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Peace Proposals

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

Peace proposals, correspondence (10 folders), 1914-1915, inclusive

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

Peace proposals (4 folders), 1914-1915, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 11-14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes drafts, translations into French, Italian, Spanish, and Dutch, and clippings.

Labor Strikes

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Labor strikes, 1912-1913 (7 folders), 1910-1915, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 15-21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Records, clippings, pamphlets, and correspondence regarding the strikes by the garment industry including the Men's Garment Industry, the Cloak, Suit, and Skirt Industry, and the Dress and Waist Industry.

Labor strikes, 1915-1916 (12 folders), 1910-1918, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2, Folder: 1-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, publications, and records from strikes regarding the garment industry including the Amalgamated Clothing Workers' of America, the Cloak, Suit, and Skirt Industry, and the Adler and Ast controversy. Petitions to President Woodrow Wilson regarding 1916 strike in New York City.

Labor strikes, 1915-1916. Oversize, 1916-1918

Folder: Oversize-Medium (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Poster from the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America declaring the beginning of a general strike for the garment industry on January 13, 1916. The poster is written in English, Hebrew, and Italian.

Safety First

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Safety First, correspondence (8 folders), 1915-1916, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2, Folder: 13-20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Safety First, correspondence (2 folders), 1916-1917, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Safety First, management (4 folders), 1916-1917, inclusive

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

Scope and Contents

Includes by-laws, contracts, promotional pamphlets, and conference records.

Citizens' Municipal Committee/Fusion Committee

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

Citizens' Municipal Committee, early papers (3 folders), 1913, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 7-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Records of contributions to the Citizens' Municipal Committee including those of John D. Rockefeller.

Citizens' Municipal Committee, 1913 (14 folders), 1913, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 10-23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, clippings, and records relating to the role of the Citizens' Municipal Committee of 107 in the election of Mayor John Purroy Mitchel; the financial contributions to the Citizens' Municipal Committee, including those of John D. Rockefeller; the disbanding of the Citizens' Municipal Committee; and the appointment of several individuals to certain political positions.

Citizens' Municipal Committee, 1913 (8 folders), 1913

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 1-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Citizens' Municipal Committee, 1914-1921 (5 folders), 1914-1921, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 9-13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fusion Campaign, 1917 (7 folders), 1917

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 14-20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Records of the Fusion Committee's effort to re-elect Mayor John Purroy Mitchel including correspondence with potential contributors to the campaign; lists of financial contributions; pamphlets regarding the Fusion Committee's purpose; and documents about the 1917 election.

Political Campaigns

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Political campaigns, 1912 (3 folders), 1912

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 1-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and contribution records regarding the 1912 Congressional Campaign in the 18th Congressional District for S. Walter Kaufman. Records of the Republican Party's 1912 campaign.

Political campaigns, 1917 (2 folders), 1917

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

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence regarding several municipal campaigns from both Republican and Fusion candidates during the 1917 election.

Political campaigns, 1919, 1919

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

Scope and Contents

Records of contributions to the campaign of Henry H. Curran for the presidency of the borough of Manhattan including those of John D. Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller Jr.

Other Materials

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Chamber of Commerce (2 folders), 1912-1931, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 7-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes personal writings related to the Chamber of Commerce as well as publications about the Great Depression.

Committee on Unemployment (2 folders), 1914-1916, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 9-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, William George Jordan, 1910-1912, inclusive

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

Daylight Savings Time Committee, 1916-1918, inclusive

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

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and pamphlets regarding the movement to pass federal legislation for a Daylight Savings Time bill.

Exploration, 1908-1911, inclusive

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

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and clippings regarding Robert Peary's exploration of the North Pole as well as Charles Bernheimer's own exploration activities.

Fifth Avenue Association, 1917- 1921, inclusive

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

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, clippings, and publications regarding the Fifth Avenue Association's efforts to restrict building heights.

Honest Ballot Association, 1918-1922, inclusive

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

New York Bank Law revision (3 folders), 1913-1914, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 16-18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York Federation of Churches, 1914-1915, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and publications related to the New York Federation of Churches' work to combat unemployment as well as documents regarding the Committee for Immigrants in America.

New York parks (2 of 3 folders), 1909-1918, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 20-21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes documents related to the Central Park Rehabilitation Committee, later the Parks Advisory Committee, and its maintenance efforts for New York City's public parks. Photographs of Central Park.

New York parks (1 of 3 folders). Oversize, 1936

Folder: Oversize-Medium (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Blueprint of geological sign for the Great Lawn in the lower reservoir site of Central Park.

Newspapers (3 folders), 1892-1930, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 6, Folder: 1-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Parks Advisory Committee (3 folders), 1912-1914

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

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and records detailing the work of the Parks Advisory Committee in the maintenance of New York City's parks.

Park Avenue Improvement Association, 1913-1914, inclusive

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

Photographs (1 of 2 folders), 1910-1926, inclusive

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

Scope and Contents

Photographs of Charles L. Bernheimer and his wife Clara Silberman Bernheimer.

Photographs (1 of 2 folders). Oversize, 1910-1926

Folder: Oversize-Medium (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Photograph of Charles L. Bernheimer.

Real estate, 1910-1911, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 6, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Red Cross, 1917

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

Safety Deposit Boxes, 1930

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

Speech materials (3 folders), 1910-1930, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 6, Folder: 12-14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

State Charities Aid Association, 1910-1912, inclusive

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

Subway system, 1906-1911, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 6, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Textile Integrity Guild, 1930-1935, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 6, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Trade Relations Council, 1931

Offsite-Box: 6, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Miscellaneous (4 folders), 1877-1920, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 6, Folder: 19-22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes biographical clippings and notes; political correspondence; and school notebooks.

Scrapbooks, 1919-1928, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 7, Volume: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Two scrapbooks containing clippings related to Bernheimer's work in public service and exploration.

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