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Emery Roth architectural drawings and autobiography, 1907-1949, bulk 1920-1939
2,286 architectural drawingsThis collection included primarily original and reprographic architectural drawings by Roth, circa 1907-circa 1949, largely of apartment buildings located in Manhattan and designed during the 1920s and 1930s. Represented are the San Remo Towers, The Beresford, The Oliver Cromwell, the Normandy, and numerous other apartment buildings. There are also drawings for several hotel and private residences. A two-volume typescript autobiography is also included.
Apartment house, 20 Park Avenue (New York, N.Y.), 1937-1939 Nyda.1976.001 02089 to 02162
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- Apartment house, 20 Park Avenue (New York, N.Y.), 1937-1939
18 story & pent house apartment house on the NW corner of East 35th St. & Park Ave., N.Y.C / Emery - Abstract Or Scope
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18 story & pent house apartment house on the NW corner of East 35th St. & Park Ave., N.Y.C / Emery Roth & Sons.
Apartment house, 20 Beekman Place (New York, N.Y.), 1931-1954 Nyda.1976.001 01869 to 01890
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- Apartment house, 20 Beekman Place (New York, N.Y.), 1931-1954
11 story & pent house multiple dwelling for the NW cor. of East 50th Street & Beekman Place, New
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11 story & pent house multiple dwelling for the NW cor. of East 50th Street & Beekman Place, New York City / Emery Roth.
Alexander McMillan Welch architectural drawings and papers, 1886-1937
1,838 architectural drawingsHall houses, 20-22 West 86th Street (New York, N.Y.), [19]09 Range nyda.1000.016.01513 - nyda.1000.016.01523
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- Hall houses, 20-22 West 86th Street (New York, N.Y.), [19]09
. 20, no. 22 : W.W. & T.M. Hall, owners / Alex. M. Welch, Arch't.
Transcribed title: Two houses on south side of West 86th St., 312'-0" W. of Central Park West, no - Abstract Or Scope
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11 sheets : various media ; 91.8 x 74.4 cm. (36 1/8 x 29 3/8 in.) or smaller.
Hall house, 20 East 65th Street (New York, N.Y.) Box 5, Folder 10
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- Hall house, 20 East 65th Street (New York, N.Y.)
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2 photographs
Hall house, 20 East 65th Street (New York, N.Y.). Alterations, November 13-December 28 [19]01 Range nyda.1000.016.01080 - nyda.1000.016.01086
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- Hall house, 20 East 65th Street (New York, N.Y.). Alterations, November 13-December 28 [19]01
Transcribed title: Alteration of a house at no. 20 East 65th St., W.W. & T.M. Hall / Welch, Smith - Abstract Or Scope
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7 photomechanical reproductions : various media ; 86.2 x 89 cm (34 x 34 6/8 in.) or smaller.
Kahn & Jacobs architectural drawings and records, 1893-1965, bulk 1893-1950
8,313 architectural drawings20 Broad Street (New York, N.Y.), 1954-1957 Nyda.1978.001 07565 to 07633
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- 20 Broad Street (New York, N.Y.), 1954-1957
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Primary creator: Kahn & Jacobs
Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company architectural records, 1866-1985, bulk 1890-1942
40.1 linear feetRiverside Church (New York, N.Y.), 1926 Dec 20-1930 Jun 17 Range nyda.1963.002.01583 - 01620
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- Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.), 1926 Dec 20-1930 Jun 17
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Architect: Pelton, Henry C. ; Other Creator(s): Allen & Collens ; Eidlitz & Son (contractor)
Ocean View Cemetery (Staten Island, New York, N.Y.), 1918 Jul 20-1919 Jun 06 Range nyda.1963.002.01887 - 01888
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- Ocean View Cemetery (Staten Island, New York, N.Y.), 1918 Jul 20-1919 Jun 06
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Architect: Clinton & Russell
New York University (Bronx, N.Y.). Hall of Fame, extension, 1913 Feb 20-1913 Apr 16 Range nyda.1963.002.01098
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- New York University (Bronx, N.Y.). Hall of Fame, extension, 1913 Feb 20-1913 Apr 16
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Architect: Crow, Lewis & Wickenhoefer
General manuscripts, 1789-2013
41 linear feetThe General Manuscript Collection is an artificial collection of correspondence, diaries, lecture notes, class work, essays, administrative documents, minutes, and other documents collected by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Single items or very small collections are generally classified as part of the general manuscript collection rather than assigned an individual manuscript number. Additionally, small additions to existing RBML manuscript collections may be classified as part of the General Manuscript Collection.
St. Gaudens, August us to John Ward Stimson, New York, February20, n.y. Box 47
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- St. Gaudens, August us to John Ward Stimson, New York, February20, n.y.
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Leonidas Westervelt papers, 1816-1950
4.5 linear feetCorrespondence and manuscripts of Westervelt. Much of the correspondence relates to the production of his own plays. Also, letters from famous actors including William Charles Macready, Augustin Daly, and Charles Kemble; typescript manuscripts of Westervelt's plays, among them "By Right of Sword" and "Rally Round the Flag;" and contracts, photographs, and printed materials.
Macready, William Charles To Mr. Fenton New York, 20 September [n.y.] Box 1
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- Macready, William Charles To Mr. Fenton New York, 20 September [n.y.]
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(Gift of Mary S. Rouse, 1965)
William Muschenheim architectural drawings and papers, 1929-1957, bulk 1931-1950
20 manuscript boxesThe William Muschenheim collection spans from 1929 to 1957, with bulk dates from 1931-1950. The collection documents approximately 130 separate jobs and is made up of architectural drawings, correspondence, accounts, estimates, specifications, invoices, contracts, samples, invoices, and other material related to Muschenheim's professional projects. The projects mainly represent Muschenheim's work in New York City, but also include work in Albany (NY), Amenia (NY), Bridgehampton (NY), Chappaqua (NY), Hampton Bays (NY), Malverne (NY), Massapequa (NY), Nassau Point (Long Island), Washington (CT), Washington DC, Westhampton Beach (NY), and Woodstock (NY), among other locations.
Alterations to 840 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. File no. 19 / William Muschenheim, architect.], January 22, 1934, June 20, 1940 Range nyda.1986.004.00270v-.00294
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- Alterations to 840 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. File no. 19 / William Muschenheim, architect
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Whitney M. Young, Jr. papers, 1960-1977
300 boxesCorrespondence, speeches, reports, testimony, press releases, and articles of Young. The files document Young's leadership in many social welfare and civil rights organizations, as well as his activities as a columnist and speaker. Cataloged correspondents include Robert F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Hubert H. Humphrey, Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, Roy Wilkins, and John W. Gardner.
Sales Promotion Executives Association (SPEA) International Conference, New York City, N.Y. (20 min Cassette), 28 May 1969 1 audiocassettes Box 236, Reel 4
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- Sales Promotion Executives Association (SPEA) International Conference, New York City, N.Y. (20 min
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(Related documents Box 184. Note Side 1 of this recording features The Group, a choral ensemble, as it entertained SPEA)
Negro American Labor Council Convention, New York City, N.Y. (20 min 71/2 ips), 9 November 1962 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4") Box 235, Reel 1
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- Negro American Labor Council Convention, New York City, N.Y. (20 min 71/2 ips), 9 November 1962
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(Side 2 of this reel is a press conference on health and welfare, Oct. 20, 1963. 48 min 3 3/4 ips Address)
Four Freedoms Award, New York City, N.Y. Whitney M. Young, Jr. - recipient. (2 hrs, 20 min 3·3/4 ips), 2 April 1970 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4") Box 236, Reel 6
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- Four Freedoms Award, New York City, N.Y. Whitney M. Young, Jr. - recipient. (2 hrs, 20 min 3·3/4
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(Major participants included John Charles Daly, Senator Jacob Javits, Carl Rowan, Carl Stokes, James Roosevelt, Ramsey Clark, and Theodore Kheel. Related documents: Box 191)
Andrew W. Cordier papers, 1918-1975
160 linear feet20 Jun 1962 Mutual Admiration Society, New York, N.Y.Luncheon (Text on file: No), 1962 Box 71
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- 20 Jun 1962 Mutual Admiration Society, New York, N.Y.Luncheon (Text on file: No), 1962
Melville Cane papers, 1901-1979
22 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, and books of Melville H. Cane. Among the correspondents are Van Wyck Brooks, Carl Jung, Lewis Mumford, William Saroyan, Upton Sinclair, Felix Frankfurter, Jessamyn West, and W.H.Auden. Included is a scrapbook of newspaper articles by Cane, written chiefly for the "New York Evening Post". He served as the Columbia University correspondent during 1901 and 1902, when he was studying for his degree at the School of Law
Cardozo, Benjamin N. To Melville Cane, New York, 20 Jan 1932 Box 1
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- Cardozo, Benjamin N. To Melville Cane, New York, 20 Jan 1932
Peter H.L. and Edith Chang papers, 1930s-2001
60 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, notes, documents, artwork, calligraphies, study materials, photographs published manertal, and clippings, detailing the various stages of the life of Peter and Edith Chang.
K'ung, L. Yi [also as Kong Ling-yi] To H. L. and Edith Chao Chang, New York 20/12/[n.y.] Box 02, Folder 04.02
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- K'ung, L. Yi [also as Kong Ling-yi] To H. L. and Edith Chao Chang, New York 20/12/[n.y.]
Columbia College papers, 1703-1964, bulk 1754-1920
67.08 linear feetWells, James N. to Gerritt G. Van Wagenen, New York, 1857 March 20, 1857 Box 29
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- Wells, James N. to Gerritt G. Van Wagenen, New York, 1857 March 20, 1857
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David Dinkins papers, 1941-2017, bulk 1985-1993
225 linear feetBlack New Yorkers of the 20th Century, The New York Black 100, David N. Dinkins, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, 1998 October 5 Box 139, Folder 16
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- Black New Yorkers of the 20th Century, The New York Black 100, David N. Dinkins, Schomburg Center
for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, 1998 October 5
In Deep Appreciation to David N. Dinkins, Manhattan Borough President, From the Members of the New York State Wide Senior Action Council, Inc., 1988 September 20 Box 140, Folder 8
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- In Deep Appreciation to David N. Dinkins, Manhattan Borough President, From the Members of the New
York State Wide Senior Action Council, Inc., 1988 September 20
Serge Chermayeff architectural records and papers, 1909-1980
17 linear feet of papersThis collection contains materials related to Chermayeff's personal, professional, and academic lives, the bulk originating during his residency in the United States, beginning in the late 1930s. Project records document the full range of his work, including many records from his British period. The collection also contains extensive correspondence with personal friends, clients, and professional and academic colleagues.
Huxtable, Ada Louise. "Revamping of Architectural Education Being Pressed in Nation."New York Times , n.p., 1966 Feb 20 Box 39, Folder 27
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- Huxtable, Ada Louise. "Revamping of Architectural Education Being Pressed in Nation."New York Times
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1 page. Photocopy, with annotations
Blair, William M. "Supreme Court Sets Aside Suit of Sierra Club to Block Resort." New York Times , n.p., 1972 Apr 20 Box 32, Folder 28
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- Blair, William M. "Supreme Court Sets Aside Suit of Sierra Club to Block Resort." New York Times
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David Nachmansohn papers, 1918-1981
5 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, photographs, memorabilia, and printed materials primarily concerning biochemistry. Correspondents include 24 Nobel Prize winners, including Otto Loewi, Otto Meyerhof, Archibald Vivian Hill, Feodor Lynes, Severo Ochoa, and Otto Warburg. Other correspondents include Sir Hans Krebs, John Farquhar Fulton, Jean Pierre Changeux, and others in Europe, Israel, Japan, and the USSR as well as the USA. Nachmansohn's concern with the place of Jews in science appears throughout the collection, especially in material concerning the Weismann Institute and other academic institutions to which he belonged. There are photographs of colleagues, many signed and inscribed during his many trips. The printed materials consist chiefly of Nachmanson's published works beginning with his 1927 doctoral dissertation (University of Berlin) and continuing throughout his professional life at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute (1926-1930), the Sorbonne (1933-1939), Yale University (1939-1942), and Columbia University (1942-1982).
New York, NY; photograph, 8 x 10 in., signed and inscribed to David Nachmansohn with a.n.), 1968 July 20 Box 1
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- New York, NY; photograph, 8 x 10 in., signed and inscribed to David Nachmansohn with a.n.), 1968
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International Institute of Rural Reconstruction records, 1914-2018
163 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, lectures, notes, diaries, notebooks, reports, financial records, blueprints, photographs, and printed materials of Y.C. James Yen and the IIRR concerned with the development, sharing, and financing innovative methods of teaching, improving agriculture, health and family planning, and education in impoverished villages. Among the cataloged correspondents are: Pearl Buck, William O. Douglas, Nelson Rockefeller, and DeWitt Clinton.
Altschul, Frank To: Watts, Ridley New York, N. Y., 20 May 1966 1 p. t.l.s. (proxy signature by secretary), May 1966 Box 167
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- Altschul, Frank To: Watts, Ridley New York, N. Y., 20 May 1966 1 p. t.l.s. (proxy signature by
Benton, William To: Watts, Ridley New York, N. Y., 20 November 1967 & 24 September 1968 2 t.l.s. (with related correspondence), November 1967, September 1968 Box 167
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- Benton, William To: Watts, Ridley New York, N. Y., 20 November 1967 & 24 September 1968 2 t.l.s
Bureau of Applied Social Research records, 1938-1977
168 Linear FeetProject materials, including reports, monographs, books, articles, Masters essays, Doctoral dissertations, foreign publications, administrative records, correspondence, minutes and audio-visual materials.
Letter of Proposal for a Study of physicians prescribing habits, especially regarding wide spectrum antibiotics to Mr. Joseph A Precker, Market Research Division , Charles A. Pfizer, Inc., Brooklyn, New York, from Charles Y. Glock, January 20, 1954 Box 104, Folder prop.56
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- antibiotics to Mr. Joseph A Precker, Market Research Division , Charles A. Pfizer, Inc., Brooklyn, New York
, from Charles Y. Glock, January 20, 1954
Letter of Proposal for a Study of physicians prescribing habits, especially regarding wide spectrum
Amos Vogel papers, 1896-2001, bulk 1960-1990
68 linear feetHealth Sciences Historical Collection, 1767-2005, bulk 1867-2004
5.46 linear feetJames Grote Van Derpool papers, 1944-1974, bulk 1962-1966
10 manuscript boxesMorningside Area Alliance records, 1947-1992
149 linear feetMaxwell Bodenheim papers, 1917-1981, bulk 1917-1938
2 linear feetDawn Powell papers, 1890s-2012, bulk 1890s-1965
40 linear feetHubert H. Harrison papers, 1893-1927
23.5 linear feetFrank Altschul Papers, 1884-1986, bulk 1925-1980
90 linear feetThe Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Photograph and Lithograph collection
3000 photographsThe collection of historical photographs and lithographs of New York City consists of about 3,000 items dated from the 1850s until the 1980s. The collection is made up of color photographic prints, color negatives, black-and-white photographic prints, black-and-white negatives, copy prints, studio and cabinet cards, stereo cards, cyanotypes, albumen prints, gelatin silver prints, lantern slides, glass negatives, and Polaroid prints, lithographs, woodcuts, tear sheets, and engravings. The collection also includes official images, newspaper images, and candid images. Also included are images from the photo morgue of the New York Herald-Tribune newspaper, which ceased publication in 1966. Other images were purchased as copies from New-York Historical Society, Museum of the City of New York, WNYC-FM Radio, the Bettman Archive, and from collectors, private vendors, and other institutions. Photos by noted photographers are included.
New Leader records, 1895-2011, bulk 1924-2006
180 linear feetJoan McClure papers, 1955-1980s, bulk 1955-1989
7 document boxesEdwin Patrick Kilroe papers, 1776-1959
15000 itemsCorrespondence, manuscripts, original political cartoons, printed and photostatic materials relating to the political and social activities of the Society of Tammany, or Columbian order. Most of the correspondence is concerned with the formation of the Kilroe Tammaniana Collection, Kilroe's collection of books, documents, manuscripts, posters, cartoons, etc. relating to Tammany Hall. Also, letters from various members of the Tammany organization. The manuscripts include typescripts of Kilroe's works such as A COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SAINT TAMMANY and TAMMANY HALL AND THE TAMMANY SOCIETIES IN THE UNITED STATES. In addition there are manuscript and typescript records of various Tammany Societies with particular emphasis on the New York City Society and the New York County Democratic Party organization. Among the cartoons are 22 by John Tinney McCutcheon (1870-1949), over half of which deals with Tammany and New York politics while the remainder concerns national politics with an emphasis on presidential campaigns.
Frederick P. Keppel papers, 1880-1943
71 boxesCorrespondence, memoranda, and legal and financial documents of Keppel. The files deal largely with Keppel's personal and professional life during his tenure as President of the Carnegie Corporation, and also include some files from his years as Newton D. Baker's Third Assistant Secretary of War, and as Dean of Columbia College. There are extensive files of correspondence from and to Keppel's parents and children, as well as files concerning his activities in organizations such as the Century and Columbia University Clubs. The letters from friends and business associates concern American education, politics, business, and cultural life, particularly in the New York metropolitan area, from 1900 to 1943.
Columbiana Manuscripts, 1572-1986, bulk 1850-1920
39.25 linear feetHerbert H. Lehman Papers, 1878-2002, bulk 1930-1963
607 linear feetRichard S. Childs papers, 1918-1977
15.5 linear feetNew York Chamber of Commerce and Industry records, 1768-1984, bulk 1860-1973
185 linear feetFrances Perkins papers, 1895-1965
71 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, notes, drafts of speeches, appointment books, subject files, documents, photographs, memorabilia and printed materials. There are notes from her lectures on Sociology at Adelphi College in 1911-1912; papers from 1912-1932, when Perkins served on the Commission for Safety and on the Industrial Commission of New York State; the main body of the material is from the period of her cabinet office, 1933-1945; and some items from her days on the Civil Service Commission, 1946-1953. Also included are personal and family papers.
Percy and Harold D. Uris papers, 1901-2003
277.5 linear feetThis collection primarily contains materials related to Percy and Harold Uris and their real estate businesses. Correspondence, financial records, and estate papers document the professional and personal lives of the brothers and their wives. The bulk of the business records are from their properties at 380 Madison Avenue and 300 Park Avenue. There is limited information about the other Uris properties and Uris Building Corporation. Finally, the collection contains records from the Uris Brothers Foundation, Inc about the family's philanthropic endeavors.
James Felt papers, 1955-1962, bulk 1956-1959
0.5 manuscript boxThis collection contains primarily typescript correspondence between James Felt and Robert Moses, dated from December 1955 to October 1962. Topics mainly concern issues of urban planning and development in New York City on which Felt and Moses held divergent viewpoints. In particular contention were slum clearance projects funded under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949. Also included are meeting minutes, internal memos, several event programs, a postcard, and a newspaper clipping.
Mott B. Schmidt architectural records and papers collection, 1920-1972
755 drawingsCollection consists chiefly of drawings and photographs. It contains over 755 drawings of private residences and other projects, such as an addition to Gracie Mansion (New York, N.Y.) and alterations to Columbia University's School of Journalism. Also included are 266 project photographs.
Wallace K. Harrison architectural drawings and papers, 1913-1986, bulk 1930-1980
22 manuscript boxesTrans World Airlines Unit Terminal Building New York International Airport architectural drawings, 1958-1961
51 SheetsCollection consists of 51 reprographic architectural working drawings for the TWA Terminal A at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, N.Y., drawn between 1958 and 1961. All sheets are diazo print on paper, with a very few bearing graphite and/or colored pencil annotations. Earlier drawings note Eero Saarinen as the architect of record; later drawings note Eero Saarinen and Associates. Architectural working drawings are stored in numerical order, sheets 2 through 121, with some sheets lacking.
Frederick G. Frost & Associates architectural records and papers, 1910-1982
31 document boxesThis collection includes original and reprographic architectural drawings, photographs, office files, and professional papers related to the work of New York architect Frederick G. Frost, his son Frederick G., Jr., and his grandson, A. Corwin Frost. Examples of the work of Trowbridge & Livingston are also included.
William L. Bottomley architectural drawings, 1913-1946
384 drawingsThis collection contains original drawings for thirty-nine architectural commissions, dated from 1913 to 1946. The majority of projects were located in New York City; other locations include the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia. Projects with the greatest number of extant drawings include River House in New York City (1930-1931); the Ernest P. Davies residence in Roslyn, New York (1916); the William Goadby Loew residence in Old Westbury, New York (1931-1932); and the Robert Goelet residence in Georgetown, South Carolina (1935). Drawings are primarily done in graphite on tracing paper, with some in ink on drafting linen.
Bill Weinberg sound recordings, 1992-2021, bulk 1992-2011
57 audiocassettesAmerican Poets' Corner Archive, 1984-1996
1.68 Linear FeetAbraham W. Geller architectural records and papers, 1915-1999, bulk 1940-1990s
4850 photographsThis large collection documents in great detail the architectural projects of Abraham Geller and his colleagues throughout the United States and abroad, spanning the 1940s through the 1990s. Types of projects represented include retirement homes, recreational facilities, medical centers, private residences and prototype dwellings for large residential developments, urban renewal projects, and offices.
Office Building for Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation : proposal / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1956
1 itemA 1956 proposal drafted by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for the Union Carbide Building, a historically significant, mid-twentieth century office tower located at 270 Park Avenue, just north of Grand Central Station. The proposal consists of reproductions of plan and elevation drawings and photographs of the Union Carbide model, together with outline specifications, cost estimates, and construction and drawing schedules.
Robert Lax papers, 1938-1990
17 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, drawings, photographs, and printed material of Lax. Included are letters of Mark and Dorothy Van Doren and Thomas Merton. The bulk of the collection is comprised of Lax's poetry and journal manuscripts, many written in Patmos and Kalymnos, Greece, and originally sent to Emil Antonucci of the Journeyman Press in New York for publication. Also, printed photographs and unprinted negatives of pictures taken by Lax, primarily in Greece.
Camillo J. Vergara slides : The New American Ghetto collection, 1980-1993
241 photographic imagesSlides taken by Camilo Vergara in the company of Lenny Hicks documenting urban decay in Bronx, New York for Vegara's project The New American Ghetto.
Gordon Bunshaft architectural drawings and papers, 1909-1990, bulk 1950-1979
20 linear feetHenry Hope Reed papers, 1911-1998
28 document boxesMarion Sanger Frank and A. A. Brill Papers, 1844-1960, bulk 1913-1945
.48 linear feetRipley Hitchcock papers, 1885-1935
25 boxesLetters written to James Ripley Wellman Hitchcock, to Mrs. Hitchcock, and to Richard Henry Stoddard from various people in literary artistic and dramatic circles, mainly of New York. There are letters and documents relating to Hitchcock's early life, photographs, a group of materials relating to the American Art Alliance in which Mrs. Hitchcock was interested, and a group of miscellaneous papers and letters relating to the publication, dramatization, filming, and radio rights of Edward N. Westcott's DAVID HARUM which Mr. Hitchcock was instrumental in having published. Also, manuscripts and printed versions of Charles Chapin Sargent, Jr.'s (brother of Hitchcock's second wife, Helen Sargent Hitchcock) writings including short stories and a libretto for an operetta "Cleopatra" written for the Columbia College Musical Society in 1897, two scrapbooks containing mementos of his college years, two pictures, and a Columbia College diploma.
Helen MacLachlan papers, 1880-1980
17 boxesCorrespondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and memorabilia of Helen May MacLachlan. There are 570 letters from John Masefield and his wife to James Alexander MacLachlan, his wife Mary, and their children Howard James and Helen, 1916-1966, autograph poetry manuscripts, drawings, clippings, and 43 books presented by Masefield to Helen MacLachlan. Also, correspondence about the Theodore Roosevelt Association from Horace Marden Albright, Ethel Roosevelt Derby, Hermann Hagedorn, and others as well as correspondence from personal friends; and photographs of the MacLachlan family and friends.
Max Abramovitz architectural records and papers, 1925-1990
14,000 drawingsGeorge de Ris architectural drawings and papers, 1922-1983, bulk 1922-1931
93 drawingsArchitectural drawings, correspondence, pamphlets, photographs, and newspaper and magazine clippings pertaining to projects completed by George de Ris and Lamb Studios. Correspondents include Lee Lawrie, Hartley Burr Alexander, B.G. Goodhue Associates, George de Ris, J.D. Denney, James A. Mitchell, Karl Lamb, and Marshall Muir. Drawings represent the following projects: Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska; Christ Church, Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.; St. Peter's Church, New York, N.Y.; West End Methodist Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem, N.C.; and other unspecified projects
Yuri and Bill Kochiyama Papers, 1936-2003, bulk 1968-1998
186.25 linear feetLetters, diaries, albums, photographs, and printed material.
Leo Lerman papers, 1893-2012, bulk 1937-1994
105.54 linear feetYork & Sawyer architectural drawings, 1921-1931
340 SheetsArchitectural drawings for projects designed by the firm. The drawings, mostly blueprints, documents Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mountainside Hospital, Glen Ridge, N.J.; The Department of Commerce Building, Washington, D.C.; The New York Academy of Medicine, New York, N.Y.; Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, N.Y.; and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
W.W. Norton & Company records, 1923-1967
209.5 linear feetRecords of publisher W.W. Norton & Co, as well as the records of Boni and Liveright, Inc. and Horace Liveright, Inc.
Sam Schaefler historical and literary letters and documents, 1674-1970s
2 linear feetCorrespondence, documents and manuscripts from late seventeenth and eighteenth century France, especially from the French Revolution, collected by Sam Schaefler. Authors include J.B. Colbert Torcy and the Duchesse Du Lude. Many of the items from the French Revolution represent the work of the Committee of Public Safety and the Committee of General Security. French Revolutionary leaders represented in the collection include François-Antoine Boissy D'Anglas, Jean-Baptiste-Noel Bouchotte, Pierre Joseph Cambon, Lazare Carnot, Jean-Marie Collot D'Herbois, l'Abbʹe de Fauchet, Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai, Jean Victor Moreau. C.A. Prieur-Duvernois, and Antoine Joseph Santerre. In addition, the collection includes a letter from the Danish physicist Hans Christian Oersted to Sir John Herschel, a letter by the French poet Romain Rolland, a document of the Philadelphia Artists' Fund Society of 1846 with signatures of its officers, and an autograph letter and a photograph of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Subbotić-Pereplotchikov Family Papers, 1861-2002
11.5 linear feetAnita Browne literary and musical collection, 1934-1940
1 boxFive volumes of typescript poems by contemporary poets including four volumes of poems by Donald Bain of Buffalo, N.Y., and one volume of miscellaneous poems in typescript which were submitted for sale or for use on radio programs. Also, seven music manuscripts, songs by Bernice Ward Stockland of St. Albans, N.Y.
William Bronk papers, 1908-1999
54 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, audio cassettes, photographs, and printed materials. The correspondence covers the years 1934 through 1999 and consists mostly of letters to and from James L. Weil, whose Elizabeth Press was Bronk's publisher from 1969 to 1981, from Eugene Canadé, an artist who illustrated many of Bronk's books, from Bronk's sisters, and from many friends. There are also letters from W.H. Auden; Paul Auster, Cid Corman (Bronk's first publisher and founder of ORIGIN, the magazine in which many of Bronk's early poems first appeared), Robert Creeley, Samuel French Morse, Gilbert Sorrentino, and many other well-known authors. The manuscripts include notebooks and binders containing handwritten and typed drafts of poems and essays. They document nearly all of Bronk's published writings including the collection of essays he completed in the 1940s which was published in 1980 as THE BROTHER IN ELYSIUM as well as the collection of poems published in 1981 as LIFE SUPPORTS: NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS for which Bronk won the American Books Award in 1982. There are also page proofs, photographs of Bronk, many audio cassettes of Bronk reading his work in the 1970s and the 1980s and printed materials