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Columbia University Archives

Columbia University Library Office files, 1890-1998

48.37 linear feet
The office files of the University Librarian's Office of Columbia University Libraries, 1889-1948, are composed is composed chiefly of correspondence sent and received between Columbia University Librarians, library staff, Columbia University administrators, and outside individuals and organizations, as well as related reports, budgets, as well as related reports, budgets, and administrative material concerning the history of the library.
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Columbia University Archives

Central Files (Office of the President records), 1890-1984

927 linear feet
Central Files is composed chiefly of correspondence sent and received between Columbia University administrators and other University officers, faculty, and trustees, as well as correspondence sent and received between University administrators and individuals and organizations from outside the university.
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Jeffery, Arthur, files, 1945-1959. (2 Folders), 7/1945-6/1959 Box 394, Folder 21 to 22

Jeffery, Arthur, files, 1945-1959. (2 Folders), 7/1945-6/1959

Correspondence between Arthur Jeffery, executive officer of the department of Semitic Languages at Columbia University and chairman of the University's Bampton Lecture Committee, and high level University administrators. Most of the correspondence relates to the department and to the selection and appointment of Bampton lecturers. Also, correspondence regarding Jeffery's personnel issues and professional activities. Includes correspondence regarding his one-year appointment to the School of Oriental Studies at the American University in Cairo in 1946. Includes a letter dating from June, 1946 which discusses his travels, meetings with fellow scholars, and regional politics

  1. Series I: Central Files, 1895-1971
  2. Subseries I.2: Personal Names, 1890-1971
Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Arthur Jeffery papers, 1920-1959

32 linear feet
Arthur Jeffery (1892-1959) was Professor of Semitic languages at Columbia University from 1938 until his death. This collection of manuscripts, typescripts, manuscript notes and typescript notes with some related correspondence reflects Jeffery's research and writing on the vocabulary and history of the text of the Koran.
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