What follows is an array of  interactive materials relating to the early history of  Columbia College -- the eight decades that constitute the second chapter in the larger history   of Columbia University. (The first chapter, the History of King's College, 1754-1775, has its own web site.) This chapter encompasses the period from the renaming, rechartering and reorganizing of King's College as Columbia College in 1784 to the move of the College from its original site in lower Manhattan off Park Place to a then as yet undeveloped block on  Madison and 49th Street in 1857.

This website is being developed by undergraduates of Barnard and Columbia Colleges, as an experimental project overseen by the Barnard Electronic Archive and Teaching Lab [BEATL]. It receives general financial support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and targeted support from the Columbia 250th Anniversary Committe of Columbia University. Content assistance has been provided by the University Archives and Columbiana Room, as well as the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division  and the Electronic Text Service of Butler Library, Columbia University. Technical support has been forthcoming from ACIS and Barnard Library.... [BLASE].