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Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, memorabilia, and printed materials. The earliest document is Chalres Ludlow's appointment as a Midshipman in 1788, signed by President John Adams. There are also documents signed by U.S. President James Monroe and by New York Governors William L. Marcy and Thomas E. Dewey. The correspondence includes letter to Thomas Mackaness Ludlow Chrystie, 1841-1914, from Admiral David G. Farragut and Asa Bird Gardiner, of the Society of the Cincinnati, and his letterbook for 1896-1914. In Addition to Dr. Chrystie's medical practice and his personal life, some 25 pages in the letterbook are copies, in his hand, of letters from Captain Charles Ludlow, et al., aboard various ships in the U.S. Navy, 1801-1811. Papers of Thomas Ludlow Chrystie, 1872-1954 (Columbia A.B., 1892; Trustee, 1920-1926) include letters from Nicholas Murray Butler, Benjamin Cardozo, and Seth Low and manuscripts from his post as secretary for the Citizen's Committee on Reorganization of the New York Police Force, 1905-1906. There are 20 photographs relating to the Chrystie Family and Columbia University, including one of Dwight D. Eisenhower when President of Columbia. There are also 20 volumes from the Chrysties' libraries, notable among them are Thomas Ludlow Chrystie's law books, a number of Columbia University publications refering to the Chrysties, and family memorabilia.

Architectural drawings and photographs of Hoppin and Koen designs including alterations to the residence of R.T. Wilson, Jr., 15 East 57th Street, New York, 1905; Albany County Courthouse, Albany, New York, 1913-1915; Mount Morris Theater at Fifth Avenue and 116th Street, New York, 1911-1912; New York City Fire Department building, East 111th Street and Second Avenue, 1911; Manhattan terminal of the Brooklyn Bridge, undated, not constructed; residences of George B. McClellan at Princeton, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C., 1922; Edith Wharton and Edward Wharton's Lenox, Massachusetts, home, the Mount; New York City Police Headquarters, 240 Centre St., New York; and others.