My great uncle graduated from Columbia University Law school in 1877. Would there have been yearbooks then? If so where would i find them? Patricia
Pat, Contact the Registrar's Office of the Columbia Law School, registrar@law.columbia.edu (212) 854-2668. In most universities the Registrar's office is the "keeper" of student records and frequently have old year books in their office, but not always. Additionally, they may not have staff interested in going through year books to photocopy and mail you information. However they should be able to tell you if your uncle did attend the Law School, when, degree attained, etc., that information is classified as "public information" under federal law usually. If they don't have the information available they may redirect your inquiry to Alumni Records or to the University Library/Archives. Be sure and ask them for email addresses to contact the various offices or access database information. Some universities have a "75 year policy" where they will make available to the public information on former students who attended over 75 years ago to protect living alumni personal information from possible identity theft, so there may be a database at Columbia where you can access the information online directly since your uncle's attendance would exceed the 75 year policy. Good luck, Maryann ________________________________ From: ny-irish-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of Pat Sent: Fri 2/26/2010 8:01 AM To: NY-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com Cc: NYC-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NY-IRISH] (no subject) My great uncle graduated from Columbia University Law school in 1877. Would there have been yearbooks then? If so where would i find them? Patricia ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
To all that responded to me about this I want to tell you that a woman from the Butler library answered me and told me that that year there was a yearbook published for the undergraduates that year but not for the School of Law Thank you all for your input. Patricia IN. ________________________________ My great uncle graduated from Columbia University Law school in 1877. Would there have been yearbooks then? If so where would i find them? Patricia ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ -------------------------------
Patricia, have you tried contacting the University directly? If not, the following link will take you to one of their sites which tells you what holdings they have. Scroll down to 'University Archives & Columbiana Library'. An email contact is also listed. It appears the holdings only go back to the 1890s, but you have nothing to lose by asking them. If you give me your g.uncle's name, I can check HeritageQuest's holdings to see if they might have something to help you, unless you've already done that. Terry Bora http://hr.columbia.edu/wac/university/info ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat" <liz3638@comcast.net> Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 8:01 AM Subject: [NY-IRISH] (no subject) > My great uncle graduated from Columbia University Law school in 1877. > Would > there have been yearbooks then? If so where would i find them? > Patricia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.435 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2711 - Release Date: 02/26/10 07:34:00
Terry, His name was Thomas West Peyton, thank you so much for responding, I will go into that site you gave me, I had contacted by email someone connected to the law school but have not got an answer, Thanks again Patricia IN. -----Original Message----- From: ny-irish-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ny-irish-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Theresa Bora Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 8:51 AM To: ny-irish@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] Columbia University NY yearbook Patricia, have you tried contacting the University directly? If not, the following link will take you to one of their sites which tells you what holdings they have. Scroll down to 'University Archives & Columbiana Library'. An email contact is also listed. It appears the holdings only go back to the 1890s, but you have nothing to lose by asking them. If you give me your g.uncle's name, I can check HeritageQuest's holdings to see if they might have something to help you, unless you've already done that. Terry Bora http://hr.columbia.edu/wac/university/info ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat" <liz3638@comcast.net> Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 8:01 AM Subject: [NY-IRISH] (no subject) > My great uncle graduated from Columbia University Law school in 1877. > Would > there have been yearbooks then? If so where would i find them? > Patricia ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----