Series II. Records and Correspondence Files, 1890s-1957, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
This series includes all records and correspondence of City Club, primarily from 1930-1957. These materials include minutes from the Board of Trustees and Committees past the years of the bound volumes of Series I, correspondence, materials from events, pamphlets, reports, City Club Bulletins, news clippings, and all membership materials from this period. Included are reports and materials related to various civic issues in New York City and petitions to legislators. These topics include voting recommendations, subway fare raises, transit strikes, trials, housing, civil defense, education, and municipal affairs.
Arrangement
The materials in the series have been organized into seven subseries according to the contents of the files and original boxes.
Subseries II.A. Trustee and Executive Committee Files
Subseries II.B. General Correspondence
Subseries II.C. Committees
Subseries II.D. Events
Subseries II.E. Club History
Subseries II.F. Bulletins
Subseries II.G. Miscellaneous
The original order of materials within folders has been retained, much of which is reverse chronological order. The folders were primarily in somewhat alphabetical order with some chronological order of groupings, with separate boxes for Board of Trustees materials and miscellaneous files. All files are now arranged according to their contents, with some folders condensed and labeled as such. The original separation of Trustee materials and miscellaneous files was retained through Subseries II.A. Trustee and Executive Committee Files and Subseries II.G. Miscellaneous.
Subseries II.A. Trustee and Executive Committee Files, 1930-1953, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
The materials in this subseries are the minutes and materials of the Board of Trustees and Executive committee including correspondence, reports, financial information, and several miscellaneous files related to civic issues including voting information, education, and plans to redevelop Washington Square Park.
Arrangement
The materials are arranged in chronological order within subject groupings including minutes, Treasurer's documents, and individual's files. The contents of folders are in their original order which is primarily reverse chronological, and some folders were condensed to include related material.
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1941-1943, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1942-1943, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1943-1944, inclusive
Women's City Club of New York, 1941-1942, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes financials, correspondence, and minutes related to Women's City Club and shared spaces of the Clubs.
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1945, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes minutes and condolence letter to Eleanor Roosevelt regarding FDR's passing and membership.
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1946, inclusive
Resolution - Judges have Lawyers for Secretaries, 1946, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1947-1949, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Trustees (2 Folders), 1950, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes plan to dissolve City Club and subsequent reorganization plan.
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1952, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1953, inclusive
General Folder Trustee Transfer File, 1947-1949, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes Trustee rosters and correspondence.
Voting Information Schedule 1, 1947, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes Club Bulletin and press release with voting recommendations for amendments and propositions.
Board of Trustee notices, 1951-1953, inclusive
Trustees Miscellaneous, 1941-1942, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, notices, and minutes.
Tax Information, 1913-1942, inclusive
Sugar Rationing, 1941-1942, inclusive
Finances, 1942-1943, inclusive
Treasurer Receipted Bills, Dues Letters to Members, Dues Contribution Lists (2 Folders), 1950-1953, inclusive
Treasurer's Reports, 1945-1949, inclusive
House Budgets, 1941-1943, inclusive
Petty Cash, 1950-1953, inclusive
Washington Square Materials, 1939, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes memo, correspondence with Robert Moses, and proposed plans for remodeling of Washington Square Park.
U.S. Office of Education, 1930-1941, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and publications from Office of Education.
Executive Committee, 1945-1951, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes minutes and correspondence.
Howard C. Kelly President, 1942, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and memorandum.
Office Secretary, 1950, inclusive
Samuel H. Ordway, Jr. - President, 1951, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes bill and correspondence.
Extra Sheets and Proof for Bulletin, 1947, inclusive
President's Letters to Members, 1951-1953, inclusive
Tax Reports, State Sales Tax, Gift Tax information Returns, 1933-1940, inclusive
Subseries II.B. General Correspondence, 1945-1952, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
The materials in this subseries are all of the general correspondence files of the City Club from 1945 to 1953. These materials include letters regarding requests for information, invitations, meeting notifications, membership dues letters, advertisements, and condolences.
Arrangement
General correspondence is in its original order within each folder in reverse chronological order. The files were arranged in chronological order within this subseries.
General Correspondence (3 folders), 1945, inclusive
General Correspondence (4 folders), 1946, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes letters to Joseph Addinizio regarding legislative representation for City Club.
General Correspondence (4 folders), 1947, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes letters regarding plans for rezoning the neighborhood of the United Nations (February 1947), 2 letters in German (September 1947).
General Correspondence (4 folders), January 1948- November 1948, inclusive
General Correspondence (2 folders), December 1948-1949, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes discussion of consolidation of City Club with Citizens Union (May 1949), payment to Joseph Addinizio, and petitions to preserve Castle Clinton.
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1950-1952, inclusive
Subseries II.C. Committees, 1937-1954, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes the minutes and correspondence of various City Club committees which were not bound. These materials include general committee rosters, correspondence, copies of reports and memorandums, and membership information.
Arrangement
The folders were arranged according to committee in chronological order, and the contents of folders are in their original order.
City Club Committees, 1950-1954, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes Committee rosters, correspondence to members, membership blank, membership procedures.
Committee Preferences, 1950-1953, inclusive
Committee Appointments and Committee Meetings, 1950-1953, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes Committee Appointment Letters, Committee rosters, notices of committee meetings, and committee report blank.
Awards Committee and Forbes Luncheon, 1937-1945, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes awards protocol, correspondence, recipient information, and invitations.
Special Committee to Revise By-laws and Constitution, 1950-1951, inclusive
City Affairs Committee, 1936-1947, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes minutes, correspondence, Report of Courts Committee (1935 and 1938), and reports on the New York City Transit System and the Necessity for an Increased Fare.
City Affairs Committee (2 folders), 1951-1953, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes press releases, Municipal affairs committee minutes, and act to establish a Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor.
City Planning Commission, 1948-1949, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes City Affairs Committee materials, and Board of Transportation News (1948-1949).
Special Committee on Civil Defense Against Atomic Attack, 1950-1951, inclusive
Legislative Correspondence, 1945, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes proposed amendments stamped Joseph F. Addinizio and Proposed rules for State Commission Against Discrimination.
Correspondence - Legislation, 1947, inclusive
Committee on Legislation (3 folders), 1946-1948, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes proposed amendments January 8-9th, 1947 and State Legislature Bulletins 1947.
Letter and Weis Legislation Committee Report, 1947, inclusive
Calendars, 1946-1949, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes current and deferred legislative calendars.
Assembly Bills on the Calendar, 1947, inclusive
Assembly Bills not on the Calendar, 1947, inclusive
Legislation Committee, 1949-1953, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes special calendars, rosters, and correspondence.
Court Clerk Salaries - Study by Edward Goodell, January 1941, inclusive
Citizens' Union, 1951, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes report and materials from Citizens' Union.
Special Committee on Police Reporting Procedures, 1950-1951, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, statistics, remarks by Allen Will Harris, and reports.
Committee on Law Enforcement, 1950-1951, inclusive
General Membership Figures, 1941-1943, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes membership income, rosters, and invitations.
Membership and Resignations, 1943, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, rosters, and membership changes.
Annual Meeting Membership Folder, 1945-1947, inclusive
Membership Meetings, 1950-1953, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with speakers and invitations to lectures.
Membership Figures, February 1945-February 1947, inclusive
Report to Membership, June 1949-October 1949, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes Letter to Membership Luncheon October 4.
Prospective Membership and Rejected Membership Applications, 1950-1951, inclusive
Membership Rosters, 1947-1949, inclusive
Membership - General, 1949-1951, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes letters to membership, correspondence, rosters, and potential new member pages.
Copies of Weis' Reports Paid Membership, 1947-1950, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes daily club receipts and summaries.
Military Absentee Letter, February 1946, inclusive
Membership Material, 1948-1949, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes rosters and daily receipts.
Nominating Committee, 1941-1953, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and election nominations for Board of Trustees.
Letters to Members, 1945-1953, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes nomination letters, Action on Election Ballot Amendments and Proposal #1, and City Club updates.
Special Committee on Increase of Membership, 1950-1953, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes Membership Drive April 1953 Mr. Seeler materials, Membership Drive 1952 Mr. Cook materials, and correspondence.
Committee on Transportation and Traffic, 1950-1952, inclusive
Program Committee, 1951-1953, inclusive
Speakers, 1951, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and text of addresses from speakers.
Special Meetings, 1950, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes invitations for special meeting with Citizens' Union.
Form Letters, 1940-1941, inclusive
Subseries II.D. Events, 1941-1952, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
The materials in this subseries are all related to large scale events held by City Club including anniversaries, lectures, and conferences. These materials include invitations, correspondence, attendee lists, response cards, and several photographs.
Arrangement
Materials in this subseries are arranged chronological by event with the exception of the Lecture Series folder that spans multiple years, and the original order of the materials within each file has been retained.
Hospital Presidents V Plan Conference (2 folders), 1941, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes materials from conference and City Club's proposed medical plan for New York City.
50th Anniversary, 1942, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes newsclippings regarding traffic patterns.
Club Luncheon, 1946-1947, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes materials from luncheons: November 18, 1946, January 29, 1947, and postponed April 19.
Hosts for Club on Tuesdays, 1950, inclusive
60th Anniversary Dinner Mr. Samuel H. Ordway Jr., 1952, inclusive
60th Anniversary, 1952-1955, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs from Anniversary dinner, membership kit letters, and A Practical Program for Replanning the City of New York (1955).
Response Cards, 1952, inclusive
Lecture Series, 1940s-1950s, inclusive
Subseries II.E. Club History, 1890s-1951, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes materials related to the history of City Club and its locations, including inventories of furniture and materials, correspondence, pamphlets and booklets, bills, and liquor licenses.
Arrangement
The folders in this subseries are arranged in primarily chronological order, with the original order of materials within the folder.
History of City Club, 1890s-1940s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes pamphlets, Board of Trustees records, Harper's Weekly (1895), and handbook list of members.
Liquor Information, 1933-1943, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes liquor licenses for Club dining room, and liquor inventory.
Organizations Solicited for City Club Dining Room, 1940, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence regarding pictures loaned for the dining room.
Reorganization of City Club (move) and Hotel Russel, 1944-1951, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Materials regarding the move to Hotel Russel.
Inventory - City Club, November 3, 1943, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes Inventory of Furniture and Furnishings at 55 West 44th Street.
Subseries II.F. Bulletins, 1938-1953, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains Bulletins and releases put out by City Club, and sample materials used for printing. This includes copies of the circularizing City Club Bulletin, materials regarding Michael Quill and the transit strike, and several press releases.
Arrangement
The folders in the subseries are arranged primarily by their original order, though the publicity releases have been arranged in chronological order, as well as the City Club Bulletins. Several folders were condensed according to their contents and are labeled.
Printing Styles, 1950s, inclusive
Ouster of Quill Letter to City, 1946, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes newsclippings and letter to city regarding Michael J. Quill and transportation strike.
Publicity Releases (2 folders), 1940-1953, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes releases and The Press Speaks booklet on tax relief, release proposing mandatory car mufflers, voting, waterfront crime, and investigation of Mayor William O'Dwyer.
City Club Bulletins - Circularizing, 1938-1947, inclusive
Bulletins - Sample Specimens, 1940s, inclusive
Municipal Reference Library Notes, 1950s, inclusive
Subseries II.G. Miscellaneous, 1943-1957, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
The folders and materials of the last subseries contain the miscellaneous and "to be filed" folders of the Records and Correspondence Files series. These materials have been kept in their original file order according to their groupings of To be Filed materials and miscellaneous materials. The folders contain minutes from the Board of Trustees and committees, correspondence, copies of invitations, press clippings, reports, photographs, stamps and materials regarding City Club's office relocation in 1954.
Arrangement
The materials in this subseries retained their original order for files and the contents of each file.
Miscellaneous - To be Filed, 1954, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes full text Report of the Sub-committee on Waterfront Crime of the Municipal Affairs Committee.
To be Filed, 1950-1954, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes: photographs from 60th Anniversary Dinner, requests for information, address by Allen Will Harris, correspondence with the National Municipal League regarding City Club records given to New York Public Library, gift acknowledgement from New-York Historical Society for Anniversary Reports of Harvard College Classes, relocation and urban development, and correspondence.
To be Filed, 1953-1954, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes: correspondence, requests for information, minutes (1953-1954), notice of office move, and minutes regarding move and deposit of City Club materials to New-York Historical Society.
Miscellaneous - City Club, 1953-1957, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes Board of Trustees minutes and materials, 1955 member list, remarks by Benjamin J. Buttenweiser, Legislation Committee materials, release regarding Mayor Wagner's performance, Nominating Committee materials, and financials.
Miscellaneous Reports, clippings, etc., 1943-1951, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes: newspaper clippings, reports, civil program pamphlets, memorandums, and City Club Bulletins.
Matters to be Taken care of - E. H., 1943, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes: Notes for Miss Harft, correspondence, membership roster, list of addresses, City Club code of accounts, and Board of Trustee minutes.
Rubber Stamps, undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Four rubber stamps: Trustee Copy for your information only, Past Due - Please Remit, Trustees, Property of City Club.