Columbia University in the City of New York
Annual Reports of the President
The annual reports of the President of Columbia University include reports of all the schools of the University. For annual reports of the Dean of the College of Physicians and Surgeons before our digital copies begin in 1931, researchers will find an abbreviated version in the President's reports. Additional reports can also be found for the Deans of schools of dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, and tropical medicine as they are established. Archives & Special Collections lacks reports for 1893 or any after 1946.
1891, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
University Catalogue
Includes lists of trustees, officers, faculty and students; course offerings; degrees conferred; academic calendar; and much other information on all the schools of Columbia University. Archives & Special Collections has no copies after 1944/45.
1893/94, 1894/95, 1895/96, 1896/97, 1897/98, 1898/99, 1899/1900, 1900/01, 1901/02, 1902/03, 1903/04, 1904/05, 1905/06, 1906/07, 1907/08, 1908/09, 1909/10, 1910/11, 1911/12, 1912/13, 1913/14, 1914/15, 1915/16, 1916/17, 1917/18, 1918/19, 1919/20, 1920/21, 1921/22, 1922/23, 1923/24, 1924/25, 1925/26, 1926/27, 1927/28, 1928/29, 1929/30, 1930/31, 1931/32, 1932/33, 1933/34, 1934/35, 1935/36, 1936/37, 1937/38, 1938/39, 1939/40, 1940/41, 1941/42-1942/43, 1943/44-1944/45
College of Dental Medicine/School of Dental & Oral Surgery/School of Dentistry/College of Dental & Oral Surgery of New York (CODOS)
Founded as the School of Dentistry, 1916; merged in 1923 with the College of Dental & Oral Surgery of New York (founded 1892) and renamed School of Dental & Oral Surgery; became College of Dental Medicine, 2006.
Yearbooks
The earliest yearbooks, 1908-1922, are from the College of Dental and Oral Surgery of New York (CODOS). The Library is missing the 1923 CODOS yearbook and possibly other published years. The first Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery yearbook in our collection is 1928. Our holdings are missing 1929-30, 1943-46, and 1949. Because of funding constraints, 1992 was the last year digitized.
1908, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
Announcements [course catalogs]
1917/18-1933/34; 1934/35-1943/44; 1944/45-1954/55; 1953/54-1961/62; 1963/64; 1964/65; 1965/66; 1966/67; 1968/69; 1969/70; 1970/71; 1971/72; 1972/73; 1973/74; 1974/75; 1975-1977, 1977-1979, 1979-1981, 1981-1983; 1983-1985; 1985-1987; 1987-1989; 1989-1992; 1992-1999; 2001/02; 2002/03
Announcements for the Dental Hygienists' Course [course catalogs]
Program established in Fall 1917; last graduate 1990. After 1974/75, information for the Dental Hygienists Course can be found in the dental school announcements.
1917/18-1925/26, 1926/27-1941/42, 1942/43-1958/59, 1959/60, 1960/61, 1961/62, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1965/66, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1972/73, 1973/74, 1974/75
Announcements for Post-Graduate Courses for Dentists
Archives & Special Collections has a very incomplete set of announcements for post-graduate courses.
1917/18, Spring-Summer 1918, 1918/19, Spring 1919, 1919/20, 1920/21, 1937/38, 1945/46, 1946/47, 1947/48-1954/55, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1960/61, 1961/62, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1965/66, 1967/68, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1971/72, 1972/73, 1973/74, 1974/75, 1980/81
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Founded in 1767 as the Faculty of Medicine of King's College. Revived in 1791 as the medical school of Columbia College. In 1814 Columbia's medical school was merged into the College of Physicians & Surgeons (P&S), founded in 1807. P&S affiliated with Columbia in 1860 and completely merged with it in 1891. Renamed Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, December, 2017.
Yearbooks
The first P&S yearbook was published in 1947. It is not known if one was published in 1948; however, no yearbooks were published in 1971-75,1977-81. Because of funding constraints, 1992 was the last year digitized.
1947; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1976, 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992
Announcements [course catalogs]
1811, 1817, 1818, 1821, 1827-1859/60, 1860/61-1865/66, 1870-1879, 1880/81-1890/91, 1891/92-1895/96, 1896/97-1899/1900, 1900/01-1909/10, 1910/11-1914/15, 1915/16-1919/20, 1920/21-1924/25, 1925/26-1929/30. 1930/31-1934/35, 1935/36-1939/40, 1940/41-1945/46, 1946/47-1951/52, 1954/55-1956/57, 1957/58-1959/60, 1958/59-1963/64, 1964/65-1967/68, 1968/69-1970/71, 1972/73-1978/79, 1979/80-1983/84, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1987-1989, 1989/90, 1990/91, 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1994/95, 1999-2001, 2001-2003 [1811-1821 held by the National Library of Medicine]
Postgraduate/Continuing Education Announcements
The College of Physicians and Surgeons offered a wide variety of postgraduate and continuing education courses for practicing physicians. This is probably not a complete set.
1938/39-1942/43, 1945/46-1956/57, 1957/58, 1959/60, 1960/61, 1961/62, 1962/63, 1964/65, 1965/66, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1971/72, 1972/73, 1973/74, 1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1977/78, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1980/81
Annual Reports of the Dean
For annual reports before 1931, an abbreviated version can be found in the annual reports of the President of Columbia University. 1931-1958 reports are for the medical school only. From 1959-1990, the reports are for both the medical school and Presbyterian Hospital.
1931-1941, 1942-1950, 1951-1955, 1956-1958, 1959-1961, 1962-1964, 1965-1967, 1968-1969, 1970-1971, 1972-1973, 1974-1975, 1976-1977, 1978-1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1985/86 ("Publications"), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
Inaugural Dissertations
A list of about 70 printed inaugural dissertations of College of Physicians & Surgeons graduates, 1771-1857, can be found on the CUMC History page. Links have been provided for those items that have been digitized.
Selected Histories / Historical Materials
Addresses at the Inauguration of the new College building, September 29th, 1887; and of the Sloane Maternity Hospital and the Vanderbilt Clinic, December 29th, 1887 (New York: Published by order of the College, 1888)
Bard, Samuel. A discourse upon the duties of a physician: with some sentiments, on the usefulness and necessity of a public hospital: delivered before the President and Governors of King's College, at the commencement, held on the 16th of May, 1769 : as advice to those gentlemen who then received the first medical degrees conferred by that university (New York: A. & J. Robertson, 1769) [Original held by the National Library of Medicine]
Blatchford, Thomas W. Our alma mater fifty years ago. An oration delivered before the Alumni Association of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Medical Department of Columbia College, New York, at the spring commencement, March 14, 1861 (Troy, N.Y.: Printed by A. W. Scribner, 1861)
Bye-Laws of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New York (New York: Collins & Perkins, 1808)
Dalton, John C. History of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New York: Medical Department of Columbia College (New York: The College, 1888)
Darrach, William. Memorandum on the School of Medicine (New York: Columbia University, 1919)
DeForest, Henry Pelouze. Ten Years' Examinations: a complete set of all the written examination questions given in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in the City of New York. Medical department of Columbia College 1880-1891. (Brooklyn: The author, 1891?)
Depew, Chauncey M. Address of Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, at the Laying of the Corner-Stone of the College Building given by William H. Vanderbilt to the College of Physicians and Surgeons, April 24th, 1886 (New York: De Vinne Press, 1886)
Herter, Frederic P., Alfred Jaretzki, eds. A Proud Heritage: An Informal History of Surgery at Columbia (New York: Columbia University Department of Surgery, 2003)
King, Frederick Gore. Catalogue of the Anatomical Museum in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York (New York: J.W. Palmer & Co., 1825)
Lambert, Samuel W. Memorandum on the Ideal Development of Hospital and Medical School, Addressed to the Trustees of Columbia University and the Managers of the Presbyterian Hospital (New York: Printed for Private Distribution, March 1912)
Lee, Frederic Schiller and Frank H. Pike. A Letter on the Future Location of the College of Physicians and Surgeons and the University Hospital (New York: Columbia University, 1913)
P & S on the Labrador: An Account of the Work of the Columbia Unit of the Grenfell Mission at Spotted Islands, Labrador (New York: The College, 1921-1924)
Rappleye, Willard C. The Current Era of the Faculty of Medicine, Columbia University, 1910-1958 (New York: Columbia University, 1958)
Romayne, Nicholas. An Address Delivered at the Commencement of the Lectures in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New-York (New York: Collins & Perkins, 1808)
Shrady, John. The College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, and its Founders, Officers, Instructors, Benefactors and Alumni: A History. 2 v. (New York: Lewis Publishing, 1903)
Syllabus of the Several Courses of Medical Lectures Delivered in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the University of the State of New-York (New York: Van Winkle & Wiley, 1814) [original held by the National Library of Medicine]
Catalogue of the Alumni, Officers and Fellows of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New York, from A. D. 1807 to A. D. 1859 (New York: Baker & Godwin, 1859)
Catalogue of the Alumni, Officers and Fellows of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Medical Department of Columbia College, in the City of New York, from A.D. 1807 to A.D. 1865 (New York: Baker & Godwin, 1866)
Catalogue of the Alumni, Officers and Fellows, 1807-1880 (New York: Bradstreet Press, 1880)
Catalogue of the Alumni, Officers and Fellows, 1807-1891 (New York: Bradstreet Press, 1891)
Mailman School of Public Health
Opened in 1922 as the Delamar Institute of Public Health; renamed School of Public Health, July 1, 1945; name changed to School of Public Health and Administrative Medicine, July 1, 1955; renamed School of Public Health, c.1973. Became Mailman School of Public Health in 1998.
Yearbooks
The Mailman School of Public Health does not seem to have published yearbooks except for the years 1956-1967 and even that period has gaps. All the yearbooks currently held by Archives & Special Collections have been digitized.
1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1967-68
Announcements [Course catalogs]
1930/31-1944/45; 1945/46-1951/52; 1952/53-1960/61; 1961/62-1969/70; 1970/71-1971/72, 1973/74-1978/80; 1981/82; 1982/84; 1984/86; 1987/89; 1989/91; 1991/93; 1993/95; 1995/97; 1997/99; 1999/2001; 2003/05; 2005/07
School of Nursing/Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing
Founded as the Presbyterian Hospital Training School for Nurses, 1892; renamed Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing, c.1904; became Dept. of Nursing of the Columbia University Faculty of Medicine, 1937; School of Nursing, 1974.
Yearbooks
There appear to have been no School of Nursing yearbooks before 1936. It is not known if editions were published for the missing years. None seem to have been published in 1943-44. 1989 was the last class to publish a yearbook.
1936, 1937, 1940, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989
Announcements [Course catalogs]
1906-1933 [some years missing], 1917-18, 1921, 1925, 1927, 1928-33, 1935/36, 1936/37, 1937/38, 1939/40-1958/59, 1959/60, 1960/61, 1961/62, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1965/66, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1970/71-1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77-1981/82, 1982/84, 1984/86, 1986/88, 1991/93, 1994/96, 1997/99, 1999/2002
Annual Reports of the Dean
Annual reports of the Dean of the School of Nursing don't appear to have been separately issued until 1981/82. Before that date, they can be found in the annual reports of the Presbyterian Hospital and, from 1937 on, in the annual reports of the Dean of the College of Physicians and Surgeons (see above). It's not known if annual reports were published for the years missing here.
1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1990/91, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009
Student Handbooks
Archives & Special Collections has a very scattered set of student handbooks. Earlier volumes covering many of the years between 1922-1951 are held by Archives & Special Collections but couldn't be digitized because of their condition. They may be consulted in the department.
1935, 1952/53-1959/60, 1961/62-1970/71, 1994/95, 1998/99
Quarterly Magazine / Alumni Magazine
The Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association (currently the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc.) began publishing an alumnae magazine called the Quarterly Magazine in 1906. Besides printing the minutes and other official transactions of the Association, the magazine includes a wide range of news about Presbyterian Hospital and the nursing profession. The numerous articles and letters by alumnae serving in positions all across the United States as well as around the world provide a vivid picture of the range of nursing experiences in the first half of the 20th century. One issue a year included a directory of graduates which can be a valuable biographical and genealogical resource.
The 1906-1960 volumes were digitized in 2018 with a generous gift from the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc. Unfortunately our bound copy of volume 17, no. 1 - volume 20, no. 4 (Oct. 1922-July 1926) was too fragile to digitize but it can be consulted at Archives & Special Collections. We have digitized all the loose copies we hold for this period and continue to look for additional issues for future digitization. Post-1960 issues are not digitized but can be read at Archives & Special Collections.
Volume 1, no. 1 - Volume 4, no. 4 (July 1906 - April 1910)
Volume 5, no. 1 - Volume 8, no. 4 (July 1910 - April 1914)
Volume 9, no. 1 - Volume 12, no. 4 (July 1914 - July 1918)
Volume 13, no. 1 - Volume 16, no. 4 (Oct. 1918 - July 1922)
Volume 20, no. 5 - Volume 24, no. 4 (Oct. 1926 - July 1930)
Volume 25, no. 1 - Volume 28, no. 1 (Oct. 1930 - Oct.1933)
Volume 28, no. 2 - Volume 33, no. 1 (Jan. 1934 - Oct. 1937)
Volume 33, no. 2 - Volume 36, no. 4 (Jan. 1938 - Oct.1941)
Volume 37, no. 1 - Volume 38, no. 4 (Jan. 1942 - Nov. 1943)
Volume 39, no. 1 - Volume 40, no. 4 (Feb. 1944 - Nov. 1945)
Volume 41, no. 1 - Volume 42, no. 4 (Jan. 1946 - Nov. 1947)
Volume 43, no. 1 - Volume 44, no. 4 (Feb. 1948 - Nov. 1949)
Volume 45, no. 1 - Volume 47, no. 4 (March 1950 - Nov. 1952)
Volume 48, no. 1 - Volume 49, no. 4 (Feb. 1953 - Nov. 1954)
Volume 50, no. 1 - Volume 51, no. 3 (Feb. 1955 - Aug. 1956)
Volume 51, no. 4 - Volume 52, no. 4 (Nov. 1956 - Nov. 1957)
Volume 53, no. 1 - Volume 54, no. 2 (Feb. 1958 - May 1959)
Volume 54, no. 3 - Volume 55, no. 4 (Aug. 1959 - Nov. 1960)
College of Pharmaceutical Sciences/College of Pharmacy of the City of New York
Founded in 1829 as the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York; became an affiliate of Columbia University, 1904; changed name to College of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1966; closed in 1976.
Yearbooks
It isn’t known if the College of Pharmacy/College of Pharmaceutical Sciences published yearbooks for the years not represented here
1920, 1924, 1927, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944 (Feb. ed.), 1945, 1948, 1949 (Feb. ed.), 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
Announcements [Course catalogs]
Archives & Special Collections also has the announcements for the 1890/91-1902/03 academic years; however, they were too fragile to digitize.
1870/71, 1873/74, 1875/76, 1877/78-1889/90, 1904/05-1912/13, 1914/15-1923/24, 1924/25-1930/31, 1926/27-1933/34, 1934/35-1947/48, 1948/49-1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1960/61, 1961/62, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1965/66, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1971/72, 1972/73
Historical Material
Rice, Charles, et al. The College of Pharmacy of the City of New York (1874) [original held by the National Library of Medicine]
Wimmer, Curt. The College of Pharmacy of the City of New York, included in Columbia University in 1904: A History (1929)
The Charter and By-Laws of the College of Pharmacy of the City of New-York, to which is added a List of the Officers and Members & c. (1839) [original held by the National Library of Medicine]
School of Tropical Medicine (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Established in 1926 as a joint venture with the University of Puerto Rico; Columbia's involvement ended in 1948.
Announcements [course catalogs]
1926/27, 1927/28, 1929/30, 1934/35, 1935/36, 1936/37, 1941/42, 1944/45, 1945/46
Annual Reports of the Director
1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948
Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
Founded in 1945 as the Psychoanalytic Center for Training and Research. Archives & Special Collections also has paper copies for most of the years not present here.
Announcements [course catalogs]
1945/46-1958/59, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1987/88, 1989/90, 1990/91, 1991/92, 1993/94, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98, 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03, 2004/06, 2006/07
Programs in Occupational and Physical Therapy
Program in Occupational Therapy established in Fall 1941; instruction in Physical Therapy began in Fall 1942. The programs were administratively split, ca. 1990.
Announcements [course catalogs]
1941/42 [OT only], 1942/43 [OT only], 1943/44, 1944/45, 1945/46, 1946/47, 1948/49, 1950/51-1958/59, 1959/60, 1960/61, 1961/62, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1965/66, 1967/68, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1971/72, 1972/73, 1973/74, 1974/75, 1975/76-1981/82, 1982/83, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1987/88, 1988/89
Program in Occupational Therapy
Announcements [course catalogs]
1990/91, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1998-2000, 2000-2002
Program in Physical Therapy
Announcements [course catalogs]
1991/92, 1994/95, 1995-1997, 1997-1999, 1999-2001
Institute of Cancer Research
Founded in 1908 with a $50,000 donation from railroad millionaire George W. Crocker, the Institute was originally known as the Crocker Special Research Fund or, more usually, the Crocker Institute. The name was changed to the Institute of Cancer Research sometime before 1930. It is the ancestor of today's Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center. Archives & Special Collections has a very incomplete run of Director's reports; however, a section on the Institute can usually be found in the annual reports of the Dean of the College of Physicians and Surgeons.