Series I. Investments, 1880s-1993, inclusive

Scope and Contents

The series holds some documents related to some of the mortgages, securities and other investments held by N-YHS from the 1880s to the 1940s and then in the early 1990s.

Arrangement

The series is organized in two subseries:

Subseries I.A. Mortgage Investments, 1880s-1944

Subseries I.B. Fiduciary Trust Reports, 1990-1993

Subseries I.A. Mortgage Investments, 1880s-1944, inclusive

Scope and Contents

The subseries holds correspondence and some insurance policies related to N-YHS's investment of its funds in mortgages in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Arrangement

The series is arranged in chronological order. Files for the 1930s are further arranged by property/mortgagor, though not etailed in the finding aid.

Related Materials

Much of this documentation was taken from the General Correspondence (RG-2) files. It is likely that more such material remains in those files and should be referred to. Also, approvals, modifications, etc. of mortgages and other investments were made by N-YHS's Executive Committee through the late 1930s and the minute books of that Committee in the Management Committee records (RG-1) can be consulted. Those minutes have been digitized and can be viewed on-line.

Investments/mortgage documents, 1880s, inclusive

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

Investments/mortgage documents, 1890s, inclusive

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

Insurance policies (24) on properties, 1860s-1890s, inclusive

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

Investments/mortgage documents, 1900-1908, inclusive

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

Investments/mortgage documents (2 folders), circa 1913-1928, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 5-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

These documents were originally inside the front cover of the 1910-27 cash deposits journal (see below folder 33).

Investments/mortgage documents (26 folders), 1928-1944, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 7-31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries I.B. Fiduciary Trust Reports, 1990-1993, inclusive

Scope and Contents

The subseries includes the monthly reports received by N-YHS from Fiduciary Trust International, the custodian of the organization's investments/securities holdings. These reports include schedules of investment at month-end, with portfolio characteristics and descriptions of activity in the accounts. Individual reports are present for the General Operating account and for the various segregated special purpose funds.

Arrangement

The subseries is arranged by fund and then chronologically within each fund.

Bryan Principal Fund reports (4 folders), 1990 July-1992 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Text)

Bryan Principal Fund (2 folders), 1992 July-1993 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 9, Folder: 11-12 (Material Type: Text)

Harper Fund (4 folders), 1990 July-1992 June, inclusive

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

Harper Fund (2 folders), 1992 July-1993 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 10, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Text)

Matched Expense Account (2 folders), 1990 July-1992 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 7, Folder: 9-10 (Material Type: Text)

Mellon Endowment Fund (4 folders), 1990 July-1992 June, inclusive

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

Mellon Endowment Fund (2 folders), 1992 July-1993 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 10, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Text)

Mellon Bridging Fund (2 folders), 1990 July-1992 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 8, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Text)

General Operating Account (4 folders), 1990 July-1992 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 8, Folder: 7-10 (Material Type: Text)

General Operating Account (2 folders), 1992 July-1993 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 10, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Text)

DeWitt Wallace-Readers Digest Public Education Fund (4 folders), 1990 July-1992 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 9, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Text)

DeWitt Wallace-Readers Digest Public Education Fund (2 folders), 1992 July-1993 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 10, Folder: 7-8 (Material Type: Text)

DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund (3 folders), 1991 February-1992 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 9, Folder: 5-7 (Material Type: Text)

DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund (2 folders), 1992 July-1993 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 10, Folder: 9-10 (Material Type: Text)

Starr Foundation Endowment Fund (3 folders), 1991 April-1992 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 9, Folder: 8-10 (Material Type: Text)

Starr Foundation Endowment Fund (2 folders), 1992 July-1993 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 10, Folder: 11-12 (Material Type: Text)

Fiduciary Trust reports (16 folders), 1992 September-1993 December, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 11, Folder: 1-16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes the original packet of reports from Fiduciary Trust for the period 1992 September-1993 December. These are likely redundant of the above data through June 1993. Some of the packets have additionial documents, such as economic forecasts. At June 1993 there is an additional report from investment consultants, Colonial Consulting.