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Series VII: Trustees, Officers, and Staff, 1918-2003, inclusive

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

0.6 Linear feet

Scope and Content

This series includes portrait, posed and casual photographs of N-YHS trustees, officers and staff members.

Arrangement Note

Images of trustee are followed by officers, then by various staff, though there is some overlap in group shots. A small number of pre-1939 images begins the series and unidentified individuals close the series.

Early Officers and Board, 1918, 1934, 1939

Box: 25, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents Note

Includes photographs of portrait paintings of Robert Kelby (1918) and Alexander J. Wall (1934). Includes photograph of 1939 Board of Trustees.

Board of Trustees. Group Photographs (2 folders), 1950s, 1980s

Box: 25, Folder: 2-3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Board of Trustees. Other Photographs (2 folders), 1950s-1990s

Box: 25, Folder: 4-5 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents Note

Includes portraits of Beekman, Bilodean, Butterfield, Kimball, Middendorf, Olds, Pearlstine, Prentis, Streeter, and Van Alstyne, and some informal snapshots of gatherings.

Board of Trustees. Other Photographs. Oversize, 1925, 1959, Undated

Box: 71, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Directors/Chief Executive Officers (2 folders), 1950s-1990s

Box: 25, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents Note

Includes R.W.G. Vail, James Heslin, James Bell, and Barbara Debs.

Various Staff, 1939-2003, inclusive

Box: 25, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents Note

Includes photographs of Dorothy Barck, Jean Ashton, Mary Black, Holly Hotchner, and James Mooney, among others. Includes a snapshot of at least some of the Library Staff.

Unidentified Individuals, 1940s?-1960s?

Box: 25, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Pen drawings of Print Room staff, 1990-1991, inclusive

Box: 71, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

3 pen drawings by employee Laird A. Ogden. Christmas holiday/winter-themed from 1990, 1991, and undated (perhaps 1989). Depicts various staff members (unidentified by name) of the Print Room.

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