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Series X: Expansion and Fundraising

Scope and Contents note

The expansion and fundraising series contains correspondence, maps, clippings, and legal documents relating to the development and growth of NYU from the late 1880s through 1924. The series also includes speeches and articles written by MacCracken and others in support of the University's goals. Topics include potential sites for additional campus buildings, mergers with other New York City universities, and donor relations. Other materials found in this section relate to commencement activities.

A Few Facts as to New York University on Its Business Side, undated

Box: 31, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

A Few Facts with Conclusions Drawn Therefrom, undated

Box: 31, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Address to the Citizens of New York, undated

Box: 31, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Aquisition of Graduate House and Property, 1921-1924, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Carnegie, Andrew Correspondence, 1906, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Chancellor's Statement-University Heights South, 1907 October 31, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Commencement Week 1907 Clippings, 1907, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Copies of the New Yorker (The NYU Weekly), 1913 February-March, October, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

DeForest, Robert W Correspondence regarding Mrs. Russell Sage and Schwab Estate, 1906-1907, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Donations Account Book, undated

Box: 31, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Excerpt from the Minutes of the Executive Committee, 1892 November 4, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General Correspondence Relating to Fundraising and Exspansion of NYU, 1906-1911, undated, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hughes, Charles Evan, 1907, 1916, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Law School Merger Clippings, 1895 April, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Maps of Potential NYU Expansion Locations, undated

Box: 31, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-File-Folder: 1 Left (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Minuted of a Special Meeting of the Executive Committee, 1903 June 5, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

NYU: Move Uptown, 1890s, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York Assembly Act for Creation of Park, 1906, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

NYU and Colombia and Other Mergers Documents, 1909, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

NYU Commencement Calendar and Clippings, 1903, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

NYU Founders Day at University Heights Press Clippings, 1895 April, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Obituaries for Howard Crosby, Chancellor of NYU 1870-1880, 1891, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Petition on Behalf of New York University, undated

Box: 31, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Record of John Johnston, Esq. and John Taylor Johnston, LL.D. in regard to their connection with New York University, 1830-1893, 1906, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sage, Mrs. Russell Correspondence, 1907, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The School of Pedagogy-Its Aims and the Opportunities It Affords, 1898, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The University: Past, Present, and Future by Philip Schaff, 1889, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The X__ Y__ Foundation for American Education, undated

Box: 31, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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