Series V. Print Matter, 1950-2001
Extent
Scope and Contents Note
The series includes a diverse and idiosyncratic mix of printed materials dating from the 1950s to 2001, though mostly from the 1970s and 1980s. Very generally, the material concerns economic, political, cultural, and public policy matters. Most of the materials were created by New York City-based organizations, concern New York City matters, and seem targeted to a New York City audience, but some are of state-wide or national scope. The bulk of the series includes some form of periodical, especially newsletters, newspapers, magazines, and series of technical or policy reports. But with few exceptions there are no extended runs of any of the individual titles; most titles are represented by only a few issues, often only the first number of the title. Aside from periodicals, the series holds a variety of single issue documents of interest, such as commemorative booklets, souvenir programs, annual reports, calendars of events, publicity materials, and the like.
Newsletters perhaps form most of the series. These newsletters were created by government agencies, or groups within those agencies, for internal distribution or for the general public; public policy interest groups; political figures; commercial institutions; trade associations; and other organizations. There are also many small newspapers created for distribution within a specific New York City neighborhood, organization, or constituency.
A detailed list of the printed material was provided by the donor's family and is housed with the documents. The container list below summarizes most of these items at the folder level.
In addition to these miscellaneous printed material the series also includes several New York City official directories, known as the "Green Book," from the 1950s to the 1980s used by Henry Walter.
Arrangement Note
The series is arranged with the New York City directories first, followed by other print matter. The other print matter is arranged in the numerical sequence (1-255) of the items as found in the inventory provided by a member of Henry Walter's family. This sequence is generally chronological, except that some oversize items from the 1980s are found at the end of the list. Copies of the detailed inventory are found in the two boxes that hold the other print matter.
New York City Official Directories ("Green Book"), 1950-1989
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Walter's copies for the years 1950, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1976, and 1980 through 1988-89.
Print Matter (#1-13), 1950s, inclusive
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* Brochure for the NBC Symphony Summer Concerts for 1951, with four programs (10 June-15 July);
* Program from Town Hall recital hall for the 2 May 1952 performance of Cham-ber Huang;
* WQXR's Monthly Guide to Dining Out (August 1952);
* Booklet commemorating the 31st anniversary of The Jumble-Shop restaurant in Greenwich Village (1952);
* Report on New York City Slum Clearance Projects Under Title I by Private Capital with Federal and City Aid by the Committee on Slum Clearance (April 1956);
* Bay Ridge Home Reporter (14-21 June 1956);
* Booklet The Insurance on Your Apartment by the LeFrak Organization (circa 1957);
* Joint Study of Arterial Facilities in the New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Area (November 1957);
* Taxi Weekly (20 November 1957);
* Guild Telegram (Vol 1, No. 1), announcing the slate of elected guild officials, including Henry Walter as Chairman;
* Periodicals, reprints, and other documents.
Print Matter (#14-24), 1960s, inclusive
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* New York Central Railroad, Hudson Division timetable (29 April 1962);
* New York State Democratic Convention program (1962);
* Program and seating chart for the Legislative Correspondents' Association banquet and parody show "Vial Ventures, or Find the Fount 'N Blow!" (1963);
* Commemorative book for the opening of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, Spanning the Narrows (1964);
* Two Better Business Bureau pamphlets;
* Issues 1 and 2 of the weekly Mayday, edited by Andrew Kopkind, James Ridgeway, and Robert Sherrill (October 1968);
* Conservative Journal, issued by New York State Young Americans for Freedom (September 1968);
* other periodicals and reprints.
Print Matter (#25-40), 1960s, inclusive
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* Four public affairs pamphlets from the Public Affairs Committee;
* "Freedom and the Public Schools" lecture by David I. Ashe (1969);
* Several issues and six posters of the Marshall McLuhan DEW-LINE, issued by the Human Development Corporation (1969);
* Annual report for 1969 of the New York City Police Department;
* Marketing brochure for the Americana Hotel.
Print Matter (#41-54), circa 1970-1972, inclusive
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* Flyer for the non-profit Community Environments;
* Two pamphlets about gold from the Federal Reserve;
* The Lotos Club centennial booklet (1970);
* Two issues of the Marshall McLuhan DEW-LINE (1970);
* First number of newsletter for buyers/sellers, Everything for Everybody (1970);
* First number of newsletter from the New York City Human Resources Administration, People (1970);
* First number of newsletter EAC (Environmental Action Coalition) News (1970);
* A Tour of New York City & the Statue of Liberty picture book;
* Booklet (souvenir?) for the musical Grease;
* Mostly Mozart program (1972);
* First number of newspaper Media & Consumer (1972).
Print Matter (#55-67), 1973, inclusive
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* New York Convention & Visitors Bureau brochures (1973);
* Three numbers of a newspaper sent to New York area college students, The Press (1973);
* Three issues, including first two numbers, of newsletter, The Commuter, published for the Harlem-Hudson-New Haven Lines by the Penn Central Transportation Company (1973);
* Issue of the Armed Forces Comptroller (1973);
* Con Edison's Customer Handbook and related brochures (1973);
* New York Press Club's 25th anniversary edition of Byline magazine (1973);
* Promotional packet for the publication National Star (1973).
Print Matter (#68-85), 1974-1975, inclusive
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* Handbook New York, Your Host prepared by the City Commission for the United Nations and for the Consular Corps (1974);
* Five issues of Notes from the Municipal Reference and Research Center (1974);
* Three issues of newsletter, The Commuter, (1974);
* Datebook Life in America from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1975);
* National Urban League booklet The Struggle for Equality of Educational Opportunity (1975);
* Empire State Report (1975);
* First number of the Upper East Side's newsletter East Apple (1975);
* Other periodicals.
Print Matter (#86-96), 1976, inclusive
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* New York Life Insurance Company's annual report for 1976;
* (Souvenir?) program for the play, The Belle of Amherst with Julie Harris;
* Operation Sail 1976 booklet;
* Tall Ships '76 souvenir program;
* Checklist booklet for the exhibition The Tulip & the Rose: Seeds of Queens History at the Queens Museum;
* Booklet The U.S. Customs House on Bowling Green by Brendan Gill;
* Five booklets in the Black Perspectives on the Bicentennial series published by the National Urban League.
Print Matter (#97-102), 1976, inclusive
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* Calendar of events for Bicentennial observances July 4th in Old New York;
* Two booklets concerning the International Naval Review;
* Issue of New York Press Club's Byline magazine;
* Municipal Assistance Corporation's (MAC) annual report for 1976;
* Publicity packet for the Museum of Holography exhibition Through the Looking Glass.
Print Matter (#103-115), 1977, inclusive
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* The Story of Money comic book and other Federal Reserve Bank publications;
* An Italian wine guide distributed by Chatham Square Liquor Co.;
* First number of The Bulletin Board, the newsletter of New York's block associations;
* First two numbers of For Your Information, the newsletter of the Health Systems Agency of New York City;
* First number of Focus, newsletter of the New York Regional Office of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith;
* Con Edison's special issue of its periodical Around the System for September 1977, reporting on the July black-out;
* First number of newspaper Politicks & Other Human Interests;
* First number of Museum of Holography's newsletter, The Whole Message;
* First number of newspaper, The News World: Manhattan.
Print Matter (#116-135), 1978, inclusive
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* Two issues, including the first number, of the newspaper, The Trib;
* Second number of Focus, newsletter of the New York Regional Office of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith;
* First three numbers of Borough President Howard Golden's Brooklyn Newsletter;
* First four numbers of the Federal Regional Council newsletter, Region II In View;
* First three numbers of Mayor Edward I. Koch's Mayor's Newsletter;
* An issue of the Federation of Citywide Block Associations's newsletter, News;
* First two numbers of the newspaper City News;
* First two numbers of the Metropolitan New York Nursing Home Association's newsletter, Health Care News;
* An issue of newspaper Politicks & Other Human Interests;
* Calendar of events for the "World of Our Fathers" Jewish Heritage Festival.
Print Matter (#136-156), 1979, inclusive
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* First numbers of various newsletters: New York County Lawyers' Association's Legislative Update, Neighborhood Women Network News, Bronx borough president Stanley Simon's senior citizen newsletter, Association of Concessionaires of New York City's Concessionaire News, Citizens Housing & Planning Council's Reporter, National Council on Compulsive Gambling's Newsletter, Department of General Services's DGS Reporter, Pace University Graduate School of Business's GSB Outlook, and Columbia's Career Development Bulletin; World Traders' Atlas, issued by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey;
* An issue of The Hunger Project's Quantum Leap;
* First two numbers of The American Lawyer;
* Two numbers of borough president Golden's Brooklyn Newsletter;
* First three numbers of Group Health, Inc's GHI News;
* Summary of survey responses compiled by the League of Women Voters of the Tri-State Metropolitan Region.
Print Matter (#157-175), circa 1980-1981, inclusive
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* First number of various newsletters: Department of General Services's Operation Greenthumb Newsletter and Wires Telecommunity News, Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry's Currents, New York Employment Council's newsletter, Community Council of Greater New York's Impact, Citizens Budget Commission's CBC Quarterly;
* First two numbers of newsletter The Queens Letter;
* Metro-North Railroad brochure A Guide to Passenger Safety;
* Two issues of The Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped's Library Notebook;
* An issue of Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities, Inc.'s newsletter Elmcor Express;
* Other brochures.
Print Matter (#176-199), 1982-1984, inclusive
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* First numbers of various newsletters: Theatre Times, Public Papers of the Fund for the City of New York, the Department of Probation's Communicator, Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink's Special Report, The Bowery's Bank Notes, the Economic Capital Corporation of New York's Newsline, the Department of Records and Information Services's Notes, Metro-North's Mileposts, and the New York Republican State Committee's Greenburgh Gazette;
* First number of the political newspaper, Talking Turkey;
* Two issues of Women in Touch, a newsletter from the Committee for Women's Concerns of the Comptroller's Office;
* Three issues, including the first, of bulletins from Ellen's Coffee Cafe on Broadway;
* First two numbers of the Brooklyn Paper's Downtown News;
* Municipal Assistance Corporation's (MAC) annual report for 1982;
* Brooklyn Bridge centennial brochure;
* ManhattanTrend, issued by Cushman & Wakefield;
* Textbook for a correspondence course in French wines.
Print Matter (#200-219), 1985-1987, inclusive
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* First numbers of various newsletters: from the Columbia Association (Italian-Americans) of the Comptroller's Office, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research's New York Perspective, Division of Municipal Supplies' DMS Happenings, from the Management Welfare Fund, Fiscal Flash from the Bureau of Accountancy, Borough President Donald R. Manes's Queens Update, from the Long Island City Business Development Corporation, the Jewish War Veterans Department of New York's Beacon, New York City Transit Authority's Welcome Aboard, Cornell Connection, from the Charter Review Commission, the Port Authority's World Trade Department's 110 News, and the New York State Museum's New York Delegate;
* City of New York Comparative Analysis: Financial and Economic Indicators for FY 1985, issued by Comptroller Harrison J. Goldin;
* Program for the memorial service at City Hall for Alfred T. Miele;
* Booklet of selected state bicentennial programs, Celebrating Our Constitution;
* An issue of Mobilization for Survival's The Mobilizer;
* Other periodicals.
Print Matter (#220-228), 1988-1989, inclusive
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* First numbers of various newsletters: Bureaus of Management Audit and of Financial Audit's Findings, Congressman Eliot Engel's Reports to the People, Jewish Community Relations Council's Urban and Domestic Viewpoints, Real Estate Board's Tax Watch, and Comptroller Chapter News;
* Issue of New York Delegate;
* First number of Skyline magazine;
* New York City Council on Economic Education's 1989-90 Fact Book on the New York Metropolitan Region;
* Port Authority's annual report for 1989.
Print Matter (#229-246), 1990-2001, undated, inclusive
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* First numbers of various newsletters: BradyLine (1990), Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger's Dateline: Manhattan (1990), from the Comptroller's Office Quality of Work Life Program (1992);
* First number of the Journal of Multi-Cultural Community Health, issued by New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (1991);
* Benefit booklet for pensioners of the New York City Employees' Retirement System (1991);
* Three press releases from Comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman (1990);
* Two issues of Rail Whispers (1991);
* Metro-North brochure A History of Grand Central Terminal (1998);
* Program for the St. Patrick's Day Parade (1999);
* Issue #11 of the East Village Inky (2001);
* Two bulletins from the Department of General Services (undated, but likely 1980).
Print Matter (#247-255). Oversize, 1980-1987, inclusive
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* First numbers of Lexington Local newspaper (1980), New View magazine (1982), Westside Press newspaper (1983), Commuter Express newspaper (1984), Herald Center advertising supplement (1985), and Undercurrents: Life Beneath New York magazine (1987);
* Special issue on top 50 cities in City & State magazine (1987);
* Two copies of the Brooklyn Bridge Centennial Calendar (1983);
* 14 prints of watercolors by artist Fein of buildings in lower Manhattan, apparently distributed by Bank of New York (undated).