

Flowing shapes. Loops and swirls. Unbroken lines of ink linking letters together to form words. Even if you don’t read cursive, you can still appreciate its swirling aesthetics, the art of the form. Acquiring the skill to write in cursive … Continue reading →

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Intern Perspective: The Worth of a Small Collection

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Kelsey O'Connell

By: Maddie McDermott Finding internships in archives can be a daunting task. Pretty much every archive has a backlog of collections that need to be processed: worked through, repaired, rehoused, cataloged, organized, and prepared for researchers. Because one of an … Continue reading →

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Why are we named Columbia?

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Columbia College Archives

As we welcome our new students to campus this week, many might be wondering why we are named Columbia. It must be that we are somehow related to the New York flagship, Columbia University, right? Wrong. Typical to Columbia College … Continue reading →

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Student Perspective: On Being A Professional Eavesdropper

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Corey Cole

Have you ever caught yourself listening in on a stranger’s conversation? If we are being honest, the answer is yes. We occasionally find ourselves pretending to toil on our phones while the guy across the coffee shop implores his friend to … Continue reading →

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Honoring Leonard Nimoy

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Calley Nelson

To honor the passing of Leonard Nimoy, the actor famous for his role as Mr. Spock on Star Trek, the Archives searched for the footage of his visit to Columbia College Chicago in 1980.  Some of the video skips in parts, but most … Continue reading →

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Columbia College Chicago may inundate paper scheduling for winter semester

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Calley Nelson

Scheduling classes is a less tedious process today than it was in the 70s, but it’s about to get harder. Imagine you are in your senior year at Columbia College, only it’s not 2014: it’s 1974. You’ve been through the … Continue reading →

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