Series IV. Librarian & Curatorial Files, 1959-2013

Includes correspondence including that concerning Breton's manuscript guide.

Includes, among other topics, exhibition (manuscripts on display, FDR, Washington, Great Fire, and Constitution), papers location guide, and AMC logs. There is also a set of folders containing a report by Richard B. Morris and the Mayor's Task Force on the New York City Municipal Archives (1966) (Heslin was a member of the Task Force) and Frank G. Burke's report on selected archival problems in New York's records.

Includes, among other topics, memos, inventories and other documents related to Dunnings's development of the institutional archive.

Includes general correspondence of the Manuscripts Department, principally reference-related.

Includes the general correspondence files A-Z and subject files A-C, including Burleigh's Views of New York, Aaron Burr papers microfilm project, and Christie's (including sale of N-YHS's S.V. Hoffman items in 1975).

Includes, among others, subject files D-P, including Gates paper microfilm project, sale of S.V. Hoffman books, the LeBoeuf Fulton collection, an auction catalogue for Gregory's personal library (1988), Microfilming Corp of America (MCA), Old Print Shop, Papprill's View of New York, and trustees Andrew Oliver and John E. Parsons.

Includes subject files R-W, including donations from A. Pennington Whitehead, N-YHS sales at Swann Galleries, the 1969 list of Treasures of Americana, and correspondence with trustees Frank Streeter, Thomas Streeter, and Alexander Vietor.

Includes general correspondence files A-Z and subject files that include, among other topics, loans to the American Antiquarian Society for their early American imprints project, NYU paper conservator Konstanze Bachmann's report on N-YHS's architectural collections, and dealings with bookseller Roger Butterfield.

Includes subject files D-T including, among other topics, deaccessions, statements of work goals made by individual library staff members, a report by John F. Dean of Johns Hopkins on N-YHS's collections care/conservation, dealings with the Old Print Shop (a ledger in the file also includes records related to dealings with Roger Butterfield; some documents in this file extend to 1990) and Swann Galleries.

Includes correspondence concerning research requests and other forms of library resource-related assistance.

Includes general correspondence files A-Z, the final report to the NEH on N-YHS's grant-funded participation in RLG (1982-86), a summary of a meeting at N-YHS of the Mid-Atlantic Cooperative Preservation Service Facility (MASCPS, of which N-YHS was a member) and a related microfilming grant proposal, loan of objects for the U.S. Grant centennial exhibition, and a grant proposal for cataloging the Rufus King collection.

Includes general correspondence files A-Z, primarily for 1987. Also includes files of correspondence with specific individuals, principally consultants concerning various aspects of the library collection.

Includes weekly calendars, monthly reports from the library to Director James Bell, and files of offsite storage and general conservation matters.

Includes subject files including, among others, the Summer Institute for history teachers, Long Island fishing documentary project, US-China trade film, the exhibition at the Nippon Club, playing card collection, planning, Print Room (Zinkham guide), and the Encyclopedia of New York City.

Includes exhibition files, primarily Government by Choice: Inventing the U.S. Constitution, but also Strong on Music, New York Bestiary, Putting New York on the Map, and Ex Libris Rufus King.

Includes subject files A-E including, among other topics, advisory committees, library annual reports, conservation procedures, general correspondence (1993), development, and education programs.

Includes subject files related to proposed or installed exhibitions including Library Treasures, Letters from a War, "Patronage," "Tokyo Map Show," "Bicentennial of the US Constitution," "Thomas Jefferson," and Markers of Change.

Includes subject files F, primarily including correspondence related to the fiscal crisis.

Includes subject files G-N including, among other topics, grants, Jewish Museum, lecture series, general manuscript matters, memo files, microfilming, and newspapers.

Includes subject files O-P, including among other topics, organizational charts, permissions, planning (including collection management policies), preservation, public service, and publications.

Includes subject files R-V, including among other topics, the Gallery Reinstallation Committee, RLG, RECON project, series and standing orders cancelled, library de-selections, stacks planning, Technical Services, and Ashton's testimony at a public hearing on the preservation of historical records (1990).

This and the following box were found after processing was completed on the record group and was added here. The files are not processed and are in original folders. The content includes a broad range of library adminstration matters.

This and the following box were found after processing was completed on the record group and was added here. The files are not processed and are in original folders. The content includes a broad range of library adminstration matters.

Includes subject files A-C, including among other topics, acquisitions, access policies, library annual reports, Beekman Family Association, capital funding, and Collections Advisory Committee.

Includes subject files C-G, including among other topics, collections management, general correspondence (1993-94), Friends of the Library, and grants and grants proposed (Cass Gilbert, negatives, maps, Mellon).

Includes subject files G-L, including among other topics, various grant projects, correspondence with former mayor Edward Koch about a possible donation of materials, an original receipt acknowledgement from the Holland Society of a returned deposit, various library administrative matters (e.g., budget, fees, staffing, stacks, etc.), and Luce Center.

Includes subject files M, including manuscript department matters (collection descriptions, cataloguing, etc.) and microfilming (Archives Preservation Microfilming Project/RLG).

This box and the next includes subject files for the Mellon grant-funded project to catalog N-YHS collections in partnership with New York University as well as general N-YHS-NYU subject files.

Includes the continuation of the Mellon-related files.

Includes subject files N-S, including among other topics, planning, public service, Rockefeller Foundation proposal, and bequest of the estate of Steutel-Dean..

Includes subject files T-Z.

Includes a mix of subjects, including among others, acquisition notes, collection development, planning, and development.

Includes a mix of subjects, including among others, space allocation, technical services (Innopac, RLIN, microfilming, conservation, etc.), manuscript department matters, public service (including statistics), and public programs.

Includes a mix of subjects including small work files for a few exhibitions and records of temporary removals/loans from the collection.

Includes a mix of subjects including records of temporary removals/loans from the collection and general correspondence (1989-1993).

Includes memos, permissions, general correspondence, donation files, fellowships, statistics, and some subject files.

Includes grants, memos, and some subject files.

Includes a compiled mix of files generally concerning acquisitions, collection surveys and descriptions, a few small exhibition files, a library procedures manual (circa 2000), public service and other statistics, the World Trade Center/9-11/History Responds project, N-YHS web site, and other matter.

Includes a compiled mix of files generally concerning grants (including actual and potential Mellon projects), budgets, some bills and invoices, goals, planning, consultants, conservation, space planning, "Resources in New York City History" project, Bobcat (library catalog) search procedures, and a cataloging department quick reference notebook.

Includes a compiled mix of general correspondence, memos and printed emails.

Includes subject files A-S (end), including among other topics, budgets, grants (including Delmas for organizing the institutional archive and Mellon), small files on some exhibitions, and statistics and library survey sheets.

Includes notes, research, and photocopies of documents related to the library's revolving exhibition of presidential letters.

Includes the drafts and finals of the various consultant reports on the Mellon-funded Contemporary Collecting policy project. Also includes general administrative files on meetings and correspondence.

Includes subject files A-B, including among other topics, "About the Library" fact sheet, African-American History Trust booklet, African Free School presentation book, conservation of Arthur Curtiss James scrapbook, final report for the Brown Brothers Harriman project, and buildings and stacks plans.

Includes subject files B-L, including among other topics, buildings/space planning, Chairman's Council "Weekend with History" packet (2007), proposed exhibition re: Winston Churchill, general exhibition information, library collection policies, collections reviews (e.g. for duplicate holdings), Friends of the Library, N-YHS's Graduate Institute in American History, and library administration (statistics, lists of tours, priorities, staffing, etc.)

Includes subject files L-Y, including among other topics, Library Night, nitrate film project report, Questions about New York Author Guide & Checklist, New York Genealogical & Biographical Society Library proposal, N-YHS records from Bobcat database, stacks planning, diaries of Gouverneur Morris project, project proposals, general Print Room matters, rare book collection project, records management proposals, electronic reference database assessment, renovation planning, John Rink's plan of Central Park, proposal to Russell Sage, and Shattuck exhibition proposal.

Includes files of deeds of gifts for FY 2006-FY2013 and acknowledgement letters for FY2006-FY2010.

Includes acknowledgement letters for FY2011-FY2013, files on individual donations or potential donations (including Causeries du Lundi, Central Park Conservancy, Children's Aid Society, New York Foundling, among others), and routing slips with acquisition data.

Includes files on purchases, deaccessioning policies, permission requests, and finding aids/inventories for various collections.

Includes files on acquisitions, general collection policies, and grants (e.g. Delmas, Mellon, Irene Diamond, Pine Tree).

Includes grants (NEH, NHPRC, and New York State) and budgets.

Includes exhibition files (including among others, Santa Claus, Malcolm X, Stamp Act, Founders Collection, WWII) and files on Alexander Street Press (digitization of Civil War material).

Includes project files (including Children's Aid society processing, Columbia School of Journalism, Questions About New York trivia book), New York University service agreement, and digital projects (including Alexander Street Press and others).

Includes digitization files, EBSCO, and IRLA.

Includes library administration (goals, tours, ADA compliance) and planning (reading room design upgrade), and miscellaneous reference files.

Includes files on fellowships and book prizes.

Includes files concerning off-site storage.