Louis L. and Nettie S. Horch Papers, 1920s-1960s

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Series I: Master Institute of United Art

documents the institution founded by Nicholas Roerich, and run by Louis and Nettie Horch. Includes charters, correspondence, financial documents, deeds, permits, and the lease.



Box 01 Folder 01 Warranty Deeds, 1923-1925

Includes 2 Warranty Deeds, 1 letter.



Box 01 Folder 10 Chemical Bank, 1957-1964

Includes 38 receipts, 1 statement, 3 certificates of officers, 4 assorted legal documents, 14 letters.



Box 01 Folder 11 Finances, 1959-1963

Includes 3 reports, 2 letters.



Box 01 Folder 12 Westinhouse Electric Corporation, 1961-1962

Includes 3 invoices, 5 letters, 1 Assumption of liability contract, proposal.



Box 01 Folder 13 Correspondence, Tax exemptions, 1935-1965

Includes 36 letters, 2 affidavits, 1 copy of Section 503, 1 questionnaire for religious, charitable, scientific, literary organizations, 2 page analysis of income, salaries.



Box 01 Folder 14 Documentation, Tax exemptions, 1931-1937

27 assorted programs, flyers, copy of Section 19.101-1.



Box 01 Folder 15 Legal Documents, 1962-1963

Includes 2 letters, Agreement of Indemnification, and Bargain and Sale Deed.



Box 01 Folder 16 Correspondence, J. Stanley Halperin, 1962-1963

35 letters.



Box 01 Folder 17 Correspondence, Greenbaum, Wolff, and Ernst, 1948-1949

33 letters.



Box 01 Folder 18 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1942-1963

12 letters.



Box 01 Folder 02 Discharge of contract of conditional sale, 1946-1949

2 items.



Box 01 Folder 03 Mortgage, King's County Savings Bank, 1962



Box 01 Folder 04 Lease Agreement, 1967



Box 01 Folder 05 Permits, 1967

2 items.



Drawer 94 Charter, 1943 Apr 16

Issued by the Regents of the University of the State of New York.

2 items: 1 original, 1 copy.



Box 01 Folder 06 Charters, 1943

Includes 3 copies of Charter issued by the Regents of the University of the State of New York, application for charter, 3 copies of Provisional Charter, 3 copies of Amendment to Charter, 2 copies of Amendment to Provisional Charter and Absolute Charter, 4 letters.



Box 01 Folder 07 By-laws, undated



Box 01 Folder 08 Event Programs, 1937-1961

3 items.



Drawer 94 Poster for "The 1966 Late Late Concerts", 1966 Apr 16

Concert held at Philharmonic Hall/Lincoln Center.



Box 01 Folder 09 Prudential Insurance Company, 1935-1949

Includes 36 letters, Extension of loan, 3 receipts.