Literary Site Detail:
Columbia University Butler Library

General Information: | |
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Type: | Literary Site |
Name: | Columbia University Butler Library |
Address: |
Broadway & West 116th Street 535 West 114th Street New York NY 10027-6902 |
County/Region: | New York (Manhattan) |
Description: | Columbia University is home to Butler Library, with more than seven million books, including cuneiform tablets and many original manuscripts. The Beat Generation of poets began at Columbia, with students Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. Other students were Carson McCullers, Eudora Welty, William Burroughs, Neal Cassady, Lucien Carr, Langston Hughes, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Paul Gallico also attended Columbia. |
Phone Numbers: |
212-854-7309 |
Fax | |
Email/Website/Webmaster: |
Public Website |
Business Hours: | [no data] |
