An act [Statutes, 1843] to amend an act entitled "An act [Statutes, 1851] relative to Columbia College in the city of New York,” passed March 23, 1810. (Laws of 1852, ch. 310.) April 15, 1852.

Original charter and acts of the legislature relating to the college. New York, 1854.

An act to authorize the trustees of Columbia College in the city of New York to take and hold certain real estate. (Laws of 1857, ch. 132.) March 19, 1857. An act to authorize the trustees of Columbia College in the city of New York to take and hold certain real estate. (Laws of 1860, ch. 51.) March 2, 1860.

On the authority of these two laws the site of the college at Forty-ninth street was purchased.

An act to amend the charter of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the city of New York. March 24, 1860. Chapter 111.

This gave the trustees the right to confer degrees directly without the intervention of the regents as formerly. Immediately succeeding this act and under its influence the College of Physicians and Surgeons was made the medical department of Columbia. An act relative to the law school of Columbia Co'lege. April 7, 1860. (Laws of 1860, ch. 202: statutes, 1866.)

An act in relation to Columbia College in the city of New York. March 8, 1872. (Laws of 1872, ch. 96.)

(Granting general power to hold land.)

An act in relation to Columbia College in the city of New York. March 28, 1884. (Laws of 1884, ch. 65.)

An act to amend the charter of the College of Physicians and Surgeons [medical department of Columbia College]. April 17, 1885. (Laws of 1885, ch. 146.) Act authorizing change of name to Columbia University, 1896.

2. OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS.

1. Statutes of Columbia College.

New York, 1868.
New York, 1874.

2. Resolutions of the board of trustees, 1820-1868.
3. Resolutions of the board of trustees, 1868-1874.
4. Resolutions of the board of trustees, 1874-1879. New York, 1879.

New York, 1889.

5. Resolutions of the board of trustees, Vol. VIII, 1880-1885. New York, 1885. 6. Resolutions of the board of trustees, Vol. IX, 1885-1889. 7. Resolutions of the board of trustees. Extracts from the minutes printed monthly to date.

8. Presidents' reports. Annual. Printed for the college.

9. Report of the board of trustees of Columbia College to the regents of the University of the State of New York. Annual. Printed in the regents' reports. 10. Annual report of the treasurer of Columbia College. Printed for the use of the trustees.

11. Annual Catalogue of Columbia College (including The Register and The Circular of Information). Printed for the college in this form till 1878.

12. Annual Register, 1879 to date.

13. Annual Handbook, 1879 to date.

The handbook contains each year a brief historical sketch of the college.

14. General catalogue of the officers and graduates, 1754-1888. Tenth edition. Prepared by J. H. Van Amringe. New York, 1888.

15. Annual Catalogue of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. New York. Printed for college.

16. Report relative to the course of instruction and discipline in Columbia College. Presented to the trustees February 28, 1810. New York, 1810.

17. Report of the committee of the trustees relative to the removal of the college.

New York, 1854.

18. Report of the select committee of the legislature (New York State) appointed to examine into the affairs of Columbia College. Albany, 1855.

19. Report of a committee of the trustees appointed to inquire into the condition of the college. New York, 1858.

3. SEMIOFFICIAL DOCUMENTS.

1. The Founding of King's (afterwards Columbia) College, by Daniel J. Pratt. Annals of Public Education in the State of New York. University Convocation. Regents' Report, 1874, pp. 715-780.

2. The Founding of the University of the State of New York, under the legislative acts of 1784 and 1787, by Daniel J. Pratt. Regents' Report, 1876, pp.

671-748.

3. Annals of Public Education (resumed), by Daniel J. Pratt. Regents' Report, 1883, pp. 671-748.

4. Legislative grants and franchises enacted for the benefit of academies, etc., from 1786-1873. Annals of Public Education, by Daniel J. Pratt. University Convocation, 1872, p. 205.

5. University of the State of New York Historical and Statistical Record, 17841884, by Franklin B. Hough. Printed by authority of legislature, Albany, 1885.

6. Contributions to the History of Medical Education and Medical Institutions in the United States, 1776-1876. Special report prepared for the United States Bureau of Education by N. S. Davis, A. M., M. D. Washington, 1877.

7. The Study of History in American Colleges and Universities, by Herbert B. Adams. Ph. D. Bureau of Education. Circular of Information No. 2. 1887.

8. History of Federal and State Aid to Higher Education in the United States, by Frank W. Blackmar, Ph. D. Bureau of Education. Circular of Information No. 1. 1890.

4. HISTORIES.

1. An Historical Sketch of Columbia College in the City of New York, by Nathaniel F. Moore, president. New York. Printed for the college, 1846.

2. The First Century of Columbia College, by Alfred Jones. New York, 1863. 3. An Historical Sketch of Columbia College in the City of New York, 1754-1876, by J. Howard Van Amringe. New York, 1876.

4. History of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Medical Department of Columbia College, by John Call Dalton, M. D., president. New York, 1888.

5. ENCYCLOPÆDIA ARTICLES,

Appleton's American Cyclopædia, Vol. V, p. 118.

Chambers' Encyclopædia, III, 369 (brief).

Encyclopædia Americana, II, 314.

Encyclopædia Britannica, XVII, 456, 461 (brief), XXIII, 857 (mere mention). Johnson's Universal Cyclopædia, II, 160.

6. MAGAZINE ARTICLES.

1. The National Quarterly Review, vol. 18, p. 303, "Columbia College," by E. I. Sears.

2. Appleton's Journal, vol. 5, p. 583.

3. American Quarterly Register, VII, p. 344.

4. Christian Review, Vol. II, p. 115.

5. Harper's Magazine, vol. 69: p. 715, Kings College; p. 813, Columbia College. 6. The New England Magazine, Vol. II, p. 362, "Columbia College," by J. H. Van Amringe.

7. The Cosmopolitan, Vol. VIII, p. 265, “Columbia College," by H. H. Boyesen. 8. Knickerbocker Magazine, vol. 61, p. 170, The first century of Columbia College."

9. The Nation, vol. 50, p. 369, Columbia as a university."

10. Magazine of American History, vol. 25, p. 249, "Distinguished sons of Columbia," by President Seth Low, LL. D.

11. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 43, p. 311, “Columbia College alumni who have held official positions," by R. H. Green.

(Incomplete.)

12. The Library Journal, Vol. II,

Beverly N. Betts, librarian.

p. 70, "

The library of Columbia College," by

13. The University Quarterly, Vol. III, p. 41, "The library of Columbia College " by W. A. Jones, librarian.

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14. The American Naturalist, vol. 13, p. 502, The geological museum of Columbia," by I. C. Russell.

15. The International Review, vol. 12, p. 346, Political science at Columbia College." by John W. Burgess, LL. D.

16. American Architect, vol. 24, p. 251, "Architectural education at (olumbia College."

7. ADDRESSES, PAMPHLETS, ETC.

Statement of facts relative to the Elgin Botanic Garden, by David Hosack, M. D. New York, 1811.

Francis, J. W. Address on the life of R. R. Livingston, delivered on the anniversary of the Philolexian Society of Columbia College. 1831.

Account of the celebration of the first semicentennial anniversary of the incorporation of Columbia College by the legislature of New York, with the oration and poem delivered on the occasion. 1837.

Testimonials presented to the trustees of Columbia College in behalf of Wolcott Gibbs, candidate for the professorship of natural and experimental philosophy and chemistry. 1854.

Ruggles, S. B. Duty of Columbia College to the community, and its right to exclude Unitarians from its professorship of physical science, considered by one of its trustees. 1854.

Ogden, G. M. Defense of Columbia College from the attack of Ruggles. 1854. Addresses of the newly appointed professors, with an introduction by W. Betts. 1858.

Dwight, T. W. Inaugural addresses of Dwight and G. P. Marsh in Columbia College. 1859.

"Our Alma Mater Fifty Years Ago." An oration delivered before the Alumni Association March 14, 1861, by Judge Blatchford.

Proceedings at the inauguration of Frederick A. P. Barnard as president of Columbia College.

1864.

Centennial address by Hon. John Jay, New York.

1876.

Proceedings at the installation of Seth Low as president of Columbia College in

To the trustees of Columbia College. Correspondence of J. D. Van Buren and the president concerning the appointment of F. R. Van Buren as valedictorian. Four American universities-- Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia. Columbia by Brander Matthews. 1895.