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Paid invoices for various expenses incurred by Ruth Uris from 1982 to 1996. These everyday expenditures include utilities, insurance premiums, tax payments, living expenses, charitable contributions, transportation, legal fees, accounting services, leisure activities, healthcare, and other personal bills.

Contains income and gift tax returns submitted to the IRS and State of New York along with estimated tax payment vouchers for Ruth Uris. These materials were prepared by her accountants. Also includes records of charitable contributions, deduction records, calculations of accrued interest, bank statements, accounting work sheets, and other supporting documentation used in drawing up the returns.

Consists of checkbook stubs from Ruth Uris's bank accounts at Irving Trust Company and Bank of New York. The stubs include information on the account balance, date of the check, payee, and amount.

Four bound ledgers contain records of receipts, disbursements, and transfers of funds for Ruth Uris.

Comprised of correspondence, leases, plans, modification documents, rent inclusions, invoices, and other records associated with individual tenants at 380 Madison Avenue. These documents portray the business relationship the Urises had with their commercial tenants. Tenants at 380 Madison Avenue were engaged in diverse occupations and leased space for corporate executive offices, retail stores, financial institutions, graphic imaging, marketing, real estate, and storage. The correspondence with tenants explains all aspects of their leases, alterations to the premises, fire codes, rent escalations, permissions to sublet space, legal actions involving tenants, and corporate changes. Included are letters to and from Cross & Brown Company regarding leases, modifications, tenant charges with collection and overdue instances, and other building management activities. There are also communications about the building's construction, including communications with lawyers, architects, contractors regarding building space to tenant specifications and needs. Interoffice memorandums in these files discuss negotiated lease terms, rent arrears, calculation of tenant charges, proposed leases, rent freezes, renewals, and lease modifications.

Monthly property statements issued by Cross & Brown Company for the operation of 380 Madison Avenue. These statements contain paid invoices, payroll records, tenant information, financial statements, and other management documents. The invoices reveal the monthly operating expenses for supplies, audits, consultant services, elevator service, security personnel, cleaning fees, utilities, maintenance, petty cash disbursements, taxes, repairs, waste removal, uniform rentals, check requests, and landscaping. Payroll summaries, weekly registers, tax forms, union contributions, and other records explain the compensation and benefits earned by employees of the building. These payroll records are restricted. Receipts of tenant charges indicate how much individual lessees paid for steam and water usage, electricity, air conditioning, heating, repairs, elevator operation, and the overtime services of electricians, engineers, and mechanics. There are also tenant rental adjustments, escalations, and property rolls detailing the square feet occupied and individual tenant expenditures. In 1959, the Cross & Brown Company monthly statements begin including financial reports. The type of financial report appearing in the statement changes over time. First there are Statements of Receipts, 1959-1965, that report individual tenant information on debits and credits, summaries of income and expenditures, and tax reserves. For 1965 and 1966, Statements of Owners Account reports state the balances of the building operation, billing and collection summary, rundown of expenditures, and tax reserves. Starting in November 1966, Agency Building Transaction reports record management expenditures, summaries of billing and collections, and overall fiscal balances. Finally, Budget Operating Reports from May 1977 to May 1989 recapitulate the receipts, disbursements, tenant charges, and general business ledger for the property.

Consists of correspondence, agreements, reports, registers, security logbooks, financial records, proposals, and other materials related to the building's operation. These documents describe building management activities, lease provisions, negotiations with potential tenants, renovations, and Local Law observance. The correspondence discusses electric rate increases, elevator upgrades, preparations of leases for prospective tenants, and contractor bids for repair and restoration work. Lease registers, digests, and summaries list detailed tenant information, lease conditions, notes concerning term modifications, rent increases, and terminations. In the security logbooks, there are daily entries about the staff's activities and any incidents in the building. Service contracts, building engineer's reports, weekly accounts, water treatment field studies, inspections, Local Law compliance records, and elevator specifications hold information about the management, cleaning, porter, elevator, fire protection, and emergency services provided in the building. Records including a property lease, appraisal, invoices, promissory notes, and custody account agreement document the financial aspects of the building. In addition to these materials, there are bids, specifications for work, contracts, agreements, and other documents regarding the repair, rehabilitation, restoration, and improvement of the building itself.

Primarily statements, agreements, and correspondence regarding the financing of 380 Madison Avenue. Applications with supporting documentation, mortgage agreements, amendments, and correspondence detail the fiscal arrangements made by the Urises to fund the building's construction and subsequent financing. The consolidation, refinancing, and extension of mortgages are discussed in closing statements, assignments, agreements, financial statements, stock purchases, and other related papers. These documents involved the following lenders: The State of New York/Comptroller of the State of New York, Trustee of the Common Retirement Fund, the Greenwich Saving Bank, the Prudential Insurance Company of America, and Irving Trust Company.

Contains correspondence, insurance papers, contracts, payroll reports, personnel files, pension plan records, and other employee related materials. The correspondence with insurance companies describes employee insurance coverage, premium payments, plan options, policy changes, rate increases, and benefits. There are also letters about the employees' pension plan participation and communication with ADP regarding payroll issues. The insurance papers have applications, claims, plan brochures, administrator handbooks, notices regarding policy benefits, and records of payments for the Blue Cross Blue Shield group medical insurance policy and Guardian Insurance group life insurance. In the payroll reports, there are monthly management reports about employee checks, weekly payroll registers, employee earnings records, and tax reports. Applications for employment, contracts, personal information sheets, vacation days, wages, and insurance matters make up the personnel files for individual workers. The pension plan records, 1977-1996, include balance sheets of plan contributions, statements of deductions from payroll, reports from Shearson Lehman, bank account information, forms, and individual employee monthly reports of plan and retirement account performance. In addition, there are W-2 forms, 1989-1996, and a worker's compensation claim from May 1987.

Comprised of reports, correspondence, blank forms, financial statements, receipts, invoices, accounting worksheets, and other fiscal records. These records document the income and expenses generated by the successive corporate entities. The general fiscal operations are illustrated in aged trial balances, audits, custody account statements, completed securities transaction records, building maintenance contracts, cleaning price adjustments, stock order receipts, and tax documents. There are rental materials including tenant status reports, unit charges listings, rent rolls, tenant charges, and escalations for labor, real estate taxes, and electricity. In addition, there are monthly analysis of agent's statements with itemized information on taxes, stocks, assets, rent, tenant charges, tenants, escalations, building' expenses for repairs, utilities, and maintenance.