Introduction The Alumni Magazines are published by the Office of Alumni Relations and have acted as newsletters for Columbia College Chicago's alumni, staff, faculty, and students since the 1950s. This collection consists entirely of the alumni magazines under its varying titles: Alumni Dial, Columbia College Newsletter, Columbia College Alumni News, re: Columbia, gravity,...

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Clyde Martin Caswell was a radio pioneer in the 1940s and 1950s whose on-air name was Jim Christie. He also served as the head of the Columbia College Radio Department and later, as Dean of Students at the college. The collection strength lies in its radio recordings from the time period. The collection dates span from the late 1940s to the late 1950s and measures 4 cubic feet. Caswell died in 1958 in Evanston, Illinois.

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The Columbia Chronicle is the student newspaper of Columbia College Chicago. The content of this publication was originally combined with the Alumni newsletters, but beginning in the 1970s, it became an independent source. This collection consists entirely of the student newspapers published by the College.

Introduction Nena Ivon, of Chicago, Illinois, was promoted to Assistant Fashion Director of the Saks Fifth Avenue store in Chicago at age 17 and later became the Director of Fashion and Special Events for forty years. She began teaching in the Fashion Studies program at Columbia College Chicago and works extensively with Fashion Columbia. This collection of Ivon’s personal papers chronicles her activity as the Director of Fashion and Special Events at Saks Fifth Avenue, offering a snapshot of the history...

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The Sherwood Community Music School at Columbia College Chicago began as the Sherwood Music School in 1895 and was a degree-granting institution for musicians, a hub for the students of music distance education, and a community music school offering lessons and programs for musicians of all ages. The collection strength lies in its institutional records of the Sherwood Music School from 1906 to 2011; the entire collection dates from 1875 to 2011 in 46.0 cubic feet (58 boxes).