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Letters, documents, clippings, and printed matter related to the work of the Citizens Union of New York, including correspondence, memoranda, and reports which survey, analyze, and criticize bills introduced in the state legislature and city council; 244 boxes of "Who's Who" biographies of candidates for city and state offices; files of campaign and election materials; records of affiliated "good government" organizations in New York City; and extensive financial records.
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Source of acquisition--Citizens Union. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1948. Accession number--M-48.
Gift of the Citizens Union, 1948, 1963 & 1966.
Surveyed Christina Hilton Fenn 05/04/89.
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Arranged alphabetically, but in three distinct A-Z sequences: Box A-1 to A-39; Box A-40 to A-77; Box A-78 to A-81.
A biographical file of persons who have campaigned in city and state elections. The file consists mainly of clippings and some correspondence of a routine nature with the exception of F. LaGuardia, J. Hylan, A. Smith and J. Walker, and William J. Schieffelin. This series overlaps with Part AI.
Formerly listed as "Beyer, Nathan."
Includes a book ms.
Correspondence
Clippings
Extensive file.
Includes some correspondence.
Includes some correspondence relating to his record in the State Assembly.
(cf.A-27)
Includes some correspondence.
Executive correspondence between the Citizens Union's New York City and Albany offices and the Voters Legislative League dealing with the gathering of information on the state legislaure's activities. For additional correspondence, see Part X.
Index to Major Correspondence: Arndt, Walter Tallmadge; Colt, John; Crichton, A. T.; De Lima, Agnes; De Roode, Albert; Doughty, James W.; Eckert, Joseph; Griffin, John C.; Hammitt, Joseph O.; Howard, Clarence V.; Jenks, Helen B.; Kessler, George W.; Loeffler, Herman C.; Lyons, John J.; Mc Gahen, Rufus E.; Moses, Robert; Pedlow, Frank; Platte, A. J.; Porter, Melvin; Schieffelin, William J.; Trevoy, Wilmot V.; Wose, Fred W.; and Youker, Wilfred E.
Arranged chronologically.
The records of the committee whose task it is to analyze and report on the legislative activities of the state legislature and the city council. Committee on Legislation records for the period 1960-1964 are interfiled with the State Calendars in Part E.
Files relating to Citizens Union's annual analyses and reports of state legislative sessions.
A file of bills introduced in the state legislature and amendments offerred at the state constitutional conventions of 1915 and 1938. Related Citizens Union correspondence and memoranda are filed with the bill or amendment in question.
Includes miscellaneous roll calls.
Includes miscellaneous roll calls.
Includes miscellaneous roll calls.
Includes miscellaneous roll calls and resolutions.
Nos. 1-470. Letters concerning bills not on C.U. calendar; Committee on Legislation; Minutes.
Nos. 1-367. Second extradinary session.
Nos. 1-348. Lettters concerning bills not on C.U. calendar.
Nos. 1-350
Nos. 1-359. Extraordinary session; Governor's memos not on C. U. calendar; State Traffic Safety Council Legislative recommendations.
Annual file of bills introduced in the city council including related Citizens Union correspondence and memoranda.
Arranged alphabetically.
Arranged chronologically.
Records of Citizens Union's activities in New York City campaigns.
See Also: Part P.
Includes A. Smith correspondence.
Arranged alphabetically.
Records relating to "…the elections of well qualified councilmen and the adoption of the county reorganization amendment…"
2 copies.
2 copies.
Arranged alphabetically.
Arranged chronologically.
Files of the central governing body of the Citizens Union.
Includes original typescript of the Citizens Union Constitution.
Includes Executive Committee material.
Arranged alphabetically.
A non-partisan watchdog committee on "..all branches of government and the administration of justice in the city"!
Minister, St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church.
Acting mayor, New York City.
Police Commissioner, New York City.
Arranged alphabetically.
Arranged chronologically.
Arranged alphabetically.
Arranged alphabetically.
City manager, Cincinnati
Mayor, Milwaukee
Incomplete
1 box and 1 bound volume
2 bound volumes
Arranged alphabetically.
Pamphlet
Incomplete run
Includes campaign news clippings as well as campaign literature.
1912-1913A
1913B
1914-1915 A&B
1915C
1933A
1933B
Arrangement is alphabetical.
Office file copies of general correspondence. These files are incomplete as both the beginning and the end of the alphabet are lacking.
Semi-weekly supplement.
Files on the central governing body of the Citizen's Union.
Lists of names and addresses of Citizen's Union Committee members.
Calenders and minutes from the City Planning Committee.
The Voter's Directory is a pre-election publication which names, describes and appraises the various candidates for public office of New York City. Part AD also includes Citizen Union news publications.
Correspondence between the Citizens Union and the public.
Correspondence between Charles S. Childs and potential financial contributors to the Citizens Union.
A biographical file of persons who have campaigned in city and state elections. These dates overlap with the Who's Who files in Part A.
In 2020 Columbia University Libraries began archiving the Citizens Union website as well as the Gotham Gazette. These can be found in CUL's Wayback archive:
Extremely Fragile
(Very Fragile)
(Labeled Constitutional Articles 1, and Elections, sections 1-100, and Sections 9-100)
(Prepared for the Constitutional Convention)