New-York Historical Society general correspondence
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Abstract
The New-York Historical Society general correspondence record group contains chronologically arranged communications directed to and from the institution and its officers. The bulk of correspondence through the early twentieth century is incoming only, though some notes, responses, and letterpress copybooks (1876-1911) of outgoing correspondence appear. Carbon copies of outgoing correspondence commonly appear after the early twentieth century. The files are predominated by requests for reference assistance; research reports; inquiries pertaining to membership and library operations; proposals of materials for donation, sale, or transfer; arrangements for lectures, events, and publications; acceptances of election to member or officer positions; financial transactions; requests for material exchanges; and invitations, circulars, and other printed matter generated by N-YHS and outside institutions. Correspondents include N-YHS officers, prominent historians, politicians, writers and lecturers, scientists, genealogists, artists, printers and booksellers, and colleagues from libraries, societies, government agencies, and other organizations.
Arrangement
The New-York Historical Society General Correspondence (NYHS-RG 2) record group is organized in five series:
Series I. Notable Correspondents (1805-2017)
Series II. Letterpress Copybooks (1876-1911)
Series III. General Correspondence (1805-1908)
Series IV. General Correspondence (1908-1982) (Restricted for 1960 and later years)
Series V. Topical Correspondence (1917-1985)
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The New-York Historical Society general correspondence record group contains the chronologically arranged central files of communications directed to and from the institution and its officers. These files range over almost all of N-YHS's first two hundred years of existence, from its first full year of operations in 1805 to the end of Director James Heslin's administration in 1982, though files from 1960 forward are currently restricted. In addition, the record group includes a series of selected letters from notable correspondents that ranges to 2017.
For the nineteenth century, the bulk of correspondence is incoming, but some notes, responses, and letterpress copybooks (1876-1911), of outgoing mail appear. Most communication is written or directed to the Librarian, as well as other officers. The copybooks and yearly registers of correspondents, beginning in 1876 when N-YHS appears to have formalized a system for retention of correspondence, may serve as a guide to researchers in locating materials related to specific individuals and organizations and these continue through 1908. By the early twentieth century, carbon copies of outgoing correspondence appear regularly and continues through 1982.
The record group is predominated by requests for reference assistance; research reports; inquiries pertaining to membership and library operations; proposals of materials for donation, sale, or transfer; arrangements for lectures, events, and publications; acceptances of election to member or officer positions; requests for exchanges of material, such as annual reports or other publications; and invitations, circulars, and other printed matter generated by N-YHS and outside institutions.
Internally produced correspondence includes memoranda such as meeting minutes excerpts, official acceptances and resignations, drafts and notes for deceased member memorials, presentation and resolution drafts, and informal reports on relevant legislation, commissions, funding, finances and investments, acquisitions and donations, buildings maintenance and facilities, and other aspects and issues of operations.
Correspondents include N-YHS officers, prominent historians, politicians, writers and lecturers, scientists, genealogists, artists, printers and booksellers, publishers, donors, antiquarians, and colleagues from libraries, museums, societies, government agencies, and other organizations. International repositories and individuals, many of whom are honorary N-YHS members, correspond from distant locations including China, France, Portugal, Brazil, and Denmark.
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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.
Most correspondence files dating from 1960 and later are generally restricted until 2033; see Series IV.
Conditions Governing Use
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 record group should be cited as New-York Historical Society General Correspondence (NYHS-RG 2), The New-York Historical Society.
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About this Guide
Processing Information
The record group was physically processed, likely about 1990. In 2015, archivist Brynn White and, in 2016, archivist Margaret Kaczorowski refined the arrangement, integrated additional material, and described the documents in this finding aid. A few new accessions were added in 2017-18 by archivist Larry Weimer and a few items found elsewhere in the archives were moved here in 2022.
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Series I. Notable Correspondents, 1805-2023, inclusive
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The Notable Correspondents series consists of letters removed from the General Correspondence files (see Series III) by prior N-YHS staff based on their perceived value and importance. Correspondents include former American presidents and significant scholars, authors, politicans, journalists, historians, and other figures.
A bulk of the letters are acknowledgments of election as an Honorary Member or responses to invitations to deliver a lecture or attend an N-YHS event. The content for every letter in this series is noted in the container list, with the exception of three files arranged and described based on common event or correspondent.
Highlights of the series include correspondence documenting the N-YHS acquisition of John Jay Audubon's original Birds of America watercolor portfolios from his widow Lucy and a letter from Thomas Jefferson Randolph discussing the condition of Thomas Jefferson during the year leading up to his death. Substantive manuscripts include an account by John R. Bartlett of his mid-19th-century travels through Mexico, the American Southwest, and California; report by Amos Kendall on the death of Tecumseh; extrapolation by Orasmus Holmes Marshall of research into the site of La Salle's 1679 shipyard; and contestations by George Gibbs of recent claims on the island discoveries of Christopher Columbus.
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The series is arranged in chronological order.
Processing Information Note
This series was processed perhaps circa 2000, with documents transferred from original folders to archival containers. In 2015, archivist Brynn White refined the arrangement, integrated a few additional documents found, and provided description in a finding aid for the series and individual items.
N-YHS to John Henry, 1805-1806
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Constitution sent with notice of election as a member of N-YHS.
Samuel L. Mitchill to John Pintard, 1807 May 25
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Note accompanying donation of public and original national documents, praising Pintard's ability to gather, preserve, and arrange.
F.B. Winthrop to Samuel Miller, 1809 June 30
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Inventory of 21 historical books dated 1609-1725 and a 1630 manuscript of "A Modell of Christian Charity, written on Board the Ship Arrabella by John Winthrop" sent to Miller.
M.S. Willets(?) to John Pintard, 1809 September 2
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Acceptance of invitation to dine at N-YHS and attend with ladies a lecture of Dr. Miller.
Academy of Arts to N-YHS, 1809 September
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Copy of resolution appropriating the North East Room of the second story of the Government House to N-YHS and its amendment changing the locale to the North West Room.
Representative of Samuel L. Mitchill to John Pintard, 1809 October 16
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Inventory of coins and metallic tokens donated by Mitchill to N-YHS.
Toasts, circa 1804-1809
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Draft of toasts for delivery at unspecified N-YHS function.
Gouverneur Morris to John Pintard, 1810 January 27
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Acceptance of election to First-Vice President of N-YHS.
DeWitt Clinton to John Pintard, 1810 March 22
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Report of the passage of the bill for endowment of N-YHS in the New York Senate.
C.C. Moore(?) to John Pintard, 1813 July 22
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Declaration of intention to send books to N-YHS.
Thomas Jefferson to John Pintard, 1814 January 9
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Acknowledgment of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS.
John Quincy Adams to Samuel Miller, 1814 July 31
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Acknowledgment of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS.
Lewis, Rogers for John Pintard to Ogden Hoffman, 1821 April
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Receipt for payment of annual dues.
John Quincy Adams to David Hosack, 1826 July 26
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Acknowledgment of N-YHS resolutions to honor the memory of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
[Thomas Jefferson] Randolph to David Hosack, 1826 August 13
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Acknowledgment from Monticello of condolences for the death of Thomas Jefferson and personal account of Jefferson's health deterioration over the final year of his life.
Edward P. Livingston to John Delafield, 1828 November 27
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Acknowledgment of receipt of N-YHS circular and inquiry into its probable indication that Delafield has been elected a member of N-YHS.
Charles Carroll of Carrollton to N-YHS, 1829 January 19
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Acknowledgment of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS.
Isaiah Thomas to James Swords, 1830 June 22
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Expression of appreciation for Swords' donation to American Antiquarian Society and discussion of health problems.
M. Thomas to N-YHS, 1831 May 24
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Executor of the estate of Isaiah Thomas informing N-YHS of a $300 bequest.
John Delafield to Executor of the Will of the Late Isaiah Thomas, 1832 March 27
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Follow-up to Isaiah Thomas estate regarding the bequest to N-YHS.
Chris C. Baldwin to James Swords, 1832 April 19
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Request to N-YHS for use of its influence in the American Antiquarian Society's attempts to develop their historic newspaper collection.
Levi Lincoln to Robert Sedgwick, 1833 September 21
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Letter of introduction for Chris C. Baldwin, Librarian of the Antiquarian Society.
Edward Everett to John C. Jay, 1839 March 16
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Acknowledgment of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS.
John Quincy Adams to N-YHS Committee on Lectures, 1839 February 23
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Decline of invitation to present series of lectures at N-YHS due to busy schedule.
John Quincy Adams to Joseph Blunt, 1839 April 13
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Inquiry into the time and other logistics of Adams's April 30 lecture at N-YHS. A notation in the folder indicates this letter was presented to N-YHS by B.H. Field on March 4, 1884.
Henry Clay to N-YHS, 1839 April 22
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Decline of invitation to attend the N-YHS celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Inauguration of George Washington due to distance.
Edward Everett to N-YHS, 1839 April 24
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Decline of invitation to attend the N-YHS celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Inauguration of George Washington due to competing obligations.
Martin Van Buren to N-YHS, 1839 April 26
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Decline of invitation to attend the N-YHS celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Inauguration of George Washington due to competing obligations.
John Quincy Adams to John C. Jay, 1839 May 7
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Note accompanying submitted manuscript of discourse delivered at the N-YHS celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Inauguration of George Washington.
George Bancroft to Frederic De Peyster, 1839 July 6
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Acknowledgment of election as Member of N-YHS. Asks if the N-YHS library will accept a work of his in American history.
John Tyler to Frederick De Peyster, 1842 February 25
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Acknowledgment of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS.
Letters of Watson and Cochrane Relating to the Journals of the British House of Commons, 1843, 1844
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Includes two letters commenting on the 16 volume set dating from 1650 to 1676, with gaps, held by N-YHS. These letters were formerly held in the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. They were transfered to the N-YHS institutional archive correspondence record group in 2016.
John Jay to John Wakefield Francis, 1844 November 1
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Printed invitation to November 5, 1844 meeting of N-YHS.
Albert Gallatin to E.H. Benedict, 1844 November 2
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Report on circular invitations sent; recipients listed include Hon. John Pickering and George Ord of the American Philosophical Society. [typescript only; note to see original IN ARCHIVES]
Millard Fillmore to Erastus C. Benedict, 1844 November 13
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Decline of invitation to attend the N-YHS 40th Anniversary celebration due to competing obligations.
John Quincy Adams to Erastus C. Benedict, 1844 November 12
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Acceptance of invitation to attend the N-YHS 40th Anniversary celebration.
Martin Van Buren to Albert Gallatin & His Associates of the Executive Committee, 1844 November 15
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Decline of invitation to attend the N-YHS 40th Anniversary celebration.
John Quincy Adams to Albert Gallatin, 1845 March 17
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Note accompanying James Fenimore Cooper commemorative medal, presented to N-YHS on behalf of Commodore Jesse D. Elliott.
Henry O'Reilly to Prosper M. Wetmore, 1845 May 4
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Acknowledgment of election as Corresponding Member of N-YHS (under the new regulations); detailed description of O'Reilly's private scholarship on the history and westward expansion of New York since the Revolutionary period, and his manuscript collection assembled in support thereof, which he believes of interest to N-YHS.
Henry Clay to John Jay, 1845 May 7
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Response to the N-YHS report on the country's adoption of a new national name.
Albert Gallatin to John Jay, 1846 July 15
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Note accompanying letter from Charles J. Smith and his transmitted copy of General Nathaniel Woodhull's journal of General Amherst's expedition in 1760. [typescript only; note to see original IN ARCHIVES]
John F.W. Herschel to Albert Gallatin, 1846 December 10
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Acknowledgment of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS.
Martin Van Buren to John Russell Bartlett, 1847 September 15
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Acknowledgment of an unnamed honor (likley Honorary Membership) bestowed by N-YHS.
Martin Van Buren to John Jay, 1849 June 20
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Decline of invitation to special meeting of N-YHS following the death of Andrew Jackson.
Zachary Taylor to Luther Bradish, 1849 May 17
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Acknowledgment of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS.
Zachary Taylor membership certificate, 1849 April 3
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Signed by all N-YHS officials.
Benson J. Lossing to George H. Moore, 1851 January 2
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Introductory letter and accompanying notes on the surrender of General Burgoyne.
Benson J. Lossing to George H. Moore, 1851 April 1
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Descriptive note accompanying three Revolutionary War relics to be presented for inspection by N-YHS members at upcoming meeting.
Henry R. Schoolcraft to N-YHS, 1851 October 3
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Introductory note accompanying extensive August 20, 1850 letter from Amos Kendall on the death of Tecumseh.
Jared Sparks to George H. Moore, 1852 March 16
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Decline of invitation to deliver lecture at N-YHS due to poor health.
John R. Bartlett to "dear Friend", 1832 [1852?] May 20
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Extensive dispatch from San Diego, recounting Bartlett's travels through Mexico, southwestern America, and California; details his study of indigenous languages and interviews with native tribes about mistreatment by white settlers and invaders. The letter appears to be dated 1832, but notations on an enclosed typescript indicate prior readers have taken it to be 1852 because of references to the discovery of gold.
Ogden Hoffman to Frederic De Peyster, 1852 June 9
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Letter accompanying donation of papers of Lieutenant Governor Cadwallader Colden to N-YHS.
William Gilmore Simms to Rev. Francis L. Hawks, 1852 October 8
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Decline of invitation to deliver lecture at N-YHS.
Edward Everett to Augustus Schell and George H. Moore, 1852 October 14
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Confirmation of lecture to be delivered at N-YHS on December 2.
Edward Everett to Augustus Schell and George H. Moore, 1852 November 1
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Request to postpone December 2 lecture at N-YHS until the adjournment of Congress.
Ephraim George Squier to George Moore, 1852 November 10
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Confirms to Moore the subject of his upcoming paper on hieroglyphics of Mexico and Central America.
Hamilton Fish to George H. Moore, 1852 November 30
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Note accompanying donation of eight volumes of the American Archives published by order of Congress.
James Buchanan to Augustus Schell and George H. Moore, 1852 December 31
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Decline of invitation to deliver lecture at N-YHS.
Orsamus Holmes Marshall to George H. Moore, 1853 May 25
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Introductory note and manuscript detailing Marshall's investigation into the site of La Salle's shipyard, settled in 1679 for the construction of Le Griffon; hand-drawn map also included.
Lyman C. Draper to George H. Moore, 1854 March 2
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Request from Wisconsin Historical Society for N-YHS publications.
Donald Grant Mitchell to George Moore, 1854 January 24
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Update on Mitchell's progress on a lecture to be delivered at N-YHS, tentatively titled "How to Look at Pictures."
William H. Seward to Luther Bradish, George Bancroft & Others, 1854 October 21
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Decline of invitation to attend N-YHS 50th Anniversary celebration due to competing obligations.
George Grote to Andrew Warner, 1854 November 2
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Decline of invitation to attend N-YHS 50th Anniversary celebration due to competing obligations.
James Buchanan to N-YHS, 1854 October 31
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Confirmation of distribution of unspecified materials sent from N-YHS to their designated recipients.
William Gilmore Simms to Luther Bradish, 1854 November 9
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Decline of invitation to attend N-YHS 50th Anniversary celebration, offering high praise to N-YHS.
William Cullen Bryant to John Romeyn Brodhead, 1854 November 14
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Decline of invitation to write ode for N-YHS 50th Anniversary celebration.
Winfield Scott to Luther Bradish, 1854 November 15
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Decline of invitation to attend N-YHS 50th Anniversary celebration due to competing obligations.
Edward Everett to George H. Moore, 1854 November 17
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Decline of invitation to attend N-YHS 50th Anniversary celebration due to competing obligations; includes reflection on the past half-century of American history.
Fitz-Greene Halleck to George H. Moore, 1854 November 22
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Decline of invitation to attend N-YHS 50th Anniversary celebration.
Edward Everett to Luther Bradish, 1856 March 8
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Acknowledgment of receipt of invitation to repeat lecture on the character of George Washington.
John Jay to N-YHS, 1857 October 15
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Description of the house in Lower Salem, or Lewisboro, Winchester County, where British spy Major John Andre was confined following his capture and wrote a famous letter to George Washington, and of which Jay has prevented the destruction and hopes N-YHS will assume the preservation.
John Gibson to E. Ferry [Terry?], 1857 November 5
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Assemblage of copies of letters, news clippings, resolutions, and research excerpts relating to movement to honor the late sculptor Thomas Crawford through a bronze cast of his famous Indian statue. The original letters were dated 1857, but these are copies, possibly from 1879 or later.
Fitz-Greene Halleck to Samuel Osgood, 1858 January 20
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Expression of gratitude to N-YHS for unspecified favor.
George Morris to George H. Moore, 1858 April 15
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Provision of the issue numbers for the Home Journal.
George Gibbs to George H. Moore, 1858 April 20
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Introductory letter and accompanying manuscript contesting claims that Columbus discovered Watling's Island and Cat Island; copy of letter to claimant, author of Landfall of Columbus, Captain A.B. Becher R.N.; original letter to Moore lists original drawings and survey of Grand Turk Island by George Judson Gibbs as enclosed.
Fitz-Greene Halleck to Andrew Warner, 1858 May 17
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Decline of invitation to dinner.
Rich Varrick De Witt to Frederic de Peyster, 1858 October 28
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Letter accompanying transmittal of watercolor of Fulton's original experimental steamboat The Clermont, which navigated the North River, including extensive description and sketches as recalled by De Witt.
Trustees of Columbia College to N-YHS, 1858 October 30
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Formal signed and sealed contract for Columbia to host Lectures in Post-Graduate Instruction in the lecture hall of the new N-YHS building. OVERSIZE
Oliver Wendell Holmes to N-YHS, 1858 December 27
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Decline of invitation to deliver lecture at N-YHS due to competing obligations.
Edward Everett to George H. Moore, 1858 December 29
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Decline of invitation to repeat his lecture at N-YHS on Thomas Dowse, due to his opinion it is of local and personal interest only, and request to postpone lecture on Benjamin Franklin.
Fitz-Greene Halleck to George H. Moore, 1859 April 23
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Acknowledgment of election as Corresponding Member of N-YHS.
Samuel F.B. Morse to Luther Bradish, 1859 May 28
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Acknowledgment of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS.
Hamilton Fish to George H. Moore, 1859 October 24
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Letter accompanying donation of Dictionnaire Universel des Contemporaries, on behalf of M. Hachette and M. Vattermare.
Hamilton Fish to N-YHS, 1859 December 29
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Acknowledgment of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS.
Correspondence. 1860. Washington Irving Celebration, 1860 March-April
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Letters relating to the April 3, 1860 N-YHS and Lenox Library event celebrating the anniversary of the birth of the "Patriarch of American Literature," Washington Irving, featuring an address on Irving's "Life, Character and Genius" by William Cullen Bryant. Correspondents in addition to Bryant are John Russell Bartlett, Vincenzo Botta, Mathew Brady (discussing an Irving portrait recently produced from an original daguerreotype), Lewis Cass, Joseph Greene Cogswell, Richard H. D(?) of Boston, Edward Everett, Isaac Ferris, Millard Fillmore, Salma Hale, Charles Gayarré, Fitz-Greene Halleck, John Hughes, Washington Hunt, Ebenezer Irving, John P. Kennedy, O.(?) King of Columbia College, H.(?) Lenox, Wadsworth Longfellow, George P. Marsh, Brantz Meyer, George Putnam, Samuel B. Ruggles, Henry R. Schoolcraft, Winfield Scott, William H. Seward, Benjamin Silliman, William Gilmore Simms, Jared Sparks, J.G. Thea(?), George Ticknor, J. Hammond Trumbull, Martin Van Buren, and Fernando Wood. Letters generally focus on acceptance or decline of the invitation and logistics of attendance; Gayarré, Marsh, Mayer, Schoolcraft, Seward, and Simms write more expansively on the legacy of Irving. 49 items
Correspondence. 1862-1863. Lucy Audubon, 1862-1863
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Series of correspondence from Lucy Audubon, widow of John Jay Audubon, documenting the sale to N-YHS of portfolios of original Birds of America watercolors and volumes of his Ornithological Biography; also includes original letter of introduction from William A. Wheelock and copies of two letters addressed to L. Audubon from N-YHS president Frederic De Peyster. 17 items. 1 package of original envelopes
Correspondence. 1869-1870. George Catlin
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Series of proposals from artist George Catlin for the N-YHS purchase of his collections of artworks documenting North and South American native tribes; includes extensive descriptions, copies of letters of recommendation and press notices, and notice indicating shipment of materials to Librarian George H. Moore for viewing. (Further attempts by Catlin's children following his death, in 1874-1875, located and noted in Series II.)
William Cullen Bryant to George H. Moore, 1863 May 14
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Acceptance of invitation to deliver lecture at N-YHS commemoration of William Bradford.
George B. McClellan to Andrew Warner, 1863 June 2
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Acknowledgment of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS.
Alexander Anderson to George H. Moore, [1863]
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Decline of invitation to attend unspecified N-YHS celebration.
Millard Fillmore to N-YHS, 1864 September 26
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Announcement of attendance, along with delegates of the Buffalo Historical Society, at the October 12 commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the transfer of jurisdiction over New York from the Netherlands to England.
Benson J. Lossing to George H. Moore, 1865 September 10
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Letter of introduction for San Antonio lawyer W.H. Cleveland(?).
N-YHS to general public, 1866 September
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Recommendation of the Historical Magazine signed by officers Frederic de Peyster, Thomas De Witt, Isaac Ferris, George H. Moore, Benjamin H. Field, Benjamin R. Winthrop, Andrew Warner, and John Romeyn Brodhead.
Daniel Huntington to N-YHS, 1872 March 17
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Request for N-YHS gallery admittance to bearer of note.
Alexander Jackson Davis to George H. Moore, 1873 August
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Florid announcement of intent to donate collection of historical works, books, pictures, prints and manuscripts to N-YHS.
Alexander Jackson Davis to Frederick de Peyster, [1874]
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Follow-up letter aiming to inspire N-YHS to broaden its approach to collection development; includes illustration of N-YHS Library.
George Bancroft to Andrew Warner, 1880 October 7
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Acknowledgment of well wishes from N-YHS upon Bancroft's 80th birthday.
John Jay to N-YHS, 1883 February 14
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Acceptance of invitation to deliver address at N-YHS seventy-ninth anniversary celebration, with extended discussion of research on the intended topic, the history of the Treaty of Peace with Great Britain; copy of original invitation sent February 6, 1883, by N-YHS officers.
Chester Arthur to N-YHS, 1883 November 13
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Acceptance of invitation to attend the N-YHS 79th anniversary celebration.
Ulysses S. Grant to N-YHS, 1883 November 22
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Acceptance of invitation to attend the N-YHS 79th anniversary celebration.
Henry O'Reilly to Jacob B. Moore, 1883 November 19
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Update on writing progress and request to direct mail to O'Reilly's address in Rochester.
Martha J. Lamb to Jacob B. Moore, 1883 November 23
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Request for special accommodations during attendance at N-YHS 79th anniversary celebration due to illness.
Harvey B. Dodworth to Jacob B. Moore, 1883 November 30
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Request for payment of band services, presumably for N-YHS 79th anniversary celebration.
Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Isham, 1888 February
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Acceptance of invitation to deliver lecture at N-YHS on "Gouverneur Morris and his Times."
Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Isham, 1888 March 12
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Request for postponement of N-YHS lecture due to alternate obligations.
Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Isham, 1888 March 20
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Confirmation of unavailability to deliver lecture on April 3.
Woodrow Wilson to N-YHS, 1888 September 3
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Request to view N-YHS collections with accompanying party.
Theodore Roosevelt to John A. King, 1891 April 8
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Acknowledgment of appointment as N-YHS delegate to the Patent Convention; but unable to confirm acceptance at time.
Theodore Roosevelt to Andrew Warner, 1894 April 27
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Inquiry into the availability of a N-YHS member to replace him as lecturer for the Society for the Extension of University Teaching on August 7.
Theodore Roosevelt to Andrew Warner, 1895 September 13
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Notification of presence of old Peter Stuyvesant pear tree in the New York Police Department and intent, if given the authority, to donate it to N-YHS.
John Addison Porter to John A. King, 1897 April 20
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Acceptance, on behalf of President William McKinley, of Honorary Membership in N-YHS.
Fred W. Carpenter to John A. Weekes, 1909 April 8
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Acknowledgment, on behalf of President William S. Taft, of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS.
William H. Taft to John A. Weekes, 1914 January 12
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Decline of invitation to deliver address at N-YHS 110th Anniversary celebration.
Theodore Roosevelt to John A. Weekes, 1918 September 3
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Apologetic decline of unspecified invitation.
Correspondence. 1923-1931. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1923-1924; 1930-1931
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Incoming and outgoing correspondence with N-YHS Librarian Alexander J. Wall, chiefly tracing the N-YHS reprinting and distribution of a volume of Minutes of the New York Council of Appointments (4/2/1777-3/4/1779) owned by FDR. Also includes research inquiries into seventeeth-century land grant Great Nine Partners Patent and other Dutchess County history; FDR's campaign to create a naval and marine museum in conjunction with N-YHS; and 1931 requests for support of FDR while he is serving as governor. Two letters addressed to N-YHS President John A. Weekes, a cousin of Roosevelt, decline his invitation to serve on the Executive Committee, due to health, and accept election as Honorary Member. Three letters from Roosevelt in regard to FDR sitting for a portrait prior to, and following, his election and inauguration as Governor to be painted by DeWitt M. Lockman for the Society. Portraits were to be exhibited at the Society once completed (see also Box 157 F 7). 34 items [17 originals from Roosevelt]
Poultney Bigelow to Alexander J. Wall, 1941 July 10
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Critique of U.S. government and involvement in the War; marked as "Confidential -- at least until you see my body completely burned."
Dwight D. Eisenhower to R.W.G. Vail, 1947 October 28
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Acknowledgement of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS.
Lyndon B. Johnson to Frederick B. Adams, 1964 January 30
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Acknowledgement of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS.
Lady Bird Johnson to James J. Heslin, 1964 March 23
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Expression of gratitude for personal tour of N-YHS, emphasizing appreciation of the Audubons and Peale portrait of Thomas Jefferson.
James J. Heslin to Lady Bird Johnson, 1964 April 1
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Decline of request for loan of Rembrandt Peale portrait of Thomas Jefferson due to terms of the original deed of gift.
Lady Bird Johnson to James J. Heslin, 1964 April 7
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Acknowledgment of decline of Jefferson portrait loan.
Johnson Family to N-YHS, 1973 February 23
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Printed appreciation for sympathies following the death of Lyndon B. Johnson.
Ella Grasso to Charlotte Rowell, 1977 May 3
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Decline of invitation to opening reception for N-YHS exhibition "Remember the Ladies."
James J. Heslin to N-YHS Staff, 1982 September
Scope and Contents Note
Expression of gratitude for gifts, presumably upon Heslin's retirement from position of Director.
George Bush to N-YHS, 1984 April 3
Scope and Contents Note
Expression of gratitude for gift of book New York and the China Trade.
James B. Bell to N-YHS, 1988 November 24
Scope and Contents Note
Note accompanying donation of books.
Bill Clinton to Margaret Heilbrun, 1990s
Scope and Contents Note
Printed portrait and expression of appreciation for support and friendship during administration.
Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton to Margaret Heilbrun, 1994
Scope and Contents Note
Printed portrait and expression of appreciation for support for the Democratic party.
Rudy Giuliani, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, John V. Lindsay, Edward I. Koch, David N. Dinkins, Abraham D. Beame, Mario Cuomo, 1994-1995
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letters donated to N-YHS, apparently for a possible fundraising auction, by various New York political figures apparently in response to a request from Executive Director Betsy Gotbaum for their recollections of the most dramatic or significant moment in New York in their personal experience. Giuliani, Moynihan, Koch (ALS); Lindsay, Koch (LS); Dinkins, Beame, Cuomo (photocopies). Found during processing in 2016 of Gotbaum's Executive Office files.
Rudolph W. Giuliani to N-YHS, 1995 May 10
Scope and Contents Note
Greetings from the mayor on the occasion of N-YHS's ribbon-cutting ceremony for the re-opening of its exhibition galleries.
Duchess of York to Betsy Gotbaum, 1998 July 14
Scope and Contents Note
Expression of appreciation for work on Tea to benefit Chances for Children on June 25, 1998. 3 items
Rudolph W. Giuliani to N-YHS, 1998 October 20
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Acknowledgment of N-YHS and New York City Police Foundation collaboration on the exhibition "New York's Finest: A History of the New York City Police Department."
A.M. Rosenthal to Betsy Gotbaum, 1999 October 26
Scope and Contents Note
Descriptive letter accompanying donation of personal note written upon discovery and decision to print the Pentagon Papers; photocopy of original manuscript.
Carl Bernstein to Betsy Gotbaum, 1999 November 15
Scope and Contents Note
Descriptive letter accompanying donation of carbon copy of original draft of page 960 of the manuscript of All The President's Men; photocopy of original manuscript.
Bill Clinton to Kenneth T. Jackson, 2001 August 31
Scope and Contents Note
Expression of appreciation for event held in honor at N-YHS and election as Honorary Member; printed program for "An evening at the New-York Historical Society with Former President William Jefferson Clinton" on July 17, 2001.
Hillary Rodham Clinton to "Friends", 2001 November 26
Scope and Contents Note
Greeting to confirmed attendees of the N-YHS event "History Makers Gala 2001," honoring William B. Harrison with the De Witt Clinton Award.
Barack Obama to [gala attendees], 2015 October 16
Scope and Contents Note
Presidential message provided to be read to attendees of the 2015 History Makers Gala.
Ed Ruscha to Louise Mirrer, 2015 December 10
Scope and Contents Note
Expression of enthusiasm at learning of N-YHS's addition of his painting Fanned Book to the Library.
Mo Willems to Louise Mirrer, 2016 September 27
Scope and Contents Note
Thank you note for the exhibition of his work.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg to N-YHS, 2017-2018, inclusive
Scope and Contents Note
Includes two related items from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to N-YHS. In a letter to Chief Operating Officer Jennifer Schantz dated 30 October 2017, Ginsburg complimented N-YHS on its Citizenship Project, as described in the New York Times on October 29, and offered to participate in a naturalization ceremony at N-YHS if schedules allowed. Subsequent to that letter, Ginsburg did participate in a ceremony on April 10 at N-YHS and N-YHS sent her a gift in thanks. On a note card to Schantz and Chief Executive Officer Louise Mirrer dated 6 June 2018, Ginsburg expressed her thanks for the gift, recalled her pleasure at participating in the ceremony and observed that the diversity among the new citizens is what the USA means to her.
Stephen Breyer to Louise Mirrer, 2023 March 12
Scope and Contents Note
Written on Supreme Court of the United States printed letterhead, this autograph letter signed from Justice Stephen Breyer to New-York Historical Society Chief Executive Officer Louise Mirrer declines Mirrer's invitation [the context of the invitation is unclear] because he is writing a long book. He calls the invitation a "considerable honor" and hopes she will "consider [him] again in a year or so." With envelope.
Series II. Letterpress Copybooks, 1876-1911, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents Note
The Letterpress Copybooks series is comprised of five bound volumes containing copies of the New-York Historical Society's outgoing mail between the years of 1876 and 1913, chiefly written by the Librarian as well as other N-YHS officers; two additional volumes contain the correspondence of Magazine of American History editor and founder John Austin Stevens for the full year of 1878 and November-December of 1879. The letters are recorded in chronological order, with individual pages containing one to two letters. Registers in the front of the letter books offer accurate lists of recipients recorded alphabetically by last name, alongside the page numbers of relevant correspondence.
The general materials appear relatively comprehensive for the 1870s and 1880s, which also frequently feature formal correspondence directed between N-YHS officers, and the 1900s; copies of outgoing mail were less consistently maintained in other years. Series content commonly mirrors the General Correspondence files of Series III, consisting of answers to research, library operations, and membership inquiries; responses to acquisitions proposals and suggestions; acknowledgments of receipt of materials; arrangements for events and publications; and notifications of elections, appointments, resolutions, meetings, lectures, and other N-YHS committee activity. The Stevens copybooks concern various facets of magazine production such as contributor solicitation, research, and more.
Notes for each volume identify frequent and/or notable correspondents, as applicable, and break down the page ranges by year for general correspondence copybooks, to provide researchers with a sense of scope for time periods of interest. The letter book registers may serve as a potential guide to the General Correspondence files for researchers interested in specific correspondents, as they may suggest time frames in which people were in communication with N-YHS.
Arrangement Note
The series includes seven volumes, in chronological order.
Processing Information Note
The series was processed by archivist Brynn White. Conservation work for the volumes, including custom-made housing, was done by conservator Janet Lee.
Letter Book., 1876-1881
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondents include Erastus Benedict, Charles W. Baird, Samuel L. Boardman, Henry H. Browne, Jeremiah Colburn, E.B. Coley, Samuel W. Francis, William Henry Hurlbert, Charles P. Kirkland, Juo W.M. Lee, William Beach Lawrence, Amos Perry, Eugene Revillout, Rev. Ebenezer Rogers, J.H. Trumbull, H.C. Van Schaack, Justin Winsor, and former N-YHS Librarian George H. Moore.
Date ranges by page number
1876 November-December: 1-20
1877: 21-275
1878: 276-368
1879: 368-468
1880: 469-610
1881 January-September: 611-693
The associated register for the letterpress book is detached and stored in a folder in the box with the volume.
Letter Book. Magazine of American History, 1878
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondents include James Carson Brevoort, John Russell Bartlett, Charles W. Baird, John Chester Buttre, Joseph J. Cooke, Thomas Addis Emmet, George W. Green, George Geddes, Henry A. Homes, Henry Cabot Lodge, Orasmus Holmes Marshall, Theodorus Bailey Myers, George C. Mason, J.C. Mamau(?), William H. Newton, R.E. Nelson, Photo Engraving Co., George Henry Preble, R.M Potter, James H. Rogers, R.S. Robertson, William L. Stone, L.H. Shreve, Henry Cruger Van Schaack, H.C. Wickes, and Ella B. Washington.
Letter Book. Magazine of American History, 1878
Scope and Contents Note
All letters addressed in November and December of 1879. Frequent correspondents include T.F. Donnelly, Photo Engraving Co., James A. Rogers,and James H. Teevau(?).
Letter Book., 1881-1888
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondents include Frederick Cook, Ellen Kemble, Luther R. Marsh, Royal Phelps, G.D. Scull, Moses Coit Tyler, and George Cabot Ward.
Date ranges by page number
1881 October-December: 1-63
1882: 64-236
1883: 236-348
1884: 349-452
1885: 453-551
1886: 552-667
1887: 667-682
1888 January-March: 683-702
Letter Book., 1888-1907
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondents include William R. Huntington, William B. Isham, Frank B. Kelly, and Lewis S. Patrick.
Date ranges by page number
1888 April-December: 1-40
1889: 41-86
1890: 87-93
1891: 94-107
1892: 108-122
1893: 123-128
1894: 129
1895: 130-133
1896: 134-137
1897: 138-141
1898: 142-146
1899: 148-178
1900: 178-197
1901: 198-226
1902: 227-313
1903: 313-479
1904: 480-558
1905: 559-626
1906: 627-677
1907 January-April: 677-692
The associated register for letters A-G from the letterpress book is detached and stored in a folder in the box with the volume.
Letter Book., 1907-1911
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondents include V.D. Allen, Gerard Beekman, Mrs. Amos Draper, Stuyvesant Fish, Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission, Nelson Robinson, Herbert Satterlee, and John A. Weekes.
Date ranges by page number
1907 May-December: 1-34
1908: 35-118
1909: 119-266
1910: 267-428
1911 January-December: 429-698
Letter Book., 1911-1913
Scope and Contents Note
No notable frequent correspondents.
Date ranges by page number 1911 December: 1-3 1912: 4-43 1913: 44
Series III. General Correspondence, 1805-1908, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents Note
The General Correspondence, 1805-1908 series contains chronological files of communications directed to and from New-York Historical Society and its officers, ranging from its founding through the Fall 1908 relocation into its current building on Central Park West.
The bulk of correspondence is incoming, but some notes, responses, and copies of letters produced by New-York Historical Society appear (see also: Series II. Letterpress copybooks of outgoing correspondence, 1876-1911). Librarian William Kelby (1893-1898) frequently annotated letters in red pen, while his successor Robert Kelby (1898-1921) often wrote short notes or instructions on N-YHS responses to letters received. Internally produced correspondence includes memoranda such as excerpts of meeting minutes, acceptances of election to an N-YHS office and resignations, drafts and notes for deceased member memorials, presentation and resolution drafts, and informal reports on relevant legislation, commissions, funding, acquisitions, and other aspects and issues of operations. The recurring presence of N-YHS presidential and intra-officer correspondence commences with the tenure of Luther Bradish (1850-1863), and continues more predominantly with Frederic De Peyster (1864-1866; 1873-1882) and John A. King (1877-1900). Until president Samuel Verplanck Hoffman (1903-1912), the officials' correspondence tone and content remains relatively formal, chiefly concerned with facilities, fundraising, and meeting and committee logistics.
Five incomplete registers of correspondence dating between 1805 and 1847 open the series, chronologically listing select letters by date and corresponding parties. Beginning in 1876, N-YHS officers regularly maintained registers recording the senders of letters received, which may be used as guides to the files. The registers appear fairly accurate, but should not be regarded as comprehensive. Notes on the most frequent and/or notable correspondents -- excluding N-YHS officers at the time, whom are implied -- appear accompanying each register in the container list.
The files are predominated by letters of acknowledgment or decline for N-YHS membership, committee, and officer election; reference inquiries and research requests; and proposals of materials for donation, sale, or transfer to the institution. The latter may be accompanied by sketches, inventories, and further description; these trace the trends, conditions, costs, and context of N-YHS collection development during this period. A small amount of the submitted materials themselves are present and noted.
Correspondence from the first twenty five years of the institution is minimal but by 1840 grows more comprehensive, prolific, and varied, with an increase in lecture proposals and arrangements, publications planning, research reports and funding requests, submissions for presentation before the Society, and general discussion of the services, operations, and activities of the institution. Library staff began to receive a growing number of reference inquiries (commonly relating to family genealogy and military, specifically Revolutionary War, history), space rental requests, and letters of introduction for researchers and potential members. The files also contain event and ticket requests (including election to special committees or delegations), personal information updates such as changes of address and deaths, dues payments and related membership inquiries, news clippings, bills for service, and corrections and commentary on N-YHS published material. These trends continue throughout the series. A select amount of personal correspondence with N-YHS officers appears, with Librarians George H. Moore (1849-1876), a scholar of the history of slavery in New England, and Robert Kelby often addressed on a more intimate and collegial basis.
The early to mid-19th-century correspondence files depict the institution as a sounding board for amateur and professional historians and genealogists, who share their investigations with N-YHS both formally and informally, solicited and unsolicited. Many other core correspondents are peers affiliated with related institutions, such as libraries and other historical societies, who often seek advice and material exchanges. The files represent a cross-section of prominent N-YHS members and officers (DeWitt Clinton, Dr. Samuel L. Mitchill, Egbert Benson, Gouverneur Morris, Frederic De Peyster, James Beekman, and Hamilton Fish); historians (John Farmer, Jared Sparks, John Russell Bartlett, Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, George Bancroft, John Law, Frederick Kapp, Samuel Osgood); writers and lecturers (Lindley Murray, Horatio Gates Spaffords, Prosper Montgomery Wetmore, John Watts De Peyster, Pliny Miles); theologians (Samuel Miller, William Bentley); scientists (Henry R. Schoolcraft); genealogists (Robert Dodge, Henry Cruger Van Schaack); printers and booksellers (Isaac Collins, John W. Taylor, Joel Munsell, John H. Hickcox); publishers (George Palmer Putnam, William Henry Appleton); and antiquarians (Samuel Gardner Drake). International repositories and individuals, many of whom are honorary N-YHS members, correspond from distant locations including China, France, Portugal, Brazil, and Denmark.
By 1840, N-YHS began efforts to systematize its acquisition of materials, reaching out to state and federal government agencies and other repositories to seek publications and documentation. Around this time printed matter begins to appear and is thereafter interspersed throughout the files. These materials include membership certificates and dues receipts, meeting invitations, deeds of gift, formal acknowledgments of receipt and shipment notices from other repositories, and distribution materials or "circulars" produced by both New-York Historical Society and other institutions, such as the Smithsonian Institute, Maryland Historical Society, Mercantile Library, American Antiquarian Society, and American Philosophy Society. The Society's collecting habits also expand around mid-century to more substantially incorporate painting, sculpture, and other artworks, with the Correspondence files including documentation of these acquisitions and commissions. The Abbott Collection of Egyptian antiquities, acquired by N-YHS in 1860, also incites great interest and inquiry.
Over the next several decades, the field of librarianship further professionalizes and libraries, historical societies, government agencies, and other organizations, continue to proliferate and representatives regularly contact N-YHS for exchanges and other professional discourse, data collection, consultation, and collaboration. Colleagues in regular communication include A.R. Spofford, M.M. Bagg, F.D. Stone, Harriet Tenney, Lyman C. Draper, Charles Sprague Smith, Emma Toedteberg, Worthington C. Ford, John Shaw Billings, Isaac F. Wood, Melville Dewey, George C. McWhorter, Brantz Mayer, and other representatives from institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Columbia University, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institute, Long Island Historical Society, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, American Bible Society, American Museum of Natural History, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, United States Department of the Interior, New York State Historical Association, Wisconsin Historical Society, New York City History Club, Maryland Historical Society, the Lenox and Astor Libraries, and their successor, the New York Public Library. Founder of the Sons of the Revolution and former N-YHS librarian (1876-1878) John Austin Stevens is a regular correspondent during the tenures of George H. Moore and Robert Kelby.
Printed matter and circulars further increase as well, including press kits for travelling lecturers, auctions, and publications and business cards, postcards, and other advertisements, of which many highlight new developments in conservation, photography, and other technology. Solicitations for services, employment, research and organization funding, and real estate sales increase, particularly in the late 1880s as public awareness rises of the organization's attempts to raise money for a new building, and its subsequent purchase of land uptown. Further materials relate to the N-YHS Publication Fund, including inquiries on purchase, transfer, order, withdrawal, and other shareholder matters. These materials begin appearing around 1885.
By the 1890s, the files reflect the growing anxiety over N-YHS leadership and facilities, exclusionary policies, and conflicts over public access to the collections. The early 20th-century finds N-YHS staff preparing for the institution's centennial celebration while continually refusing acquisition offers in the face of funding demands for the continually stalled building construction and relocation; some Building Fund, Building Committee, and other fundraising related correspondence appears, including that of substantial donors the De Peyster family, Henry Dexter, and Mary Rhinelander King.
Prominent historians of the time regularly feature in the files dating from the mid-19th-century through the end of the series: Orasmus Holmes Marshall, Benson John Lossing, Martha J. Lamb, Evert Augustus Duyckinck, Anna Matilda Woodhull, Joseph W. Moulton, James Riker, George Washington Greene, Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, J. Franklin Jameson, Reginald Pelham Bolton, Jane Meade Welch, Woodbury Lowery, Mary Stoughton Locke, and Mary V. Worstell. Other frequent and notable correspondents from this time period include writers and lecturers (William Cullen Bryant, Henry Steel Olcott, Henry B. Dawson, and Gherardi Davis ); politicians (William H. Seward, John V.L. Pruyn, Smith E. Lane, Asa Bird Gardiner, John Winthrop Chanler, John Bigelow, John Harper Trumbull, and Frederick C. Cook); educators (James C. Welling and John Howard Van Amringe); theologians (Charles Washington Baird, William Reed Huntington, and Horatio Gates Jones); artists (John G. Chapman, George Catlin, Louis Lang, and H.A. McArdle); architects (Edward Lippincott Tilton); scientists (Henry William Ravenel, John William Draper, and Samuel W. Francis); genealogists (Joseph Jackson Howard and Morris P. Ferris); printers and booksellers (Charles Burr Todd, Robert Clarke, John F. Trow, Walter Aldrich, and U.P. James); publishers (G.P. Putnam, A.W. Elson); art dealers (Samuel Putnam Avery); antiquarians (James Carson Brevoort); and contractors of N-YHS (photographers Edward Bierstadt and George C. Dodd, art conservator H.A. Hammond Smith, and fundraiser Frank G. Tilford).
The series also documents the many lectures , special meetings, and memorial events hosted by N-YHS, containing print invitations, announcements, RSVPs, delegate and special committee election responses, and arrangements with special guests and speakers (including proposals and direct invitation responses, updates on research and presentation topics, accompaniments such as lantern slides, and subsequent publication of lectures). The files contain considerable amounts of ephemera relating to other institutions and events: tickets and invitations for important events such as the opening of Niagara Falls state reservation and the dedication of the Statue of Liberty, and circulars for Worlds Fairs and other expositions, often accompanying letters of recruitment for N-YHS participation. Late-19th century materials in particular portray N-YHS, its members and its brethren's advocacy, fundraising, and other participation in movements to commemorate important historical events, figures, and locales through monuments and celebrations. Also included is a series of documentation relating to N-YHS's advocacy and petition to the state legislature to take firmer action in the preservation of public records, for which a Record Preservation Committee was formed.
Arrangement and Description Note
The series is arranged chronologically.
Documents and correspondents identified by the processing archivist as being of substance and/or significance to N-YHS institutional history or historical thought are identified in folder-level notes. However, these were identified within the time constraints of processing and so cannot be relied on exclusively by researchers.
Some attempt was made to group and note letters related to a similar subject matter or correspondent. All bequests and estate activity are noted after 1890.
The majority of pre-1860 correspondence is directly preceded by a typescript of letter contents. Typescripts were generated by former N-YHS personnel, in varying degrees of comprehensiveness and accuracy. Copies or transcripts of select documents from Series I. Notable Correspondents materials appear in the files. Early folders may contain small pieces of scrap paper identifying acquisitions indicated by the correspondence content.
Although N-YHS officers began binding incoming correspondence around 1876, it was subsequently disbound at some point by a conservator. Due to damage inflicted by binding adhesive, most materials between 1885 and 1898 are interleaved with bond paper. In other folders, fragile materials have been placed in the back, either interleaved or in an appropriately marked protective sling. Small items such as postcards, tickets, and business cards, are housed in envelopes within their appropriate folders.
Prior N-YHS staff further arranged select correspondence between 1860 and 1875 into Executive Committee, Library Administration and Acquisitions, and Museum categories:
Executive Committee files include nomination acceptances and acknowledgments, membership and position inquiries and resignations, dues payments, meeting notices and RSVPs, and other documentation of committee activity.
Library Administration/Acquisition & Donation files include catalog and exchange requests; inquiries and advertisements from booksellers, agents, publishers, binders, and printers; requests to visit the library or copy materials; and reference requests, acquisition proposals, and other correspondence relating to books, periodicals, photographs, government documents, pamphlets, and other manuscript materials.
Museum files include requests to copy N-YHS artworks, reference inquiries, acquisition proposals, and other correspondence relating to paintings, sculptures, coins, instruments, antiquities, textiles and other artifacts and relics.
This subject arrangement has been maintained, though files have been relocated to the end of file runs in their respective years. Researchers should not assume that individual materials have been diligently arranged according to this thematic scheme, and are advised to additionally consult the general files for time periods of interest.
It is recommended that researchers interested in ephemera, or seeking circulars or other missing attachments for letters, consult the Undated folders at the end of every year, where much of these materials appear to have been placed.
Undated material estimates were made by prior N-YHS staff who performed the original chronological arrangement, presumably based off the original order in which they were found.
Processing Information Note
This series was processed perhaps circa 2000, with documents transferred from original folders to archival containers. In 2015, archivist Brynn White refined the arrangement, integrated additional documents found, and provided description in a finding aid for the series.
Registers of Correspondence (5). 1805-1847, 1805-1847
Scope and Contents Note
Includes five unbound chronological inventories of incoming and select outgoing letters, listing date and corresponding parties. Each register appears incomplete, with date gaps and some overlap in date range covered. The original purpose and compilation date(s) of these lists is uncertain, they were likely prepared in the early nineteenth century; one list is recorded on the back of printed invitations to N-YHS's May 1847 meeting.
Correspondence. 1805-1809, 1805-1809
Scope and Contents Note
Includes drafts of toasts for the second Centennary Anniversary of the discovery of the Hudson, hosted by N-YHS on September 4, 1809.
Correspondence. 1810-1811, 1810-1811
Correspondence. 1812-1813, 1812-1813
Scope and Contents Note
Includes November 1813 letter from George H. Macculloch detailing plans to open seminary at Morristown. Includes December 1813 letter from Sam Bayard in Princeton, NJ, to Pintard concerning plans to gather subscribers to fund a canal joining the Millstone and Assamsink rivers.
Correspondence. 1814 (1 of 2), 1814
Scope and Contents Note
Includes typescript of January draft of petition from N-YHS Standing Committee to New York Senate, requesting aid (original in Oversize); July 22 letter from John Marshall to David Hosack commenting on Hosack's published oration concerning the French Revolution; August 6 letter from Samuel Jones to Horatio Gates Spafford in response to his publication the Gazetteer of the State of New York, charging perceived inaccuracies in response to its descriptions of Oyster Bay and the greater Long Island region.
Correspondence. 1814 (2 of 2). Oversize, 1814
Correspondence. 1815-1816, 1815-1816
Scope and Contents Note
Includes July 31, 1816 handwritten copy of the charter and by-laws for the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, titled Articles of Association, sent to John Pintard by J.B. Bowen; October 3, 1816 letter from John Marshall (to Gouverneur Morris?) commenting on the inaugural discourse and reflections on history.
Correspondence. 1817 January-June, 1817
Scope and Contents Note
Includes inventory of donations made by B. Davidson on behalf of the department of Mineralogy for Louisiana; annotated National Museum of Natural History of France pamphlet from director Andre Thouin (in French); letter from Charles Wilson Peale accompanying donation of pamphlets and art catalogues; series of letters regarding the 1817 publication of Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig 'Commerce' by the "Late Master and Supercargo" James Riley; letters, including from artist Thomas Sully, concerning acquiring a copy from Sully of his portrait of Gouverneur Morris.
Correspondence. 1817 July-December, 1817
Scope and Contents Note
Includes photocopies of correspondence between explorer Andre Michaux and John Wakefield Francis.
Correspondence. 1817-1818. Samuel Jones, 1817-1818
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Samuel Jones commentary on revised bylaws, an N-YHS delivery made by DeWitt Clinton on December 6, 1811, and the 1757 publication Smith's History of New York.
Correspondence. 1818, 1818
Correspondence. 1819, 1790, 1819
Scope and Contents Note
Includes original document and accompanying letter of donation by Michael Hogan, August 31, 1790, a Bill of Lading for the first cargo of cattle sent to New South Wales.
Correspondence. 1820-1823, 1820-1823
Correspondence. 1824-1826, 1824-1826
Scope and Contents Note
Includes documentation of debts paid by the Lyceum of Natural History; inquiries from historian Jared Sparks requesting that Pintard agree to send the General Gates's papers to Boston for Sparks's use; and an inquiry and drafted response into the net worth of the N-YHS book collection.
Correspondence. 1827, 1827
Scope and Contents Note
Includes series of Frederic de Peyster Jr. reports on Senate approval of N-YHS request for legislative aid.
Correspondence. 1828, 1828
Scope and Contents Note
Includes series of letters confirming the details of the transfer of the N-YHS Mineralogical and Geological Cabinet and another natural history-themed case to the Lyceum of Natural History; October 1928 inventory of medals and coins received by N-YHS; and correspondence proposing biographies of Cadwallader Colden and Samuel Jones to publish alongside N-YHS Collections volumes.
Correspondence. Undated, circa 1805-1828
Correspondence. 1828-1829
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondence with W.L. Marcy of New York Comptroller's Office concerning N-YHS debts and account of loan from Washington Insurance Company of New York to John Pintard and David Hosack on behalf of N-YHS.
Correspondence. 1829, 1829
Correspondence. Undated, c. 1820-1830
Correspondence. 1830-1831, 1830-1831
Correspondence. 1832-1833, 1832-1833
Correspondence. 1834-1835, 1834-1835
Correspondence. 1836-1838, 1836-1838
Correspondence. 1839 January-March, 1839
Correspondence. 1839 April, 1839
Scope and Contents Note
Includes replies to N-YHS invitation for April 30 event celebrating the 50th anniversary of George Washington's inauguration, featuring a key note address by President John Quincy Adams.
Correspondence. 1839 May-December, 1839
Correspondence. 1839, 1839
Correspondence. 1840 (1 of 2), 1840
Scope and Contents Note
Includes typescript of formal petition to Governor of Tennessee requesting copies of all legislative and other official documents; original in OVERSIZE. See also: 1841 January-June folder for responses from other state representatives to similar petitions.
Correspondence. 1840 (2 of 2). Oversize, circa 1840
Scope and Contents Note
Formal petitions to Governors of Tennessee and Georgia requesting copies of all legislative and other official documents; undated form letters of similar petitions to state legislatures and to Congressional representatives requesting improvements in international copyright law to protect American literature.
Correspondence. 1841 January-June, 1841
Correspondence. 1841 July-December, 1841
Correspondence. 1842, 1842
Correspondence. 1843 January-June, 1843
Scope and Contents Note
Includes April 28 letter from D.T. Thompson to John Jay discussing the adoption of an alternative national name for the country and June 1 letter from William S. Bogart to George Folsom contemplating the appropriate respository for the records of the State of New York.
Correspondence. 1843 July-December, 1843
Scope and Contents Note
Includes requests from the Mechanics Institutite regarding participation in the establishment of a Polytechnic institute and exhibition; July 14 letter from Samuel Sawyer on discovered fragments from the lost colony at Roanoke Island, Virginia; and official resolution by the General Assembly of North Carolina to bind and send official documents to N-YHS.
Correspondence. 1844 January-February, 1844
Scope and Contents Note
Includes January 20,1844 letter from Alexandre Vattemare discussing early iteration of his system of exchange of books, documents and maps between libraries and museums (in French; further materials appear in 1859 July-October folder).
Correspondence. 1844 March-April, 1844
Correspondence. 1844 May-October, 1844
Correspondence. 1844 November (1 of 2), 1844
Correspondence. 1844 November (2 of 2), 1844
Correspondence. 1844 December, 1844
Correspondence. 1845 January-March, 1845
Scope and Contents Note
Includes January 8 letter from William H.C. Hosmer concerning his gift of Native American artifacts found near Avon, New York; accompanied by sketches.
Correspondence. 1845 March-April, 1845
Correspondence. 1845 April-May, 1845
Scope and Contents Note
Includes responses from various individuals and organizations to the N-YHS report on the country's adoption of a national name.
Correspondence. 1845 June-August, 1845
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letter on behalf of the Sicilian Academy of Science and Letters seeking members interested in becoming corresponding members of Italian organizations; chop (i.e., seal) and letter from honorary Chinese member Thon-king, accompanied by translation.
Correspondence. 1845 September-December, 1845
Correspondence. 1846 January-February, 1846
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondence with Edward Sanford and Archibald Campbell concerning the revival and amendment of the original N-YHS articles of incorporation in the New York State Senate.
Correspondence. 1846 March-May, 1846
Correspondence. 1846 June-December, 1946
Correspondence. 1847 January-February, 1847
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a letter from James R. Hitchcock to George Gibbs describing his travels in Yucatan.
Correspondence. 1847 March-May, 1847
Correspondence. 1847 June-August, 1847
Correspondence. 1847 September-October, 1847
Correspondence. 1847 November-December, 1847
Scope and Contents Note
Includes unsigned drafts of announcement of the death of former New York Supreme Court Justice and Chancellor James Kent.
Correspondence. 1848 January-February, 1848
Correspondence. 1848 March-May
Correspondence. 1848 June-September, 1848
Correspondence. 1848 October-November, 1848
Scope and Contents Note
Includes historical research on Jones family, the descendents of Governor William Jones of New Haven, written by his great-great-grandson Issac Jones, and on Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherland, written by James Hammond Trumbull.
Correspondence. 1848 December, 1848
Scope and Contents Note
Includes December 19 informal report on the state of California and its natural resources.
Correspondence. Undated (1 of 2), c. 1840-1849
Correspondence. Undated (2 of 2), c. 1840-1849
Correspondence. 1849 January, 1849
Scope and Contents Note
Includes institutional responses to a Smithsonian questionnaire issued to public libraries across the country, addressing general collections, facilities, operations, and preservation topics.
Correspondence. 1849 February, 1849
Correspondence. 1849 March, 1849
Scope and Contents Note
Includes extensive March 20 letter from B.B. Minor resurrecting the debate over the adoption of a new national name for the country.
Correspondence. 1849 April-June, 1849
Correspondence. 1849 July-August
Scope and Contents Note
Includes July-October correspondence regarding N-YHS commission of William H. Powell to paint portrait of Alphonse de Lemartine.
Correspondence. 1849 September-October, 1849
Correspondence. 1849 November-December, 1849
Correspondence. 1850 January, 1850
Correspondence. 1850 February, 1850
Correspondence. 1850 March-April, 1850
Correspondence. 1850 May-June, 1850
Scope and Contents Note
Includes layouts and sketches for lot in Union Square considered for purchase by N-YHS.
Correspondence. 1850 July-August, 1850
Correspondence. 1850 September-October, 1850
Correspondence. 1850 November-December, 1850
Correspondence. 1851 January-April, 1851
Correspondence. 1851 May-September, 1851
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letters alleging evidence in the 1813 killing of Tecumseh, clearing the name of Colonel Richard M. Johnson; and A.W. Holden manuscript "Indian Names of Lake Champlain and Vicinity."
Correspondence. 1851 October-December, 1851
Scope and Contents Note
Includes three letters from Daniel Webster concerning NYHS's request for him to address the Society.
Correspondence. Undated, [1851]
Correspondence. 1852 January-February, 1852
Correspondence. 1852 February (1 of 3), 1852
Scope and Contents Note
This folder and the next two includes requests for tickets to the Daniel Webster address.
Correspondence. 1852 February (2 of 3), 1852
Correspondence. 1852 February (3 of 3), 1852
Correspondence. 1852 February-July, 1852
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letters regarding the proofs and publication of Daniel Webster's February 23, 1852 address to N-YHS; includes three letters from Webster concerning copies of the publication.
Correspondence. 1852 March-April, 1852
Correspondence. 1852 May-June, 1852
Correspondence. 1852 July-August, 1852
Correspondence. 1852 September-December, 1852
Correspondence. 1853 January-February, 1853
Correspondence. 1853 March-June, 1853
Correspondence. 1853 July-December, 1853
Scope and Contents Note
Includes George B. Catlin's request of N-YHS to petition the US government to purchase his collection of Indian portraits and paintings; includes letter from Thomas Gallaudet requesting permission to visit the N-YHS rooms with his "deaf-mute friends."
Correspondence. 1854 January-March, 1854
Scope and Contents Note
Includes February 9 letter from Bushrod Washington accompanying donation of manuscript of his uncle George Washington described as "of a personal nature;" February 24 letter from Maunsell B. Field observing limited awareness of American intellectual activity in France and requesting N-YHS assistance in its advocacy abroad.
Correspondence. 1854 April-June, 1854
Correspondence. 1854 July-October, 1854
Scope and Contents Note
Includes submission letter of James W. Beekman and accompanying extracts from the autobiographical manuscripts of Chevalier de Carro, including research on the escape of General Lafayette from Olmiitz.
Correspondence. 1854 November, 1854
Correspondence. 1854 December
Correspondence. 1855 January-March, 1855
Scope and Contents Note
Includes January 2 letter from J.G. Fletcher accompanying donation of his Portuguese translation of letters of Lieutenant Maury in the Amazon, outlining his ongoing work with the Brazilian Historical and Geographical Institute, and attempting to incite N-YHS interest in the country as members of "the two most powerful Governments of the Western Continent."
Correspondence. 1855 April, 1855
Scope and Contents Note
Includes April 27 answer by George E. Ellis to inquiry into the activities of the Massachusetts Historical Society, featuring discussion of original charter and extensive synopses of their collections.
Correspondence. 1855 May-June, 1855
Correspondence. 1855 July-October, 1855
Correspondence. 1855 November-December, 1855
Correspondence. 1856 January-March, 1856
Correspondence. 1856 April-May, 1856
Scope and Contents Note
Includes April 30 letter from William Barry, of the newly formed Chicago Historical Society, requesting assistance in building a collection for Scientific Engineers.
Correspondence. 1856 June-October, 1856
Scope and Contents Note
Includes unsigned description of Julie Patrana, the woman believed to be a hybrid of ape and human.
Correspondence. 1856 November-December, 1856
Scope and Contents Note
Includes update and news clippings for South Carolina Historical Society, sent by William James Rivers.
Correspondence. 1857 January-March, 1857
Correspondence. 1857 April-June, 1857
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letter from Edward Everett outlining planned N-YHS remarks on George Washington and slavery.
Correspondence. 1857 July-October, 1857
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letter from President Luther Bradish to Librarian George H. Moore discussing various logistics of the new building, chiefly subscription funding, and illustrated by hand-drawn draft for event room layout; August 6 letter from W.W. Turner inquiring about rumors George H. Moore suspected John R. Bartlett of plagiarism, and August 8 vehement denial of these claims by Moore.
Correspondence. 1857 November-December, 1857
Correspondence. 1858 January-April, 1858
Scope and Contents Note
Includes January 20 note from U.S. Consulate General of Russia accompanying summary of Baron M. Korff's work on the Accession of Nicholas I and March 4 follow-up further analyzing Korff's historical research; includes letter from W.B. Cronyn(?) transmitting photographs of an old house that was on the scene of the Revolutionary War's Battle of Long Island.
Correspondence. 1858 May-October, 1858
Correspondence. 1858 November-December, 1858
Correspondence. 1859 January-February, 1859
Correspondence. 1859 March-April, 1859
Correspondence. 1859 May-June, 1859
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letters and publications related to Henry O'Reilly donation of documents of Western settlement and the telegraph system; George Bancroft complaint concerning the delay of the N-YHS catalogue and response by President Bradish.
Correspondence. 1859 July-October, 1859
Scope and Contents Note
Includes series of correspondence and resolution to participate in Paris literary exchange, orchestrated by Alexandre Vattemare and Hamilton Fish and involving the French publisher Hachette.
Correspondence. 1859 November-December, 1859
Scope and Contents Note
Includes November 9 letter of introduction from John Jay on behalf of William J. Wilson, principal of Colored School No. 1 in Brooklyn.
Correspondence. 1860 January-April, 1860
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Edward Hamilton Davis's initial proposal to donate large American Antiquity collection; letter from Luther Bradish to George Bancroft raising concerns about the presence of important American pre-Independence documents in Great Britain and the need for government interference; letter to William Cullen Bryant suggesting that a painting of Washington Irving based on a photograph taken by Mathew Brady be unveiled at Bryant's address.
Correspondence. 1860 May-August, 1861
Correspondence. 1860 July. Oversize, 1860
Scope and Contents Note
Includes July 18, 1860 return on rock excavation and "regulating and grading" work performed on Eighth Avenue from 102nd to 114th streets by Gardner A. Sage, under contract of Cornelius Smith. Pencilled date of "September 7. 1921" indicates this might have been submitted to N-YHS at that time, but it is not listed in the accession log.
Correspondence. 1860 September-December, 1860
Correspondence. 1860. Library Administration, 1860
Correspondence. 1861 January-May, 1861
Correspondence. 1861 June-July, 1861
Scope and Contents Note
Includes series of correspondence with Major J.T. Sprague discussing lecture on the Texas rebellion; July 1 and 12 letters from Matthew J. Henry on his research into the language of North American tribes of the Atlantic coast; inquiry from Long Island pastor and abolitionist Willis A. Hodges accusing N-YHS of harboring his missing wife Sarah, accompanied by news clipping of want ad suggesting she is "under the influence of the Devil."
Correspondence. 1861 August-December, 1861
Correspondence. 1861. Library Administration, 1861
Correspondence. 1862, 1862
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letter from Henry B. Dawson suggesting a revisionist reading of early proclamations of independence by the Massachusetts colony in May 1776.
Correspondence. 1862. Library Administration, 1862
Correspondence. 1862. Museum, 1862-1863
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letter from George H. Moore to James J. Jarvis regarding the offer of his art collection, which Moore does not want to accept until N-YHS has secured a better repository.
Correspondence. 1863 January-June, 1863
Correspondence. 1863 May. William Bradford Commemoration Invitation Replies, 1863
Correspondence. 1863 July-October, 1863
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Leave of Absence pass granted by Tennessee headquarters to Adjutant Charlesworth Powe and signed by Assistant Adjutant General T.S. Bowers; unsigned notes on the history of the United States Treasury.
Correspondence. 1863 November-December, 1863
Scope and Contents Note
Includes remarks on the life of frequent N-YHS lecturer John MacLean McDonald (1790-1863) furnished by attorney Smith Barker and Librarian George H. Moore.
Correspondence. 1863. Executive Committee, 1863
Correspondence. 1863. Library Administration, 1863
Correspondence. 1863. Museum, 1863
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letters concerning the James J. Jarvis art collection.
Correspondence. 1864 January-June, 1864
Correspondence. 1864 July-December, 1864
Scope and Contents Note
Includes printing specimen alleged to be the first ever text justification produced by a machine, sent by Charles W. Felt of Salem, Mass.
Correspondence. 1864 September-October. Conquest of New Netherland Bicentennial. Invitation Replies., 1864
Correspondence. 1864. Metropolitan Fair. Financial Documents. Oversize, 1864-1865
Scope and Contents Note
Includes an oversize recapitulation of receipts and expenses for the spring 1864 Metropolitan Fair, in aid of the United States Sanitary Commission. Documents were prepared by George Tuthill for John H. Gourhi, according to accompanying letter, and offer financial breakdowns by station and committee.
Correspondence. 1864. Executive Committee, 1864
Correspondence. 1864. Library Administration, 1864
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letter from Henry O'Reilly detailing his work "First Organization of Colored Troops."
Correspondence. 1864. Museum
Correspondence. 1865 January-June, 1865
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Feburary 1, 1965 edition of The Evening Post reporting the passage of the thirteenth amendment abolishing slavery.
Correspondence. 1865 July-October, 1865
Correspondence. 1865 October. Abraham Lincoln Waistcoat, 1865
Scope and Contents Note
Includes alleged scrap of waistcoat worn by Abraham Lincoln on the night of his assassination; accompanying letter by former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury M.B. Field, present at the president's death bed, explains that it was given to him by Lincoln's body-servant 24 hours after his death.
Correspondence. 1865 November-December, 1865
Correspondence. 1865. Executive Committee. Membership, 1865
Correspondence. 1865. Library Administration, 1865
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Samuel Sewall letter on his collection of Judge Sewell manuscripts and Sewall's attitudes towards slavery; offer of General Lee's statement to the troops on the day of his surrender made by the managers of the Sanitary Relief Fair; series of materials concerning the deposit of the flag of the First New York Dragoons by Laura Wolcott Gibbs; and offer of four exhumed corpses from a burial ground in Peru by E. Rankin.
Correspondence. 1865. Library Administration. Peter Force Library, 1861-1867
Scope and Contents Note
Includes subscription notebook, news clippings, and correspondence concerning the ultimately futile N-YHS effort to acquire the American history collection of Peter Force.
Correspondence. 1866, 1866
Correspondence. 1866. Executive Committee, 1866
Correspondence. 1866. Executive Committee. Membership, 1866
Correspondence. 1866. Library Administration, 1866
Scope and Contents Note
Includes offer by John H. Gourhi of additional financial documentation of 1864 Metropolitan Fair.
Correspondence. 1867, 1867
Scope and Contents Note
Includes acceptance of N-YHS presidency by Hamilton Fish and his early correspondence in the position; inventory of Revolutionary era books and papers of Arad Joy; and dispatches from Peking, China by William H. Seward.
Correspondence. 1867. Executive Committee, 1867
Correspondence. 1867. Executive Committee. Membership, 1867
Correspondence. 1867. Library Administration, 1867
Scope and Contents Note
Includes newspaper re-printing of the New Year's Address poem that originally appeared in the New York Gazette in 1847; donated by Edward Bill.
Correspondence. 1868 January-June, 1868
Correspondence. 1868 July-December, 1868
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letter from US Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola featuring wax seal impressions made from engraved precious stones he is offering N-YHS for purchase; letter and circular "Histoire du Commerce et de la Navigation" (both in French) from academic Francisque Xavier Michel.
Correspondence. 1868. Cornelius Vanderbilt Petition, 1868
Scope and Contents Note
Includes petition to Cornelius Vanderbilt concerning voting the petitioners' proxies for a change in management of the New York Central Railroad Company and Vanderbilt's drafted response; petitioners include John Jacob Astor Jr. and E. Cunard.
Correspondence. 1868. Executive Commitee, 1868
Correspondence. 1868. Library Administration, 1868
Correspondence. 1869 January-June, 1869
Scope and Contents Note
Includes meeting minutes extract from the American Ethnological Society requesting that N-YHS devote an alcove in its library to Ethnology to host the former's collections.
Correspondence. 1869 July-December, 1869
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Hamilton Fish's ticket and program for September 14 celebration of the centennial birthday of naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt; hand-written, unsigned expression of interest for a Napoleon lecture to be presented at N-YHS by "Miss Pickersgill," accompanied by a small pamphlet advertising her lecture series on major historical figures for young persons.
Correspondence. 1869. Executive Committee, 1869
Correspondence. 1869. Library Administration, 1869
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Chicago Historical Society inventory of duplicate volumes available for exchange and proposal by John R. Bartlett for N-YHS purchase of his collection.
Correspondence. 1869. Museum, 1869
Correspondence. 1870 January-June, 1870
Scope and Contents Note
Includes two accounts of William Jefferson Bryan's last minute bequest of paintings to N-YHS in the days leading up to his death aboard the Lafayette.
Correspondence. 1870 July-December, 1870
Correspondence. 1870. Executive Committee, 1870
Correspondence. 1870. Library Administration, 1870
Correspondence. 1870. Museum, 1870
Correspondence. 1870. Special Events, 1870
Correspondence. 1871 January-June, 1871
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondence concerning the return to Jonathan Edwards of the original commission and instructions to Benedict Arnold to take Fort Ticonderoga, deposited with N-YHS in 1844.
Correspondence. 1871 July-December, 1871
Correspondence. 1871. Executive Committee, 1871
Correspondence. 1871. Library Administration, 1871
Correspondence. 1871. Museum, 1871
Scope and Contents Note
Includes series of letters from Ernest L. McCracken concerning the N-YHS acquisition of George Washington's Valley Forge camp bed.
Correspondence. 1872 January-April, 1872
Correspondence. 1872 May-August, 1872
Scope and Contents Note
Includes complaint from a woman, C.J.A. Johnson of Granville, Ohio, about the difficulties of getting into N-YHS as an "outsider" and series of correspondence to and from William Henry Seward concerning his anniversary address at N-YHS.
Correspondence. 1872 September-December, 1872
Correspondence. 1872. Executive Committee, 1872
Correspondence. 1872 January-April. Library Administration, 1872
Correspondence. 1872 May-December. Library Administration, 1872
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letter and extensive inventory from A.L Burr of his collection of 18th-century letters and autographs.
Correspondence. 1872. Museum, 1872
Correspondence. 1873 January-February, 1873
Correspondence. 1873 March-June, 1873
Correspondence. 1873 July-September, 1873
Correspondence. 1873 October-December, 1873
Correspondence. 1873. Executive Committee, 1873
Correspondence. 1873 January-June. Library Administration, 1873
Correspondence. 1873 July-October. Library Administration, 1873
Correspondence. 1873 November-December. Library Administration, 1873
Scope and Contents Note
Includes inventory and correspondence concerning Linstant Pradine's West Indies-themed book collection and series of dispatches from John Austin Stevens in Washington D.C.
Correspondence. 1873. Museum, 1873
Correspondence. 1874 January, 1874
Scope and Contents Note
Includes document asserting the founding and policies of the Grosvenor Library in Buffalo, New York; signed by Millard Fillmore, among others.
Correspondence. 1874 February-March, 1874
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letter from journalist Mary L. Booth asserting that she was denied admission to N-YHS in spite of her proferred card.
Correspondence. 1874 April-May, 1874
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letter addressed to Frederic de Peyster from John Jay, of the American Legation at Vienna, emphasizing Central American studies and suggesting the formation of an American consortium, or even National Museum, to collect "pre-historic" antiquities of the continent.
Correspondence. 1874 June-September, 1874
Correspondence. 1874 October-November, 1874
Correspondence. 1874 December, 1874
Correspondence. 1874. Executive Committee, 1874
Correspondence. 1874 January-April. Library Administration, 1874
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letter from photographer Filippos Margaritis (in Greek).
Correspondence. 1874 May-September. Library Administration, 1874
Correspondence. 1874 October-December. Library Administration, 1874
Correspondence. 1874. Museum, 1874
Scope and Contents Note
Includes wax impressions and sketches of Egyptian ring produced by Edwin Bergh and offer of Charles Wilson Peale's Exhumation of the Mastodon by Hammond Dugan.
Correspondence. 1874-1875. George Catlin Cartoons, 1874-1875
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letters from George Catlin's sons appealing to N-YHS for acquisition of his American Indian cartoons, printed synopsis, testimonials of value by leading historians and other figures, and copy of address to United States Congress concerning the formation of a national museum to house his collections. (See also: original proposal from Catlin himself in Series I)
Correspondence. 1875 January-February, 1875
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letter from Tiffany & Co requesting to trace from "specimens of Lady Washington's handwriting" and extensive family genealogy by E. Van Bebber.
Correspondence. 1875 March-April, 1875
Correspondence. 1875 May-June, 1875
Correspondence. 1875 July-September, 1875
Scope and Contents Note
Includes July through December discourse between George H. Moore and Charles Doe regarding George Bancroft's published research and assertions, chiefly his interpretation of the Convention of 1779-1780.
Correspondence. 1875 October, 1875
Correspondence. 1875 November-December, 1875
Scope and Contents Note
Includes series of inquiries and surveys throughout 1875 from J. Edwards Clarke and John Eaton, Commissioner of the Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, in preparation of a work on American libraries and historical societies in conjunction with the country's Centennial.
Correspondence. 1875. Executive Committee, 1875
Correspondence. 1875 January-June. Library Administration, 1875
Correspondence. 1875 July-December. Library Administration, 1875
Correspondence. 1875. Museum, 1875
Register of Correspondence. 1876-1877?, [1876-1877]
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent or notable correspondents include Charles W. Baird, E.B. Coley, John S. Clarke, Henry J. Drowne, S.W. Francis, Asa Bird Gardner, John Harper, John Gordan Jr., John W.M. Lee, John Blair Linn, William R. Martin, John A. McAlister, Thomas H. Montgomery, Henry O'Reilly, Charles O'Conor, A.R. Spofford, Joseph Sabin, Fred D. Stone, Frederick Saunders, William S. Stryker, Issac Wood, Justin Winsor, and United States Department of the Interior.
Correspondence. 1876 January-March, 1876
Scope and Contents Note
Includes defense of Colonel Joseph Reed, Adjutant General to Washington, who was alleged to have taken protection from the British during the Revolutionary War by George Bancroft; research, argument, and follow-up presented by William S. Stryker, Adjutant General of the state of New Jersey; and series of Orasmus Holmes Marshall letters regarding his paper on Champlain.
Correspondence. 1876 April-June, 1876
Scope and Contents Note
Includes April 8 note and accompanying signed resolution by Chairman Daniel Huntington and the Committee on Selection for U.S. International Exhibition requesting N-YHS loan of Thomas Cole's The Course of Empire for the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.
Correspondence. 1876 July-October, 1876
Correspondence. 1876 November-December, 1876
Scope and Contents Note
Includes official membership election certificate for Robert H. Grinnell, signed by president Frederic de Peyster on December 22, 1876.
Correspondence. 1876 Executive Committee, 1876
Correspondence. 1876 January-April. Library Administration, 1876
Correspondence. 1876 May-December. Library Administration, 1876
Scope and Contents Note
Includes notice of ten thousand dollar bequest from Thomas Bahan (?) and October 20, 1876 letter from spiritualist Luther R. Marsh on the historical importance of the town of Pompey, New York.
Correspondence. 1876. Museum, 1876
Correspondence. 1877 January-February, 1877
Scope and Contents Note
Includes article on the origins of the name "America" by William Pinkney Roger; January 22 letter from Martha Lamb to John Austin Stevens discussing her faith in the public's interest in reading history; and January 29 John Watts De Peyster letter complaining about the N-YHS Library's handling of his donated volumes.
Correspondence. 1877 March-May, 1877
Scope and Contents Note
Includes discourse with attorney Charles O'Conor concerning his address at the N-YHS celebration of the constitutional centennial, as well as ticket requests and other inquiries regarding the event. (See also: 1877 May folder)
Correspondence. 1877 May. Constitution Centennial Event. Ticket Requests and Committee Elections, 1877
Correspondence. 1877 June, 1877
Scope and Contents Note
Includes note from Anne U. Jones accompanying a N-YHS book originally borrowed and never returned by her late father Reverend Cave Jones.
Correspondence. 1877 July-September, 1877
Scope and Contents Note
Includes August 11 letter from R.B. Pool initiating plans for local colleagues to host the "Conference of Librarians" at the Young Men's Christian Association in New York City; genealogical overview of the Stevens family submitted by R.D. Stevens of Marion, Iowa, perhaps related to N-YHS addressee John Austin Stevens.
Correspondence. 1877 October, 1877
Correspondence. 1877 November-December, 1877
Scope and Contents Note
Includes October 1 letter from Martha Lamb reacting to "unmerited abuse" of her latest publication and thanking John Austin Stevens for his support; and note from E.J. Huling of The Saratoga Sentinel mocking Stevens for an inaccurate reference to the wheat farming season.
Correspondence. 1877 January-May. Executive Committee, 1877
Scope and Contents Note
Includes responses to appointment notices for the "Committee on the Increase of the Society;" a January 2, 1877 request by Henry B. Dawson to override his "ejection" from N-YHS and follow-up protestations to committee deliberations in May.
Correspondence. 1877 June-December. Executive Committee, 1877
Correspondence. 1877 January-May. Library Administration, 1877
Scope and Contents Note
Includes May 28, 1877 proposition by J. Whitney of the American Tract Society for N-YHS to shoulder a portion of the costs for illustrations and engravings of the N-YHS facilities to accompany a Martha Lamb article on the institution set for publication; an unsigned account of the archaeological discovery of the equestrian statue of George III (see also: 1879 Museum folder); and May 2, 1877 letter from Alex Davis articulating his lofty plans for "a still more respectable library to the Historical Society."
Correspondence. 1877 June-December. Library Administration, 1877
Correspondence. 1877. Museum, 1877
Correspondence. 1878 January-February, 1878
Correspondence. 1878 March-April, 1878
Scope and Contents Note
Includes March 7 letter from George Sheldon, president of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, praising a recent paper delivered there by historian Charlotte Alice Baker, encouraging N-YHS to recruit Baker as a member, and questioning the institution's perceived bias against women (a letter in 1878 December correspondence file confirms Baker's membership); resolution draft from Massachusetts Historical Society in response to the death of William Cullen Bryant.
Correspondence. 1878 May-June, 1878
Correspondence. 1878 July-September, 1878
Correspondence. 1878 October-November, 1878
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letter from archaeologist John Henry Parker urging interest in the earthworks of ancient Rome; July 31 letter from S.H. Gay inquiring about the rumored Lord Bellomont coffin remnants.
Correspondence. 1878 December, 1878
Scope and Contents Note
Includes proposal and updates from R. Schade regarding gate and railing installation at N-YHS.
Correspondence. 1878 Executive Committee, 1878
Correspondence. 1878 January-May. Library Administration, 1878
Scope and Contents Note
Includes February request from Henry O'Reilly to print a catalogue of his N-YHS donations under the name of "Pioneer Memories of an American Half-Century."
Correspondence. 1878 June-December. Library Administration, 1878
Correspondence. 1878 Museum, 1878
Scope and Contents Note
Includes May-June correspondence and subscription sign-up sheets related to N-YHS purchase of the George III equestrian statue fragments.
Correspondence. 1878. Henry Clay Gold Medal Address, 1878
Scope and Contents Note
Includes textile with reprinting of the National Intelligencer report on the February 10, 1852 gold medal presentation to Henry Clay; accompanied by letter from donor John Frick, indicating that the dies of the medal were given to N-YHS by W.D.M. Fitch a few weeks prior.
Correspondence. 1879 January-March, 1879
Correspondence. 1879 April-June, 1879
Correspondence. 1879 July-October, 1879
Scope and Contents Note
Includes lettter from Eugene Revillous, Minister of Public Instruction at the Musees des Beaux-Arts [in French; see also 1880 January-March, 1880 July-October, 1880 Library Administration (3 of 3)].
Correspondence. 1879 November-December, 1879
Correspondence. 1879 January-May. Executive Committee, 1879
Correspondence. 1879 June-December. Executive Committee, 1879
Correspondence. 1879 January-May. Library Administration, 1879
Correspondence. 1879 June-December. Library Administration, 1879
Scope and Contents Note
Includes November 6 letter from brother of the late Agnes Y. McAllister regarding the distribution of his sister's library, which is to be eligible only to historical societies that did not exclude women from membership.
Correspondence. 1879. Museum, 1879
Register of Correspondence. 1880-1881?, [1880-1881]
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent or notable correspondents include Charles Butler, Jeremiah Colburn, Henry T. Drowne, B. Fernow, D. Huntington, George W.W. Houghton, Charles R. Hildeburn. Lawrence William Beach, Charles O'Conor, M.C.L. Ransom, John Austin Stevens, F.A. Stone, H. Suydam, M.C. Tyler, C.B. Tillinghast, and United States Department of Interior.
Correspondence. 1880 January-March, 1880
Scope and Contents Note
Includes February 20 account by Waldorf H. Phillips highlighting new allegations regarding the role of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill in the escalation of the Civil War, and offering confidential information from Colonel John A. Parker of Virginia.
Correspondence. 1880 April-June, 1880
Scope and Contents Note
Includes April 17 letter from representative of J.B. & J.M. Cornell Iron Works regarding the design of a safe for the N-YHS vault; "unofficial" May 6 letter from W. Hunter of Department of State forwarding an inquiry from Mrs. H.J. Tearman of England, pursuing information on her two great-uncles from whom nothing had been heard following their immigration to New York.
Correspondence. 1880 July-October, 1880
Scope and Contents Note
Includes multiple reference inquiries from George Bancroft; October 6 letter from W.C. Dodge advocating N-YHS to erect a memorial to Captain Nathan Hale and a subscription receipt for the Nathan Hale Statue Fund.
Correspondence. 1880 November-December, 1880
Scope and Contents Note
Includes November 21 summary of Henry H. Bowne's preliminary research on "[General Jean Victor Marie] Moreau in America."
Correspondence. 1880 January-June. Executive Committee, 1880
Correspondence. 1880 July-December. Executive Committee, 1880
Correspondence. 1880. Library Administration (1 of 3), 1880
Scope and Contents Note
Includes May 18 notice of Dr. Joseph P. Thompson's bequest of an ebony cane belonging to Abraham Lincoln, whose provenance includes owner Henry Clay prior to its presentation to N-YHS.
Correspondence. 1880. Library Administration (2 of 3), 1880
Scope and Contents Note
Includes November 29 note with comparative illustrations of the former Hudson River site of the North Battery, or "Old Red Fort," in 1857 and 1880, made by Henry H. Bowne as a preservation measure in anticipation of the dredging of area by the New York City Docks department.
Correspondence. 1880. Library Administration (3 of 3), 1880
Correspondence. Undated, Pre-1880. Library Administration, circa 1860-1880
Scope and Contents Note
Includes inventory of Edward G. Fast's Alaska Collectibles of antiquities, minerals, fossils, shells, ores, and impressions; admission card for Cooper Union student [Griffith S. Brother(?)] offer of the 1832 proclamation of South Carolina secession by Andrew Jackson by Mrs. R.H. Olmstead; and invitation for exchange with the newly formed Instituto Historico e Geographica do Brazil in Rio De Janeiro.
Correspondence. 1880. Museum, 1880
Correspondence. 1881 January-February, 1881
Correspondence. 1881 March-April, 1881
Scope and Contents Note
Includes invoice for glass show cases from John A. Liberrt & Son.
Correspondence. 1881 May-September, 1881
Correspondence. 1881 October-November, 1881
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondence with Cornell president Andrew D. White concerning his address at the N-YHS annual meeting, as well as ticket requests for the event.
Correspondence. 1881 December, 1881
Correspondence. 1881 January-September. Executive Committee, 1881
Scope and Contents Note
Includes January 31 letter from illegible correspondent suggesting the creation of a N-YHS fund associated with the Vanderbilt family and encouraging the Society to court other prominent figures; June 7 request from John Austin Stevens for N-YHS to establish hospitality commitee for the approaching visit of M. Edmond de Lafayette and the Vicomte de Rochambeau.
Correspondence. 1881 October-December. Executive Committee, 1881
Scope and Contents Note
Includes February 23 letter from Roger Phelps expressing his friend J. Pierpont Morgan's desire to become an N-YHS member and requesting that N-YHS provide them both with a document listing all Society members.
Correspondence. 1881. Library Administration (1 of 2), 1881
Correspondence. 1881. Library Administration (2 of 2), 1881
Correspondence. 1881. Museum, 1881
Register of Correspondence. 1882, 1882
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent or notable correspondents include William E. Binchaimer(?), Henry T. Drowne, John Watts De Peyster, Horatio Gates Jones, Royal Phelps, G.D. Scull, Isaac F. Wood, and the United States Secretary of State, Department of Interior, and War Department.
Correspondence. 1882 January-February, 1882
Scope and Contents Note
Includes inquiry into N-YHS admission for research from W.C. Dodge on behalf of literary essayist Edmund C. Steadman.
Correspondence. 1882 March-April, 1882
Correspondence. 1882 May-August, 1882
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondence surrounding the death, funeral and papers of N-YHS president Frederic de Peyster (further regards and arrangements appear in following folders for 1882).
Correspondence. 1882 September-October, 1882
Correspondence. 1882 November-December, 1882
Scope and Contents Note
Includes November 9 note from H. Bellini, Dominican Consul of New York, requesting the Society's recent proceedings concerning the remains of Christopher Columbus.
Correspondence. 1882 January-May. Executive Committee, 1882
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Hamilton Fish draft announcement of N-YHS president Frederic de Peyster's death.
Correspondence. 1882 June-December. Executive Committee, 1882
Correspondence. 1882. Library Administration (1 of 2), 1882
Correspondence. 1882. Library Administration (2 of 2), 1882
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letters detailing donations from the Mexican government, represented by M. Romero(?). (see also: 1884 January-May Library Administration)
Correspondence. 1882. Museum, 1882
Correspondence. 1882. Charles M. Bliss. Historical Monuments., 1882
Scope and Contents Note
Includes series of correspondence, annotated clippings, Congressional resolution drafts, and other documents tracing Bennington Historical Society officer Charles M. Bliss's advocacy and activism for the establishment of Revolutionary War memorials.
Register of Correspondence. 1883, 1883
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent or notable correspondents include Henry T. Drowne, Royal Phelps, Augustin Schell, Frederick Saunders, G.D. Scull, Issac F. Woods, Smithsonian Institute, and the United States Department of the Interior.
Correspondence. 1883 January-March, 1883
Correspondence. 1883 April-June, 1883
Scope and Contents Note
Includes June 12 letter from John MacMullen with proposed resolution by Executive Committee advocating that N-YHS erect inexpensive stone post monuments and inscriptions at sites of important historical events.
Correspondence. 1883 July-October, 1883
Correspondence. 1883 November, 1883
Scope and Contents Note
Includes manuscripts of poem "Evacuation Day 1883" by John Barnard and "How the Stars and Stripes Were Raised in New York" by Helen J. O'Donnell, provided by the authors for possible usage in centennial celebrations.
Correspondence. 1883 December, 1883
Correspondence. 1883 January-April. Executive Committee, 1883
Correspondence. 1883 May-October. Executive Committee, 1883
Scope and Contents Note
Includes several offers for the N-YHS Second Avenue property.
Correspondence. 1883 November-December. Executive Committee, 1883
Scope and Contents Note
Includes numerous responses to invitations to represent N-YHS as delegate at the Centennial Procession event on November 24 commemorating the evacuation of British troops from New York and to attend or serve on Reception Committee for the N-YHS 79th anniversary on November 27, featuring a keynote address by John Jay.
Correspondence. 1883 January-March. Library Administration, 1883
Correspondence. 1883 April-August. Library Administration, 1883
Correspondence. 1883 September-December. Library Administration, 1883
Correspondence. 1883. Museum, 1883
Register of Correspondence. 1884, 1884
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent or notable correspondents include George H. Cook, Henry R. Drowne, John H. Heywood, John A. McAlister, James Riker, G.D. Scull, and Isaac F. Wood.
Correspondence. 1884 January-February, 1884
Scope and Contents Note
Includes January circular produced by Patrick Chalmers asserting that it was his father James Chalmers, not Sir Rowland Hill, who invented the adhesive postal stamp; February 8 letter from E.J. Babcock of Senate Library Committee accompanying circular on resolution authorizing Benjamin F. Stevens to obtain for the United States copies of papers relative to the history of its colonization from England and seeking input from N-YHS (see also: 1886 February folder).
Correspondence. 1884 March-April, 1884
Correspondence. 1884 May-June, 1884
Correspondence. 1884 July-August, 1884
Correspondence. 1884 September-October, 1884
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letter from the Special Committee of the Sons of the Revolution, Pedestal Fund for the State of Liberty, requesting N-YHS collaborate and develop a sub-committee.
Correspondence. 1884 November-December, 1884
Correspondence. 1884 January-April. Executive Committee, 1884
Correspondence. 1884 May-December. Executive Committee, 1884
Correspondence. 1884 January-May. Library Administration, 1884
Scope and Contents Note
Includes March 22 letter from Eadward Muybridge introducing accompanying subscription form circular for his upcoming illustrated work Animal Locomotion.
Correspondence. 1884 June-December. Library Administration, 1884
Correspondence. 1884. Museum, 1884
Register of Correspondence. 1885, 1885
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent or notable correspondents include J. Carson Brevoort, Henry T. Drowne, Robert Dodge, John Jay, Luther R. Marsh, Willard Parker, Isaac F. Wood, New Haven Historical Society, and U.S. Department of the Interior.
Correspondence. 1885 January-Feburary, 1885
Correspondence. 1885 March, 1885
Correspondence. 1885 April-June, 1885
Scope and Contents Note
Includes June 13 letter from Melvil Dewey proposing an informal gathering of New York librarians to meet 6-8 times a year; receipt from carpenter John Stacey for iron-shuttered windows.
Correspondence. 1885 July-September (1 of 2), 1885
Correspondence. 1885 July-September (2 of 2), 1885
Scope and Contents Note
Includes print invitation to the July 15 opening of the State Reservation at Niagara Falls and correspondence regarding the assembly of the N-YHS delegation; correspondence documenting N-YHS response to the death of General Ulysses S. Grant and participation in the funeral ceremonies, including black ribbon worn by members for the August 8 event; August 6 letter from photographer Mathew Brady announcing the display of his life-size portrait of Grant at the Fifth Avenue Hotel during the procession.
Correspondence. 1885 October-November, 1885
Correspondence. 1885 December, 1885
Correspondence. 1885 January-July. Executive Committee, 1885
Correspondence. 1885 August-December. Executive Committee, 1885
Correspondence. 1885 January-May. Library Administration, 1885
Correspondence. 1885 June-September. Library Administration, 1885
Correspondence. 1885 October-December. Library Administration, 1885
Correspondence. 1885. Museum, 1885
Register of Correspondence. 1886, 1886
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent or notable correspondents include Secretary of State Frederick C. Cook, Henry T. Drowne, Robert Dodge, George C. Ellis, E.H. Gof(?), J. Franklin Jameson, John Stewart Kennedy, Lewis Lang, Thomas H. Montgomery, George W. Van Siclen, Isaac F. Wood, New York Secretary of State office, and United States Department of the Interior.
Correspondence. 1886 January, 1886
Scope and Contents Note
Includes copied documentation of exchanges between Yale College and Mrs. G.A. Talbot regarding the appraisal and purchase of the Talbot book and print collection.
Correspondence. 1886 February, 1886
Scope and Contents Note
Includes February 25 formal letter from representatives of the New England Historical Society regarding initiative of B.F. Stevens in London to print unpublished manuscripts in European archives relating to the American colonies and Revolutionary War; signees including Andrew Goodell Jr., Albert H. Hoyt, John Ward Dean, and Charles L. Flint implore N-YHS to address the subject with its membership.
Correspondence. 1886 March, 1886
Scope and Contents Note
Includes March 23 proposal by John Anketell that October 12 become an annual commemoration of Christopher Columbus's discovery of America.
Correspondence. 1886 April, 1886
Correspondence. 1886 May, 1886
Scope and Contents Note
Includes May-August series of correspondence from Daniel R. Randall of Johns Hopkins University concerning the collaboration of regional historical societies to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the Anapolis Convention of 1786.
Correspondence. 1886 June, 1886
Correspondence. 1886 July-August, 1886
Correspondence. 1886 September, 1886
Correspondence. 1886 October, 1886
Scope and Contents Note
Includes October 5 letter from Henry B. Dawson again complaining about his suspended N-YHS membership, but offering a volume of his new publication Westchester-County, New York, During the Revolution; and printed invitation to the Statue of Liberty dedication on October 28.
Correspondence. 1886 November, 1886
Correspondence. 1886 December, 1886
Scope and Contents Note
Includes unsigned and undated letter to N-YHS president Frederic de Peyster contemplating potential facilities arrangement with the American Museum of Natural History.
Register of Correspondence. 1887, 1887
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent or notable correspondents include J.C. Birdsong, Melvil Dewey, J. Franklin Jameson, John Jay, George E. Littlefield, Archibald James Murray, Albert Rosenthal, Robert B. Roosevelt, Edward J. Stevenson, Louis De V Wilder, and the United States Department of the Interior.
Correspondence. 1887 January, 1887
Correspondence. 1887 February, 1887
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Feburary 24 note from Melvil Dewey requesting N-YHS contribute to the union list of periodicals being developed by the New York Library Club (see also: 1887 April folder for follow-ups).
Correspondence. 1887 March, 1887
Scope and Contents Note
Includes March 15 receipt for purchase of book cases from John Bank.
Correspondence. 1887 April, 1887
Correspondence. 1887 April. Columbia College Centennial, 1887
Scope and Contents Note
Includes invitation, program, and bulletin for the Columbia College commemoration of its centennial, or the revival and confirmation by the Legislature of the State of New York of the Royal Charter granted in 1754, along with badge worn by N-YHS president John A. King.
Correspondence. 1887 May, 1887
Correspondence. 1887 June, 1887
Correspondence. 1887 July-August, 1887
Scope and Contents Note
Includes solicitation from Henry Romeike and Samuel Leavitt of the Bureau of Press Cuttings and attachment of August 22 clipping from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper criticizing N-YHS facilities and the failure of its wealthy membership base to contribute to the fund for a new building, likely to result in the forfeiture of a recent $100,000 gift.
Correspondence. 1887 September, 1887
Correspondence. 1887 October, 1887
Correspondence. 1887 November, 1887
Correspondence. 1887 December, 1887
Register of Correspondence. 1888, 1888
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent or notable correspondents include John J. Astor, Edwin Lafayete Bymer, Nathaniel Holmes Bishop, Charles William Bowen, John Watts De Peyster, William F. Fox, C.H. Rufell(?), James Clarke Welling, Isaac F. Wood, and New Hampshire Historical Society.
Correspondence. 1888 January 1-15, 1888
Correspondence. 1888 January 16-31, 1888
Scope and Contents Note
Includes January 25 circular distributed by the offices of Simon Stevens on suggestions for a municipal building.
Correspondence. 1888 February, 1888
Scope and Contents Note
Includes February 1 letter from agent W.B. Chilton announcing sale of Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington, previously owned by heirs of Daniel Carroll; February 21 letter from A.B. Gardiner of the Society of the Cincinnati urging N-YHS involvement in the Congressional project to build a national monument to Major General Lafayette, insisting that Count d'Estaing be considered as a subject of memorialization.
Correspondence. 1888 March, 1888
Correspondence. 1888 April, 1888
Scope and Contents Note
Includes April 2 acceptance by Chevalier Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg of election to Foreign Corresponding member, asserting the high reputation in Europe of N-YHS as "one of the oldest and most distinguished scientific societies of the New World."
Correspondence. 1888 May, 1888
Correspondence. 1888 June, 1888
Correspondence. 1888 July, 1888
Correspondence. 1888 August-September, 1888
Correspondence. 1888 October, 1888
Correspondence. 1888 November, 1888
Correspondence. 1888 December, 1888
Correspondence. 1888-1889. Acquisitions of The Whig, 1888-1889
Scope and Contents Note
Includes December 1888 to July 1889 series of correspondence tracing the N-YHS acquisition of the office files of The Whig newspaper (established 1824, Richmond, Virginia): arrangements with editor Abner Wentworth Clopton Nowlin, funding solicitation drafts, letters accompanying N-YHS member contributions to the purchase fund, newspaper clippings, and reference inquiries.
Register of Correspondence. 1889, 1889
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent and notable correspondents include Matilda O. Abbey, Clarence W. Bowen, George S. Boutwell, Charles G. Barney, Hugh J. Grant, Charlton Thomas Lewis, Ezekial Wilson Mundy, F.S. Tallmadge, and organizations American Antiquarian Society, International Exhibition of 1892, Oneida Historical Society, and [United States] Biographical and Genealogical Society.
Correspondence. 1889 January 1-15, 1889
Scope and Contents Note
Includes January 7 letter from George West Van Sicle, secretary of the Holland Society of New York, suggesting N-YHS pursue a new building to accommodate both organizations; and series of reference inquiries and research reports from John Parkam on Richard Phillips (1716-1803).
Correspondence. 1889 January 16-31, 1889
Correspondence. 1889 Feburary, 1889
Scope and Contents Note
Includes February 16 letter introducing the Geological Society of America and seeking advice on the formulation of their publication plan, from secretary W.J. McGee.
Correspondence. 1889 March, 1889
Scope and Contents Note
Includes March 8 circular (No. 214) issued by Massachusetts House of Representatives, reporting on Committee of Printing investigation into the publication process for the Province Laws, and requesting discontinuation based on high costs and inefficiency.
Correspondence. 1889 April, 1889
Scope and Contents Note
Includes April 6 invoice for show cases provided by cabinet manufacturer John Bank; various correspondence surrounding events celebrating the centennial of the George Washington inauguration.
Correspondence. 1889 May, 1889
Correspondence. 1889 June, 1889
Scope and Contents Note
Includes June 19 official circular from the National Library of Buenos Aires announcing governmental decree that they handle publication exchange services.
Correspondence. 1889 July-August, 1889
Scope and Contents Note
Includes July 17 invitation for N-YHS president John A. King from New York City mayor Hugh J. Grant to join conference considering an international exposition to be held in the city in 1892, as well as King's response and commentary; two newspaper clippings dated August 3 and August 8 of letters to the editor of The Evening Post, both from anonymous women, complaining about the formal red-tape and lack of hospitality at N-YHS in regards to visitors.
Correspondence. 1889 September, 1889
Scope and Contents Note
Includes September 6 letter regarding the incidents recounted in August letters to the editor of the Evening Post, from George P. Rowell, a member who provided the visitor card to one of the women and who seeks clarification on N-YHS policies.
Correspondence. 1889 October, 1889
Correspondence. 1889 November, 1889
Correspondence. 1889 December, 1889
Register of Correspondence. 1890, 1890
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent or notable corresponents include William K. Ackerman, John Bigelow, Charles William Bowen, Benjamin Franklin Stevens, and Wisconsin Historical Society.
Correspondence. 1890 January, 1890
Correspondence. 1890 February, 1890
Correspondence. 1890 March, 1890
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letter from explorer Carl Sofus Lumholtz soliciting funding for his proposed explorations of the Sierra Madre and surrounding regions; attached are series of typescripts of letters of response and recommendations addressed to him from Alexander Agassiz of Museum of Comparative Zoology, F.W. Putnam of Peabody Museum at Harvard, Dr. D.G. Brinton of University of Pennsylvania, and other figures in the field.
Correspondence. 1890 April, 1890
Scope and Contents Note
Includes April 17 letter from retired architect Alex J. Davis following up his recommendations "for a speedy erection of a more capacious receptacle for the collections of the Society," with attached notes by N-YHS president John A. King (see also: July-August 1890 folder for follow-up); circular on proposed monument to the Seneca chief Red Jacket, notated by sender Harriet Maywell Converse on April 28.
Correspondence. 1890 May, 1890
Correspondence. 1890 June, 1890
Scope and Contents Note
Includes June 12 legal document relating to the bequest of Mary Rogers.
Correspondence. 1890 July-August, 1890
Correspondence. 1890 September, 1890
Correspondence. 1890 October, 1890
Correspondence. 1890 November, 1890
Correspondence. 1890 December, 1890
Register of Correspondence. 1891, 1891
Scope and Contents Note
General and notable correspondents include Samuel Putnam Avery, Silas Farmer, Charles R. Hildeburn, Howard L. Osgood, L. Ogilvy, A.C. Peale, and Charles H. Winfield.
Correspondence. 1891 January 1-15, 1891
Correspondence. 1891 January 16-31, 1891
Scope and Contents Note
Includes January 21 letter from John B. and Marie A. Shipley recruiting N-YHS funding and participation in the establishment of a National Historical Museum in Chicago "for putting the historical truth connected with the discovery and colonization of this country into an objective and solid shape;" press clippings of the Shipleys' lectures and other activities.
Correspondence. 1891 February, 1891
Correspondence. 1891 March 1-15, 1891
Correspondence. 1891 March 16-31, 1891
Scope and Contents Note
Includes two copies of letters from Oscar W. Collet of Missouri Historical Society contesting the acquisition of books from the library of Bishop Robertson; the second letter indicates that N-YHS was offended by his inquiry and execution.
Correspondence. 1891 April, 1891
Scope and Contents Note
Includes April 10 inquiry from Department of the Interior regarding the research value of public documents, in light of Congress's recent reassessment of their publication and distribution.
Correspondence. 1891 May 1-15, 1891
Scope and Contents Note
Includes May 5 proposal by member Charles E. Moldenke to re-catalog the Abbott Collection, as the current one is "not only quite antiquated, but in many points absolutely wrong."
Correspondence. 1891 May 16-31, 1891
Scope and Contents Note
Includes May 24 genealogical inquiry from Henry T. Brooke with extensive summary of his family history.
Correspondence. 1891 May. Fiftieth St. Astoria Ferry and Central Park Railroad Company. Oversize, 1891
Scope and Contents Note
Includes April-May materials relating to the proposed construction of a railroad across Central Park along several by-ways including 79th Street, where N-YHS held property: color map, circular, official inquiry, and property owner consent form.
Correspondence. 1891 June, 1891
Scope and Contents Note
Includes June 18 reference inquiry from Herbert H. Crain detailing his efforts to trace the family tree of William and Jonathan Lawrence of England.
Correspondence. 1891 July-August, 1891
Correspondence. 1891 September-October, 1891
Scope and Contents Note
Includes September 10 letter from A.D. Wales of Binghampton contesting a news item alleging a Rensselaer County house the oldest dwelling in the United States, which he believes is pre-dated by Saugerties house belonging to the DeWitt family; October 1 letter from Julius Goebel accompanying a flyer for the October 4 German Day celebration at Music Hall, commemorating the landing of the first German immigrants on American soil.
Correspondence. 1891 November, 1891
Correspondence. 1891 December 1-15, 1891
Correspondence. 1891 December 16-31, 1891
Register of Correspondence. 1892, 1892
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent or notable correspondents include A.W. Elson, Worthington C. Ford, Charles Folsom, and the United States Geological Survey.
Correspondence. 1892 January 1-15, 1892
Scope and Contents Note
Includes January 15 letter from William R. Steward seeking N-YHS cooperation in the erection of the Washington Square arch, describing monument design and intentions (see also: 1892 June folder).
Correspondence. 1892 January 16-31, 1892
Correspondence. 1892 February, 1892
Scope and Contents Note
Includes documents relating to the manuscripts, scrapbooks, and ephemera bequest of Thomas F. Devoe.
Correspondence. 1892 March, 1892
Scope and Contents Note
Includes March 14 loan request for N-YHS Egyptian wheel holding, to display at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago (several further requests for this event occur throughout 1892 correspondence); early design for Grant's Tomb.
Correspondence. 1892 April 1-15, 1892
Correspondence. 1892 April 16-30, 1892
Correspondence. 1892 May, 1892
Correspondence. 1892 June, 1892
Scope and Contents Note
Includes June 24 letter from Commissioner General S.B. Luce from the U.S. Commission for the Columbia Historical Exposition in Madrid, accompanying preliminary edition of circular outlining curation and publication activity and goals for the event.
Correspondence. 1892 July-August, 1892
Scope and Contents Note
Includes program for the 116th Anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence at the Old Court House site in White Plains; and ten-page official document from Spanish Consulate in Paris (in Spanish).
Correspondence. 1892 September, 1892
Correspondence. 1892 October 1-20, 1892
Correspondence. 1892 October 21-30, 1892
Correspondence. 1892 November, 1892
Correspondence. 1892 December 1-15, 1892
Correspondence. 1892 December 16-31, 1892
Register of Correspondence. 1893, 1893
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent and notable correspondents include Ernest E. Coe, Henry T. Drowne, Irvington Lyon, William Nelson, Temple Prime, Gouverneur M. Smith, and John R. Williams.
Correspondence. 1893 January, 1893
Scope and Contents Note
Includes legal documents relating to the bequests of Parthenia J. Norton and Tarrant Putnam; circular of the Committee of Retrospective Art for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition; January 13 and 31 correspondence regarding Martha Lamb's bequest of her library and a portrait to N-YHS.
Correspondence. 1893 February, 1893
Correspondence. 1893 March, 1893
Scope and Contents Note
Includes March 4 correspondence regarding Martha Lamb's bequest of her personal papers to N-YHS (see also: all 1893 files for follow-up inquries and comments).
Correspondence. 1893 April, 1893
Scope and Contents Note
Includes April 10 complaint from W.E. Gregory about N-YHS's perceived indifference to the removal of the Old City Hall building.
Correspondence. 1893 May, 1893
Correspondence. 1893 June 1-15, 1893
Scope and Contents Note
Includes June 2 document regarding the bequest of Mary E. Bradish (see also: 1894 January folder).
Correspondence. 1893 June 16-30, 1893
Correspondence. 1893 July-August, 1893
Correspondence. 1893 September-October, 1893
Correspondence. 1893 November, 1893
Correspondence. 1893 December, 1893
Scope and Contents Note
Includes September 23 document regarding the bequest of James Francis Evans; and October 12 request for exchange from Anton Blomberg of the royal Academy of Belles Lettres, History and Antiquities of Stockholm.
Register of Correspondence. 1894, 1894
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent and notable correspondents include Charles D. Allen, Clarence W. Bowen, William W. Conway, William Nelson, George H. Sullivan, Issac F. Wood, Pennsylvania Historical Society and Smithsonian Institution.
Correspondence. 1894 January, 1894
Scope and Contents Note
Includes January 22 letter from George Treadwell reporting on potential N-YHS Building fund donors and inviting Librarian Kelby to visit his gold mine operation in Nevada.
Correspondence. 1894 February, 1894
Scope and Contents Note
Includes February 26 letter from Venezuelan historian Manuel Landaeta Rosales (in Spanish).
Correspondence. 1894 March 1-15, 1894
Scope and Contents Note
Includes newspaper clipping and accompanying March 22 letter from lawyer William Abbott on his campaign to name October 17 a state holiday, "Saratoga Day," to commemorate the Defeat of Burgoyne in the Revolutionary War.
Correspondence. 1894 March 16-31, 1894
Correspondence. 1894 April, 1894
Scope and Contents Note
Includes April 13 overview of early New York postal history by C.W. Ernst.
Correspondence. 1894 May, 1894
Scope and Contents Note
Includes May 11 letter from John E. Davis, secretary of Sons of the Revolution of New York, accompanying circular on collection of articles owned and used by Abraham Lincoln for sale.
Correspondence. 1894 June, 1894
Correspondence. 1894 July-August, 1894
Scope and Contents Note
Includes July 3 request from Joseph Cervierny to open fruit and candy stand serving temperance drinks on southwest corner of 77th Street and Eighth Avenue; decline from President John A. King.
Correspondence. 1894 September, 1894
Correspondence. 1894 October, 1894
Scope and Contents Note
Includes blank application for membership in the Missouri Society of the Sons of the Revolution, attached to October 12 letter from its secretary Marshall DeLancey Haywood.
Correspondence. 1894 November, 1894
Correspondence. 1894 December, 1894
Register of Correspondence. 1895, 1895
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent and notable correspondents include Samuel Putnam Avery, William Ashmead Courtenay, William A. Clark, A.C. Goodell Jr., Charles Isham, George C. McWhorter, William Nelson, John Purdon, Abigail Seymour, and George H. Sullivan.
Correspondence. 1895 January 1-15, 1895
Correspondence. 1895 January 16-31, 1895
Scope and Contents Note
Includes January 17 draft of letter from N-YHS librarian William Kelby to Phillip and Lloyd Phoenix, summarizing recent genealogical acquisitions and providing rare written example from this period of N-YHS pursuit of collection donors.
Correspondence. 1895 February, 1895
Correspondence. 1895 March 1-15, 1895
Scope and Contents Note
Includes undated argument from poet James Hooker Hamersley arguing for celebration of Sebastian Cabot as discoverer of America.
Correspondence. 1895 March 16-31, 1895
Correspondence. 1895 April, 1895
Correspondence. 1895 May, 1895
Correspondence. 1895 June, 1895
Correspondence. 1895 July-August, 1895
Correspondence. 1895 September, 1895
Correspondence. 1895 October, 1895
Correspondence. 1895 November, 1895
Scope and Contents Note
Includes November 10 New York World extract on Old Curiosity Shop run by Westminster Abbey on Front Street; November 20 letter from attorney Asa Bird Gardiner outlining his research for confirmation as to whether John Von Arsdale raised the American flag in place of the British flag in Battery Park on Evacuation Day, November 25, 1783.
Correspondence. 1895 December 1-15, 1895
Correspondence. 1895 December 16-31, 1895
Register of Correspondence. 1896, 1896
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent and notable correspondents include Mrs. William B. Beekman, Worthington C. Ford, Isaac J. Greenwood, I. Remsen Lane, George G. McWhorter, William Nelson, Walter G. Oakmen, and Abigail A. Seymour.
Correspondence. 1896 January 1-15, 1896
Scope and Contents Note
Includes January 7 letter from Smith E. Lane recounting his efforts to procure the collections of General Daniel E. Sickles, General William Tecumseh Sherman, and Cyrus W. Field for N-YHS.
Correspondence. 1896 January 16-31, 1896
Correspondence. 1896 February 1-15, 1896
Correspondence. 1896 February 16-28, 1896
Scope and Contents Note
Includes February 22 letter from F.D. Stone, Librarian of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, introducing attached draft of resolution imploring the Committtee of Appropriations of the U.S. House of Representatives to allot funding for the publication of the Records and Papers of the Continental Congress.
Correspondence. 1896 March 1-15, 1896
Scope and Contents Note
Includes March 6 and March 12 letters from W.W. Kenly, secretary of the Associated Societies and Historical Museum Building of the City of New York organization, accompanying meeting invitation and drafted resolution for the assemblage of a Committee of Thirty to oversee the erection of a single building of offices, meeting rooms, library, and a museum for all Revolutionary and Colonial Relics held in New York.
Correspondence. 1896 March 16-31, 1896
Correspondence. 1896 April, 1896
Correspondence. 1896 May, 1896
Scope and Contents Note
Includes invitation to May 2 dedication of the new Columbia University site at Morningside Heights.
Correspondence. 1896 June, 1896
Correspondence. 1896 July, 1896
Correspondence. 1896 August-September, 1896
Correspondence. 1896 October 1-15, 1896
Correspondence. 1896 October 16-31, 1896
Correspondence. 1896 November, 1896
Correspondence. 1896 December 1-20, 1896
Scope and Contents Note
Includes November 25 inquiry from the Wright-Humason school on 76th street regarding usage of N-YHS lands for tennis courts and croquet grounds and December 12 refusal from N-YHS; announcement of opening and invitation to exhibit paintings at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.
Correspondence. 1896 December 21-31, 1896
Register of Correspondence. 1897, 1897
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent and notable correspondents include Henry W. Bryant, Gherardi Davis, A.A. Folsom, Charles R. King, William Nelson, Stephen B. Weeks and Smithsonian Institution.
Correspondence. 1897 January 1-15, 1897
Correspondence. 1897 January 16-31, 1897
Scope and Contents Note
Includes January 20 request from James Wright for N-YHS subscription funding of the second volume of his English Dialect Dictionary.
Correspondence. 1897 February, 1897
Correspondence. 1897 March, 1897
Scope and Contents Note
Includes March 11 letter from W. Roy Stephenson of Winchester, Virginia, describing copper plate found on his property that may be a cipher used by the British armies of General Braddock during the Revolutionary War, accompanied by impression; March 20 letter from S.R. Laugley of the Smithsonian Institution requesting information for an international catalogue of Egyptian papyri and monuments, conceived by the Egyptian government and overseen by the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities.
Correspondence. 1897 April, 1897
Correspondence. 1897 May, 1897
Scope and Contents Note
Includes May 6 inquiry into the status of new N-YHS building funding and construction from architect Edward Lippincott Tilton, with response from N-YHS secretary Edward F. De Lancey; Eadward Muybridge letter that discusses N-YHS's recent acquisition of Muybridge's San Francisco panorama via Daniel Parish.
Correspondence. 1897 June, 1897
Scope and Contents Note
Includes June 12 letter from Seth Low, president of Columbia University, urging N-YHS to relocate to Morningside Heights and copy of June 22 response from N-YHS president John A. King.
Correspondence. 1897 July, 1897
Correspondence. 1897 August-September, 1897
Correspondence. 1897 October 1-20, 1897
Correspondence. 1897 October 21-31, 1897
Correspondence. 1897 November, 1897
Scope and Contents Note
Includes undated meeting minutes extract from the boards of The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations resolving that a committee be formed to consider and report on systematization under one administration (see also: 1898 March folder for copy of N-YHS meeting minutes extract declining the proposition).
Correspondence. 1897 December 1-20, 1897
Correspondence. 1897 December 21-31, 1897
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letters regarding the $5,000 bequest of Henry Keteltas and transfer of Publication Fund shares of the late George Bancroft.
Register of Correspondence. 1898, 1898
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent and notable correspondents include W.F. Adams, H.W. Bryant, Joseph W. Barnwell, Henry H. Edes, A.A. Folsom, Charles Isham, William Nelson, Mary Perkins Quincy, and A.V.W. Van Vechten.
Correspondence. 1898 January, 1898
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondence from executor William Allen Butler of Evert A. Duyckinck's N-YHS Publication Fund subscription and its bequeathed transfer to the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations; correspondence from executors of Henry Keteltas estate; January 20 inquiry from illustrator Howard Pyle wishing to view scenes of the death of Fraser in Braddock's campaign.
Correspondence. 1898 February, 1898
Correspondence. 1898 March, 1898
Correspondence. 1898 April 1-15, 1898
Correspondence. 1898 April 16-30, 1898
Correspondence. 1898 May-June, 1898
Correspondence. 1898 July, 1898
Correspondence. 1898 August, 1898
Correspondence. 1898 September, 1898
Correspondence. 1898 October, 1898
Scope and Contents Note
Includes October 24 inquiry from Commisioner of the U.S. Department of Education, studying the effects of the Civil War upon educational institutions, with formal survey.
Correspondence. 1898 November, 1898
Correspondence. 1898 December, 1898
Correspondence. Undated, [1898]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes ticket and invitation to the Grolier Club; advertisement for the Soldiers' Musical Handkerchief, "the Most Unique of all War Souvenirs."
Correspondence. 1898-1899. Memoir of William Kelby, 1898-1899
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letters and other documents relating to the death of N-YHS librarian William Kelby and the N-YHS publication "Memoir of William Kelby," authored by John Austin Stevens (see also: 1898 files for correspondence between Stevens and Kelby's successor and brother Robert).
Register of Correspondence. 1899, 1899
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent and notable correspondents include W. Abbott, H.F. Adams, H.W. Bryant, Sidney Howard Carney, Frank W. Coburn, Philip Schuyler de Luze, George E. Littlefield, Thomas H. Montgomery, Noah Morrison, John S. Murphy, Raoul Renault, Henry R. Stiles, John Skinner, Emma Toedteberg, Daniel Van Pelt, A.W.S. Van Vechten, Long Island Historical Society, J.F. Taylor & Co, and E. & J.B. Young & Co.
Correspondence. 1899 January 1-15, 1899
Correspondence. 1899 January 16-31, 1899
Correspondence. 1899 February 1-10, 1899
Scope and Contents Note
Includes February 7 letter from O.W. Goldsmith of New York Life Insurance Company suggesting an unconventional model for funding the new N-YHS building through endowment policies and attached to January 30 news clipping of letter to the editor of The New York Times Saturday Review from Gilbert Ray Hawkes, defending N-YHS against complaints that the institution is not open to the public and imploring philanthropists to help pay for the new facilities; Feburary 9 letters from Charles M. Wemmell on declining N-YHS membership numbers and recommending the significant lowering of membership fees and A.H. Hatch lamenting the lack of energetic spirit in N-YHS management.
Correspondence. 1899 February 11-28, 1899
Scope and Contents Note
Includes February 22 letter from McDougall Hawkes making suggestions for improvement of N-YHS, such as designating one regular day a week to open to the general public
Correspondence. 1899 March 1-15, 1899
Correspondence. 1899 March 16-31, 1899
Scope and Contents Note
Includes printed postcard announcing campaign to erect monument to Martha J. Lamb, with pencilled request to "Please announce!"(see also: 1900 November 16-30 and 1904 April and May folders).
Correspondence. 1899 April, 1899
Correspondence. 1899 May, 1899
Correspondence. 1899 June, 1899
Correspondence. 1899 July, 1899
Scope and Contents Note
Includes July 12 and 13 news clipping depicting controversy surrounding the N-YHS refusal of a block of marble from the historic Hamilton Fish mansion by contractor Myer Hellman, who was clearing the land for the construction of the Lying In Hospital endowed by J. Pierpont Morgan.
Correspondence. 1899 August-September, 1899
Scope and Contents Note
Includes invitation, tickets, and official proclamation for the September 30 reception of Spanish American War Admiral George Dewey.
Correspondence. 1899 October, 1899
Scope and Contents Note
Includes October 10 solicitation of subscription interest in artist James Tissot's New Testament series, with printed essay "Why I Painted the Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ" by the artist.
Correspondence. 1899 November, 1899
Correspondence. 1899 December, 1899
Correspondence. 1899. Receipts, 1899
Correspondence. Undated, [1899]
Register of Correspondence. 1900, 1900
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent and notable correspondents include H.W. Bryant, Sidney Carney, John W. Congden, Henry H. Edes, Asa Bird Gardiner, Francis Whiting Halsey, George E. Littlefield, William Nelson, Thomas M. Owen, Samuel E. Parker, Thomas J. Taylor, Daniel Van Pely, A.V.W. Van Vechten, Mrs. John R. Van Rensselaer, George E. Warner, Alabama History Commission, Mead Dodd & Co., Gammel Book Company, and E. & J.B. Young & Co.
Correspondence. 1900 January 1-15, 1900
Correspondence. 1900 January 16-31, 1900
Correspondence. 1900 February 1-15, 1900
Correspondence. 1900 February 16-28, 1900
Correspondence. 1900 March, 1900
Scope and Contents Note
Includes March 7 and 12 notes from Joseph P. Gilder offering to oversee funding initiatives for the new N-YHS building and mentioning the enthusiasm of J. Pierpont Morgan in response to his plan; March 8 letter from secretary of the Trustees of the New York Public Library alluding to miscommunications and unsuccessful attempts to meet with the N-YHS Executive Committee.
Correspondence. 1900 April, 1900
Correspondence. 1900 May, 1900
Correspondence. 1900 June, 1900
Scope and Contents Note
Includes documents relating to the estates of Robert Schell and Maria B. Mount; June 17 letter from curiosities dealer U. Dahmer, offering human heads prepared by a Peruvian tribe of head hunters.
Correspondence. 1900 July-August, 1900
Correspondence. 1900 September, 1900
Correspondence. 1900 October 1-15, 1900
Correspondence. 1900 October 16-31, 1900
Correspondence. 1900 November 1-15, 1900
Correspondence. 1900 November 16-30, 1900
Scope and Contents Note
Includes November 17 letter from Evelyn MacCurdy Salisbury accompanying donation for a memorial tablet to Martha Lamb (official decline in May 1904 folder and resurrection of the initiative by Mrs. Russell Sage in April 1907 folder); and November 20 inquiry from Charles R. Fleischmann concerning his father Louis Fleischmann's residential building plans on the lot next to that of N-YHS on 77th Street (see also: 1901 December folder for follow-up).
Correspondence. 1900 December 1-15, 1900
Correspondence. 1900 December 16-31, 1900
Correspondence. 1900. Receipts, 1900
Correspondence. Undated, [1900]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes printed circular and list of subscribers to the Ur Expedition fund which sponsors an excavation for the buried Babylonian city; circular announcing the formation and nature of the Public Archives Commission of the American Historical Association.
Registers of Correspondence (2). 1901, 1901
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent and notable correspondents include Samuel Austin, H.K. Brewer, H.W. Bryant, H. Calkins Jr.,Warren G. Crane, Helen M. Cleveland, George Derby, R.H. Lawrence, George E. Littlefield, Edward Myers, John V. L. Pruyn, Josiah C. Pumpelly, John E. Scopes, Charles A. Sherman, Benjamin F. Stevens, Thomas J. Taylor, Emma Toedteberg, A.V.W. Van Vechten, John D. Walker, James J. White, Goodspeed Book Shop, Library of Congress, Long Island Historical Society, Maryland Historical Society, New Haven Colony Historical Society, Smithsonian Institution, and United States National Museum.
Correspondence. 1901 January 1-15, 1864, 1880, 1901
Scope and Contents Note
Includes 1864 certificate of deposit for meeting minutes volumes from the Court of General Sessions of the Peace of New York City, 1880 certificate of authenticity and request for their return by Hon. Frederick Smyth, and January 10, 1901 confirmation of receipt from N-YHS; January 9 acceptance of election to Life Membership by John D. Rockefeller.
Correspondence. 1901 January 16-31, 1901
Correspondence. 1901 February 1-16, 1901
Correspondence. 1901 February 16-28, 1901
Correspondence. 1901 March 1-15, 1901
Correspondence. 1901 March 16-31, 1901
Scope and Contents Note
Includes March 25 summons of N-YHS Librarian Robert H. Kelby to testify and give evidence of a manuscript, "Map of Long Island Richard Ryder Surveyor 1670," in the New York State Supreme Court Case Sandiford vs. Town of Hempstead, overseen by Charles H. Brown; March 27 letter from architect Cass Gilbert offering old Dutch brick relics that were recently excavated from the Custom House.
Correspondence. 1901 April 1-15, 1901
Correspondence. 1901 April 16-31, 1901
Correspondence. 1901 May 1-15, 1901
Scope and Contents Note
Includes document relating to the bequest of Theodora M. Storm (see also: 1904 March 15-31 folder for follow-up).
Correspondence. 1901 May 16-31, 1901
Scope and Contents Note
Includes May 28 letter from Henry Gannett of the United States Geological Survey requesting N-YHS edit his compiled list of the name origin of every county in New York state.
Correspondence. 1901 June, 1901
Correspondence. 1901 July, 1901
Scope and Contents Note
Includes July 1 letter from genealogist Clay W. Holmes claiming he has had no trouble gaining admittance to every historical society library in the country, with the exception of N-YHS.
Correspondence. 1901 August, 1901
Scope and Contents Note
Includes document relating to the estate of Robert Schell.
Correspondence. 1901 September, 1901
Scope and Contents Note
Includes invitation to the Memorial Service in honor of President McKinley at St. Paul's Chapel; invitation to The New York Times 50th anniversary jubilee and related correspondence regarding the N-YHS loan of the newspaper's first issue for reproduction and distribution.
Correspondence. 1901 October 1-15, 1901
Correspondence. 1901 October 16-31, 1901
Scope and Contents Note
Includes October 31 solicitation from Arthur Williams, General Inspector of The New York Edison Company, to handle all power and lighting requirements of the new Central Park West building.
Correspondence. 1901 November 1-15, 1901
Scope and Contents Note
Includes November 6 letter from John V.L. Pruyn recommending the division of N-YHS into sections as outlined by the original charter: Natural History, Civil History, Literary History, and Ecclesiastical History.
Correspondence. 1901 November 16-30, 1901
Correspondence. 1901 December 1-15, 1901
Scope and Contents Note
Includes invitation and correspondence related to the December 13-14 tea reception hosted at N-YHS by the Ladies Committee; proposition that wives be made N-YHS life members as well.
Correspondence. 1901 December 16-31, 1901
Scope and Contents Note
Includes December 27 proposition from James Stokes regarding the formation of the New England Society and its need for an alcove to house its relics.
Correspondence. 1901. Receipts, 1901
Correspondence. Undated, [1901]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letter from Mrs. James M. Lawton outlining her plan for writing and distributing circulars for the N-YHS Building Fund, as an initiative of the Ladies Committee; ephemera such as application for space at the Pan-American Exposition, annual report of the Pro-Cathedral Fresh Air Committee, and funding appeal from the Brooklyn Labor Lyceum Association.
Registers of Correspondence (2). 1902, 1902
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent and notable correspondents include Charles F. Adams, John Anderson Jr., Reginald Pelham Bolton, H.W. Bryant, Warren C. Crane, Joseph L. Delafield, J.C.L. Hamilton, George W. Harris, Charles F. Hoffman, Mrs. Charles Ray King, William Nelson, J. Van Vechten Olcott, J.D. Seabrook, Thomas J. Taylor, A.V.W. Van Vechten, James Grant Wilson, Cornell University Library, Library of Congress, National Historical Museum, New Hampshire Historical Society, and New York City Hall of Records.
Correspondence. 1902 January 1-11, 1902
Scope and Contents Note
Includes January 8 letter from Harriet L. Britton rejecting elected membership following her review of N-YHS member lists and realization of the low number of females; "An Appeal for Decency" circular and note from A.N. Palmer protesting the November 24 New York Sun article making scandalous accusations against prominent society men, suggesting the publication is not fit for a library.
Correspondence. 1902 January 12-20, 1902
Scope and Contents Note
Includes January 13 inquiry on behalf of Alexander Graham Bell seeking documents relating to the instruction of deaf mutes.
Correspondence. 1902 January 21-31, 1902
Scope and Contents Note
Includes January-February correspondence between N-YHS Librarian William Kelby and John Austin Stevens, chiefly about Stevens's genealogical research.
Correspondence. 1902 February 1-14, 1902
Correspondence. 1902 February 15-28, 1902
Scope and Contents Note
Includes February 27 letter from artist De Cost Smith requesting access to N-YHS "North American Indian" collections.
Correspondence. 1902 March 1-10, 1902
Scope and Contents Note
Includes March-April report and copies of series of reference inquiries made by U.S. Ambassador Joseph H. Coate in England on behalf of N-YHS and in regards to the execution of Revolutionary War spy Nathan Hale; document relating to the transfer of property from the late Robert Schell.
Correspondence. 1902 March 11-20, 1902
Correspondence. 1902 March 21-31, 1902
Correspondence. 1902 April 1-15, 1902
Correspondence. 1902 April 16-30, 1902
Correspondence. 1902 May 1-15, 1902
Scope and Contents Note
Includes May 15 letter from Director of Musee et de la Bibliotheque de la Principente de Samos (in French).
Correspondence. 1902 May 16-30, 1902
Scope and Contents Note
Includes May 20 document relating to the transfer of property of Sophie E. Murton(?).
Correspondence. 1902 June, 1902
Scope and Contents Note
Includes June 28 expression of interest from James Grant Wilson in the position of N-YHS president recently opened by the death of E.A. Hoffman, marked "private."
Correspondence. 1902 July, 1902
Correspondence. 1902 August, 1902
Correspondence. 1902 September, 1902
Correspondence. 1902 October 1-15, 1902
Correspondence. 1902 October 16-31, 1902
Correspondence. 1902 November 1-15, 1902
Scope and Contents Note
Includes November 8 letter from F.B. Thurber concerning his recruitment of contributors to the N-YHS Building fund (see also: October 27 related letter in prior folder); November 11 and 16 letters from Edwin Tucker regarding the previous building contract work of his late father John J. Tucker, requesting that N-YHS continue the collaboration.
Correspondence. 1902 November 16-30, 1902
Correspondence. 1902 December, 1902
Correspondence. Undated, [1902]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes informal draft of contract with F.B. Thurber, to receive five percent of all subscriptions or bequests he obtains for the N-YHS Building Fund; and 1902-1903 prospectus of the Committee on Entertainments and Exhibitions and of the Committee on Social Work and Clubs at the Educational Alliance.
Correspondence. 1902. Public Records Preservation (1 of 2), 1902
Scope and Contents Note
Includes March 27 N-YHS circular calling attention to rampant neglect of local records throughout New York and announcing intent to petition state legislature; in response to its distribution are acknowledgments of receipt, pledges of support, and naming of committees from various historical organizations.
Correspondence. 1902. Public Records Preservation (2 of 2), 1902
Scope and Contents Note
Includes acknowledgments from representatives of various historical societies and organization of receipt of petition to the state legislature to form a State Record Commission privileging the preservation of public local records, circulated November 26.
Correspondence. 1902. Public Records Preservation. Distribution Materials, 1902
Scope and Contents Note
Includes annotated draft and multiple copies of official petition sent to the Governor and state legislature of New York regarding improved preservation of public records.
Correspondence. 1902. Public Records Preservation. Committee Papers, 1902-1903
Scope and Contents Note
Includes materials related to the activities of the N-YHS Record Preservation Committee, including various input and amendments to the State Historian Act draft, reports, resolution drafts, and list of addressees for circulars.
Correspondence. 1902. Public Records Preservation. Printed Reports, 1901-1902
Scope and Contents Note
Includes two publications of the American Historical Association: Report of the Public Archives of New York (1901) by Herbert L. Osgood and The Massachusetts Public Record Commission and Its Work (1902) by Robert T. Swan.
Correspondence. 1902-1903. Old Hall of Records, 1902-1903
Scope and Contents Note
Includes materials relating to the National Historic Museum-led movement against the proposed destruction of the Old Hall of Records in City Hall Park: copy of protest filed with the Board of Alderman, memoranda, circulars, news clippings, and letters from the NHM secretary John Du Fais as well as the John H. Parker demolition company.
Registers of Correspondence (3). 1903, 1903
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent and notable correspondents include Henry C. Conrad, F.F. Durrand, Morris P. Ferris, J. Franklin Jameson, John N. Jordan, Edward Meyers, Herbert L. Osgood, Lewis L. Patrick, Charles A. Sherman, Frank G. Tillford, American Historical Association, Delaware Historical Society, Long Island Historical Society, New York Mayor's Office,and Pennsylvania Historical Society.
Correspondence. 1903 January 1-15, 1903
Scope and Contents Note
Includes January 6 letter from John Weekes, executor of Louis Durr, regarding the "Durr Collection Fund" intended for N-YHS; January-June series of letters from William E. Ingersoll, including remarks on his grandfather Josiah Ingersoll
Correspondence. 1903 January 16-22, 1903
Correspondence. 1903 January 23-31, 1903
Correspondence. 1903 February 1-15, 1903
Correspondence. 1903 February 16-28, 1903
Correspondence. 1903 March 1-15, 1903
Scope and Contents Note
Includes invitation addressed to Robert Kelby for the Colonial Dames reception in commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the City of New York, on May 27 at the Van Cortlandt Mansion.
Correspondence. 1903 March 16-31, 1903
Correspondence. 1903 April 1-15, 1903
Scope and Contents Note
Includes April 8 and 13 letters from John Weekes concerning his representation of N-YHS in the transfer of property from the estate of Cornelia De Peyster.
Correspondence. 1903 April 16-30, 1903
Correspondence. 1903 May 1-15, 1903
Correspondence. 1903 May 16-31, 1903
Scope and Contents Note
Includes ticket requests for the N-YHS exhibition of colonial broadsides and numerous invitations to events, all associated with the 250th anniversary of the founding of New York.
Correspondence. 1903 June 1-15, 1903
Correspondence. 1903 June 16-30, 1903
Correspondence. 1903 July, 1903
Scope and Contents Note
Includes June 30 and July 2 letters from John Watts De Peyster orchestrating meeting with Librarian Robert Kelby concerning projects for which he could make a bequest to N-YHS; programs for the June 21 DeMonts' Tercentenary Celebration of the Founding of Port Royal at Annapolis.
Correspondence. 1903 August, 1903
Correspondence. 1903 September 1-15, 1903
Scope and Contents Note
Includes September 12 report from historian Reginald Pelham Bolton on American Revolutionary War-era records in British repositories.
Correspondence. 1903 September 16-30, 1903
Correspondence. 1903 October 1-15, 1903
Correspondence. 1903 October 16-31, 1903
Correspondence. 1903 November 1-15, 1903
Correspondence. 1903 November 16-30, 1903
Correspondence. 1903 December 1-15, 1903
Correspondence. 1903 December 16-31, 1903
Scope and Contents Note
Includes program and invitations to the opening ceremonies for the Williamsburg Bridge on December 17; invitations to the formal opening of the Roger Morris Jumel Property as a Public Park on December 28, one accompanied by Reception Committee ribbon.
Correspondence. Undated, [1903]
Correspondence. 1903. Laying of the Corner-Stone Event, 1903
Scope and Contents Note
Includes invitation and ticket to the November 17 event Laying of the Corner-Stone of the new N-YHS building; related correspondence with Hamilton Wright Mabie, deliverer of the address, and York & Sawyer, the architecture firm responsible for the construction of the corner-stone and platform.
Correspondence. 1903. Laying of the Corner-Stone Event. Invitation Replies, 1903
Scope and Contents Note
Includes ticket requests and responses to invitations to attend and/or serve as usher in the Lying of the Corner-Stone event from respondents such as New York City mayor Seth Low.
Correspondence. 1903-1906. John Austin Stevens, 1903-1906
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondence between N-YHS Librarian Robert Kelby and long-time member and famed historian John Austin Stevens; letters are mostly of a personal nature and relate to historical collection development and Stevens's scholarly research, including a study on Fraunces Tavern. (Earlier Stevens letters may be found throughout the Correspondence record group.)
Registers of Correspondence (2). 1904, 1904
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent and notable correspondents include Warren C. Crane, Gherardi Davis, M. Patterson Ferris, Worthington C. Ford, William Nelson, Lewis P. Patrick, Clarence Storm, Frank G. Tillford, American Jewish Historical Society, Holland Society of New York, Library of Congress, Long Island Historical Society, Municipal Art Society of New York, New York Public Library, Rhode Island Historical Society, and Sons of the Revolution of New York.
Correspondence. 1904 January 1-15, 1904
Correspondence. 1904 January 16-31, 1904
Correspondence. 1904 Feburary 1-15, 1904
Scope and Contents Note
Includes February 11 letters from Library of Congress - Manuscripts Division Chief Worthington C. Ford, complaining that "the old spirit of exclusiveness still controls," with no public access like the Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Historical Societies, prompting him to steer potential deposits from the institution and label it "a Society of Tories."
Correspondence. 1904 Feburary 16-29, 1904
Correspondence. 1904 March 1-12, 1904
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the bookplate of Cav. Giuseppe Cavalieri sent by its owner with a request for exchange; materials circulated by the American Institute of Architects protesting the Washington D.C. building plans of the Department of Agriculture that would interfere with the original layout plan of the city approved by George Washington.
Correspondence. 1904 March 13-31, 1904
Correspondence. 1904 April, 1904
Scope and Contents Note
Includes April 18 proposition by Evelyn M. Salsbury to erect a bronze memorial tablet to Martha J. Lamb in the new N-YHS building, for which she had already raised two hundred and fifty dollars; April 18 inquiry from City History Club of New York president Catharine A.B. Abbe as to N-YHS's interest in hosting a series of lectures and gatherings for representatives of universities and other local school systems.
Correspondence. 1904 May, 1904
Scope and Contents Note
Includes draft of May 4 letter to Mrs. Edward E. Salisbury explaining decline of her collected fund to erect a memorial tablet to Martha J. Lamb in the new N-YHS building and memo outlining the 1900-1904 timeline of her proposal and consideration by the N-YHS Executive Committee; May 4 letter from Charles Fisher suggesting informal gathering of Alexander Hamilton admirers on the 100th anniversary of the Burr-Hamilton duel (see: also 1904 July 1-15 folder folder for print invitations to events organized by Burr and Hamilton supporters); May 4 letter relating to the bequest of Miss Charlotte A. Mount.
Correspondence. 1904 June, 1904
Scope and Contents Note
Includes June 29 news clipping from the Newport Herald on the history of Fraunces Tavern.
Correspondence. 1904 July 1-15, 1904
Correspondence. 1904 July 16-31, 1904
Correspondence. 1904 August, 1904
Correspondence. 1904 September, 1904
Correspondence. 1904 October, 1904
Scope and Contents Note
Includes October 11 letter to the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury announcing his election as an Honorary Member of N-YHS, with attached copy of resolutions passed October 10 reiterating the institution's devotion to ecclesiastical history.
Correspondence. 1904 September-October. N-YHS Centennial Celebration. RSVPs, 1904
Correspondence. 1905 September-December. N-YHS Centennial Celebration, 1905
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondence relating to arrangements for the N-YHS Centennial Celebration banquet on November 22: decorations, musicians, souvenirs, and the election of stewards, escorts, and other representatives. Also includes appreciations for the evening, letter from Peter Van Schaack identifying himself as one of the oldest living members of N-YHS; and letter from Eliza Anderson Lawton challenging the relegation of female members to unassigned seats in the balcony and expressing dismay that the "Ladies Committee" has gone unacknowledged for its efforts on behalf of N-YHS.
Correspondence. 1904 November 1-15. N-YHS Centennial Celebration. RSVPs, 1904
Correspondence. 1904 November 16-30. N-YHS Centennial Celebration. RSVPs, 1904
Correspondence. 1904 November 1-15, 1904
Correspondence. 1904 November 16-30, 1904
Scope and Contents Note
Includes November 23 letter from President Samuel V. Hoffman to Librarian Robert H. Kelby reporting that the nephew of donor Henry Dexter wrote a pleasant account of his dinner with them to "John Doe."
Correspondence. 1904 December 1-15, 1904
Correspondence. 1904 December 16-31, 1904
Correspondence. Undated, [1904]
Correspondence. 1904-1906. John Watts de Peyster
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondence between John Watts de Peyster and N-YHS Librarian Robert H. Kelby, commencing with de Peyster's proposition to bequeath money to the institution and continuing with his deliberations with Kelby over his money's use; includes reminiscences of his father Frederic de Peyster. (Earlier de Peyster letters may be found throughout the Correspondence record group.)
Registers of Correspondence (2). 1905, 1905
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent and notable correspondents include Harold Jefferson Coolidge, Gherardi Davis, George C. Dodd, Col. Henry A. DuPont, Max Farrand, Morris Patteron Ferris, Richard H. Lawrence, William B. Randall, George R. Schieffelin, C. Ellis Stevens, Clarence Storm, Frank Tilford, Emma Toedteberg, Francis E. Woodruff, Long Island Historical Society, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York State Historical Association, Society of Iconophiles, and Sons of the Revolution.
Correspondence. 1905 January 1-15, 1905
Correspondence. 1905 January 16-31, 1905
Correspondence. 1905 February 1-15, 1905
Scope and Contents Note
Includes February 20 note from Mary Hall introducing her intention to bequeath money to N-YHS, ideally for a publication fund for state records (see also: 1907 July folder for follow-up).
Correspondence. 1905 February 16-28, 1905
Correspondence. 1905 March 1-15, 1905
Correspondence. 1905 March 16-31, 1905
Scope and Contents Note
Includes March 20 letter from William Kelby personal friend J.M. Lincoln describing his recent encounters with re-development in the Bronx, 10th Avenue, and Dyckman Country, focusing on the the destruction of burial grounds and monuments.
Correspondence. 1905 April 1-15, 1905
Correspondence. 1905 April 16-30, 1905
Correspondence. 1905 May 1-15, 1905
Scope and Contents Note
Includes acknowledgments by Henry Dexter, George Vanderbilt, Frank Tilford, and George R. Schiefflin of their elections to Patron of N-YHS; May 3 complaint from Secretary-General of the Society of the Cincinnati regarding a framed photograph of the Order of the Cincinnati in the N-YHS library rooms he believes falsely claims to be a copy of the Eagle which had originally been given by George Washington to the Georgia Society.
Correspondence. 1905 May 16-31, 1905
Scope and Contents Note
Includes May 17 request from D.M. Ward on behalf of Augustus Saint-Gaudens to photograph N-YHS's bust of Jefferson by Houdon.
Correspondence. 1905 June, 1905
Correspondence. 1905 July 1-15, 1905
Scope and Contents Note
Includes July 11 letter from N-YHS President Samuel V. Hoffman to Charles Sherman on the recent Henry Dexter deposit of $45,000 into the Building Fund, and inquiring about its allocation toward the installation of a steam heating plant.
Correspondence. 1905 July 16-31, 1905
Correspondence. 1905 August, 1905
Scope and Contents Note
Includes August 7 letter from York & Sawyer reporting on the design of stacks in the new N-YHS building and making suggestions on ways to better accommodate newspapers and oversize materials; August 16 letter from Caroline Gallup Reed recalling the extension of membership privileges by then-president Luther Bradish at a time when females were not admitted as members; invitation to the October 25 opening ceremonies for the New York City Municipal Ferries.
Correspondence. 1905 September, 1905
Scope and Contents Note
Includes September 14 letter from N-YHS President Samuel V. Hoffman to William Kelby brainstorming potential contributors to the "Pintard fund" he is establishing (see also: 1906 March 20-31 and 1906-1908 Founders Fund folders).
Correspondence. 1905 October 1-20, 1905
Correspondence. 1905 October 21-31, 1905
Correspondence. 1905 November, 1905
Scope and Contents Note
Includes November 26 request by famed Greek scholar Edgar Goodspeed to have papyri from N-YHS collections sent to the Haskell Museum of Chicago to undergo conservation treatment.
Correspondence. 1905 December, 1905
Scope and Contents Note
Includes December 14 and 15 arrangements betwen N-YHS president Samuel V. Hoffman and Edmund L. Baylies, executor of Mary Rhinelander King estate, for the acquisition of the library of Rufus King (see also: 1906 Mary Rhinelander King folder).
Correspondence. 1905 December. N-YHS Historical Sketch 1804-1904 by William Kelby. Requests and Thank You's (1 of 3), 1905
Correspondence. 1905 December. N-YHS Historical Sketch 1804-1904 by William Kelby. Requests and Thank You's (2 of 3), 1906
Correspondence. 1906 January-March. N-YHS Historical Sketch 1804-1904 by William Kelby. Requests and Thank You's (3 of 3), 1906
Correspondence. Undated, [1905]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes copy of Cyrus West Field will bequeathing six oil paintings and forty-seven watercolors illustrating scenes connected with the laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable; letter from Cornelia Griswold Goodrich offering early daguerreotypes, allegedly some of the first made in the United States, by her uncle S.F.B. Morse.
Correspondence. 1905. Battery Park Latitude Stone (1 of 2), 1817, 1905
Scope and Contents Note
Includes documentation of the successful N-YHS petition to return to its original locale a latitude stone placed in Battery Park by the institution in 1818, following its uncovering by the Rapid Transit Commission. The stone was positioned to mark the latitude of the southwest bastion of Fort George. Correspondents are N-YHS officers and their committee-elected representative Chandler Davis, Manhattan Borough President John F. Ahearn, the New York Parks Commission, and Rapid Transit Commission engineers, who provided the oversize blueprint illustrating the location of the stone monument in relation to the Battery Park Custom House.
Correspondence. 1905. Battery Park Latitude Stone (2 of 2). Oversize, 1905
Correspondence. 1905-1906. United States Historical Commission, 1905-1906
Scope and Contents Note
Includes November 1905-January 1906 lettters from Lothrop Withington and accompanying pamphlet on the Congressional bill, introduced by Henry Cabot Lodge, to establish a United States Historical Commission; circular and copies of Withington correspondence sent to Theodore Roosevelt and Lodge.
Registers of Correspondence (2). 1906, 1906
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent and notable correspondents include Reginald Pelham Bolton, Charles W. Burrows, George C. Dodd, Henry R. Drowne, Frank Bergen Kelley, R.H. Lawrence, Albert Matthews, George Austin Morrison Jr., Edward Myers, S.E. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Randall, F. Robert Schell, William M. Sloane, Clarence Storm, Bayard Tuckerman, John Howard Van Amringe, Luther E. Widen, American Antiquarian Society, Military Service Institution of the United States, New York City History Club, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Rotograph Company, Sons of the Revolution, St. Andrews Society of New York, and Texas State Historical Institution.
Correspondence. 1906 January, 1906
Scope and Contents Note
Includes first issue of the Photographic Library Bulletin, published by the Institute of Historical Research; January-March correspondence from W.I. Scandlin documenting the N-YHS purchase of his collection of thirty-two waxed paper negatives of old New York (1854-1857), which he presented in a lecture at the Society.
Correspondence. 1906 February, 1906
Scope and Contents Note
Includes February 6 letter from R. Bernard informing N-YHS that its bequest of books, papers, and collections formerly belonging to the dissolved Ulster Historical Society are being housed in the Kingston Library; February 8 letter accompanying check for initiation fee and annual dues from Franklin D. Roosevelt; Februrary 20 final presentation of check representing the bequest of Charlotte A. Mount.
Correspondence. 1906 March 1-19, 1906
Correspondence. 1906 March 20-31, 1906
Scope and Contents Note
Includes March 20 letter from Mohawk Valley historian Samuel Ludlow Frey describing his reaction to Judge Thomas Jones's The History of New York During the Revolutionary War; March 21 letter from Acosta Nichols with a suggested edits to the N-YHS circular for its recently established trust fund in memory of the Society's founders.
Correspondence. 1906. April, 1906
Correspondence. 1906. May 1-15, 1906
Correspondence. 1906. May 16-31, 1906
Correspondence. 1906. June, 1906
Correspondence. 1906. July, 1906
Correspondence. 1906. August, 1906
Correspondence. 1906. September 1-19, 1906
Scope and Contents Note
Includes September-October correspondence between N-YHS President Hoffman, Lewis Publishing Company, and William S. Pelletreau, editor of upcoming Lewis publication on New York history, indicating that company agent W.C. Lewis had been entering the Society using a letter of introduction from N-YHS member Pelletreau and misled many to incorrectly assume N-YHS was sponsoring the published work.
Correspondence. 1906. September 20-30, 1906
Correspondence. 1906. October 1-15, 1906
Correspondence. 1906. October 16-31, 1906
Correspondence. 1906 November 1-15, 1906
Correspondence. 1906 November 16-30, 1906
Correspondence. 1906 November 1-15, 1906
Correspondence. 1906 December 1-15, 1906
Correspondence. 1906 December 16-31, 1906
Correspondence. Undated, [1906]
Correspondence. 1906. Mary Rhinelander King. Library of Rufus King, 1906
Scope and Contents Note
Includes extensive series of personal correspondence between Librarian William Kelby and Mary Rhinelander King, chiefly concerning the library of her great-grandfather Rufus King, of which M. King arranged and funded the N-YHS acquisition in 1906; formal documentation of legal and monetary transfer regarding the King Library.
Correspondence. 1906-1908. Founders Fund, 1906-1908
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letters accompanying donations to the N-YHS Founders' Fund (see also: 1905-1905 folders for related correspondence).
Registers of Correspondence (2). 1907, 1907
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent and notable correspondents include Charles M. Burrows, Gherardi Davis, Miss C. Augusta De Peyster, Henry Dexter, Henry H. Edes, Archer M. Huntington, Mrs. Eastman Johnson, William Mitchell Kendall, Gilbert McClurg, William Nelson, Acosta Nichols, Samuel E. Parker, Lewis S. Patrick, Robert E. Peary, John Howard Van Amringe, John A. Weekes, Library of Congress, Long Island Historical Society, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York Public Library, Smithsonian Institute, and American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society.
Correspondence. 1907 January 1-15, 1907
Scope and Contents Note
Includes January 2 request directed to N-YHS officers and members from Henry Dexter, that it be resolved to host all regular meetings in the auditorium of the new, not yet complete building on Central Park West; January 3 letter from Domestic Corresponding Secretary George R. Schieffelin reporting the subsequent meeting's conclusion that it was inexpedient and too expensive to host meetings at the new locale.
Correspondence. 1907 January 16-31, 1907
Correspondence. 1907 February 1-15, 1907
Scope and Contents Note
Includes February 1 letter from George C. Dodd reporting that the watercolor lantern slides, prepared for the N-YHS presentation by Gherardi Davis on the regimental colors of the Revolutionary War, will be "the most artistic presentation that the Society will get for a long time;" February 7 invoice for Dodd's services (Dodd begins regularly providing lecture illustration and lantern slide preparation services for N-YHS, and appearing in the correspondence files, in 1905).
Correspondence. 1907 February 16-28, 1907
Correspondence. 1907 March 1-15, 1907
Correspondence. 1907 March 16-31, 1907
Correspondence. 1907 April, 1907
Scope and Contents Note
Includes April 10 letter from William B. Feakins(?) alluding to tensions between Henry Dexter and N-YHS president Hoffman.
Correspondence. 1907 May 1-15, 1907
Scope and Contents Note
Includes series documenting the donation of Egyptian Antiquities belonging to recently deceased N-YHS member Edwin Smith by his daughter, Leonora S. Smith and $20,000 donation by C. Augusta De Peyster for the completion of the second story of the new N-YHS building, on the understanding that a room would be set aside for De Peyster family heirlooms (letters in 1908 May folders indicate that N-YHS acquiesced to this request).
Correspondence. 1907 May 16-31, 1907
Correspondence. 1907 June, 1907
Scope and Contents Note
Includes June 28 inquiry from attorney Walter I. McCoy challenging N-YHS authority to collect the legacy of John Watts De Peyster.
Correspondence. 1907 July, 1907
Correspondence. 1907 August, 1907
Scope and Contents Note
Includes August 17 letter from William Mitchell Kendall of McKim, Mead & White, requesting that N-YHS allow a cast to be made of its Thomas Jefferson bust, so that a replica may be presented by the French Ambassador to the White House to complement prior gifts of Washington and Franklin; August 25 and October 3 follow-up indicating N-YHS granted permission for the Jefferson cast; August 28 letter from Acosta Nichols to President Samuel V. Hoffman lamenting the delays in the completion of the new building and urging the Executive Committee to prioritize contracts for its completion even if the current building is not sold.
Correspondence. 1907 September 1-15, 1907
Correspondence. 1907 September 16-30, 1907
Correspondence. 1907 October 1-15, 1907
Correspondence. 1907 October 16-31, 1907
Correspondence. 1907 November 1-15, 1907
Scope and Contents Note
Includes series of exchanges with W.K. Horton of the The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, ultimately granting permission for them to erect a bronze drinking fountain "for man and beast" on the north side of 77th Street property owned by N-YHS.
Correspondence. 1907 November 16-31, 1907
Correspondence. 1907 December, 1907
Scope and Contents Note
Includes circular distributed by Henry Dexter to N-YHS members on December 27 clarifying his intentions and financial involvement in the construction of the new building, following allegations that he had wrongfully pulled out of an offer to finance the move; December-February inquiries to N-YHS officers regading the Dexter circular.
Correspondence. Undated, [1907]
Correspondence. 1907. John Austin Stevens, 1907
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondence between N-YHS Librarian Robert Kelby and long-time member and famed historian John Austin Stevens; letters are mostly of a personal nature and relate to collection development and Stevens's scholarly research. The bulk documents his efforts to commemorate the development of the New York City street grid, including appeals to the city and N-YHS to organize centennial celebrations, the latter at which he ultimately gives a lecture on the topic. Select responses from President Hoffman and other interested parties are also present in the file. (Earlier Stevens letters may be found throughout the Correspondence record group.)
Registers of Correspondence (2). 1908, 1908
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent and notable correspondents for January through June include Reginald Pelham Bolton, John Bryan Grimes, Roswell Randall Hoes, J. Franklin Jameson, Charles Elihu Slocum, George R. Schieffelin, Carnegie Institution of Washington, and Washington Headquarters Association.
Correspondence. 1908 January, 1908
Scope and Contents Note
Includes January-February exchanges seeking the support of N-YHS in the proposed bill to enable the purchase of the old Manor Hall in Yonkers, to be placed in the custody of The American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society.
Correspondence. 1908 February 1-15, 1908
Correspondence. 1908 February 16-29, 1908
Correspondence. 1908 March, 1908
Correspondence. 1908 April, 1908
Correspondence. 1908 May 1-15, 1908
Correspondence. 1908 May 16-31, 1908
Correspondence. 1908 June, 1908
Scope and Contents Note
Includes document relating to the bequest of Mary S. Durrell; letters accompanying donations to the $10,000 moving fund, in response to President Hoffman's appeal; June 24 letter from Hoffman to Kelby summarizing conflict with frequently hired photographer George C. Dodd over ownership of the slides, negatives, and pictures he has created for N-YHS and of which Dodd has been retaining multiple copies.
Correspondence. 1908 July, 1908
Correspondence. 1908 August, 1908
Correspondence. Undated, [1908]
Scope and Contents Note
Includes typescript on "The Origin of the Advertising School," by Anne Shannon Monroe.
Correspondence. 1908. Building Relocation, 1908
Scope and Contents Note
Includes April-June series of letters concerning the conditions of the paintings in N-YHS collections, which Arthur Dawson warns cannot withstand the strain of relocation to the new building, a suspicion the letters indicate has spread amongst concerned parties (including the executor of the Durr estate), and which President Hoffman tries to dispel; reports from the institution's artist-conservator H.A. Hammond Smith; inquiries to J. Ellerton Lodge concerning treatment of fragile papyrus materials from Egyptian collections; letters regarding the purchase and donor-provided funding of furniture for new building.
Series IV. General Correspondence, 1908-1982, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents Note
The General Correspondence (1908-1982) series begins with the summer of 1908, when the N-YHS has officially reopened in its new (and current) building on Central Park West. The majority of correspondence between 1908 and 1926 continues to be offers for donation or purchase; historical and genealogical reference inquiries from across the country and world (many of which it cannot accommodate owing to limited staff); documentation of N-YHS involvement in local events and advocacy for memorials and preservation; arrangements and receipts for various lecturers, services and goods, and materials exchanged with other institutions; and letters concerning membership (dues, member election and acceptance, Publication Fund shares). Toward the end of the 1910s, the Library took on more freelance consultants and cataloging staff.
During this time, N-YHS continued to field complaints about its governance and operations (culminating with the Van Rensselaer attacks in 1917), while also extending counsel to emerging societies and other historical institutions. Funding problems abounded, with a prevailing sentiment that upper class New Yorkers, despite widespread interest in local and national history, were not willing to contribute to the sustainability of N-YHS. Some women, youth, and school groups voice a sense of exclusion, while others decry it as an old-fashioned boys club that could be more civic-minded. N-YHS shifted its scope to more strictly address New York state and some larger United States history and focuses its art collecting on portraits of local importance. Photostatting was a prominent technological development, and N-YHS collaborated with a variety of organizations to assemble and share reproductions of old newspapers and other materials. Controversially, the Society continued to pour money into the preservation and cataloging of its Egyptian antiquities (primarily, the Abbott Collection), bringing Caroline Ransom Williams on to the staff for that purpose. A new initiative begun in 1917 was the creation of a Field Exploration Committee; headed by William Calver and Reginald Bolton, the Committee conducted amateur excavations at various New York sites, finding Indian, colonial, and Revolutionary War era artifacts. This series includes extensive correspondence regarding this important period in N-YHS's history and the new directions it took through the 1920s.
Beginning in the latter 1920s, there was an increased interest of organizations to preserve and celebrate places of historical consequence. The N-YHS served at the forefront of this preservation movement, and N-YHS's efforts and activism would continue throughout the 20th century. N-YHS provided documentation and illustrations from its collection to Colonial Williamsburg's restoration project, including to T.R. Goodwin (Director, Department of Education). Notably, N-YHS was involved in the preservation efforts of Castle Clinton (see also Series V), Fort Ticonderoga, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, and the Schenck Homestead (Brooklyn). Notable correspondents include Robert Moses, Stephen H. Pell, Robert F. Wagner, and the New York Historical Association. The bulk of correspondence of incoming and outgoing responses from Librarian Alexander J. Wall (who was appointed Director in 1937) continued to be exchanged with patrons, historians, genealogists, vendors (book and art dealers), and outside institutions (e.g., American Antiquarian Society, Chicago Historical Society, Colonial Williamsburg, Library of Congress, Massachusetts Historical Society, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, New York State Historical Association, Smithsonian Institution, Sons of the American Revolution). These matters included reference inquiries (particularly genealogical, Revolutionary War related, or concerning New York City or State); invitations to commemorations; personal information including change of address and death announcements; and continued exchanges with other museums and historical societies. Lecture proposals were arranged between N-YHS and lecturers Poultney Bigelow, Harry T. Peters and many others. N-YHS continued to be involved with historical events and commemorations across New York State and the country by loaning materials or advising (e.g. George Washington Birthday Bicentennial, the American Revolution Sesquicentennial, United States Constitution Sesquicentennial, 1939 New York World's Fair).
By 1937, as a result of several large bequests to N-YHS (in particular the Elizabeth Gardiner Thompson estate), the institution was able to proceed with a major building expansion and renovation, during which time the building was closed for over a year. Many materials were moved offsite during reconstruction, including the Egyptian collection which was loaned and ultimately sold to the Brooklyn Museum. N-YHS was therefore able to make more storage room for collections related to New York history, such as a separate room for the Bella Landauer Collection. Other additions to the museum included new lighting following a trip abroad by Director A.J. Wall and George Zabriskie (Treasurer) to study proper lighting of European museums. Continuing up through the 1940s, storage continued to be problem for the museum's growing collections; letters exchanged concern Philip N. Youtz being commissioned as Architect for unrealized plans for a further expansion of the building to encompass an Education Building. The N-YHS's quest to be recognized as an educational museum had finally been realized in 1928 when the museum was declared a tax-exempt educational institution. This recognition opened the door for generous donations, and allowed the institution to take a more involved role in reaching out to schools and students in the city. In the following decades, N-YHS played a large role in furthering the education of students by offering programs, classes, film series, and the distribution of half tone reproductions of portraits, early views, and objects owned by the Society. The correspondence consists of letters from school children with historical-related questions, as well as thank you notes for tours of exhibitions or talks. The N-YHS welcomed and accomodated children even during challenging times, such as a school strike in 1968.
When America entered World War II, the N-YHS took an active part in efforts at home. In 1942, N-YHS formed the Museums Committee of the American Red Cross War Fund. Comprised of 26 institutions, the Committee took part in a community effort to protect area buildings and people from potential air raids or fires. N-YHS opened a part of its building as a Red Cross surgical dressing unit. Essentially, museum functions were directly affected by the war with considerable staff reductions (resulting in fewer exhibitions), and precautions taken to ensure the safety of collections with off-site storage and the covering of skylights. A.J. Wall (Director) took an active role in collecting information from state organizations in regard to the protection of state records during war time. The correspondence includes rich material concerning these wartime concerns and preparations.
Throughout the series, letters provide insight into the production of the various publications produced by the N-YHS, including the Edwin Smith Surgical Papers translated and edited by James H. Breasted, Williams Sawitzky's monograph on the artist Ralph Earl, and N-YHS's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860 (George C. Groce and David H. Wallace). Included among these publications are the Quarterly journal, reports, annual reports, and meeting minutes. Financial and real estate matters will give researchers a sense of the decisions the institution made over the years with regard to purchases, sales, and other matters (e.g. mortgage certificates, sales of properties owned by N-YHS, investments, securities, and taxes). Frequent correspondents concerning finances include N-YHS Treasurers Frederic D. Weekes, R. Horace Gallatin, Thomas Streeter, George Zabriskie, and William Van Alstyne. Bequests are noted in the series, as are additions to significant library collections (e.g. those from Bella C. Landauer, Leonidas Westervelt, Thomas O. Mabbott, Katherine Prentis Murphy, and Harold Seton).
Further information about documents and correspondents identified by the processing archivist as being of substance and/or significance to N-YHS institutional history or historical thought are identified in folder-level notes in the container list.
Arrangement Note
The series is in original order. Although the central correspondence files were maintained in alphabetical order by correspondent, it appears that at various points in time the files were emptied of most older correspondence and new alphabetical files were started with new incoming letters. Consequently, the series includes 18 of these "sets" or batches of correspondence, each set advancing chronologically from 1908 to 1982. Each set holds at least two years of correspondence (e.g., 1927-1929; 1930-1932), but several hold more years (e.g., 1960-1963; 1975-1979). This is especially true of the first set which ranges from 1908 to 1926. In order to keep a reviewer oriented to which set they are viewing in the container list, the entries include an opening reference (e.g., Correspondence 1908-1926. Bab – Bap; Correspondence 1946-1947. As-Az). In short, a researcher looking for correspondence to/from John Doe over an extended period of time will need to look for the "D" folder under multiple sets/time periods.
Access Restrictions
N-YHS generally restricts the records of the Board and the Executive Office for fifty years following the conclusion of the tenure of a President and CEO (formerly, Director). Accordingly, correspondence from 1960-1982 is restricted until 2033 as these files were held in the office of Director James Heslin, whose tenure dated from 1960 to 1982.
Processing Information Note
This series was initially processed perhaps circa 1990-2000, with documents transferred from original folders to archival containers. In 2016, archivist Margaret Kaczorowski refined the arrangement, integrated additional documents found, and provided description in a finding aid for the series.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Abb - Amen (7 folders), 1908-1926, Undated
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Acme Film Company request for commission to actively seek out New York historical points for film capture (N-YHS expresses exclusive interest in developing print and photography collections); Allied Patriotic Societies advocating support for the repeal of the Lusk Anti-Sedition Laws (N-YHS asserts disinterest in politics); photostat copies of manuscript deposits made by Charles E. Adams in 1923. Correspondents: William Abbatt, Charles F. Adams, Virgil D. Allen, George B. Agnew, Cleveland Abbe (accepting membership election), Wilbur C. Abbott, H.F. Addition, and James Truslow Adams.
Correspondence 1908-1926. American A - American E (6 folders), 1908-1926
Scope and Contents Note
Includes extensive correspondence, surveys, ballots, memoranda, and newsletters from American Association of Museums; April 21, 1925 initial inquiry and response to the American Council of Learned Societies on attitudes towards the collection of material bearing on current history; ephemera and informational packets from the American Civic Association, American Academy of Political and Social Science, American Year Book Corporation, America's Gift to France (fund for statue commemorating the Battle of the Marne), Eugenics Society of the United States. Correspondents: American Art Association, American Bible Society, American Museum of Natural History, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and American Defense Society.
Correspondence 1908-1926. American Antiquarian Society (2 folders), 1908-1926
Scope and Contents Note
Includes centennial celebration program, annual meeting notices, and extensive correspondence between AAS Librarian Charles S. Brigham and N-YHS Librarian Alexander J. Wall, much of it concerning Wall's bibliography of New York almanacs (1694-1850) and compilation of historic newspaper photostats, in addition to reference inquiries, material exchanges, and more.
Correspondence 1908-1926. American F - American M (5 folders), 1908-1926
Scope and Contents Note
Includes American Historical Association materials from annual conferences on "The Problems of Historical Societies" and annual reports on "Writings on American History" issued by J.F. Jameson; American Library Association ephemera, surveys, ballots, and diagrams of the 1926 sesquicentennial Philadelphia Exposition; series of 1916 correspondence between institutions surrounding the American Fair Trade League's fight against the Stephens-Amhust Bill targeting dishonest advertising and proposed in the House of Representatives (official circular also present). Correspondents:American Irish Historical Society, American Museum of Natural History, American Federation of Arts, and Greater New York Library War Council.
Correspondence 1908-1926. American N - American W (4 folders), 1908-1926
Scope and Contents Note
Includes extensive reference inquiries from American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society and voice of support from secretary Edward Hageman Hall in response to Van Rensselaer criticism of N-YHS; American Numismatic Society membership applications and cards, correspondence on collaborations such as a medal commemorating the purchase of Manhattan Island, and inventories of coin holdings. Correspondents: American Red Cross, American Social Hygiene Association, American-Scandinavian Foundation, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, and American Woman's Association.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Americana/Americanist - Ap (3 folders), 1908-1926
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Annin & Co Flag Makers on display and lecture at N-YHS and family tree diagrams for Lewis Morris (1726-1798); W.F. Auger of Globe Tailoring Co. on military uniform insignia and chevrons; memorial program for William Loring Andrews, president of the Society of Iconophiles; spring 1926 appeal to W.S. Richardson for funding by John D. Rockefeller, detailing staffing and funding problems at N-YHS (subsequently denied by Rockefeller representative Thomas B. Appleget). Correspondents: John Anderson Jr., George P. Anderson of the Boston Stock Exchange, author Kate A. Aplington, D. Appleton & Co, Anderson Auction Company, The Antiquarian publishing company, Antiques magazine, and Annals of Medical History.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ar - Ay (5 folders), 1908-1926
Scope and Contents Note
Includes March 11, 1917 New York Tribune article complaining that N-YHS has not publically exhibited its Audubon holdings. Correspondents: L.O. Armstrong, Theodore Arnold, C. Louise Avery, Architectural League of New York, Art Commission of the City of New York, Arts Council of New York City, Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead, Attorney General of the United States office, and The Automobile Blue Book Publishing Company.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Bab - Bap (3 folders), 1908-1924
Scope and Contents Note
Includes 1922 packet of materials from Evelyn B. Baldwin on movement to petition Congress to build National Archives; January 20, 1922 letter from G. Gordon Hammill outlining provenance of a Evert Bancker miniature accompanied by January 15, 1807 letter from James Bancker detailing its subject and the family lineage. Correspondents: Leon Brooks Bacon, Margaret Bayard Baldwin, booksellers Baker & Taylor and Bailey and Banks & Biddle; consulting power, heating, and venilation engineers Baker, Smith & Co; and Bankers Trust Company.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Bab - Bap (2 folders), 1925-1926
Scope and Contents Note
Includes October 28, 1925 complaint from Columbia professor Margaret Bancroft that several of her ancient history students were turned away on attempts to view the N-YHS Egyptian collections; further communications with the Baker & Taylor Co. and Bankers Trust Company.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Bar - Bay (5 folders), 1908-1919
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondence, with marketing material, concerning arrangements for lectures with Frank W. Bayley of the Copley Gallery in Boston, David H. Bates, Adriaan J. Barnouw, Edward Balch Barrand, and others; acquisition from John W. Bartow of a book of original receipts for sales of prizes and cargoes captured by the British in 1779 from French and American merchantmen; acquisition from Mrs. Henry B. Barnes of engravings by J.J. Chant and by Charles Moltran; gift of engravings from the estate of Cornelia Price; acquisition of the Naval History Society collections (correspondent James Barnes); and request of U.S. Senator Thomas F. Bayard to copy portraits.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Bea - Bez (2 folders), 1908-1920
Scope and Contents Note
Includes extensive correspondence of N-YHS officers James Benedict and Gerald Beekman; letters regarding 1911 acquisition of the Beekman Coach and "blue room" of the Beekman homestead; January 2, 1911 letter from Gustave Besse (in Swiss); lawyer's notice of bequest from H.C. Page; purchase of stereopticon for slide projection from Charles Beseler Co.; exchanges with Commander F.W. Bely concerning his 1918 lecture; 1919 acceptance of honorary membership by the Secretary to King Albert and other communications from Belgium. Subjects: Abbott Egyptian Collection, Mrs. Van Rensselaer.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Bea - Bez (3 folders), 1920-1926
Scope and Contents Note
Includes further extensive correspondence of James Benedict, an officer heavily involved in member recruitment and acquisitions, and N-YHS resolution acknowledging his death in 1924; rejection of Charles Fraser painting on grounds that N-YHS does not collect American art beyond portraits; materials relating to the bequest of Park Benjamin. Correspondents: W. Gedney Beatty, poet Berton Bellis, Dayton C. Belknap, Walter R. Benjamin.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Bi (3 folders), 1908-1926
Scope and Contents Note
Includes extensive correspondence with lecturer Poultney Bigelow; Farham Bishop regarding his lectures on the Panama Canal and submarines; Charles F. Biele & Sons Co on exhibition case construction; materials relating to the bequest of Ann E. Bishop. Correspondents: Edward Biddle, Bibliophile Society, Bibliographical Society of America.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Bl (3 folders), 1908-1926
Scope and Contents Note
Includes denial of request by Mayor of Philadelphia Rudolph Blankenburg for the loan or transfer of original chair of the Old State House held by N-YHS; Maurice Blumenthal donation of relics excavated from Broad and Pearl Streets, formal report on donation by Committee on Field Exploration, and subsequent series of similar donations; Mrs. Joseph Blake donation of miscellaneous manuscript collection. Correspondents: W.Y.(?) Black, Blackstone Memorial Library, Harry M. Blank, Mrs. Chester W. Bliss.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Boa - Bott (8 folders), 1908-1926
Scope and Contents Note
Dominated by extensive communications of lecturer, donor, and member Reginald Pelham Bolton (chiefly on 1918 formulation and subsequent activities of the Field Exploration Committee as well as report on defects in heating and ventilation system and proposal to award medals for historical investigation) and Charles K. Bolton of the Boston Athenaeum. Also includes Bond and Mortgage Guaranteed Company ( N-YHS mortgage agreements); J. Marcus Boorman (legal document relating to appraisal of bequested property); John Borkel & Co (roofing); 1919 committee discussion of decision to not loan Jarvis Collection of Indian Artifacts to Museum of the American Indian, and N-YHS continued policy of maintaining collections in-house; Board of Transportation September 16, 1926 notice of contract to construct subway adjacent to building. Correspondents: Henry L. Bogert (including commentary on Mrs. Van Rensselaer), J. Harry Bongartz, Theodore Bolton, Museum of Fine Art (Boston). Subjects: Joint Committee on Erection of Liberty Pole, Special Committee on Field Exploration.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Bow - Boy (3 folders), 1908-1916
Scope and Contents Note
Includes numerous reference inquiries from Clarence W. Bowen, president of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; and packet on the proposed donation of portrait of William C. Bouck, with quality reproduction from Charles Ezra Cornell.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Bow - Boy (4 folders), 1916-1926
Scope and Contents Note
Includes extensive reference inquiries from Clarence W. Bowen, president of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Correspondents: W.G. Bowdoin, Adolf Bowski, Charlotte Morrell Boyer, Boyce, Hughes, & Farell (auditors).
Correspondence 1908-1926. Bra - Bri (6 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes extensive communications with James H. Breasted, consulting Egyptologist and translator of Edwin Smith Medical Papyrus, and H.K. Brewer & Co receipts and arrangements for N-YHS printed materials and supplies purchases; materials related to bequest of Cornelia G. Brent; Thomas Brady, an agent representing lecture tour of Dr. Arthur N. Davis "American dentist to the Kaiser" (circular present); and Mohawk Chief Sol J. Brant inquiry about Six Nation Indian Peace Treaty.Correspondents: John I. D. Bristol, bookseller Arthur Brentano, C.S. Bradford, British Museum (F.D. Sladen), William Bradford Memorial Committee, 1910 World's Fair in Brussels. Subjects: Abbott Egyptian Collection.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Bro - Bry (9 folders), 1908-1926
Scope and Contents Note
Includes extensive communications with historian and lecturer Henry Collins Brown on the early development and opening of Museum of the City of New York, as well as printed matter for his publication Valentine's Manual (often signs letters "Capt. Kidd") and active Executive Committee Member B.W.B. Brown; Robert Murray Brown on donation of Rufus Wright portrait of his grandfather Robert Murray; William J. Brownlow photographs of the January 4, 1800 Ulster County Gazette and WWI memorial he designed in Rouen, France. Correspondents: lecturer Belmore Brown, Robert I. Brown, R.L. Brownfield, L.D. Broughton, Broadway Association, and representatives of Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Museum, and Brooklyn Institute of Arts & Sciences. Subjects: Battery Park Liberty Pole, New York City Tricentennial.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Oversize, circa 1920s
Scope and Contents Note
Invitation from Henry Collins Brown, secretary of the Joint Committee, to Alexander J. Wall to become a Vice President of the Committee formed by the Sons of the Revolution, N-YHS, and Valentine's Manual of Old New York to pursue the removal of the old post office and restore City Hall Park to its original colonial era dimensions.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Bu - By (7 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes extensive communications with Charles William Burrows and Edward P. Buffet. Correspondents: C.M. Burton, Paul G. Burton, Rudolph F. Bunner, F.L. Butler, Buffalo Historical Society, Buffalo Public Library.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ca (3 folders), 1908-1919
Scope and Contents Note
Includes extensive communications with Frederick J. Jameson of the Carnegie Institution of Washington [see also: Ja-Je folders]. Correspondents: John Watson Cary, University of California (The Academy of Pacific Coast History), John D. Canfield, Catholic Records Society, and various governmental departments and agencies of Canada.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ca (4 folders), 1920-1926
Scope and Contents Note
Includes further reference inquiries and annual reports on "Writings on American History" from Frederick J. Jameson of the Carnegie Institution of Washington [see also: Ja-Je folders]; and travel postcards from Sydney H. Carney Jr. Correspondents: John Watson Cary, Catholic Record Association, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Cadmus Book Shop, Hampton L. Carson, T.E. Cassidy.
Correspondence 1908-1926. William L. Calver (2 folders), 1916-1926
Scope and Contents Note
Chiefly documents 1918 formulation and subsequent activities of the Field Exploration Committee (finances, trip logistics, published reports and findings in Quarterly Bulletin); N-YHS lectures (Revolutionary War buttons); and postcards and photographs from his travels (March 1926 Jersualem and Transjordan region).Subjects: Special Committee on Field Exploration.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ce (2 folders), 1908-1926
Scope and Contents Note
Includes circulars, blank forms, and other distribution materials (Central Park West Taxpayers Association, Central Park Civic League, Central Park West and Columbus Avenue Association). Correspondents: Century Company publishers. Subjects: Central Park subway line.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ch (2 folders), 1908-1919
Scope and Contents Note
Includes illustration of gold mounted sword and portrait of Commodore John T. Newton submitted by Alexander Crawford Chenoweth. Correspondents: Chicago Historical Society, Christian Science Monitor, Chamber of Commerce.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ch (3 folders), 1920-1926
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondence with James H. Breasted (hiring of Paul W. Hoffman for restoration work on the Egyptian collections), Chamber of Commerce of New York, (anniversary celebrations for purchase of Manhattan Island and first public reading of the Declaration of Independence), ephemera from Childrens' Matinee Association (broadside for October 10-19, 1921 performances of Materlinck's The Bluebird). Correspondents: lecturer Clio Chilcott, Walter Chisolm, E.B. Child, Catherine C. Chenoweth, Church of the Holy Communion, Chinese associations, and various Chicago, IL (Chicago Historical Society, University of Chicago) and Charleston, SC based institutions.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ci, 1908-1926
Scope and Contents Note
Includes event correspondence, calendars, and ephemera of The City History Club of New York; tickets and invitations for Daughters of the Cincinnati. Correspondents: University of Cincinnati, Society of the Cincinnati.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Cl (6 folders), 1908-1926
Scope and Contents Note
Includes extensive correspondence with publishers and booksellers the John Clark Company, Arthur H. Clark Company, Samson Clark & Co, and A.S. Clark; series of letters concerning the acquisition of the papers of Frederick O. Clarke and abolition-related materials collected by Florence Michalek; ticket for Librarian Alexander J. Wall to Thomas Jefferson Dinner hosted by Women's National Democratic Club; undated report from Clarke and Company on paper permanency. Correspondents: dry goods dealer Claflins Incorporated, Henry A. Clark, Cleveland Museum of Art, William M. Clements.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Co (8 folders), 1908-1923
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Includes extensive correspondence of frequent donor J. Ackerman Coles and John Cox Jr.(Joint Committee on Records of the Religious Society of Friends); materials relating to the bequests of J. Marcus Boorman and Maria Duane Bleecker Cox. Correspondents: Colonial Dames of the State of New York, Columbia County Historical Society, John G. Coyle, Rev. John Cornell and various departments and representatives of Columbia University, Cornell University, and U.S. Congress (including Library of Congress). Subjects: Memorial museum on Constitution Island.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Co (5 folders), 1924-1926
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Includes extensive correspondence of frequent donor J. Ackerman Coles; inventory of materials presented by Isabella Vache Cox and Mary E. Cox; letters concerning the bequest of a desk bookcase formerly owned by Colonel Henry Rutgers by Katharine Rutgers Lane; H.M. Cordell from office of Henry Ford, concerning the dating of lights in N-YHS collections. Subjects: New-York Historical Society Scholarship historical essay competition in collaboration with Henry J. Carman of Columbia University; see also New-York Historical Society Scholarship essay submissions, NYHS-RG 13.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Cr - Cy (6 folders), 1908-1922
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Correspondents: N-YHS treasurer Warren C. Crane, John D. Crimmins, and David E. Cronin. Frequent correspondents include R. Fulton Cutting, (Mrs.) W. Bayard Cutting, Cyclone Fence Company, and the William T. Palmer & Company, Inc.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Da (6 folders), 1908-1926
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Dominated by historian Gherardi B. Davis. Also includes ephemera and correspondence from Daughters of the Holland Dames, Daughters of the Revolution, Daughters of the Cincinnati, Dayton Art Institute; 1925 letter from J. Clarence Davies suggesting that the Museum of the City of New York is duplicating the efforts of N-YHS and wasting city and taxpayer money; packet of materials on Davey Reorganization Bill supplied by Congressional Rep. Martin L. Davey himself; illustration of undated Georgina pre-revolutionary house, drawn by Smith Birdsey Dayton.
Correspondence 1908-1926. De (3 folders), 1908-1915
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Correspondents: Philip Schuyler de Luze, John Ross Delafield, Joseph L. Delafield, and Mary L. Dey.
Correspondence 1908-1926. De (6 folders), 1916-1926
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Includes Henry F. De Puit discussions of N-YHS "going public" and reorganization of Executive Committee; lecturers Theodore De Booy and Emeterio de La Garza Jr.; Grace Schuyler de Luze donation of four-post bed and other family heirlooms; Richard and John Ross Delafield proposal of donation for Delafield Family room; 1925 N-YHS circular of information; two drafts of undated manuscript written by son of Frederic de Peyster.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Di (2 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes Charles A. Ditmas and his campaign for commemoration of the Battle of Long Island. Correspondents: H.W. Dickinson and Harriet C. Dickinson.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Do - Dy (2 folders), 1908-1915
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Includes 1812 bookplate belonging to John Turner and materials relating to bequests of William J. Dodd and Frederic D. Durand.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Do - Dy (5 folders), 1916-1926
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Includes materials relating to the bequest of Frederic D. Durand, Mary S. Durrell, David Stuart Dodge; extensive inventory of sheet music, New York City scene prints, and other local and state-related items held by J. Francis Driscoll; Robert E. Dowling on involvement in honor ceremony for I.N. Phelps Stokes. Correspondents: Henry Russell Drowne.
Correspondence 1908-1926. E (3 folders), 1908-1918
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Includes ephemera for the Evangelistic Committee of New York City.
Correspondence 1908-1926. E (5 folders), 1919-1926
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Includes acquisition inquiries from private collectors of Egyptian antiquities; correspondence with Empire Wrecking Co. regarding the retrieval of a bas relief, box in the cornerstone, and other items from former N-YHS Second Avenue building prior to its demolition; undated copy of the will of William Banks Gilley. Correspondents: William Webster Ellsworth, Essex Institute, Harold L. Ehrich, George Simpson Eddy, Erie Centennial Commission, George S. Eddy, Egypt Exploration Society.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Wilberforce Eames, 1908-1926
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Comprised of various reference exchanges with the head of the American History Division, New York Public Library. (See also: "New York City" folders, where much New York Public Library correspondence, including Eames, is filed.)
Correspondence 1908-1926. Fa (2 folders), 1908-1926
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Correspondents: John Truitt Farrell, Fairfield County Historical Society, W.R. Farrell, De Witt Clinton Falls, Charles R. Faruolo (mortgage payments for property at 424 East 11th Street).
Correspondence 1908-1926. Helen Lincklaen Fairchild (4 folders), 1908-1926
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Communications with scholar and N-YHS benefactor, chiefly centered around research into her Forman and Ledyard family ancestry, and donation of materials, many related to Francis Adrian Van der Kemp. Includes clipping of her New York Times "Letter to the Editor" defending the Society. [Alternative name: Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild.]
Correspondence 1908-1926. Fe (2 folders), 1908-1926
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Correspondents: J.L.G. Ferris, David Ferguson, Mrs. Morris P. Ferris.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Fi (3 folders), 1908-1926
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Correspondents: DeLancey W. Fisk, D. Havelock Fisher, Filson Club (Louisville, KY), Field Museum, Committee for the Protection of the Park Section of Fifth Avenue and Fifth Avenue Association.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Stuyvesant Fish (3 folders), 1910-1926
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Documents Fish's research inquiries with N-YHS librarians and activities as Recording Secretary (elected in 1917). Includes discussion of difficulties obtaining alcohol used in conservation treatment during Prohibition; response to complaint by Virginia H. Field about the society's decision to open to the public on Sunday, the Sabbath Day; letter from Emlen Hare Miller referencing his request of Fish to investigate N-YHS affairs; Publication Fund share transfers. Subjects: Gen. John Lamb, Gramercy Park, Beverly Robinson House, Nicholas Fish (military career), Proclamation of Governor Benjamin Fletcher (1693), Continental Village.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Fl - Fo (5 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes menu for 1923 anniversary dinner, catered by Fowler; survey and responses to investigation into activities, operations, and funding of major historical societies, forwarded by Dixon Ryan Fox; receipts from technical photographer R.B. Fleming; letter to Henry C. Folger proposing the construction of rooms to house his famed Shakespeare collection at N-YHS [see also: "James B. Wilbur" folder]. Correspondents: New York Fourth of July Committee, Joseph H. Foster, Flower Memorial Library, Worthington C. Ford, B. Sherman Fowler, Ford Educational Film Libraries, Dixon Ryan Fox.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Fr - Fu (7 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes extensive correspondence with prominent genealogist Josephine C. Frost; and explorer Charles W. Furlong (also: lecture circulars); distribution materials for public appeal for Benjamin Franklin birthday celebration; New York Press clipping on Henry Frank and Independent Liberal Congregation (November 21, 1909); suggestion by Annie Wilson France to collect African-American traditional (slave?) songs overheard at Brooklyn's Home for Aged Colored People. Correspondents: Robert Fridenberg, Helen C. Frick, Frick Art Reference Library, and organizations based in France.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ga (3 folders), 1908-1926
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Correspondents: Charles Carroll Gardner (incuding letterpress pamphlet advertising genealogy services), Charles Gaffin; Mr. and Mrs. R. Horace (see also: individual folder), Albert, and other Gallatin family members, generally inquiries about the Gallatin Papers.
Correspondence 1908-1926. R. Horace Gallatin (2 folders), 1917-1926
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Documents activity as N-YHS Treasurer (1920-1928), including oversight of mortgages and E.A. Hoffman, G.W. Van Slyck, and De Peyster funds.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ge - Gi (5 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes report "Defects In the Heating & Ventilation System" conducted by R.P. Bolton Company and proposal and repair estimates from Gillis & Geoghegan; materials relating to the estates of Mary S. Durrell and Annie Loucks Gebhard; bills and correspondence from frequent service providers Jacob Gescheidt & Co. and photographic supplier G. Gennert. Correspondents: Stephen W. Giles, Henry J. Gensler, General Theological Seminary, Joseph B. Gilder, and individuals and organizations based in Georgia. Subjects: Gerritsen Basin Park.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Gl - Go (3 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes offer for 2nd Avenue building by Arthur Goldstein on behalf of Louis Minsky; EJ Goodspeed inquiries on the Abbott Egyptian Collection; tickets for Mrs. Frederic S. Goodwin lectures on Mexico at various venues and dedication of Joan of Arc statue in Central Park; extensive dealings with Globe Indemnity Company (elevator certification, workmen's compensation, bond on behalf of Edward Steers) and Goodspeed's Book Shop; letter from Glenn Gould criticizing treatment of Mrs. Van Rensselaer and member behavior at meeting.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Gr - Gu ( 7 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes letters and later bequest of Isaac J. Greenwood (dispersal of personal library managed by daughter Eliza Rudd Greenwood); librarian's letter to Henry E. Gregory describing the Van Rensselaer-led attack; distribution materials from the Gypsy Lore Society; correspondence with newly formed Greenwich Village Historical Society (variety of ephemera, birthday card and expression of fealty to N-YHS, signed by officers and members); Grosvenor Library (objection to Librarian Augustus H. Shearer's negative report on historical societies); and Rocellus S. Guernsey's certificate of election to honorary member of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society. Correspondents: Langdon Greenwood, Mrs. Edward Green, Grolier Club, I.S. Graves, Guttag Bros.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ha (2 folders), 1908-1926
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Correspondents: Emily C. Hawley.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ha (9 folders), 1912-1926
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Includes permission to Church of the Divine Paternity to cultivate land on the 76th street corner of N-YHS property; letters from supportive members following Van Rensselaer attack and McDougall Hawkes suggesting N-YHS loan objects outside its scope to more appropriate institutions, particularly "these mummified bulls, etc., which are a constant source of ridicule when associated with an Historical Society of New York; it is unfortunate to overlook a public sense of humor." Correspondents: Charles T. Harback, Lathrop C. Harper, Oscar W. Hamilton, H.O. Hart, John H. Hazelton, James S. Hall, Charles Henry Hart, Edward Hagman Hall, Richard T.H. Halsey, Robert H. Hatch, Harvard College, Harvard University, and organizations associated with the neighborhood of Harlem.
Correspondence 1908-1926. He (5 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes materials relating to the bequest of Caroline M. Hertzell; calendar reform bill (in Spanish) sent by Carlos A. Hesse. Correspondents: A.G.(?) Heaton, Victoria Hewitt, Charles F. Heartman.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Hi (5 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes donations and Assistant Librarian application package from William A. Hildebrand of the Dramatic Morgue and Typographical Library and Museum; ephemera from Hispanic Society of America and Conference of Historical Societies. Correspondents: Executive Committee member Frederick Trevor Hill, C.G. Hine, Frederick S. Hills (Argus Company), Frederick H. Hitchcock.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ho (8 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes extensive correspondence with editor Thomas W. Hotchkiss and Paul W. Hoffman, from hired work on Egyptian Collections through subsequent employment and financial problems; copy of statement of gratitude for the "Divine Being" protecting NYC Mayor William Jay Gaynor upon the anniversary of his assassination attempt; photographs supplied and captioned by Arthur P. Howard of burial places, tombstones, and monuments (John Laurens, William Heath[?]); the Holland Society on adoption of new city flag and seal; exchanges with photo-stat service provider E.S. Holland (and efforts to secure necessary machinery due to war rationing, ultimately loaned by U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation); documents relating to the bequest of Ella N. Holgate; regular ice cream orders to J.M. Horton. Correspondents: C.A. Hoppin, John J. Hopper, W.P. Horton, Houghton Mifflin Company, The Hague (Holland).
Correspondence 1908-1926. Roswell Randall Hoes, 1908-1931
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Documents numerous reference requests, chiefly centered around Hoes's editing of As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Marian Gouverneur and further Ulster County and Gouverneur family genealogical research, photostatting of Hoes's original copy of the 1800Ulster County Gazette, and discussions with his widow Rose Gouverneur Hoes regarding the deposit of materials, following his death in 1922 (which were ultimately transferred, according to the original terms, to the Senate House Association of Kingston in 1930).
Correspondence 1908-1926. Samuel V. Hoffman (3 folders), 1908-1926
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Documents Hoffman's N-YHS presidency (1903-1912), subsequent convalescence, Executive Commitee membership (1919-1937) and further committee work, acquisitions, donations, and special event participation. Includes discussions of advances of funds to the society; oversight of facilities; establishment of Susan M. Watson binding fund; relationship and fallout with Henry Dexter as well as his bequest to N-YHS; health and deaths of prominent members and colleagues; omission of several female patrons from 1908 annual report; unspecified cataloging work following retirement; updates on Society activity from the Librarian; and the Van Rensselaer episode (or, "this season of female complaints"). Other items: blank photograph request form and 1913 meeting resolution honoring Hoffman upon his resignation.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Samuel V. Hoffman. Bills (6 folders), 1908-1916; 1930-1932
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Annotated list of gifts of S.V. Hoffman between 1903 and 1912 and receipts for goods and services purchased by Hoffman for N-YHS, as an advance or gift, between 1917 and 1932.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Hu (4 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes materials relating to the estate of James B. Ludlow. Correspondents: Richard M. Hurd, Charles R. Huntington, Elmer T. Hutchinson, Mrs. W.D. Hurlbutt, Historical Society of Hudson County, Hunts Point Community League, Hunter College, and various Huguenot associations.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Huntington (2 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes Archer Milton Huntington (Foreign Corresponding Secretary) and the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery (librarians George Watson Cole and Leslie M. Bliss); other Huntingtons in proceeding "Hu" folders.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Hy, 1908-1926
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Correspondents: Henry St. John Hyde and James H. Hyde.
Correspondence 1908-1926. I (3 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes reproduction of portrait of Washington Irving around the age of 30, a 1925 price confirmation from Independent Movie Supply Company to equip N-YHS auditorium with projector, and illustrated marketing brochure from the Imperial Brush Company (1917).Correspondents: Charles Isham, William M. Ivins, George Iles, Dr. Frederucj Usrawk [in German], International Film Service, and various organizations based in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, annd those with names beginning with International
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ja - Je (2 folders), 1908-1919
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Correspondents: E.C. Jameson, Emily Jackson, Charles H. Jackson, J. Franklin Jameson (Carnegie Institution of Washington and "Writings on American History").
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ja - Je (3 folders), 1920-1926
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Includes exchange with J. Franklin Jameson on western and state-funded historical societies. Correspondents: Arthur Curtiss James, Walter Jennings, Le Roy Jeffers (the Associated Mountaineering Clubs of North America), Charles F. Jenkins, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation. Subjects: Edwin Smith medical papyrus in Egyptian Collection.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Jo - Ju (6 folders), 1920-1926
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Includes attempted acquisition of John Pintard papers from Harris H. Johnston; proposal for building fundraising by John Price Jones Corporation (plus report of progress on publicity campaign for the American Antiquarian Society); distribution materials for motion picture theatre equipment; list of "Negroes Writing Before the Civil War;" ephemera for the unveiling of the Joan of Arc statue on Riverside Drive. Correspondents: H.P. Johnston, John J. Judge, John White Johnston, C.K. Johnson, J.H. Jordan, John Jermain Memorial Library, Johns Hopkins University, John Carter Brown Library (Brown University).
Correspondence 1908-1926. Joint Committee of Printing, U.S. Congress (7 folders), 1925-1926; 1928
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Includes drafted entries for the Biographical Congressional Directory formally submitted to the N-YHS librarian for fact-checking; packets for 1925 Congressional bills H.R. 4795 and H.R. 4798, submitted by Martin L. Davey, advocate for reorganization of the government.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ka - Ke (5 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes 1921 resignation of Librarian Robert Kelby on basis of poor health and other related communications; postcards sent by R.H. Kelly to James Benedict from Europe in 1914. Correspondents: Frank Berger Kelley (City History Club of New York), Austin Baxter Keep, Daniel Edwards Kennedy, Gouverneur Kemble, Jennie E. Kent, John Keller, Kansas State Historical Society and Kentucky State Historical Society.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ki (3 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes ephemera and correspondence from Kings County Historical Society (President Charles A. Ditmas); inquiry for prints of Central Park from Theodore Kimball of Olmsted Brothers; hand-illustrated letters addressed to "Addie" from artist W. Ruloff Kip, recounting his discovery of the Society and interest in employment with the Egyptian collections. Correspondents: Edwin P. Kilroe.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Kl - Ky, 1906-1916
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Correspondents: de Lancey Kountze.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Kl - Ky (2 folders), 1917-1926
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Includes George F. Kunz (Authors Club) addressing criticism that Society does not "do something of a more public character" and appointment to represent N-YHS in opposition to the destruction of the High Bridge. Correspondents: de Lancey Kountze.
Correspondence 1908-1926. La (5 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes materials relating to the estates of Daniel Parrish (represented by Charles H. Larence) and Katharine Rutgers Conger Lane; print request from Ladies Home Journal to accompany article by Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer on the Peter Marie miniature collection. Correspondents: John D. Lawson, Lancaster County Historical Society, Algot Lange, Henry W. Lanier, Charles R. Lamb (Battery Park Liberty Pole).
Correspondence 1908-1926. Bella C. Landauer, 1923-1926
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Documents Landauer's application for life membership, personal ephemera collection development, and donation of bookplates to the Society.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Lawyers Mortgage Company (2 folders), 1908-1926; 1928
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Includes mortgage certificates and renewals, interest payment receipts, and related correspondence.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Le (4 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes postcards from Tilda Lent. Correspondents: John Thomas Lee, Lenox Library, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, A.R. Ledoux, Mark Levy.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Charles M. Lefferts, 1909, 1914-1924
Correspondence 1908-1926. Li (4 folders), 1908-1922
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Includes annotated copy of Library of Congress duplicate newspaper copies available for exchange; bills and associated planning for installation of book stacks and manuscript cases, in addition to various supply orders, with Library Bureau, and bookbinding and printing with J.J. Little & Ives Company; copy of Alexander J. Wall deposition in legal dispute with Trow; Printing & Bookbinding Company regarding the proofs and plates for N-YHS catalogs. Correspondents: James M. Lincoln, bookseller George Emery Littlefield, Library of Congress, Libman Contracting Company, John Thomas Lee, Lenox Library, Lewis Historical Publishing Company.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Li (4 folders), 1923-1926
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Correspondents: J.J. Little & Ives Company and Library of Congress.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Lj - Lo (3 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes correspondence with patron Le Duc de Loubat, contributor of $20,000 to the Building Fund; ephemera and communications from Louisiana Historical Society, Long Island Historical Society (librarian: Emma Toedteberg), and Lower Wall Street Business Men's Association; materials relating to the bequest of J. Marcus Boorman. Correspondents: Percival Hall Lombard, various organizations and companies based in London, Los Angeles, and Louisiana. Subjects: University of Louvain.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Lu - Ly (2 folders), 1908-1926
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Correspondents: James B. Ludlow, Le Lyceum Societe des Femme de France a New York, Lynn Historical Society. Subjects: Lusitania memorial service.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Mc - Mac (8 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes numerous reference inquiries by William M. MacBean and Byron McCandless (history of flags); illustrated profile of Margaret Crooke Inglis of Ulster County (mounted print of original drawing, circa 1777, submitted by frequent correspondent Ross McCord). Correspondents: W.G. MacFarlane, MacMillian Company, Alice Howland Macomber.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ma (11 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes annotated manuscript "The Tragedy of John Ury" by W.F. Prince (submitted by Harvey B. Marks); appeal by Christine Maura for N-YHS support of her efforts to encourage the city clergy to preach against lynchings, accompanied by communications on the subject with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (the Executive Committee defines the matter as outside its scope of activities); correspondence with Walter G. Davis of the Maine Historical Society on defining and narrowing the scope of their collecting policies. Correspondents: George Caston Martin, H.N.W. Magill, Frederick C. Mather, Arthur H. Masten, Maiden Lane Historical Society, organizations based in Maryland and Massacusetts. Subjects: Mrs. Van Rensselaer.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Massachusetts Historical Society (3 folders), 1908-1926
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Chiefly comprised of correspondence with Worthington C. Ford (who expresses pleasure with the collaboration between the two "sister societies"): arrangements for production of negatives and photostats of holdings and discussion of other field matters, including funding, low genealogical interest of wealthy New Yorkers, and Ford's plan for societies to exchange valuable materials to the most natural local repository.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Me (8 folders), 1908-1926
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Dominated by event invitations and communications from various departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including suggestion by N-YHS that the Met undertake work on a union catalogue of all oil portraits and artists in America, and series of reports and letters centering around the proposal by Met curator Albert M. Lythgoe that N-YHS deposit its Abbott Collection of Egyptian antiquities for proper conservation and scholarly care (both are ultimately declined). Also contains telegram from Metro Goldwyn Mayer studios research department requesting photograph of the interior of Tony Pastor's theatre, circa 1908, for a film production. Correspondents: H.L. Merritt, Mechanics Institute, Paul Alfred Merbach, Medo Photo Supply Corp.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Mi (7 folders), 1908-1926
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Chiefly comprised of correspondence, receipts, and select ephemera from libraries and historical societies and associations in Michigan, Mississippi, Minnesota, Missouri (University of Michigan, Mississippi Valley Historical Association), including Midwestern society cost-sharing of calendaring of the American Fur Company papers. Also includes materials relating to the acquisition of mill stones belonging to the estate of Thomas McMullen and bequest of Albert M.P. Mitchell; decline of delegate election by Emlen Hare Miller on grounds that that Executive Committee is "self-perpetuating" and enacted "Un-American" policies during the war, and 1922 request for investigation into N-YHS management under Weekes. Correspondents: John Millis.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Mo (2 folders), 1908-1916
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Includes ticket to funeral service for J. Pierpont Morgan and document related to bequest of Maria B. Mount. Correspondents: Warren K. Moorehead, Moravian Historical Society, Samuel Eliot Morison, Morgan & Brothers, George Austin Morrison, and dealer Noah Farnham Morrison. [See also: "Mu - My" folders, where some "Mo" materials have been mis-filed.]
Correspondence 1908-1926. Mo (4 folders), 1917-1926
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Includes extensive correspondence with art collector and scholar John Hill Morgan; materials related to estate of Charles G. Moller; pamphlet advocating the establishment of a National Archives Building by Congress, submitted by the Mississippi and Alabama state departments of Archives and History. Correspondents: Motion Picture Producers & Distributors of America, Horace A. Moses, Thomas M. Moore. [See also: "Mu - My" folders, where some "Mo" materials have been mis-filed.]
Correspondence 1908-1926. Mu - My (5 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes extensive correspondence of Edward Myers and officer J. Archibald Murray; rejection of request for loan by Museum of the American Indian but multiple redirections of donations to the institution. Correspondents: Municipal Reference Library (NYC), William D. Murphy, and mis-filed "Mo" individuals and organizations.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Na (4 folders), 1908-1926
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Comprised chiefly of the correspondence of Dr. George W. Nash and ephemera, form letters, and other communications from various national organizations (National Arts Club, Naval History Society, National Geographic Society, National City Bank, National Historical Society).
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ne (6 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes 1912 summons to librarian to appear before Supreme Court of New York with evidential map; ephemera for the 250th anniversary of the founding of Newark and opening of the New Theatre; materials from historical societies, libraries, and other organizations based in New Jersey, New Hampshire, New Rochelle, Nebraska and New England. Correspondents: William Nelson, Caroline Clifford Newton, Maud E. Johnson (New Jersey Historical Society), Netherland-American Foundation.
Correspondence 1908-1926. New York City (9 folders), 1908-1920
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Includes ephemera, chiefly invitations and admission tickets, for New York Public Library, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, and New York Edison Company; tickets from the Department of Health; arrangements with Commissioner of Public Works for removal and acquisition of a Revolutionary-era cannon at the corner of Pearl and Pine Streets and bronze tablet of Fulton Market; reference requests from the query department of the New York Times. Correspondents: New York Telephone Company; Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity; College of the City of New York; New York Society Library; various representatives and committees of the Mayor's Office.
Correspondence 1908-1926. New York City (5 folders), 1921-1926
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Includes extensive communications with New York Public Library, particularly on the exchange of colonial newspaper reproductions; permits from Department of Parks for Field Exploration Committee; documentation of fight against renaming of Blackwell's Island to Welfare Island; letter to New York Times highlighting chariot parts in the Abbott Egyptian Collection in light of public interest in Tutankhamun's tomb. Correspondents: History Club of New York, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York Library Club, New York City Arts Commission, New York University, New York Academy of Medicine, various New York-based newspapers.
Correspondence 1908-1926. New York [State] (4 folders), 1908-1922
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Includes documentation of efforts by the New York State Historical Association to establish closer relations between societies within the state. Correspondents: State Historians James A. Holden and James Sullivan, New York State Library, New York State Education Department, University of the State of New York, Office of the Attorney General.
Correspondence 1908-1926. New York [State] (3 folders), 1923-1926
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Includes extensive communications with Frederick B. Richards, Peter Nelson, Horace A. Moses, and Edward F. Rouse on New York State Historical Association matters, chiefly the establishment of headquarters in Ticonderoga. Nelson discusses thoughts on administrative structures and titles, as well as gender roles, with Librarian Alexander Wall. Correspondents: State Historians Alexander G. Flick and James Sullivan, New York Library Association.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ni (3 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes communications of N-YHS officers Acosta Nichols and Fancher Nicoll, and portrait unveiling ceremony invitations following Nicoll's death in World War I combat. Correspondents: De Lancey Nicoll.
Correspondence 1908-1926. No - Ny (3 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes reports and communications from Nygren, Tenney & Ohmes, consulting engineers on ventilation systems in the Society building. Correspondents: Henry Harmon Noble, organizations based in North Carolina and Nova Scotia.
Correspondence 1908-1926. O - Om (3 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes correspondence with Fanny Ogden, donor of Schuyler family heirlooms. Correspondents: F.F. Ogilvie, George C. Odell, organizations based in Ohio and Oklahoma.
Correspondence 1908-1926. On - Oz (4 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes frank responses to Mary V. Garrett of the struggling Onondaga Historical Association, with President Weekes relaying his personal experience attempting improvements at N-YHS. Correspondents: Samuel Oppenheim, Henry R. Alley (Librarian, Ontario Department of Education), Sarah M. Orvis, William Church Osborn.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Pa (2 folders), 1908-1914
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Correspondents: State Historian Victor Hugo Paltsits, Samuel E. Parker, Daniel Parrish Jr., Lewis S. Patrick, John Henry Pane.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Pa (3 folders), 1915-1926
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Correspondents: Samuel Parker, Victor Hugo Paltsits, Henry Parrish, Lawrence Park.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Pe - Pf (6 folders), 1908-1923
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Includes extensive correspondence of William S. Pelletreau, such as formal complaint over lack of memorial to Daniel Parrish Jr.; certificates, estimates, and other documentation on wiring and fixture installation by electrical engineer Washington Peet; gift of grass seed for the 77th Street plot from Frances Peters. Correspondents: Henry Greenleaf Pearson, Captain Howland Pell, George H. Pepper (Museum of the American Indian), Henry Pegram, Morton Pennypacker, Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Ernest Spofford) and other organizations based in Pennsylvania. Subjects: Field Exploration Committee.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Pe (2 folders), 1924-1926
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Includes acquisition of blocks of tree planted by Alexander Hamilton uptown by Frederick M. Pedersen; rejection of Sandon Perkins proposal to present Kinema film lecture as outside of scope; ephemera from Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art and Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Correspondents: James Pennick, Howland Pell (Field Exploration Committee), Stephen H.P. Pell (Fort Ticonderoga museum).
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ph - Pl (5 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes account of the dilapidated condition of St. Clement's Church vault hosting the remains of John Pintard; extensive correspondence with Plimpton Press over galleys, proofs, and printing logistics of N-YHS publications (Index to the British Orderly Book, Uniforms in the American Revolution); proxy vote form filled out by John S. Phipps. Correspondents: John B. Pine, Mary E. Phillips (Edgar Allen Poe scholar), George A. Plimpton, Pierce and Scopes, various organizations based in Philadelphia. Subjects: Photostats.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Po (3 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes portrait and pamphlets of Mabel Powers, lecturer on spiritualism and Native American history, and Buffalo Jones (Colonel Charles J. Jones). Correspondents: New York Police Department, Frank B. Porter.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Pr (3 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes list of engraved steel and copper plates connected with the state of New York prepared by George Probst, former superintendent of engraver John Christian Buttre (acquired by N-YHS); John Dyneley Prince translations of Nineveh inscriptions and other N-YHS Egyptian artifacts.Correspondents: George D. Pratt, Princeton University, Pratt Institute (Librarian Edward F. Stevens).
Correspondence 1908-1926. Pu - Qu (2 folders), 1908-1926
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Correspondents: Queens Borough Public Library, J. Harsen Purdy, Mary Perkins Quincy, Bernard Quaritch.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ra (2 folders), 1908-1926
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Correspondents: Robert C. Rathbone, Margaret Ramsay (Daughters of the Revolution), E.G. Rankin.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Re (2 folders), 1908-1915
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Correspondents: Philip Reade, George A. Ready.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Re (3 folders), 1916-1926
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Includes extensive communications with Dr. Nathaniel Reich (Philadelphia Museum), hired for translation and conservation work on N-YHS Demotic texts. Correspondents: Wallace Reid, Helen Wilkinson Reynolds, Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Cuyler Reynolds, Rectigraph Co. Subjects: Abbott Egyptian Collection.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Rh - Ri (4 folders), 1908-1926
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Correspondents: Charles Alexander Richmond (Union College), Arthur S. Richardson, Frederick B. Richards, James D. Riggs, F.A. Ringler Electrotyping Co., Rhode Island Historical Society (Librarian Howard M. Chapin), Ridgway Library (Librarian Bunford Samuel).
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ro (7 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes letter from Elizabeth C. Rottger, Principal of P.S. 15 in the Bronx, advocating for its preservation as a landmark, perhaps as a public library; rejection of request for transfer of the Henry O'Reilly Collection and answer to inquiry on method of cataloging and arranging manuscripts, both from Rochester Historical Society; request for change of address to Hyde Park from Franklin D. Roosevelt; documentation on acquisition of Spengler Collection of World War Articles, funded by John D. Rockefeller (represented by W.S. Richardson) (see also 1927-1929. Stewart, William Rhinelander); 1926 appeal to Rockefeller for funding of educational work, outlining N-YHS goals and need. Correspondents: Royal Colonial Institute, C.W.G. Rohrer, William H. Rockwood, George S. Roorbach, Henry R. Rose, Mrs. J. West Roosevelt, Albert Rosenthal, A.R. Rogers, book dealers Robson & Adee, organizations based in Rochester. Includes the August 16, 1913, letter from Henry Rozier that was transferred to the institutional archive from B.V. Audubon in 2016.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ru - Ry (2 folders), 1908-1926
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Correspondents: Charles Howland Russell, Rutgers University.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Sa (6 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes numerous reference inquiries from M.F. Savage, William H. Samson, Joseph F. Sabin, and R. Sachs; materials relating to the bequests of Cora V.R. Catlin (represented by Henry Gansevoort Sandford), Sabin, and Theodore F. Sanxay; travel postcards from E.H. Sauer; call from Lucy Salmon at Vassar College for copies of the Ulster County Gazette; descriptive letter accompanying donation of Native American tribe photographs by Mrs. Nate Salsbury (widow of director of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show). Correspondents: Bunford Samuel, St. Nicholas Society, St. Andrews Society, St. Augustine Institute of Science, William E. Sarle, organizations based in St. Louis.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Sc (4 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes request from F.A.O. Schwarz for photograph of the Jumel Mansion; purchase of an 1847 painting of Castle Garden from Ernest Schernikow; invitation to the opening of the restored Philip Schuyler Mansion (1917) and details of a subsequent meeting to furnish the house (1918-19). Correspondents: John E. Scopes & Co, O.L. Schmidt, F. Robert Schell and Mary Schell (some concerning the elections of N-YHS officers), Charles Scribner's Sons, Ernest Schernikow, paper box manufacturers Schenk & Schlichte. (Correspondence related to bequests and gifts of the Schuyler family over the course of 1909-25 was consolidated and placed in the Bequests and Gifts record group, NYHS-RG 16.)
Correspondence 1908-1926. Se (2 folders), 1908-1926
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Correspondents: I.D. Seabrook, S.K. Selfridge, George Dudley Seymour, Harold Seton, and Archbishop Robert Seton.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Sh (5 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes extensive reference inquiries by E.N. Sheppard, researching his mother's Collins family history; complaint by female member Carolyn Shel that N-YHS attendant made her feel uncomfortable and unsafe; contract and communications with supervisory engineer Henry L. Shadd in anticipation of Central Park West subway installation. Correspondents: W.L. Sherwood, Thomas T. Sherman, George Sherman, and F.H. Shelton.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Si - Sl, 1908-1914
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Includes establishment of the Charles Elihu Slocum fund by its namesake. Correspondents: William Milligan Sloane and Alanson Skinner (American Museum of Natural History).
Correspondence 1908-1926. Si - Sl (3 folders), 1915-1926
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Includes William Milligan Sloane activities as Executive Committee member (letter to the editor of the New York Post rebuking an op-ed supporting claims of Mrs. Van Rensselaer and inadequacies of N-YHS collections care) and later materials relating to his bequest; resignation letter from member Miss William Gerry Slade detailing history of disrespect and unhelpfulness when trying to access the library and indignation at the male treatment of Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer; refusal of request by American Academy of Arts and Letters to deposit books and manuscripts with N-YHS; discussion of preparation of picture collection catalog with Oswald Siren (ultimately abandoned). Correspondents: Alanson Skinner, Rev. Charles N. Sinnett, Henry T. Sloane,Duncan H. Sill and J. Ferris Simmons.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Sm (6 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes extensive correspondence with H.A. Hammond Smith; event arrangements and menus with Smith Caterers. Correspondents: Hiram Smith, Harlan J. Smith, Howard B. Smith, Mrs. W.H. Smith, John T. Smith, M.M. Smith, Leonora S. Smith, Rev. Edmund Banks Smith,various representatives and branches of the Smithsonian Institution.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Sn (2 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes architecture firm John B. Snook Sons (frequently T. Edward Snook), who were commissioned for several projects (creation of bronze tablets for N-YHS facade); multiple proposals, with illustrated drafts, of display fixtures for John James Audubon exhibition in Dexter Hall, submitted by Universal Fixture Corp, James Mathison, F.H. Wakeham Company, and ultimate hire Snead and Company Iron Works. Correspondents: Admiral Elliot Snow.
Correspondence 1908-1926. So (6 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes extensive ephemera for Sons of the Revolution (New York), Society of Colonial Wars, and Society of the Cincinnati, as well as Society of American Indians and the Southwestern Political and Social Science Association; collaboration on the erection of tablet at home of Robert Fulton with South Ferry Realty Company; reference inquiries from numerous Sons of the Revolution societies across the country and New York chapter officer Henry Russell Drowne. Correspondents: Empire State Society and organizations based in South Carolina.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Sp - Sq (2 folders), 1908-1926
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Correspondents: Charles Worthen Spencer, Chauncey B. Spears, Harry D. Spears, Otto Spengler, John Spargo, and Spokane Historical Society,
Correspondence 1908-1926. Sta (2 folders), 1908-1926
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Correspondents: Lucius M. Stanton, William J. Stanton, Elizabeth Brandon Stanton.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ste (6 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes extensive correspondence with library and literary agents B.F. Stevens & Brown, William Rhinelander Stewart, and John Austin Stevens; acquisition of Cadwallader Colden papers and other exchanges with Henry N. Steven. Correspondents: Mary Morris Stevens, Dr. Edward L. Stevenson and Archibald Ewing Stevenson. Subjects: Baron von Steuben monument.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Mrs. Byam Kerby Stevens, 1909-1923
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Documents donation of the library of her husband, Byam Kerby Stevens, including inventory.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Sti (2 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes extensive correspondence with art collector, donor, and Art Committee member John E. Stillwell.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Sto, 1908-1926
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Includes I.N. Phelps Stokes request for research access while working on "The Iconography of Manhattan Island;" materials relating to bequest of Caroline Phelps Stokes. Correspondents: F.L. Stokes, H.E. Stocker, W.E.D. Stokes.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Clarence Storm, 1908-1926
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Documents activities as Executive Committee member and Treasurer, including mortgage arrangements; travel postcards from Paris and Budapest.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Str - Stu (2 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes materials relating to estates of Gerard Stuyvesant and Charles M. Lefferts. Correspondents: Ingliss Stuart; Oscar S. Straus.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Su (3 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes extensive correspondence from active committee member and First Vice-President Walter Lispenard Suydam (complaint letter that air in the Lecture Hall "is vile," committee work on the erection of the Liberty Pole in Battery Park, event-planning); the will of A. Walter Suiter. Correspondents: George H. Sullivan, Thomas D. Suydam, The Sulgrave Institution, and Dr. James Sullivan.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Sw - Sz (2 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes materials relating to the estate of Mary G. Ray; reference request from Minister of Switzerland Marc Peter regarding the Gallatin family papers; deposit and access restrictions of family portraits by Robert Van Rensselaer Stuyvesant. Correspondents: William H. Swords, Henry U. Swinnerton, Ambrose Swasey, and Forest H. Sweet.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ta - Te (2 folders), 1908-1926
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Correspondents: Douglas Taylor & Co Printers, John B. Taylor, Frank B. Tansley, Sydney R. Taber.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Th (4 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes extensive correspondence with committee member William S. Thomas; notice sent out requesting name and rank of N-YHS members serving with the Colors; materials related to the estate of Lydia W. Thorne and Grace D. Thorne, insurance notices from Frederic B. Thomason; ephemera for The Thoresby Society. Correspondents: R.C. Ballard Thruston, T. Kennard Thomson, Lewis M. Thompson, Frederic W. Thomas, Milton Thomas.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ti - Tj (3 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes arrangements with Tiffany & Co. for conservation treatment of Egyptian pottery (advisor: M.F. Savage) and duplication of plaster bust of Benjamin Franklin; mortgage services by Title Guarantee and Trust Company; deposit of Charles A. Munn materials by Mrs. I. Sheldon Tilney. Correspondents: Bernard J. Tiemann, Captain Lawrence Timpson, Edmund D. Titus.
Correspondence 1908-1926. To (3 folders), 1908-1926
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Correspondents: Emma Toedteberg (Long Island Historical Society), Captain John R. Totten, S. Townsend (Plainview, NJ); Paul R. Towne, Howard Townsend, University of Toronto Library.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Tr - Ty (5 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes extensive correspondence with Winthrop P. Tryon, bookdealers the Tuttle Company (Charles E. Tuttle); arrangements with Trow Press for binding, book repairs, and print jobs. Correspondents: Edward Trenchard, John C. Travis, James A. Trimble, Jane Gray Rogers (Tulane University).
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ua - United States (3 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes extensive trust and mortgage transactions handled by United States Mortgage & Trust Company; resolution expressing support of United States government during World War I, "this crisis of the national existence;" and advocacy for tax exemption for educational, philanthropic, and religious bequests, legacies, and gifts. Correspondents: Department of the Interior – Bureau of Education, D.B. Updike, Henry F. Ulmer, Albert Ulmann, Underhill Society of America, organizations based in Utica.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ua - United States (7 folders), 1918-1926
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Includes extensive trust and mortgage transactions handled by United States Mortgage & Trust Company; materials on Albert Ulmann lecture on Fifth Avenue; application and permit to use distilled spirits or wines for restoration of the Egyptian antiquities collections [see also: "Stuyvesant Fish" folder]; Field Exploration Committee response to Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur request for objects to be examined by the Artillery Museum at West Point; arrangements for painting of building by Damian Uhl; contribution to United States Military Academy for preservation of 18th-century furnace in the United States Military Reservation – Hudson Highlands. Correspondents: U.S. Committee of Public Information, Walter M. Underhill, Utica Public Library.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Va - Van (3 folders), 1908-1919
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Includes materials relating to bequests of John Monroe Van Vleck and George Willett Van Nest. Correspondents: A.J.F. van Laer, Theodore Langdon Van Norden, A. Cortlandt Van Rensselaer, and Miss A.E. Van Tuyll.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Va - Van (4 folders), 1920-1926
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Includes materials relating to bequests of John Monroe Van Vleck and George Willett Van Nest; chart from R.W.G. Vail suggesting staff structuring for N-YHS; frequent correspondence with Alma R. Van Hoevenberg (travel postcards); an uncharacteristically higher ratio of female correspondents. Correspondents: Mrs. (Mabel) A. Cortlandt Van Rensselaer, A.J.F. van Laer (Archivist for New York State), Mrs. C.W. Van Helden, and Vassar College.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer (3 folders), 1908-1923
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Documents involvement as chairman of the Committee of Lectures of New York City History Club; requests for use of N-YHS facilities for the Father Knickerbocker pageant and children's historical programming; routine reference inquiries, membership nominations, and donations before first forceful expression of dissatisfaction with the institution in December 1915. Includes multiple complaints directed to both Kelby and Weekes considering N-YHS facilities, governance, priorities, fundraising, demographics, collection scope and care, curatorial efforts, and more; written account by Wall of an impromptu collection storage and exhibition inspection in 1917; circular from Toledo Museum of Art responding to her calls to "Americanize" the immigrant population through historical appreciation.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Ve - Vu (5 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes ephemera for the Viking Club; bookplates for Vermont Historical Society; objection by Osward Garrison Villard to N-YHS distribution of blank proxy and ultimate resignation based on "autocratic" revision of By-Laws. Correspondents: Robert C. Vose; organizations based in Vermont and Virginia Subjects: Baron von Steuben monument.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Wa (9 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes extensive correspondence with James J. Walsh and Abram Wakeman of the United Historical and Patriotic Societies and Associations of New York – Committee of Nine (for correction of historical record of colonial and revolutionary-era New York); materials relating to the bequest of Townsend Wendell and transfer of cornerstone of first Washington Market; advocacy letters to Senator James W. Wadworth; ephemera for return of the George Washington inauguration flag. Correspondents: James T. Watson, W. Lanier Washington, James J. Walsh, Eugene M. Warren, George Waddington, George E. Warner, John Wanamaker, H.R. Wagner, Bernhardt Wall, M.S. Wade, Walpole Galleries, Wadsworth Athenaeum, and Washington Square Association. Subjects: George Washington.
Correspondence 1908-1926. George Washington [Subject], 1920-1924
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Materials relating to donations and reference inquiries of George Washington related materials by William Rhinelander Stewart, Josephine C. Frost (firsthand description of Gilbert Stuart painting by Pierrepont family member), and W. Lanier Washington; copy of signed 1920 address by Tarrant Putnam, the owner of the Robertson portrait of Washington.
Correspondence 1908-1926. We (9 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes exchanges with lecturer on American West Robert G. Weyh (denied use of motion pictures "owing to drastic city laws covering exhibition"). Correspondents: George Peabody Wetmore, Leonidas Westervelt, Edward Wenzel, West End Association, and Westchester County Historical Society.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Frederic D. and John A. Weekes (2 folders), 1909-1916
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Documents activities of N-YHS officers John Abel Weekes (President, 1913-1939) and Frederic Delano Weekes (Treasurer, 1915-1919): extensive financial documentation on mortgages and loans, fundraising and subscriptions (letters to Rockefeller for funding of World War I newspaper collection project), and bequests (Van Slyck) plus meetings, committee work (Field Exploration, Liberty Pole), staffing, programming, collection preservation (Abbott Egyptian and manuscripts), and facilities (coal shortage of 1918). Includes clipping featuring photo of F. Delano Weekes in Venetian court dress costume.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Frederic D. and John A. Weekes (6 folders), 1917-1926
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See above note.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Wh (5 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes arrangements with carpenter and builder J. Odell Whitenack. Correspondents: Everett P. Wheeler, A.R. Whitney, John R. White, Arthur White, W. Pierrepont White
Correspondence 1908-1926. Wi (11 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes photographs of 1795 clock made by Andrew Billings, submitted by W.F. Witte; acceptance of honorary membership by White House representative for Woodrow Wilson; contract for bronze tablet commemorating Andrew Warner and for examination of Egyptian bronzes with John Williams foundry. Correspondents: T.B. Wilgus, James LeBaron Willard, Jesse Lynch Williams, Frank Wiener, Frank J. Wilder and Wilder's Books, Alexander Wilson, Charles G. Finnery Wilcox, C. Fuller Williams, Victor Wilbour, Julia S. Winterhoff, College of William and Mary, H.W. Wilson Company, State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
Correspondence 1908-1926. James B. Wilbur (4 folders), 1922-1926
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Documents penpalship with Alexander Wall, as well as Wilbur's activities as N-YHS Executive Committee member, Trustee of the New Building, and major donor (ultimate bequest of $100,000 for the establishment of a fund in his name for the purchase of books and manuscripts relating to American history).
Correspondence 1908-1926. Caroline R. Williams (5 folders), 1917-1926
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Documents in great detail her work for hire as Curator to make "an exhaustive, scientific catalogue" of the Abbott Egyptian Collection, including reports, inventories, photography arrangements, and publications. Also contains correspondence of scholar Dr. Edward Fairbanks, conservator David W. Hoffman, and catalogue printers Emery Walker. [Alternative name: Mrs. Charles Grant Williams]
Correspondence 1908-1926. Wo (6 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes extensive correspondence with frequent lecturer Mary T. Woorstell; rejection of Women's Political Union proposal for lecture on woman suffrage as outside N-YHS scope and against its Constitution. Correspondents: Women's League for the Protection of Riverside Park, Worcester Art Museum (Librarian Lucy D. Tuckerman), World Book Company Publishers (Elmer Green), The New York World.
Correspondence 1908-1926. Wr - Wy (5 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes extensive correspondence with frequent lecturer Mary T. Woorstell; rejection of Women's Political Union proposal for lecture on woman suffrage; other women's advocacy organizations. Correspondents: Tobias A. Wright, A.W. Wyndham, Lawrence C. Wroth, Wyoming Historical and Geological Society (Horace Edwin Hayden and Frances Dorrance).
Correspondence 1908-1926. Y - Z (10 folders), 1908-1926
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Includes extensive correspondence with member and geneaologist Florence E. Youngs, who voices frustration over the press and notoriety of the Van Rensselaer situation (and also acknowledges the loan of several volumes from N-YHS of Abstracts of Wills), and Yale University Press, supplier of photostats of historic materials. Correspondents: M.H. Zilm, Otis Young, Zula Ziebach, George A. Zabriskie, York & Sawyer, Yale University Library.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Abb-Amen, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include William Abbatt, dealer and publisher of Americana; Mrs. Edwin A. Abbey.
Correspondence 1927-1929. American A - American E, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include the American Association of Museums, American Council of Learned Societies, American Express Company, and the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
Correspondence 1927-1929. American Antiquarian Society, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Librarian Clarence S. Brigham. Several letters refer to Joel Barlow's Hasty Pudding publication.
Correspondence 1927-1929. American F - American M, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include the American Historical Society, American Lithographic Company, American Irish Historical Society, and American Forestry Association. Includes a list of donations from the American Institute.
Correspondence 1927-1929. American Library Association, 1927-1929
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Correspondence regarding ALA conferences and member dues.
Correspondence 1927-1929. American Museum of Natural History, 1927-1929
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Includes, among other subjects, a letter from Henry Fairfield Osborn, President of the AMNH, to N-YHS President John A. Weekes regarding the creation of a Permanent Memorial and Art Planning Commission in New York City.
Correspondence 1927-1929. American N - American W, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include American Telephone and Telegraph Company, regarding reports of the United States Centennial Commission; the American Woman's Association; American Railway Express Company, regarding shipment of items; and the American Security & Trust Company.
Correspondence 1927-1929. American Numismatic Society, 1927-1929
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Includes sketches of the Duc de Loubat decorations.
Correspondence 1927-1929. American - Ap, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include the periodical The Antiquarian; Thomas B. Appleget, regarding the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg and John D. Rockefeller's support for preserving the Spengler newspaper collection; the XXIII International Congress of Americanists; and the publication Antiques.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Ar - Ay, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include the Association of Exposition Exhibitors, regarding the 200th anniversary celebration of the birth of George Washington; Edward S. Arnold; the Archaelogical Institute of America; Art Metal Construction Co.; Art in Buttons Manufacturers; J. Lawrence Aspinwall; and Benjamin Aymar. Includes material concerning a lecture series by Dudley Crafts Watson of the Art Institute of Chicago for the 1928-1929 season.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Bab - Bap, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Margaret Bayard Baldwin concerning the Barent Rynders portrait, and the Bankers Trust Company.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Baker and Taylor Company, 1927-1929
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Baker & Taylor Co. were wholesale dealers in the books of all publishers. Includes orders and invoices, to and from N-YHS.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Bank of New York and Trust Company (2 folders), 1927-1929
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Relates to financial matters concerning mortgage certificates, mortgage payments, securities, and insurance statements, as well as a loan to the bank for exhibition of a clock previously owned by it.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Bar - Bay, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include A.D. Barter; Gertrude A. Barber, who submitted church records and cemetery inscriptions of Sullivan County to the N-YHS; Gertrude C. Barbour, pertaining to N-YHS's purchase of a bound volume of Harpers Weekly; Dorothy Barck; Col. James Barnes regarding a log book of the privateer Duke of Cumberland; and U.S. senator Thomas F. Bayard regarding the Bayard Portraits.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Bea - Bez, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include W. Gedney Beatty, Charles Beekman, and Perry Belmont.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Bi, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Alexander S. Bing; Charles F. Biele & Sons, regarding price quotes for cases and pedestals; and Louis Faugeres Bishop.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Bibliographical Society of America, 1927-1929
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Includes the Bibliographical Society's News Sheets # 5 and 8.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Bigelow, Poultney, 1927-1929
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Concerns Bigelow's addresses and lectures at N-YHS.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Bl, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include William D.Bloodgood of The North Central Texas Oil Company regarding a chair that may have been part of the furniture in the Old Federal Hall at Washington's inauguration (with photograph); A.J. Bleecker and Garrett W.F. Blanchfield.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Boa - Bott, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Boston Public Library; C.K. Bolton of the Boston Athenaeum; and Reginald Pelham Bolton. Bolton's correspondence concerns the erection of a memorial at the site of old Fort Washington on 183rd Street (includes photograph of proposed memorial) and other matters related to the Field Exploration Committee.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Bou - Boy, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Edward H. Boughton regarding a Washington portrait pitcher (with photograph); N-YHS's certified public accountants Boyce, Hughes, and Farrell; and the Bourne Historical Society. Includes the will of William James Boucher in which the N-YHS was the beneficiary of scrap books of newspaper clippings of subways and transit in New York City and obituaries.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Bra - Bri, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include H.K. Brewer & Co. (stationers), Department of Printed Books (British Museum), and Brentanos (booksellers and stationers).
Correspondence 1927-1929. Breasted, James H., 1927-1929
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Correspondence between N-YHS and consulting Egyptologist Professor James H. Breasted of the University of Chicago regarding the Edwin Smith surgical papyrus.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Bro, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Arthur E. Browne; Barnum Brown of the American Museum of Natural History; Dr. Joseph Broadman (includes list of contents of his War Library); Brooklyn Public Library; and Julia Watkins Brown. Includes a letter pertaining to the publishing of the Edwin Smith papyrus.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Brooks, Emerson, 1928-1929
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Brooks was the National Chief Ranger of the Boy Rangers of America. Among other subjects, the correspondence concerns the gift of a John Hancock chair.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Brown, B.W.B., 1927-1929
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Correspondence relating to the Executive Committee of the N-YHS, of which Brown was a member. Includes reference to N-YHS legislative matters including adding reference to educational purposes to its act of incorporation.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Brown, Henry Collins, 1927-1929
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Includes reference inquiries, photograph requests, and other related matters from author and lecturer Collins Brown.
Correspondence 1927-1929. John Carter Brown Library, 1927-1929
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Correspondent: Lawrence C. Wroth, concerning photostat copies of the Newport Mercury News and other reference inquiries.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Bru, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Harold M. Brummer regarding various research requests, including reproduction of the original drawings of Bourne's Views of New York.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Bry, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Bryn Mawr College Library, and C.W. Bryan seeking the history of Trumball's painting Surrender of Burgoyne, among other matters.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Bunner, Rudolph F., 1927-1929
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Concerns Bunner, writing on Salmagundi Club letterhead, creating paintings and drawings of historic buildings for N-YHS.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Bu - By, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include George H. Budke regarding the transfer of the Oblenis Papers to N-YHS; Mrs. George Bush of Ohio researching the Flint family history; Murray Ledyard (Mrs. J.H. Ten Eyck) Burr; the Business Historical Society; Bucks County Historical Society; and the Bullock Manufacturing Co., regarding lighting fixtures. Of note is a letter referencing the Edwin Smith medical papyrus by C. Bernard Peterson of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, asking to obtain photographs of the original script where the first asterisk is said to appear; marginalia on the letter states that permission must be granted from James Breasted, author of a publication on the papyrus.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Ca (2 folders), 1927-1929
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Correspondents include A.F. MacDonald, Archivist at the Public Archives of Canada, regarding exchanges of publications; naturalist and explorer Charles Caise seeking moral support for his expeditions (with photograph of Caise); D.P. Cadwallader; R.G. Caldwell, including reference to the library's photostat machine for supplying researchers with copies of documents; Howard M. Canoune, including a brief reference to the 1929 stock market crash; Hampton L. Carson; Theron L. Carman; Mrs. Alan D. Campbell; Henry Cape; Katherine W. Carmalt; Cadmus Book Shop; California State Library, and UC Berkeley.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Calver, W. L., 1927-1929
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Includes correspondence related to Calver's work for the Field Exploration Committee. Among the subjects referenced are the site of the Old King's Bridge that Washington crossed in 1783 to re-enter the city of New York after the British evacuation, and a shoulder belt plate of the 49th Regiment (British) dating from the War of 1812 found at Fort George on the Niagara River (with photograph).
Correspondence 1927-1929. Ce, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include the Central Park West and Columbus Avenue Association concerning the building of a sewer that would run under N-YHS's property, the expenses and issues that arose with this project, and the restoration of the sidewalks on Central Park West.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Ch - Ci, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Mrs. Carlton T. Chapman; the Civic Forum; Chinquilla, a Cheyenne Native American and guest lecturer who spoke about the Native American peoples; the Chicago Historical Society; the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago; Lewis Chase of Union College; Julien J. Champenois of the United French Publishers; the Charleston Museum; and the Chicago Tribune.
Correspondence 1927-1929. CL, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include the Arthur H. Clark Company; attorney George B. Class; Thomas B. Clarke (collector of early American portraits); and J. Wray Cleveland of Title Guarantee and Trust Company.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Clements Library (University of Michigan), 1927-1929
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Primarily concerns exchanges of photostats between the library and N-YHS
Correspondence 1927-1929. Co (3 folders), 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Helen A. Collingwood, donating a mahogany side table designed by her great-grandfather, John McComb, Jr.; the Colonial Dames of America concerning, among other subjects, the current (1929) state of teaching colonial history in New York high schools; attorney Ogden Codman; the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New York; attorney Charles C. Coleman; H.F. Cogan Company, concerning the replacement of the sewer and sidewalk on West 76th and 77th streets; Wilmot T. Cox; C.E. Cook; Isabella V. Cox; Consolidated Gas Company of New York; and Dr. Charles Worthen Spencer.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Columbia University, 1927-1929
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Correspondence between N-YHS and Henry J. Carman, with regard to the N-YHS Scholarship Historical Essay Competition, among other subjects.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Cr - Cu, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include the John Crerar Library (Chicago) and Warren C. Crane. Includes material on the 150th anniversary of the American Revolution.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Da, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include C.B. Darrow; Dauber & Pine Bookshops, Inc.; Charles Stewart Davison; Gherardi Davis; Mrs. Alonzo F. Danilson, regarding Publication Fund shares of Henry A. Bostwick; and the Exhibition of Antiques and Works of Art.
Correspondence 1927-1929. De, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include John Ross Delafield; DeFrenes & Company, concerning the possibility of photographing a mummy with linen wrapping at N-YHS; the Historical Society of Delaware requesting a list of all Caesar Rodney letters held by N-YHS (list included in folder); the Decatur Daily Review; Emily J. deForest; Harold Deighton, regarding Publication Fund shares of J. Hood Wright; attorneys DeWitt, Lockman & DeWitt regarding a financial legacy from Joseph F. Loubat; and attorney Garrett W. McEnerney regarding a financial legacy from Richard Varick Dey.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Di - Du (2 folders), 1927-1929
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Correspondents include publisher Charles Scribner's Sons regarding orders for the Dictionary of American Biography; Charles F. Dickinson, offering books for sale; Edith Hall (Mrs. Joseph M.) Dohan concerning an article she wrote for the Bulletin about a Mycenaean vase; publishers Doubleday, Page, & Company regarding offers of books; and John Ward Dunsmore concerning arrangements for his lecture at N-YHS.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Dunlap, William (Diaries of), 1928-1929
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Relates to publication of the two volumes Diaries of William Dunlap, especially in connection with determining the owners or locations of paintings and getting reproduction permissions.
Correspondence 1927-1929. E (2 folders), 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Wilberforce Eames of the New York Public Library; the Eddy Family Association for Historical and Genealogical Research; George S. Eddy; sketch artist Edna Frances Edell; William S. Eddy; The Ehrich Galleries; The Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation, Limited, of London, England regarding adjustment on sidewalk damaged by Empire Carting truck as well as forms for reporting accidents occurring at work (New York Workmen's Compensation Policy); Encyclopedia Britannica; Earie Railroad Company; Erie Canal Centennial Commission regarding the memorial volume to describe the Centennial Celebration of 1926 in which the N-YHS co-operated; Theodore M. Etting regarding donation of letters of Gulian Crommelin Verplanck; Ethical Culture Branch School requesting permission to use N-YHS's vacant south lot for school purposes (declined); Jennie A. Evans donating the will of John Van Husen and the deed to the house on Beekman Street dated 1730.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Fa - Fe, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Harry Feinberg regarding Rev. John Stanford papers, Mrs. Morris P. Ferris, and Father Knickerbocker Co.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Fairchild, Helen L. (Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild) (4 folders), 1927-1929
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Includes extensive correspondence concerning Fairchild's donations of her family documents, including from the Ledyards and Horatio Seymour, Governor of New York. Other donations included (added to the Seymour Collection). Other noteworthy donations include autographed letters of Abraham Lincoln and Gen. U.S. Grant and Van der Kemp letter. The subject materials are commonly referred to as the Seymour Collection. The correspondence also relates to the preparation and distribution of Alexander J. Wall's publication A Sketch of the Life of Horatio Seymour. See also folder for Correspondence 1927-1929. Lancaster Press
Correspondence 1927-1929. Fi, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Dr. D. Havelock Fisher regarding a biography of Horatio Seymour written by Stewart Mitchell; Harvey E. Fisk of Bankers Trust Company; Stuyvesant Fish; Roscoe Conkling Fitch; and Clyde Fisher of the American Museum of Natural History concerning his lecture at N-YHS.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Field Exploration Committee, 1928-1929
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Includes correspondence and other documents primarily from W.L. Calver and Reginald P. Bolton, including background information on the committee and its role in awakening a "keener sense of interest in American history," particularly the American Revolution; a list of military and other buttons, acquired from Leslie G. Hilborn, which provides a detailed list of which uniform the button belonged to, such as British or American soldier, regiment or corps, rank, and condition of button; a history of brass buttons from Fort George, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, early 1800s; and observations by Bolton on the Ross Mansion in Essex, NY, and Chimney Point, Vt.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Fl - Fo, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Fred G. Floyd regarding the donation of two pamphlets written by Dr. Samuel Ward Frances; State Historian Alexander C. Flick regarding a lecture on the topic of The Sullivan-Clinton Campaign; Henry Ford's secretary, H.M. Cordell, including an inquiry that prompted a description of N-YHS's newspaper shelving and cataloging practices; Dixon Ryan Fox of Columbia University regarding his lecture at N-YHS, and other matters, including an inquiry that prompts Alexander Wall to explain his approaches and degrees of success with lecture themes; Fowler Caterers with menus of refreshments for various events; and Kunsthistorisches Institute, in Florence, Italy, requesting photographs of Italian art.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Fr - Fu, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include E.C. Fuller Company concerning the purchase of bindery equipment and supplies; Society of Friends relating to the history of Quakers; Frick Art Reference Library; Mary Otis Sampson Fraprie; genealogist Josephine C. Frost; and explorer Charles W. Furlong regarding possible lectures at the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Ga - Ge, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Robert L. Gerry; George E. Gartland, attorney representing the estate of Elizabeth H.J. Cowdrey; Mrs. Albert Gallatin; Gaylord Bros. regarding library supplies; and the Georgia Historical Society. Includes correspondence related to efforts to preserve Albert Gallatin's home, Friendship Hill.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Gallatin, R. Horace, 1927-1929
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Correspondence relating to Gallatin's role as Treasurer of N-YHS, including transmittal letters to Gallatin for checks to be signed and mortgage payment receipts.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Gi - Gu (2 folders), 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Goodspeed's Book Shop; Harrold E. Gillingham; Viola Gillette; Gramercy Book Shop; Ginn & Company; Alexander Wall's letter to Edward G. Griffin, Counsel to the Governor, explaining why N-YHS desired its charter to be amended to permit an increase in annual income to $200,000; Katherine M. Graham; Arthur Butler Graham; Robert Goelet regarding his donation of a collection of playbills; Professor Evarts B. Greene of Columbia University; and Mary F. Goodwin inquiring about documents that might assist in the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Ha (2 folders), 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Charles X. Harris concerning attributions of paintings and other matters; dealer James S. Hall; Harris & Solomon in regard to insurance policies sent to Bank of New York & Trust Company; Herbert D. Halsey; Hartley Akin Lumber Co. concerning price quotes and orders for press boards; and Harvard University, including an invitation to dedication of new buildings constructed under the George F. Baker Foundation.
Correspondence 1927-1929. He - Hi (2 folders), 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Emanuel Hertz; book dealer Charles F. Heartman; Earl L. Heck; Alison B. Hitchcock; Emanuel Hertz; W.O. Hickok Manufacturing Co. regarding bindery supplies; Historic Hudson Publishing Company; Annette F. Hillman in regard to lectures to be presented by R.L. Jones; and Annie-May Hegeman regarding donation of the Hegeman Family Bible.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Ho (2 folders), 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Herbert B. Howe concerning donation of the Benzaleel Howe papers; The Holland Society of America; Abby Roberts Howland; The Travelers Insurance Company; W.P. Horton; Hoffman Type & Engraving in regard to printing supplies; a letter from editor Thomas W. Hotchkiss in regard to the completion of Grant's Tomb; Sarah C.W. Hoppin; telegrams from New York State Assemblyman Samuel H. Hofstadter with regard to a bill to include educational purposes as one of the objects of N-YHS passing in the New York State legislature. Includes the program for N-YHS lecture recital "Who Taught America to Sing."
Correspondence 1927-1929. Hoffman, Samuel VerPlanck, 1927-1929
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Includes bills of sale from various sellers for portraits, rare books, pottery, and other items donated to the N-YHS by Hoffman.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Hu - Hy, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include dealer A.J. Huston regarding purchases of Confederate and other newspapers; Caroline Alden Huling; Henry E. Huntington Library (San Marino, CA); Archer M. Huntington; Francis C. Huebner. Includes N-YHS's interest in acquiring letters written by Esabella Marshall Graham, who started the first young ladies finishing school.
Correspondence 1927-1929. I, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include the Illinois State Historical Library; International Benjamin Franklin Society; Order of Indian Wars of the United States; Clara Iselin; Indemnity Insurance Company of North America in regard to sidewalk damage by Empire Carting Co.; The Institute of American Genealogy inviting A.J. Wall to be a member-founder; John V. and William F. Irvin concerning the acquisition of two Japanese vases and other items; Independence Hall National Museum with regard to measurements of the N-YHS's collection of furniture used in Federal Hall; and the International Exposition 1932 with regard to the 200th Anniversary of George Washington's Birthday.
Correspondence 1927-1929. J (2 folders), 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Stuart W. Jackson; Institute of Jamaica; Mary. L. Jennings; C.K. Johnson; photographer Peter A. Juley & Son; E. Alfred Jones; J.H. Jordan; Harris H. Johnston (great-great grandson of N-YHS founder John Pintard) in regard to Pintard diaries; Samuel L. Johnston in regard to Betsy Ross and the first United States flag; dealer C.K. Johnson.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Ka - Ke, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Carrie E. Karstens (gifts from the Crolius family); Louis C. Karpinski with regard to the N-YHS purchase of photographs of American maps in French archives; Frank Burger Kelley (City History Club of New York); Auston Baxter Keep; Leon Keyserling concerning attempt to publish the essay for which he won N-YHS's scholarship award; George de B. Keim (Society of Colonial Wars); and attorney Thomas Kelby and other members of the family of former N-YHS Librarian Robert Kelby (1898-1921) in connection with Kelby's death and Wall's memoir of him; Henry W. Kent of the Metropolitan Museum of Art regarding his lecture at N-YHS.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Ki - Ku, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Eleanor W. Kotz in regard to estimate of portraits to be restored; architect Nathan Korn regarding sidewalk and window damage to N-YHS property (includes photographs); Edwin B. King; James Gore King in regard to Highwood Estate in Weehawken, NJ; Hazel Gertrude Kinscella of the University School of Music; Kendall and Angie Graham Kimberland concerning Kendall's essay submission for the N-YHS scholarship award; and Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Correspondence 1927-1929. La, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Lancaster County Historical Society; Margaret Woodhull Lawrence with regard to the will of John Lawrence; dealer Charles E. Lauriat Company; E.P. Lawson Company with bindery price quotes; Lafayette Camp No. 140 regarding the loan of a chair Lafayette used in the Lefferts Mansion; Virginia M. Davies concerning the bequest of a bookcase from Katherine Rutgers Lane.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Lancaster Press, 1927-1929
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Concerns the printing of the book Sketch of the Life of Horatio Seymour and the Quarterly Bulletin.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Landauer, Bella C., 1927-1929
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Correspondence between Landauer and Alexander Wall with regard to bookplates, her recognition as Patron of N-YHS in appreciation of her gift of the book plate collection, postcards to the library from her various trips abroad, including Egypt, and other matter.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Lawyers Mortgage Company, 1927-1929
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Concerns various mortgages held for investment purposes by N-YHS. Includes some photographs of the mortgaged buildings.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Le, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Lewis Historical Publishing Co.; Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York in regard to a donation of ladies' nightgowns and baby linen shirts; Charles M. Lefferts; William Lewin; Clifford Lewis; John Pintard Lewis in regard to the sale of a portrait of John Pintard and other objects to N-YHS; and James Melvin Lee of New York University.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Li - Lj, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include the Abraham Lincoln Association in regard to securing permission to use materials on Lincoln from N-YHS's collection; Library Bureau concerning orders of library equipment (includes a blueprint for a book truck); printers J.J. Little & Ives Company; publishers Little, Brown, & Company; and Philip Livingston and other Livingston family members.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Library of Congress, 1927-1929
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Includes photostat requests from each institution to the other, reference requests, forms, and other matter.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Lo - Ly, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include the Royal United Service Institution (London); Long Island Historical Society; Lord's Day Alliance of the United States; University of London Institute of Historical Research; London Library; Los Angeles Historical Society; and the Bourne Historical Society in regard to Dutch deeds from 1655 and 1656 which bear the red seals of the Dutch West India Company with monogram, "G.W.C."; Luke Vincent Lockwood in regard to his article St. Memin Indian Portraits; Frank Luppino concerning offers of print matter; dealer Robert W. Lull; Lower Manhattan Industrial Association.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Mc - Mac, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Gilbert McClurg concerning his lecture at N-YHS "Fly With Me Above Pikes Peak"; Douglas C. McMurtrie in preparation of a bibliography of the printing done by Jotham Meeker at the Baptist Indian missions in Kansas, donations, and other subjects; and Henrietta Braden (Mrs. C.D.) MacPherson.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Ma (2 folders), 1927-1929
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Correspondents include photographer Helaine Magnus; H.J. Mahan with regard to the purchase of The New Jersey Orderly Book; Dr. Thomas O. Mabbott; Charles A. DuBois in regard to sending N-YHS the book of records of the 1928 edition of the Massing of the Colors; Vause W. Marshall in connection with various purchases; Charles F. Mansfield; Mrs. Walton Martin in regard to the gift of her publication of The Letters of Charlotte Brinckerhoff Bronson and related matters.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Massachusetts Historical Society, 1927-1929
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Correspondence principally with Worthington C. Ford in regard to various inquiries, Photostat requests, and other such matters.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Me, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Medallic Art Company; Clive Mecklem regarding his donation of a pair of silver pitchers presented in 1817 by the Manumission Society to Joseph Curtis.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Mi, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Stewart Mitchell; Douglas W. Miller regarding information for an entry on Harry Dexter in the Dictionary of American Biography; National Music League and Harold V. Milligan with regard to his lecture-recital Who Taught America to Sing?; State Historical Society of Missouri; Minnesota Historical Society; A.J. Mitten in regard to the deposit of the St. Memin crayon portraits of Indians.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Mo, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include dealer Thomas M. Moore; dealer Noah Farnham Morrison; New York School of Applied Design For Women invitation to its 35th Annual Exhibition and luncheon; Horace A. Moses in regard to his and Alexander Wall's involvement with the New York State Historical Association; O.J. Morrison Department Store in West Virginia acknowledging shipment of a Morrison genealogy; and The Morris Plan Company of New York with accompanying photo of display at the City Hall Branch, made possible with photostats obtained from N-YHS.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Morgan, John Hill, 1927-1929
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Correspondence from N-YHS Executive Committee member Morgan in regard to his donation to N-YHS of The Weekly Museum for years 1803-04; examination of portraits held by N-YHS to determine artist; lectures at N-YHS; and book about John Ramage (Lieutenant in the Royal Irish Volunteers in Boston).
Correspondence 1927-1929. Mu, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include The Rockefeller Foundation with a request for a loan for exhibition (declined); Brandon J. Murphy informing the N-YHS of the site of the revolutionary Fort Prince Charles of what is now Marble Hill being excavated by contractors, which led to the Field Exploration Committee visiting the spot; William D. Murphy of Union League Club; binding invoices from Mutual Library Bindery, Inc.; American Irish Historical Society invitation to its 13th Annual Banquet; J. Archibald Murray, and Museum of Fine Arts (Boston).
Correspondence 1927-1929. Na, 1927-1929
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Majority of folder comprises financial documents, such as those exchanged between N-YHS and the National City Bank of New York; National Title Guaranty Company (insurance); The National Iron Bank of Morristown, NJ, in regard to securing for N-YHS items belonging to Archbishop Robert Seton which he had bequeathed to the Society; National City Financial Library; National District Telegraph Company in regard to installation of the night watch fire alarm and emergency service, including several service reports; National Geographic magazine in regard to early American historical paintings; and the National Museum of Engineering and Industry in regard to an advertisement for an 1840 Ericsson propeller.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Ne, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include The Netherland-America Foundation; New England Historic Genealogical Society; State of New Jersey Public Record Office; Nebraska Historical Society; New York Academy of Medicine; Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands; Newark (N.J.) Museum; New Hampshire Historical Society; New York University Library; utility invoices for N-YHS from The New York Edison Company and New York Telephone Co.; exchanges with the New Haven Colony Historical Society in regard to the latter's move to a new building which necessitated the advice from N-YHS as to how to proceed with moving exhibits into the new location and storage; request from New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital for fiction books for patients; proposals from the New York Street Sprinkling & Flushing Co. (contains a stamped swastika on the receipt); series of press releases to various newspapers including The World and New York Times in regard to the Gertrude Bushfield Weed Collection of Theatrical Photographs exhibition.
Correspondence 1927-1929. New York City, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include city agencies in regard to fixing the street facing the N-YHS following subway construction; the Department of Plant and Structures requesting N-YHS to participate in a series of radio lectures on WNYC; Board of Education and several schools including Hunter College, St. Peter's Church (Bronx), The Greater New York Federation of Churches, the Maxwell Training School for Teachers, and Julia Richman High School; inquiries and invitations to exhibitions and luncheons from the Museum of the City of New York; a letter from Edward L. Stanton (Secretary to Mayor Walker) forwarding as a donation to N-YHS a 1754 lease for Spring Garden; Municipal Reference Library; and the Water Transportation Bibliography.
Correspondence 1927-1929. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1927-1929
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Comprises correspondence chiefly from President Clarence W. Bowen requesting genealogical information such as Moravian Church records missing from the Genealogical Society, A.J. Wall's election as Corresponding Member of the Society, and other general requests.
Correspondence 1927-1929. New York Public Library, 1927-1929
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Correspondence comprises various general inquiries exchanged between A.J. Wall and NYPL's H.M. Lydenberg and Victor H. Paltsits, including reference to the Rufus King Papers; old registers of boarding houses, and photostat requests (via their exchange account) of negatives and other items. Includes several letters involving Louis C. Karpinski with regard to the transfer of N-YHS's subscription of French maps to NYPL. Includes two large folded check lists of State Journals and Session Laws for New Mexico and Oklahoma.
Correspondence 1927-1929. New York State, 1927-1929
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Includes correspondence and other documents concerning commemoration of the 150th Anniversary (Sesqui-Centennial) of the American Revolution, especially regarding the Sullivan-Clinton Campaign of 1779. Correspondents also include the Governor's Office concerning A.J. Wall's appointment as delegate to the celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Monmouth (NJ); State Museum; State Library; Chamber of Commerce in regard to a new edition of the pamphlet Classified List of Trade and Allied Associations and Publications in the City of New York.
Correspondence 1927-1929. New York State 150th Anniversary of the American Revolution, 1925-1927
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Includes a report dated January 25, 1925, of the Proposed Program to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the American Revolution; plans for celebrations for fiscal year 1927 for the Anniversary of Burgoyne Campaign including Saratoga, Bennington, Oriskany, Fort Stanwix, and the Highlands; requests for the souvenir program; minutes from the Executive Committee; loans from the N-YHS; expenses for proposed celebration; and other materials.
Correspondence 1927-1929. New York State Historical Association, 1927-1929
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Includes announcements for the Semi-Annual meetings of the Trustees (including A.J. Wall), memos sent to members with announcements, general inquiries in regard to appraisals of historical documents and items, and announcements in regard to new headquarters building located in Ticonderoga, NY. Also includes several letters in regard to the 150th Anniversary of the American Revolution planning committee.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Ni, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Herbert B. Nichols of the Westchester County Historical Society, Margaret Laughlin, Hoffman Nickerson concerning his lecture at N-YHS on Burgoyne's campaign, and bookseller Martinus Nijhoff.
Correspondence 1927-1929. No - Ny, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Henry Harmon Noble of the General Society Of The War of 1812 and printers Notes and Queries.
Correspondence 1927-1929. O, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include George C.D. Odell concerning his lecture about theatre at N-YHS; Historical & Philosophical Society of Ohio; Ohio Wesleyan University; Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society; William C. Orser; Edwin W. Orvis concerning the creation of a memorial fund; and the Museum Association of Oregon.
Correspondence 1927-1929. P (2 folders), 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Frederick W. Payne offering to sell Thomas Cole's The Dream of Arcadia; request to the American Consul-General in Paris for replicas of the busts of Franklin, Washington, Jones, and Lafayette; Mildred Van Wie Patterson of the Fort Crailo Association; Pacific Coast Numismatic Society; Howland Pell of the Field Exploration Committee; the Pennsylvania-German Society; the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Peet & Powers in regard to estimates for lighting in the library; Mrs. W.H.P. Phyfe in regard to the loan of a Phyfe tool chest to the N-YHS; S.H.P. Pell of Fort Ticonderoga Museum and The Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America; Juliet (Mrs. Walter) Pierson.
Correspondence 1927-1929. R (3 folders), 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Rutherford Better Films Committee in regard to bringing in groups of children and teachers for special film showings; Rochester Historical Society in regard to how N-YHS files and indexes its manuscript materials and reference requests; Katherine Metcalf Roof; Albert R. Rogers of the Grand Central Palace with regard to books in the N-YHS library relating to expositions and exhibitions; W.S. Richardson concerning the Spengler Collection of scrapbook clippings; Rockefeller representative Thomas B. Appleget concerning N-YHS's proposal for funding educational work in history with public and private schools; receipts for 4 West 77th Street rent payments from Mrs. Frances J. Ross; letter to Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt regarding her election as the first woman honorary member; Arthur S. Richardson; The Robinson Genealogical Society; Frederick B. Richards of the New York State Historical Association; Rhode Island Historical Society; George McKesson Roberts; publishers Robson & Adee; Women's Roosevelt Memorial; Reformed Church in America; letters in regard to Alexander Hamilton portraits; Reliable Chemical & Exterminating Co.; Wallace Reid; Rutgers University Library; Society of Friends of Roerich Museum in regard to the building of the Master Building; the Genealogical Bureau of Virginia; deposit of the Livingston Family Papers; a letter addressed to Franklin D. Roosevelt informing him of his election as Honorary member.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Sa, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Haym Salomon Monument Committee; M.F.Savage; the Salmagundi Press. Includes the will of Henry W. Sackett naming N-YHS a contingent beneficiary.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Sc, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include box manufacturer Schenk & Schlichte; dealer John E. Scopes & Co.; Charles Scribner's Sons; School Art League with regard to young members visiting N-YHS's exhibition of Old Masters and early American portraits; Schulte's Book Store; Samuel Scheller & Co. (insurance); W. Ross Martin in regard to the illustrator Henry Alexander Ogden (1856-1936).
Correspondence 1927-1929. Se, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Harold Seton in regard to the exhibition and donation of his photographs of theatrical celebrities; Robert F. Seybolt; Origen S. Seymour; A.B. See Elevator Company in regard to elevator repairs; and Horace Wells Sellers in regard to DePeyster portraits.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Sh, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include a reference response to Olive Shea in regard to the history of the Morris-Jumel Mansion, Ship Model Society of Rhode Island,Frederic Fairchild Sherman, and receipts for shipments from T.W.& C.B. Sheridan Co.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Si - Sk, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Dunkin H. Sill regarding a donation of manuscripts; Esther Singleton regarding her lecture on costumes at N-YHS; James S. Sinclair & Co., and H.W. Singleton in regard to Linsley M. Gould collection of Civil War photographs.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Shadd, H. L., 1925-1929
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Consists of correspondence with Consulting Engineer Henry L. Shadd regarding inspections of the Central Park West building in connection with subway construction. Includes inspection reports, drawings, and surveys from Shadd and from the Board of Transportation.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Sl - Sp, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Edmund B. Southwick concerning his donation of a grandfather clock; Smith Caterer (includes menu); Lloyd Waddell Smith, Duncan Sterling, and Sons of the Revolution.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Spengler, O., 1925-1929
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Includes correspondence with Otto Spengler, director of the Argus Pressclipping Bureau, which concerns the acquisition of volumes of mounted clippings related to World War I. The folder includes the agreement with Spengler, descriptions of the project, correspondence concerning the funding of the mounting project by John D. Rockefeller Jr., and other matters. The folder includes one photograph.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Sta - Ste, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Foster Stearns concerning damage to a painting of Governor Marcy he had shipped to N-YHS, and includes insurance contract; Harriet E. Stevens of Oswego Historical Society; Byam Kerby Stevens; and Mary M. Stevens in regard to donation of a copy of the address delivered by John Austin Stevens in 1897.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Stewart, William Rhinelander, 1927-1929
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Correspondence consists of Stewart's donations to the Society of letters written by George Washington. Also includes genealogical requests for the Rhinelander chart, and life membership granted to Stewart's daughter, Princess Miguel de Braganca, as well as Stewart's death announcement.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Stillwell, Dr. John E., 1927-1929
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Primarily concerns articles written by or items donated by Stillwell and his involvement, as a member of the N-YHS Art Committee, in various art collection-related matters.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Sto, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Albert G. Stone, I.N. Phelps Stokes, and Harry Stone.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Su - Sy, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include George H. Sullivan concerning donations, The Syracuse Herald in regard to research on former Governor Seymour, and Emily Halsey Suydam.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Ta - Te, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include George D. Terry in regard to the donation of the original commission appointing Richard Varick as mayor of New York (1789-1801); The Whitney Company; Moses Tanenbaum; S.R. Taber; Texas State Historical Association; Arnold G. Talbot; Reports of William M. Tarbox regarding excavations for the subway at Broad Street, as submitted to the Field Exploration Committee; and genealogical donations to Society such as Tatum Narrative 1626-1925.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Th - Ti, 1927-1929
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Correspondents includes C.R. Thomas; William S. Thomas in regard to the General Society of the Cincinnati; Andrew H.A. Thompson concerning the loan of the Lafayette chair from Lafayette Camp No. 140; and reference requests from several students from Public School 72 in regard to the history of the area known as Throgg's Neck.
Correspondence 1927-1929. To - Ty, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include John S. Tough; Howard Townsend; and Eliot Tuckerman offering letters from the 1907 Hudson-Fulton Celebration Committee; John C. Travis donating the memoirs of former Mayor and Water Commissioner Stephen Allen.
Correspondence 1927-1929. U - V, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include United Engineering Society in regard to donations of documents with N-YHS; Albert Ullman in connection with talks on radio WNYC and other matters; U.S. Department of State; Col. John W. Vrooman; Save Old Ironsides (U.S.S. Constitution) concerning N-YHS's support for its preservation effort; Margaret Van Rensselaer; Major General William R. Smith in regard to the Field Exploration Committee making excavations on the Reservation at West Point; Alma R. Van Hoevenberg; William G. Ver Planck concerning various donations; John E. Virden in regard to donation of photostat copy of Mandate and Certificate of Induction of the Rev. Samuel Seabury to the Episcopal Church of St. Peter's in 1766; correspondence with Post Master General R.S. Regar discussing a stamp commemorating the Burgoyne Campaign.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Wa, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include the U.S. and New York State George Washington Bicentennial Celebration Commissions. This correspondence includes an invitation to the celebration in the Aldermanic Chamber, two proposals to commemorate the occasion, and requests for documents from N-YHS for a series of works to be edited by John C. Fitzpatrick and Albert Bushnell Hart. Other correspondents include Crystal Waters in regard to her recital performance at N-YHS; Margaret L. Wallace; Eugene Hoffman Walker; and John B. Walker.
Correspondence 1927-1929. We, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include John C. Webster of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada; Westchester County Historical Society; Gertrude Weadock regarding silking and repairing manuscripts; dealer Oscar Wegelin; and The Huguenot and Historical Association.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Weed, Raphael A.
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Subjects include Raphael A. Weed's (President of the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands) donations, including the Gertrude Bushfield Weed collection of theatrical photograph portraits and other items; arrangements for exhibition of the portraits; arrangements for Weed's article about wine labels in the Bulletin; and notes from Reed's will concerning the bequest to N-YHS of a financial legacy, silver wine labels dating to 1690, and the chair used by Edwin Booth in Hamlet.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Weekes, F.D. and J.A., 1927-1929
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Includes correspondence with N-YHS's attorney, the firm of Weekes Brothers, specifically John A. Weekes, Frederic Delano Weekes, and Arthur Sutherland. Subject matter includes bequests and legacies from estates, handling of sales, mortgages, and other transactions related to investment real estate properties, contractual matters with construction workers and other service providers, insurance arrangements, by-law amendments, and other legal matters.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Westervelt, Leonidas, 1927-1929
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Concerns the Leonidas Westervelt Collection of Jenny Lind Material. Includes list of items on display in exhibition (1929) and acknowledgements of donated items.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Wh, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include W. Pierrepont White, Edith Hamilton White, and Newell White.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Wi, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Caroline Ransom (Mrs. Grant) Williams concerning the Egyptian collection and handbook prepared by Mrs. Richardson; Wilder's Bookshop; J.G.B. Williams; Bronson Winthrop regarding his donation of Thomas Hicks's portrait of Fitz-Greene Halleck; William H. Winship in regard to Malden Historical Society; Harris Winthrop & Co. concerning The Ancestors of Henry Rogers Winthrop.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Wilbur, James B., 1927-1929
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Includes correspondence with, and about, Executive Committee member Wilbur. Subjects include Wilbur's financial legacy to N-YHS, the memorial to him, Wilbur's book about Ira Allen, and various N-YHS management matters, such as the election of George A. Zabriskie as Treasurer, setting up of the bindery, possibility of creating a publicity program, passage of the Educational Bill in the state Assembly, and other matters.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Wo, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Geneva Viola Wolcott, Arthur King Wood, and M. Lloyd Woolsey.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Wr - Wz, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Rose Harrison of Aviation Radio Station regarding a radio broadcast by William Calver about historical excavations; Wyoming Historical & Geological Society, especially J.P. Boyd of the Susquehanna Settlement Papers.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Y - Z, 1927-1929
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Correspondents include Yale University (Library, Press, School of Fine Arts, etc.); Washington Irving High School; and Oscar Zeigler in regard to his recital of American music with Crystal Waters.
Correspondence 1927-1929. Zabriskie, George A., 1927-1929
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Correspondence consists of exchanges between Treasurer George A. Zabriskie and Librarian A.J. Wall pertaining to matters such as mortgages and investments; checks cut to staff and others; educational activities; and Zabriskie's donation for bindery equipment.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Ab - Am, 1930-1932
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Includes casement curtains orders for Society; lectures; ownership (by John Barker Church) of pistols used at the Hamilton-Burr Duel; letter in regard to Washington's inauguration on April 30th, 1789 and the men that stood with him at the inauguration as depicted in the picture, First in Peace. Correspondents: Maria Millage Abbott, John Howard Abeel, Carlo Adamo (painting restorer), Cornelius R. Agnew, Ellen C. Ahern, B. Altman & Co., Allied Arts Guild of California, Leon S. Altmayer, Bank of New York.
Correspondence 1930-1932. American A - American Y (2 folders), 1930-1932
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Majority consists of American Antiquarian Society and the American Association of Museums (in regard to Handbook of American Museums). Includes presentation of N-YHS's Gold medal to Dr. Wilberforce Eames; exchanges of issues of various historical publications with other associations (such as American Historical Association); tentative forms for college and reference library statistics (American Library Association). Correspondents: American Numismatic Society, American Agriculturist, American Federation of Arts, American Friends of Lafayette, Fire Alarm Service Report, American Historical Society, and the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society.
Correspondence 1930-1932. An - Ay, 1930-1932
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Majority consists of exchanges between N-YHS and antique magazines including The Antiquarian, Antiques. Includes quotes for equipment purchases; petition to Governor Franklin Roosevelt to save the Hudson Highlands; Chautaugua County Historial Society in regard to Jamestown, NY centennial (1827-1927). Correspondents: Anglo-American Records Foundation, Joseph M. Andreini, D. Appleton & Company, Art Metal Construction Company, Art News, and The Pennsylvania Railroad in regard to employee history.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Bab - Ban, 1930-1932
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Includes Biltmore Hotel letterhead; Tarrytown Historical Society requesting some of the N-YHS's John Andre treasures (loan not granted due to value of objects); and a list of military uniforms from various years between 1765-1794, purchased from Francis Bannerman Sons. Of note is documentation pertaining to the Estate of Bartow Van Voorhis, who bequeathed his Dutch Botony and Bible to the Society. Correspondents: Marie Babcock, Bachrach (photographers), Charles Baird, bookdealers The Baker & Taylor Co., and Bankers Trust Company.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Bank of New York and Trust Company, 1930-1932
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Consists of financial records such as mortgage certificates, interest due on bonds, insurance policies, and securities; early etching showing the Merchants Coffee House in 1784 on Wall street (it became an "exchange" for the prominent merchants of the city, and eventually became the Bank of New York).
Correspondence 1930-1932. Bar - Bay, 1930-1932
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Includes the acquisition of a John Paul Jones sword from James Barnes; acquiring a painting depicting Glasses in China for the trade card collection. Correspondents: Barkman Lumber Co., Frank N. Bass, Harrison National Bank in regard to employee history, Oscar T. Barck, Jr., Barter, Maxwell, & Co. (booksellers), Bausch & Lomb Optical Co, and Society of Arts and Letters.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Be, 1930-1932
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Includes documentation about the acquisition of portrait of Captain Hevlyn D. Benson; miniature of Emeline Benson; letter from genealogist that enquires after possible exchanges with another genealogist working at the N-YHS during the Depression; letter describing the binding process of torn manuscripts at N-YHS; purchase of 1797 Dunlap diary from Bennett Book Studios; Perry Belmont in regard to Baron Von Steuben's signature; the purchase of John Rogers groups to add to the N-YHS collection; several referrals from the American Museum of Natural History. Correspondents: Arthur D. Benson (descendant of Dirck Benson); E. Marie Becker; Beseler Lantern Slide Company; Mrs. Louis Bennett; The Beck Engraving Company; Mabel Wolcott.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Bi - Bl, 1930-1932
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Includes letter describing that N-YHS would send out to public schools across America a set of 94 half tone illustrations showing treasures of the Society; requests to reproduce pictures of items owned by the Society; quote for glass show case from Charles F. Biele & Sons Co.; lectures; address delivered by Poultney Bigelow; Honorary Member of the Founder's Night honoring actor Edwin Booth. Correspondents: W. Bisham.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Bri - Browning, 1930-1932
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Includes exchanges between the British Library of Information in regard to the proper referral to George Brydges Rodney; job enquiries at N-YHS; visit to N-YHS by the Boy Rangers of America; acquisition of Mardi Gras poster to the Bella Landauer collection; exchanges with the Bowery Savings Bank with regard to placing surplus funds into three different banks; loan acknowledgements; lectures; acquisition of 21 political cartoons relating to the overthrow by Andrew Jackson of the United States Bank. Subjects: Abbott Egyptian Collection and Baron Von Steuben.Frequent correspondents: The John Carter Brown Library, British Museum (London), The Museums of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, B.W. Brown, Mabel A. Brown.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Bo - Bre, 1930-1932
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Includes acknowledgements of gifts to Society. Subjects: John Rogers Group, Boone Family Association, Bicentennial of Washington's Birthday, Yorktown Sesquicentennial celebration, and maps of Kip's Bay farm. Correspondents: Boyce, Hughes, & Farrell (accountants), John G. Booton, The Book Room, and the National Broadcasting Company.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Brown, Henry Collins, 1930-1932
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Henry Collins Brown, founder of the Musuem of the City of New York, and editor of Valentine's Manual. Brown was a historian and lecturer at N-YHS and authored, New York in the Golden Nineties. Includes letters and postcards exchanged between Brown and A.J.Wall while Brown was overseas in London, and briefly discuss the Great Depression and the many people out of work. Subjects: Opening of museum location at 4 W. 77th Street, Shakespeare's will, and Governor Kieft.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Bry - Bu, 1930-1932
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Includes estimate from Charles Brunner Heating Engineers for work to be done at new location (4 W. 77th Street); acknowledgements of gifts to Society; invitation to the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Business Historical Society. Subjects: Beekman Coach, Burr Family and the Great American Tea Company. Correspondents: Lt. Gen. R.L. Bullard, Dr. Reginal Burbank, Buffalo Historical Society, genealogist Annie Walker Burns, General Robert Lee Bullard.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Ca - Car (2 folders), 1930-1932
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Majority of the first folder includes correspondence between A.J.Wall (Librarian) and James H. Callender (Yesterdays in Little Old New York) in regard to Alexander Hamilton. Includes referrals to outside institutions such as the National Museum in Washington; invoice from the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home for funeral of former staff worker James McGahan; exchanges with the University of California in regard to material on communication systems and police. Subjects: Alexander Hamilton, California State Historical Association, early coins in America, French letters in N-YHS, old houses located in northern Manhattan, and Andrew Jackson. Correspondents: Cadmus Book Shop, University of California Bancroft Library, Henry J. Cadbury, Cape May County Geneaological Society, Camden County Historical Society, Public Archives of Canada, Howard M. Canoune, Sydney H. Carney, Jr., Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Cas - Ch, 1930-1932
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Includes class visits to museum; orders for flannel; photograph requests; exchanges between A.J.Wall (Librarian) and artist Alex R. Cattley in regard to sending water color drawings of 1812 British soldiers to N-YHS; portrait of Walt Whitman; gifts to Society such as lithographs of several chapels; Chase Bank Collection of Moneys of the World; "Olde Tyme Syngers" concert; series of letters from University of Chicago Oriental Institute in regard to the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus. Subjects: Walt Whitman and restoration of Fort Washington. Correspondents: Central Park West and Columbus Avenue Association; Eunice Chambers; Chamber of Commerce of Washington Heights; The University of Chicago Press; Chicago Historical Society; Charity Organization Society (in regard to Edward MaGahan); Chase National Bank.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Ci - Clo, 1930-1932
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Publisher and bookseller Arthur H. Clark Company with regard to the Southwest Historical series, "The Story of the Westward Expansion of Anglo-American into the land of the Hispanix-American, the Indian, and the Buffalo." Subjects: Ambrose L. Jordan, Liverpool creamware bowls, and historic houses of New York State. Correspondents: Citizens Union of the City of New York, Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New York, William Clowes & Sons, Ltd. (printers/ military publishers), Mary Bosworth Clarke, Robert L. Clarkson, Esq., Azalea Clizbee.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Clements Library (University of Michigan), 1930-1932
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Consists of exchanges between Dr. Randolph G. Adams (Director of the Clements Library) and Librarian A.J.Wall about the Sir Henry Clinton Narrative; Adams' election as Associate Member of the Society; Henry Hamilton journal; Treaty of Peace and The Evacuation of the City of New York written by Wall for a history of the State of New York (edited by Alexander Flick). Subjects: Trumbull portrait of George Washington.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Coa - Coz (2 folders), 1930-1932
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Includes invitations to Cold Spring Harbor Village Improvement Society dedication ceremonies of two war memorials; exhibition invitations from other institutions; acknowledgements for acquisitions; requests for photographic prints and photostats; letter from N-YHS Executive Committee to Senator Royal S. Copeland advocating that the churchyard of St. Ann's Church (Bronx, NY) be made a National Shrine. Subjects: John McComb Jr. collection, John Paul Jones, Sesqui-Centennial. Correspondents: The Colophon (quarterly); College Art Association; Helen A. Collingwood; and State Library.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Columbia University, 1930-1932
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Includes exchanges between Society and Columbia University Press in regard to photographs of Governor Stuyvesant for use in the History of the State of New York; also includes exchanges between Teachers College and Society; requests for Columbia students to examine manuscript collections.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Cr - Cy, 1930-1932
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Includes acknowledgement for receipt of a copy of Alphabetical Index to Audubon's Birds of America, 1827-1828, to compliment the N-YHS's collection of Audubon's drawings; quotes for special lighting from Curtis Lighting of New York, Inc. Subjects: Baron Von Steuben, wicker chair from Battleship "Maine" sunk in the harbor of Havana, and George Washington. Correspondents: Captain Charles Curie; Cusack House (hotel).
Correspondence 1930-1932. Da, 1930-1932
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Includes exchanges between Dartmouth College in regard to Rogers Groups; fence rails split by Nicholas Boyce (1842) donated to Society; requests for photographs; referrals to outside institutions. Subject: George Washington. Correspondents: National Society Daughters of the Revolution; Dauber & Pine Bookshops, Inc.
Correspondence 1930-1932. De - Di, 1930-1932
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Includes invoices for orders from Descours, Genthon, & Co.; invitation from the Daughters of the American Revolution to the "Dedication of Tablets," commemorating five American Patriots in the New Bowery Cemetery. Correspondents: Detroit Institute of Arts; Society of Colonial Wars; Public Archives Commission of Delaware; Niagara Falls Power Company.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Do - Dy, 1930-1932
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Includes exchanges with Robert E. Dowling, Esq., in regard to building maintenance (pointing) and the Society's 4 West 77th Street building; the will of Samuel Fraunces; query about Andrew Jackson button; relief funds solicited from Executive Committee for the support of family of late employee James F. McGahan; address by Captain Walter A. Dumas on the New Windsor encampment. Subjects: Rogers Groups. Correspondents: John J. Dolan; Dutchess County Historical Society; Duke University Library.
Correspondence 1930-1932. E, 1930-1932
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Receipt of photos of the Eastern Steamships Lines, Inc. ships (Acadia, J.T. Morse, and Robert E. Lee); presentation of gold medal to Wilberforce Eames for achievement in history; invoices from (manufacturers of fine writing papers) Eaton, Crane & Pike Company; collection of steamboat pictures; acknowledgements of donations; exchanges with (and payments to) the Emergency Unemployment Relief Committee and Block Community organization to assist unemployed individuals during the Depression. Subjects: George Washington, Benedict Arnold. Correspondents: Eastman Kodak Company; Wilberforce Eames; Educational Thrift Service; George S. Eddy; Electrical Survey Co.; Elwin M. Eldredge; Electric Meter Corporation.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Fa - Fi, 1930-1932
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Includes quotes from caterers J. Fantozzi & Co.; acquisition of Four Generations of Cunninghams (Waddell Cunningham); the purchase of various volumes of Daily Times of San Francisco in 1859; exchanges of bookplates; lectures; frequent exchanges between A.J.Wall (Librarian) and historian D. Havelock Fisher. Subjects: Albert Gallatin. Correspondents: H.T.Farrar; Fairfield Historical Library; Famous Speakers, Inc. (for lectures); publisher Fascimile Text Society of Columbia University; Federation Settlement; Hamilton Fish, Jr.; John C. Fitzpatrick (lecturer on George Washington); Fisk University Library; and The Fifth Avenue Bank of New York.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Fairchild, Charles S. (Mrs.), 1930-1932
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Includes exchanges with Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild in regard to the loan of several pieces of silver; Van der Kemp letters to Governor De Witt Clinton; telegrams announcing her death (May 1931). Subjects: Grover Cleveland and Governor Seymour.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Field Exploration Committee, 1916-1932
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Primarily includes exchanges between A.J.Wall (N-YHS Librarian) and William L. Calver; translation of letter from German into English in regard to Hessian regiments during the Revolution; Calver's schedule with the Committee; reports. Subjects: Early military buttons in America and anniversary of first inauguration.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Fl - Fo, 1930-1932
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Subjects: Hell Gate and Grover Cleveland. Correspondents: George Allston Flagg; United States Dept. of the Interior Yorktown, VA; Florida Archaeological Society; Hugh M. Flick.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Foreign (except Great Britain), 1930-1932
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Mainly consists of letters written in German which A.J.Wall (N-YHS librarian) translated in regard to appraisal requests; referrals to outside institutions; requests for prints of New York streets from 1830-1840; also includes correspondence written in French from various French institutions. Subjects: Egyptian Old Kingdom reliefs. Correspondents: Deutsche Bank und Disconto-Gesellschaft; Der Propylaen-Verlag; Spanish-American Club; Consulate General of the Netherlands; Fondation Egyptologique Reine Elisabeth; Egypt Exploration Society.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Fr - Fu, 1930-1932
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Includes series of letters in regard to the building of a public swimming pool adjoining the Friends Meeting House in Flushing, NY, and efforts by the First Congregational Church to oppose the construction (license to construct the pool was denied by the City of New York); series of letters exchanged between A.J.Wall (Librarian) and Librarian Ethelwyn Manning (Frick Art Reference Library). Subjects: Beekman portraits, Pierrepont's portrait of Washington by Gilbert Stuart, George Washington's role in Yonkers during Revolutionary War. Correspondents: Genealogist Josephine C. Frost; Industrial Machine Co.; Society of Friends; International Benjamin Franklin Society.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Ga - Gi, 1930-1932
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Majority of correspondence concerns R. Horace Gallatin and the Gallatin papers: the re-election of R. Horace Gallatin as Third Vice-President of the Society; several letters pertain to granting permission from Gallatin family for researchers to examine portions of the Gallatin Papers and Voltaire Papers contained within; resolution making St. Ann's Church graveyard a National Shrine to Mrs. Gallatin; also includes lectures; and exchanges with the Georgia Historical Society. Subjects: Aaron Burr, George Washington portrait by Peale, and the New York Custom House. Correspondents: Gane Brothers & Co. of New York (bookbinders' supplies); New York University; General Education Board; Georgia Historical Society Library; The Genealogical Guild; publishers Ginn and Company; Harrold E. Gillingham.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Gl - Gy, 1930-1932
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Includes series of letters between A.J. Wall (Librarian) and Director of the Department of Education (Colonial Williamsburg) T.R. Goodwin in regard to historical documents, illustrations, and photographs for the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg; Goodwin engaged the architecture firm of Perry, Shaw and Hepburn; presentation of gold medal to Wilberforce Eames. Subjects: William Cullen Bryant; Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association. Correspondents: Charles I. Glicksberg; Goodspeed's Book Shop.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Haa - Hal, 1930-1932
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Includes series of letters from the Westchester County Historical Society in regard to George Washington's time in White Plains during the Revolution. Subjects: General Marquis de Lafayette, bookplates in Landauer collection, George Washington, Purdy-Ferris house, "Teatown." Correspondents: Richard T.H. Halsey; G.J.Hall Bookseller; Westchester County Historical Society.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Ham - Haz (2 folders), 1930-1932
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Includes the election of Cardinal Hayes as associate member of Society; series of letters between A.J.Wall (N-YHS Librarian) and Alfred C. Potter (Harvard College Librarian) with regard to a book purchased by N-YHS from Schulte's Book store, Set of Plans and Forts in America Reduced from Actual Surveys, which had been stolen from Harvard Library; lecture programs. Subjects: Oakes Smith collection, Ignaz Anton Pilat, Governor Henry Hamilton, Washington Bicentennial Commission, Gulian C. Verplanck, Alexander Hamilton, mortgage policies. Correspondents: Cardinal Hayes; Germanic Museum (Harvard); Harvard University; Hamburg-American Line; (map engravers, printers, and publishers) C.S.Hammon & Company; historian Alvin F. Harlow; State Library and Museum (Pennsylvania); New York Life Insurance Co.
Correspondence 1930-1932. He, 1930-1932
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Includes referrals to outside institutions; invoice for cardboard order from (vendor) C.B.Hewitt & Brothers; majority of letters are between A.J.Wall and Erskine Hewitt, Esq.; also includes acknowledgement of the presentation of a copy of the "History of the Organization and Work of the National Society, Daughters of the Revolution." Subjects: George Washington Bicentennial celebration. Correspondents: Hendrix College.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Heartman, Charles F., 1930-1932
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Correspondence between A.J. Wall (N-YHS Librarian) and bookseller/auctioneer Charles F. Heartman discussing the purchase of Supreme Court minutes, diaries, Rodney Letter Books, Mills and Hicks Register for 1775, newspapers, and gazettes.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Hi - Ho, 1930-1932
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Includes solicitations to Society to purchase items of historic value; publications and leaflets sent from outside institutions, such as the The Hispanic Society of America; several letters in regard to lectures. Subjects: Hinckley Family, George Washington, Governor DeWitt Clinton. Correspondents: Gallery of P. Jackson Higgs; Historical Publication Society; Holland American Line; Honeywood Press (publishers of historical data relating to northeastern New York); Howard University; Hoffmann Machinery & Engraving Co.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Hoffman, Samuel Verplanck, 1930-1932
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Consists of letters from A.J.Wall (N-YHS Librarian) to Samuel V. Hoffman informing him of the outstanding bills for books (French and Indian and Van Cleve diaries) ordered from several publishers: The Baker & Taylor Co., Charles Heartman, Cadmus Book Shop, Dauber & Pine Bookshops.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Hotchkiss, Thomas W. (re Bella Landauer), 1930-1932
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Consists of exchanges between editor Hotchkiss and A.J.Wall (N-YHS Librarian) in regard to Hotchkiss arranging, cataloging, and filing trade and business cards in the Bella Landauer collection over several months at the N-YHS. The letters reflect the time and expenses spent, in particular, the issue of Hotchkiss insisiting that he had not been compensated for some of the work he did.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Hu - Hy, 1930-1932
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Includes exchanges between the Hudson River Day Line and N-YHS in regard to the disposition of old paintings of steamboats. Subjects: Robert F. Livingston and DeWitt Clinton. Correspondents: Paris Chancery Portrait Committee; James H. Hyde; Charles Bulkley Hubbell.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Huntington, 1930-1932
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Bulk consists of exchanges between A.J.Wall (N-YHS Librarian) and librarian Leslie M. Bliss, including N-YHS proceedings, photostat requests, copies of books, acknowledgement of receipt of the Church Americana Catalogue from the Huntington Library; genealogical queries; also includes correspondence between A.J.Wall and Archer Huntington with regard to John Knickerbacker, Jr. Subjects: Horatio Seymour.
Correspondence 1930-1932. IB - IT, 1930-1932
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Includes acknowledgements of acquisitions to N-YHS and fire insurance invoices for N-YHS. Subject: Edwin Forbes. Correspondents: Hannah Collins Isham; Frederick B. Thomason Insurance; Institute of American Genealogy; Illinois State Historical Library.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Ives, C.W., 1930-1932
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Consists of exchanges between A.J.Wall (N-YHS Librarian) and C.W.Ives in regard to N-YHS's interest in securing volumes of newspapers before 1875; various items for sale as offered by Ives and receipts for payment for items sold to Society.
Correspondence 1930-1932. J, 1930-1932
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Includes memos to Peter A. Juley (photographer) for requests for negatives and prints from the collections; requests to purchase items to add to the Society's collections; receipts for payment to Library of Congress Division of Manuscripts for fee for maintaining the annual bibliography, Writings on American History. Subjects: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, Marquis de Lafayette. Correspondents: Long Island University; C.K.Johnson; Milbank Johnson; Institute of Jamaica.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Jaffe, Arthur, 1930-1932
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Consists of letters exchanged between A.J. Wall (N-YHS Librarian) and Jaffe (Metropolitan Museum of Art) in regard to photos taken of the Jefferson bust to be sent to Max Farrand of the Huntington Library; other requests such as photo reproductions.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Ka - Ki, 1930-1932
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Includes acknowledgements of presentations of items to the Society; the wills of Robert R. Randall and Thomas Randall; thank you note from a young student; estimates for repairs, cleanings, and painting in N-YHS from (Builders-engineers) William V. Kiehnle. Correspondents: Edwin P. Kilroe; Charles H. Kip.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Kl - Ky, 1930-1932
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Includes presentation to N-YHS of painting of old volunteer fire engine No. 21 by artist William Drew (foreman) in 1846 from W.G. Kurau. Subjects: Grant's Tomb.
Correspondence 1930-1932. La - Le, 1930-1932
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Includes bookplates forwarded to the library by Bella Landauer; donations to the Society; lectures. Correspondents: Lewis Historical Publishing Company and The Pennsylvania Railroad.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Landauer, Bella C., 1930-1932
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Discusses the Landauer bookplate collection, Smith plates and costs associated with the Smith collection; preparations for the bookplate exhibition, receipt of Landauer's books, Chalking the Hat and Some Early Vermont Invitations; several postcards sent to the N-YHS library. Several letters discuss the trade card collection and finding someone to arrange that collection.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Lh - Li, 1930-1932
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Includes estimates for museum cases; exchanges between A.J. Wall and the Library of Congress Chief of Division of Maps and Division of Accessions with regard to annual reports, copies of materials, and photostat requests. Subjects: Greenwood Cemetery, Bicentennial Celebration, Samuel Latham Mitchell Barlow, and Mount Vernon. Correspondents: J.J.Little & Ives Co., The Abraham Lincoln Association, Hobbies Magazine, Library Company of Philadelphia.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Lo - Ly, 1930-1932
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Includes request for use of the N-YHS auditorium for school librarians from Long Island and northern New York; acknowledgement of donations to collections; representation by member W. Gedney Beatty at the Anglo-American Conference of Historians (London); acknowledgement and thanks given to DeWitt Lockman for the purchase of an exhibition case for the Jefferson bust by Houdon. Subject: Jenny Lind, Admiral Lord Rodney. Correspondents: W.H. Lowdermilk & Company, Institute of Historical Research (University of London), House of Commons Library (London), and London Library.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Portraits by DeWitt M. Lockman, 1930-1933
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Consists of exchanges between distinguished Americans asked to sit for portraits to be painted by DeWitt Lockman; among those on the list are the Hon. Calvin Coolidge, Cardinal Hayes, General Pershing, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Charles Lindbergh, and Wilberforce Eames. Portraits were to be exhibited at the Society once completed. Of note are letters signed by Governor Roosevelt to make arrangements for Roosevelt to sit for the portrait prior to and following his election and inauguration as Governor (original 3 letters signed by Roosevelt are with Notable correspondence in Box 66 F 14); several exchanges discuss Calvin Coolidge sitting for his portrait (2 letters are signed by Coolidge), including a typed memo of an interview conducted by Wall and Lockman with Coolidge at the Vanderbilt Hotel.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Maa - Mal, 1930-1932
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Includes estimate from R.H. Macy & Co. in regard to casement curtains; several requests for the proceedings of the unveiling of the portrait of Wilberforce Eames and the Society conferring him the Gold medal; acquisition of photo of Edgar Allan Poe. Subjects:Tammany Hall, Edgar Allan Poe Correspondents: Majestic Book Shop; Maryland Historical Society; Utica Conservatory of Music; Katherine E. Mairs; Thomas O. Mabbott.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Mc - Mac, 1930-1932
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Includes requests for permission from advertising companies; acknowledgements of donations; letter from descendant of William Holmes McGuffey (wrote the first widely used series of textbooks) with regard to the purchase of McGuffey Readers; letter acknowledging the death of John E. Stillwell; requests from K. McGahan seeking work at the N-YHS during the Depression; acknowledgement of presentation to N-YHS of Aaron Burr's desk used by John E. Stillwell from 1875-1930. Subjects: Edwin Smith Papyrus Papers and Aaron Burr Correspondents include The H.K.McCann Company; Harrison A.H.McNear; McKenzie Engraving Co.; and Katherine McGahan.
Correspondence 1930-1932. McMurtrie, Douglas C., 1930-1932
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Correspondence between McMurtrie, typeface designer and bibliographer of printing, and A.J.Wall (N-YHS Librarian), in regard to reference requests for bibliographies McMurtrie was working on. Includes N-YHS receipt of McMurtrie's books and brochures, (Early Printing in Wisconsin, and Early Printing in Milwaukee).
Correspondence 1930-1932. Mam - Maz, 1930-1932
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Subjects: Henry Clay, George Washington Bicentennial, flags during the American Revolution. Correspondents: Marble & Shattuck Chair Co., and Powell & Marks Insurance.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Massachusetts Historical Society, 1930-1932
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Series of exchanges between various staff members such as Librarian Julius Tuttle, and A.J.Wall (N-YHS Librarian); includes step-by-step methods for silking manuscripts in use by the Massachusetts Historical Society; Subject: Americana series
Correspondence 1930-1932. Mea - Mi, 1930-1932
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Includes volumes of stenographic notes on "many of the debates between Lincoln and Douglas made by James B. Sheridan, secretary for Stephen A. Douglas"; order and receipts to the Medallic Art Company for gold medal presented to Wilberforce Eames. Subjects: Horatio Seymour, Stephen A. Douglas, Wilberforce Eames. Correspondents include the Michigan Historical Commission; New England Quarterly; University of Michigan; Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company; The Chattanooga News.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1930-1932
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Includes acknowledgements of items loaned by the Metropolitan Museum for reproduction by the N-YHS; print requests of paintings owned by the N-YHS by The Metropolitan; receipt of two volumes of Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus by The Metropolitan. Correspondents include Alice Fenton, Ludlow Bull (curator), William Clifford (Librarian), and Herbert E. Winlock (Director).
Correspondence 1930-1932. Mo, 1930-1932
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Includes clipping in regard to the possibility of the removal of the sub-treasury building where Washington was inaugurated President; series of letters exchanged between Clyde Potts, Mayor of Morristown, NJ in regard to acknowledgement of the receipt of a copy of the address by Emory McClintock on Topography of Washington's Camp of 1780 and its Neighborhood, delivered before the Washington Association of NJ in 1894 and a letter to create a park to preserve Washington's encampment at Morristown, NJ (1779-1780). Subjects: Revolvers made in Patterson, NJ between 1836 and 1841, Baring Papers within Rufus King collection. Correspondents: Monmouth County Historical Association.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Morgan, John Hill, 1930-1932
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Correspondence between art collector and scholar John Hill Morgan and A.J.Wall (N-YHS Librarian) in regard to Morgan's article on John Ramage and receipt of galley proofs and discussions of corrections to the Ramage article (contains considerable marginalia); authenticity of a plaster cast of George Washington.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Mr - My, 1930-1932
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Bulk consists of correspondence between William D. Murphy and A.J.Wall such as Murphy's appointment as Fourth Vice President (1930-1935) of the N-YHS following the death of John Stillwell; completing the Jefferson bust for the State of Virginia; relief funds for the support of family of late employee James F. McGahan; also includes letters to patrons in regard to sending the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus books. Subjects: Dunlap diaries. Correspondents: Westchester Title & Trust Company; William D. Murphy; The Museum Shop (antiques and old prints); Museum of the American Indian.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Na - Ne (2 folders), 1930-1932
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Includes correspondence with the New York Steam Corporation in regard to the installation of a steam feeder main along 71st and Central Park West (declined due to cost); loan of a ship model made by Orlando B. Merrill for the Tercentenary (tricentennial) celebration of Massachusetts; letter describing the founding and history of the Naval History Society prior to being turned over to the N-YHS in 1925; arrangement for a group of children to visit the Society. Subjects: Robert E. Lee. Correspondents: New Jersey State Library; New York Academy of Sciences; Waddy B. Wood; National Geographic Society.
Correspondence 1930-1932. New Hampshire - New York City, 1930-1932
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Acquisition of duplicates of newspapers (New Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, Signs of the Times, Portsmouth); newly elected Society member Otis Hammond (Librarian of the New Hampshire Historical Society); several letters discuss the proposal for new building for the New Jersey Historical Society and whether to secure a resident janitor; the unveiling of a monument in memory of Gouverneur Morris in St. Ann's Church; N-YHS utilities; employer's pay roll summary listing positions; real estate document of tax exempt status of Society; certificate of electrical inspection; electric wiring certificate from New York Board of Fire Underwriters. Correspondents: New Hampshire Historical Society; French Church du Saint-Esprit; Edward Charles Russell (Rector of St. Ann's Church); City of New York.
Correspondence 1930-1932. New York City. Colleges and Schools, 1930-1932
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Includes request by New York University to N-YHS to distribute circulars announcing special courses; receipts for books sent to New York Training School for Teachers; invitation for A.J.Wall (N-YHS Librarian) to attend a meeting of teachers to present "the opportunities for service which (N-YHS) offers," held at the American Museum of Natural History; several letters from the Civics department at Washington Irving High School discuss the publication of a historical guidebook on places Washington was associated with in preparation for the Washington Bicentennial (requested materials on Washington); letters to various schools in regard to a set of 94 half tone reproductions of portraits, early views, and relics owned by the Society. Subjects: New York University, Washington Irving High School, The College of the City of New York, Public School 78.
Correspondence 1930-1932. New York City. Newspapers, 1929-1932
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Exchanges with newspapers (New York Times, New York Times Index, The World, New York Evening Post, New York American, The Sun, Current History Magazine, New York World-Telegram) with regard to subscription services, upcoming lectures, reference requests, publicity for exhibitions, general museum publicity; includes the provenance of the Edwin Smith Surgical Papers as described in a letter sent to the Evening Post. Subjects: chair Washington used to sign the death warrant of Major John Andre and Field Exploration Committee.
Correspondence 1930-1932. New York Edison - New York Genealogical, 1929-1932
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Consists of letters exchanged between the New York Edison Gas Company discuss the kilowatt consumption of the museum and discrepancies in readings (museum's assertions that they were overcharged for gas services and being taxed when they had tax exempt status); includes a financial statement of bills rendered to the N-YHS between July 1931 and March 1932 which summarizes readings, electric demand, and charges; correspondence with The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society in regard to genealogical reference requests, letters of introductions for visiting researchers, and requests for genealogical publications for the Society's library. Subject: Hatfield Family.
Correspondence 1930-1932. New York Public Library, 1930-1932
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Exchanges between the N-YHS Librarian A.J.Wall and various staff members of the New York Public Library in regard to galley proofs of Manhattan maps sent to the Society; setting up of the bindery at the N-YHS; photostat requests. Subjects: Wilberforce Eames, Moore Family, Dictionary of American Biography, Jacob Bailey Moore.
Correspondence 1930-1932. New York State, 1930-1932
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Documents the acquisition of a full dress uniform of the 71st Infantry worn at the time of the Spanish-American War; exchanges between the N-YHS and the Head of the New York State Library in regard to the proper care of records in repositories; discussion of the Capitol fire of 1911 that destroyed many records and the safekeeping practices that were put in place by the State Library following the fire; Several exchanges between A.J.Wall (N-YHS Librarian) and State Historian Alexander Flick (University of the State of New York) in regard to a report made to Governor Roosevelt concerning the publication of the New York State archives; Flick being chosen to speak about Washington at Carnegie Hall in honor of Washington's birthday celebrations; discussions of several chapters written by Flick for the History of the State of New York; list of manuscripts in the N-YHS relating to New York State submitted to Governor Roosevelt. Subjects: Elkanah Watson and Wilberforce Eames. Correspondents: 107th Infantry (New York Army National Guard); New York State Teachers Association; New York State Museum; Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York.
Correspondence 1930-1932. New York State Historical Association, 1930-1932
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Exchanges between A.J.Wall (N-YHS Librarian) and State Historican Alexander Flick in regard to the publication of the History of the State of New York; three winning essays of the competition for the New York State Historical Association Benjamin Franklin prize; announcement of the New York State Historical Association's annual meeting for 1932 and related documents; series of letters between the President of the Association and Wall in regard to the creation of a committee to aid Arthur C. Parker prepare a Manual of Museology Applied to History. Subjects: Baron von Steuben, Washington Bicentennial, and Daniel Claus. Correspondents: Julian P. Boyd.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Ni - Ny, 1930-1932
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Includes requests for photographs of drawings; invoices for the purchase of books; lectures; N-YHS's inquiry into the origin of "Teatown" (Yorktown, Westchester County); acquisitions for the library such as the twelve volumes of Rebellion Records about the Civil War; Civil War discharge paper of a soldier. Subjects: George Washington Bicentennial and Thomas Paine cottage. Correspondents: publisher James Nisbet & Co.; bookseller Martins Nijhoff; Niagara Historical Society; Herbert B. Nichols (The Huguenot and Historical Association); Henry Harmon Noble.
Correspondence 1930-1932. O, 1930-1932
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Includes requests for negatives from photographers who had photographed paintings at the N-YHS (negatives were property of N-YHS); description of the places Marquis de Lafayette visited while in the United States from 1824-1825; series of letters from the Oklahoma Historical Society asking the N-YHS for its current constitution and other matters; invoice for guest lecturer H. Plunkett-Woodgate; acquisition of the oil painting entitled, "The Last of His Race" by T.H. Matteson (shown at the American Art Union Exhibition in 1847). Subjects: Equestrian statue of George III. Correspondents: Oklahoma Historical Society; Open Forum Speakers Bureau; Oregon Historical Society; Edwin W. Orvis; David L. Osborn; Otis Elevator Company.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Pa, 1930-1932
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Includes referrals to outside institutions; letter from the Pan American Union in regard to the first Assembly of the "Instituto Panamericano de geografia y historia"; acknowledgements of receipt of photographic negatives from photographers; list of names provided for brass tablets to be created. Subjects: John Paulding portrait (captor of John Andre). Correspondents: William Barclay Parson; William Lincoln Palmer; The Parker Gallery.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Pe, 1930-1932
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Includes a series of letters with Howland Pell in regard to N-YHS's interest in purchasing the Robert Fulton portrait (N-YHS did not purchase due to price quoted); A.J.Wall (Librarian) acquiring Bruce Rogers bookplates from the Petersham Memorial Library; acquisition of a list of the participants in the State procession on Queen Victoria's Coronation day on June 28, 1838; request to make a replica of the Houdon bust of Jefferson by the Pennsylvania Museum of Art (declined by N-YHS due to fragility of bust); N-YHS sending photostats to various historical societies of the Royal New York Gazette (1780) account of the capture and imprisonment of Governor Henry Hamilton and his party in Williamsburg, Va.; New York University as headquarters of the N-YHS from 1841-1857. Subjects: John E. Hall (editor of American Law Journal), Fulton Trust Company, Sullivan Exhibition of 1779, and John Stoughton. Correspondents: Pennsylvania Historical Commission; Harry T. Peters (authority on the firm of Currier & Ives American printmaking firm); Pennsylvania Musem of Art.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Pell, S.H.P., 1930-1932
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Correspondence between A.J.Wall (N-YHS Librarian) and Stephen Hyatt Pell, founder of the Fort Ticonderoga Association, in regard to the Stuyvesant monograph and the loan of Stuyvesant plates from the N-YHS; photostat of Washington letter for the Library of Congress; brief mention of the construction of South Barracks of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum; restoration of Fort Ticonderoga; request for money to compensate William L. Calver for role as Chairman of Field Exploration Committee. Subjects: Founding Committee of the Union Club.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Pennsylvania Historical Society, 1930-1932
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Exchanges between Ernest M. Spofford (Librarian) to A.J.Wall (N-YHS Librarian) in regard to the types of shelving and cases used for manuscripts; Brooks Family record; rules of the N-YHS library such as not allowing the use of ink; request for Peter Stuyvesant print; reference and photostat requests.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Ph - Pi, 1930-1932
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Includes a series of letters to Emma Pickering in regard to the purchase of old newspapers (New York Mirror, Family Herald, and Albion) from the years 1832-1861; acquisition of the diary of the Rev. John Stanford, and his sermons and reports on the New York state prison, city hospitals, and other institutions; the efforts of the Library of Congress to extensively photograph American records in foreign archives; Alexis de Tocqueville's trip to America with Gusatave de Beaumont 1831-32. Subjects: John Rogers groups, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte (nephew of Napoleon I), and Edgar Allen Poe. Correspondents: University of Illinois; rare bookdealer Pierce & Scopes; Mary E. Phillips.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Pl - Pu, 1930-1932
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Exchanges between N-YHS Librarian A.J.Wall and publicity department of Publix Theaters to display a portion of original photographs of 19th century stage stars at the Paramount Theater (permission denied by N-YHS); Fleming miniature of Patrick Henry; photographic negatives of old New York selected by N-YHS loaned to C.F.Pritchard of Willard's (restaurant); letter from Wall in regard to his proposal to the Committee to raise funds to purchase the original letters relating to the Hamilton-Burr duel; preservation of old newspapers at N-YHS. Subjects: Purssell Manufacturing Company, John Jacob Astor. Correspondents: Margaret T. Plunkett; Standard Oil Company.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Q, 1930-1932
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Includes exchanges between N-YHS and the Quivira Society (California) announcing the publication of Volume II of the Quivira Society Publications, which consisted of Father Sigismundo Taraval's manuscript journal of the Indian Uprising in lower California (1734-1737) (translated and edited by Marguerite Eyer Wilbur). Subjects: Rogers' Rangers. Correspondents: The Queen's Rangers; Queen's University (Ontario); Queens Public Library.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Ra - Re
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Includes financial items such as a stopped check and insurance claim with Railway Express Co. in regard to a broken figure of Rogers group of statuary shipped to the N-YHS; request for bulletins on transportation from the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society; copyright regarding a map by Josef Elixio de la Fuente (1768); Horatio Seymour and brief note on his investment in the Fox River Canal in Appleton and his other investments in Appleton, Wisconsin; circular of information about the Society and its collections sent to The Lincoln School in preparation of a book to aid students and teachers. Of note are a series of letters exchanged between the N-YHS and Helen Reynolds in regard to an article entitled, Dutchess County Gives the State a Governor, and materials about Jacobus Roosevelt (Great-Grandfather of Governor Franklin Roosevelt). Subjects: Walter Franklin mansion occupied by President Washington in New York City from 1789-1790, Wilberforce Eames, Teddy Roosevelt, Libby Castle, Demotic materials. Correspondents: Mark Rafalsky & Company; Col. Charles D. Randolph; Robert Ranson; Regimental Museum; Helen W. Reynolds.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Rh - Ri
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Includes information on upcoming lectures; model of the steamship Bristol in connection with an exhibition at the Society; French Neptune (atlas), Le NeptuneFrançois ou Recueil des Cartes Marines levées et gravées par ordre du roy, with 29 charts of the coast from Norway to Gibraltar (published in 1693) under the supervision of the appointed Royal Geographer Alexis-Hubert Jaillot; series of letters between William H. Richardson and A.J.Wall (N-YHS Librarian) in regard to the existence of John Mercereu's "Flying Machine" from Powles Hook to Philadelphia (1783); acquisition of a map of Green-wood cemetery dated 1865; Demotic papyri; installation of four-panel solid metal clad fireproof door at N-YHS. Subjects: De Witt Clinton portrait. Correspondents: Rhodes House Library (Oxford); Rhode Island Historical Society; William H. Richardson; F.B.Richards (New York State Historical Association).
Correspondence 1930-1932. Ro (2 folders), 1930-1932
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Includes acquisition of the flag of the 37th Regiment New York National Guard; series of letters in regard to property owned by N-YHS at 4 West 77th street; requesting funding from John D. Rockefeller, Jr. for the purchase of the "Stuart-Bute" papers from Charles F. Heartman (the papers expressed the British point of view during the Revolutionary War); lecture on the subject, "The Amazing Iroquois"; letter from John Weekes to Rockefeller in regard to the gift to the City of New York of the historical tract of land which would compose the Fort Tyron Park; invitation to the unveiling of monument to commemorate the assignation of Major General Benedict Arnold and Major John Lewis Andre on September 21st, 1780 to plot the surrender of West Point to the British. Subjects: History of the State of New York (written by A.J.Wall, N-YHS Librarian), Washington Bicentennial, John Pintard, Yorktown sesquicentennial of surrender of Cornwallis exhibition. Correspondents: Robson & Howgate Booksellers; Railway Express Agency; lithographers Rogers-Kellogg-Stillson; historian Edward R. Foreman; book dealer Rosenbach Company; William Walker Rockwell; Rochester Municipal Museum; Roerich Museum.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Ru - Ry, 1930-1932
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Includes request for permission to make a miniature portrait of the George Washington bust by Houdon for the bicentennial exhibition; photostat requests, quotations for exhibition cases from A.N. Russell & Sons. Correspondents: Rutgers University Library, Mary A. Rushton.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Sa - Sc (2 folders), 1930-1932
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Includes acknowledgement of letter sent by George Washington to General George Clinton (1777); letter in regard to the preservation and safeguarding of manuscript sources of national and local history; receipt of North End and West Side of the City of New York; Trinity Cemetery (153rd Street and Broadway) inscriptions; invitation to the Third Annual Silver Pilgrimage Tea by the Woman's Auxiliary of St. Paul's Church and the second Descendants' Day Service at St. Paul's Church; series of letters in regard to a Rogers Group "Challenging the Union Vote," damaged in transit to the Society; gift of Robert Schell portrait and fireman's certificate issued to Schell; State of New York acquiring portion of the land to preserve the battlefield and properties in vicinity of Schuylerville. Subjects: Abraham M. Walton, Anne Hutchinson, Revolutionary War Societies, Williams Dunlap diary, Currier & Ives prints. Correspondents: Savannah Public Library; Ray C. Sawyer; St. Paul's Church; Eastchester (Mount Vernon, NY); Saint Catherine Press; National Gallery of Scotland; Charles Scribner's Sons.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Se, 1930-1932
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Includes N-YHS inquiring about original diary belonging to John Pintard in correspondence with Kenneth K. Servoss and Mary C. Servoss; Seamen's Church Institute (Marjorie Dent Candee) in regard to exhibition on Society's ship pictures; acquisition of 1797 New York City tavern license containing the signature of Richard Varick; architect Horace Wells Sellers in regard to pedigree of mahogany furniture originally used by Congress in Federal Hall, New York (acquired in 1809); Bessie F. Sears in regard to the possible loan of stereopticon views of New York City (1854-1885) to be exhibited by N-YHS. Correspondents: Harold Seton; attorneys Seymour, Earle, & Nichols; publisher J.M.Seaver; American Historical Genealogical Society; A.B. See Elevator Company.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Sh - Sl, 1930-1932
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Acquisition of death mask of General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) from his son, Philemon Tecumseh Sherman; copy of Memorial Minute and Resolutions adopted by the N-YHS upon the death of Domestic Corresponding Secretary Thomas T. Sherman; donation of Civil War sword and crepe by William Henry Shelton and other matters. Subjects: Marquis de Lafayette, attorney Emanuel Hertz. Correspondents: William H. Shelton (Attorney);Frederic Fairchild Sherman (publisher); G.W.Sheldon (The National Freight Company); real estate company Sharp & Nassoit, Inc.; professor Wilbur H. Siebert (Ohio State); Emily E.F. Skeel (Mrs. Roswell Skeel Jr.).
Correspondence 1930-1932. Sm - So, 1930-1932
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Includes letter in regard to portrait restorer Julius Lowy who was employed by the N-YHS; acknowledgement of interest in acquiring a brick from the fireplace of De Windt house presented by Major Howland Pell from Rogers D. Small; acquisition of a Squadron A uniform from attorney Abel I. Smith; relief fund for the McGahan family; book plates given by Bruce Rogers from attorney H.M. Smith Jr. to Landauer collection; affidavit form from investigator (Department of Law) Harry E. Smith to be executed by A.J.Wall in regard to original manuscript map made by Ryder (1670). Subjects: Daniel D. Tompkins, Roger Sherman, Rogers group. Correspondents: Violet White Smith; Hiram Smith; Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities; South Dakota State Historical Society; Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New York.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Sons of the Revolution, 1930-1932
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Consists of announcements and events on organization letterhead in regard to application papers to join the organization, annual Flag Day parade and celebrations, announcements about excursions to Revolutionary war sites and military headquarters, the Washington bicentennial, and other matters. Several letters are between President John A. Weekes and Treasurer George Zabriskie (both members of the organization) and A.J.Wall.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Sp - Ste (2 folders), 1930-1932
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Includes letters exchanged between N-YHS and E.J. Bosworth in regard to John Paulding portrait; frequent exchanges between literary agents B.F. Stevens & Brown with regard to publications ordered by the Society; completion of life sketch of John Austin Stevens (Sons of the Revolution founder) by A.J.Wall for the Dictionary of American Biography. Correspondents: Spirit of Missions; Otto Spengler; John Spargo (Bennington Historical Museum); State Historical Society; Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Sti - Sy, 1930-1932
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Includes Memorial Minutes and resolution upon the death of John E. Stillwell and portion of Stillwell's will stipulating the publication of volume 5 of Stillwell's Historical and Genealogical General Miscellany; acquisition of Edmund Wilcox bookplates for Landauer collection; acquisition of the Joseph Hamilton Stone Collection of Southern Newspapers from Albert G. Stone; donation of gas burner appurtenances intended to "keep the smoke from the gas discoloring the ceilings". Subjects: Blizzard of 1888. Correspondents: Margaret Bingham Stillwell; bookseller Harry Stone; attorney J.G. Phelps Stokes; Strathmore Paper Company; Warner Bros.Theatres.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Ta - Ti (2 folders), 1930-1932
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Request for information from attorneys Taylor, Blanc, Capron & Marsh for how a bequest to the society could be made; financial quotes for envelopes from Tension Envelope Company. Subjects: Co-operative Dress Association of 1881. Correspondents: attorney David H. Taylor (Dean, King, Smith & Taylor); I. Tanenbaum Son & Co.; Tavern Topics Press; (lecturer) Princess Te Ata; The Tea and Coffee Trade Journal; William S. Thomas; Alice E. Thompson (Mrs. Charles O.F.Thompson); attorney Albert G. Thorne; Title Guarantee and Trust Company.
Correspondence 1930-1932. To - Ty, 1930-1932
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Subjects: military uniforms during French and Indian War. Correspondents: John Wilson Townsend; Mary Torrance (Mrs. Henry Torrance); The Public Library of Toronto; attorney Howard Townsend; R.P. Tolman (Smithsonian Institution); The Tuttle Company.
Correspondence 1930-1932. U, 1930-1932
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Includes estimates for pointing and cleaning the museum from United Building Cleaners; series of letters between Wall and United States Trust Company of New York in regard to stock shares of the John Watts de Peyster Publication Fund; Radio Broadcasting program memorandum of The United States Flag Association; several reference letters from government entities such as The Army War College and the Department of State; N-YHS requesting patent information for the John Rogers works from the U.S. Patent Office; invitation for Wall to attend the unveiling of a General Bullard portrait by Lockman at West Point Military Academy; forms for the Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census. Subject: Albert Gallatin. Correspondents: United States Catholic Historical Society (Elizabeth P. Herbermann); United States Trust Company of New York; The Union League Club of the City of New York; United States History Association; United States National Museum (Smithsonian); United States Department of the Interior National Park Service.
Correspondence 1930-1932. V, 1930-1932
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Includes letters exchanged between A.J.Wall (Librarian) and Princess Viggo of Denmark (nee Eleanor Margaret Green) for funds to purchase a case to exhibit a ball gown worn at the 1860 Prince of Wales Ball in New York City and other donated items. Subjects: Fernando Wood, Derick Vreeland Bible, revolutionary home of Baron Riedesel (Colle). Correspondents: Library of the University of Virginia; Vermont Historical Society (Margaret Kanaly); Vassar College Library; architects Van Gunten & Van Gunten; Title Guarantee and Trust Company; Alma Van Hoevenberg; Virgina Byrd Committee (John Garland Pollard); First and Merchants National Bank of Richmond.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Wa, 1930-1932
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Includes series of letters exchanged between A.J.Wall (Librarian) and Senator Robert F. Wagner advocating that the St. Ann's Churchyard (Bronx) be made a National Shrine, and other matters; receipt of full dress uniform of the Veteran Corps Artillery from Captain Norman F. Cushman; dedication to Samuel V. Hoffman in No. 8 of Following Abraham Lincoln from Bernhardt Wall; Spengler World War I newspaper collection; invitation from the George Washington Hotel to attend a Washington birthday tea and talk about the Washington and Lafayettes; music selections and arrangment for Steinway piano for "A Program of American Music" concert at the Society. Subjects: Drums used in Revolutionary and Civil War, Major General Kemble Warren (Chief Engineer of the Army of the Potomac), Washington portrait by Peale; diary of William Dunlap. Correspondents: Emily B. Warren; (Daughters of the American Revolution) Washington Heights Chapter; H.S.Wagner; H.R.Wagner; Helen E. Webster; contractor J.J.Ward; Walton Advertising and Printing Company; Crystal Waters; Stephanie Schehatowitch; Senator J. Mayhew Wainwright; Washington Heights Taxpayers Association.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Washington Bicentennial Commission, 1930-1932
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Correspondence from Congressman Sol Bloom (Associate Director) and other members of the commission in regard to the bicentennial includes presentation of official bronze medal designed by Laura Gardin Fraser; requests for original documentation related to Washington; notices from the commission's publicity department; invitations to events promoting the bicentennial; speakers (including Dixon Ryan Fox) invited to partake of celebrations; invitation for Dorothy Barck to become a member of the City of New York Commission for the bicentennial celebration; George Washington Bicentennial News; request for loans of Peale and Robertson portraits of Washington (not approved due to N-YHS's own exhibition on Washington and the fragile nature of Robertson portrait); New York State Bicentennial Commision Proposed Plan of Celebration which describes the steps taken to enlist various New York agencies, schools, local governements, museums, and other entities to participate in the bicentennial. Subjects: James Miles Hughes, Sharples portrait of Washington; requests for publications, by-laws, annual reports, and other institutional information from the Society. Correspondents: William F. Seals; Mrs. Mary B. Stack; Kenneth M. Murchison; Grover A. Whalen.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Wea - Wel (2 folders), 1930-1932
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Includes receipt of pamphlet, The Revolutionary War Letters of Captain Roger Welles; information of provenance of John G. Webb cane presented to the society in 1918; naming of the Harlem branch of Young Men's Christian Association; letter to Treasurer Frederick D. Weekes in regard to restoration of Colonial Williamsburg and the importance of preservation of manuscripts, maps, and other records to enable projects like the restoration to proceed; series of letters between Wall and Raphael A. Weed with regard to lecture on Temple Hill, loan of theatrical photographs to Publix Theaters, and other matters; announcement of death of Raphael A. Weed. Subjects: William Gilmore Simms, Norwegian immigration to the United States, Teatown. Correspondents: Oscar Wegelin; attorney Lemuel A. Welles; Franklin Delano Weekes; book dealer Gabriel Wells; Westchester County Historical Society; Marie Weed; C. Edward Wells; Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Weekes, John A., 1930-1932
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Extensive financial documentation on rent and mortgage payments, as well as securities, taxes, and bequests (Edward Bement, Raphael A. Weed); notices of probate for wills (John Stillwell, Frederic C. Durand) insurance policies and estimates; electric power service; contracts. Also includes preparations for exhibition on Society's ship pictures; re-appointments to the Executive Committee by Weekes; re-election of Weekes as President of the Society; James F. McGahan family relief fund total amount to date; lectures (Poultney Bigelow).
Correspondence 1930-1932. Wem - Wez, 1930-1932
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Consists mainly of correspondence from Westchester County Historical Society (William S. Hadaway & Herbert B. Nichols) with regard to the Aaron Burr Orderly Book of 1779 that Wall contributed to, reference requests, and other matters. Subjects: Albert Gallatin, Martha Washington portrait. Correspondents: James O. Wettereau (NYU); Leonidas Westervelt; Western Reserve Historical Society.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Wh, 1930-1932
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Advertising card of the "Great Flying Machine" and lottery items acquired for Landauer collection. Subjects: Chauncy family, wooden statue of George Washington in possession of the Historical Society of Delaware at Wilmington. Correspondents: Lace (?) Chauncey Wheeler (Mrs. Edwin Wheeler); genealogist Grace Denison Wheeler; Bella Landauer; (C.E.H. Whitlock) antique dealer Whitlock's Book Store; Charles Whelp, publishers James T. White & Co.; (historian) Mrs. Edward P. White; architect B..H. Whinston; Dexter F. White.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Wi (2 folders), 1930-1932
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Series of exchanges between A.J.Wall (Librarian) and Caroline R.Williams in regard to her published work, Gold and Silver Jewelry (book on jewelry); request to send the Edwin Smith Surgical Papers to the library in the Egyptian Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other educational institutions; series of letters with regard to the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg, including a pamphlet submitted to N-YHS entitled The Proceedings at the Opening of Raleigh Tavern as an Exhibition Building, 1932 (first exhibition building in the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg); acknowledgement of four drawings of the construction of the Croton Aqueduct from John J.L. Houston; medal of the opening of Erie Canal presented to President Garfield gifted by J. Wilbour; issues of "ye Wildbore" (November 1931-May 1932) sent to N-YHS. Subjects: Albert Gallatin Memorial Fund, McGahan Family Relief fund. Correspondents: (V.M.Geddy, Abbott Ingalls) Colonial Williamsburg; Harry E. Wikoff; (Harold R. Shurtleff) architects Perry, Shaw and Hepburn; (Gabrielle Malinkoff) H.W. Wilson Company; Francis D. Wiener; Wilder's Bookshop; Winchester Historical Society; (camera vendor) Willoughbys; Richard F. Williams; accountants Patterson & Ridgway; Wilson & Stokes Lumber Company; University of Wisconsin; Mrs. William Wilson.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Wo - Wy, 1930-1932
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Acquisition of Durand family items by Nora Durand Woodman including a desk made by John Durand (father of artist Asher B. Durand) and paintings by Asher B. Durand; invitation to attend the 1931 World War I dedication at St. Paul's Church in Hoboken, NJ; guest speaker Lawrence C. Wroth at presentation of gold medal to Wilberforce Eames; acquisition of ankle chains used on prisoners confined on board ship's in Lord Nelson's time from Hunter Wykes. Subject: Butternuts (township in Otsego County, NY). Correspondents: Edith Woolsey; Captain H. Plunket Woodgate (Authors' Club London); book dealer Richard S. Wormser; World Book Company Publishers (Elmer Green); Wyoming Historical and Geological Society.
Correspondence 1930-1932. Y - Z, 1930-1932
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Includes invitation to July 4th celebration in connection with Washington bicentennial to be held at the Valley Forge Monument (Williamsburgh Bridge Plaza) from the Young Men's Christian Association; request by Yale University to borrow the Society's DePeyster tankard by Cornelius Kierstede for exhibition at Gallery of Fine Arts (denied by N-YHS); letter of introduction from Ralph H. Gabriel for scholar George Pierson (Yale University). Subjects: William Dunlap diary, Washington's spies. Correspondents: (Theodore Sizer, Katherine Atwater, John M. Phillips) Yale University Gallery of Fine Arts; and Yale University Library (Andrew Keogh, Thomas R. Barnum, Anne S. Pratt).
Correspondence 1930-1932. Zabriskie, George A., 1930-1932
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondence consists of exchanges between Treasurer George A. Zabriskie and Librarian A.J. Wall pertaining to matters such as mortgages and investments; checks cut to staff and others; educational activities; check cut to fix up house located at 4 West 77th street; preparations for the medal presented to Wilberforce Eames; efforts to preserve original railing at Bowling Green; and flyer for Annual Flag Day celebration and Zabriskie's role as Chairman for the Sons of the Revolution.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Aa-Ab, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes acquisition of "flickers" from Abercrombie & Fitch Co; genealogical queries; acquisition of "Ancestors and Descendents of Jonathan Abell"; N-YHS subscription to the The Abraham Lincoln Association. Correspondents: Samuel P. Abelow; Abercrombie & Fitch Co.; John H. Abeel; Horace A. Abell.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Abbatt, William, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Primarily includes exchanges between Librarian A.J.Wall, Mr. Williams Abbatt, dealer and publisher of Americana, such as reference and other requests, and donations to Society. Also includes correspondence from Abbatt's sister (C.A. Abbatt) to Librarian A.J.Wall following the death of Abbatt in 1935.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ac, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Subjects: Provenance of mahogany desk once part of the furniture of the DeWindt house at Tappan presented to Society in 1929 by Samuel V. Hoffman. Correspondents: Acorn Club; Stephen N. Acerrio.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ad, 1933-1938
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a request of a list of men involved in the crossing of the Delaware by Washington and his troops into Trenton, and A.J.Wall's response that the Society was not aware of such a list; letter concerning the repair and mounting of maps; employment application that mentions the Emergency Work Bureau which supplied workers to various non-profit institutions; acquisition of General Winfield Scott portrait. Correspondents: Adriance Memorial Library; Henry Benson Adriance.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ae-Ak, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes mention of the Society "erecting a new building" and therefore no new museum materials by purchase would be added in a letter to Henry F. Ahrens; acquisition of Outposts of History in Orange County, by Dwight Akers; Robert Erskine maps of Revolutionary War collection at N-YHS; Correspondents: Agricultural History Society; George Ainsworth (Lighting Equipment); insurers Chase and Chase.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Al, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes transactions related to investment of real estate properties by the N-YHS; purchase of the August 31, 1813 edition of The Albany Argus from the Albany Public Library; several letters mention the construction of the new building and of the N-YHS being closed for "alterations and additions" until 1938. Correspondents: Albany Public Library (Elizabeth M. Smith); real estate broker Leon S. Altmayer; Albert H. Allen; Mary Moore Allen.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Am, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Bulk consists of correspondence from Amherst College in regard to Society publications requests of annual reports, and exchanges with Amherst for their Quarterly, and other matters; includes invitation flyer to the 17th Annual commemoration of the "Inauguration of George Washington" from America's Good-Will Union.
Correspondence 1933-1937. American A., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letter from Librarian A.J.Wall to Philip C. Brooks (secretary) in regard to application for membership into the the Society of American Archivists (SAA) and attending the organization's first annual meeting in Washington, D.C.; lecture given by Dr. Edward W. Forbes at the American Academy of Arts and Letters; certificate of American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial Association. Correspondents: American Art Association Anderson Galleries; American Association for Adult Education; American Academy of Arts and Letters; The American Autograph Shop.
Correspondence 1933-1937. American Antiquarian Society, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes centennial celebration program, annual meeting notices, and extensive correspondence between AAS Director Clarence S. Brigham and Librarian R.W.G.Vail and Alexander J. Wall, much of it concerning early 19th century Boston newspapers; New York newspapers; Pennsylvania Gazette and other publications; description of how the Antiquarian Society stored its newspapers; mention of N-YHS April Bulletin that discusses the architect's drawing and floor plans for the new building; in addition to reference inquiries, material exchanges, and other matters. Subjects: Survey on early American portraiture by William Sawitzky.
Correspondence 1933-1937. American Association of Museums, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondence with Director Laurance Vail Coleman and Librarian Theodosia Cox in regard to surveys and questionnaire (staff employed, total income), ballots, memoranda, meetings, membership dues, N-YHS annual report requests; submission of five publications for exhibition to the British Library Association (London).
Correspondence 1933-1937. American B, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. American C-F, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. American G-K, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. American Historical Society, Inc., 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. American L-M, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. American Library Association, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. American Museum of Natural History, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. American N-Z, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. American AN, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. American AP, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. American AR, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Art Association of Newport, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the loan of 5 Malbone miniatures from Erskine Hewitt.
Correspondence 1933-1937. As, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Associated Hospital Service of NY, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns applications for hospital insurance for staff.
Correspondence 1933-1937. At-Az, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Bab-Bai, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Bak-Bam, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ban, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Francis Bannerman Sons concerning cartridge box selections.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Bank of New York & Trust Company (2 folders), 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes materials on Thompson Estate.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Bank of New York & Trust Company, 1936-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Banks, James Lenox, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Bar-Bas, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondence from A.J.Wall to Dorothy Barck.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Bat-Baz, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Be (2 folders), 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Perry Belmont.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Beekman, Fenwick, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Bender, Lucy (Mrs. Walter Lloyd Bender), 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Benson, Arthur D. (2 folders), 1933-1935
Correspondence 1933-1937. Benson, Arthur D., 1936-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Benson, Hevlyn Dirck, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns exchanges between Benson (descendant of N-YHS founder Egbert Benson) and A.J.Wall about Captain Kidd pardon and book and other matters, as well as a letter from Cecil B. DeMille's secretary in regard to data collected on pirates from the DeMille Library and the movie, The Buccaneer; correspondence with Hugh M. Flick; Battle of Long Island; exchanges of letters in regard to Captain Abraham Benson; general correspondence on the materials Benson submitted to the museum.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Bi, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns gift to N-YHS from Millicent Todd Bingham of life-saving suit invented during World War I given to Bingham as a safety guard during her crossing of the ocean; letters exchanged between Dorothy F. Bidwell in regard to The Bartholomew Family printing; letter from the Joint Committe on Materials for Research in regard to the inventory of state and local archives by the Works Progress Administration.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Bl, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns donation of Gulian Verplanck will and papers to the N-YHS by Mrs. T. Bache Bleecker; photographs of collection of New York City milestones by Henry V.D.Black; gift of a set of Fascimiles of Famous American Documents and Letters edited by Edward C. Boykin from Blue Ribbon Books; Frequent correspondents include William D. Bloodgood.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Blizzard Men of 1888, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns records about the Blizzard Men of 1888 Association added to the N-YHS collections and published pamphlet on Blizzard Men of 1888; frequent correspondent include S.M. Strong, Thomas B. Donaldson, and D.A. Woodhouse (President, Blizzard Men of 1888 Association); includes clipping in regard to funding to complete the inventory of public and private records in New York State
Correspondence 1933-1937. Bo, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the acquisition of the cornerstone installed on the original building of P.S.43 erected in 1885 located on 129th street and Amsterdam Avenue, and a copper box with contents; N-YHS declining to add to the Audubon birds of America collection; negotiation of the purchase of Pintard Papers; letter discussing the permit given by Robert Moses to the Field Exploration Committee covering prospective work in Pelham Bay Park; letter to Reginald Pelham Bolton discussing the Continental Army encampment in Charlottesville, Va.; LaFayette exhibition celebrating the centenary of his death in 1834; Frequent correspondent: James Boyd.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Boston Athenaeum, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns print and other requests to the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Public Library of the City of Boston, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Boyce, Hughes, & Farrell, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns financial materials including bank confirmation letters and other accounting services by accounting firm Boyce, Hughes, & Farrell.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Bra, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondents: British Museum (London), Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Bre, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Bri, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondents: British Museum (London), Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Bro, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns dues payment for membership in the Society of American Archivists; Banks Manuscript by Colonel Charles Edward Banks; Motor Travel Magazine pamphlet 1936 summer edition highlighting the erection of 92 stones from historical sites in the United States History Stone Tower.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Brooklyn Museum, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns exchange of letters between A.J.Wall and Philip N. Youtz (Director, Brooklyn Museums) with regard to the American Historical Association's annual meeting; bulk of material concerns the installation of N-YHS's Egyptian Collection in the Brooklyn Museums Egyptian Galleries during building reconstruction and related matters; list of museums recommeneded to A.J. Wall to visit for examples of museum lighting by Youtz; correspondence concerning museum lighting; architecture plans of Walker and Gillette for new N-YHS building plans; Correspondents: John D. Cooney (Assistant Curator, Ancient Art).
Correspondence 1933-1937. Brown, Benjamin W.B., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the cooperation established between the N-YHS and the Museum of the City of New York; interchange of objects between the two institutions; clippings about the Mary G. Thompson estate action and probate of the Thompson will from B.W.B. Brown (Esquire)
Correspondence 1933-1937. Brown, Henry Collins, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Henry Collins Brown, writer and founder of the Museum of the City of New York; includes announcement of publication, The Lordly Hudson; published by Scribner's Sons; reference requests to the Society
Correspondence 1933-1937. John Carter Brown Library, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes memo on Second Census of 15th Century Books Owned in America; Frequent correspondent: Lawrence C. Wroth (Librarian)
Correspondence 1933-1937. Bru-Bry, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Bu, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the acquisition of the portrait of Anne Van Rensselaer Schuyler from Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler; Frequent correspondent: Burke's Landed Gentry; Burns Bros., Buck's County Historical Society
Correspondence 1933-1937. By, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns correspondence between Arthur E. Bye (Art Restorer) in regard to the possible restoration of N-YHS paintings and other matters.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Caa-Cal, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Notable correspondent: University of California Press.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Cadmus Book Shop, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Calver, William L., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns excavation work at Trinity Church and matters related to the Field Exploration Committee.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Cam-Cap, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the old cannon removed from 51st street and Third Avenue (originally stood in front of the North Dutch Church) and presented to the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Car, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the closing of the Museum of Folk Art in Riverdale, NY and the N-YHS's arrangement to house Nadelman's collection.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Carney, Sydney H. Jr., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Exchanges between Dr. Carney Jr. and A.J.Wall discuss the renovation plans for the building as well as donations Carney made to the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Cas-Caz, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns acquisition of color drawings of British soldiers who served during the War of 1812 by Alex R. Cattley.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ce, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns reorganization of N-YHS held mortgage certificates; Frequent correspondents: Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company, Central Savings Bank.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ch, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the museum lighting and the lighting in the Decorative Arts Galleries at the Art Institute of Chicago; gift of an original letter Commodore Perry wrote to the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York in 1855; condensed income account covering the operations of the Rock Island system properties; Frequent correspondents: University of Chicago Press.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ci, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Cla-Clo, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Edwin Smith Papyrus papers presented to the N-YHS in 1906.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Clark, Arthur H. Company, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns books published by the Clark Company purchased and declined by the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Clements Library (University of Michigan), 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondence exchanged between Dr. Randolph G. Adams and Edna Vosper of the Clements Library and the N-YHS in regard to reference requests; includes Last Will and Testament of William L. Clements.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Coa-Col, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns issue No. 63 of The Ingatherer and a collection of 38 items regarding J. Silk Buckingham; subscription to the complete index of The Colophon, book collector's quarterly;
Correspondence 1933-1937. Codman, Ogden, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns genealogical requests including marriage notices from the New York Evening Post and other sources.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Columbia University, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the American Historical Association Convention of 1939; final disposition of iron links purportedly to have come from a chain stretched across the Hudson River in the vicinity of West Point to Glen Island Museum; survey and preservation of old New York buildings; completed volumes of the History of the State of New York Volume IV.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Com-Coz (2 folders), 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Resolutions adopted by the Constitutional Democracy Association; acquisition of New York Ledger (1862-1889) in original form from E. Vandalia; George Washington portraits by Rembrandt Peale and his father, Charles Willson Peale, which were painted from life.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Conference of Historical Societies, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the N-YHS subscription of $100 towards the publication of Historical Societies in the United States and Canada- A Handbook.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Continental Bank & Trust Company, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the plan for reorganization of the Series N-107, New York Title and Mortgage Company under the Mortgage Commission Act and the welfare of certificate holders.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Cooper Union, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Cornell University, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Cox, Isabella Vache, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns donations from Cox.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Cox, John, Jr., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
John Cox Jr. is the Chairman of the Joint Committee of Religious Society of Friends.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Cox, Wilmot T., 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Cr, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Cu-Cy, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Da (2 folders), 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the permission of the Gallatin family to Henry M. Dater to publish the Diary of Albert Gallatin kept while making a trip through Ohio country; Daily Doings, the Official publication for Hotel Association of New York City that published a weekly list of art exhibitions; invitations to the 129th anniversary of the founding of the N-YHS with gold medal presentation to DeWitt M. Lockman.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Dartmouth College, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns a list of titles of periodicals assigned to N-YHS for preservation and binding of advertising pages in which 34 libraries in New England and New York City cooperated in project.
Correspondence 1933-1937. De (2 folders), 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns engrossed resolutions of condolence and includes an example from Dennis & Baird; movement to save the Hudson Highlands; Description from The Rosenbach Company to F.C. Deering of a copy being offered for sale of Philip Vincent's A true relation of the late battell fought in New-England, between the English and the Pequet salvages, which later came to N-YHS (call Y1638.Vin True). Frequent correspondents: Margaret H. Gillmore, General John Delafield.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Delafield, Lewis L., 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Detroit, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
The bulk of this folder consists of materials from The Detroit Institute of Arts.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Di, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns various publications including the Dictionary of American Biography and Dictionary of American History.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Do, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Dowling, Robert E., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Robert E. Dowling was the President of City Investing Company, a member of the Executive Committee, and served as Second Vice President of N-YHS; concerns mortgage certificates, leases, and by-laws of the institution.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Dr, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns certificates of Series N-106 New York Title & Mortgage Company.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Du, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the reproduction of Rembrandt Peale's Thomas Jefferson painting by the firm of Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.; Lawrence Durborow catalog and mailing (illustrations); Frequent correspondent: John Ward Dunsmore.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ea, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes price quote for paper and samples from Eaton Paper Corporation; letter to Wilberforce Eames in regard to progress of building construction.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Eb-Ec, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Mathew Brady's death and a set of prints presented to N-YHS in 1933.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ed-Eg, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Eh, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the story of the first Greater New York City Directory, published by R.L.Polk & Co. for the Gibson Emergency Unemployment Relief Committee in 1933.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ei-Ek, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the relocation of the bus stop in front of the N-YHS temporarily during building construction; Frequent correspondent: Eighth Avenue Coach Corporation.
Correspondence 1933-1937. El, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the proposed partial restoration of Valley Forge to the condition it was in during Washington's occupation in the winter of 1777-1778 by the Works Project Administration; correspondence on American steamers; Frequent correspondent: Elwin N. Eldredge, Lawrence B. Elliman.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Em, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns adoption of by-laws in correspondence with Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank.
Correspondence 1933-1937. En, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the means N-YHS took to ensure the institution against risk incurred if a photo was used without credit to its owner and other matters exchanged with the Enoch Pratt Free Library.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ep-Eq, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Er-Es, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Et-Ez, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Evans, Lena Cadwalader, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Lena Cadwalader Evans presented many historical objects, books, prints, and manuscripts to the N-YHS. Correspondence concerns many of these gifts.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Fascimile Text Society, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns photostat and other requests by The Fascimile Text Society of Columbia University to the N-YHS for their publications.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Fa, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Fe, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Memory Letter Plan of the Federation of Protestant Churches of Los Angeles; includes brochure, Memory Letter Foundation.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Fi, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the various articles bequeathed to the N-YHS under the will of Gerald F. Shepard as notified by the executor First National Bank and Trust Company of New Haven, CT; Madison Avenue Week brochure; acquisition of items from the New York Volunteer Firemen; Frequent correspondent: Fitch Family Association.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Field Exploration Committee, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns reports submitted by William L. Calver and Oscar T. Barck of the Field Exploration Committee in regard to military or other historical materials; includes official permit to excavate Pelham Bay Park by the Parks Department.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Filson Club, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
The Filson Club was organized in 1884 for collecting, preserving, and publishing historic material, especially pertaining to Kentucky. This folder consists of Filson publications held in the N-YHS including map of Kentucky (1784), and reference requests.
Correspondence 1933-1937. FL, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the links of old chain stretched across the Hudson near West Point during the Revolution; estate of Amelia R. Folke; Frequent correspondents: Hugh M. Flick, Dixon Ryan Fox.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Fo, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Foreign, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns reference requests made by foreign countries to the N-YHS, often in the native language including French, Spanish, and German.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Fr, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes advertising brochure for Franklin Fireproof Warehouses, Inc.; Frequent correspondent: Josephine C. Frost.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Frick Art Reference Library, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns tax-exempt status of the Frick and N-YHS reference requests exchanged between librarian Ethelwyn Manning and A.J.Wall (Director, N-YHS).
Correspondence 1933-1937. Fu-Fy, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Bulk of folder concerns correspondence exchanged between Charles Wellington Furlong, Explorer and guest lecturer and A.J.Wall.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ga, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Gallatin, R. Horace, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns financial documents and by-laws, as well as visit to Folk Art Museum at Kingsbridge in connection with a proposition for the N-YHS to acquire its collection.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ge, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns genealogical indexes and other genealogical resources.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Genealogists, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Gh-Gi, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the acquisition of a fire helmet worn by the foreman of one of the voluntary fire engine companies in New York City; brochure for The Gibson Annual Forecast.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Gillingham, Harrold E., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Mrs. Harrold E. Gillingham was Chairman of the Museums Loan Committee of Philadelphia and the bulk of correspondence is in regard to the N-YHS loaning policy of articles to other institutions, as well as the presentation of items to the N-YHS by the Gillinghams.'
Correspondence 1933-1937. Gl-Gn, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Go, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns advertisement (with brochure) for Goldsmith Brothers Stationers and Printers.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Goodspeed's Book Shop, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Goodspeed's Book Shop was a book printer in Boston, MA specializing in newspapers, genealogical volumes, and manuscripts.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Gr, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Griffith, Frederick, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Commander Frederick Griffith was Superintendent of the New Jersey Nautical and Maritime Academy and presented the Society with several items.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Groce, George C., Jr., 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Grolier Club, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the nomination of George A. Zabriskie for resident membership in the club;
Correspondence 1933-1937. Gu-Gw, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ha-Hal
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondents include Hallenbec's Old Book Shop.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ham-Har, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondents include Hart Book Company.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Harvard University, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Has-Haz, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. He, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns maritime exhibition that illustrated the development of shipping in correspondence with G.H.S. Hevenor (model ship builder); bequest from the estate of Edward H. Hedden.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Heartman, Charles F., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes list of maps of Heartman collection and other matters.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Hewitt, Erskine, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns set of miniatures loaned to the N-YHS for exhibition and other matters.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Hi, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the History Institute of America (includes brochure, History on Parade).
Correspondence 1933-1937. Hoa-Hom, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Hoffman, Bernhard, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a clipping in regard to the damage of many roadside markers alerting passersby to a historic site.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Hoffman, Samuel Verplanck, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Holland Society of New York, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of acknowledgments for receiving the Quarterly Bulletin from N-YHS.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Holly & Co. Insurance Brokers, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns insurance policies on the museum property located at 4 West 77th Street.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Holmes Electric Protective Company, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns reports of damage to museum property given by Patrolmen employed by Holmes Electric Protective Company.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Hon-Hoz (2 folders), 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns acquisition of several DePeyster manuscripts relating to New York City from Estelle DePeyster Hosmer; proposal to restore the Beekman Coach; manuscripts of the Tontine Coffee House Association; Frequent correspondents: James Lewis Hook, James C. Howgate (booksellers).
Correspondence 1933-1937. Hone, Augustus C., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Hone was a Board member and Chairman of the By-Law Committee. Concerns the accounting for the Zabriskie Medal fund (donations by N-YHS Board members), remarks made at presentation of medal by Board member Augustus C. Hone, and other administrative matters.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Howard Memorial Library, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Jenny Lind's visit to New Orleans, as well as the New Orleans Times Democrat publication.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Huntington, Archer M., 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Huntington Library, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Hu, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns preservation of the Hudson Highlands; subscription to Frontier Times (1923-1935).
Correspondence 1933-1937. Hy, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ib-Il, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Im-In, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns warnings to the N-YHS of theft in historical institutions; Institute of Women's Professional Relations and the Connecticut WPA project # 2085; preservation of Inwood Hill Park; Indian Buffalo Hunt Monument Committee correspondence to commemorate the Indian Buffalo Hunt by sculptor Henry Kirke Bush-Brown.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Iowa, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ir, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Irwin, John V., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns administrative issues including revised by-laws as submitted by Executive Committee member Irwin.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Is-Iz, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondent: C.W. Ives.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ja, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns clipping about the Hewlett Homestead in Long Island.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Je-Ji, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents: Jefferson County Historical Society.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Jo, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Frances Benjamin Johnston's photographs and includes clippings in regard to Frances Benjamin Johnston's photographic record of old Virginia houses.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Johnson, C.K., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
C.K. Johnson was a dealer of early American portraits and antiques.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Jones, Matt B., 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ju, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a 1936 edition of The Book-Hunter's Guide and Encyclopedia of Scarce and Rare Books, published by Jumping Frog Press.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ka, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ke, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the provenance of the Charles Willson Peale portrait of Washington and how it was acquired by the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ki, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Kimball, Leroy E., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns administrative correspondence between Board member Leroy E. Kimball (President of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society) and A.J.Wall.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Kip, Charles, A., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Charles A. Kip was a member and benefactor of the society.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Kl, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Kn, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ko, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Kr, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ku-Ky, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. La, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Lafayette Centenary Exhibition (loans of items belonging to Erskine Hewitt).
Correspondence 1933-1937. Lafayette, American Friends of, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns honoring the memory of Lafayette throughout the centenary year of his death with lectures and exhibitions by the N-YHS; includes a petition for a stamp honoring Lafayette issued by the US government.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Lafayette College, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Landauer, Bella C., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Landauer's collection of trade cards and other matters.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Le, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Lectures, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns lectures given at the N-YHS by Col. C. Wellington Furlong, F.R.G.S., Vilhjalmur Stefansson, and Barnum Brown of the American Museum of Natural History.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Lh-Lil, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns acquisition of set of Foster Hall (Indianapolis, IN) reproductions of the Songs, Compositions and Arrangements by Stephen Collins.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Lim-Liz, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Lincoln Fellowship dinner with notable guest speakers and the Triennial Convention of the General Society of the Cincinnati; Frequent correspondent: Major Philip Livingston.
Correspondence 1933-1937. J.J. Little & Ives Company, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes purchase orders for bookbinding and printing from J.J. Little & Ives Company.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Lj-Ll, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Lo, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Lockman, DeWitt M., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
DeWitt Lockman was a member and benefactor of the Executive Committee. Includes letters of acknowledgement for gifts received from Lockman.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Lu, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondent: Robert W. Lull (rare book dealer).
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ly, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Mc-Mac (2 folders), 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the acquisition and chain of custody for the Aaron Burr desk from Harrison A. McNear; provenance of painting of the schooner Frank Atwood; Frequent correspondents: Reverend William S. McAleer; Richard C. McKay.
Correspondence 1933-1937. McKesson, Mrs. Irving, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns various gifts by Mrs. McKesson to the N-YHS, including furniture and trunks.
Correspondence 1933-1937. McMurtrie, Douglas C. (2 folders), 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the 1937 survey of locating and recording early American imprints of historical interest and value through the Historical Records Survey; general photostat and printing requests.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Maa-Mal, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes Mallett's Index of Artists.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Mabbott, Thomas O., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Dr. Thomas O. Mabbott was President of the Poe Society, as well as a benefactor to the N-YHS who donated to the trade card collection and other collections, as well as medical books.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Mam-Maz
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondents: Mieczyslaw Marchlewski and Samuel Marx, Inc.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Manhattan Storage & Warehouse Company, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes reference book (brochure) and invoices for the Manhattan Storage Company.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Massachusetts Historical Society, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Series of exchanges between various staff members (Clifford K. Shipton, Allyn B. Forbes) and A.J.Wall (N-YHS Librarian) in regard to the Americana series and reference requests.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Mea-Mel, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns purchase orders from Medallic Art Company and catering requests to Mehl & Bauer, Inc. Caterers.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Mem-Mez, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondents: Isaac Mendoza Book Co., Merchants' Association of New York.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Metropolitan Museum of Art (2 folders), 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns lectures at the Metropolitan, reference requests, and the loan of N-YHS items for Exhibition of New York furniture; letter in regard to the examination of European museum lighting; memorandum on collections of negatives and lantern slides in New York museums.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Mi (2 folders), 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns invoice from The Miller Company in regard to lighting an exhibit room at the N-YHS; reference requests from various universities and historical societies of Missouri, Minnesota, and Michigan.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Mo, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns tax-exempt status for New York museums; purchase of Jedediah Morse portrait from Leila Livingston Morse; report on monument to Gouveneur Morris in St. Ann's Church and Bill HR 10582.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Morgan, John Hill (2 folders), 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
John Hill Morgan (of Morgan & Lockwood) was an art collector and scholar. Concerns genealogical requests and other matters.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Morrison, Noah Farnham, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Mr-Mu, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Murdock, George W., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Murdoch was a Hudson River engineer who collected pictures of River Steamers. Includes clipping from Kingston Daily Freeman giving account of sinking of the Sunnyside in 1875.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Murphy, William D., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the passing of fourth Vice-President William D. Murphy, as well as other matters.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Museum of the City of New York, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns loans to Museum for exhibition, "1900 New York at the Turn of the Century,", "Dining in Old New York," and "Statue of Liberty." Discussion of interloaning of objects between museums.
Correspondence 1933-1937. My, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Na, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include: National Geographic Society, Naval History Society, and the National Historical Society.
Correspondence 1933-1937. National City Bank of New York, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes National City Safe Deposit Company correspondence.
Correspondence 1933-1937. National District Telegraph Co., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Consists mainly of special Service Reports submitted to the N-YHS in regard to watchman service.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ne, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes "New York Title Insurance Company" Condensed Balance Sheet brochure; New Jersey Historical Congress newsletter (coordination of historical activity in New Jersey).
Correspondence 1933-1937. Netherland-America Foundation, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns project to erect a Peter Stuyvesant statue in Stuyvesant Square.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Newark Museum, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes brochures announcing talks given in connection with exhibits at Newark Museum, and other matters.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Newberry Library, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns reference and photostat requests that the N-YHS library was unable to fulfill due to the building's renovation (most materials were offsite in storage).
Correspondence 1933-1937. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. New Hampshire Historical Society, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. New Jersey, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the election of A.J. Wall (Librarian, N-YHS) a corresponding member of the New Jersey Historical Society.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Newport Historical Society, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. New York Adult Education Council, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns series of luncheon meetings entitled, "Current Challenges to Adult Education," as well as a three-session conference of cooperating organizations.
Correspondence 1933-1937. New York City- Churches and Cemeteries, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns copy of Marble Cemetery records on file at the N-YHS and other church matters.
Correspondence 1933-1937. New York City- Colleges and Schools, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns publicity for Laurel Hill Redoubt (1776 American Revolution fort) discovered on the property of George Washington High School.
Correspondence 1933-1937. New York City-Newspapers, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns letter of commendation from the N-YHS for the New York Times Index 25th Anniversary pamphlet.
Correspondence 1933-1937. New York City- Official, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes city government departments and utilities documents including Dedication of the Lincoln Tunnel announcement; proposed Bowling Green restoration; Department of Buildings; Department of Water Supply; Frequent correspondent: Lawrence Craner (Assistant Director, Division of Advisory Committees New York World's Fair).
Correspondence 1933-1937. New York City- Public Library, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes publicity on various NYPL exhibitions.
Correspondence 1933-1937. New York City- Sales Tax, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Consists mainly of blank and filled in return of receipts from sales and services (Form No. 12 STX) from the Department of Finance.
Correspondence 1933-1937. New York Edison Company, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns bills from Con Edison for electric use of N-YHS and letters exempting the institution from paying Federal tax under the U.S. Revenue Act of 1932.
Correspondence 1933-1937. New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. New York Library Association, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the 1938 Conference of the New York Library Association held in Lake Mohonk.
Correspondence 1933-1937. New York Society Library, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the original plans of Fort George and other buildings in the Lake George Battleground Park and administrative matters of association.
Correspondence 1933-1937. New York State Historical Association, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. New York State Library, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. New York State-Misc., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the first inventory of the Historical Records Survey in New York State, "Albany County Archives"; Centennial Anniversary of the opening of the Sailors' Snug Harbor Institution on Staten Island.
Correspondence 1933-1937. New York State-University of, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes exchanges between A.J.Wall and Hugh M. Flick (Supervisor of Public Records) in regard to the preservation of old state public records such as old chattel mortgages and deeds, and other matters.
Correspondence 1933-1937. New York Steam Corporation, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. New York Telephone Company, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ni, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns educational programming for children and adults at the N-YHS in exchanges between A.J.Wall and Herbert B. Nichols (Secretary, Thomas Paine National Historical Association).
Correspondence 1933-1937. No, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns a visit to the museum from young girls from the Women's & Girls' Division of Flushing YMCA.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Nu-Ny, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondent: Richard Offner
Correspondence 1933-1937. Oa-Oc, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Od-Og, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Oh, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns certificates of Series N-106 New York Title & Mortgage Company.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Oj-Ok, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns bookplates used by several Presidents of the United States.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Okie, John M., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
John M. Okie was the Assistant Secretary of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ol, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondent: The Old Print Shop.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Om-Oz, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns lantern slides loaned to the Barbara Heck Bicentenary Commission.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Pa, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes brief history of the Stadt-Huys Building (first City Hall in New York City) built by the West India Company and opened in 1642; presentation of several military items to the Society by Col. A. Kenny C. Palmer; list of names incribed on brass tablets submitted to J.S. Packard.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Palmer, John McA. (Brig. Gen.), 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the reference requests and other matter in regard to the publication of Palmer's book, Life of General von Steuben.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Parish, Henry, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Henry Parish served on the Executive Committee (1933-1937). Concerns changes to the By-laws of the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Pe-Pf, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Pell, Howland, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns gifts presented to Society by Howland Pell, including a gavel made of wood from the H.M.S. French warship "LeCelebre" sunk in Louisbourg harbor in 1758.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Pell, Stephen H.P., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Stephen H.P. Pell was Director of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum. Concerns the disposition of the Egyptian collection to the Brooklyn Museum.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Pennsylvania (Historical Society of), 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Julian Boyd (Librarian).
Correspondence 1933-1937. Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a calendar for November-December 1935 for the Pennsylvania Museum of Art.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Western Pennsylvania Historical Survey, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
The Western Pennsylvania Historical Survey (WPHS) worked under the auspices of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania and the University of Pittsburgh. Concerns a survey that compiled a list of all the newspapers and periodicals published in western Pennsylvania (comprising 27 counties), as well as manuscript materials relating to western Pennsylvania.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ph, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes invoices from the Photostat Corporation; correspondence from Sayre M. Ramsdell (Vice-President, Philco Radio & Television Corporation) with regard to freedom of the air and issues in radio broadcasting.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Pi, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the document glass received from this company as not being successful at keeping strong light from fading items in case; N-YHS conducted an experiment at the company's request.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Pl, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Po, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondent: The Poughkeepsie Savings Bank.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Polish Organizations & Individuals, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Pulaski Military Club's Pulaski Memorial Exercises, dedication ceremonies of the General Pulaski Memorial Skyway on October 11, 1933, and items lent to the Polish Institute of Arts and Letters by the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Pr, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the presentation by Olivia S.T.Pruyn to the N-YHS of commissary papers pertaining to Fort George and Fort Ticonderoga from 1775.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Princeton University, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Pu-Py, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Public Service Commission, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
The Commission is charged by law with the responsibility to set rates and ensure that adequate service is provided by New York's utilities. Concerns the rates to be charged to charitable institutions such as N-YHS, and N-YHS complaints of being over-charged for gas by Con Edison.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Qu, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the program planned for the Regional Library Institute held at Queens Borough Public Library; order form for the book edited by A.J.Wall, Uniforms of the American, British, French, and German Armies in the War of the American Revolution;
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ra, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Re, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns invitation of the N-YHS to the Regional Plan Association, an organization developed to carry out a comprehensive plan of development for the New York region. Frequent correspondent: Helen W. Reynolds.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Reeves, William Fullerton, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
William Fullerton Reeves was an assistant Engineer of the Manhattan Division of the Interborough Rapid Transit Conpany. Concerns Reeves' publication of his book, The First Elevated Railroads in Manhattan and the Bronx of the City of New York: The Story of Their Development and Progress
Correspondence 1933-1937. Reid, Wallace, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Wallace Reid was President of Wallace Reid and Company and member of the Insurance Society of New York. Concerns reference request made to N-YHS, particularly of private residences.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Revill, Janie, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Janie Revill submitted typed and bound pamphlets of her genealogical notes for purchase.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Rh, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Rhode Island Historical Society, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ri, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Richardson, William H., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
William H. Richardson worked for the Department of Local History (Jersey City, NJ Board of Education). Concerns reference requests for the Voyage of the Half Moon (1609) through New Jersey, the burning of New York, and Powles Hook.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Roa-Rog, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Roerick Banner of Peace displayed at the N-YHS, presented by the Roerich Museum, and created by Nicholas Roerich for the "protection of artistic, scientific, and religious institutions and monuments throughout the world"; Edgar Allen Poe cottage.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Roh-Roz, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the removal of the roof of the museum and having the galleries and corridors lighted by skylights; Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt portrait; restoration of paintings by M.J.Rougeron; correspondence to President Franklin Roosevelt on various matters pertaining to N-YHS and Lynbrook School District.
Correspondence 1933-1937. William A. Robinson Ltd., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
William H. Robinson, Ltd. was a dealer in rare and fine books relating to America.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Rochester, NY, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Rosenbach Company, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Rosenbach Company was a dealer of rare books, paintings, and prints in Philadelphia, PA.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Rosenthal, Albert, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the list of directors for the New York Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1853.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ru-Ry, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Sa (2 folders), 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the lecture tour of Dagny Carter (mainly on Chinese art and culture) and Frances Hotham (whose lecture were on subjects including Hungary and the Hungarians and Wanderings in the United States and Canada).
Correspondence 1933-1937. Saint, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Satterlee, Herbert L., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Herbert L. Satterlee served as Third Vice-President of the N-YHS. Concerns new ruling by the Executive Committee that to make a loan possible, a two-thirds vote of the members is required.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Sawitzky, William, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
William Sawitzky was a researcher in American painting.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Sc (2 folders), 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Title Certificate N-97.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Schermerhorn, E. Gilbert, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Major E. Gilbert Schermerhorn was a benefactor of the society who donated many items to the museum, including a Holy Bible published in London, 1795.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Se, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns copies of The First Elevated Railroads in Manhattan and the Bronx of the City of New York: The Story of Their Development and Progress.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Seton, Harold, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Harold Seton's many photograph collections including actors and Shakespearean actors of the New York Stage and donation to the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Sh, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Series N-96 Certificates issued and guaranteed by New York Title and Mortgage Company.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Si, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Sk, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Sl, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Sm, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Sn, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. So, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes document describing the Southern Historical Association's organization in Atlanta, Georgia in 1934.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Society of Colonial Wars, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Consists primarily of acknowledgements of receiving Quarterly Bulletins from the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Society for Propagation of Gospel in Foreign Parts, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Society's publication of the book, Charles Inglis,, discussion of N-YHS's role in preserving many important collections of manuscripts relating to the Colonial History of the Church of England in America, and reference requests.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Sons of the Revolution, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of announcements and events on organization letterhead in regard to meetings, annual Flag Day celebrations, membership application queries, historic excursions, and other matters.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Sp, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Consists mainly of exchanges between George W. Sparger (Law Bookseller and Publisher) and A.J.Wall.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Sta, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ste-Sti, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns remarks by A.J.Wall with regard to the organization of the Sons of the Revolution "stimulated the publication and preservation of historical records which hitherto had been neglected."
Correspondence 1933-1937. Stevens and Brown, Ltd., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Stevens & Brown were Library, Literary, and Fine Art Agents based in London, England. Concerns orders for publications and other items placed with the company.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Sto, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns list of the Committees for the Dedication of the Stony Point Battlefield Museum Building, of which A..J. Wall was on the Advisory Committee.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Stone, Harry (bookshop), 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Str-Sty, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Su, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes several letters from Congressman William Sulzer concerning his many donations to the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Sullivan, George Hammond, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the many donations to the N-YHS by George H. Sullivan.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Sw-Sz, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ta, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Te, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Th, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ti, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. To, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the location of the New York Infirmary for Women and Children at 64 Bleecker Street, originally part of the Nicholas Bayard East Farm, and established in 1857; lecture given by Prof. R.G.Trotter (Queen's University) on "The Basis of Canadian-American Relations."
Correspondence 1933-1937. Tr, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Tu, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Charles E. Tuttle (company), 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the various publications (genealogical) and other materials (lithographs) sent to N-YHS from this publishing firm.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Tw-Ty, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. U, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Pittsburgh Glass Company's "document glass."
Correspondence 1933-1937. U.S.A., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns request by the N-YHS to the President of the United States in regard to the WPA Federal Art Project for the creation of scenes of important events in American history for the museum's new building (ultimately denied as not federal project); President Roosevelt unfinished portrait painted by DeWitt M. Lockman for the N-YHS; Territorial Papers Act.
Correspondence 1933-1937. U.S.A.- United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the loan of four portraits, negatives and positives, and other materials by the N-YHS for the 150th anniversary of the formation of the constitution.
Correspondence 1933-1937. U.S.A.- National Archives, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the transfer of documents from the Department of Justice and Attorney General (since 1903) to the National Archives, the transfer of the "Senate Files" from the Capitol to the Archives, and materials from other government departments and organizations; the methods of preservation of documents by the Archives.
Correspondence 1933-1937. U.S.A.-Library of Congress, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns maps made by Simeon De Witt, Robert Erskine, as well as reference requests.
Correspondence 1933-1937. U.S.A.-Smithsonian Institution, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. U.S.A.- Works Progress Administration, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Historical Records Survey conducted by the WPA to secure careful statements of the housing needs of manuscript depositories, the Federal Art Project, and other projects.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Va-Val, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Vam-Vaz, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Van Buren, Martin (Lindenwald Homestead), 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Association for the Preservation of "Lindenwald" Van Buren homestead in Kinderhook, NY and its goal of acquiring the property for the state of New York; reports of association meetings.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Ve, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Mainly concerns the Veterans of Foreign Wars organization.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Vi, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Vo-Vr, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns exchanges between the Robert C. Vose Galleries and the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Voge, Law, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Law Voge donated several genealogical items to the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Wa (2 folders), 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns concert given by Crystal Waters, "Program of Jenny Lind Songs;" Frequent correspondents: Walton Advertising and Printing Company, The Washington Memorial (Valley Forge, PA).
Correspondence 1933-1937. Wall, Bernhardt, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Bernhardt Wall was a writer whose works included Following Abraham Lincoln and Following Thomas Jefferson. Concerns reference requests.
Correspondence 1933-1937. John B. Watkins Company, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
The John B. Watkins Company was a printing company that served many organizations.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Watkins, Dr. S.C.G.
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the collection of Dr. S.G.G.Watkins (of Montclair, NJ), and other matters.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Wea-Wel (2 folders), 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondents: Oscar Wegelin and the Homestead Aid Association of Utica.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Weekes, Frederick Delano et al, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of exchanges between Alice Delano Weekes, sister of Frederick D. Weekes concerning the death of her brother, F.D. Weekes; correspondence between F.D. Weekes and A.J.Wall (Librarian, N-YHS) in regard to the Blizzard of 1888 and other matters.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Weekes Brothers--Arthur Sutherland, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns real estate and financial matters exchanged between Arthur Sutherland (of Weekes Bros.) and A.J.Wall and other individuals; revision of N-YHS by-laws. Includes a Statement of Legal Services Rendered by Weekes Brothers, 1903-1935, which includes a list of estates, real estate purchases and sales, charter amendments, damage claims, and other matters for which Weekes Brothers rendered services to NYHS.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Weekes, John A., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the exchanges between A.J.Wall, Treasurer Zabriskie, and various family members in regard to the new building's progression, financial, and other matters while Weekes was recuperating from illness.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Wem-Wez, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Westchester County Historical Society, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns annual meetings and the annual fall pilgrimages of the Westchester County Historical Society.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Westervelt, Leonidas, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Wh, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Gore Place (Waltham, Massachusettes) seat of Governor Christopher Gore (1758-1827).
Correspondence 1933-1937. Whitlock's, Inc., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the purchase of the Charlotte Temple Moore painting of the Reuben Moore homestead in Chatham, NY.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Wi (2 folders), 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the trip to Europe A.J.Wall took for the "purpose of studying skylight construction in museums and galleries, as well as lighting;" letter to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson in regard to portraits of wives of Presidents of the United States; mortgage certificates; Frequent correspondents: Wiggins & Faulkner (Attorneys), Colonial Williamsburg, Inc., Mrs. George Wilde.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Wilder's Bookshop, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Wilder's Bookshop supplied genealogical and historical publications, antiques, and art objects.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Williams, Caroline R. (Mrs.), 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the agreement between the Brooklyn Museum and the N-YHS in regard to the disposition of the N-YHS's Egyptian collection and the acquisition by the Brooklyn Museum.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Willoughbys, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns invoices and resale certification from camera vendor.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Wilmerding, A. Clinton, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
A. Clinton Wilmerding was a vendor of photographic supplies and President of the Old Guard of the Kennel World.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Wilmerding, Lucius, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Wilmerding was a member of the Executive Committee and a member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
Correspondence 1933-1937. H.W.Wilson Company, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns publications and renewal notices from H.W.Wilson Company (publishers of Indexes and Reference Works.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Wim-Wis, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Wod-Wor, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns materials of the Durand family presented by Nora Durand Woodman.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Wr-Wu, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Wy, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Y, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes "Public Utilities in 1936," a study conducted by Young & Ottley, Inc.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Yale University -School of Fine Arts, 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Yale University Library, Press, School of Fine Arts, Review, etc. Concerns lighting of picture galleries such as the London National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Youngs, Florence E., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns items for sale by genealogist Florence Youngs to the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Z, 1933-1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Zabriskie, George A., 1933-1934
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns financial and maintenance transactions related to investment of real estate properties (now managed by Equity Conservation Corporation) by the N-YHS submitted to Treasurer Zabriskie; Schackno Act and mortgage certificates.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Zabriskie, George A., 1935
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondence between Zabriskie and A.J.Wall (Librarian) concerns the replacement of the first Vice-President following the death of Arthur H. Masten; staff salaries; distribution of the Thompson Estate and N-YHS stock investments; mortgages held by the N-YHS and related matters.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Zabriskie, George A., 1936
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the planning for the new N-YHS building, including architectural plans from Walker and Gillette; builders Turner Construction Company; lighting design assistance from Philip N. Youtz (Director, Brooklyn Museums); financial matters.
Correspondence 1933-1937. Zabriskie, George A., 1937
Correspondence 1933-1937. Zeitlin, Jake Inc., 1933-1937
Scope and Contents Note
Jake Zeitlin, Inc. was an importer and dealer of first editions, art, and other materials.
Correspondence 1938-1942. A-Am, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Annual Allied Artists of America exhibition held at the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1938-1942. American A-American Z, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns member list of The American Association for State and Local History of which A.J. Wall (Director, N-YHS) and Dorothy C. Barck (Librarian, N-YHS), were members; N-YHS's involvement with the Museums Committee of the American Red Cross War Fund and serving as a space for the Red Cross surgical dressings; correspondence with the American Museum of Natural History requesting the N-YHS take part in Air Raid Protection for the museum and community; report for the training of archivists from Ernst Posner (Society of American Archivists); constitution of the American Association for State and Local History (formed in 1940).
Correspondence 1938-1942. An-Az, 1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the publication, The Odyssey of the Mary Celeste, presented to the Society by the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company on the company's 100th Anniversary; extensive correspondence between Joseph Atz (Lawyer) and N-YHS discusses the estate of Kate C. Jones (caricatures, maps, prints, etc. of the period 1836-50 and William George Stewart letters).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Associated Hospital Service of New York, 1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns general enrollment in the service between 1939 and 1942; updated health insurance contract for N-YHS employees; fees for enrollment, and related matters.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ba, 1937
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the East Hampton Thompson estate opening reception and letter to Mayor Judson L. Banister to say a few words of welcome; correspondence from genealogist Rosalie Fellows Bailey.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Banks, James Lenox, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Fourth Vice-President James Lenox Banks' role on the N-YHS's Safety Committee and the preparations N-YHS made to safeguard the collections in case of air raids during the war, including the use of a secure location in the Pocono Mountains; donations made by Banks to Society, and other matters.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Be, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the potential acquisition of the coach Lincoln was driven in while visiting Trenton, New Jersey owned by John Dunn Buckelew; Frequent correspondent: William E. Benjamin.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Beekman, Fenwick Dr., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Dr. Fenwick Beekman (second Vice-President, N-YHS) served on the Committee of Safety. Concerns Beekman Family Association furniture, tapestries, and cradle as used in the "old Beekman House on 49th street," gifted to the N-YHS in 1910.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Benson, Arthur D., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Arthur D. Benson was a descendant of Lt. Col. Robert Benson (1739-1832), who served as Aide-de-Camp to Governor George Clinton in the American Revolution, as well as the descendant of Judge Egbert Benson (1746-1833), N-YHS's first President. Several letters discuss the burial place of Judge Egbert Benson in Prospect Cemetery; several items presented to the N-YHS; Washington Inaugural scene at 1939 World's Fair.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Benson, Judge Egbert, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the bronze tablet designed for the gravesite of Judge Egbert Benson (1746-1833), N-YHS's first President, in Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, NY.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Benson, Hevlyn D., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the rededication of St. Paul's Church (Eastchester, Mount Vernon) following its restoration, and includes copies of article discussing the ceremony.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Bi-Bl, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Blizzard Men of 1888, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns a prize essay on the Blizzard of 1888 and meeting announcements for the Association.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Bo-Bry, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the acquisition of 158 World War I posters from Laurence P. Roberts (Director, The Brooklyn Museum); announcement of death of Reginald Pelham Bolton; precautions taken by the Brooklyn Museum to safeguard collections during the war; letter from Boyce, Hughes, & Farrell (Certified Public Accountants) in regard to N-YHS balance sheet dated December 31, 1939.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Bu-By, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Caa-Car, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns bequest from Rev. Melancthon Lloyd Woolsey to N-YHS.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the $15,000 grant to the N-YHS for the Carnegie Corporation's program in American painting, including annual reports submitted to the Corporation on the progress made under the grant.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Carney, Dr. Sydney, Jr., 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ch-Clo, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Committee on Cultural Resources appointed by the N-YHS to prepare materials for transport in case of bombing during the war; letter discusses skylights being covered and sand being placed on top floors.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Coa-Col, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns photographs for portraits for William Sawitzky's lectures for the "Early American Painting" course.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Color Slides Cooperative, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Color Slides Cooperative was created in 1939 as a method by which "recently developed slides could be made available to education institutions throughout the country." Concerns the cooperation of the N-YHS for the series of color slides issues by Color Slides Cooperative, Survey of American Painting, and The Collections of the National Gallery of Art; includes bulletins for the Cooperative Slide Project.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Columbia University, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Consists mainly of correspondence between A.J.Wall (Director, N-YHS) and the Columbia University Press on publications and other matters.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Columbia University (A.J.Wall's class), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the course A.J.Wall (Director, N-YHS) gave at Columbia University in 1942, "History 280: Resources and Methods of the American Historical Society Library and Museum;" includes lecture outlines.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Committee on Conservation of Cultural Resources, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
The Committee on Conservation of Cultural Resources was established in 1941 to prepare and plan for the protection of materials of cultural, scientific, and historic importance in Federal agencies; Includes paper, "Archives and the War," presented by Collas G. Harris (Chairman of the Committee) at the 64th Annual Conference; discussion of the danger posed by skylights durng war time and the protection of collections.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Conference of Historical Societies, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Documentation includes a preliminary draft of the Report of the Policy Committee; N-YHS served as host for meetings.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Con-Cor, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Correspondence Logs, 1940-1941
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of two logbooks that captured dates and names of incoming correspondence, as well as when replies were sent out.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Cos-Coz, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Cr, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns gifts made by Henry Chauncey Cryder to the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Cu-Cy, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Port of New York Room at the N-YHS that contained the pictures of all types of boats that entered NY harbor, and the presentation of a picture of the Queen Mary and oil painting of the steamship Olympic from Cunard White Star Line.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Da, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. De, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. DeGroot, Adelaide Milton, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the various donations made to the Society by Adelaide Milton de Groot, descendant of Honorable Charles Hawley, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Delafield, John Ross, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the items presented to the N-YHS from General John Ross Delafield.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Delafield, Lewis L., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the revision of N-YHS's by-laws.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Dioramas (Rudolph Russell), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Rudolph Russell was a diorama maker. Correspondence discusses Russell's specifications for diorama of Battery Park for the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Di, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the donations of several items to the Landauer Collection, including match box covers and meal bags; letter from Walt Disney Productions in regard to sending a bookplate of Mr. Disney to the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Do, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of mention of the Folk Art Gallery formerly owned by Elie Nadelman.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Dowling, Robert E., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Robert E. Dowling served on the Executive Committee and as Second Vice President of N-YHS. Includes biography; committee appointed by President Zabriskie to "consider the verbal offer of Mr. Robert W. Dowling to acquire and present to the Society the Old Merchant's House at 29 East Fourth Street...as a memorial to his father the late Robert E. Dowling," declined by the N-YHS; investments in the Certified Mortgage issues held by the Society.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Dr, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Du-Dy, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondent: Henry F. DuPont.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ea-Ek, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. El-Ez, 1938-1942
Separated Materials Note
Concerns the gift of various Ellis family items to the Society by Mrs. Augustus Van Horne Ellis.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Evans, Lena Cadwalader, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Consists primarily of the many gifts presented to the N-YHS by Lena Cadwalader Evans.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Early American Industries Association, 1938-1941
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns administrative issues including member lists of the Association, founded by William B. Sprague. A.J. Wall (Director, N-YHS) served as President.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Early American Industries Association (2 folders), 1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns administrative issues; minutes; membership lists in the Association; the Chronicle (publication) of the Association.
Correspondence 1938-1942. East Hampton (MISC.), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of exchanges between A.J.Wall (Director, N-YHS) and the East Hampton Historical Society in regard to the Dominy Collection; includes letters in regard to East Hampton Thompson Memorial Homestead, a satellite museum operated during the summer by the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Fa-Fl, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondence between Stanley M. Isaacs (President, Borough of Manhattan), Joseph Downs (Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art), and others discuss the proposal to build a Battery Park Memorial Museum to preserve many of the interiors of old homes that were being demolished as a result of the Battery Tunnel construction.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Fahnestock, Harris, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Harris Fahnestock was a donor to the Society who presented his horse-drawn carriage collection and publications about carriages to the N-YHS. The collection included various types of carriages including a Brougham, Panel Boot Victoria, Demi-mail phaeton, and Stanhope gig.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Florida Historical Society, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Fo, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns first drafts of the Hamilton-Burr duel correspondence in letters to St. George L. Sioussat of the Library of Congress allowing permission to photostat the collection consisting of close to 300 documents written between 1779 and 1837; Frequent correspondent: The Folk Arts Center (Elizabeth Burchenel).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Foreign, 1938-1942
Separated Materials Note
Concerns the display cases at the N-YHS as made by Remington Rand, Inc.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Fr-Fu, 1938-1942, 1971
Scope and Contents Note
Includes clipping from The Morning Telegraph in regard to the exhibitions displaying Landauer's collection of trade cards and advertising materials, as well as theatrical materials; note from registrar documenting that doll belonging to Mrs. Rudolph Guiterman presented to the N-YHS in 1942 was returned to Mrs. M.R. Friedman in 1971 (1942.259); The Franklin Society thanking N-YHS for its cooperation with the Dutch window exhibit.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ga, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns acquisitions to the Landauer collection;Thompson memorial room built in connection to the estate at East Hampton, Long Island.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Gallatin, R.Horace, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns notices of meetings for committees that Gallatin was involved with, and his participation in the plans for the construction of the new building.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ge, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondent: Raoul Gerard.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Gillingham, Harrold E., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Harrold E. Gillingham was President of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. Primarily concerns A.J.Wall speaking at the Genealogical Society and Gillingham's donations to the N-YHS. Includes discussion of the precautions N-YHS took during the war, such as moving materials out of the building and covering skylights, while anti-air craft guns were in Central Park.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Gh-Gn, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns acquisitions to the Landauer Collection.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Go, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns acquisitions to the Landauer Collection; report presented to the N-YHS of the engineering details of the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge; orders of bronze plaques from the Gorham Company, including the tablet for the base of the obelisk," Cleopatra's Needle" in Central Park.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Gr-Gy, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the reception commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Greenwich Village Historical Society (GVHS); symposium of prominent persons in history, art, literature, and civics arranged by the GVHS to express value of preserving Fort Clinton; brochure and application receipts for the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, established by former U.S. Senator and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim as a memorial to a son who died April 26, 1922, which offered fellowships for research "in any field of knowledge and for creative work in any of the fine arts"; re-opening of museum.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Green, Norvin H., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Norvin H. Green was a member of the Board of Trustees and he donated books to the Society on various subjects including New York ferries, in addition to photographs, negatives, prints and other matter.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Griffith, Dr. Frederick, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Groce, George C. Jr., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns William Sawitzky's series of lectures for the "Early American Painting" course.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Grolier Club, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns loans to the Grolier Club for exhibitional purposes, including an item from the Eugene H. Pool Collection of Captain James Lawrence for an exhibition of prints of naval engagements at the Grolier Club.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Prosper Guerry Studios, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns invoices for portrait restoration work done by Prosper Guerry Studios.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Haa-Hal, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns President Taft portrait painted by Artur L. Halmi in the White House in 1912, and purchased by the N-YHS; includes letters from President Taft's son, Robert A. Taft; Embargo (1807-1809) as it affected the Champlain Valley discussed in the Gallatin papers; clippings in regard to feedback to The Exquisite Siren, written by E. Irvine Haines, to the story about Peggy Shippen and Benedict Arnold. Frequent correspondent: Herbert D. Halsey.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Hale, Nathan, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Dr. John Lydekker's (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts) letter on the subject of Nathan Hale; George Seymour's Documentary Life of Nathan Hale; correspondence relating to the mystery surrounding the capture and execution of Hale.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Hamersley, L. Gordon, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Hamersley was a member of the Board of Trustees.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Hart, Laurance H., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Laurance H. Hart was an impersonator of George Washington who appeared in many radio programs, conventions, and institutions, including the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ham-Har, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Majority correspondence concerns gifts to N-YHS by various individuals.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Has-Haz, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns proposed publication of a series of monographs on "Early American Portraiture" by William Sawitzky; appointment of A.J.Wall (Director, N-YHS) to Associate in History at Columbia University; donation of the McDougall and Hawkes letters from Mrs. Forbes Hawkes (Alice S. Hawkes).
Correspondence 1938-1942. He, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the presentation to the Society of photographic prints and plates of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine photographed between 1894-1938 from Mrs. Antoinette B. Hervey.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Heartman, Charles F., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondence mentions of A.J.Wall Jr. entering the service, and the shortage of library staff due to war enlistment.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Heat and Light, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the average heating and electricity consumption and related costs of the N-YHS; includes report on power and heat problem undertaken by William H. Dechant and Sons, Consulting Engineers.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Hi, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondent: John Hix.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Hoa-Hom, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns patrolman reports of the museum by the Holmes Patrol.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Hone, Augustus C., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Augustus C. Hone was the fourth Vice-President of the N-YHS. Some correspondence was exchanged between Hone's widow, Alice Castleman Hone, and A.J. Wall (Director, N-YHS).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Hon-Hoz, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the removal of and returning of valuable materials on loan from exhibition and closing the top floor of the gallery for the duration of the war in case of air raids; Frequent correspondent: Marian Sadtler Hornor.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Hoffman, Eugene A., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Eugene A. Hoffman was a member of the Board of Trustees.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Hoffman, Samuel V., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the death of Samuel V. Hoffman (President, N-YHS) in 1942. Includes a Memorial presented at a Board meeting of Mr. Hoffman's many contributions and benefactions to the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Holloway, H. Maxson, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
H. Maxson Holloway was employed as Curator at the N-YHS. Concerns Holloway's enlistment in the army.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Hu (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns efforts by the Hudson River Conservation Society to stop quarrying along the Hudson River and preserve High Tor (mountain overlooking Haverstraw Bay) and other locations; floating "classroom" with nearly 500 Society members attending a six hour course in New York history aboard the Hudson River Day Liner Chauncey M. Depew; Nathan Hale clippings from the Brooklyn Eagle.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Huntington, Archer M., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Archer M. Huntington was elected as Foreign Corresponding Secretary of the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Henry E. Huntington Library, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the type of masthead used by the Huntington Library for publicity releases.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Hy, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ib-Il, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the protection of State records during the war and exchanges between A.J.Wall and Margaret C. Norton (Archivist, Illinois State Library) on the collection of data on this subject from various states, as well as the steps N-YHS was taking to ensure the protection of its collections.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Im-In, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns lecture by Pierre Huss of International News Service; installation of revolving door approved by Garrett H. Winter (Superintendent, N-YHS).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Io-Ir, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Iowa War Records Commission that consisted of trained historians, librarians, business executives, public archival administrators and others for the collection and preservation of Iowa's contributions and participation in World War II.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Irwin, John V., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns his role as Board of Trustees member in approving lecture program schedule, etc; includes several of his donations to the Society.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ja, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Jamaica, Institute of (British West Indies), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Frank Cundall Memorial Fund. Frank Cundall was Secretary and Librarian of the Institute of Jamaica (1891-1937).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Jamaica, B.W.I. Naval Records at Spanishtown, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the copying of the American naval (Vice-Admiralty) records unearthed in the Island Record office and stored in the old Armoury, Spanish Town, Jamaica.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Je-Ji, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Exchanges between A.J.Wall (Director, N-YHS) and Fiske Kimball (Director, Philadelphia Museum of Art) discuss the request to the N-YHS to make a mold of its Houdon Jefferson bust for the memorial to Thomas Jefferson in Washington, D.C.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Is-Iz, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Jo-Jz (2 folders), 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Johnson, C.K., 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Jones, Arthur A., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Arthur A. Jones was a member of the Board of Trustees and President of the Cedango Corporation for Investment Securities.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Jones, Matt B., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Matt B. Jones served as Librarian of the Club of Odd Volumes.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ka, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ke, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Kelleher, William F., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
William F. Kelleher specialized in appraisals of rare Americana, first editions, prints, and paintings.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ki (2 folders), 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Kimball, Leroy E., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the potential publication of a second volume of the history of the N-YHS, covering the years between 1904 and 1944 and other matters.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Kl, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Kn, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Last Will and Testament of Elizabeth B. Knight and her bequest to the Society of several Bleecker family items.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Knoedler & Company., Inc., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
M. Knoedler & Co was an art dealership in New York City founded in 1846. Concerns various items presented to the Society by the firm or loaned for N-YHS exhibitions.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ko, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Kr, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the cataloguing process used by N-YHS to create accession records: a main entry card was created as well as a Donor's file (listed the accession number of every donor for successive years).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ku-Ky, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns annual Strawberry Festival and Garden Party with harpist Faith Phillips.
Correspondence 1938-1942. La (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns institutional loan policy effective 1939; Frequent correspondent: Charles E. Lauriat Co.
Correspondence 1940-1942. Landauer, Bella C., 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Le (2 folders), 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Lia-Lil, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns wartime reporting of LIFE magazine staff photographers and cooperation between LIFE and the N-YHS and the Library Binding Institute Fifth Annual convention.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Lim-Liz, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns N-YHS Library label template; exhibitions in new building: "Presidential Campaigns" (Sept-November 1940) and "Building a Great Cathedral" (about the building of St. John the Divine).
Correspondence 1938-1942. J.J. Little & Ives Company, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns purchase orders from the printing and bookbinding company.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Lo (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns clipping from the Huntington (L.I.) Messenger in regard to the 300th Anniversary of Southold and Southampton; program and publicity for the Lucy Lowe Song Show given at the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Lockman, DeWitt M., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Includes mention of the Thompson Memorial dedication ceremony attended by Lockman's cousin; by-laws of the Society.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Lu, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns repairs to marble busts by the firm Eugene Lucchedi, Inc.; exchanges with genealogist Charlotte T. Luckhurst; Frequent correspondent: Luce's Press Clipping Service, Robert W. Lull.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ly, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the presentation of the collection of Silas S.Packard to the N-YHS by Arthur V. Lyall.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Mc-Mac (4 folders), 1938-1939
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the preparation of maps of each state in the Union to be used as research by students by the McCormick- Armstrong Company in Folder 2 and the presentation of NYC Mayor George B. McClellan's autobiography and other materials to the Society by his wife in Folder 3.
Correspondence 1938-1942. McKesson, Mrs. Irving, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns various gifts donated by Mrs. McKesson to the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1938-1942. McMurtrie, Douglas C., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Douglas C. McMurtrie served as Chairman of the Committee on Historical Source Materials of the American Historical Association and work on the Imprints Inventory.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Maa-Mal, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns booklet sent to N-YHS by Donald M. Macauley in regard to J. Frank Duryea's part in America's First Gasoline Automobile; Frequent correspondents: James Madison Americana, R.H. Macy & Co.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Mabbott, Thomes O., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns items presented to Society by Dr. Thomas O. Mabbott and other matters.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Mam-Maz (4 folders), 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Mariners' Museum, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the exchange and purchase of photographs and other items; series of exchanges between various staff members such as Librarian Julius Tuttle, and A.J.Wall (N-YHS Librarian); includes step-by-step methods for silking manuscripts in use by the Massachusetts Historical Society; Subject: Americana series by the Mariner's Museum in Newport News, Virginia.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Massachusetts Historical Society, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns requests from Allyn B. Forbes (Director) to N-YHS.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Master Reporting Company, Inc., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the N-YHS acquiring several thousand copies of the 200 year old calendar booklets printed by the Master Reporting Company, Inc. titled, "Calendars for 200 Years, 1776-1976."
Correspondence 1938-1942. Mea-Mel, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the order and engraving of a gold medal presented to George Clinton Densmore Odell, Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes, and DeWitt McClellan Lockman.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Mem-Mez (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the New York Convention and Visitor's Bureau of the Merchants' Association of New York's list of conventions and trade expositions for the week of October 6-12, 1940; Frequent correspondents: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Isaac Mendoza Book Co.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Merritt, Arthur H., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Arthur H. Merritt was a member of the Board of Trustees.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the New York City Committee on Conservation of Cultural Resources and its role in locating depositories during wartime; loans to the Metropolitan Museum for exhibitions; Red Cross War Fund; clipping from the NY Times about the John Wesley Jarvis Centennial exhibition at N-YHS.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Mi (3 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Alexander Hamilton's thirteen gum trees on The Grange; questionnaire in regard to the duties of the N-YHS Director; collection of postmarks presented by Jerome S. Miller; and Guide to Ten Major Depositories of Manuscript Collections in New York State (compiled by the Historical Records Survey); Frequent correspondent: Florence G. Miller.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Microfilm (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of marketing brochures and letters from various vendors (Recordak, Remington Brand, Readex, among others) for microfilm services and film splicers as a way to store and protect documents.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Minnesota Historical Society, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Missouri, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of reference requests from various universities and historical societies of Missouri, Minnesota, and Michigan.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Mo (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns microfilming project undertaken by the Library of Congress to obtain and make available rare sets of Irish newspapers in Dublin and London.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Montclair Art Museum, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the various loans of paintings from the N-YHS to Montclair Art Museum for exhibitions.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Morgan, John Hill, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Morgan's several publications including John Watson biography, What was Gilbert Stuart's Name?, and the research conducted for these publications.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Morrison, Noah F., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Noah Farnham Morrison was a rare book dealer.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Morristown National Historic Park, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the removal of the Robert Erskine maps out of the building during the war in 1942, including his Map No. 105, Survey of Morristown, and other N-YHS materials that "bear forcefully upon the Morristown National park physical development and interpretative programs."
Correspondence 1938-1942. Museum of the City of New York, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the loaning of materials to Museum of the City of New York exhibitions about the history of the New York Fire Department" and "News in New York." Includes list of library material requested and loaned out; acknowledgement of the Museum of the City of New York sending photographs of six early American portraits for use in William Sawitzy's course; Frequent correspondent: Grace M. Mayer (Curator of Prints) and Hardings Scholle (Director).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Museums Council of N.Y.C. (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns reports and meeting announcements; issues discussed at meetings including a policy of interest to the Council resolution regarding employees in temporary military service adopted by the trustees of the American Museum of Natural History in 1940, museum attendance records, Constitution of the Council which outlined the goals of the Council for the "exchange of ideas and improving practice in connection with the educational and recreational functions of" museums.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Mr-Mu, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns a list of toasts at the house of William Bradford on July 23, 1788 in honor of the adoption of the Constitution; order for lantern slide cabinets from Multiplex Display Fixture Company (including instructions for using slides); Frequent correspondents: Mrs. George F. Munn and The Museums Association (E.W.Wignall).
Correspondence 1938-1942. My, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the estate of Helen L.D. Mynderse and exchanges between A.J.Wall Jr. (Public Relations) and Helen Myers in regard to the "America Grows Up" series.
Correspondence 1938-1942. National City Bank of New York, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns deposits made and war bonds issued and reference inquiries made by National City Bank.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Na (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns correspondence discussing the war; clipping from Brooklyn Eagle about petition to construct a memorial on the Gowanus Battle site in honor of the soldiers killed under the command of General Stirling, and to restore the Old Stone House; exchanges between Donald A. Shelley (Curator of Paintings, N-YHS) and James Anderson (Historian, Native Sons of Kansas City Missouri) in regard to portrait of Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale for an exhibition featuring the Louisiana Purchase.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ne, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the N-YHS collection of about 600 paintings consisting mainly of two groups given either by Thomas J. Bryan in 1867 or those presented by Louis Durr in 1882; Frequent correspondents: Netherlands Information Bureau, Stephen Lang Newman, Edna M. Netter.
Correspondence 1938-1942. "New" (compound names), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the donation of minute books of the New England Society in the City of New York since its organization to N-YHS; 1939 program for New England Conservatory of Music (Boston) Dramatic Program given by students of the drama department.
Correspondence 1938-1942. "New York" (Other than city and state), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns press release from the New York Employing Printers Association, Inc. in regard to the dedication of Printing House Square; Frequent correspondents: New York Academy of Medicine and the Society of the New York Hospital.
Correspondence 1938-1942. New Jersey Historical Society, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. New York Adult Education Council, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of the Adult Education Council's mission statement that explains its role in serving the community by giving information concerning the educational and recreational activities in the Metropolitan area.
Correspondence 1938-1942. New York City-- Broadcasting Stations & Releases, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns publicity for the N-YHS on various radio stations, including the "Know your Museum" program on the Municipal Broadcasting System (WNYC); series of talks given by N-YHS about odd facts and stories of American and New York history.
Correspondence 1938-1942. New York City-- Churches & Cemeteries, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns announcements from churches including the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of Riverside Church and the loaning of N-YHS materials for the booklet commemorating this event.
Correspondence 1938-1942. New York City--Colleges & Schools, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Board of Education's connecting curriculum and teacher in-service training with museums such as N-YHS for a closer relationship between teachers and the city's cultural resources; N-YHS's role in bringing the history of America and New York to students; N-YHS's assistance with school exhibitions; Fordham University's Centenary Exhibition.
Correspondence 1938-1942. New York City--Museums, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the loaning of materials to various local museums for their exhibitions, including the Museum of Modern Art and the New York Museum of Science and Industry; includes "An Experiment in Stimulating Adult Education" that discusses museum attendance.
Correspondence 1938-1942. New York City--Newspapers, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the presentation of glass photographic negatives made by Burr MacIntosh to N-YHS by the Herald Tribune; loaning of materials to the Society from the Herald Tribune for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the newspaper.
Correspondence 1938-1942. New York City--Public Library (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the exchanges and cooperation between A.J.Wall (Director, N-YHS) and the New York Public Library, including the loaning of items for N-YHS exhibitions (Madame Modejska Centennial Memorial); preservation techniques recommended by the N-YHS for manuscripts.
Correspondence 1938-1942. New York City-- Official (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of exchanges with official city administrative organizations in regard to street inspections, as well as exhibitions about the Army and Navy; request to take picture of old fire equipment by the Civilian Defense Volunteer Office to promote 'Victory Registration Week' (to recruit volunteers to become nurse's aides, auxiliary firemen, etc.); the loaning of materials to the N-YHS from Board of Water Supply for an exhibition on the development of water supply in New York and related matters; universal fingerprinting of employees; proposal for N-YHS to place a monument on the "Isle of Safety" in newly developed City Hall Park to appropriately display views and maps of the city; Notable correspondent: Stanley M. Isaacs (President, Borough of Manhattan).
Correspondence 1938-1942. New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the storage of the Genealogical and Biographical Society's portraits.
Correspondence 1938-1942. New York Library Association/Club, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns membership and dues for the Library Association and meetings held at N-YHS for the Library Club.
Correspondence 1938-1942. New York State Historical Association (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the dedication of The Hall of the Life Masks at the Association's Museum (Cooperstown, NY); meeting announcements; the movement of the Historical Association's serial Collections from Ticonderoga, NY to Cooperstown, NY; loans for exhibitions and other matters; Frequent correspondent: Edward P. Alexander (Director).
Correspondence 1938-1942. New York State Library, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns exchanges between A.J.Wall and R.W.J. Vail (State Librarian) in regard to the loan of a collection of political broadsides and broadsheets from the Revolution to 1810.
Correspondence 1938-1942. New York State--University (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the creation of a comprehensive state and federal postwar planning program by the Division of Archives and History of the University of the State of New York; Shaker collection and materials; annual reports due from libraries to the State Education Department; Frequent correspondents: Arthur Pound (State Historian), William Lassiter (New York State Museum), Charles C. Adams (Director, New York State Museum), Hugh M. Flick.
Correspondence 1938-1942. New York State- MISC., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the New York State Conference on National Unity (To Stop the Rising Cost of Living and Strengthen National Defense).
Correspondence 1938-1942. NY Steam Corp., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns sales tax refund and the replacement of G-73 meter.
Correspondence 1938-1942. New York Telephone Company, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of receipts for telephone booth rental at N-YHS and general service related matters.
Correspondence 1938-1942. New York University, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns invitation of N-YHS members to the Anson G. Phelps Lectureship on Early American History with lecturer Dixon Ryan Fox (President, Union College); William Sawitzky's program through the NYU Institute of Fine Arts; discussion in regard to the National Union Catalog in the Library of Congress; Frequent correspondent: Walter W.S. Cook.
Correspondence 1938-1942. New York World's Fair, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Advisory Committee on Patriotic and Historical Societies's role in coordinating veteran organizations in attending the Fair; loans of portraits to the Fair exhibitions and the celebration of "Constitution Day" at the World's Fair 1939 and representation by N-YHS members and other matters.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Newark Museum, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the recommendation to Newark Museum of art restorers.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Newberry Library, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Newman, Harry Shaw, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Harry Shaw Newman was affiliated with The Old Print Shop, an art gallery that restored old prints and paintings and sold historical paintings.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Newport Historical Society, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ni, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. No-Ny, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the bequest of Van Zandt portraits from Pauline Riggs Noyes; Frequent correspondent: The North Carolina Historical Commission.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Oa-Oc, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Od-Og, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns a model of Buck Horn Tavern (situated at 22nd street and Broadway) to the N-YHS by F. E. Ogden; several photographs presented to the Society by Beecher Ogden (member of Photographers Association).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Oh-Ok, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the duties of historical societies during wars published in an article by the Oklahoma Historical society; special exhibitions at the N-YHS dedicated to the Army and Navy activities of the past.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ol, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondent: Old Dartmouth Historical Society.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Om-On, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Oo-Or, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns history of the statue of Civil War soldier in the Bronx at Gun Hill Road.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Os, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ot-Oz, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Pa (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondent: Alfred W. Paine (Books Relating to Salt Water), The Parents' Magazine (Lucille D. Kirk).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Parish, Henry, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Memorial Minute by Board of Trustees on the death of Henry Parish, Third Vice President of N-YHS.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Parke-Bernet Galleries was a company dealing with public sales and appraisals.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Pe-Pf (3 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns special radio broadcasts on various topics, including the opening of the Cloisters Museum by Alice Pentlarge; Pepsi-Cola 1943 calendar project; Frequent correspondent: Pewter Collectors Club of America (Mrs. Paul J. Frankin).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Pell, Stephen H.P., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the removal of the manuscripts of de Lotbiniere concerning Fort Ticonderoga offsite to storage during the war; exchanges contain descriptions of the restoration work at the Fort and thoughts about museum loans.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Pennsylvania Historical Society & Western Pennsylvania Historical Society, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns N-YHS loan policy and the storage of N-YHS items off-site during the war emergency and other actions taken by the Society during the war.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Peters, Harry T., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns lectures Harry T. Peters gave at the Society.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ph, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a Photostat price list brochure; Frequent correspondent: James F.A. Phillips (Pittsburgh Underwriters Department).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Pi, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the estate of Anna J. Pierrepont and the presentation of library materials to the Society.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Pl-Pm, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the journey LaFayette took in upstate New York on his visit in 1825.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Po, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the bequest of Emily Ellison Post in memory of her parents, Charles Litchfield Ellison and Harriet E. Morton; Frequent correspondent: Arthur Pound.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Pool, Dr. Eugene H., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the election of Dr. Pool as an associate life member in appreciation of the Captain James Lawrence Collection.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Polish Organizations & Individuals, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns biography on Kosciuszko by Miesczyslaw Haiman (Custodian, Polish Roman Catholic Union of America); commemoration of the 52nd Anniversary of the death of Brigadier-General Wladimir B. Krzyzanowski.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Pound, Arthur, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Arthur Pound worked for The Atlantic Monthly.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Pr, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns old New York City church burial plots and cemeteries; bulk pertains to the Presbyterian Church and Presbyterian Historical Society; Frequent correspondent: Pratt Institute (Wayne Shirley, Librarian).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Preservation of Old Houses, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Staten Island Institute of Arts and N-YHS's efforts to prevent the removal of Britton Cottage in connection with the expansion of Miller Field in New Dorp, Staten Island. Includes correspondence on the Save the Schenck Homestead in Brooklyn.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Princeton University, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Printer's Quotations on Bulletin, Etc., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns printing contract information from the John B. Watkins Company and Publishers Printing Company.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Pu-Py, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Qu, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondents: Quivira Society, Queens Borough Public Library.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ra (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the order of camera and microscopic ultra-violet light for investigation and research by the R & M Manufacturing Co.; notice to stockholders of Radio Corporation of America (RCA); photograph of section of water pipe of the Manhattan Water Company to R.S.Products Corporation; includes minutes for the New York Chapter Railway and Locomotive Historical Society; Frequent correspondent: Railroads of America.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Razor Blades for Britain, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the national campaign to collect razor blades and money for "Razor Blades for Britain" under chairmanship of Lowell Thomas, in response to the shortage during the war from the N-YHS and other institutions to bolster the morale of the men in Britain. "Razor Blades for Britain" was a division of Bundles for Britain, Inc., an American organization dedicated to the relief of civilians and soldiers in Britain.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Re, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Consists primarily of invoices for orders from Readex Microprint Corporation and Remington Rand (typewriters, card catalogs).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Reese, W. Willis, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the estate of W. Willis Reese and memorial tribute from the N-YHS; includes an agreement made with Mr. Reese to store articles of historical value at his residence in New Hamburg, NY during the war.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Reid, Wallace, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Rh, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Rhode Island Historical Society, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the amount of funding historical societies received from the government.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ri, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns several items presented to the Society by Harriet M. Richards; Frequent correspondent: Reginald W. Rives.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Roa-Rog (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns William Sawitzky's program through the NYU Institute of Fine Arts and the issue of continued funding by the Carnegie Corporation during the war; Frequent correspondents: Rode & Brand (advertising), Adeline Roberts.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Robinson, Millard L., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Dr. Millard Robinson was a member of the Board of Trustees.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Rochester, NY, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Rollins College, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns exchanges between Professor A.J. Hanna and A.J. Wall.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Roh-Roz (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondent: Lila Russell James Roney (Genealogist) and Roosevelt Memorial Association (Hermann Hegedorn, Director).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Rosenbach Company, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Rosenthal, Albert, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ru-Ry, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns acknowledgement of trade card gift to Landauer Collection from Harold Rugg; Frequent correspondent: Rutgers University Library.
Correspondence 1938-1942. William E. Rudge's Sons, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
William E. Rudge's Sons was a printing house utilized by the N-YHS to print the Quarterly Bulletin. Concerns the printing and re-design of the Bulletin and includes a credit report on the company generated by Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Saint (except N.Y.C.Churches), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the restoration of St. Paul's Church in Mount Vernon, NY founded in 1665.
Correspondence 1938-1942. St. Augustine Historical Society and Institute of Science, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns primarily Buckingham Smith Fund in exchanges between Katherine S. Lawson and A.J.Wall (Director, N-YHS).
Correspondence 1938-1942. St. Nicholas Society, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
The Society was founded in 1835 as a membership organization the purpose of which is to preserve knowledge of the history and customs of New York City's Dutch forebears. Concerns the objects on loan by the St. Nicholas Society to the N-YHS as being at risk during the state of war and other matters.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Sa, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the plans to raze the Schenck House in Highland Park, Brooklyn.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Satterlee, Herbert L., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Herbert L. Satterlee was President of the Marine Museum of the City of New York. Concerns the potential merger of the Marine Museum of the City of New York with the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Sawitzy, William, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Sc (3 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the cooperation between the Student Art League of New York City in bringing the work of the museum to high school students; types of boxes used for manuscript records at N-YHS; exchanges between the N-YHS and the Schoharie County Historical Society.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Schermerhorn, E. Gibert, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the various items donated to Society by E. Gibert Schermerhorn.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Se, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns a brief history of the War Memorial Tower (239th Street and Riverdale Ave.)
Correspondence 1938-1942. Shaker Collection (E.D.Andrews), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the disposition and preservation of the Shaker collection to an institution such as the N-YHS; Edward D. Andrews (author of Shaker Furniture) efforts to complete the history of the Shaker movement; exhibition of Shaker collection at Berkshire Museum.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Sh (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the radio transcript of "Going Places" program presented by the Port of New York Authority and Lorraine Sherwood that promoted N-YHS exhibitions.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Si, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Sk, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Sl, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Includes mention that the Quarterly Bulletin was reduced to 24 pages due to the war emergency in exchange between A.J. Wall and Dr. Stephen E. Slocum.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Sm (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the opposition by the Benjamin Frankin Committee (of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution) and other organizations to the Park Department's removal of the Benjamin Franklin statue from Printing House Row to City Hall Park in 1940, a year that marked the 500th anniversary of printing.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Smith Book Company, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns publications offered to and purchased by the N-YHS from Smith Book Company.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Sn, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. So, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the appointment of A.J.Wall (Director, N-YHS) to the committee for the training of Archivists by the Society of American Archivists.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Society for Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of exchanges between A.J.Wall (Director, N-YHS) and Columbia University Press to publish a biography of Francis Nicholson (1655-1728) by Dr. John Lydekker.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Society of Colonial Wars, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Consists primarily of acknowledgements of receiving Quarterly Bulletins from the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Sons of the Revolution (3 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of announcements and events on organization letterhead in regard to annual patriotic meetings, Flag Day parade and celebrations, Washington birthday celebrations, and other matters.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Sp-Sq, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Special Libraries Association, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns meetings arranged for the Special Libraries Association of which N-YHS was a member; includes order form for Subject Headings for War Information Files, a list of subject headings for World War II in use by four large special libraries; description of the N-YHS's various holdings.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Sta, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondents: Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences and the Staten Island Historical Society.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ste, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Stenotype Reporting Company, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of invoices for Reporting Lectures by A.J.Wall.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Stevens & Brown, Ltd., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns requests for Genealogical Quarterly from literary agents Stevens & Brown as well as invoices for other publications.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Sti, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the presentation of the Boudinot papers to the N-YHS from Mrs. Elbert A. Harvey; pamphlet titled, The Colonial Galleries Exhibition: An Introduction and Catalogue of the Paintings of Seymour M. Stone
Correspondence 1938-1942. Sto, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Stokes, I.N.P., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Cromer Collection on photography at Clamart and the sales and purchase of copies of Stokes's "New York Past and Present, Its History and Landmarks, 1524-1939," by the N-YHS and the potential use of this publication as a textbook for history courses in New York City high schools.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Stone, Harry (Bookshop), 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Str-Sty, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns several items presented to the Landauer collection by Levi Strauss & Company.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Su, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the suspension of the Sutro Library Project (San Francisco, CA) due to the shift of emphasis in the Works Projects Administration to defense activities; the acquisition by the N-YHS of Governor William Sulzer collections of material consisting of photos, letters, cartoons, books, and papers; includes press release and guest list for sub-treasury preview of downtown district's World's Fair Information Bureau.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Sullivan, George Hammond, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Sw, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Sy-Sz, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Consists primarily of Symmachus Trading Co. (Boston) correspondence.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ta, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the presentation to the N-YHS of portraits, china, manuscripts, and other materials from the Tallmadge family. Also concerns correspondence with Porfirio Tamayo concerning a sword formerly belonging to General Jose Paez of Venezuela that was stolen from the N-YHS military gallery in July 1940 (includes a photograph).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Te, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondents: Tension Envelope Corporation, University of Texas.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Th (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the presentation of blue china and other material used by Henry Livingstone to N-YHS by Marguerite L. Thomas; brochures by Dr. T. Kennard Thomson (Engineer) in regard to proposals for the extension of Manhattan.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ti, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. To, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondent: The Art Gallery of Toronto.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Tr, 1938-1942; 1933
Correspondence 1938-1942. Tu, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns article, "How we did it before" published by the Turner Construction Company on methods that increased production dueing WWI.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Tuttle, Charles E. Company, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of acknowledgements for materials received from Tuttle for the Landauer collection.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Tw-Ty, 1938-1942
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Concerns pictures of Coney Island in the 1890s and other matters for Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. Correspondent: Frances C. Richardson.
Correspondence 1938-1942. U (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns editorial work on the second edition of the Union List of Serials at the Library of Congress; endorsement request by the United Federal Workers of America Local 100 for N-YHS support to halt the threatened liquidation of the Federal Writers' Project; National United Service Organizations fund-raising campaign. Frequent correspondens: Union College (Dixon Ryan Fox, President), Utah State Historical Society (Marguerite L. Sinclair).
Correspondence 1938-1942. U.S.A. (4 folders), 1938-1939
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of reference requests and other exchanges with various federal agencies, including the U.S. Office of Education, Department of the Interior, War Department, Navy Department, Naval Academy, Congress of the United States, Works Projects Administration, and Treasury Department. Folder 3 includes essay, "The History of America as a National Resource for Morale," by George H. Forsyth. Folder 4 includes correspondence with U.S. Maritime Commission in regard to the naming of a Liberty ship in honor of Egbert Benson, first president of the N-YHS. Frequent correspondents: Sol Bloom (Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs), Hans Huth (National Park Service Branch of Historic Sites).
Correspondence 1938-1942. United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the acquisition of maps issued by the Sesquicentennial Commission and other matters. Correspondent: Sol Bloom.
Correspondence 1938-1942. U.S.A.-- Library of Congress, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns photostatic requests, exchanges of publications, and other matters. Frequent correspondents: Alice H. Lerch (Rare Book Collection), St. George L. Sioussat (Chief, Division of Manuscripts).
Correspondence 1938-1942. U.S.A.-- National Archives, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns articles, "Notes Concerning The National Archives" discussing National Archives news. Correspondent: Vernon D. Tate (Chief, Division of Photographic Archives and Research).
Correspondence 1938-1942. U.S.A.-- Smithsonian Institution, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns exchanges with several branches of the Smithsonian Institution in regard to reference requests and other matters. Correspondent: National Gallery of Art.
Correspondence 1938-1942. U.S.A.-- Works Progress Administration (3 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the exchanges between various Works Projects Administration branches including the Historical Records Survey, Writers' Project (aka Virginia Writers' Project), WPA of New York State, and Teachers Union. Folder 3 includes the Foreword draft to the first volume of "Imprints of the Slavery Collection, Letter A-Anonymous," written by A.J.Wall (Director, N-YHS). Frequent correspondents: George J. Miller (Regional Director, Historical Records Survey), John S. Widdicombe (Virginia Writers' Project), George W. Roach (State Supervisor, Historical Records Survey).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Va-Vaz (2 folders), 1938-1942
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Concerns the final judicial settlement of the account of proceedings of Catherine Van Cortlandt Mathews and Ernest Freeland Griffin as executors of Anne S. van Cortlandt, deceased. Frequent correspondents: Vassar College Library (Fanny Borden), Alma Rogers Van Hoevenberg, and The General James Mitchell Varnum House (Howard V. Allen).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Van Alstyne, William T., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
William T. Van Alstyne was a Board member and Treasurer (1941-1946) of the museum. Consists of financial matters including signing checks and the purchase of war bonds.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Van Buren, Martin (Homestead), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the placing of a memorial tablet at the N-YHS to the memory of Martin Van Buren, commemorating the centennial of his service as the Chief Exceutive of the United States. Correspondent: Minnie B. Wade (National Society United States Daughters of 1812). Includes minutes from meeting of the Association for Preservation of "Lindenwald" (home of President Martin Van Buren).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Ve, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the presentation of several items to the Society by Mrs. Bayard Verplanck and other exchanges with Mr. and Mrs. Verplanck. Frequent corrrespondent: Harold Draper Vernam (Architect).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Vi, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Victory Book Campaign and the creation of Victory Book Day (April 17, 1942) by President Roosevelt for Americans to contribute books to those in the armed forces; exchanges between Lester J. Cappon (University of Virginia) and A.J.Wall (Director, N-YHS) discussing the plan for the collection and preservation of WWII materials by historical organizations and societies.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Visual History Association, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Visual History Association provided sketches and research for publishers, advertisers, and schools and published The Prospector, which N-YHS subscribed to. Correspondent: J. Edward Jones.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Vo-Vu, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Wa (4 folders), 1938-1942
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Concerns the renovations done to the N-YHS, including revising the heating plans for skylights, by the architecture firm Walker and Gillette; General Conservation Order M-99 War Production Board which called for the immediate scrapping of obsolete printing plates containing restricted materials. Frequent correspondents: John Wanamaker New York, Crystal Waters, A. Stewart Walker (Walker & Gillette), I. Warshaw (Collector of Advertising Lore), The Walker Engraving Corporation, William Bell Wait.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Wall, A.J. [personal] (2 folders), 1941-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of personal correspondence exchanged between A.J.Wall (Director, N-YHS) and various individuals and organizations including George Lober (The Salmagundi Club), Minute Men of America, Dr. Edward P. Alexander (New York State Historical Association), District Attorney of the County of New York, The Biltmore (W.H. Rorke), The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Wall, A.J. [Buck Hill Falls Company], 1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the planning and costs estimated for building a storage vault at The Inn at Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania (Pocono Mountains) to be used as storage for N-YHS materials during the war (ultimately the museum chose another location); includes personal exchanges from A.J.Wall (Director, N-YHS) in regard to resort community of arrangements to stay, remodeling and repairs to the cottage, oil rationing, the purchase of oil, and other matters.
Correspondence 1941-1942. Wall, A.J. [Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood], 1941-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. John B. Watkins Company, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns estimates and design specifications for the Quarterly Bulletin.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Watkins, Dr. S.C.G., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the list of etchings by James S. King presented to the Society by Dr. S.C.G. Watkins and disposition of his relics to various institutions.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Waverly Press, Inc., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the specification requests and estimates for the printing of exhibition pamphlets and the "Survey of The Manuscript Collections in The New-York Historical Society"; includes a credit report on Waverly Press from Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Wea-Wel (2 folders), 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Weekes Brothers--Arthur Sutherland (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns real estate, financial, insurance, and other matters exchanged between Arthur Sutherland (of Weekes Bros.)and A.J.Wall (Director, N-YHS).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Weekes, John A. [et al], 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
John A. Weekes served as President of the N-YHS. Includes letters to Alice Delano Weekes and Arthur D. Weekes.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Weekly Post Boy, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the photostating of the early files for the series The New York Weekly Post-Boy (1747-1773) to other libraries, and the discussion of microfilming instead of photostating as a more affordable option.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Wem-Wez (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the presentation to the Society of three carriages by Edith Wetmore and the by-laws of the West Side Defense Council (branch of the Manhattan Civilian Defense Volunteer Office).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Westervelt, Leonidas, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Leonidas Westervelt was a member of the Nominating Committee for the Board of Trustees and served as Chairman of the Committee on lectures; Concerns an address to the Society made by Westervelt on Jenny Lind and scheduling of lectures and other matters.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Wh, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondents: The White Company Inc. (Lewis F. White), James T. White & Co. (publishers).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Whitlock's, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the various art items proposed to the N-YHS by the book and art dealer, the majority of which were not purchased.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Wia-Wil (2 folders), 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Wickes, Forsyth, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Forsyth Wickes was a member of the Library and Museum and Art Committees and presented several items to the Society, including the Meissen Plate.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Wilder's Bookshop, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Wills, Louis C., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Louis C. Wills was a member of the Nominating Committee for the Board of Trustees. Concerns the nomination of Norvin H. Green (nephew of Erskine Hewitt) and others; includes a list of the N-YHS's activities between Board meetings in August 1942 which mentions the East Hampton Memorial Homestead.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Wilmerding, A. Clinton, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Wilmerding, Lucius, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Wim-Wiz, 1938-1942
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Consists of exchanges between A.J.Wall (Director) and Garret H. Winter (Superintendent) discussing the East Hampton property, such as fence work, payment of men working at the property, and other updates; includes Wisconsin Genealogical Society's Constitution and By-Laws.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Wisconsin [State Historical Society], 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Woa-Wor (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the special exhibit on science and education at the New York World's Fair and the request for the cooperation by the N-YHS; press release for the exhibition, "Washington in New York City"; Frequent correspondents: Richard S. Wormser (rare book dealer), Samuel Woolverton.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Wr, 1938-1942
Correspondence 1938-1942. Wu-Wy, 1938-1942
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Correspondent: Major L.B. Wyant, Gladys E. Westover (Superintendent of Schools, Buffalo, Wyoming).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Y, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the presentation to the Society of an oil painting called "Merchants of New York" by tbe Young Men's Christian Association (restored and placed premanently in the museum's collection).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Yale University (2 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the exchanges between A.J. Wall (Director, N-YHS) and several staff members of the Yale University Library, History department, and Gallery of Fine Arts with regard to reference requests, the General Gates papers, and other matters. Correspondents: Bernhard Knollenberg (Librarian), Charles E. Rush (Associate Librarian), Theodore Sizer (Director, Gallery of Fine Arts), James T. Babb (Assistant Librarian), Frank Monoghan (Lecturer), H. Maxson Holloway (Curator, N-YHS).
Correspondence 1938-1942. Youngs, Florence E., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns genealogical requests by Youngs on various families.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Z, 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Frequent correspondents: Louise Hasbrouck Zimm (genealogist), Paul Zucker (Cooper Union), Edward C. Zabriskie.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Zabriskie, George A. (7 folders), 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondence consists of exchanges between George A. Zabriskie (Treasurer, N-YHS) and A.J. Wall (Director) pertaining to matters such as mortgages and investments; estimates for carpeting for the museum; acquisitions; gifts to museum from Zabriskie; lighting for museum; discussions of plans to move Class A paintings out of the museum for safekeeping during the war (Folder 3); Long Island Thompson estate.
Correspondence 1938-1942. Zeitlin, Inc., 1938-1942
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the list of titles owned by the New York Academy of Medicine of the works of Dr. John W. Draper (1811-1882), Professor of Anatomy at New York University.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Aa-Ac, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Majority of folder consists of application and order forms for ammunition order from Abercrombie and Fitch Co. for ammunition requirements; Correspondent: Herbert S. Ackerman (accountant).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ad-Addressograph, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the making of address plates for the Society from the Addressograph-Multigraph Corp. Frequent correspondents: Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ae-Al, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the presentation of gifts to the Society by Elsie Dwight Alling; list of available catalogues at the Albright Art Gallery (Buffalo, N). Correspondent: Andrew C. Ritchie (Director, Albright Art Gallery).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Albany Institute of History and Art, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Album of American History, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the various photo reproduction requests and other matters for the publication of Album of American History, published by Charles Scribner's Sons. Frequent correspondents: R.V.Coleman (Managing Editor) and T.R.Hay (Associate Editor),
Correspondence 1943-1945. Allied Artists of America, Inc., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Allied Artists of America 29th Annual Exhibition at the N-YHS, including financial reports for the exhibition. Frequent correspondents: Pietro Montana (Treasurer) and Frederick K. Detwiller (President).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Am-American A., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns work history of R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS); Frequent correspondents: Society of American Archivists and The American Archivist (Karl L. Trevor).
Correspondence 1943-1945. American Antiquarian Society, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Spelman manuscript of the Relation of Virginia and the N-YHS's acquisition of various newspapers from before 1821. Correpondents include Clarence S. Brigham (Director).
Correspondence 1943-1945. American Art Research Council, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS) served as a member of the Advisory Committee for this organization. Concerns the publication, Art in America and the Advisory Committee. Correspondents include Juliana Force (Chairman).
Correspondence 1943-1945. American Association for State and Local History, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Dorothy C. Barck (Librarian, N-YHS) served as President of the American Association for State and Local History. Concerns the planning of annual meetings.
Correspondence 1943-1945. American Association of Museums, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. American B-F, 1943-1945
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Includes New York Times clipping in regard to Julian P. Boyd's (Librarian, Princeton University) possible appointment as Librarian of Congress; Frequent correspondent: American Craftsmen's Educational Council (Mrs. Vanderbilt Webb).
Correspondence 1943-1945. American G-K, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. American Historical Company, Inc., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the publication of the Encyclopedia of American Biography.
Correspondence 1943-1945. American L-M, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the efforts of the National Park Service and The American Legion to designate St. Ann's Church of Morrisania (Bronx, NY) a National Historic Site.
Correspondence 1943-1945. American Library Association, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the presentation to the International Relations Office of the American Library Association of copies of several N-YHS publications to overseas libraries devastated by the war.
Correspondence 1943-1945. American Museum of Natural History, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondent Hazel Gay (Librarian, American Museum of Natural History).
Correspondence 1943-1945. American N-Z, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include American Numismatic Association (M. Vernon Sheldon, Lewis M. Reagan).
Correspondence 1943-1945. American News Company, Inc., 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. American Philosophical Society, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. American Red Cross, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns financial contributions to the Red Cross War Funds for war relief and the closure of the surgical dressing unit at the museum; includes list of total dressings made between October 1942 until December 1943 and numbers of workers.
Correspondence 1943-1945. An, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondent Alice Winchester of The Magazine ANTIQUES.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ap-Ar, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the N-YHS's role in the preservation of Castle Clinton; Includes correspondent Jena Lipman (Editor, Art in America).
Correspondence 1943-1945. As, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Associated Hospital Service of New York, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the health insurance policy for staff members at N-YHS, and includes literature from the organization. Includes list of payroll deductions and applications.
Correspondence 1943-1945. At-Az, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Bailey, Whitman, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Bab-Bai, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Bak-Bam, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ban, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the theft of an 18th century pistol from the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Bank of New York (2 folders), 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns workmen's compensation insurance and an application for correction of assessed valuation of real estate for property owned by N-YHS.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Banks, James Lenox, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns correspondence from Rutherford Goodwin (Director of the Department of interpretation of Colonial Williamsburg) in regard to the Williamsburg Seal.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Bar-Bas, 1943-1945
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Concerns gift to N-YHS from Henry Burr Barnes of portrait of Edward Jones copied by Daniel Huntington.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Barr, Lockwood, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Lockwood Barr's publication, "History of the Town of Pelham," and the Bartow Mansion.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Bat-Baz, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Bea-Bem, 1943-1945
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Concerns the presentation of portrait of Gerard Hallock by James H. Beard to the N-YHS; Includes correspondent Elizabeth C. Beers.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Beekman, Fenwick, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the affiliation of the City History Club with the New-York Historical Society and other matters.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ben-Bez, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the preservation of plaques of Franklin, Morse, Volta, and other pioneers in the field of electrical science; plaques were attached to the walls of the old Edison power plant at Duane and Lafayette streets, New York City, and scheduled to be demolished.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Benjamin, Mary A., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Mary A. Benjamin was Director of Walter R. Benjamin Autographs, an autograph firm and a member of the Society.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Benson, Hevlyn D., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns publicity for N-YHS exhibition, "Men and Ships of the American Navy, 1776-1918" and the Society's actively building a collection of material about World War II, as well as several items gifted to the Society by Benson.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Bi, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondent George P. Bissell of Laird, Bissell, & Meeds.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Bl, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Blair, J. Insley (Mrs.), 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns furniture and other items donated to the N-YHS by Mrs. J. Insley Blair, as well as lists of valuations for purposes of taxation.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Bland Gallery, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Blizzard Men of 1888, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Bloom, Edwin D., 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Bo, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Bolton, Theodore, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Theodore Bolton was a Librarian at The Century Club; concerns Bolton's requests for permission to reproduce photographs for his publications.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Boston, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Library of the Boston Athenaeum (Elinor G. Metcalf, Librarian) and Museum of Fine Arts (W.G. Constable, Curator of Paintings).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Boyce, Hughes & Farrell, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Boyce, Hughes & Farrell were certified public accountants who provided auditing services to the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Bra, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Dime Novel Club and the honorary membership bestowed on R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Bre, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns contracts between Jenny Lind and Barnum presented to the Society from Mrs. Alvin C. Breul.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Bri, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Bro, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the presentation of a hansom cab to the Society by Mike Campbell.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Brooklyn, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the Hall of Records (Hon. James A. Kelly) and the Brooklyn Public Library (Milton J. Ferguson, Chief Librarian).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Brooklyn Museum, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Primarily concerns the loan of N-YHS prints to the Brooklyn Museum for its exhibition, "Life on the Mississippi" and reports on the Egyptological Collections on loan to the Brooklyn Museum.
Correspondence 1943-1945. John Carter Brown Library, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Jefferson catalogue project's annual report for 1944-1945. Correspondent: Lawrence C. Wroth.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Brown, Henry Collins, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Bru-Bup, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Bur-By, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Simon Bolivar Hulbert (1833-1864), a member of the 100th New York Voluntary Infantry, and his collection of photos, diaries from 1860-1864 during his enlistment and subsequent imprisonment at the Andersonville prison, and other materials presented to Society by Edwin W. Burch; includes advertisement for girls and women to work for Burrelle's Press Clipping.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Caa-Cal, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the library binding of advertisements amongst New England libraries and the practice at the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Cam-Cap, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include The Camera Club and William J. Campbell (Book seller and publisher).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Car, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Carnegie, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the Carnegie Institute of Washington and the Carnegie Corporation.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Cas-Caz, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Includes sketches sent to R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS) by illustrator Edward C. Caswell including "When Winter Comes to Washington Square," in regard to discussions of a book of Caswell's drawings.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Caterers, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns catering orders by N-YHS to Mela Weisz and Robert Day-Dean's.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ce, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Cha-Chi, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns saving the Villa Rosa, home of the Children's Museum of Washington and the Children's Museum Bill, S. 99 and H.R. 311. Correspondents include Sol Bloom, Matilda Young, (Director, Children's Museum of Washington), and John Galahad of Childs Restaurant.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Art Institute of Chicago, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Chicago (MISC.), 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent includes Chicago Historical Society (L. Hubbard Shattuck, Director).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Child, Edmund B., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the estate of Edmund Bramhall Child, who left his collections to the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Cho-Chy, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. CI, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Society for the Correct Civil War Information (Lucy S. Stewart) and the City History Club of New York (A. Barton Hepburn, President).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Arthur H. Clark Company, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Clements Library (University of Michigan), 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the publication by the N-YHS of the Horatio Gates Papers, and the efforts by the Society to include the residue of papers scattered in other libraries. Correspondents include Randolph G. Adams (Director) and Colton Storm (Curator of Manuscripts).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Clowes, William & Sons, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Cl, 1943-1945
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Correspondents include the Cleveland Museum of Art (William M. Milliken, Director) and Hayward Cleveland.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Coa-Cok, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Edward F. Coffin (art dealer).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Col, 1943-1945
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Concerns the purchase of a circa 1790 wardrobe from E.S.Coleman which was on loan at the Museum of the City of New York.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Collisson, Charles F., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Charles Collisson was an art dealer and journalist for The Northwestern Miller and Opera News; Concerns Collisson's reviews of the Jenny Lind exhibition at the N-YHS and other matters.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Colonial Williamsburg, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the index to the Virginia Gazette which Colonial Williamsburg was preparing, and the survey undertaken to locate all original copies of the Gazette not available in the photostat set published earlier by the Massachusetts Historical Society; series of measured drawings on the Society's Beekman Coach for the reproduction of a coach for Williamsburg. Correspondents include James L. Cogar (Curator), Rutherfoord Goodwin (Director, Department of Interpretation), and Hunter D. Farish (Director, Department of Research).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Columbia University, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns A.J.Wall's (Director, N-YHS) appointment as Associate in History at Columbia University; the return of a folio edition of the "History of the Jews," a continuation of Josephus by Basnage, London, 1708, rescued from the library of King's College during the Revolution to Columbia from R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Com, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Con, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Con Edison payments for N-YHS properties; presentation of diary kept by Charles G. Folger of the 99th Regiment of New York Volunteers in 1863 from Dr. James Brewster; estate of Ida Eno Carner; Correspondents include Connecticut State Library and Mary L. Constant.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Coo-Cor, 1943-1945
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Concerns presentation of copy of "Lincolniana" by Edwin Hooper Denby from the Coq D'Or Press, Inc.; Correspondents include Coordinators Corporation.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Cooper Union, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns membership request for the N-YHS and the impact of the war on Cooper Union's Museum for the Arts of Decoration; Correspondents include Mary S.M. Gibson (Curator).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Cornell University, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the appointment for the position of Cornell Librarian following the retirement of Dr. Otto Kinkeldey, and other matters. Correspondents include Otto Kinkeldey (Librarian).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Cos-Coz, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns gifts made to the Society by Isabella Vache Cox; Correspondents include Bartlett Cowdrey.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Cr, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Cu-Cz, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the estate of Mrs. Hazel Cummins; Correspondents include H. F. Cuntz.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Da-Dau, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the New York chapter of the Daughters of the American Colonists (Mrs. James Avery Webb, First Vice Regent).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Dav-Day, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. De (2 folders), 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns orders placed with Louis Dejonge & Company (Importers of fancy paper, leather, and English book cloth) and acquisitions to the Landauer collection; Correspondents include le Comte de Frise.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Delafield, Edward C., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Edward C. Delafield was a member of the Society; concerns the donation to the Society of 100 shares of Kansas City Southern Railway Preferred Stock to be used towards the purchase of the Chancellor Livingstone papers and other Livingstone items.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Delafield, John Ross, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Delafield family genealogy and the donation of the Livingstone papers to the Society and other matters from John Ross Delafield.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Delafield, Lewis L. Jr., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Lewis Delafield was a Board member of the N-YHS. Concerns the presentation to the Society of portraits of former Presidents of the Bank of America from 1812-1858, including Oliver Wolcott and William Bayard as requested by E.C. Delafield.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Delaware, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Univeristy of Delaware (John A. Munroe) and the Historical Society of Delaware.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Detroit, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the Detroit Institute of Arts (E.P. Richardson, Assistant Director) and the Detroit Historical Society (Robert H. Larson, Director).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Di, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns many items, including Dresden china set, donated to the Society by Florance Rogers Dietrich; exchanges between Donald A. Shelley (Curator, N-YHS) and Harold E. Dickson in regard to the publication of Jarvis manuscript by Dickson (Department of Architecture, Pennsylvania State College).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Do, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the estates of William Harris Douglas and Isabel G. Dod; Correspondents include Elsie Dwight Alling.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Dr, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Sesquicentennial celebration of Joseph Rodman Drake, early New York poet; booklet on Early American Advertising Art and related advertisements from Carl W. Drepperd. Frequent correspondent: pfc Robert Drake.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Du, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Ulster County Gazette and R.W.G. Vail's discussion of distinguishing a reproduction of the Gazette to Mildred Duncuff; purchase of Mary Alexander manuscripts from Arthur M. DuBois; Correspondents include Orren E. Dunlap, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, Inc. (publishers).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Duke University, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Jane Greene (Librarian) and Edward Hudson Young (Professor).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Dupont, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns reference requests from Margaret L. Kane and other matters.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ea-Ec, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Early American Industries Association, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the announcement of the death of A.J. Wall (Director, N-YHS), a member of the Early American Industries Association.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ed-Ek, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns N-YHS's subscription to Edwards Brothers Inc. (lithoprinters and publishers) and the lithoprinting of books no longer obtainable due to war conditions.
Correspondence 1943-1945. El, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns various gifts to the Landauer collection from Harrison Elliott.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Em-Er, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Gabriel Engel.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Es-Ez, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the gift to the Society of The Explorers Journal, published by the Explorers Club from 1921 on.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Fa, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Fe, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Fi, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns member enrollment and endowment to the N-YHS as submitted to The Filson Club (Louisville, Kentucky) for the planning of their organization; Correspondents include Harold M. Gage.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Fish, Stuyvesant, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Stuyvesant Fish's publications, "The New York Privateers 1756-1763," his gifts to the Society, and other matters.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Fl, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns announcements and publicity for the Flushing Tercentenary Celebration (1645-1945) and correspondence exchanged between Dorothy Barck (Librarian, N-YHS) and Hugh N. Flick with regard to the appointment of new Director of the Society, R.W.G. Vail and other matters.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Florida, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Florida Historical Society and University of Florida.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Fo, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the request of the William T. Hornaday Memorial Foundation (Massachusetts) and its mission to establish children's type museums in rural communities and industrial areas to bring healthy activities to youngsters during wartime. Frequent correspondents include Charles Philip Fox.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Foreign, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns reference requests, literature exchanges with libraries overseas, including the Lenin State Library (U.S.S.R.), Sino-International Library (China), embassies and consulates.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Folk Arts Center, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the role of the Folk Arts Center during a time of war and a proposal for an association between the Folk Arts Center and the N-YHS; R.W.G.Vail's role as consultant to the Folk Arts Museum.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Fr, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Frick Art Reference Library, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of photograph and other requests from Ethelwin Manning (Librarian) and other staff members.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Fu, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ga, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Nelson B. Gaskill, Garden City Publishing, and Carlton O. Gay.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ge, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include rare book dealer Genesee Book Shop.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Gh-Gi, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the various gifts presented to Society from Mrs. Louis A. Gillet.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Gl-Go, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the appointment of Charles F. Gosnell as State Librarian for New York, replacing R.W. G. Vail in that position.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Goodspeed's Book Shop, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Gr, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the place books have in a local historical society collection, such as genealogies, local histories, older school books, and N-YHS's general collection policy, as described by R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS) to the Greenfield Historical Society.
Correspondence 1943-1945. George Grady Press, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
George Grady Press published many of N-YHS publications including William Sawitzky's monograph on the artist Ralph Earl and the Quarterly Bulletin. Consists of requests for proofs, plates, and related matters.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Green, Norvin H., 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1944. Groce, George C., 1943-1944
Correspondence 1943-1945. Grolier Club, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns loans of materials to Grolier Club for exhibitions; Correspondents include George L. McKay (Librarian).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Gu-Gy, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns an application and referral for the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Haa-Hal, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ham-Hap, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Har, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Harris, Lois, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns almanacs purchased from dealer Lois Harris of Historic Acres.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Harvard University, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concern's purchases made at the Brinley library sales.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Has-Haz, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Katherine B. Hastings [Mrs. John Russel Hastings], Secretary and Treasurer of the Santa Barbara Historical Society.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Havemeyer, Henry O., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the presentation of letters from Emperor Maximilian of Mexico to Chevalier Charles F. de Loosey (Austrian Consul General at New York) and other materials to the Society.
Correspondence 1943-1945. He, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns securities purchased on behalf of the Society by Henderson, Harrison, & Company; Correspondents include Heckscher Art Museum, Huntington, Long Island (Albert D. Smith, Art Director).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Heartman, Charles F., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the various materials presented to the N-YHS by book dealer Charles F. Heartman, proprietor of The Book Farm, and collector of material related to African-American culture.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Heath, D.C. & Company, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns photostat, photograph, and reference requests by the firm of D.C. Heath and Company (Boston). Correspondents include Marie DeFalco and Lila M. Cote.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Hi, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the economy during the war, and includes brochures The Hiring Line and The Roll Call.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Hoa-Hom, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Holland Society of New York, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of acknowledgments for receiving the Quarterly Bulletin from N-YHS.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Holloway, H. Maxson, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Holloway's service in the Navy and his time stationed in California at the Exposition Site; includes bank deposits into Holloway's National City Bank account and postcards updating the N-YHS staff on his experiences.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Hon-Hov, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. How-Hoz, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns exchanges with Dorothy Porter of Howard University in regard to the condition of Frederick Douglass papers housed at the Frederick Douglass Memorial House at Anacostia, and the possible purchase of the Negro and slavery duplicate collection of the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Howgate, James C., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the purchase of the library of Dr. William M. Beauchamp by James Howgate.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Hu, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the history of the Naval History Society, established in 1909. In 1925 all the collections of the Naval History Society were given to the N-YHS for preservation as a special collection; includes schedule announcement for the Hudson River Day Line for 1943 season and Hudson River Conservation Society annual meeting report.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Henry E. Huntington Library, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Includes documents found in N-YHS's copy of "Isle of Pines" (call Y1668.Nev Isle).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Hy, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Hyde, James Hazen, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns James Hazen Hyde's gifts to the N-YHS, and other matters.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Hyer, Richard, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Hymes, Harry H., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Harry H. Hymes was a dealer of rare books and manuscripts in Forest Hills, NY.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ia-Il, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Paul M. Angle, State Historian of Illinois and Thor Thors (Legation of Iceland).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Im-In, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns circulars, posters, and publications issued during presidential campaigns presented to N-YHS; Correspondents include Insurance Society of New York (Mabel B. Swerig, Librarian), Indiana University, and Indiana Historical Bureau (Howard H. Peckam).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Internships, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of exchanges with the New Jersey College for Women (Rutgers University) in regard to intern Ann Wistrup at the N-YHS; includes "Instruction for Observation on Field Work" published by the New Jersey College for Women.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Io-Iz, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Irwin, John V., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns various gifts presented to the N-YHS by John V. Irwin.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ja, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of photographs of Duncan Phyfe chairs that belonged to Jonathan Edwards. Correspondents: Jacques Noel Jacobsen and Frank L. Jackson.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Je-Joh, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Jefferson, Thomas, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns exchanges between the Thomas Jefferson Bicentennial Commission and N-YHS in regard to the Rembrandt Peale portrait and other matters.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Johnson, C.K., 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Johnston, Rev. Malcolm S., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Rev. Malcolm S. Johnston was City Historian for Geneva, NY. Concerns his publication on his research for Geneva.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Joi-Ju, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ka, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Margaret L. Kane (DuPont) and Kansas State Historical Society.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ke, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Kelleher, William F., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns offer of sale for the portrait of James, Duke of York, painted by Sir Godfrey Kneeler, Court painter to the Royal family (not purchased by N-YHS).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ki, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Kimball, Leroy E., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Leroy E. Kimball served as Vice Chancellor and Comptroller for New York University and was a member of the Publications Committee at N-YHS. Concerns Publications Committee's role to discuss and approve manuscripts authored by non-trustees or members to be published in the Quarterly Bulletin.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Kinkaid, Rev. George B., 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Kl-Ko, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Kr, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Leon Kramer (book dealer).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ku-Ky, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. La, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Landauer, Bella C., 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Captain James Lawrence Reception, 1944
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the preview of the Captain James Lawrence Collection presented by Dr. Eugene H. Pool and to the opening of the Naval History Exhibition: "Men and Ships of the American Navy 1776-1918." Includes list of those invited, invitations, and responses.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Le (2 folders), 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Lectures (2 folders), 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns lectures provided by various speakers including Charles Wellington Furlong, Henry Boyd, Frank Warner, John Goette, Charles Perry Weimer, and Carl Van Doren; includes ephemera such as advertising pamphlets.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Lh-Lil, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Life magazine.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Lim-Ll, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns order requests to Lipsius Press for lecture invitations and tickets and paper orders from Henry Lindenmeyu & Sons.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Lincoln Memorial University, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Lincoln Memorial University houses a large collection of memorabilia relating to the school's namesake, Abraham Lincoln, and the Civil War. Concerns reference requests made to N-YHS.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Lo, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Lockman, DeWitt M., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns list of 18th and early 19th century American portrait painters either not represented or poorly represented in the Society's collections.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Lu-Ly, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Lyman Allyn Museum, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns items loaned from the N-YHS for exhibitions, including the Tile Club exhibition.
Correspondence 1943-1945. McCormick-Goodhart, L., 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Mc/Mac, A.- Mc/Mac, F., 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Mc/Mac, G.- Mc/Mac, W., 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Pirie MacDonald Preview (2 folders), 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Pirie MacDonald was a photographer. Concerns the private view of Pirie MacDonald collection of portraits of men and includes invitations, responses, and signed attendance list.
Correspondence 1943-1945. McMurtrie, Douglas C., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the death of typographist Douglas C. McMurtrie, editor of Bibliography of American Imprints; includes biography of his life written by Albert H. Allen.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Mabbott, Thomas O., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Mabbott's promotion to full professorship at Hunter College and other matters.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Maa-Man, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Maggs Bros. Ltd. (Rare book dealers, London) and the Manhattan Chronicle.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Map-Mar, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Marlatt, Helen Stuart (Mrs. Charles L. Marlatt), 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Mariners' Museum, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Frederick F. Hill (Curator) and C.W.Evans (Librarian).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Maryland Historical Society, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns reference and publication requests; Frequent correspondents include James W. Foster (Director) and Anna Wells Rutledge.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Mas-Maz, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Massachusetts Historical Society, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Massachusetts Historical Society purchases at the Brinley sale; Correspondents include Allyn B. Forbes (Director).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Mea-Mel, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Medical and Surgical Relief Committee, a war relief agency.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Mem-Mez, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Isaac Mendoza Book Company and Methodist Historical Society (Dr. James R. Joy, Librarian).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Merritt, Arthur A., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Merritt's role on the N-YHS's Publications Committee.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Merritt, Jesse, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Jesse Merritt was Nassau County Historian and was associated with the Masonic Lodge of Research. Concerns reference requests, Long Island history, and other matters.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns gift to the Bella Landauer collection from A. Hyatt Mayor and loans of N-YHS materials for exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Mia-Mik, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Michigan, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the Michigan Historical Commission and the University of Michigan.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Mil, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the gift of the Van Zandt Family Bible from H.O. Milliken.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Miller, Charles T., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns N-YHS Chief Photographer Charles T. Miller's time in the service stationed at Fort Dix; includes exchanges with Mrs. Charles T. Miller while Miller was stationed in Paris.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Mim-Miz, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Minnesota, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Minnesota Historical Society (Gertrude Krausnick, Librarian).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Missouri, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include The State Historical Society of Missouri (Floyd C. Shoemaker, Secretary).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Mo (2 folders), 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of a booklet of "The Good Old Days," about artist Edward A. Wilson presented at The Chicago Historical Society.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Morgan, John Hill, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the preservation of old newspapers.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Morristown National Historic Park Museum, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the series of conferences to discuss the development of certain major historical areas under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service and the possibility of holding one conference at Morristown National Park at which R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS) spoke.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Mr-Mu, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the Municipal Art Society.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Museums Council of N.Y.C., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns publicity for N-YHS exhibitions as recorded for the Museum Council of New York's Inter-Museum Schedule of Exhibits.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Museum of the City of New York, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns loans to the Museum of the City of New York for various exhibitions; includes Herald Tribune clipping in regard to France's art treasures if the Louvre found safe and sound after Nazi retreat from France.
Correspondence 1943-1945. My, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Na, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the National Audubon Society; letter to Elie Nadelman in regard to figureheads in their collection; Correspondents include National Geographic Society.
Correspondence 1943-1945. National Association of Portrait Painters, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of orders sent to various institutions including the Library of Congress for the publication, "Portraits of Americans by Americans," in which proceeds benefited a welfare committee for a naval hospital.
Correspondence 1943-1945. National City Bank of New York, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the series of protraits of Past Presidents of the Bank of America and the loan of portraits for the bank's head office; request for checkbooks for payroll checks (sample is included).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ne, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include F. Maurice Newton.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Newark Museum, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Newberry Library, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the preservation of business records, including those of the New York Central Railroad. Correspondent: Stanley Pargellis, Librarian.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Newman, Harry Shaw, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. "New" (compound names), 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns car cards (advertisements) for promotion of the N-YHS exhibition, "Men and Ships of the American Navy: from John Paul Jones to Admiral Sims" placed in the subway cars; includes "Facts About the 1944 Appeal" (New York War Fund) brochure; Correspondent: J.Q. Parr.
Correspondence 1943-1945. New Jersey (MISC.), 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns fuel shortage during war.
Correspondence 1943-1945. New Jersey Historical Society, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the 100th Anniversary of the New Jersey Historical Society and the election of R.W.G.Vail (Director, N-YHS) as honorary member of the New Jersey Historical Society.
Correspondence 1943-1945. New York City-- Borough Historian (Manhattan), 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Edgar J. Nathan, Jr., President of the Borough of Manhattan and the N-YHS being involved in requesting funds to be raised toward the salary and maintenance of an historian for the Borough of Manhattan.
Correspondence 1943-1945. New York City-- Churches, Cemeteries, & Hospitals, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the part of the railing from Federal Hall housed in old Bellevue Hospital to be transferred to the N-YHS; list of stockholders in the Methodist Library Society of John Street Church of 1820.
Correspondence 1943-1945. New York City-- Colleges and Universities (Except NYU), 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns an Adult Education program of the College of the City of New York, and the possibility of the N-YHS hosting one course.
Correspondence 1943-1945. New York City-- MISC., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns meeting minutes for the Advisory Committee to the Queens Borough Historian and the re-zoning of Washington Square Park to D1 classification; publicity for N-YHS exhibitions in subways; "AT HOME" Vacation Program encouraging Americans to stay home to eliminate "non-essential civilian traveling" by the Office of Defense Transportation (includes comprehensive list of vacation activities within New York).
Correspondence 1943-1945. New York City-- Museums, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include The Museum of Modern Art and The American Numismatic Society.
Correspondence 1943-1945. New York City-- Newspapers, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. New York City-- Public Library, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the requests for State aid to Governor Dewey for public libraries by the New York Library Association and the amending of the Education Law.
Correspondence 1943-1945. New York City-- Sales Tax, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Consists mainly of completed quarterly forms of the City of New York Department of Finance Bureau of City Collections (Sales and Compensating Use Tax Return) for institution sales.
Correspondence 1943-1945. New York City-- Schools (MISC.), 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. New York City-- Schools [Visits of Classes], 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns visits from New York schools and includes hand written thank you notes to Eleanor Logan (Public Relations Department) from students at P.S. 152.
Correspondence 1943-1945. New York Folklore Society, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Dr. Harold W. Thompson (President, New York Folklore Society).
Correspondence 1943-1945. New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. New York Library Association/Club, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns R.W.G.Vail's (Director, N-YHS) involvement with the New York Library Association and the appointment of John R. Russell as its President following L. Marion Moshier; Include meeting minutes; Correspondents include L. Mariona Moshier (Senior Library Supervisor).
Correspondence 1943-1945. New York State- MISC., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of responses from NY Governor Thomas Dewey's office for N-YHS events and an examination announcement from the Department of Civil Service for the position of Supervisor of Historic Sites.
Correspondence 1943-1945. New York State- Historian, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include State Historians Albert B. Corey and Arthur Pound.
Correspondence 1943-1945. New York State Historical Association (2 folders), 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns budget for 1942-1943 and election of trustees of the New York State Historical Association. Correspondents include Mary E. Cunningham (Supervisor of School Services), Janet McFarlane (Acting Director), Clifford L. Lord (Director), and Dr. Arthur Pound.
Correspondence 1943-1945. New York State Library, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the appointment of the State Librarian; Correspondents include Joseph Gavit (Acting State Librarian) and Charles F. Gosnell (State Librarian).
Correspondence 1943-1945. New York State Museum, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of correspondence between Dr. Carl E. Guthe (Director, New York State Museum) and R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS).
Correspondence 1943-1945. New York State--Universities and State Education Department
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the library reports (1941-1945) submitted by N-YHS to the Division of Adult Education and Library Extension at State Education Department; Correspondents include L. Marion Moshier (Senior Library Supervisor, Public Libraries).
Correspondence 1943-1945. New York State Steam Corp., 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. New York Telephone Company, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns telephone statements for the N-YHS and a request for telephones due to war shortage.
Correspondence 1943-1945. New York University, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns R.W.G. Vail's (Director, N-YHS) as representative of the Society in the New York Committee on Business Records.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ni, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the microfilming of Thomas Jefferson's letters for the Library of Congress. Correspondents include Robert Livingston Nicholson.
Correspondence 1943-1945. No-Nu, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Ella C. Northrup.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Oa-Og, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the presentation of the N-YHS's Gold Medal "For Achievement in History" to George Clinton Densmore Odell and related proofs for printing of the presentation.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ogden, Beecher, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Ogden's gifts of ephemera related to WWII, including a War Ration Book and a sheet of stamps "Saving Human Lives" issued by the Emergency Committee to save the Jewish People of Europe.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Oh-Ok, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ol, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Olds, Irving-- Reception, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns reception and talk on naval battles given by Board member Irving S. Olds (United States Steel Corporation).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Om-Oz, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the Oregon Historical Society.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Pa (2 folders), 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Paltsits, Victor Hugo, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns purchases made by N-YHS from Parke-Bernet Galleries.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Pe-Pf, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Fiesta of United Nations event to raise funds for the Red Cross (N-YHS could not host event).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Pearce, Edward, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Edward Pearce engrossed diplomas for the N-YHS. Concerns requests made to Pearce.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Pell, Stephen A.P., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Pell's role as Member of the Board of Trustees and on the Committee on Building; includes mention of Philip Youtz being retained by the museum to draw up tentative plans for a wing to extend along 76th street.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Pennsylvania Historical Society, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include R.N.Williams (Acting Director) and Charles F. Jenkins (President).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Pennsylvania--MISC., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the Pennsylvania German Society and the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution (Frank E. Schermerhorn).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Peters, Harry T. (including reception on 2/27/1943), 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns responses to invitations for Harry T. Peters' lecture, "New York as the Wood Engraver Saw It."
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ph, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the cause to collect funds for the rebuilding of Philippine libraries following liberation after the war. Correspondents include the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Pi, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Pierce & Scopes.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Pl, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Po, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns clipping of a protest by concerned citizens of Pound Ridge, NY to United Nations Headquarters Commission requesting that the United Nations not develop in the town. Correspondents include Dr. Arthur Pound.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Polish Organizations & Individuals, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America and Polish Roman Catholic Union of America.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Pool, Dr. Eugene H., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Pool's gifts to the Society and his loans, including model of "Chesapeake" from the collection of Captain James Lawrence.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Poor, Walter Stone, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Walter S. Pool's donations to the Society.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Pr, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Pray, Josephine D. (Mrs. Frank M. Pray), 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Princeton University, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns purchases made by Princeton (under the pseudonym of "Nassau" at the Brinley sale); Correspondents include Julian P. Boyd (Librarian).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Pu, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Publicity, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of the promotion of N-YHS exhibitions, including paintings by John James Audubon, to various radio stations, publications, and schools.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Q, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Queens Borough Public Library and Queens University (Kingston, Canada).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ra, 1943-1945
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Concerns meeting announcements for the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society and a program bulletin for National Officers, of which Dorothy Barck (Librarian) and David Shelley (Curator) were guests of honor.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Re (2 folders), 1943-1945
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Concerns war demands for Recordak equipment and film orders placed by N-YHS.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Remington Rand Inc., 1943-1945
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Concerns estimates for factory rebuilding of typewriters and supply orders.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Rhode Island-- MISC., 1943-1945
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Concerns the study of the system employed by the N-YHS's Registrar by the Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Rhode Island Historical Society, 1943-1945
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Concerns the raising of money for the purchase of the Ward Family papers by the Rhode Island Historical Society; Correspondents include William G. Roelker (Director).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ri, 1943-1945
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Correspondents include Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Roa-Rog, 1943-1945
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Correspondents include John D. Rockefeller and Ford A. Rockwell, Assistant Librarian (Hartford Public Library).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Robinson, Charles Larned, 1943-1945
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Concerns Charles Larned Robinson's article for The Christian Science Monitor on early American apple parers and his gifts of apple parers to the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Robinson, Rev. Millard L., 1943-1945
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Rev. Millard L. Robinson was a member of the Board of Trustees.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Rochester, City of, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns organizations and offices in Rochester, NY including Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences (Arthur C. Parker) and the University of Rochester (John R. Russell, Librarian).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Roh-Roz, 1943-1945
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Concerns N-YHS's request for a list of portraits of President Roosevelt at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, NY and manuscripts relating to the Great Nine Partners and the presentation by Roosevelt of the Minutes of the Council of Appointments in 1925; Correspondents: Edgar B. Nixon (Acting Director) and Margaret L. Suckley (In Charge of Dutchess County Material).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Rollins College, 1943-1945
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Correspondents include Hamilton Holt (President of Rollins College).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Romaine, Lawrence B., 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Lawrence B. Romaine was a rare book dealer based in Middleboro, Mass.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Rosenbach Company, 1943-1945
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Concerns the request for manuscripts and other material by Sir Shane Leslie (cousin of Winston Churchill) for a memoir of Churchill's Grandfather, Leonard Jerome.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Rn-Ry, 1943-1945
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Concerns Russian War Relief Greater New York Campaign.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Sa (2 folders), 1943-1945
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Consists of Salmagundi Club meeting minutes held on May 7, 1943, which included two resolutions introduced by Judge Donoghue.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Saint, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. St. Louis City Art Museum, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns data collected by the City Art Museum for the N-YHS project, "Dictionary of Artists in America to 1860"; Correspondent: Odille D. Stewart (Librarian).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Sawitzky, William, 1943-1945
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Concerns manuscripts for Sawitzky's book on Ralph Earl, arrangements for typing the material, and other matters.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Sch, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. School Art League, 1943-1945
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Concerns arranging with N-YHS for junior members of Art League to take part in a spring series of talks and tours of the museum's five exhibitions; Correspondent: Dorothy Thornton.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Sc (except Sch), 1943-1945
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Correspondents include Scribner Book store.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Schermerhorn, E. Gilbert, 1943-1945
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Consists of a response to Schermerhorn from Dorothy Barck (Librarian) describing the galleries of the museums and the portraits, maps, silver, furniture, and other materials on exhibit Illustrating the History of New York City from the Dutch Period.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Se, 1943-1945
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Correspondents include Harold Seton and Seaman's Church Institute.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Sh, 1943-1945
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Concerns the Presidential flag designed at request of Roosevelt and the executive order establishing for the first time a legal definition of the President's coat of arms and his seal.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Si, 1943-1945
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Concerns N-YHS's subscription to Fred Singleton's publication, 19th Century Peep Show.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Sk-Sl, 1943-1945
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Correspondents include Mrs. Roswell Skeel, Jr.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Sm, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Sn-So, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Society of Colonial Wars, 1943-1945
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Concerns an exhibition of historic flags at N-YHS with cooperation from the Society of Colonial Wars and the Sons of the Revolution.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Sons of the Revolution, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns announcements on organization letterhead in regard to meetings; annual Flag Day celebration, and R.W. G. Vail (Director, N-YHS) guest speaking about the N-YHS exhibition, "Our G.I.'s in Seven Wars."
Correspondence 1943-1945. Sp-Squ, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Special Libraries Association, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Sta (2 folders), 1943-1945
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Concerns the publication of a book covering the Grider Powder Horn drawings by the Standard Printing & Publishing Co.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ste, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Steamship Historical Society of America, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
The N-YHS was a member of The Steamship Historical Society of America (Salem, MA). Concerns member dues and annual meeting announcements.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Stevens, B.F. & Brown, Ltd., 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Stevens, Henry, Son & Stiles, 1943-1945
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Henry Stevens, Sons & Stiles were booksellers and publishers. Consists of purchase orders made by the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Sti-Sto, 1943-1945
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Concerns memorial service in honor of the late I.N. Phelps Stokes.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Str-Sty, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Streeter, Thomas W., 1943-1945
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Thomas W. Streeter was a rare-book dealer and owner of one of the largest collections of Americana in the country. His collection included early books, pamphlets, and maps, with a concentration on Texas history and Western transportation, 1795-1845. Concerns reference requests and other matters. Correspondent: Oscar Wegelin (Bibliographer).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Su-Sz, 1943-1945
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Concerns Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Lorillard portraits given by Herbert Schuyler Cammann and Lorillard genealogy; "The Mount Family" exhibition at the Suffolk Museum at Stony Brook, Long Island (N-YHS loaned picture, "Bargaining for a Horse").
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ta, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Te, 1943-1945
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Correspondents include Edward H. Terry (Appraiser and book dealer) and The Mirabeau B. Lamar Library (University of Texas at Austin).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Tempest, Ted, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1944. Thor Thors Reception 2/6/44, 1944
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Concerns lecture and reception given on "Iceland, A Small Nation in a Great War," by Thor Thors; consists mainly of responses of attendance to the lecture.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Th, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ti-To, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Tr-Ts, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Tu-Ty, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. U, 1943-1945
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Correspondents include Union League Club (Margaret E. Lippincott, Librarian) and Dixon Ryan Fox (President, Union College).
Correspondence 1943-1945. U.S.A. (2 folders), 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. U.S.A.-- Library of Congress, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Luther H. Evans (Librarian of Congress), St. George L. Sioussat (Chief, Division of Manuscripts), and Alice H. Lerch (Chief Bibliographer).
Correspondence 1944-1945. U.S.A.-- MISC., 1944-1945
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Correspondents include Major General Thomas B. Larkin, Commanding Second Service Command (Headquarter's, Governor's Island), Office of War Information, and United States Military Academy (Lt. Colonel W.J.Morton, F.A., Librarian).
Correspondence 1943-1945. U.S.A.-- National Archives, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns General Horatio Gates materials held at the National Archives.
Correspondence 1943-1945. U.S.A.-- Navy Department/Naval Academy, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the N-YHS reaching out to Naval officers to strengthen its library and museum collections relating to United States Navy history with the addition of WWII materials.
Correspondence 1943-1945. U.S.A.-- Smithsonian Institution, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. U.S.A.--Treasury Department, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the issuing of War Bonds to finance the war effort, in particular the Seventh War Loan and Third War Loan Drives; distribution of materials to employees at N-YHS about the war loans.
Correspondence 1943-1945. U.S.A.-- Victory Tax, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Tax Form 990: Annual Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax for calendar years 1944-1945; includes instructions for Return of Victory Tax Withheld.
Correspondence 1943-1945. U.S.A.-- "Wings over Central Pacific" Exhibition, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns attendance for "Wings over the Central Pacific," an exhibition telling the story of the advance of the 7th Bomber Command across the Pacific that traveled to other parts of the country including Rochester (Museum of Arts and Sciences); loans to N-YHS for the exhibition.
Correspondence 1943-1945. U.S.A.-- War Department, "E" Awards (B.C.Landauer Collection) (2 folders), 1943-1945
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Concerns Bella Landauer's request to the War Department for the Army-Navy "E" production award with the intention to add to the Bella Landauer Business Collection. This award was given to manufacturers of war materials for excellence; includes many press releases announcing names of producers of war materials which received this award, as well as invitations to a special exhibition of these printed programs of the Army-Navy "E" Awards to American Industries.
Correspondence 1943-1945. U.S.A.-- War Production Board, 1943-1945
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Consists of applications from N-YHS for priority assistance for the purchase of emulsion paper, photographic film, and other supplies to complete reproduction orders for the O.W.I. (Office of War Information) and other government departments, institutions, and scholars. Includes instructions on how to fill out the form.
Correspondence 1943-1945. University Microfilms, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns orders for microfilming periodicals in the N-YHS's collections.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Va-Vaz, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Vail, R.W.G., 1943-1945
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Concerns personal correspondence exchanged between R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS) and others, including N-YHS staff members Dorothy Barck (Librarian) and Donald A. Shelley (Curator of Paintings). Includes Vail's Pistol License Application for the protection from theft of the museum's valuable collections, and an article, "The Society Welcomes a New Director," which describes Vail succeeding A.J.Wall as Director of the N-YHS and his biography, written by member LeRoy E. Kimball.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Van Alstyne, William T., 1943-1945
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Concerns Treasurer's Monthly Report listing various income allottment for museum needs and general expenses.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Van Rensselaer, Kiliaen, 1943-1945
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Concerns Van Rensselaer's publication, The Van Rensselaers of Rensselaerwyck.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Ve, 1943-1945
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Correspondents include Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Verplanck.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Vi, 1943-1945
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Concerns N-YHS subscription to The Villager newspaper.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Virginia Historical Society/State Library, 1943-1945
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Correspondent: Alexander W. Weddell (President).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Vo-Vu, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Von Hagen, Victor Wolfgang, 1943-1945
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns explorer and anthropologist von Hagen's research and other matters related to his publications F.Catherwood 1799-1854 - Architect-Explorer of Two Worlds (1946) and John Lloyd Stephens.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Wa-Wal, 1943-1945
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Correspondents include The Walker Engraving Corporation.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Wall, A.J.-- General (2 folders), 1943-1945
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Concerns professional correspondence between A.J.Wall (Director, N-YHS) and outside institutions and clubs he was a member of. Correspondents include the Salmagundi Club, Columbia University, Grand Jury Association of New York County, and the Inn at Buck Hill Falls.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Wall, A.J.-- Personal, 1943-1945
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Concerns A.J.Wall's listing in Who's Who in America and letters of condolences following his death.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Wall, A.J. -- Buck Hill Falls, 1943-1945
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Concerns estimating values of Buck Hills property by C.H. Crowe Insurance Company and other matters in regard to Walls' property.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Wall, A.J. -- Condolence, 1944-1945
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Concerns condolences to the Society on the passing of A.J. Wall from institutions including the Bibliographical Society of America and the American Library Association.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Wall, A.J., Jr., 1944-1945
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Concerns the financial renumeration given to Alexander J. Wall, Jr. from the N-YHS during his service in the army; birth announcements for son A.J.Wall III. Correspondents include Charlotte Rowell.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Wan-Waz, 1943-1945
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Concerns exchanges with Washington Square Neighbors in regard to establishing zonings law to limit height of buildings facing city parks.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Washington Irving Exhibition and Lecture, 1943-1945
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Concerns the first in a series of lectures for the winter of 1944-1945, "The Age of Washington Irving," given by Van Wyck Brooks. Includes remarks and introduction of R. W.G. Vail as the new Director of the Society and address cards.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Wea-Wek, 1943-1945
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Correspondents include Harry B. Weiss (Department of Agriculture, State of New Jersey).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Weekes Brothers/Arthur Sutherland, 1943-1945
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Concerns insurance policies, mortgage certificates and sales, properties owned by the N-YHS, salary increases, and other financial matters.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Wellenkamp, Katherine S., 1943-1945
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Katherine Wellenkamp served as Curator for the Thompson Memorial Homestead in East Hampton, NY. Exchanges concern the receipt of N-YHS publications The Quarterly Bulletin and Annual Reports, Wellenkemp's duties as curator, and other related matters.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Wel-Wez (2 folders)
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Correspondent: Mrs. Jason Rogers Westerfield.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Westervelt, Leonidas, 1943-1945
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Concerns Leonidas Westervelt discussing his Jenny Lind Collection on radio stations WEAF and WABC and the opening of the Jenny Lind exhibition.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Wh, 1943-1945
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Concerns circulars for The White & Wyckoff Art Calendar sent to Donald A. Shelley from White & Wyckoff Manufacturing Company.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Whitney Museum of American Art, 1943-1945
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Concerns an exchange of publications with the Whitney Museum of American Art and William Sawitzky working on the catalogue of Ralph Earl as advisor on selection of material for the show. Correspondent: Juliana Force (Director).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Wia-Wil (2 folders), 1942-1945
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Concerns the N-YHS's subscription to the new series of The William and Mary Quarterly publication into a magazine of early American history, institutions, and culture (includes Volume 1, 1944, No. 1, Third Series)
Correspondence 1943-1945. Willoughbys, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Wills, Louis C., 1943-1945
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Louis C. Wills was involved with several community and social causes including serving as Vice Chairman of the American Red Cross in Brooklyn, and as Chairman of the Board on the Brooklyn Home for Children.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Wim-Wiz, 1943-1945
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Correspondents include Dr. Gilbert H. Doane (Director, General Library, University of Wisconsin) and Dr. Edward P. Alexander (Superintendent, State Historical Society of Wisconsin).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Woa-Woz, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Wr-Wy, 1943-1945
Correspondence 1943-1945. Y, 1943-1945
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Concerns returned check to N-YHS from Yank: The Army Weekly, upon the publication of its final printing.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Yale University, 1943-1945
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Concerns reference requests from several professors including Richard L. Purdy, Adolph B. Benson, and Donald Wing (Head, Accessions Department).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Youtz, Philip N., 1943-1945
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Concerns Philip N. Youtz being commissioned as Architect for the layout plans of the lots acquired by the N-YHS and the expansion of stacks to accommodate the museum's growing collections, as well as plans for the further expansion of the building to encompass an Education Building. Plans were unrealized (see also NYHS-RG 3: Guide to the New-York Historical Society Original Building Planning & Construction Records).
Correspondence 1943-1945. Z, 1943-1945
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Concerns retirement of Edward A. Zabriskie as Principal of the Washington Irving High School and death of William H. Zerbe, staff photographer of New York Herald Tribune.
Correspondence 1943-1945. Zabriskie, George A. (6 folders), 1943-1945
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Correspondence between George A. Zabriskie (President, N-YHS) and N-YHS officers including Directors A.J.Wall and R.W.G. Vail, Publications Editor Charles Baker, and others. Concerns mortgages held by the N-YHS, financial, real estate, museum and exhibition updates, Zabriskie's gifts to the Society, his article in the Bulletin concerning Ponce de Leon, research inquiries from and responses to Zabriskie (including information concerning Alderman Albert George Zabriskie and General Lafayette's visit to New York), and other matters.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Aa-Ak, 1946-1947
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Concerns the funding requests for the restoration of the birthplace of Abigail Adams.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Addressograph, 1946-1947
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Concerns requests for address plates for the Society from Charlotte Rowell (Secretary to Director).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Al, 1946-1947
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Concerns the publishing of monograph on Connecticut painter Reuben Moulthrop, written by Mrs. William Sawitzky from notes left by her late husband. Correspondents include Lyman Allyn Museum and the Fort Palin-Nelliston Historical Society.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Albany Institute of History & Art, 1946-1947
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Concerns permission from J.D. Hatch (Director, Albany Institute of History and Art) to reproduce a portrait of Jeremiah Day attributed to Reuben Moulthrop for publication in Sawitzky's monograph on Reuben Moultrop (1763-1814), prepared by Mrs. William Sawitzky (see also: John Doris Hatch, 1960).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Am, 1946-1947
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Correspondents include Amherst College and Ames & Rollinson (Engrossers).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ar, 1946-1947
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Correspondents include Art in America, Art Digest, and Argosy Book Stores.
Correspondence 1946-1947. American Antiquarian Society, 1946-1947
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Concerns the deposit to N-YHS of Paltsits collection of correspondence and documentary records from the Antiquarian Society as it comprised local New York material; includes key for chest that was deposited along with other materials. Correspondent: Clarence S. Brigham (Director).
Correspondence 1946-1947. American Association for State & Local History, 1946-1947
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Dorothy C. Barck (Librarian, N-YHS) served as President of the American Association for State and Local History. Concerns subscription to American Heritage, and administrative issues including amendments to the Association's constitution.
Correspondence 1946-1947. American A- American B, 1946-1947
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Concerns literature to be displayed at the N-YHS in regard to United Nations week held September 3-9, 1946; list of books and pamphlets for the American Book Auction. Correspondents include American Association of Museums.
Correspondence 1946-1947. American Council of Learned Societies, 1946-1947
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Concerns proposal of new by-laws of the American Council of Learned Societies, approved in 1947; Correspondent: Julian P. Boyd.
Correspondence 1946-1947. American C-American K, 1946-1947
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Correspondents include American Collector: Monthly Magazine of Antiques and the American Iron and Steel Institute.
Correspondence 1946-1947. American L- American Z, 1946-1947
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Concerns efforts to make Sag Harbor a historical development; Correspondents include the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society.
Correspondence 1946-1947. American Library Association, 1946-1947
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Concerns conferences and member dues, and tentative statement of principles of tenure (interpretations for librarians).
Correspondence 1946-1947. American Museum of Natural History, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Museum Council of New York City Inter-Museum Schedule of Exhibits (November 1947-March 1948), including N-YHS's "Frederick Remington, Artist of the Old West"; list of job descriptions and wages compiled for survey of employees of AMNH.
Correspondence 1946-1947. American News Company, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
American News Company sold subscriptions to various publications. Concerns invoices for purchases made by N-YHS.
Correspondence 1946-1947. "American Presentation Silver," A-C, 1946-1947
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Concerns the loaning of materials from various institutions for the N-YHS exhibition, "American Presentation Silver." Correspondents include Addison Gallery of American Art, Museum of the American Indian, and The Baltimore Museum of Art.
Correspondence 1946-1947. "American Presentation Silver," D-N, 1946-1947
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Concerns the loaning of materials from various institutions for the N-YHS exhibition, "American Presentation Silver." Correspondents include Henry F. du Pont, Fogg Museum of Art (Harvard), Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Samuel Kirk & Son.
Correspondence 1946-1947. "American Presentation Silver," P-Z, 1946-1947
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Concerns the loaning of materials from various institutions for the N-YHS exhibition, "American Presentation Silver" from institutions including The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Yale University Art Gallery, and the Wadsworth Atheneum.
Correspondence 1946-1947. An-Aq, 1946-1947
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Concerns the third annual National Antiques Show at Madison Square Garden, March 10-16, 1947 coinciding with "Culture History Week."
Correspondence 1946-1947. As-Az, 1946-1947
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Consists of thank you note from Florence Audubon to George A Zabriskie on paper with embossed silver image of Turkey Cock with motto "America My Country" at upper left; includes "Davis Atomic Defense Lunch" handbill in regard to a gathering at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Associated Hospital Service of New York, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of financial statement brochures of the Associated Hospital Service for years 1945-1947, and related literature for N-YHS employees enrolled in this health plan.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Audubon Exhibition: The Birds of America, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of arrangements for the loan of items from outside institutions and private collectors for the exhibit, "John James Audubon: The Birds of America," in honor of the 95th Anniversary of Audubon's death; includes invitations and thank you notes from Alexander J. Wall, Jr. (In Charge of Public Relations) to journalists at various newspapers for their coverage of the exhibit.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Baa-Ban, 1946-1947
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Concerns invoices from heating and air conditioning supplier Baker, Smith, & Co. for the installation of heating coils and orders for paper from Baldwin Paper Company.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Bailey, Whitman, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns items that Whitman Bailey presented to the N-YHS for purchase (most were declined by museum).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ban-Baz (2 folders), 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the publication of "History of the Ancient Town of Pelham, New York" by Lockwood Barr, as well as exchanges in regard to his research on the Bartow family and the theft of John Pell's silver.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Bank of New York (2 folders), 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of contracts signed by R.W.G. Vail (Director) authorizing the Bank of New York as custodian depository for the N-YHS; reports for properties owned by museum located at 100th and 101st streets and mortgages for these and other properties. Folder 2 includes the report, "Review of Mortgages and Real Estate held for Custodian A/C - The New York Historical Society."
Correspondence 1946-1947. Banks, James Lenox, 1946-1947
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Concerns the resignation of member James Lenox Banks from the N-YHS and his roles as Vice President and Art Committee Chairman and clippings in regard to Banks' death.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Bea-Bem, 1946-1947
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Correspondent: Beekman Paper & Card Company.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Beekman, Fenwick/Beekman Family Association, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Dr. Fenwick Beekman's gifts to the Society through the Beekman Family Association and exchanges with employees in his role as President of the Society.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ben-Bez, 1946-1947
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Correspondent: Mary A. Benjamin (Walter R. Benjamin Autographs).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Bi, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Bibliographical Society of America, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns ratification of the proposed by-laws of American Council of Learned Societies by the Bibliographic Society of America; Correspondents include Thomas Streeter, William Jackson (President).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Bl, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Blizzard of 1888 and the reinstallation of the Beekman period room at the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Bloom, Edwin D., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Edwin D. Bloom was a resident of Rochester, NY. Concerns his many gifts to the N-YHS and his sending articles written by Arch Merrill to R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Bo (2 folders), 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Book orders, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns orders for pamphlets on the "Museums of New York," Quarterly Bulletin, and other N-YHS publications. Correspondents include Goodspeed's Book Shop and Dawson's Book Shop.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Boston, 1946-1947
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Correspondent: Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) and Boston Public Library.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Boyce, Hughes, & Farrell, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Bra-Bri, 1946-1947
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Concerns the purchase of a map of Staten Island and vicinity and Queen Anne patent from The Brick Row Book Shop.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Bro, 1946-1947
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Concerns letter to President Truman from the Bronx Chamber of Commerce urging that St. Ann's Churchyard (Bronx) be made a National Shrine; exhibition on early motion picture apparatus. Correspondents include George Richard Brown (lecturer) and Broadway Association.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Brooklyn Museum, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the appraisal and sale of the Egyptian collection by the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1946-1947. John Carter Brown Library, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent Lawrence C. Wroth.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Bru-Bry, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Bu-Bup, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Bur-Buz, 1946-1947
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Correspondents include Burroughs Adding Machine Company.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Caa-Cap, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. California, University of, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Car, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the estate of Dr. Sydney H. Carney, Jr. Correspondent: Captain Dudley M. Carpenter.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Cas-Ce, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Cha-Chi, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents: The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company (Robert R. Young).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Chicago, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Chicago Historical Society (Alfred F. Hopkins, Curator).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Cho-Cl, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Cla-Cly, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Clements Library (University of Michigan), 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Dr. Randolph G. Adams (Director).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Coa-Cok, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Col (2 folders), 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Colonial Williamsburg (Edward P. Alexander, Lester J. Cappon) and Samuel Colgate Baptist Historical Collection (Edward C. Starr, Curator).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Columbia University, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns survey of New York Museums undertaken by committee which was sponsored by Columbia University, and R.W.G. Vail being selected as an Associate in History in the Department of History. Correspondent: John A. Krout.; estate of Frederick Bancroft.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Com-Con, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the first cataloguing of the collections of the Connecticut Historical Society since its founding in 1825.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Coo-Coz (2 folders), 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the presentation of Daniel Huntington's portrait of Henry Woodward Cooper and his brother by John Irving Cooper.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Copper Plates of Revolutionary Naval Charts, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns four copper plates from which naval charts of the American coast were printed for the British navy during the Revolutionary War were presented to the Society by Sir Francis Evans, British Consul General.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Cr, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Cu-Cz, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Cuyler, T. Cruger, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Telamon Cruger Cuyler (1873-1951) was a member of the N-YHS. Upon his death in 1951, his large collection of historical documents and photographs were willed to the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Concerns his genealogical reference requests and research.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Da-Dav, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Dav-Day, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the gift to the N-YHS of the portrait of the Honorable Caleb Smith Woodhull, Mayor of New York (1849-1850) from Leslie A. Davis.
Correspondence 1946-1947. De, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Delafield, John Ross, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Brigadier General John Ross Delafield was counselor in the law firm, Delafield, Marsh, Porter, & Hope. Concerns many of Delafield's gifts to the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Delaware, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Historical Society of Delaware (Gertrude Brinckle, Librarian).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Detroit, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns announcement for the Civil Service Exam for the position of Assistant Director with the Detroit Historical Commission.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Di, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Do, 1946-1947
Separated Materials Note
Includes typescript of letter to Paul Downing from Jacques Robiquet regarding, in part, the Beekman carriage.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Dr, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Du-Dy, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Dunlap, Charles E., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the gifts of watercolors and oil paintings by G. Harvey and Francis W. Edmonds to N-YHS by Charles E. Dunlap.
Correspondence 1946-1947. DuPont, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ea, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the film, "Eighteenth Century Life in Williamsburg, VA," lent to various institutions by the Eastman Kodak Company. Correspondent: Early American Industries Association, Inc.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Eb-Eh, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Editorial Revisions, Inc.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ei-Em, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. En-Ez, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the dissertation, Immigrant Life in New York City, by Robert Ernst (Adelphi College).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Fa-Fe, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Fish, Stuyvesant, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Peter Stuyvesant descendants and exhibition commemorating the Tercentenary of Peter Stuyvesant's arrival at New Amsterdam.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Fi, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Five Borough Exhibition, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of invitations to distinuished city officials, including the Mayor of New York (William O'Dwyer) to the program marking the 50th year of the consolidation of greater New York.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Fl, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Fo, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the offer from The Fossils to the N-YHS of several thousand duplicate amateur journals from Spencer and Grant collections which came to the Fossils from the Antiquarian Society.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Foreign (2 folders), 1946-1948
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns request by Americans in military government in Berlin to establish contacts with institutions such as the N-YHS to exchange information and professional literature to increase understanding between Germans and Americans following the end of WWII. Requests from Hungary to exchange any printed matter concerning libraries printed since 1938 and to renew international cultural relations between nations.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Fr, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Frick Art Reference Library, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Fu, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ga, 1946-1948
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Joseph Gavit.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Gallatin, A., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the restoration and preservation of the Gallatin family papers and the addition of recent Gallatin family papers by Albert Gallatin.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ge, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Gh-Gn, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Goodspeed's Book Shop, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Go, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns three original letters dated July, August, and September 1863 by Walt Whitman published in "With Walt Whitman in Camden," by House Traubel, vol. 1 offered to N-YHS for preservation from owner Luella Goodridge.
Correspondence 1946-1947. George Grady Press, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns orders and revisions for N-YHS publications given to George Grady Press.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Gr (2 folders), 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the unveiling of a bronze tablet at One and Two Sheridan Square, the building where the Greenwich Village Historical Society was founded in 1922 (A.J.Wall Jr. invited as guest); Correspondent: Bruce Grant.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Groce, George C., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
See more Groce correspondence in New-York Historical Society publication editorial records (NYHS-RG 17).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Grolier Club, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns nominations for membership in the Grolier Club. Correspondent: Imrie de Vegh (Chairman, Committee on Special Functions).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Gu-Gy, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the disposition of the portrait of Colonel John Christie from the estate of Dorothea B. Chrystie (through Guarantee Trust Company of New York).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Haa-Hal, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ham-Hap, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Hamlin, Paul M., 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Har, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Harvard University, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the loan of materials to the N-YHS for the exhibition, "American Presentation Silver"; Correspondents include Fogg Museum of Art and Harvard College Library.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Has-Haz, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Hasting House Publishers, Inc.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Havemeyer, Henry O., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Henry O. Havemeyer was a member of the Board of Trustees, and Chairman of the Building Committee and member of the Fine Arts and Nominations Committees. Concerns several gifts Havemeyer presented to the Society.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Havell, Harry P., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Harry P. Havell's article on Robert Havill's "View of the Hudson from Tarrytown Heights" for the Quarterly Bulletin.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Haverhill Public Library, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the publication of the volume, "Haverhill in World War II," and includes a clipping from the Haverhill (Mass) Gazette of R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS) praising the book.
Correspondence 1946-1947. He (2 folders), 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Held, Ingrid M., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Ingrid Maerta Held was an art restorer employed by the N-YHS. She was affiliated with the Dudley Peter Allen Memorial Art Museum, and was the wife of Art Historian Julius Held.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Hi, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Hitchcock, Ripley (Mrs.), 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Holloway, H. Maxson, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Holloway's position as Curator of the Saginaw Museum (Michigan), and his work on converting the former Ring mansion into a museum; Holloway's former role as Curator of Decorative Arts at N-YHS.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Hoa-Hom, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Hon-Hou, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. How-Hoz, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Howard University, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns purchase orders for Howard University Library. Correspondent: Dorothy B. Porter.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Howgate, James C., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns items sold to N-YHS by bookseller James C. Howgate.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Hu, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Hudson Valley Art Association's 14th Annual Exhibition.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Huntington Library, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Lyle H. Wright.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Huntington, Archer M., 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Hy, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Hyde, James Hazen, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the many gifts presented to N-YHS by James H. Hyde, including the bronze copy of the Puritan by Saint-Gaudens.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ib-In, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Indian Defense League of America's 20th Annual Border Crossing Celebration; Correspondent: International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Io-Iz, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Irwin, John V., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
John V. Irwin served as Chairman of the Committee on Membership. Concerns various gifts he presented to the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ja, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Jackson, Frank L., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns cipher messages exchanged during the 1876 presidential campaign to carry the election for Samuel Tilden and exposed by the New York Tribune.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Je-Jon, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Donald A. Shelly (Curator, N-YHS).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Johnson, C.K., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
C.K. Johnson was a dealer of early American portraits, antiques, and prints.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Joi-Ju, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Jones, Arthur A., 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ka, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ke, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include William F. Kelleher.
Correspondence 1946-1947. KI, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Kimball, Leroy E., 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Kl-Kn, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ko-Ky, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. La-Lh, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the sale of mortgage for property located at 241-251 Sherman Avenue, New York, NY; several gifts presented to N-YHS by Carl M. Loeb, including cutlery used at Berchtesgaden by Hitler. Correspondent: Lawyers Mortgage Corporation.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Landauer, Bella C., 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Le, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Lectures, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include League of Women Voters, J.B. Lippincott Company, and Danskin Programs.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Lia-Lil, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns invitation to preview showing of a new LIFE magazine production, "The New America."
Correspondence 1946-1947. Lin-Liz, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include J.B. Lippincott Company, Lindmark's (bookseller), and Henry Lindenmeyr & Sons.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ll-Lo, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Lockman, DeWitt M., 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Lu-Ly, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Maa-Man, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Map-Mar, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Maryland Historical Society, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns objects loaned to the N-YHS for the American Presentation Silver exhibition; resolution passed by the N-YHS disapproving the acquisition of Saint John's College by the Navy for the proposed expansion of the Naval Academy, and exchanges between the Navy Department, the White House, and United States Senate in regard to this matter.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Mas-Maz, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Massachusetts Historical Society, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the untimely death of Allyn Forbes, Director of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Correspondent: Stewart Mitchell (Director).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Dard Hunter (The Mountain House Press).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Mc/Mac A.--Mc/Mac F., 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Mc/Mac G.--Mc/Mac W., 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Me, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns request to Medallic Art Company for 18k gold N-YHS medal, 'For Achievement in History" given to Harry Twyford Peters; Correspondent: Isaac Mendoza Book Company.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Merritt, Dr. Arthur A., 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Merritt, Jesse, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the cooperation between the Metropolitan Museum and the N-YHS for the loan of N-YHS objects to the Minneapolis Art Institute for the Metropolitan Museum's exhibition, "Paul Revere"; Diamond Jubilee (75th Anniversary Campaign) to modernize and simplify the Metropolitan for the public.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Mia-Mik, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns tribute to archeaologist John Lloyd Stephens by the Middle America Information Bureau.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Michigan, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents: University of Michigan William Clements Library.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Mil-Mit, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: University of Missouri.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Minnesota, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the gift policy of N-YHS; Correspondent: Minnesota Historical Scociety.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Mo (2 folders), 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Mr-Mu, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Municipal Reference Library, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Museum of the City of New York, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns loan of negatives of dioramas depicting Indian, Dutch, English, and early American life on Manhattan island for N-YHS for possible exhibition. Correspondent: Hardings Scholle.
Correspondence 1946-1947. My, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Na, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include National Geographic Society and the National Audubon Society.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ne, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns presentation of gifts to N-YHS from F. Maurice Newton.
Correspondence 1946-1947. National City Bank, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Newark Museum, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns loans of N-YHS items to Newark Museum for various exhibitions, including "Early American Portraiture."
Correspondence 1946-1947. Newman, Harry Shaw, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Newton, Roger Hale, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Roger Hale Newton's publication, Dictionary of American Builders and Architects.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Compound Names Beginning with "New", 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Includes monthly newsletter for The New York Enthusiasts from October 1947 (Vol. 2 No. 4).
Correspondence 1946-1947. New Jersey (MISC.), 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York City- Colleges and Universities, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns courses held at the N-YHS by The City College of New York and other matters.
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York City--MISC. (2 folders), 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns exchanges with various New York churches; Mayor's Committee for the Golden Jubilee of the City of New York marking the 50th year of the consolidation of Greater New York (meeting held at N-YHS). Correspondents: New York Steam Corporation and Robert Moses (Commissioner, Department of Parks).
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York City--Museums, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include American Numismatic Society and Museum of Modern Art.
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York City--Museums Council, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Museums Council of New York City's financial statement (1946-1947) and schedule of exhibits at New York City museums.
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York City--Newspapers, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Exchanges with newspapers including the New York Times, New York Herald-Tribune, New York World-Telegram.
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York City--Public Library, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the possible removal of the I.N. Phelps Stokes Collection of American Historical Prints held at the New York Public Library from corridors to prevent deterioration and request for R.W.G. Vail's opinion. Correspondent: Paul North Rice (Chief of Reference).
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York City-- Schools (2 folders), 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns student visits to N-YHS for Saturday morning educational programs of American history and student visits to museum exhibitions.
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York City-- Schools [Visits of Classes], 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York City--Trinity Church, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns N-YHS exhibition on Trinity Church (includes planning meeting minutes and preliminary inventory for display), and exchanges between Charles E. Baker (Curator) and Rev. Charles W. Newman in regard to the printing of the exhibition catalogue.
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York Academy of Medicine, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York Folklore Society, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the holding of meetings of the New York Folklore Society at the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Arthur S. Maynard.
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York Library Association, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York Library Club, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the annual report for scholarships and awards (1947); R.W.G. Vail (Director) served as Chairman of the Scholarship Committee of the New York Library Club.
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York Society Library, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York State- Historian, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns recommendations for the building of a vault for the preservation of historical manuscripts; proposals for by-laws for the Council of Historic Societies. Correspondents: Albert B. Corey (State Historian) and John J. Vrooman (Supervisor of Historic Sites).
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York State Historical Association, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
New York State Historical Association published The Yorker and New York History. Concerns exchanges for these publications and other matters.
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York State Library, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Edna L. Jacobsen (Head, Manuscripts and History Section).
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York State Library [Joseph Gavit], 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York State Library, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York State-- MISC., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of responses from NY Governor Thomas Dewey's office for N-YHS events and exchanges with other state government offices.
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York State Museum, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Exchanges with Dr. Carl E. Guthe (Director) concern the New York State Musuem Advisory Council (meeting minutes).
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York Telephone, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. New York University, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns items gifted to N-YHS from Ane M. Boyd, sister of James Boyd. Correspondent: Thomas C. Cochran (Executive Secretary, The New York Committee on Business Records).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ni, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. No-Nu, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: State of North Carolina Department of Archives and History.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Oa-Og, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: The Dudley Peter Allen Memorial Art Museum (Hazel B. King, Curator).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Oh-Ol, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Olds, Irving S., 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Om-Ox, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Pa, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns list of Native Americans who sat for E.A.Burbank (Indian portrait painter). Correspondent: Victor H. Paltsits.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns bids and sales made by N-YHS with Parke-Bernet Galleries.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Pe, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: The Pewter Collector's Club of America.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Pell, Stephen H.P., 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Pennsylvania-- MISC., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Dr. Donald H. Kent (Associate State Historian) and S.K.Stevens (State Historian).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Pennsylvania (Historical Society of), 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Nicholas B. Wainwright (Assistant Librarian) and R.N.Williams 2nd (Director).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Peters, Harry T., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the presentation of the Gold Medal for Achievement in History to Harry T. Peters.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ph, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the opening of Washington Irving's home Sunnyside following its restoration in exchanges with Alice M. Runyon (Assistant Director, Philipse Castle Restoration).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Philadelphia Free Library, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: John H. Powell (Assistant Librarian).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Pi, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Pipe Lovers Magazine (George W. Cushman, Publisher).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Pl-Po, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Poole, Lynn D., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Lynn D. Poole was Director of Public Relations at The John Hopkins University. Concerns the John W. Garrett Library and other matters.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Pr, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: The Printing House of Leo Hart.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Princeton University, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Ralph Beals dinner. Correspondent: Julian P. Boyd (Librarian).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Pu-Py, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Publicity, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Includes list of exhibitions at N-YHS. Correspondents include Allan B. Chalfant (Promotion Manager, New York Subways Advertising Company).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Q, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ra, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, Inc. (Charles E. Fisher, President).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Re-Rh, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents: Recordak Corporation.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Recent Accessions Exhibition, 1946-1948
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of letters to individuals whose recent donations to the Society were included in the exhibition, "Recent Accessions," held between June and July 1947.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Remington Rand Inc., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns orders placed and receipts for typewriter equipment.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Rhode Island, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns literature for the campaign for an endowment for the American Association for State and Local History. Correspondent: William G. Roelker (Librarian).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ri, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Roa-Rog, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the proposed destruction of the old Bowery Theater. Correspondent: Michael Robach.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Robinson, Charles Larned, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Charles Larned Robinson was a collector of apple parers and the article, "Apple Parers-- An Aid to American Incentive Progress."
Correspondence 1946-1947. Robinson, Millard L., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of Memorial Minutes on the death of Reverend Millard L. Robinson, Second Vice-President of the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Rochester, NY, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Blake McKelvey (Assistant City Historian), Rochester Historical Society, and Rochester Museum of Arts and Science (W. Stephen Thomas, Director).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Roh-Roz, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Roosevelt Memorial Association.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Romaine, Lawrence B., 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Rosenbach Company, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: John Fleming.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ru-Ry, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the estate of George H. Ryder and the disposition of the James Edward Kelly theatrical drawings.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Sa, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the proposed demolition of the Old Customs House and Post Office at Sag Harbor, Long Island. Correspondent: Nancy Boyd Willey.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Saginaw Museum, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
H. Maxson Holloway served as Director of The Saginaw Musuem (Michigan) following his time at N-YHS as Curator. Exchanges concern the loan of paintings from the N-YHS for the Saginaw Museum's opening exhibition on American painting.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Saint, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Sawitzky, William (Mr. and Mrs.), 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the research, financial, and other matters in regard to the publishing of the monograph on painters Reuben Moulthrop and Ralph Earl began by William Sawitzky and completed by his wife after his death. Includes exchanges concerning Mr. Sawitzky's death (obituary clippings). See also: New-York Historical Society publication editorial records (NYHS-RG 17).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Sc, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Sch, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: William B. Efner (City of Schenectady Historian).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Schermerhorn, E. Gilbert, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. School Art League, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns programs put together by the Art League held in various NYC cultural institutions and schools, including N-YHS, which presented art appreciation programs to students.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Se, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the Office of Selective Service Records (Candler Cobb), Harold Seton, and Seamen's Church Institute.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Sh, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Si, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Sk-Sl, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Mrs. Roswell Skeel, Jr.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Sm, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Sn-So, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Sons of the Revolution, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Sp-Sq, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Special Libraries Association.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Sta-Ste (2 folders), 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns telegram inviting N-YHS staff to Marble Cemetery for memorial plaque in honor of John Lloyd Stephens for his contribution to Western society's knowledge of ancient Mayan culture.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Stevens, B.F. & Brown, Ltd., 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Sti-Sto, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Str-Sty, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Streeter, Thomas W., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the resolution passed by the Board of Trustees of the N-YHS creating the office of Treasurer Pro Tem and the appointment of Streeter to that office following Treasurer Lucius Wilmerding; includes discussion of museum investments and sales of securities.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Stuyvesant Tercentenary, 1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the exhibition commemorating the Tercenary of Stuyvesant's arrival at New Amsterdam and includes responses to invitations to a private viewing.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Su-Sz, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the N-YHS loan of two paintings to the Suffolk Museum at Stony Brook, Long Island for the The Mount Family exhibition. Correspondent: Margaret V. Wall (Curator, Suffolk Museum at Stony Brook).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ta, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Te, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns permission for Tennessee Historical Commission to use Durand portrait of Pres. Andrew Jackson in historical book published to commemorate the sesquicentennial of Tennessee.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Tempest, Ted, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the presentation of a gavel of wood from York Guild Hall to the City of New York by Edward Tempest (a Yorkshire policeman) on behalf of the Lord Mayor of York, as well as a film of London's Victory parade. Both items were preserved by the Society.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Th, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ti, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include S.H.P. Pell (Director, Fort Ticonderoga Museum).
Correspondence 1946-1947. To, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include The Toledo Museum of Art (Blake-More Godwin, Director).
Correspondence 1946-1947. True, David O., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
David O. True was interested in the voyages of early explorers such as Giovanni da Verrazano, John and Sebastian Cabot, Pánfilo Narvaez, Ponce de León, and Hernando de Soto. He served as Chairman of the Publications Committee at the Historical Association of Southern Florida. Consists of exchanges with Charles E. Baker (Editor, N-YHS) in regard to True's published works, including Pirates and Treasure Trove of South Florida.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Tr-Ts, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Tu-Ty, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Turtle Bay Bookshop.
Correspondence 1946-1947. U, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns New York USO Campaign soliciting funds to continue the program and provide camp shows and clubs for service men in hospitals, overseas, and in training.
Correspondence 1946-1947. U.S.A.-- MISC., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the West Point Military Academy (Lloyd J. Kirtland, Curator of Museum), National Park Service, United States Senate, and the Department of the Interior (Carl P. Russell, Chief Naturalist).
Correspondence 1946-1947. U.S.A. -- U.S. Congress (3 folders), 1946-1947, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes a few documents related directly to a CIO-affiliated union's attempt to organize N-YHS's maintenance staff. The bulk of the documents include correspondence with Federal legislators, and their responses, seeking an amendment from the National Labor Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley) to exempt charitable, educational, and other organizations to conform Federal law with that of New York State. The correspondence also includes some exchanges with representatives of other museums concerning their status with unionization efforts. The file includes some print matter, including the House and Senate bills and conference reports, and a summary of the law authored and distributed by U.S. Senator Joseph H. Ball
Correspondence 1946-1947. U.S.A.-- Library of Congress, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Frederick R. Goff (Chief, Rare Book Division) and Luther H. Evans (Librarian of Congress).
Correspondence 1946-1947. U.S.A.-- National Archives, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. U.S.A.-- Navy Department/Naval Academy, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Captain H.A. Baldridge (Curator, The Museum) and Louis H. Bolander (Librarian, U.S. Naval Academy).
Correspondence 1946-1947. United States Post Office, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns submissions to N-YHS of published Postal Zone guides from post offices around the country and Puerto Rico.
Correspondence 1946-1947. U.S.A.-- Smithsonian Institution, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: National Gallery of Art, National Museum.
Correspondence 1946-1947. U.S.A.-- Treasury Department, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Series G Savings Bonds investment and the efforts by the Treasury Department to increase sales of U.S. Savings Bonds through Payroll Savings.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Va, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Dorothy A. Plum (Bibliographer, Vassar College Library).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Vail, R.W.G. (2 folders), 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns personal notes, invitations to events, and postcards exchanged between R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS) and other individuals and organizations including Pratt Institute, Vassar College, and Garrett H. Winter (Superintendant, N-YHS).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Van Alstyne, William T., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Van Alstyne's role as Treasurer for the Society and his exchanges with R.W.G. Vail (Director) on financial matters including securities, checks, and annual reports.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Van Rensselaer, Kiliaen, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer was a Board member and donor to the museum. Concerns a series of autograph letters of Kiliaen Van Rensselear dating before 1616 owned by a last descendant living in Holland.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Ve, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Bayard Verplanck.
Correspondence 1946-1947. VI, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents: University of Virginia and The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Virginia--MISC., 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Vo-Vu, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Von Hagen, Victor W., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns publication of two of his works, Maya Explorer, The Life & Achievements of John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood; John L. Stephens Memorial Tablet Fund.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Wa-Wak, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Wadsworth Atheneum (C.C.Cunningham, Director).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Wal, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns data for biography on A.J.Wall by his widow; includes etched miniature Dog Literature, copy No. 16 by Bernhardt Wall.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Wan-Waz, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns efforts to save Washington Square, particularly historic buildings between Sullivan and MacDougal streets, from the development of New York University's Law Center. Correspondents: Washington Square Committee (Harold M. Fleming, Chairman); Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Wea-Wek (2 folders), 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Weekes Brothers [Arthur Sutherland], 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns insurance policies, mortgage certificates and sales, properties owned by the N-YHS, and other financial matters.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Weekes Brothers [Mortgage Certificates], 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Wel-Wez, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Western Research Historical Society (Russell H. Anderson, Director).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Westervelt, Leonidas, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Wh, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Whitlock's, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Whitney Museum of American Art, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the resolution protesting the removal of works of art from German museums to the United States following World War II addressed to President Truman signed by R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS) and other individuals associated with the arts and preservation.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Wia-Wik, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Wickes, Forsyth, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the loan of four William S. Mount paintings to the Suffolk Museum at Stony Brook, Long Island; proposal of French fashion show by the Musee Carnavalet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (ultimately not produced).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Wil (2 folders), 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Wills, Louis C., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Louis Charles Wills served as Second Vice President of the Society.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Wilmerding, Lucius, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Wilmerding's role on the N-YHS Finance Committee including investment reports and requests for his signature.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Wim-Wiz, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Winship, George Parker, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Winship's research on Governor Richard Nicholls' Conditions for New Planters for the publication, The Colophon.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Woa-Woz, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns survey on packing, handling, and shipping of museum objects undertaken by the committee appointed by the American Association of Museums. Correspondent: Worchester Art Museum.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Wr-Wy, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. X-Y, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Yale University, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns permission requested from Yale University Art Gallery for N-YHS to reproduce the Rueben Moulthrop portraits in possession of the Gallery for publication of Moulthrop monograph. Correspondent: Theodore Sizer (Director, Art Gallery).
Correspondence 1946-1947. Youtz, Philip N., 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns a three month study undertaken by Youtz of the building and layout plans for alterations to eliminate overcrowding of space, ultimately not approved by the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1946-1947. Z, 1946-1947
Correspondence 1946-1947. Zabriskie, George A. (4 folders), 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns reports of Board meetings sent by R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS) informing Zabriskie of museum and library updates including gifts received and exhibitions planned; installation of Jenny Lind cases funded by Zabriskie; financial matters.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Aa-Ad, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns acknowledgement of the completion of N-YHS's series of known published John Rogers Groups with the acquisition of "The Bushwhacker" from Frank L. Adams.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ae-Al, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents: The Albertype Company (Photographic Reproduction) and Albany Institute of History and Art.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Am-Aq, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Antiques Magazine.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ar-Az (2 folders), 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Argosy Book Stores.
Correspondence 1948-1949. American A, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include The American Association of Museums and Society of American Archivists.
Correspondence 1948-1949. American Antiquarian Society, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Clifford K. Shipton (Librarian) and Clarence S. Brigham (Director).
Correspondence 1948-1949. American B- American K, 1948-1950
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include American Institute of Accountants and American Jewish Archives.
Correspondence 1948-1949. American Association for State and Local History, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the publications by the American Association, Milestones and American Heritage.
Correspondence 1948-1949. American L- American M, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include American Library Association and the American Museum of Natural History.
Correspondence 1948-1949. American Museum of Natural History, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Includes press release from the Natural History Museum in regard to a plea for removal of federal tax on admissions to museums, historic houses, and other non-profit cultural institutions submitted by the Museums Council of New York City.
Correspondence 1948-1949. American N-American Z, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the American Indian linguistic material in the N-YHS's Gallatin collection. Correspondents include American Philosophical Society (William E. Lingelbach, Librarian), American Numismatic Association, and American News Company.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Associated Hospital Service of New York, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns record of payroll deductions for employees for Hospital Service Plan, applications approvals, and hospitalization dues for employees and their dependents.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Baa-Bam, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Bailey, Whitman, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ban-Baz (2 folders), 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns ads for Dupont Cavalcade of America, the historical radio program, which aired half hour programs over the National Broadcasting Company. Correspondent: Baten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, Inc. (advertisers).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Bank of New York (2 folders), 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns mortgages and investments associated with the Custodian Account.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ben-Bez (2 folders), 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the purchase of projector equipment from the Charles Beseler Company. Correspondents include Historical Society of Berks County.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Barr, Lockwood, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Bea-Bem, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns brochure from Hotel Belmont Plaza for banquet facilities.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Beekman, Fenwick, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the report to the Beekman Family Association of the editing of the family manuscripts deposited at the N-YHS by Philip L. White.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Beekman Portrait Reception, 1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the reception of preliminary showing of the portrait of Fenwick Beekman, MD, and includes invitations and responses.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Bi-Bl, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Bibliographical Society of America, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns meetings held by the Bibliographical Society at the N-YHS. Correspondents include Leroy E. Kimball (President) and Jean Weston (Secretary).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Bo, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include R.R.Bowker Company (rare book sellers).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Boston, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the Public Library of the City of Boston, Library of the Boston Athenaeum, and the Museum of Fine Arts.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Bra-Bri, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the request for financial support for the Records' Preservation Section of the British Records Association for the protection of materials from destruction. Correspondent: British Museum.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Brooklyn, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns State Freedom Train exhibition at the Brooklyn Public Library. Correspondents include Brooklyn College (Irving Mark), and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Brooklyn Museum, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Exchanges between Richard J. Koke (Curator) and R.W.G. Vail (Director) discuss the American Folk Sculpture exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum and the loaning of materials from the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Bro, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. John Carter Brown Library, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Lawrence C. Wroth.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Bru-Bup, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Bur-Buz, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Burrelle's Clipping Bureau.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Caa-Cal, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the California Gold Rush Centennial Exhibition at N-YHS and the various California institutions that the N-YHS corresponded with in regard to this exhibition, including the University of California and The Book Club of California. Correspondent: Cadmus Book Shop.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Cam-Car, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns requests by N-YHS to various political organizations for any American Labor Party Campaign material. Correspondent: Canadian Library Association.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Cas-Caz, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Edward C. Caswell.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ce-Chi, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Chicago, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Colony to Nation exhibition at The Art Institute of Chicago. Correspondent: Chicago Historical Society.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Cho-Ci, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Citizens Committee for the Hoover Report's educational program on the Hoover Commission Report.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Cla-Cly, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the Arthur H. Clark Company and William Bell Clark.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Clements Library (University of Michigan), 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns prospectus of The Life of Sile Doty (1800-1876) with a foreword by Randolph G. Adams (Rector, William Clements Library). Correspondents include Colton Storm (Assistant Director).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Coa-Col, 1948-1950
Correspondence 1948-1949. Colonial Williamsburg, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Paul H. Downing and Edward P. Alexander (Director of Interpretation).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Columbia University, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns attendance records and other matters for course History 267-Resources and Methods of the American Historical Society Libraries, taught by R.W.G. Vail.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Com-Con, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Confederate States of America Exhibition, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns materials collected for the exhibition on the Confederate States of America.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Connecticut, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include The Connecticut Historical Society and the Connecticut State Library.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Coo-Coz, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Cooper Union, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the growth of Cooper Union and the arrangement of more exhibitions. Correspondents include D.K. Berninghausen (Librarian) and Calvin S. Hathaway (Curator).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns exhibition "Wollaston and His Circle" (N-YHS declined to lend materials).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Cornell University, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Cr, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Samuel Colgate Baptist Historical Collection (Edward C. Starr).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Cu-Cz, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Cuyler, T. Cruger, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Cuyler's articles and genealogical requests. Includes mention of author Margaret Mitchell (a friend of Cuyler). According to Cuyler, Mitchell referred to the Cuyler Collection for research for her book.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Da-Dav, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Daughters of the American Revolution.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Dav-Day, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Dawson's Book Shop and the Dayton Historical Association.
Correspondence 1948-1949. De, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns book, The Talking Tree, written by Alice Desmond.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Delafield, John Ross, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Detroit, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the Detroit Public Library, Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Detroit Historical Commission.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Di-Do, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Walt Disney Productions.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Dr-Dy, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Dun's Review.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Dunlap, Charles E., 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns gifts made to N-YHS by Charles Dunlap, including the Harvey collection.
Correspondence 1948-1949. DuPont, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ea-Ec, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
R.W.G. Vail's paper on Gold Mining Companies. Correspondents include George Eastman House, Edward Eberstadt & Sons (rare book dealer), and The Book Club of California.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Early American Portraits of Children Exhibition, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of thank you letters from the N-YHS to those individuals who loaned paintings for this exhibition.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ed-Ek, 1947-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. El-Em, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Electric Railroaders' Association, Inc.
Correspondence 1948-1949. En-Ez, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Fa-Fe, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Society's cquisition of a one-hundred thousand barrel tanker designed and built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Correspondents include Facts on File (indexed news digest).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Fi-Fl, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Fish, Stuyvesant, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Fo, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Noel Bleecker Fox.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Foreign (2 folders), 1941-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Fr ( 2 folders), 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include The Free Library of Philadelphia, Ira J. Friedman, and The Franklin Society.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Frick Art Reference Library, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Fu, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ga, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the exhibition of Garson Historical Menus at the N-YHS. Correspondent: O. Andreas Garson.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Gallatin, 1947-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Gavit, Joseph, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ge, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Gh-Gn, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Go, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Goodspeed's Book Shop, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Gr, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons and Everett D. Graff.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Gre, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Greater New York Civic Center, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns a series of radio broadcasts dramatizing the history of City Hall, and the campaign to restore the exterior stonework in the City Hall building. Included is a list of the eroded places in the building, as well as a Plan For Action (1948-1949) for The Greater New York Civic Center Association.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Groce, George C., 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns art historian Groce's book on Wollaston.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Gri-Gru, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Grolier Club, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Gu-Gy, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the campaign to preserve the north side of Washington Square Park.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Haa-Hal, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Exploring Expedition for Young Men with the Explorers' Camp.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Har, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Harvard University, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ham-Hap, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Has-Haz, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents: Haverhill Public Library (Donald K. Campbell, Librarian), D.D.Hatfield (photo service).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Havemeyer, Henry O., 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns DeWitt Lockman, who was President of the National Academy, request to hold a retrospective exhibition of the paintings of the founders of the Academy in the N-YHS (opposed by Havemeyer); presentation of Havemeyer biographical and genealogical volume, and other items, to Society.
Correspondence 1948-1949. He, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Held, Ingrid M., 1948-1950
Scope and Contents Note
Consists primarily of receipts for photograph requests from N-YHS collections.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Hi, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include The John Woodman Higgins Armory and The History Book Club, Inc.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Hoa-Hom, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Holloway, H. Maxson, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the opening exhibition, "American Painting from Colonial Times until Today," at the Saginaw Museum (Michigan), for which the N-YHS loaned two paintings by Wollaston; news clipping announcing Holloway leaving The Saginaw for the Chicago Historical Society.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Hon-Hov, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Sarah C.W. Hoppin and Hotel Association of New York City Inc.
Correspondence 1948-1949. How-Hoz, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Herbert Barber Howe
Correspondence 1948-1949. Howgate, James C., 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of receipts for purchases made by N-YHS to book seller James C. Howgate, and other matters.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Hu, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the records of the New York City Patrol Corps, a body of volunteer Military police formed by Mayor LaGuardia durng WWII, formed in 1942 and disbanded in 1945. Correspondents include the Hudson River Museum at Yonkers, Inc. and The American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Huntington Library, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns exhibition of menus of the past one hundred years at Huntington Library coinciding with an exhibition on menus at the N-YHS (Huntington requested a short sketch of the Society's exhibit).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Huntington, Archer M., 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns an anonymous gift given to N-YHS and list of the treasures purchased with this gift; includes 1955 news clipping from the New York Herald Tribune in regard to the death of Archer M. Huntington.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Hy, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Richard Hyer (Genealogist).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Hyde, James Hazen, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents
Includes documentation concerning Hazen Hyde's several gifts to N-YHS including his diaries, correspondence about the Federation of French Alliances in the U.S. and Canada, artworks, and others.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ib-In (2 folders), 1948-1950
Correspondence 1948-1949. Io-Iz, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Italian Historical Society of America.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ja, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Jackson, Frank L., 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns gifts to N-YHS by Jackson, including the commemorative Alexandria, VA bicentennial air mail stamp.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Jaffe, Arthur-- Heliochrome Company, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns orders for post cards and label orders from the Arthur Jaffe Heliochrome Company from the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Je-Joh, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Joi-Ju, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ka, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ke, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Ralph Earle Landscape and article written by Albert Reese. Correspondent: William F. Kelleher.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ki-Kl, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Kimball, Leroy E., 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns articles published in Quarterly Bulletin by Kimball, including "The Old University Building."
Correspondence 1948-1949. Kinkead, Rev. George B., 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns genealogical requests by Kinkead.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Kn-Ko, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Kr-Ky, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. La (2 folders), 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Richard Hoe Lawrence negatives of views of old New York. Lawrence accompanied Jacob Riis on his explorations of the lower East Side. Correspondent: Lawrence Brothers (Dealers in Stamps).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Landauer, Bella C., 1948-1950
Correspondence 1948-1949. Le ( 2 folders), 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Lectures, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns lectures given at N-YHS including "An African Safari" by James Lippitt Clark and powder horns by Stephen V. Grancsay.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ll-Lo, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include DeWitt Lockman and the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Li, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Library Cooperation in Metropolitan New York meeting of which R.W.G.Vail was spokesman at the section: American History, Genealogy, Local History and Rare Books. Correspondents include The Lincoln Library (Shippensburg, PA).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Lu-Ly, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Mc/Mac A. -Mc/Mac F., 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Mc/Mac G. -Mc/Mac W., 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Maa-Man, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Map-Mar, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Maryland Historical Society (James W. Foster, Director).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Mariners' Museum, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Mas-Maz, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents: Master Reporting Company and Massachusetts Historical Society (Stewart Mitchell, Director), Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Mea-Mez, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Merritt, Dr. Arthur A., 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Merritt, Jesse, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Jesse Merritt served as Vice-President of The Benjamin West Society (Pennsylvania).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Mia-Mik, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns exhibit cases from The Michaels Art Bronze Company. Correspondent: Midland Rare Book Company.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Mil, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Mim-Miz, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Minnesota Historical Society.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Mo, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Museum of the City of New York, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns attendance records for 1948 for N-YHS and loans to the Museum of the City of New York from the Society.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Murphy, Katherine Prentis, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns arrangements to photograph Katherine Prentis Murphy's Connecticut house.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Mr-My, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of Museums Council of New York City membership list for 1948.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Na, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Elie Nadelman collection. Correspondents include National Art Gallery and the National Society of Autograph Collectors.
Correspondence 1948-1949. National City Bank of New York, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ne, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Compound Name Beginning with "New", 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Trustee's Bulletin Series N-95 certificates for Trustee David Segal. Correspondents include New Canaan Historical Society, The New York Enthusiasts, and The Newberry Library.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Newman, Harry Shaw, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. New Jersey, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. New York Academy of Medicine, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents: Howard Reid Craig, M.D., Janet Doe (Librarian).
Correspondence 1948-1949. New York City-- Churches, Cemeteries, & Hospitals, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. New York City--Colleges & Universities, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. New York City--MISC. (2 folders), 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns The Greater New York Fund drive of 1949 and the amount donated by N-YHS employees. Includes letter from Robert Moses to the Board of Estimate in regard to the future of Claremont Inn. Moses recommended demolishing the Inn to reconstruct the area as an overlook sitting park associated with Grant's Tomb.
Correspondence 1948-1949. New York City--Newspapers, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Exchanges with newspapers including the New York Times, New York Sun, Herald Tribune, and Daily Mirror , in regard to invitations to exhibitions and subscription to New York Times index placed by the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1948-1949. New York City--Public Library, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns statement by Thomas P. Fleming on Library Cooperation in Metropolitan New York at a meeting of the New York Library Club, and a list of newspapers stolen from the New York Public Library.
Correspondence 1948-1949. New York City-- Schools, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns lectures and history programs, including "History via Movies," presented at the Society for students; exhibitions displayed in public high schools in a cooperative school-museum program arranged by the Board of Education and New York's leading cultural institutions.
Correspondence 1948-1949. New York City-- Schools [Visits of Classes] ( 2 folders), 1948-1950
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns requests to visit the N-YHS from elementary classes throughout New York City to learn more about the city's history and the high school-Museum program held at the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1948-1949. New York Folklore Society, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. New York State- Historian, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: State Historian Albert B. Corey.
Correspondence 1948-1949. New York State Historical Association, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include James Taylor Dunn (Librarian), Luis C. Jones (Director), and Mary E. Cunningham.
Correspondence 1948-1949. New York State Library, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. New York State- MISC., 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns recommendations made to Robert Watson Pomeroy (appointed to a Joint Legislative Committee to study historical sites in New York State) of sites most worthy of study.
Correspondence 1948-1949. New York State Museum, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns reports from State Museum Advisory Council meetings.
Correspondence 1948-1949. New York State-University of, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns library reports submiited by N-YHS to the New York State Library; discussion of N-YHS serving as the depository for American Military Institute records.
Correspondence 1948-1949. New York Telephone Company, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns rental of private phone booth at museum and personal phone calls placed by staff. Includes a Cord Switchboard Service booklet of instructions.
Correspondence 1948-1949. New York University, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the volunteer of elementary education students from NYU's School of Education at the N-YHS; list of publications N-YHS received from Serials Department at NYU in exchange program.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ni, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Robert Livingston Nicholson.
Correspondence 1948-1949. No-Ny, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Oa-Og, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ogden, Beecher, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Beecher Ogden was a member of the Museum Photographers Association. Concerns his proposal for a photographic survey of the Borough of Manhattan.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Oh-Ol, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Alfred Van Santvoord Olcott and the Eliot O'Hara Watercolor School (Washington, D.C.).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Olds, Irving S., 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the estate of Mrs. John Jay Watson; proposed restoration of the first iron works at Saugus, Massachusetts; and plans to catalogue the N-YHS 100 years' backlog of unprocessed material (Olds served on the Plan and Scope Committee).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Om-Oz, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Ossining Historical Society and the Onondaga Historical Association.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Paltsits, Victor Hugo, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns proposal by the American Legion to move the statue of Nathan Hale from City Hall to Halesite, Long Island.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Pa, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: John E. Parsons.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Pe-Pf, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: W.P.Horton (City Historian, Peekskill, NY).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Pell, Stephen H.P., 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Pennsylvania--MISC., 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the University of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania State College.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Pennsylvania Historical Society, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include R.N.Williams (Director) and Frederic R. Kirkland (Treasurer).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Permission Slips, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of slips for permission to various organizations and publications to order photographs of N-YHS items.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Peters, Harry T., 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the disposition of Harry T. Peters lithograph collection. Correspondent: Mrs. Harry T. Peters.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ph-Pl, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the acquisition of papers in connection with the building of the Synogogue on Welfare Island by the City of New York from the estate of Rosalie S. Phillips. Correspondents: The Free Library of Philadelphia, The University of Pittsburgh, and the J.P. Morgan Library.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Po, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns gifts of Mr. Beekman H. Pool to the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Presidential Election of 1948 [Survey] (2 folders), 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns a survey sent out by the N-YHS to approximately one hundred business Chief Executives in the United States asking for the executives to submit a statement of their opinions concerning the dominant issues of the 1948 Presidential campaign for the historical record. Includes list of names sent the survey as well as several responses.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Princeton University, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Papers of Thomas Jefferson collection held at Princeton University Library. Correspondents include Lyman H. Butterfield and Julian P. Boyd.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Pr, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Pu-Py, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Q, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Includes postcard sponsoring the NBC produced program, "Quiz Kids." Correspondent: Queens Borough Public Library.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ra, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Re, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns questionnaire about the N-YHS's history, collections, and building space requested from Ralph R. Reuter. Correspondent: Mrs. Henry S. Redmond.
Correspondence 1948-1949. "Recent Accessions" Exhibition, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns invitations to the exhibition on recent acquisitions during the past year.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Remington Rand Inc., 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns orders for steel filing cabinets and orders to clean, oil, and adjust typewriters from Remington Rand.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Rh-Ri, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Includes advertisement for a book, American Horse-Drawn Vehicles, published by Jack D. Rittenhouse.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Roa-Rog, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Rochester, NY, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the Rochester Historical Society, University of Rochester Library, and Rochester Museum of Arts and Science.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Roh-Roz, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letter to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt informing her of book, Entre Nous: An Intimate Portrait of Alexander J. Wall, by Lillian B. Wall (his widow) would be sent to her. Book contained chapter called, "F.D.R., The Amateur Historian," which contained previously unpublished letters of FDR. Correspondents: The Rosenbach Company and Roosevelt Memorial Association.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Romaine, Lawrence B., 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Shaker collection.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ru-Ry, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the papers of Rev. Philip Milledoeler (1775-1852), first President of Rutgers University, rescued by the N-YHS from an Oyster Bay barn.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Sa, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Saint, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the City Art Museum of St. Louis (Odille D. Stewart, Librarian) and the St. Louis Public Library.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Sawitzky, William (Mrs.), 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns photo requests for the book about Connecticut painter Reuben Moulthrop, written by Mrs. William Sawitzky from notes left by her late husband, as well as the discontinuation of the Advisory curatorship in American Art that eliminated funding to this project.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Sc, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Charles Scribner's Sons.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Sch, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Schermerhorn, E. Gibert, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Se, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Storrs H. Seeley and Harold Seton.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Sha-She, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Donald A. Shelley.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Sheean, Oliver C., 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns exhibition of Oliver Clement Sheean Collection of bookplates.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Shi-Shu, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Si-Sl, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns attendance records for years 1946-1949 for New York City museums and Institutions. Correspondents include Theodore Sizer and Mrs. Roswell Skeel, Jr.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Sm, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the bequest of Mrs. Bessie Clarkson Smedberg; report on the Parish Church of Scrooby, Notts, St. Wilfrids (England).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Sn-So, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Society of Architectural Historians informal report on some of the Society's activities for 1948.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Sons of the Revolution, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Washington's Birthday annual celebration in Carnegie Hall on February 22, 1949.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Sp-Sq, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Springfield Art Museum (Missouri) and the Frank Squier Paper Company.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Sta, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ste, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Stevens, B.F. & Brown, Ltd., 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Sti-Sto-Sty, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Streeter, Thomas W. (2 folders), 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Streeter's role as Treasurer of the N-YHS. Includes requests for signatures for checks, payroll, real estate property, bonds, museum budget reports, and other matters.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Su, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Sunnyside Restoration (Alice M. Runyon).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Sw-Sy, 1947-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ta-Te, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns lecture on the exhibition of photographs by Leonard Dakin, "Social Life in the 1880s," given by Mrs. Arthur I. Taft (daughter of Dakin) at the Albright Art Gallery.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Th, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ti, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Correspondence 1948-1949. To-Tr, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Tu-Ty, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Charles E. Tuttle Company.
Correspondence 1948-1949. U, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Union College.
Correspondence 1948-1949. U.S.A.-- Library of Congress, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include W.S. Jenkins (Director, State Records Microfilm Project), and Frederick R. Goff (Chief, Rare Books Division).
Correspondence 1948-1949. U.S.A.-- MISC., 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include National Park Service, Congress of the United States, and the West Point Military Academy.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Navy Department/Naval Academy, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. United States Post Office, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. U.S.A.-- Smithsonian Institution, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the request by the Bureau of America Society for the N-YHS to microfilm the copy of George S. Conover's "Kanadasaga and Geneva," owned by the Ontario Historical Society.
Correspondence 1948-1949. U.S.A.-- Treasury Department
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns bank policies and savings bonds for employees and the inflation following World War II.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Va-Val, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: The Valentine Museum (Richmond, VA).
Correspondence 1948-1949. Vail, R.W.G., 1948-1950
Correspondence 1948-1949. Van-Vaz, 1948-1951.
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns death of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and list of his gifts to the Society.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Ve, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Vermont Historical Society,
Correspondence 1948-1949. Vi, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Virginia--MISC, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the Virginia Historical Society and University of Virginia.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Vo-Vu, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Robert C. Vose Galleries.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Von Hagan, Victor W., 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns publication of Frederick Catherwood Architect, by Von Hagan, and a series of exhibitions on Catherwood held at Columbia University and other institutions.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Wa-Wak, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Wal, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the piblication of Entre Nous by Mrs. Alexander Wall. Correspondent: Paul Q.W.Wallace.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Wan-Waz, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the permanent placing of John Jay Watson's portrait in the Art Gallery of the Society. Correspondent: Wayne County Historical Society.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Wea-Wek, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Frank Weitenkampf.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Weekes Brothers--Arthur Sutherland, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondence with Joseph J. Smith concerns sales of properties owned by the N-YHS, mortgage certificates, and the passing of Arthur Sutherland.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Wel-Wez, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Katherine Wellenkamp and the Western Range Cattle Industry Study.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Westervelt, Leonidas, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Wh, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Whitlock's, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Wia-Wik, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Wickes, Forsyth, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns a speech given by Forsyth Wickes on Verrazano and his voyage in La Dauphine.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Wil (2 folders), 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Willoughbys, William and Mary Quarterly (Margaret Kinard, Assistant Editor), and the Willman Paper Company.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Wills, Louis C., 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Wilmerding, Lucius, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Lucius Wilmerding's obituary and funeral arrangements.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Wim-Wiz, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Wisconsin [State Historical Society], 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Clifford Lord, Director.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Withey, Fred S., 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Woa-Woz, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Wr-Wy, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns a contest "Pennsylvania Dutch versus Pennsylvania German" held by the Wyomissing Institute of Fine Arts (Reading, PA), to decide the preferred term to be used.
Correspondence 1948-1949. X-Y, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Young Men's Christian Association.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Yale University, 1948-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Theodore Sizer.
Correspondence 1948-1949. Z, 1948-1949
Correspondence 1948-1949. Zabriskie, George A. (2 folders), 1948-1949
Correspondence 1950-1951. Addressograph, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Aa-Ad, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns an estimate for suitable permanent outdoor bronze cases to contain removable signs for advertising purposes (large displays attracted more people into the building).
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ae-Am, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Includes brochure for Air Music, Inc. Planned Music for background music. Correspondents include Albany Institute of History and Art.
Correspondence 1950-1951. American Antiquarian Society (2 folders), 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Clifford K. Shipton (Librarian) and Clarence S. Brigham (Director).
Correspondence 1950-1951. American A- American F, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: American Association for State and Local History.
Correspondence 1950-1951. American G- American K (2 folders), 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents: American Jewish Archives and the America Jewish Historical Society.
Correspondence 1950-1951. American L- American Z (2 folders), 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the American Red Cross, American Library Association, American Museum of Natural History, and the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society.
Correspondence 1950-1951. An-Aq, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ar-Az, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the building of the Margaret Mitchell library in Georgia. Correspondent: Atlanta Historical Society.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Baa-Bai, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Old Museum Village of Smith's Cove (includes schedule of activities).
Correspondence 1950-1951. Bak-Ban, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Bank of New York, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Bar-Baz (2 folders), 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Bea-Bem, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Beekman, Fenwick/Beekman Family Association, 1950-1951
Separated Materials Note
Concerns the Beekman Family Collection portraits, Ancestal Portrait of the Beekman family.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ben-Bez, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Bennett Book Studios.
Correspondence 1950-1951. BI-BL, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Bibliographical Society of America, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Bo (2 folders), 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Bra-Bri, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Otis Treat Bradley and The British Museum.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Bro, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns inscriptions (in Italian and English) on the reconditioned Verrazano monument which sheds lights on France's part in the discovery of the New York harbor; Civil War round table Luncheon (guest list).
Correspondence 1950-1951. Brooklyn Museum, 1950-1951
Separated Materials Note
Correspondent: Charles Nagel (Director).
Correspondence 1950-1951. John Carter Brown Library, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Bru-Bun, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Bur-By, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: John Kenneth Byard (Silvermine antique dealer).
Correspondence 1950-1951. Caa-Cal, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns books sent to the Cadmus Book Shop by the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Cam-Car ( 2 folders), 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns vocational counseling brochure for women published by Careers for Women. Correspondents include National Museum of Canada and the Public Archives of Canada.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Cas-Ce, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Edward C. Caswell.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Chicago, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the beneficiaries (including N-YHS) from the estate of J. Insley Blair. Correspondents include Chicago Historical Society (H. Maxson Holloway).
Correspondence 1950-1951. Cha-Chm, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the acquisition of Greenwich Village photographs from Arthur D. Chapman.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Cho-Ci, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: The Civil War Round Table.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Cla-Clm, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Clements Library (University of Michigan), 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Coa-Col, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of background literature for the Color Slides Cooperative (Princeton, NJ).
Correspondence 1950-1951. Colonial Williamsburg, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Columbia University, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns History course taught by R.W.G. Vail for 1952-1953 school year and the cooperation between Columbia and the N-YHS on an Oral History Project.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Com-Con, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include James Brewster (State Librarian, Connecticut State Library) and the Connecticut Historical Society (Thompson R. Harlow, Director).
Correspondence 1950-1951. Coo-Cor, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Cornell University, Cooper Union Library, and Corning Glass Works.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns loan of materials from N-YHS for the exhibition, American Processional, and the Sesquicentennial Exhibition.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Cos-Coz, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Cr, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Cu-Cz, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Cuyler, T. Cruger, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the death of Colonel T. Cruger Cuyler.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Da-Dav, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Dav-Day, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. De (2 folders), 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: The Denver Art Museum.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Delafield, John Ross, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the items presented to the N-YHS from General John Ross Delafield.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Delaware, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: The Historical Society of Delaware.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Detroit, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Di, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the publication of Jarvis manuscript by Harold E. Dickson.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Do, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Exchanges with Paul H. Dowling discuss the possible establishment of a museum dedicated to horse-drawn transportation.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Dr-Dz, 1949-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the life and work of French engineer Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849).
Correspondence 1950-1951. Dunlap, Charles E., 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the securing of miniatures and other items at the Norvin H. Green sale for the N-YHS collections.
Correspondence 1950-1951. DuPont, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Joseph Downs (Curator, Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum).
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ea-Ec, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns photographer Richard Hoe Lawrence, member of the old New York Camera Club, an organization of amateur photographers in the 1870-1880s. Correspondent: George Eastman House.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ed-Ek, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. El-Em, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. En-Ez, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns exhibition commemorating the 125th anniversary of the completion of the Erie Canal. Correspondent: Erie Railroad Company.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Fa, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Fe, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Fi, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Stuyvesant Fish.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Fl, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Fo, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Foreign ( 2 folders), 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Fr (2 folders), 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: The French Folklore Society.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Frick Art Reference Library, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Fu, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ga, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Gallatin, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Albert Gallatin's appointment as Thomas Jefferson's Secretary of the Treasury.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Gavit, Joseph, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ge, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of literature for the Birthplace of John Howard Payne, "Home Sweet Home" museum in East Hampton, L.I.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Gh-Gn, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Go, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Goodspeed's Book Shop, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Gra, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: George Grady Press.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Gre, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Gri-Gru, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Groce, George C., 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Grolier Club, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Gu-Gy, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns application for Guggenheim Fellowship for Jacques Habert, writer of When New York was Called Angouleme.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Haa-Hal, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Jacques Habert.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ham-Hap, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Har, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Harvard University, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Has-Haz, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Havemeyer, Henry O., 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns nominations for the Board of Trustees and donations made to the N-YHS by Havemeyer.
Correspondence 1950-1951. He, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Heath, D.C. and Company, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Held, Ingrid M. (Mrs.), 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns letter of recommendation from R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS) for Fulbright Scholarship application for Ingrid M. Held to study in Europe.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Hi, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include publication History Today .
Correspondence 1950-1951. Hoa-Hom, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include H. Mason Holloway (Curator, Chicago Historical Society).
Correspondence 1950-1951. Hon-Hou, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Hov-Hoz, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Hu, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Hy, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Richard Hyer.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Hyde, James Hazen, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ia-In, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the United Association for the Advancement of America Indians, Inc.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Io-Iz, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Frances Irvin's Oyster Bay in History sketch. Correspondent: John V. Irwin.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ja, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Jackson, Frank L., 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Je-Ju, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns bequest from Arthur A. Jones, a member of the Board of Trustees.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ka-Ke, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ki, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Kimball, Leroy E., 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of report of Editorial Department and the publication of The Quarterly.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Kl-Kz, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Bernhard Knollenberg.
Correspondence 1950-1951. La-Ll, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Landauer, Bella C., 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Landauer's publication, Striking the Right Note and exchange with Robert Moses in regard to Central Park gates.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Le, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns original architectural drawings of St. Patrick's Cathedral by architect James Renwick, owned by Renwick's grand-niece, Ilka Renwick.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Lectures, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns lectures given at the N-YHS by various individuals including E. Thomas Gilliard (Assistant Curator of Birds, American Museum of Natural History) and Douglas Leechman (Chief Archaeologist, National Museum of Canada).
Correspondence 1950-1951. Lia-Liz, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns funding from the Lucius N. Littauer Foundation which funded the Oral History Project of Columbia University. Correspondents include J.B. Lippincott Company and LIFE magazine.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ll-Lo, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Lu-Ly, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Mc/MAC, A.- Mc/MAC, F., 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Mc/MAC, G.- Mc/MAC, W., 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Maa-Man, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Includes questionnaire by The Manhattan Storage & Warehouse Company in regard to the building of secure, underground storage facilities 100 miles from New York City in the event of a bomb or atomic attack.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Map-Mar, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the acquisition of the oil painting Victoria by James Bard from the Mariners' Museum.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Mr-My, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the nomination of architectural and historical structures of Greater New York for preservation by The Municipal Art Society and N-YHS's cooperation in this endeavor (includes questionnaire sent to various institutions including N-YHS).
Correspondence 1950-1951. Mas-Maz, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York (W.K.Walker, Librarian).
Correspondence 1950-1951. Mason, F. Van Wyck (Address April 17, 1951), 1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns invitations and responses by guests to an address and reception for "The Novelist and Early Confederate Naval History" by F. van Wyck Mason.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Mea-Mel, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the deposit of the archives of McKim, Mead, & White. Correspondent: Medallic Art Company.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Mem-Mez, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Merritt, Jesse, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Henry McNeel powder horn acquired by the N-YHS, as well as a census of engraved powder horns undertaken by Stephen V. Grancsay (Curator, Department of Arms and Armor). Includes list of Board of Trustees for the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Mia-Mik, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include University of Michigan and Michigan State College.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Mil, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Arthur P. Miller and George W. Millar & Company (paper sellers).
Correspondence 1950-1951. Mim-Miz, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Mo (2 folders), 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Museum of the City of New York, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Museum of the City of New York--Proposed Merger with N-YHS, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Na, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. National City Bank of New York, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Compound Names Beginning with "New", 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ne, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Newark Museum, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Newberry Library, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. New Jersey-- MISC., 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. New Jersey Historical Society, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Newman, Harry Shaw, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. New York Academy of Medicine, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. New York City-- Broadcasting, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. New York City-- Churches, Cemeteries, & Hospitals, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. New York City-- Colleges & Universities, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. New York City-- MISC. (2 folders), 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns funds donated by the N-YHS to the 1950 Greater New York Fund.
Correspondence 1950-1951. New York City-- Newspapers, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. New York City-- Public Library, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. New York City-- Schools (MISC.), 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. New York City-- Schools (Visits of Classes), 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. New York Folklore Society, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. New York Library Association, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. New York State- Historian, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. New York State Historical Association, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. New York State Library, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. New York State-- MISC., 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. New York State-- Museum, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. New York State-- Thruway, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the naming of the new Thruway Bridge connecting Nyack and Tarrytown.
Correspondence 1950-1951. New York State-University of, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the allocation of television channels to be used for educational programs.
Correspondence 1950-1951. New York Telephone Company, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. New York University, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Newspapers, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the N-YHS exhibition, Survivors of a Century: New York City Newspapers More Than One Hundred Years Old.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ni, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. No, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Oa-Ok, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ol-Oz, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Olds, Irving S., 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns publication of his works, including Bits and Pieces of American History.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Paltsits, Victor H., 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Pa, 1950-1952
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns gifts from Anne Cuyler Patterson to N-YHS.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Pell, Stephen H.P., 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of Pell's obituary.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Pe-Pf, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Pennsylvania Historical Society, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Pennsylvania-- MISC., 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ph, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Pi, 1950-1952
Correspondence 1950-1951. Pl-Po, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Pr, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Princeton University, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Correspondent: Julian Boyd (Director).
Correspondence 1950-1951. Pu-Py, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Q, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ra, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns court subpoena for case against Dr. Otto Radl (Defendant).
Correspondence 1950-1951. Re, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Recent Accessions Exhibition (2 folders), 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of letters to individuals whose recent donations to the Society were included in the exhibition, "Recent Accessions," held between 1950-1952.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Rhode Island, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Rhode Island Historical Society
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ri, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Roa-Rog, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the Rochester Historical Society and The Rockefeller Foundation.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Roh-Roz, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns gift of the set Bibliographica to Landauer collection from Laurence and Allen Rossbach; installation of medieval iron work door for the Treasury at The Cloisters from N-YHS's Nadelman Collection; potential purchase by N-YHS of the Livingston Redmond Papers placed on temporary deposit at the Roosevelt Library by Mrs. William H. Osborn.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Romaine, Lawrence B., 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ru-Ry, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Sa, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: San Jacinto Museum of History Association (Dorothy Knepper, Director).
Correspondence 1950-1951. Saint, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Sawitzky, William (Mrs.), 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Mrs. Sawitzky's publications on Ralph Earl following her husband's death and other matters.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Sc, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Sch, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Schenectady City Historian (William B. Efner).
Correspondence 1950-1951. Se, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of brochure for Seaboard Studios (sound movie studio in Manhattan).
Correspondence 1950-1951. Sh, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Sheean, Oliver C., 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns additions of bookplates to the Sheean Collection.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Si-Sl, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Sm (2 folders), 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns estate of Abel I. Smith and the Staffordshire Collection.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Sn-So, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Sons of the Revolution, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns announcements on organization letterhead in regard to meetings and celebrations.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Sp-Sq, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Sta, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ste (2 folders), 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: The Steamship Historical Society of America.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Str-Sty, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Streeter, Thomas W. (3 folders), 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns N-YHS budget for 1950-1951, requests to sign checks, and other financial matters.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Streeter, Thomas W.-- N-YHS West 77 Street Real Estate Property, 1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Su-Sz, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents: Sunnyside Restoration, Inc.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ta, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Te, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Th, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ti-To, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Tr-Ty, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Howard-Tilton Memorial Library Tulane University (New Orleans).
Correspondence 1950-1951. U, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns library questionnaire 1951 sent out to N-YHS and other libraries from the United Nations.
Correspondence 1950-1951. U.S.A.-Library of Congress, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. U.S.A-- MISC., 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Third National Conference of the United States National Commission for UNESCO. Correspondents: United States Military Academy Library (Sidney Forman, Archivist) and United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation (J. Edgar Hoover).
Correspondence 1950-1951. U.S.A.- National Archives, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. U.S.A. --Navy Department/Naval Historical Foundation, 1950
Correspondence 1950-1951. U.S.A.-- Smithsonian Institution, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Va, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Vail, R.W.G., 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Garrett H. Winter (Superintendent, N-YHS).
Correspondence 1950-1951. Ve, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Vi, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Vo-Vu, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns gift to N-YHS of model of the U.S. Frigate Congress from Charles H. Voorhees.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Waa-Wal, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Wall, Jr., A.J. ; Mrs. Alexander J. Wall, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns A.J. Wall, Jr.'s acceptance of a position as Director of the New Jersey Historical Society.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Wan-Waz, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns passing of Edna Watkins, head of the Cataloging Department at N-YHS.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Wea-Weh, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Wel-Wez, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Wh, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Includes brochure for The White Turkey Restaurant on Sutton Place.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Whitlock's, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Wia-Wil (2 folders), 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Wills, Louis C., 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Wills' role as counselor in regard to the properties owned by N-YHS and other matters.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Wickes, Forsyth, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Wim-Win, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Wisconsin, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Woa-Woz, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Wr-Wy, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Lawrence Wroth.
Correspondence 1950-1951. X-Y, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the estate of Belle Davenport Palmer.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Yale University, 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Theodore Sizer.
Correspondence 1950-1951. Z, 1950-1951
Correspondence 1950-1951. Zabriskie, George A., 1950-1951
Correspondence 1952-1954. Addressograph, 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. A-Ad, 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. Ae-Al, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the efforts to preserve the old Wyckoff House in Brooklyn, NY by Theodore W. Aliferis.
Correspondence 1952-1954. American Antiquarian Society ( 2 folders), 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. AM-American B, 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. American C-American K (2 folders), 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents: American Heritage (Earle W. Newton, Editor) and American Jewish Archives.
Correspondence 1952-1954. American L- American M, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents: American Museum of Natural History and the American Medical Association Council on Scientific Assembly.
Correspondence 1952-1954. American N- American Z, 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. An-Az, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: National Audubon Society.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Baa-Baz, 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. Beekman, Fenwick/ Beekman Family Association, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Beekman Family Association Editing Fund as of June 1954.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Bea-Bez, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Walter R. Benjamin Autographs.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Belgian Tapestry Presentation (September 22, 1953), 1953
Correspondence 1952-1954. Bi, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the budget cuts to the Library of Congress budget request by Congress. Correspondent: Bibliographical Society of America.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Bl-Bo, 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. Bra-By, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Lawrence C. Wroth.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Brooklyn, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: The Brooklyn Museum.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Caa-Cap, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: California Historical Society.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Car-Caz, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Harold Dean Cater (Minnesota Historical Society).
Correspondence 1952-1954. Cea-Chy, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns additions to Arthur D. Chapman's collection of photographic works of art and a list of the artwork lost at the Chicago Historical Society as a result of a fire.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Ci-Cl, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the acquisition of papers and portraits from the City Club of New York.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Coa-Col, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns an exhibition at the Society honoring the bicentennial of Columbia University (charter granted in 1754); also includes Constitution of the Society for Colonial History amended March 15, 1952.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Com-Coz, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Corning Glass Center.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Concerts, 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. Cr-Cz, 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. Daa-Daz, 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. De, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the family heirlooms given to the N-YHS by M. Gertrude Deavenport.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Delafield, Edward C., 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. Delafield, John Ross, 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. Di-Du, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the restoration of missing textile work on the Beekman Coach; exhibition of drawings and watercolors of early 19th century America by the Baroness Hyde de Neuville. Correspondent: Paul H. Downing and DuPont Wintherthur Museum.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Dunlap, Charles E., 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. Ea-Ez, 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. Fiduciary Trust Co., 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the transfer of securities and investments on behalf of the N-YHS; includes statement of securities authorized for purchase by the Board of Trustees.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Fa-Fo, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the death of Stuyvesant Fish and includes a genealogical tree of Fish's ancestors; 200th anniversary of the building of Fort Ticonderoga.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Fr-Fz, 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. Ga-Gn, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the gift of letters and document relating to the first Albert Gallatin from Gallatin's great-grandson, Albert Gallatin.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Go-Gra, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Graphic History Society of America.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Gre-Gy, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Dictionary of Artists in America. Correspondent George C. Groce.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Ha, 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. "Hats in the Ring" Exhibition, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns exhibition about the hats worn by American Presidents.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Havemeyer, Henry O., 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. He-Hi, 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. Ho, 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. Hu-Hy, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Benjamin Hunningher (Columbia University) and Lucy Embury Hubbell.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Hyde, James Hazen, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns gifts to the Society as well as prints held at the N-YHS belonging to Hyde.
Correspondence 1952-1954. I, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns literature on the Iron Mountain Atomic Storage Corporation; sale of Bedford House (former home of John Jay).
Correspondence 1952-1954. Ja-Jy, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Mrs. Bayard James.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Ka-Ke, 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. Ki-Ky, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent Rufus King.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Kimball, Leroy E., 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
LeRoy Kimball served as Acting President of the Society.
Correspondence 1952-1954. La-Ll, 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. Lo, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: County of Los Angeles Museum (Gregor Norman-Wilcox, Curator).
Correspondence 1952-1954. Lockman, DeWitt M., 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. Lu-Ly, 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. Mc/MAC, 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. Ma-Me, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Medallic Art Company.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Mi-My, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns oil portrait and miniature of "Lucretia Morse" gifted to N-YHS by Edna Morse and acquisition of 310 pieces of American glass from C.G. Michalis.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Morris, Lewis G., 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the appraisal of the Gouverneur Morris Papers handled by the Philip H. & A.S. Rosenbach Foundation.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Murphy, Katherine Prentis, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the valuations of gifts made by Katherine Prentiss Murphy to the N-YHS, including her toy collection.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Na-Ny, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the disposition of Governor Thomas E. Dewey's papers; New York City's 300th Anniversary Celebration and additions to the Gallatin collection from Mrs. W. Floyd Nichols.
Correspondence 1952-1954. O, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the disposition of John J. Corell's typographical material. Correspondent: Beecher Ogden.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Olds, Irving S., 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Irving S. Olds served as chairman of the Board of Directors of the United States Steel Corporation. Concerns Olds's research on the Malbone miniatures of Robert Macomb for an article in Antiques, and his lecture at the N-YHS titled "Bits and Pieces of American Naval History."
Correspondence 1952-1954. P, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns gift of letters to N-YHS from Mrs. J.W. Parrish. Correspondent: Victor H. Paltsits.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Parsons, John E., 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the purchase of a Saint Memin watercolor for the N-YHS. Parsons was a benefactor of the N-YHS, and paid a share of the cost of the Memin painting.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Pe-Pl, 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. Po-Pr, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the discussion of plans to exhibit Charles Johnson Post's collection of Spanish-American War paintings at the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Prentis, Edmund A., 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns exchanges with R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS) of Vail's writing the manuscript of the Society's history, and Prentis's share towards the purchase of the Saint Memin watercolor for the Society.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Ra-Ry, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Includes letter signed by Eleanor Roosevelt accepting an invitation to have dinner at the University Club to discuss the Women's Suffrage Movement in connection with special exhibitions at the Society: "Votes for Women" and "Get Out the Vote;" acquisition of three Walt McDougall drawings from Julia Campbell Reid.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Sawitzky, William (Mrs.), 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. Sa-Sch, 1952-1954
Correspondence 1952-1954. Se-Sm, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Oliver C. Sheean.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Sesquicentennial of N-YHS, 1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the 150th Anniversary celebration of the founding of the N-YHS held on November 20, 1954.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Sn-Sq, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the acquisition of documents signed by various Presidents and Secretaries of State, mostly Zachary Taylor, from Frank Squier.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Sta-Sz, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the acquisition of the Charles Messer Stow Collection by the Society of clippings and photographs relating to art, applied arts, and crafts from Mrs. Charles Messer Stow.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Streeter, Thomas W., 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the removal of firing pins from weapons on exhibition at the museum and the acquisition of political pamphlets from Mrs. Augustus Hand.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Stolen Property, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns letters sent to various museums by the Society in regard to the theft of the painting entitled, "View of a Windmill on a Canal" attributed to Theodore Rombouts (rumored to be a 19th century forgery).
Correspondence 1952-1954. Ta-Tz, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns acquisition of postcard views of New York City and a catalog of the second John Wanamaker Student Art Exhibit from Marie Trommer; additions to the Gallatin Collection from the estate of A.E. Gallatin, presented by his niece, Mrs. Langdon Tyler.
Correspondence 1952-1954. U, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the sponsorship by Representative Thomas E. Martin (Iowa) of the "Alexander Hamilton Bicentennial Commission" (H.J. Res. 472), a bipartisan proposal to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Hamilton. Correspondents: Sidney Foreman (Archivist, United State Military Academy), John Taber (Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives), Hillory A. Tolson (Acting Director, Department of the Interior), and John B. Heffernan (Rear Admiral, USN, Department of the Navy).
Correspondence 1952-1954. V, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the arrival of Mayor Baudrin of Angouleme for the rededication of the Verrazano Monument located in Battery Park. Correspondents include Bayard Verplanck.
Correspondence 1952-1954. W-We, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the acquisition of the portraits of Bishop Onderdonk and his wife to the Society by Mrs. Selden Weller, and the announcement of the death of N-YHS Board member Leonidas Westervelt. Correspondent: The Westchester County Historical Society (Elliot B. Hunt, President).
Correspondence 1952-1954. Wickes, Forsyth, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns gifts, including the portrait of Henry Clay, presented to the N-YHS by Wickes.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Wh-Z, 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the acquisition of materials relating to the painter A. Wordsworth Thompson (1840-1996) including his sketchbooks and diaries, from Mrs. Rosalind Irvine. Correspondent: Edward C. Zabriskie.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Wills, Louis C., 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns financial and other matters, including the possession of firearms by the N-YHS and rules pertaining to the exhibition of firearms, that Wills dealt with as Second Vice President of the Society.
Correspondence 1952-1954. Zabriskie, George A., 1952-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the gifts to the Society by Zabriskie, as well as his death in 1954. Includes funeral notes by friend and Pastor Dr. Kerrison Juniper.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Aa-Ad, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns microfilming project of Adams items selected for the Massachusetts Historical Society. Correspondent: L.H. Butterfield (Editor, The Adams Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society).
Correspondence 1955-1956. Ae-Al, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Albany Institute of History and Art (Robert G. Wheeler, Director).
Correspondence 1955-1956. Am, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns list of staff at the N-YHS in 1956. Correspondents include the American Jewish Archive, American Museum of Natural History, and the American Geographical Society.
Correspondence 1955-1956. American Antiquarian Society, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Clarence S. Brigham (Director) and Clifford K. Shipton (Librarian).
Correspondence 1955-1956. An-Aq, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns materials presented to N-YHS by Margaret Brown in regard to the murder of her great-uncles, the McLaury boys by Wyatt Earp, and the trial which followed.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Ar-As, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. At-Az, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Baa-Ban, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the gift of Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw's Collection of Women's Suffrage scrapbooks and publications from Mrs. Dana Converse Backus.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Bao-Baz, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Bea-Bem, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the prospect of receiving the collection of railway material from George P. Becker.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Beekman, Fenwick/Beekman Family Association, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Beekman Family Publication Fund dated December 31, 1954, the publication of the Dictionary of Artists in America.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Ben-Bez, BEN-BEZ
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Walter R. Benjamin Autographs.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Bi-Bl, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Bo, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the efforts to rescue and restore the Boscobel estate, including clipping from The Evening Star (Peekskill, NY) announcing a $50,000 anonymous donation to the Boscobel Restoration Association.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Bra-Bri, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Bro, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. John Carter Brown Library, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Bru-Bz, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: John Kenneth Byard (Silvermine antique dealer).
Correspondence 1955-1956. Caa-Cal, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: University of California (Roland D. Hussey, Professor).
Correspondence 1955-1956. Cam-Cap, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Car-Caz, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Includes an envelope mailed to N-YHS (dated 17 April 1956) by Edward C. Caswell from the Hotel Chelsea with a watercolor drawing on it by Caswell of a couple in Victorian era garb walking on Central Park West. Correspondence in file also concerns books gifted to N-YHS by Mrs. Andrew G. Carey.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Che-Chy, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Chicago Historical Society.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Ci-Cly, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Coa-Col, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns exchanges with Columbia University in regard to the possibility of the transfer of the Bryan and Durr collection of European paintings to Columbia for the use of the Art Department. Correspondent: Jacques Barzun (Dean, Faculties of Political Science, Columbia University).
Correspondence 1955-1956. Com-Con, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Connecticut Historical Society.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Coo-Cor, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Cos-Cz, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Daa-Day, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns gift to Society of a painting of Castle Garden and Castle Williams from Ferdinand H. Davis and the presentation of biographical cards of the Danes in America compiled by Baron Ioost Dahlerup from Baroness Alma Dahlerup.
Correspondence 1955-1956. De, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Delafield, John Ross, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Di-Dr, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Du-Dz, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: The Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum (Doris Creer).
Correspondence 1955-1956. Ea-Ec, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Charles E. Eberstadt (Edward Eberstadt & Sons), George Eastman House (Beaumont Newhall (Curator).
Correspondence 1955-1956. Ed-Em, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. En-Ez, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Fa-Fe, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Fi-Fe, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Fo, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Foreign ( 2 folders), 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Fr-Fz, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the completion of the first full year of work in preparation for the comprehensive edition of The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, sponsored by the American Philosophical Society and Yale University.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Ga, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Ge, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Gh-Gn, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Go, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Gra-Gre, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Gri-Gy, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Haa-Har, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Has-Haz, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Havemeyer, Henry O., 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. He, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Hi, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Hoa-Hom, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Hoo-Hou, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. How-Hoz, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Hu-Hy, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Includes, amomg others, James Hazen Hyde.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Huntington, Archer M., 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the death of philanthropist and Board member Archer M. Huntington.
Correspondence 1955-1956. I, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns gifts made to the N-YHS by John V. Irwin.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Ja, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Je-Ju, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the possible re-issue of the Lefferts' book on uniforms by the N-YHS originally published in 1926.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Ka-Ki, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Kienbusch, C. Otto v., 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Kienbusch was a collector of arms and armor and a benefactor to the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Kimball, Leroy E., 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Leroy Kimball's role as President of the Society.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Kl-Ky, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. La, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the acquisition of a Civil War document Muster Roll of Company A, 61st N.Y. State Volunteers, organized by Captain and Brevet Major Edward Z. Laurence, from Frederick Sturgis Laurence.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Landauer, Bella C., 1944; 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns acquisitions to the Landauer Collection. Includes a chronology of acquisitions and exhibitions to the Landauer Collection from its inception with Landauer's collection of bookplates in 1926 through 1944.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Le, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Lectures, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Lewis & Clark Papers Case, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Case of the Clark Papers (field notes and observations compiled by Captain William Clark during the Lewis and Clark expedition (1803-1806) that had been found over 150 years later amongst the personal papers of General John Henry Hammond; the resulting lawsuit in the Federal District Court for Minnesota between the estate of Sophia V.H. Foster (Hammond's daughter), the Minnesota Historical Society. and the Federal government to determine title and ownership of the papers. The precedent-making case resulted in a national conversation about the ownership of historic documents and the Federal Government's legal right to recover certain historic documents, and led to the establishment of the Manuscripts Emergency Committee following the reaction by collectors, dealers, and libraries.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Lloyd, R. McAllister, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns pension plans for employees of N-YHS. Lloyd was a representative of the financial firm TIAA-CREF.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Li-Ll, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the presentation of menus and photographs of the 7th Regiment to the Society from Elizabeth A. Livingston.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Lo-Ly, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the Louisiana State Museum Report of the Board of Curators from July 1, 1954-May 14, 1956, which outlined the accomplishments by the Board to preserve and improve the properties and collections of the museum. Correspondent: Lester B. Bridaham (Executive Director, Louisiana State Museum).
Correspondence 1955-1956. Maa-Mar, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the disposition of Admiral Mahan papers.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Mc/MAC, A.- Mc/MAC, Z., 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Mas-Mez, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the N-YHS's publication of Colonel Paul H. Downing's History of American Horse-Drawn Pleasure Vehicles. Correspondent: Dr. Arthur H. Merritt.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Mi, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the request by the Minnesota Historical Society to fill in the gaps in their Gilbert papers collection by contacting Gilbert's son, Cass Gilbert, Jr.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Mo-My, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Includes brochure for lecturer Ethel Brant Monture, great-granddaughter of Joseph Brant, Chieftain of the Six Nations.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Na-Ne, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the loan of portraits to the Newark Museum for exhibitions.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Compound Names Beginning with "New", 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. New York City--MISC., 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns efforts to preserve the Governor's Room at City Hall and the Richmondtown Restoration Project on Staten Island. Correspondent: Robert Moses (Commissioner, Department of Parks).
Correspondence 1955-1956. New York State--MISC., 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the items loaned from the N-YHS to the New York State Musuem for its Four Kings of Canada exhibition; the transfer of the Roosevelt Papers to Hyde Park instead of the New York State library. Correspondent: Albert B. Corey.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Ni-Ny, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Oa-Ok, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Ol-Oz, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Olds, Irving S., 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Pa, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Parsons, John E., 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Pe, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the photographing of the Audubon pictures at N-YHS by Peshak Picture Productions (Illinois) for the motion picture entitled"Audubon and the Birds of America," produced by Coronet Instructional Films. Includes final draft of script for the production.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Ph-Pl, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Po-Q, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Prentis, Edmund A., 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns additions to the Prentis Collection, as well as plans for a proposed mezzanine over Dexter Hall to house the Prentis collection that were not realized.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Ra-Re, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Rh-Ri, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Roa-Rog, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Roh-Roz, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Teddy Roosevelt centennial celebration. Correspondent: Hermann Hegedorn (Director, Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission).
Correspondence 1955-1956. Romaine, Lawrence B., 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Includes clipping of article written by Romaine for The Spinning Wheel entitled, "How Old is Old?"
Correspondence 1955-1956. Ru-Rz, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Sa, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the completion of the Moulthrop manuscript written by Mrs. William Sawitsky.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Sc-Se, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Seymour, William (2 folders), 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the presentation of the Ramsay portrait of General John Burgoyne portrait by Major William Seymour to the N-YHS and the chronology of its provenance.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Sha-Shy, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Si, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the acquisition of collection of journals dated between 1770 and 1814 on the Livingston Manor from Anna B. Nicholson. Correspondent: Theodore Sizer.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Sk-Sn, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Sleepy Hollow Restorations, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Includes publicity pamphlet on Sleepy Hollow Restorations, proprietors of Philipse Castle and Sunnyside (home of Washington Irving). Also brief mention of the outcome of the Lewis & Clark Papers Case.
Correspondence 1955-1956. So-Sq, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the purchase of a crayon portrait of Madame Jumel from Victor D. Spark.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Sta-Ste ( 2 folders), 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Fred Briggs Minnerley Stever's ("Shrinesides") reports to R.W.G.Vail on the relocation and termination bills, and the response by American newspapers to these bills. Includes telegrams sent by Stever and letter to President Eisenhower criticizing bills passed by the American government that were deemed in violation of the rights of the Pacific Indians and perpetuating the suffering of Native people.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Sti-Sz, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Streeter, Thomas W., 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns mainly Streeter's gifts to the Society. R.W.G.Vail's exchanges with Streeter in regard to the Lewis and Clark papers case as being of significance to libraries and private owners of manuscripts written by Government officials or agents.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Stuyvesant, Peter (Pear Tree), 1956-1980
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the replacing of the Stuyvesant Pear tree on 13th street, originally planted by Stuyvesant in 1647 on his farm, which was knocked to the ground in a traffic accident. A cross section of the trunk was presented to the N-YHS by the Stuyvesant family.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Ta-To, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Tr-Ty, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. U, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the selection of materials from the N-YHS collections to be incorporated into the proposed visual presentation on advertising in United States Steel.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Va, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Ve-Vr, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns gifts made to the Society's Verplanck Collection by the Verplanck family.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Waa-Waz, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the proposed destruction of the Washington Market; gift of two oil portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Aymat from Mrs. Colton P. Wagner and Mrs. Havemeyer Eldredge. Correspondent: Clarence V. Shuttleworth (President, Washington Market Merchants Association, Inc.)
Correspondence 1955-1956. Wea-Wez, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the estate of Lena Cadwalader Evans Webb and her bequest of Waverly novels by Sir Walter Scott to the Society (many of Webb's gifts to the Society are filed under Evans in the donor's file).
Correspondence 1955-1956. Wh, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1955-1956. Wi-Wil, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns gifts to N-YHS by Forsyth Wickes.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Wim-Wiz, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns a request for R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS) by Clifford L. Lord (Director, Wisconsin State Historical Society) to comment on the first draft of a report on the salaries and requirements for professional staff members of statewide historical agencies to the American Association for State and Local History council.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Wo-Wy, 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the proposal to restore the Wyckoff House in Flatlands.
Correspondence 1955-1956. Wroth, Lawrence C., 1955-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of the New-York Historical Society Survey written by Lawrence C. Wroth which presents information on staff responsibilties, salaries, collections, publication, membership, and visits to the museum by members, non-members, and students between 1951 and 1953.
Correspondence 1955-1956. X-Y-Z, 1955-1956
Correspondence 1957-1959. Aa-Am, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the gift of the copy of the Houdon bust of Thomas Jefferson presented to the Society by Virginia Morris Pollak (Secretary-Treasurer, Alva Studios).
Correspondence 1957-1959. Adams, Frederick B. Jr., 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Frederick B. Adams (Director, The Morgan Library) was a Board member of the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1957-1959. American A-American Z, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the American Indian Ethnohistoric conference held on November 14, 1959 and a proposal by Senator William Proxmire to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 in regard to securing maximum individual income tax deduction for gifts to historical societies and agencies in the United States; also includes letter from G.L. Freeman (Director, The American Life Foundation) in regard to using the Old Merchants' House at 29 East Fourth Street as headquarters for the Foundation.
Correspondence 1957-1959. American Association of Museums, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of the agenda of The American Association of Museums Council meeting, of which R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS) was a council member; Executive Committee meeting minutes in regard to the retirement plan to be offered nationally by the Association.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Ar, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. An-Az, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Baa-Bam, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Bam-Baz, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Bea-Bem, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Beekman/Belknap, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Ben-Bez, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Bi-Bn, 1957-1959; 1970
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns bequest to Society of sugar bowl and cream pitcher belonging to Commodore Chauncey of the War of 1812 from Mrs. Edwin M. Blake (Helen L. Blake).
Correspondence 1957-1959. Bo, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the possibility of the Boy Scouts of America receiving funding to erect a Boy Scout Museum, named the Hall of Citizenship, to house the history of Scouting and the suggestions made by R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS) as to how to present this history to the public. Includes blueprint of the building.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Bra-Bri, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Annual Director's Report for the Strathmont Museum for 1958-1959. Correspondent: Lester B. Bridaham (Director, Strathmont Museum).
Correspondence 1957-1959. Bro-Bry, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the resolution passed by the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society to preserve gravestones at the First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Bu-By, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Caa-Cal, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Cam-Caz (2 folders), 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns a list of N-YHS objects to be included for the Carnegie Color Slide project: The Carnegie Study of the Arts of the United States to develop sets of color slides to be distributed to educational institutions in the United States and abroad.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Ce-Ch, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Ci-Cl, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Coa-Col, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Edward P. Alexander (Vice President and Director, Division of Interpretation, Colonial Williamsburg).
Correspondence 1957-1959. Com-Cz, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Daa-Dau, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the bequest of Mrs. Chester Dale (Mary T. Dale) to the Society.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Dav-Daz, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the plans to erect a reconstruction of the original settlement of Nieuw Amsterdam on Ellis Island.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Dea-Den, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: John Ross Delafield.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Deo-Dez, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Di-Dr, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Du-Dy, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Ea-Ez, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Beaumont Newhall (Director, George Eastman House).
Correspondence 1957-1959. Fa-Fi, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Fl-Fo, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the purchase of a carillon barracks photostat by the Fort Ticonderoga museum brought to their attention by the N-YHS; gifts presented to the Society by Lucille d. L. Foley, including a tall clock of General Schuyler and the plans of Trinity Church.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Foreign, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Fr-Fz, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Leonard W. Labaree (Editor, The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Yale University Library) and Grace Church (Reverand Duncan Fraser).
Correspondence 1957-1959. Ga-Gn, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Go, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the American Gallery of Portraits of the Presidents of the United States, published by Guy Golterman. Includes a reference request from Senator Barry Goldwater in regard to letters from Mr. Charles D. Poston of Arizona to President Lincoln.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Gallatin Papers Project (NYU), 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the project undertaken by New York University in 1958 to compile a bibliography and inventory of the published and unpublished correspondence and other writings of Gallatin, of which N-YHS held a significant amount of unpublished documents. This project was funded by a grant from the General Services Administration.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Gr-Gz, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the destruction of Castle Stevens on the Stevens Institute of Technology campus in Hoboken, NJ; clippings show efforts by alumni, the N-YHS, and other institutions and individuals to preserve it. Includes correspondence in regard to the acquisition of Henry Inman's letters and daguerreotypes from Marjorie Sherman Greene.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Haa-Hap, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the 31 reference books regarding the Hanks Family and collection of daguerreotypes and miniatures donated to the N-YHS by Col. Stedman Shumway Hanks.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Har-Haz, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Hea-Hez, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the future bequest of a Folk Art collection from Herbert Hemphill, Jr.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Hi-Hok, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns additions made to the Hitchcock collection by Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Hol-Hov, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: H. Maxson Holloway (Director, Rensselaer County Historical Society).
Correspondence 1957-1959. How-Hz, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the visit to the United States by Princess Beatrix of Holland and her possible visit to the N-YHS and additions to the Hyde Collection made by James Hazen Hyde (the Princess was unable to visit due to her crowded schedule).
Correspondence 1957-1959. I, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the planned destruction of the Churchyard First Church in Newark graves to make way for a parking lot. The Churchyard contained the remains of original settlers and founders of Newark; the naming of the Verrazano bridge; and the various gifts presented to the N-YHS by John V. Irwin.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Ja-Ju, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Julian P. Boyd. .
Correspondence 1957-1959. Ka-Ke, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns additions made to the Keppler Collection by George Keppler.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Ki-Kn, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Kienbusch, C.Otto v. (2 folders), 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Kienbusch's monetary contribution towards his collection of Sneed figurines and other materials for the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Kimball, Leroy E. (2 folders), 1956-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Leroy Kimball's role as President of the Society.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Ko-Ky, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. La, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Le, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Films of American Heritage Series produced by Walter Lewisohn Associates.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Li-Ll, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: R. McAllister Lloyd.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Lo-Ly, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the death of portrait painter DeWitt M. Lockman.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Maa-Mal, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Thomas O. Mabbott.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Mam-Maz, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Mc/MAC A. --Mc/MAC Z., 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Mea-Mez, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Addition of portraits of Jenny Lind to the Jenny Lind collection by Dr. Frederick H. Merserve.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Mi, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns list of New York newspapers given to N-YHS by the University of Minnesota (Carl Jackson, Head Acquisitions).
Correspondence 1957-1959. Mo, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Lewis Gouverneur Morris.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Mu-My, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns contract made between N-YHS and Museum Pieces, Inc. to be granted permission to reproduce N-YHS items.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Na, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Ne, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the death of James Hazen Hyde, which allowed for the possible publishing of his diary owned by the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1957-1959. New York City-- MISC., 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns letters to Robert Moses and Mayor Robert F. Wagner from the N-YHS advocating for the preservation of The Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Riverside Drive.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Ni-Ny, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Compound Names Beginning with "New", 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the N-YHS's co-operation in the the exhibition "Rediscovered Painters of Upstate New York" produced by the New York State Historical Association and invoices for contributions towards the exhibition's catalogue, NYHS's opinion and remarks on Senate Bill 1265, Int. 1252, calling to amend the education law in relation to historical societies. Correspondent: Milton W. Hamilton (Senior Historian, State Education Department), Louis C. Jones (Director, New York State Historical Association).
Correspondence 1957-1959. North Carolina, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the surveying of the condition of records in the decade following the State Records Microfilm Project, conducted by W.S. Jenkins (Director, Bureau of Public Records Collection and Research). Includes Jenkins's reports submitted to Chancellor William B. Aycock of the University of North Carolina.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Oa-Ol, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Old Fort Niagara's history; type of paste N-YHS used by the institution's bindery to mount paper on muslin. Correspondent: S. Grove McClellan (Executive Vice President, Old Fort Niagara Association).
Correspondence 1957-1959. Olds, Irving S., 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Irving S. Olds served as a trustee and president of The New-York Historical Society. Concerns the exhibition of his Collection of Naval Prints and Paintings at the Peabody Museum of Salem, his approval of purchases made by the N-YHS, and various donations to the N-YHS.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Om-Oz, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Pa (2 folders), 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns submissions to the N-YHS for the Francis Parkman Prize of the Society of American Historians for 1957.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Parsons, John E., 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Pea-Pem, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: John H.G. Pell (Fort Ticonderoga Association).
Correspondence 1957-1959. Pen-Pez, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Pennsylvania, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include the University of Pennsylvania and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Ph-Pi, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Pl-Po, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Dorothy B. Porter's (Howard University) Fulbright application to do research for a guide to the libraries in British West Africa. R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS) served as a reference.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Pr, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Prentis, Edmund A., 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Prentis was a Trustee of the N-YHS. Concerns Prentis being awarded the Hamilton Medal for Distinguished Service in any Field of Human Endeavor, and his many donations to the Society.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Princeton University, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Pu-Py, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Q, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Ra, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Rea-Rem, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Ren-Ri, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Rochester, NY, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Blake McKelvey (City Historian, Rochester Public Library).
Correspondence 1957-1959. Roa-Rog, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Roh-Roz, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial year (1957-1958), as observed in New York State by government representatives, schools, historical societies, and other participants.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Romaine, Lawrence B., 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Romig, Edgar F., 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Edgar F. Romig was a minister affiliated with the West End Collegiate Church. Concerns an invitation for N-YHS Trustee members to a service at West End Collegiate Church on September 13, 1959 in which Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of Holland would attend.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Ru-Ry, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Sa, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Sc, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Se, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the cancellation of a concert to be given by Peter Seeger due to the political climate at the time. N-YHS cancelled the concert to avoid "criticism and unpleasant publicity."
Correspondence 1957-1959. Sh-Sj, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Theodore Sizer (Professor, Yale University Museum of Fine Arts).
Correspondence 1957-1959. Sk-Sm, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Sleepy Hollow Restorations (Harold Dean Cater, Director), and John Skinner.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Sn-So, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Sp-Sq, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Sta-Ste ( 2 folders), 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns exchanges between R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS) and J.H. Davis (President, Stevens Institute of Technology) in regard to the threatened demolition of Castle Stevens. Correspondent: Fred Briggs Minnerly Stever.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Sti-Sty, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
In a letter to R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS), Lester B. Bridaham (Director) discusses the newly opened Strathmont Museum (Elmira, NY) and its importance to the citizens of Elmira who saved the property from being cut up into building lots.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Streeter, Thomas W., 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Thomas Streeter's role as Treasurer and includes acknowledgements for monetary and other donations to the Society from him and other individuals.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Su-Sz, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Forest H. Sweet.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Ta-Te, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Th-Ti, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. To-Ts, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the appraisal of the collection of Mrs. Mary Louise Townsend.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Tu-Ty, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. U, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Dudley Field Underhill (Underhill Society of America).
Correspondence 1957-1959. U.S.A-- MISC., 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns N-YHS's requests for an earlier mail delivery from the Post Office. Correspondent: United States Military Academy Library (Sidney Forman, Archivist).
Correspondence 1957-1959. U.S.A.-Library of Congress, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. U.S.A.-- Smithsonian Institution, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Corresponent: Laurence Vail Coleman (American Association of Museums).
Correspondence 1957-1959. Vaa-Vaz, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Vail, R.W.G., 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns personal correspondence exchanged between R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS), N-YHS staff members (Charlotte Rowell, Garrett H. Winter), and other individuals.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Ve-Vz, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Letters from J. Owen Grundy (The Villager) to R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS) in regard to the N-YHS taking an active role in preventing the demolition of Castle Stevens (Hoboken, NJ).
Correspondence 1957-1959. Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the naming of the Verrazano Bridge and the erroneous attribution to the N-YHS by the N.Y.Herald and Daily News papers of the description of the explorer Verrazano as a pirate. N-YHS held that this statement did not represent the attitude of the society that Verrazano was a discoverer of New York Bay. Includes clippings of original article and the follow-up corrections.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Virginia, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the loan from the N-YHS of two items for an exhibition at the Jamestown Festival of 1957.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Wa, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Wea-Wen, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the publication of a bibliography of American juveniles by d'Alte A. Welch (John Carroll University).
Correspondence 1957-1959. Weo-Wez, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Wh, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Whitlock's, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Wia-Wik, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns the loan of four original drawings of Plains Indians by Saint Memin to the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania for the exhibition "Rediscovered Painters of Upstate New York."
Correspondence 1957-1959. Wil, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondent: Lucius Wilmerding, Jr.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Wills, Louis C., 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns Louis Wills's role as Vice President of the Society.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Wim-Woz, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. Wr-Wy, 1957-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Concerns luncheon to discuss the planned purchase and restoration of the Wyckoff House, and the procedure for its acceptance as a Historic House by the National Trust.
Correspondence 1957-1959. Yale University, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1957-1959. X-Z, 1957-1959
Correspondence 1961-1967. "Hate Mail", 1961-1967
Rogers Groups - Models, 1973-1975, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re: consideration of reproducing the Rogers sculptures by W. Goebel Porzellanfabrik of Germany.
Series V. Topical Correspondence, 1846-1985, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents Note
These materials bring together various general topics on issues that the N-YHS was involved with in the early 20th century, as well as matters that involved the institution directly.The bulk of materials consist of correspondence, however, there are also other formats such as index cards, photostats, newspaper clippings, and personal notes written by staff members.
Almanac Requests (6 folders):
This set consists of correspondence, lists, photostats, index cards, and two notepads that A.J.Wall (Assistant Librarian, N-YHS) received and created for his survey on almanacs published in New York between 1694 and 1850. As the collection consists of such varied formats, the collection contains four separate entries in the finding aid. The 3 x 5 index cards were sent to A.J. Wall from outside libraries and institutions, and these cards contain the bibliographical information of the almanac (title, year, page number) and printer information. Many cards contain extensive information about the almanacs (such as Leeds, Poor Roger, and Poor Thomas Improved), and descriptions of advertisements as they appeared in the almanac. Several cards contain abbreviations for all the institutions that provided information, and these abbreviations are listed on the lower portion of many cards received by the N-YHS. A folder labeled Miscellaneous contains materials such as notepads that Wall used to capture information and photostats of Freeman's New-York Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1767.
Castle Clinton Matter (6 folders):
This set consists of letters, newspaper clippings, radio addresses, and other materials that document the efforts of N-YHS to preserve the building known as the West Battery, Fort Clinton, Castle Clinton, Castle Garden, and, finally, the Aquarium following the aquarium's relocation in 1941. The majority of the collection consists of correspondence between N-YHS and other historical, city, and state organizations that supported the preservation of the building, and a movement was formed to block the Commissioner of Parks Robert Moses's plan to demolish Castle Clinton. One organization, The Fine Arts Federation of New York (FAFNY) sponsored a competition for designs of Battery Park in response to the plans proposed by Moses and the Parks Department. Correspondence between the N-YHS and FAFNY discuss this competition, and the potential for the N-YHS to preserve the designs for future use or interest. Included are a Program of Competition for the Selection of an Alternative Design for the Development of Battery Park and a folded plan entitled Site Plan of Battery Park for the Purposes of This Competition [a second copy of this plan is available in the N-YHS main collection] in Folder 3.
The set also includes two sets of index cards of alphabetical listings of names and addresses of those who sent in letters and were involved in protests for Saving the Aquarium; some index cards also include quotations in support of preservation and suggestions to the N-YHS in its quest to preserve the building. While Moses would determine the fate of the building upon completion of the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, he did not feel the building was "worth restoring." There is extensive correspondence between the N-YHS and the Board of Estimate (a governmental body responsible for budget and land-use decisions), and includes the stenographic record of the proceedings before the Board of Estimate on October 11, 1945 with participation of Commissioner Moses, R.W.G. Vail , George A. Zabriskie, and George McAneny (President, American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society). Of interest is a June 26, 1941 radio address given by A.J. Wall (Director, N-YHS) to "Save the Aquarium Building," in which Wall condemns the proposed removal of the aquarium and subsequent destruction of the fort as concerning not only the city but the nation as a whole. Wall encouraged those listeners also opposed to the destruction to write to the N-YHS, and those letters are located in Folder 1. Other notable correspondents include Harold I. Ickes (Secretary of the Interior), Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, J.A. Krug (Secretary of the Interior), Mayor William O'Dwyer, Hugo E. Rogers (President, Borough of Manhattan) and R.W.G. Vail (Director, N-YHS).
Requests for "Famous Historical Personages & Scenes" (7 folders):
The materials in this set consist of chronologically arranged letters and index cards from various schools and teachers across the country requesting a series of 62 illustrations of "Reproductions of Famous Historical Personages & Scenes." Among the illustrations were distinguished Americans and relics contained in the N-YHS collection. The reproductions were sent free of charge to all schools (many of them rural) who requested them. In addition to teachers and educators, lawyers, engineers, and other disciplines requested the illustrations. Organizations such as the Young Men's Christian Association and Brooklyn Children's Museum in New York are also examples of institutions that requested these illustrations. Several letters in Folder 3 were kept together, as these were requests by students putting together scrapbooks of New York in their classes. Box 357 consists mainly of 3 x 5 index cards of requests sent between 1936 and 1939 from schools and teachers from around the country for the set of illustrations. N-YHS responded fairly quickly to these requests, however, at times there was a time lapse in responding due to a shortage of the materials available.
Thompson Property at East Hampton, Long Island (9 folders):
This set consists primarily of correspondence and attendance records as well as other materials such as service estimates, expense statements, architectural drawings, and exhibition brochures. Early correspondence exchanged between A.J. Wall, (Director, N-YHS), realtors, The Bank of New York, and others discusses the closing on the property by the N-YHS, insurance (fire and war damage), and tax policies. There is extensive correspondence between the numerous caretakers and the next Director of the N-YHS, A.J.Vail, on the general maintenance of the property (landscaping, grounds), costs related to heating the building, salaries of employees hired to care for the property and collections, and other personnel related matters. Reports sent from Garrett H. Winter (Superintendent, N-YHS) informed the Director of any issues at the homestead either related to the property itself or with staff. There is also correspondence about donations made to the museum and letters exchanged with the East Hampton Star, a local paper to publicize the homestead and its exhibitions. Other correspondence discusses the setting up of the museum to welcome student groups, Girl Scouts, and organizations such as the East Hampton Women's Club. The museum's curator, Katherine Wellenkamp, and Donald A. Shelley (Curator of Paintings and Acting Museum Curator) exchanged several letters in regard to attendance records, and the tensions that arose between Wellenkamp and the caretakers Mr. and Mrs. Testa. Wellenkamp also promoted the museum in the community through publicity in the local paper, the East Hampton Star and the Annual Guide Book of the Long Island Association.. Several highlights include a brochure of the Thompson Homestead Memorial containing a brief history and summary of each exhibition room and several letters discussing the donation of three spoons dug up on the property from Native American graves when the house was being erected in Folders 6-7.
U.S.Treasury Department--Tax Exempt Material (9 folders)
The materials in this set consist of correspondence between the N-YHS and the Internal Revenue Service's Treasury Department concerning tax-exempt status and the documentation to maintain that status over the course of several decades. Included are letters in regard to Section 214 (a) (10) of the Revenue Act of 1924, Section 231 (6) of the Revenue Act of 1926, Section 101 of the Revenue Act of 1936, and section 170(b)(1)(A) (vi) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Education and Public Relations Department (5 folders)
The materials in this set consist of correspondence between George Sykes (Supervisor of Education and Public Relations, N-YHS) and later Richard Cunliffe (Supervisor of Education and Public Relations N-YHS) and various organizations throughout the country requesting films and materials produced by the Society for educational purposes (such as the twenty-eight minute film called "The Story of Minneapolis"). Also included are requests for permission to use N-YHS photographs, requests made by Sykes to outside organizations to purchase their films to be added to the Society's library, and letters from young students informing Sykes of their pleasant and informative visit to the museum. Also concerns Winter Concert series at the Society for 1965-1966.
Act of Incorporation (2 folders)
Includes photostat reproductions of various acts and printed laws of the 19th century related to N-YHS's incorporation; original prints of acts (1846, 1849, 1854); documents related to the amendment to include "educational purposes" in N-YHS's act of incorporation (1928); a borrowing resolution (1934); an unnecessary filing of a Certificate of Report of Existence (1951); printed by-laws (1954, 1964); exemption from certain provisions of the Personal Property Law (1967); and filing of a Certificate of Type (1973).
Arrangement Note
The series is arranged by subject matter.
Biographical/Historical Note
This series consists of nine distinct topics that were discovered separately from the earlier correspondence records in Series I-IV. These materials bring together various general topics on issues that the N-YHS was involved with, such as Castle Clinton, as well as matters that involved the institution directly. These aforementioned materials include patron requests, tax information, and a satellite museum located in Long Island during the 1940s. The topics and their respective historical notes are listed as follows:
Almanac Requests (6 folders): In 1917, A.J. Wall (Assistant Librarian, N-YHS) began compiling a survey of almanacs published in New York covering the years 1694-1850 for his book, A List of New York Almanacs, 1694-1850 published in 1921. In conducting his survey, Wall contacted many repositories across the city, state, and country, including universities (such as the University of Pennsylvania, Yale University Library, Rutgers College Library) and historical societies (American Antiquarian Society, Essex Institute, Historical Society of Pennsylvania). Wall was interested in the following information: titles, compilers' names, imprint, and paging of the almanac. Included in this series is a draft of the book that offers insight on the results of Wall's efforts located in Folder 9. In the draft's preface, Wall stated that a number of almanacs prior to 1800 did not survive, however this information was still included in the book. Wall also noted in the preface that almanacs "reflected the spirit of the times," and provided not only weather predictions but entertainment and scientific knowledge.
Castle Clinton Matter (6 folders): Fort Clinton was built in 1807 and designed by architect John McComb, who designed City Hall. The fort was built to pair with a similar fort on Governors Island in anticipation of the War of 1812. Named in honor of Mayor Dewitt Clinton, Castle Clinton chiefly served to keep the enemy out of New York's inner harbor during the war. In 1823, the castle was renamed Castle Garden. Between 1823 and its closing in 1941, the Castle served many functions as a center of the city's public and social life, first as a place of entertainment and then for the latter half of the 19th century as an immigration center that welcomed immigrants to America. Finally, from 1890-1941, the building housed the New York Aquarium that welcomed close to two million people annually.
Following the relocation of the Aquarium to Coney Island in 1941, Castle Clinton closed and its fate was left in question. While the structure was extensively altered and roofed over to a height of several stories, the original masonry fort remained. The building was subsequently threatened to be demolished by the Commissioner of Parks Robert Moses to make way for the construction of a Brooklyn-Battery Bridge and redesigning of Battery Park. Together with public sentiment and the support of many influential historical institutions and museums across the country, the N-YHS took on an active role in preventing the destruction of Castle Clinton. Staff members such as A.J. Wall (Director, 1937-1944), R.W.G. Vail (Director, 1944-1960), George A. Zabriskie (President, 1939-1947) took part in hearings, organized committees, and wrote articles to newspapers publicizing the issue. Due in large part to these efforts, the building was saved and designated a Historic Landmark in 1946. Castle Clinton was restored to its original design by the National Park Service and in 1975 the landmark reopened as Castle Clinton National Monument.
The N-YHS formed a committee consisting of various representatives of historical institutions (including the State Historical Association and the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society (ASHPS) to consider the preservation of Castle Clinton and other historic buildings in New York. A movement to evoke public opinion to save the building was spearheaded by Robert Cameron Beadle, Publisher and Editor of the Manhattan Chronicle, in the formation of the "League to Save Fort Clinton," a volunteer membership organization designed to save the building from destruction. Many of the League's efforts were publicized through articles written in the Manhattan Chronicle, and led to signed petitions by the public. Construction of the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel ceased during the years America engaged in World War II, and when construction resumed in 1945, the N-YHS once again took efforts to prevent the demolition of Castle Clinton. When the New York City Tunnel Authority altered the ventilating shafts from the site of the fort to the center of Battery Park, the N-YHS argued that this relocation removed the grounds for destroying the fort (a suggestion proposed in 1942). In light of this information, the N-YHS requested that the Board of Estimate withdraw any "permission it may have given to demolish Castle Clinton." In August 1946, Congress passed H.R.5125 authorizing the establishment of Castle Clinton as a National Monument.
Requests for "Famous Historical Personages & Scenes" (7 folders): Between the years 1928-1939, the N-YHS made available free of charge to schools and educators across the country (plus shipping expenses) a series entitled, "Reproductions of Famous Historical Personages & Scenes." This set of 62 illustrations was considered a valuable resource in the classroom and school library, particularly for rural schools, that engaged students in American history. Many schools subscribed to the National Educators Society and International Index File from the Executive's Guild, services which listed materials sent free to schools by various governmental agencies and business organizations. Other disciplines, such as lawyers and engineers, also requested these illustrations. These illustrations were often mounted in classrooms or used during class to illustrate historical lessons and talks on various subjects, and several schools made these sets available in their school libraries to be examined by both faculty and students. Many of the requests came from Oklahoma, as recommended by the Oklahoma State Department of Education. Teachers and schools were very appreciative of this gesture in thank you letters of appreciation for these illustrations that would assist in bringing to life the history of the United States and engaging students.
Thompson Property at East Hampton, Long Island (9 folders): In 1941, the N-YHS purchased property located on Ocean Avenue in East Hampton, Long Island, to create a satellite museum that would operate during the summer months. The property belonged to Charles G. Thompson who himself purchased the property in 1893 from the Satterthwaite Estate. Alterations were made on the property between 1803-1894 from plans furnished by McKim, Mead & White, Architects. The house was a two and a half story, semi-colonial dwelling containing 16 rooms and three baths, and the two acre property included a barn. The N-YHS named the house the Thompson Homestead Memorial, and opened it as an extension of the main institution dedicated to American history. A dedication ceremony was held on July 25, 1942, in which the Mayor Judson L. Banister, President of N-YHS George Zabriskie, and many N-YHS staff and friends of the society attended the dedication.
Over the course of its existence as a museum, there were several caretakers of the property and are listed in order of employment: Nelson Osborne, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Howe, Mr. and Mrs. John Weinman, and finally, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Testa. The caretakers took attendance, maintained the home, and kept A.J. Wall (Director, N-YHS) apprised on the condition of the estate, landscaping changes, weather activity, and personnel matters. A.J.Wall was also made aware of any issues at the property through reports sent by Garrett H. Winter (Superintendent, N-YHS). At this time, the N-YHS also hired Katherine S. Wellenkamp as Curator of the Thompson Homestead Memorial, and among her tasks was the submission of attendance records to Wall. Wellenkamp also promoted the museum in the community through publicity in the local paper, the East Hampton Star, and left postcards in area hotels for out-of-town visitors. In addition to out-of-town visitors, the museum welcomed students and organizations such as Girl Scouts, and served as a meeting place for the East Hampton Women's Club. When it was open, the museum would have several exhibitions on display with themes such as early New York and costumes and relics of American Indians. During fall and winter months, the N-YHS Museum Committee closed the homestead as it was challenging to secure coal during these months while the country was at war. Summer attendance remained low, and in 1946 the N-YHS decided to sell the property as it had become expensive to maintain. During the process of selling the homestead, several letters from various realtors informed the N-YHS that the asking price was steep, and therefore made the property difficult to sell at the original asking price near $40,000. The asking price was reduced to $25,000 and eventually sold in June 1946 to Ivan Barrington White, and household goods from the museum were sold to N-YHS staff members.
U.S.Treasury Department--Tax Exempt Material (9 folders): The N-YHS was recognized as an educational institution by the state in 1928 (established when the State Legislature passed Chapter 208 of the Laws of New York State for 1928), even though Federal laws already recognized the institution as educational and therefore tax-exempt. The N-YHS considered itself an educational institution for the following reasons: it was open free to the public; maintained a library; art gallery and museum; provided lectures for members and their friends; public and private schools brought its students to the library as part of the school curriculum; and that the library was used by students from all over the world. With this state law, bequests became tax-exempt, and this led to many years of generous donations. To achieve tax exempt status, or to determine "the deductibility of contributions to the N-YHS", the institution was required to submit its purpose, activities, and affidavit showing the character of the organization, financial statements showing the sources of its income and its disposition (among other requests) and attach the institution's charter or articles of incorporation and bylaws. Upon receipt of this information, a ruling would be made. The N-YHS maintained its tax-exempt status for many decades, and in the late 1960s filed a letter with the U.S. Treasury Department requesting a ruling that N-YHS qualified as a "publicly supported" organization under section 170(b)(1)(A) (vi) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Processing Information Note
The series was processed and described by Margaret Kaczorowski in 2016.
Almanac Requests (6 folders), 1917-1920
Scope and Contents Note
In 1917, A.J. Wall (Assistant Librarian, N-YHS) began research to compile a list of almanacs covering the years 1694-1850 published in New York. In conducting his survey, Wall contacted many repositories across the city, state, and country asking them to check their collections to see if they held any almanacs published in New York. The bulk of these materials are from 1918, and consist of the research for a book that Wall ultimately published in 1921 entitled, A List of New York Almanacs, 1694-1850. Wall reached out to 75 libraries and private collections, and relied on the assistance of these librarians to supply data concerning their collections. Wall was interested in the following information: titles, names of compilers, imprint, and paging of the almanac. Included is a draft of the book dated 1920 in Folder 9 that offers insight on the results of Wall's efforts. In the draft's preface, Wall stated that a number of almanacs prior to 1800 did not survive; this information, however, was still included in the book. Wall noted in the preface that almanacs "reflected the spirit of the times," and provided not only weather predictions but entertainment and scientific knowledge.
Almanac Requests. Miscellaneous, 1917-1920
Scope and Contents Note
Consists of photostats of Freeman's New-York Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1767, printed by John Holt; two pages describe the Stamp Act's affect on the Almanac in the 1700s; two notepads belonging to Wall contain his notes.
Almanac requests. Draft of A List of New York Almanacs, 1694-1850, 1917-1920
Scope and Contents Note
Contains a hand-written draft of A.J.Wall's book on almanacs, A List of New York Almanacs, 1694-1850; lists of various almanacs printed by Hugh Gaine; hand-written advertisements for almanacs listed in the New York Gazette.
Almanac Requests. Notes, 1917-1920
Scope and Contents Note
These 3 x 5 index cards were sent in to A.J. Wall from outside libraries and other institutions. They contain the bibliographical information of the almanac (title, year, page number), bookseller and printer information. Many cards also contain extensive information about the almanacs (such as Leeds, Poor Roger, and Poor Thomas Improved), and descriptions of advertisements as they appeared in the almanac. Several cards contain abbreviations for all the institutions that provided information, and these abbreviations are listed on the lower portion of many cards sent in to the N-YHS.
Castle Clinton Matter (6 folders), 1941-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a short chronology of Castle Clinton; a June 26, 1941 radio address, "Save the Aquarium Building" given by A.J. Wall (Director, N-YHS); report of a N-YHS committee to consider the preservation of The Aquarium Building (Fort Clinton) in Battery Park that found that the building should be preserved and restored to its earliest state as a fort and serve as an important attraction; John McComb architectural plans of City Hall and other public buildings and residences acquired by the N-YHS directly from the McComb family; resolution from New York State Historical Association dated October 15, 1942 condemning the destruction of the site and recommendation to preserve and restore it as "an historic shrine"; 1942 map of the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel created by the New York City Tunnel Authority; invitation for George Zabriskie (President, N-YHS) to serve on a jury to judge the Battery Park designs submitted in the Fine Arts Federation of New York (FAFNY) competition in August 1942; correspondence from George McAneny (President, American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society) addressed to Mayor LaGuardia of the Board of Estimate, and other city officials, in regard to the proposed plan for the Battery Park Reconstruction and the proposals affecting Castle Clinton; letters between A.J. Wall and McAneny with regard to Board of Estimate meetings and City Hall hearings on the fate of Castle Clinton; letters between Robert Cameron Beadle, Publisher, discussing articles published in the Manhattan Chronicle supporting the preservation of the Aquarium for its historic value; letter to Commissioner of Parks Robert Moses from A.J. Wall discussing restoring the facade of the fort to its original appearance to show the "original brick construction with its gun ports"; documents about the competition, held by the Fine Arts Federation of New York, for designs to preserve Battery Park; request from N-YHS to the Board of Estimate requesting that the Board remove its permission to demolish the fort; petition signed by staff members of many historical institutions; of note is the stenographic record of the proceedings before the Board of Estimate on October 11, 1945 on the matter of the fort that included Commissioner Moses, R.W.G. Vail (Director of N-YHS), George A. Zabriskie, and George McAneny in Folder 3; letter from Harold I. Ickes (Secretary of the Interior) to Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia requesting to delay the demolition of Castle Clinton; letters between J.A. Krug (Secretary of the Interior) and Mayor William O'Dwyer regarding the preservation of the fort; official document from the Department of the Interior informing Zabriskie (President, N-YHS) of the passing of H.R.5125 by Congress in August 1946 authorizing the establishment of Castle Clinton as a National Monument; letter from Department of Interior to Mayor O'Dwyer discussing the budget submitted to Congress for the initial preservation, operation, and maintenance of the monument; letters between Hugo E. Rogers (President, Borough of Manhattan) and Vail (Director, N-YHS) describing the additions made to the fort and the removal of walls to be stored nearby for restoration by others once the Battery Park Underpass was completed; announcement of and minutes recorded of the May 28, 1941 Meeting for the Preservation of Historic Sites and Buildings in the City of New York (Folder 4) that resolved to appoint a committee to seek the means to prevent the demolition of historic landmarks; petition by Alexander Hamilton (President, American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society) against Robert Moses (Commissioner of Parks) seeking to refrain Moses from demolishing the structure known as Fort Clinton without the formal approval of the Art Commission of New York; newspaper clippings from New York Herald Tribune, Sun, New York Times, and other papers with published letters of support and poems from the public, many of whose ancestors passed through the building as immigrants; of note (Folder 5) is a clipping from the World Telegram written by Eleanor Roosevelt giving her support for the preservation of the fort; Folder 6 consists of clippings of photos of Castle Clinton in the stages of its demolition, as well as an article about a prints and paintings exhibition showing Fort Clinton as "it was and could be" to garner support for its preservation; clippings on the winning designs of the Fine Arts Federation of New York; lawsuits brought forth to restrain Robert Moses from proceeding with demolition, in particular the feud between Moses and Pierce Trowbridge Wetter (Treasurer, Greenwich Village Historical Society); two sets of index cards of alphabetical listings of names and addresses of people involved in Saving the Aquarium.
Requests for "Reproductions of Famous Historical Personages & Scenes" letters (7 folders), 1928-1939
Scope and Contents Note
Folders 1-6 consists of letters from teachers, students, and others requesting the illustrations provided free of charge by the N-YHS entitled "Reproductions of Famous Historical Personages & Scenes." Folder 7 contains correspondence written to the N-YHS from various individuals in regard to the value of a newspaper published in Kingston , NY on January 4, 1800 of the "Ulster Gazette" (Num. 88 Vol. II) that contains an account of the death of Washington. Box 357 contains several hundred index cards requesting "Reproductions of Famous Historical Personages & Scenes" from schools across the country.
Requests for "Reproductions of Famous Historical Personages & Scenes" postcards, 1928-1939
Scope and Contents Note
These postcards were submitted to the N-YHS from various schools and organizations requesting to be sent the illustrations from "Reproductions of Famous Historical Personages & Scenes."
Thompson Property at East Hampton, Long Island, 1941-1946
Scope and Contents Note
Materials include the title to the Thompson East Hampton property; Bank of New York documentation of closing and deed on property; real estate transactions between J. Edward Gay Jr., and the Weekes Brothers; policy of insurance from the Title Guarantee and Trust Company and other insurance documentation; extensive correspondence between the Village of East Hampton and N-YHS exempting N-YHS from tax payments on property; correspondence related to the maintenance of the property; correspondence between various realtors and Arthur Sutherland, Esq. in regard to setting the asking price the property in 1946; final sale of property contract to Ivan Barrington White; photo reproduction created by Garrett H. Winter (Superintendent, N-YHS) showing detailed second and third floor plans of house; photo reproduction of map of property showing area and scale of property as surveyed by Theodore F. Squires (Licensed Land Surveyor); Statement of Apportionments; letter from Nelson C. Osborne (Insurance and Real Estate Notary Public) recommending three principal local real estate brokers as: J. Edward Gay Jr., Edward T. Dayton, and James M. Strong; correspondence between Columbia University and N-YHS discussing the wish of Sarah D. Gardiner (niece of Charles, Elizabeth and Mary Thompson) to acquire several books, an etching, and flowers; various insurance policies including fire and war damage; correspondence between Frank Howe to A.J.Wall (Director, N-YHS) with regard to house maintenance (plumbing, heating), visitors to the estate (students, Girl Scout Troops, Mother's Club), donations, and other matters; responses to invitation to attend the dedication of the Thompson Homestead Memorial on July 25, 1942; estimates for plumbing and re-roofing of the estate; letter confirming Frank Howe and his wife as caretakers of the East Hampton homestead at $90 per month; bills for gas and laundry; correspondence with Long Island Lighting Company in regard to proposed extension of gas facilities on the property; information on the estate and Mr. Charles G. Thompson received from J. Custis Lawrence; correspondence between A.J.Wall (Director, N-YHS) and Nelson C. Osborne (Realtor); correspondence with regard to house maintenance, hours of operation, weather reports, salary checks received, and visitors; reports on the Thompson house sent to A.J. Wall from Mr. H. Winter; letter informing staff of closing the house during the winter months; 1944 announcement published in East Hampton Star of exhibitions at the Thompson Homestead; several letters exchanged between Katherine Wellenkamp (Curator) and Donald A. Shelley (Curator of Paintings and Acting Museum Curator) and other staff on her experience at the homestead and attendance records, as well as an invitation to the Society's Strawberry Festival; letters exchanged between Shelley and Wellenkamp of the tensions between her and the caretakers (Mr. and Mrs. Testa); letter to Zabriskie from Testa in regard to the tensions between the caretakers and Wellenkamp; several letters exchanged between Jeannette Edwards Rattray (East Hampton Star) and N-YHS staff in regard to advertising the museum; exhibition brochure sent to the East Hampton Star for publication; lecture given by Susan E. Lyman, "Shopping in Old New York"; several letters between E.H.Braem (Mothers' Club) and N-YHS in regard to a lecture on New York people from 1626-1943; request for N-YHS to take part in a parade along with the Ladies Village Improvement Society of East Hampton; requests for permission for Wellenkamp's sister to stay with her at the home for a few weeks during the summer; visit from two Satterthwaite sisters who had spent their childhood in the original house built in 1873 by their father who sold the estate to the Thompson family and their donation of three spoons dug up on the property from Native American graves when the house was being erected; letter from the F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company in regard to the condition of trees on the property; letters to Wellenkamp and Testa (caretaker) informing them that the N-YHS Board of Trustees voted to permanently close the Thompson Homestead Memorial in May 1946; letters to lighting and coal companies to discontinue service as property was sold; brochure of the Thompson Homestead Memorial containing a brief history and summary of each exhibition room; 1943 brochure of exhibition: Things Military Through the Years (1750-1898); list of household goods from Thompson Homestead sold to N-YHS staff members upon closing of museum; hand written records of attendance for the Thompson Homestead taken between the dedication opening on July 25, 1942 and October 8, 1945.
U.S.Treasury Department-Tax Exempt Material, 1926-1985
Scope and Contents Note
Includes application for tax-exempt status; several letters appear to be annual rulings by the Treasury Department for tax-exempt status of the N-YHS; letter dated June 22, 1926 from the office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in regard to taxable status under the provisions of Section 231 (6) of the Revenue Act of 1926; ruling relative to the deductibility on the income tax return for 1924 filed by Samuel V. Hoffman of contributions made to the N-YHS; letters dated August 22, 1967 from U.S. Treasury Department discussing contributions made to the N-YHS by individual donors; requests for N-YHS to submit to Treasury Department documents such as affidavits as to its purpose, activities, the character of the organization, and financial statements showing the sources of its income, along with the institution's charter or articles of incorporation and by-laws; copy of Revenue Ruling 67-246 I.R.B. 1967-32,4 (allowance of deductions); supporting documents submitted by N-YHS to obtain a ruling that the Society was "publicly supported; letter dated December 24, 1985 that shows that the Date of Exemption Letter was created April 1938 (exemption in April 1938 pursuant to 1954 Code section 501(c) (3) or its predecessor Code Section).
Miscellaneous Matter (6 folders), circa 1868-1937, undated
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a few miscellaneous notes, clippings, lists, object photographs, photo reproductions of the "rag-man" and other solicitation advertisements; print matter; business and calling cards; and personal correspondence.
Act of Incorporation (2 folders), 1846-1973, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes photostat reproductions of various acts and printed laws of the 19th century related to N-YHS's incorporation; original prints of acts (1846, 1849, 1854); documents related to the amendment to include "educational purposes" in N-YHS's act of incorporation (1928); a borrowing resolution (1934); an unnecessary filing of a Certificate of Report of Existence (1951); printed by-laws (1954, 1964); exemption from certain provisions of the Personal Property Law (1967); and filing of a Certificate of Type (1973).
Education and Public Relations (5 folders), 1958-1965
Bella Landauer-related correspondece, 1932-1960, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Holds a few letters related to the Landauer collection.