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William Thompson Dewart collection of Frank A. Munsey and New York Sun papers

Call Number

MS 168

Date

1833-1944, inclusive

Creator

Dewart, William Thompson, 1875-1944

Extent

30.84 Linear feet (22 document boxes, 37 negative boxes, 13 volumes, 1 oversize folder, and 6 printing plates)

Language of Materials

The documents in this collection are in English.

Abstract

A collection of materials relating to newspaper and magazine publisher Frank Munsey, his general manager William T. Dewart, and their publishing and business activities, especially their work on the New York Sun, purchased by Munsey in 1912. Includes correspondence, photographs, early issues of theSun and other early New York newspapers, and a complete run of theSun Rays, an in-house newspaper produced by theSun's staff.

Biographical / Historical

The New York Sun was the first successful penny daily newspaper in the United States. Founded by printer Benjamin Day in 1833, theSun was purchased in 1865 by Charles Dana, and within three years reached a circulation of 130,000. An evening edition was added in 1887, and in 1916, the morningSun and theEvening Sun were sold to publisher Frank A. Munsey.

Munsey was born in Mercer, Maine, in 1854. As a young man with (in his own words) "insatiable ambition," he rose to the position of manager in the Augusta, Maine, telegraph office. Becoming interested in the publishing business, in 1882 he moved to New York City and founded theGolden Argosy, a magazine for boys. After six years, Munsey revamped it into an adult magazine, renamed the Argosy, and now generally regarded as the first "pulp" magazine. In 1889, Munsey started Munsey's Magazine, America's first cheap general-circulation illustrated magazine, which was selling 800,000 copies monthly by 1906. Having made a fortune with his magazines, Munsey began expanding his publishing empire to include newspapers: the Star (1891), the Press (1912), the Sun and the Evening Sun (1916), the Herald and associated papers (1920) and The Globe (1924). In addition to these New York papers, Munsey also owned the Baltimore News, which he purchased in 1908.

After purchasing the Sun papers, Munsey merged the morning edition with his New York Press. In 1920, he closed the morning Sun, and the evening edition was renamed simply The Sun. Munsey bought The Globe and merged it with the Sun in 1924 in order to obtain an Associated Press membership. In addition to his publishing activities, in 1913 Munsey founded the "Munsey Trust Corporation," which was subsequently re-organized as the "Equitable Trust Company" with Munsey as chairman of the board.

Munsey's ceaseless buying, selling and merging of competing publications earned him a reputation as a ruthless entrepreneur, and he is remembered more for his business activities than as an author or editor. However, Munsey also wrote five novels, and during the 1912 presidential campaign became the mouthpiece for "bull-moose" candidate Theodore Roosevelt, co-founding the Progressive Party and writing a series of articles supporting the former president's bid for election.

In December, 1925, Munsey died of a burst appendix, and the paper was purchased by William Thompson Dewart, president and treasurer of the Sun company and the executor of Munsey's estate (Munsey left the bulk of his vast estate, including his newspapers, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art). Dewart's son, Thomas W. Dewart, succeeded him as president and publisher in 1944. In 1950, the Dewart family sold the Sun to the New York World-Telegram.

Arrangement

This collection is organized in seven series:

Series I: Correspondence and related documents
Series II: Pamphlets and speeches
Series III: Publications
Series IV: Photographs, prints & drawings
Series V: Photograph morgue
Series VI: Scrapbooks
Series VII: Printing plates (replicas)

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, drawings, and scrapbooks relating to publisher Frank Munsey, his general manager William T. Dewart, and their publishing and business activities, especially their work on the New York Sun, purchased by Munsey in 1912. The collection also includes bound issues of the Sun and other early New York City newspapers, and a complete run of the Sun Rays, an internal paper published from 1926 to 1947 by New York Sun employees.

The collection is organized into seven series. Series I, Correspondence and related documents, includes business and personal correspondence of Frank Munsey and William Dewart; correspondence and pamphlets relating to Theodore Roosevelt's 1912 presidential campaign; correspondence with other U.S. Presidents; condolence letters, reminiscences and other biographical material solicited by Dewart after Munsey's death; letters and newspaper clippings regarding special issues and publications; and other loose newspaper clippings, including copies of articles by Dewart's sons when they were reporters for the Albany Evening News.

Series II, Pamphlets and speeches, consists primarily of pamphlets, addresses and articles by Frank Munsey relating to advertising, journalism and business. A few speeches by other figures are also included.

Series III, Publications, includes bound copies of the first 18 months of the New York Sun (September, 1833 to December, 1834); special issues of the Sun and other papers; a complete run of the Sun Rays, a paper published by Sun employees reporting on staff weddings and vacations, office developments, and other events of personal and business interest; and a book (The Story of the Sun by Frank M O'Brien) about the history of the paper.

Series IV, Photographs, prints & drawings, includes photographs of Frank Munsey and William Dewart; interior and exterior photographs of the old New York Herald building at Herald Square; a carte-de-visite portrait of William Gordon Bennett; a photograph of Charles Lindbergh receiving an award from Thomas Dewart; and nine drawings (caricatures and cartoons) of or about Munsey.

Series V, Photograph morgue, consists primarily of portraits of prominent figures from the 1930's and 1940's.

Series VI, Scrapbooks, includes three volumes of newspaper clippings relating to Frank Munsey's death, one volume of newspaper clipping regarding William Dewart's subsequent purchase of theSun, and one volume of newspaper clippings relating to the 100th anniversary edition of theSun on September 2, 1933. Also included is a Tiffany presentation box containing a memorial to Munsey following his death.

Series VII, Printing plates, includes replica printing plates of an October 1797 issue (the first?) of theCommercial Advertiser, and the Armistice Day issue of the New YorkSun.

Access Restrictions

Materials in this collection may be stored offsite. For more information on making arrangements to consult them, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit.

Use Restrictions

Taking images of documents from the library collections for reference purposes by using hand-held cameras and in accordance with the library's photography guidelines is encouraged. As an alternative, patrons may request up to 20 images per day from staff.

Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to: Department of Rights and Reproductions, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194, rightsandrepro@nyhistory.org. Phone: (212) 873-3400 ext. 282.

Copyrights and other proprietary rights may subsist in individuals and entities other than the New-York Historical Society, in which case the patron is responsible for securing permission from those parties. For fuller information about rights and reproductions from N-YHS visit: https://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions

Preferred Citation

This collection should be cited as the William Thompson Dewart Collection of Frank A. Munsey and New York Sun Papers, MS 168, The New-York Historical Society.

Location of Materials

Materials in this collection may be stored offsite. For more information on making arrangements to consult them, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection includes material donated by Mary Dewart Dooney in 2002, and by Frederick B. Gleason III (grandson of William T. Dewart) in 1985.

Collection processed by

Susan Kriete

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Processing Information

The collection was processed by archivist Susan Kriete in 2013. An oversize folder of caricatures and cartoons was found in February 2022 and added to the finding aid at that time by archivist Larry Weimer.

Repository

New-York Historical Society

Series I: Correspondence and related documents

Scope and Contents

This series includes business and personal correspondence as well as newspaper clippings, and is organized into four subseries.

Subseries I.1, General correspondence, includes correspondence of and between Frank Munsey and William Dewart on personal and business matters. Other correspondents include Erman J. Ridgeway, Richard H. Titherington, Thomas W. Lamont, and Dewart's sons, William Dewart, Jr. and Thomas Dewart. This subseries also includes various news clippings.

Subseries I.2, Political correspondence, includes letters between Frank Munsey and "bull-moose" candidate Theodore Roosevelt during the 1912 presidential campaign, along with articles and pamphlets in support of Roosevelt's campaign. Also included is correspondence with Presidents Harding, Coolidge and Hoover.

Subseries I.3, Correspondence relating to special publications, consists primarily of letters (many from prominent figures) acknowledging receipt of various special issues and publications. This subseries also includes loose newspaper clippings relating to special publications.

Subseries I.4, Correspondence relating to Frank Munsey's illness and death, includes condolence telegrams and letters, and reminiscences solicited by William Dewart from Frank Munsey's associates and friends (arranged alphabetically by the sender's last name). Among the many prominent correspondents are Jules Bache, David Belasco, Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Calvin Coolidge, Chauncey DePew, Thomas Edison, Andrew Mellon, J.P. Morgan, Adolph Ochs, Elihu Root, Charles Schwab, Alfred E. Smith, and numerous others. Also included are notes of interviews with some of Munsey's childhood friends, and biographical newspaper clippings.

Subseries I.1: General correspondence

Correspondence between Erman J. Ridgeway and Frank Munsey, 1899-1921, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence between Erman J. Ridgeway and Frank Munsey, 1922-1923, undated

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence between Erman J. Ridgeway, Frank Munsey and William Dewart, 1924

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence between Erman J. Ridgeway and Frank Munsey, 1925

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence between Richard H. Titherington, Frank Munsey and Thomas Dewart, 1896-1909, 1913, undated

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence between Thomas W. Lamont, Frank Munsey and William Dewart, 1925-1931, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence of Frank Munsey (business), 1908-1923, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence of Frank Munsey (personal), 1878-1922

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence between Frank Munsey and William Dewart, 1903-1910

Offsite-Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence between Frank Moore and William Dewart, 1911

Offsite-Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence between Frank Munsey and William Dewart, 1912-1922, undated

Offsite-Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence between William Dewart and Robert W. DeForest (President of Metropolitan Museum of Art), 1926-1929

Offsite-Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence of William Dewart, 1908-1938

Offsite-Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence of William Dewart regarding Ella and Robert Pearce, 1933-1935

Offsite-Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence of Thomas W. Dewart and William T. Dewart, Jr. (William Dewart's sons), 1934-1950

Offsite-Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence and articles by William Dewart, Jr. and Thomas Dewart, 1930-1931, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Albany Evening News articles by William Dewart, Jr. and Thomas Dewart (newspaper clippings), 1930-1931, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence and notes regarding business operations and transactions, 1905-1937, 1967

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence regarding advertising, 1937-1949

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reporters' correspondence and stories, 1916-1934, undated

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York Press editorials and articles by Frank Munsey (newspaper clippings), 1912-1913

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Washington Times editorials and articles by Frank Munsey (newspaper clippings), 1912-1913

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Articles regarding Frank Munsey's purchase of the New York Herald, New York Evening Telegram, and Paris Herald (newspaper clippings), 1920

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Articles regarding the merger of the New York Sun andNew York Herald (newspaper clippings)

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Articles regarding change in name of New York Herald and New York Sun (newspaper clippings), 1920 September - October

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ephemera (New York Sun roster, reporter's passport, typeface samples, etc.), 1926, 1940, undated

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries I.2: Political correspondence

Correspondence between Frank Munsey and Theodore Roosevelt, 1910-1918, undated

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence between Frank Munsey and members of Roosevelt's 1912 Presidential campaign committee, 1912

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Frank Munsey articles and pamphlets in support of Theodore Roosevelt's presidential campaign, 1912

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence between Frank Munsey and Woodrow Wilson

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence between Frank Munsey and Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover, 1913-1928

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence between Frank Munsey, Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (copies), 1920-1925

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence between William Dewart, George Van Slyke, and Franklin T. Roosevelt (regarding map of depression published in the New York Sun), 1934 August

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Anti-Roosevelt articles and memoranda, 1935-1936

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence and articles regarding Harry Truman, 1946

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries I.3: Administrative correspondence

Letters acknowledging receipt of books by R.H. Davis, 1937-1938

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters acknowledging receipt of 100th Anniversary number of the New York Sun, 1933 September

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters acknowledging receipt of The Story of the Sun, by Frank M. Obrien, 1928

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters acknowledging receipt of The Story of the Sun, by Frank M. Obrien, 1928-1937

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper clippings regarding The Story of the Sun, by Frank M. Obrien, 1928

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper clippings regarding The Story of the Sun, by Frank M. Obrien, 1928

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Administrative correspondence regarding The Story of the Sun, by Frank M. Obrien, 1928

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters acknowledging receipt of The Voice of Business, 1936

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters acknowledging receipt of The Voice of Business, 1936

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters acknowledging receipt of The Voice of Business, 1936

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters acknowledging receipt of The Voice of Business, 1936

Offsite-Box: 6, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters acknowledging receipt of The Voice of Business, 1936

Offsite-Box: 6, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper clippings regarding The Voice of Business, 1936

Offsite-Box: 6, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters acknowledging receipt of The Voice of Business, 1938

Offsite-Box: 6, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters acknowledging receipt of The Voice of Business, 1938

Offsite-Box: 6, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters acknowledging receipt of The Voice of Business, 1938

Offsite-Box: 6, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper clippings regarding The Voice of Business, 1938

Offsite-Box: 6, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries I.4: Correspondence relating to Frank Munsey's illness and death

Letters to Frank Munsey during his last illness, 1925 December

Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Card from flowers sent to Frank Munsey during his last illness, 1925 December

Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence regarding Frank Munsey's funeral, 1925 December - 1926 February

Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Condolence telegrams addressed to William T. Dewart, 1925 December

Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Condolence letters addressed to William T. Dewart, December 1925 - January 1926

Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Condolence letters addressed to William T. Dewart, December 1925 - January 1926

Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Condolence letters addressed to William T. Dewart, and copies of Dewart's responses

Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Condolence letters addressed to William T. Dewart (transcribed copies), 1925-1926

Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters congratulating William T. Dewart on becoming president of the New York Sun, 1925 December - 1926 January

Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reminiscences from Frank Munsey's associates and friends (A-B), 1926

Offsite-Box: 8, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reminiscences from Frank Munsey's associates and friends (C), 1926

Offsite-Box: 8, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reminiscences from Frank Munsey's associates and friends (D), 1926

Offsite-Box: 8, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reminiscences from Frank Munsey's associates and friends (E-G), 1926

Offsite-Box: 8, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reminiscences from Frank Munsey's associates and friends (H), 1926

Offsite-Box: 8, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reminiscences from Frank Munsey's associates and friends (J-L), 1926

Offsite-Box: 8, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reminiscences from Frank Munsey's associates and friends (M), 1926

Offsite-Box: 9, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reminiscences from Frank Munsey's associates and friends (N-)), 1926

Offsite-Box: 9, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reminiscences from Frank Munsey's associates and friends (P-R), 1926

Offsite-Box: 9, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reminiscences from Frank Munsey's associates and friends (S), 1926

Offsite-Box: 9, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reminiscences from Frank Munsey's associates and friends (S-T), 1926

Offsite-Box: 9, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reminiscences from Frank Munsey's associates and friends (T-W), 1926

Offsite-Box: 10, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reminiscences from Frank Munsey's associates and friends (W), 1926

Offsite-Box: 10, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reminiscences requested but not received, 1926

Offsite-Box: 10, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence and editorials responding to unfavorable New York Times article on Frank Munsey by Don Seitz, 1926 March

Offsite-Box: 10, Folder: 3A (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Interviews with childhood friends of Frank Munsey, 1927, undated

Offsite-Box: 10, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Manuscript of Frank Munsey: A New England Portrait, by E.P. Mitchell, undated

Offsite-Box: 10, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper clippings about Frank Munsey, 1925-1926

Offsite-Box: 10, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper clippings about Frank Munsey, 1882-1889

Offsite-Box: 10, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Frank A. Munsey Clippings, 1882-1890, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 64, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Small, red leather-bound volume embossed "FRANK A. MUNSEY / CLIPPINGS / SEPT. 18, 1882 - DEC. 13, 1890 / PRESENTED TO / WM. T. DEWART / BY / MR. MUNSEY."

Includes an envelope of "Photostatic copies of checks from World-Telegram to The New York Sun, Inc. January 3, 1950."

Frank Munsey will, passport, and map of his estate, 1901 July 10, 1917 March 1

Offsite-Box: 10, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Resolution memorializing Frank Munsey from the Paris Herald, 1926 January 27

Offsite-Box: 10, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series II: Pamphlets and speeches

Scope and Contents

This series includes pamphlets and speeches by Frank Munsey regarding advertising, journalism and business and political issues. Many are reprints of articles that appeared in Munsey's Magazine.

For additional pamphlets written in support of Theodore Roosevelt in his 1912 presidential campaign, see Series I, Subseries I.2, Political correspondence.

Pamphlets and speeches of Frank Munsey, 1898-1900

Offsite-Box: 11, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Pamphlets and speeches of Frank Munsey, 1902-1922

Offsite-Box: 11, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Ideas" of Frank Munsey, 1911-1913

Offsite-Box: 11, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Speeches of Martin N. Johnson, Stephen B. Elkins and Martin W. Littleton, 1896, 1897, 1911

Offsite-Box: 11, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reprints of Munsey's magazine articles, 1900 November - 1912 March, undated

Offsite-Box: 11, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Address and correspondence regarding Munsey Trust Company, 1912-1918

Offsite-Box: 11, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Address by Frank Munsey to Business Interests of Maryland and Baltimore, 1920 November 30

Offsite-Box: 11, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Address by Frank Schenider to The Academy of Political Science, 1929 November 22

Offsite-Box: 11, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Founding of the Munsey Publishing House by Frank A. Munsey, 1907 December

Offsite-Box: 11, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Copy of a suggested booklet to advertise the Sun and The Story of the Sun, 1928, 1883

Offsite-Box: 11, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series III: Publications

Scope and Contents

This series includes bound volumes of the first 18 months of theSun, from its first issue on September 3, 1833 through December 31, 1834; bound volumes of other early New York papers; the 100th Anniversary Issue of theSun and special issues of other papers; a complete run of theSun Rays, an internal paper published bySun employees from June 1926 through January 1947; and a book describing the history of theSun organization.

Subseries III.1: Historic newspapers

The Sun, 1833 September 3 - December 31

Offsite-Box: 61, Volume: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun, 1833 December - 1834 April 24

Offsite-Box: 61, Volume: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun, 1834 July 14 - December 31

Offsite-Box: 61, Volume: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun, 1834 September 3 - December 31

Offsite-Box: 61, Volume: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The New York Transcript, 1834 July 1 - July 31

Offsite-Box: 61, Volume: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Man., 1834 November 17 - December 31

Offsite-Box: 61, Volume: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Free Enquirer, 1832 October 27 -- 1833 October 19

Offsite-Box: 61, Volume: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Eagle, 1834 September 26 - November 5

Offsite-Box: 61, Volume: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Jeffersonian, 1834 September 22 - November 15

Offsite-Box: 61, Volume: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Woman, 1834 October 4 - October 8

Offsite-Box: 61, Volume: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Man., 1834 October 1 - November 15

Offsite-Box: 61, Volume: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Constitution, 1834 October 8 - November 8

Offsite-Box: 61, Volume: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries III.2: Special issues and commemorative ephemera

The Sun, first issue, 1833 September 3

Offsite-Box: 12, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

100th Anniversary Issue of the New YorkSun, 1933 September 2

Offsite-Box: 12, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Times (London), United States Number, 1939 June 8

Offsite-Box: 12, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The New York Sun, Frank Munsey obituary issue, 1925 December 22

Offsite-Box: 12, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Chicago Sun, Volume 1, Number 1, 1941 December 4

Offsite-Box: 12, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Commemorative version of the New YorkSun headlined "Army Leads Navy at Half Time, 10 to 0" (2 copies), 1931 December 12

Offsite-Box: 12, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Promotional notice for one-year anniversary of the Sunday evening issue of the Baltimore News

Offsite-Box: 12, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Laminated copies (2) of article describing William Dewart gift of James Gordon Bennett Memorial Statue (Minerva and the Bellringers) to New York University, 1928 April 18

Offsite-Box: 12, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subscription receipts (framed)

Offsite-Box: 12A, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries III.3: The Sun Rays, internal paper published by the Sun Club, social and cooperative organization of New York Sun employees

The Sun Rays, Vol. I, 1926 June - December

Offsite-Box: 13, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, Vol. II, 1927 May - 1928 April

Offsite-Box: 13, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, Vol. III, 1928 May - 1929 December

Offsite-Box: 13, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, Vol. IV and V, 1930 January - 1931 April

Offsite-Box: 13, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, Vol. VI, 1931 May - 1932 April

Offsite-Box: 13, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, Vol. VII, 1932 May - 1933 April

Offsite-Box: 13, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, Vol. VIII, 1933 May - 1934 April

Offsite-Box: 13, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, Vol. IX, 1934 May - 1935 April

Offsite-Box: 13, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, Vol. X, 1935 May - 1936 June

Offsite-Box: 13, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, Vol. XI, 1936 July - 1937 May

Offsite-Box: 13, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, Vol. XII-XIII, 1937 July - 1939 March

Offsite-Box: 13, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, Vol. XIII-XV, 1939 July - 1940 December

Offsite-Box: 13, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, Vol. XVI, 1941 January - December

Offsite-Box: 13, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, Vol. XVII-XVIII, 1942 February - December

Offsite-Box: 13, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, Vol. XIX, 1943 January - December

Offsite-Box: 13, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, Vol. XX, 1944 January - July

Offsite-Box: 13, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, Vol. XX, 1944 November

Offsite-Box: 13, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, Vol. I-II (bound), 1926 May - 1928 April

Offsite-Box: 14, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, Vol. III-IV (bound), 1928 May - 1930 April

Offsite-Box: 14, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, Vol. V-VI (bound), 1930 May - 1932 April

Offsite-Box: 14, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, Vol. VII-VIII (bound), 1932 May - 1934 April

Offsite-Box: 14, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, 1945, 1945 January - December

Offsite-Box: 14, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, 1946, 1946 January - November

Offsite-Box: 14, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sun Rays, 1947, 1947 January - March

Offsite-Box: 14, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries III.4: Books

The Story of the Sun by Frank M. Obrien, 1918

Offsite-Box: 61, Volume: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series IV: Photographs, prints and drawings

Scope and Contents

This series includes portraits of Frank Munsey and William Dewart; interior and exterior shots of the old Herald Tribune office at Herald Square; a carte-de-visite portrait of William Gordeon Bennett; a photograph and lithograph of Charles Lindbergh; and nine drawings (caricatures and cartoons) of or about Munsey.

Photographs of Frank Munsey, his father Andrew Munsey, and the family's homes, circa 1901, 1904, undated

Offsite-Box: 15, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Photographs of William T. Dewart and family, circa 1908, 1933-1937

Offsite-Box: 15, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Photographs of Frank Munsey, William Dewart, William Dewart Jr., and Thomas Dewart (from photograph morgue)

Offsite-Box: 15, Folder: 2A (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Benjamin Day (reproduction lithograph)

Offsite-Box: 12, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Photograph of Charles Lindbergh receiving award from Thomas W. Dewart; lithograph of Charles Lindbergh, 1927

Offsite-Box: 15, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Photograph of typesetters at The New York Sun office, 81 Warren Street, 1887

Offsite-Box: 15, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Carte-de-visite of William Gordon Bennett, undated

Offsite-Box: 15, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Photographs of the New York Herald Building, Herald Square (exteriors and interiors), circa 1920

Offsite-Box: 15, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Photographs of theNew York Herald building, Herald Square (exteriors and interiors), circa 1920

Offsite-Box: 15, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Photographs of theNew York Herald building, Herald Square (interiors, offices and reception area), circa 1920

Offsite-Box: 15, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Photographs of theNew York Herald building, Herald Square (interiors), circa 1920

Offsite-Box: 15, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Fulton Street 1849 (reproduction lithograph), showing Sun office, 1913

Offsite-Box: 15, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Photographs of Tom Ross, winner of a New York Sun drawing competition, 1941

Offsite-Box: 15, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Caricatures & cartoons (Oversize), circa 1915-1925, inclusive

Box: OS-small (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

Nine caricatures and cartoons of or about Frank Munsey. Artists include Ellison Hoover (inscribed to Dewart), Jefferson Machamer (inscribed to Dewart), Jonathan Cassel (inscribed to Dewart), C. Kessler (inscribed to Dewart), C.R. Macauley (inscribed to Dewart), and others.

Series V: Photograph morgue, New York Sun

Scope and Contents

This series consists of an indexed file of film and glass plate negatives from the Sun's archives. The images are mainly portraits of authors, artists and business and political figures who were prominent in the 1930's and 1940's. In addition to "famous" figures of the time, there are images of more obscure figures such as judges, FBI agents, and corporate officers. Portraits of Sun staff are also included. There are also a few photographs of events and places.

The series is organized into three subseries: Subseries V.1, Card catalog; Subseries V.2, Glass negatives; and Subseries V.3, Film negatives.

The file card catalog in Subseries V.1 serves as an index to the negatives in Subseries V.2 and V.3. The catalog is arranged alphabetically. Portraits are arranged by the sitter's last name; other images are arranged mainly by location, such as "City of New York," or "India." Each card lists the number of the corresponding negative in the upper right hand corner. In some but not all cases, a photographic print is also attached.

Negatives are individually sleeved and identified only by number. They are arranged sequentially, but film and glass negatives (which were originally interspersed) have been re-housed separately. This means that there are two possible locations for any specific negative number; accordingly, researchers looking for a particular negative should request the box with the appropriate range of negative numbers from both Subseries V.2, Glass negative, and V.3, Film negatives.

Film negatives, which are nitrate film and are held in cold storage, must be requested at least 72 hours in advance and require a confirmed appointment to view.

Negative numbers preceded by a letter are apparently not included in the card index. Identifying information for a few of these images is provided on the negative sleeve, but most are not identified. Among the subjects depicted are an early automobile race and a trip to Hawaii.

Subseries V.1: File card catalog

Index cards A-C, circa 1930's-1940's

Offsite-Box: 16 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Index cards C-F, circa 1930's-1940's

Offsite-Box: 17 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Index cards F-H, circa 1930's-1940's

Offsite-Box: 18 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Index cards H-M, circa 1930's-1940's

Offsite-Box: 19 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Index cards M-R, circa 1930's-1940's

Offsite-Box: 20 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Index cards R-W, circa 1930's-1940's

Offsite-Box: 21 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Index cards W-Z, circa 1930's-1940's

Offsite-Box: 22 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Unidentified prints, circa 1930's-1940's

Offsite-Box: 22 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subseries V.2: Glass negatives

Glass negatives (10-5 to 11-39)

Box: 23 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Glass negatives (11-40 to 11-130)

Box: 24 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Glass negatives (11-138 to 12-49)

Box: 25 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Glass negatives (12-50 to 12-159)

Box: 26 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Glass negatives (12-166 to 13-54)

Box: 27 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Glass negatives (13-55 to 14-7)

Box: 28 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Glass negatives (14-8 to 15-51)

Box: 29 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Glass negatives (15-52 to 16-27)

Box: 30 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Glass negatives (16-28 to 17-15)

Box: 31 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Glass negatives (17-16 to 17-72)

Box: 32 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Glass negatives (17-74 to 19-31)

Box: 33 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Glass negatives (20-5 to 12-28)

Box: 34 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Glass negatives (21-29 to 22-23)

Box: 35 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Glass negatives (22-29 to 22-83)

Box: 36 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Glass negatives (22-84 to 23-42)

Box: 37 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Glass negatives (24-1 to 26-1)

Box: 38 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Glass negatives (26-2 to 28-4)

Box: 39 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Glass negatives (28-5 to 28-84)

Box: 40 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Glass negatives (28-85 to 29-22)

Box: 41 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Glass negatives (29-23 to 32-4)

Box: 42 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Glass negatives (32-5 to 32-89)

Box: 43 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Glass negatives (32-91 to Z-250)

Box: 44 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subseries V.3: Film negatives

Scope and Contents

These film negatives, which are nitrate film and are held in cold storage, must be requested at least 72 hours in advance and require a confirmed appointment to view.

Film negatives (10-1 to 11-181)

Box: 45 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Film negatives (11-182 to 13-98)

Box: 46 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Film negatives (13-100 to 15-76)

Box: 47 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Film negatives (15-79 to 17-20)

Box: 48 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Film negatives (17-29 to 21-9)

Box: 49 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Film negatives (21-34 to 22-202)

Box: 50 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Film negatives (23-3 to 28-185)

Box: 51 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Film negatives (24-6 to 27-81)

Box: 51A (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Film negatives (28-186 to 32-115)

Box: 52 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Film negatives (32-116 to A-15-39)

Box: 53 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Film negatives (A-15-40 to A-27-8)

Box: 54 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Film negatives (A-28 to A-53-61)

Box: 55 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Film negatives (A-54-1 to C-15-9)

Box: 56 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Film negatives (C-17 to M-4-103)

Box: 57 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Film negatives (M-4-11.1 to Z-159)

Box: 58 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Film negatives (Z-161 to Z-236-9.14)

Box: 59 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Film negatives (Z-236-9.15 to Z-293)

Box: 60 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Series VI: Scrapbooks

Scope and Contents

This series includes three volumes of newspaper clippings relating to Frank Munsey's death, one volume of newspaper clippings regarding the subsequent purchase of the Sun by William Dewart, and one volume of newspaper clippings regarding the 100th anniversary edition of the Sun on September 2, 1933. Also included is a Tiffany presentation box containing a memorial to Munsey following his death.

Newspaper clippings commenting on Frank Munsey's death (1 of 3 volumes), 1925 December

offsite-volume: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper clippings commenting on Frank Munsey's death (2 of 3 volumes), 1925 December

offsite-volume: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper clippings commenting on Frank Munsey's death (1 of 3 volumes), 1925 December

offsite-volume: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper clippings commenting on the purchase of the New York Sun by William T. Dewart, 1926 October

offsite-volume: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper clippings commenting on the 100th Anniversary Number of the New York Sun, 1933 September 2

offsite-volume: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tiffany-bound resolution mourning the death of Frank Munsey, 1925 December 29

offsite-volume: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series VII: Printing plates

Printing plates (copper) of the first issue of the New-York Commercial Advertiser (Plate 1 of 2), 1797 October 2

Offsite-Box: oversize Plate 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Printing plates (copper) of the first issue of the New-York Commercial Advertiser (Plate 2 of 2), 1797 October 2

Offsite-Box: oversize Plate 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Printing plates (metal) of the first issue of the New-York Commercial Advertiser, 1797 October 2

Offsite-Box: 63, oversize: Plates 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Printing plate (metal), unidentified

Offsite-Box: 62, oversize: Plate 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Printing plate (replica) of the Armistice Day issue of the New York Sun, 1918 November 11

Offsite-Box: 62, oversize: Plate 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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