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Primarily statements, agreements, correspondence, assignments, promissory notes, and financial records about the financing of the 300 Park Avenue project. These documents explain the initial exchange with Webb Knapp, Inc. of 2 Lafayette Street (Court Square Building) for properties at 300 Park Avenue, 48 East 50th Street, and 47 East 49th Street. Then, there are agreements and correspondence in relation to the building loan. The sub-subseries includes correspondence, mortgage application, closing statements, extension agreements, consolidation agreement, collateral lease assignment, partial release of mortgage on the mortgage loan with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. There are also documents about the additional funds and refinancing obtained from the New York State Common Retirement Fund/Employees Retirement System, the Greenwich Savings Bank, Manhattan Saving Bank, Mellon Mortgage Company, and Irving Trust Company. In addition, there are schedules of payments, interest rate notices, balance sheets, financial statements, and rent rolls related to these fiscal matters.

Comprised of correspondence, union records, payroll statements, insurance claims, personnel files, tax information, and other papers associated with the employees at 300 Park Avenue. The correspondence with staff, management agencies, union representatives, insurance claims, and others details vacation schedules, payroll information, taxes, union negotiations and agreements, job training, position responsibilities, sick days, retirements, and other employee matters. In addition to the correspondence, the union folders have enrollment forms, commercial building agreements, complaints by employees, and records of contributions to pension, annuity and health funds. Payroll statements beginning in 1951 provide weekly accounts of the hours worked, wage rate, earnings, deductions, union affiliations, and payments of individual employees. The insurance claims, for both disability and workers' compensation, have claim forms, medical records, accident reports, benefit information, bill and payment records, and notices of decisions. In the individual personnel files, there are vacation requests, wage increases, daily attendance records, tax documents, personal information, employment applications, licensing and certification processes, complaints, incident reports, union regulations, building procedures, and accounts of absences. Also included are unemployment insurance returns and information on payroll taxes from 1955 to 1989.

Comprised of reports, correspondence, working papers, financial statements, accounting worksheets, invoices, forms, and other fiscal records. The general fiscal operations are illustrated in working papers, budgets, completed securities transactions, custody account records, audits, ten year projections, cleaning service contracts, maintenance expenses, and related financial documents from the successive corporate entities. In the working papers, there are yearly balance sheets, statements of income and expenses, depreciation adjustments, insurance schedules, commission schedules, and related calculations. There are also tenant related materials such as escalation files, operating expenses, rent rolls, lease security deposit records, and sublease profit sharing. Escalation files for electricity, labor, and real estate taxes have calculations, interoffice memos, lease agreement information, and correspondence with tenants. The calculations of operating expenses and sublease profit sharing for specific tenants are documented, with detailed information on charges, lease agreements, adjustments, and bills. Additionally, the monthly analysis of agent's statements have itemized information on taxes, stocks, assets, rent, tenant charges, tenants, escalations, building' expenses for repairs, utilities, and maintenance.

Monthly, quarterly, and annual reports on the financial status of the building and its related corporations. Includes balance sheets, financial statements, classified trial balances, accounting worksheets, notes, and memos about fiscal matters. These statements detail assets, liabilities, capital stock, income, operating expenses, loans, accrued interest, mortgage expenditures, depreciation, tax deductions, commissions, payroll analysis, losses, and other disbursements. In addition, there are statements and estimates about the construction costs for the building project. These documents have information about contractor charges, architect fees, carrying costs, financing expenses, commissions, field extras, and related expenditures.

Contains the paid bills associated with 300 Park Avenue, from the previous seventeen-story residential building through construction and subsequent operation. These bills were incurred by Park Avenue Offices, Inc., Colcorn Company, Uris Holding Company, and 300 Park Avenue LLC. From 1952 to 1981, the records are organized by calendar year. Starting in 1982, the bills are grouped by fiscal year until 1987 when it returns to calendar year. There are invoices from architects, lawyers, consultants, accountants, leasing agents, banking institutions, advertisers, designers, blue printers, and other professional services. These bills detail operating expenses and maintenance for the office building such as taxes, utilities, insurance, cleaning, plumbing, painting, landscaping, supplies, repairs, municipal fees, tenant alterations, organization membership dues, transportation, signage, petty cash, and other recurring outlays. Also included are records of transfers between Uris companies and corporations for office management fees, loans, charitable contributions, wages, withdrawals, bank transfers, and other income. Occasionally, an invoice contains charges for 380 Madison Avenue or members of the Uris family. A few folders of statements from the New York Central Railroad Company in 1954 are restricted until January 1, 2080 because they contain payroll information.

Tax returns, correspondences, estimated payments, refunds, certificates, and supporting documentation for the city, state, and federal government. There are returns for corporate income taxes, annual information, utilities, franchise taxes, real property gains, withholding, sales, landlord information, and city taxes. The correspondence with federal, state, and local departments as well as interoffice memorandums discusses tax return preparations, payments, audits, waivers, applications, liabilities, deductions, and related tax matters. Several files about real estate taxes provide information on assessments, appeals, refunds, bills, forms, tenant rebates, valuations, calculations, and legal documentation.

Monthly statements, cancelled checks, deposit slips, checkbook stubs, and a few other related records from the bank accounts associated with 300 Park Avenue. The accounts were with Irving Trust Company, Manufacturers Trust Company, Barclays Bank of New York, and the Bank of New York. As the corporate entities managing the building, Park Avenue Offices, Inc., Colcorn Company, Uris Holding Company, and 300 Park Avenue, LLC administered the accounts.

Principally documents about the construction of the twenty -five-story office building at 300 Park Avenue. Uris Brothers, Inc. was engaged as the general contractor to erect the structure according to the plans and specifications prepared by Emery Roth & Sons. The sub-subseries contains correspondence, work orders, agreements, instructions to bidders, specifications, drawing transmittal sheets, worksheets, financial records, reports, schedules, drawings, and other materials. These documents describe the construction of electrical, HVAC, plumbing, lighting, telephone, vertical conveyor systems as well as the assembly of walls, roofing, windows, floors, ceilings, elevators, doors, store fronts, toilets, hardware, and signs. They detail subcontractor's work on the acoustics, brick, cement finish, concrete slabs, fireproofing, glazing, granite, gunite, insulation, iron, marble, masonry, metal furring and lathing, ornamental metal, painting, plastering, steel, terrazzo, tile, Venetian blinds, waterproofing, woodwork, and a plaque commemorating the Columbia School of Mines. In addition, there are records about the survey, demolition, and excavation of the existing residential property.

Consists of correspondence, transmittal forms, agreements, construction orders, and financial records for the work performed on the area for the Chemical Corn Exchange Bank (later Barclays Bank of New York). Within these documents, there are accounts of all aspects of the construction incorporating structural steel, electrical work, masonry, cement, plumbing, vault installation, concrete work, roofing, metal lathing, heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems, flooring, terrazzo, carpentry, doors, painting, glass, plaster, tile, ornamental metal work, and fixtures. The correspondence with the tenant communicates their structural needs based on the lease clauses, anticipated costs, and vault requirements. Other correspondence about the building of this commercial space discusses approvals of architectural drawings, revisions to the proposed design, budget estimates, contingency plans, materials used, subcontractor matters, field inspections of work completed, instructions for the resolution of problems, and payment of incurred expenses. Interoffice memorandums represent the Urises' involvement with this facet of the construction project, including architectural plans, purchase orders, progress reports, punch lists of unfinished items, and payment of subcontractors. The drawing transmittal forms, contracts, and draft drawings in the sub-subseries involve Uris Brothers, Inc., Emery Roth & Sons, general contractor, subcontractors, and engineers erecting the office building. These documents explain the design of the bank area, specific work to be performed, alterations, and price of construction. In the construction orders, there are work orders, extra orders, change orders, and purchase orders. They list the company names, dates, work descriptions, labor needs, materials, costs, and approvals for the assorted aspects of the Chemical Corn Exchange Bank construction. Invoices, estimated budgets, bids, requisitions, disbursement sheets, receipts, credits, and other financial records portray the overall construction costs. These records itemize charges for labor, supplies, insurance coverage, equipment rentals, hardware, overtime, replacement of faulty materials, unpaid claims, and other expenses.

Correspondence, drawing transmittals, work orders, specifications, proposals, cost estimates, meeting reports, equipment requirements, contracts, progress schedules, worksheets, pamphlets, small drawings, and related documents about the construction of areas leased by Colgate-Palmolive Company. Subjects discussed in these records include the HVAC system, plumbing, electrical work, flooring, hardware, lighting fixtures, kitchens, lobby information desk, door controls, painting, television antenna, tile, toilets, and a vertical conveyor system. Correspondence from the architects, tenant representatives, engineers, subcontractors, suppliers, and the general contractor, Uris Brothers, Inc., addresses the many issues that arouse over the course of construction. There is information about the architectural plans, construction progress, expenditures, tenant specifications, approved changes, problems with work, lease terms, delays in the shipment of ordered products, and related matters. Agendas, minutes, and interoffice memorandums from meetings held about construction provide information on the project's status, engineering issues, distribution of costs, negotiation of lease terms, design changes, and disputes. The other records relate to cost breakdowns, locations, space layouts, labor, materials, price quotes, the requirements of computer equipment, guarantee of workmanship, and installations. Acknowledgement of Orders, extra orders, change orders, purchase orders, and other work orders supply even more specific data about the work performed for Colgate-Palmolive Company with details on tenant requests, costs, modifications, locations, samples, and other particulars.