Woodlawn Cemetery records, 1863-1999

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Series III: Photographs


Subseries 1: Cemetery Lots



Box PH 01 Folder 1 Cemetery plot and monument, circa 1860s-1900

2 items: Bronson and De Long monuments



Box PH 01 Folder 3 Cemetery mausoleums and monuments, circa 1910s

4 items: Images include: Wehrum mausoleum, the cemetery view (Bolmer monument in the foreground).



Box PH 11 Folder Unknown Cemetery mausoleums, monuments and view, 1913-1918

213 items: This photo album is in fair condition. There is some red rot on the leather binding, papers are loose and photographs can be found loose in the album.



Box PH 10 Folder 10 Harbeck mausoleum, circa 1920s

2 items: These photographs are oversize and are stored separately in the oversize box.



Box PH 10 Folder 1 Cemetery mausoleums and monuments, circa 1930s

12 items



Box PH 10 Folder 3 Cemetery mausoleums and monuments, and buildings, circa 1930s

12 items



Box PH 10 Folder 4 Cemetery mausoleums and monuments, circa 1930s

11 items



Box PH 01 Folder 4 Cemetery monuments and mausoleums, circa 1930s

9 items: Unidentified mausoleums



Box PH 01 Folder 5 Cemetery monuments and mausoleums, circa 1930s

9 items: Images include: Jules Bache mausoleum (office copy of Farrington, Gould & Hoagland), Gifford monument, M. Schmickl mausoleum, Kraus monument, Green monument, Winslow mausoleum, Bloodgood mausoleum, Laimbeer monument, and Essick statue (Presbey-Leland Studios).



Box PH 01 Folder 6 Cemetery monuments, lots, and mausoleums, circa 1930s

13 items: Images include: Harbeck mausoleum, Wheeler monument, George H. Potts lot, Plock monument, Henry Baldwin lot, Inri monument, and Eberhart lot.



Box PH 01 Folder 7 Cemetery monuments, lots, and mausoleums, 1933-1936

26 items: Images include: Constable, Walnut plot (Winter 1933-1934), Felton monument, Gustav Langmann, South end - Arbutus plot, facing north (April 7, 1936), North west - Arbutus plot, looking east (April 7, 1936), South west corner - Arbutus plot, facing east (April 7, 1936), Wise monument, unidentified plots, and close-ups of plot garden work.



Box PH 01 Folder 9 Cemetery monuments and mausoleums, circa 1940s

20 items: Images include: Vietor monument, Observatory Ave. at Fern plot, Tucker plot, Schell monument, Watson E. Case monument, Wilkens Beachey monument, Coster mausoleum, Wicks monument, John R. Hegeman mausouleum, Devoe monument, DeLong monument, Blake monument, Whitney monument, Albert Young monument, Matthiessen mausouleum, Schmitt mausoleum, and unidentified plots.



Box PH 01 Folder 10 Cemetery monuments and mausoleums, circa 1940s

8 items: Images include: John Rollman Jr. monument, Smith plot, Sullivan plot, Garrison Celtic cross monument, Henry A.C. Taylor monument, and unidentified.



Box PH 01 Folder 11 Cemetery monuments, lots, and mausoleums, circa 1940s

29 items: Images include: Satterthwaite Taylor monument, Lichtenhein mausoleum, Diering plot, Louis Bachmann mausoleum, Smith lot, Close lot, Hurd mausoleum, Gus Edwards monument, Vought, Julia Whitney, John Abbott Lucy lot, Sachs lot, William H. Goadby lot, Katie Zinsser Langmann lot, and unidentified.



Box PH 01 Folder 12 Cemetery monuments, lots, and mausoleums, circa 1940s

50 items: Images include: Gates mausoleum, Baer-Gratz mausoleum, Mahany mausoleum, Huntington mausoleum, Pulitzer monument, O.H.P. Belmont mausoleum, Marling lot, Baylis monument, Harkness mausoleum, Henes monument, Kelly lot, Rasor Dauby monument, Clara Foster lot, Darlington monument, Geyer lot, Pope mausoleum, Constable monument, Julia Whitney lot, and unidentified.



Box PH 01 Folder 13 Cemetery monuments, lots, and mausoleums, circa 1950s

26 items: Images include: Elder plot, Alpine Hill plot, Birch Hill plot, Birch Hill/Fern Ave., Teller lot, Harbeck mausoleum, Cliff plot - range 26 - grave 26, Haggin mausoleum, Josef Stransky lot, Bowie mausoleum, John Siddons lot, Gomola lot (Fir plot), Winter mausoleum, and unidentified.



Box PH 01 Folder 14 Cemetery monuments, lots, and mausoleums, circa 1950s

36 items: Images include: Marata mausoleum, Rieb mausoleum, Huntington mausoleum, darlington monument, Kelly monument, Kreck monument, Seaman monument, Sicault mausoleum, and unidentified.



Box PH 01 Folder 15 Cemetery monuments, lots, and mausoleums, circa 1950s

20 items: Images include: Geyer monument, Simpson lot, Parry and Weitzel lot, Martin monument, William H. Goadby monument, Vought monument, Lily O' Meyer lot, and unidentified.



Box PH 01 Folder 16 Cemetery monuments, lots, and mausoleums, circa 1970s

18 items: Images include: Baer-Gratz mausoleum, Woolworth mausoleum, Materson lot, Matthew A. Henson grave, Lynch-Riley grave, Burrowes grave, McCabe grave, Reisinger monument, and unidentified. Includes a letter from the New York Times.



Box PH 01 Folder 17 Cemetery in Spain, 1971

5 items: Images were taken while traveling to Spain. Most likely used as a reference for Woodlawn.



Box PH 01 Folder 18 Cemetery monuments, lots, and mausoleums, 1982-1988

20 items: Images include: Porter monument, Takamine mausoleum, Walker grave, Lotta Crabtree grave, Farragut monument, Masterson grave, James B. Welch grave, Elizabeth Cady Stanton monument, La Guardia grave, Duke Ellington grave, and unidentified statues.



Box PH 01 Folder 19 Cemetery monuments, lots, and mausoleums, circa 1980s

12 items: Images include: Marcantonio grave, Grantland-Rice grave, Thomas Nast grave, Pupin monument, Ethel Adelaide and William Stiger grave, Antoinette Perry Frueauff, Ruth Rowland Nichols, Masterson grave, Frank Leslie monument, and Loehmann monument.



Box PH 01 Folder 20 Cemetery monuments, lots, and mausoleums, circa 1980s

23 items: Images include: Farragut monument, Bunche grave, Wlaker grave, Sam H. Harris mausoleum, Lorenzo Daponte grave, La Guardia grave, Belmont mausoleum, and unidentified.



Box PH 01 Folder 21 Madam C.J. Walker lot, 1988

20 items: Images of the Walker grave site (Madam C.J. Walker)



Box PH 01 Folder 22 Cemetery monuments, lots, and mausoleums, 1990

40 items: Images include: Rogers monument, Staeoler-Brandt monument, Ethel Adelaide and William Stiger grave, Julius Langbein and Mary A. mausoleum, Clara Sulzer monument, Woodlawn lake and unidentified.



Box PH 01 Folder 23 Cemetery monuments, lots, and mausoleums, 1994-1997

18 items: Images include: Takamine mausoleum, Moebus monument, Livingston monument, Gaines grave, Arnheiter monument, Scharles monument, and Nimphius monument.



Box PH 01 Folder 24 Cemetery monuments, lots, mausoleums, and columbariums, circa 1990s

20 items: Images include: Schmidt grave, Lotus mausoleum & columbarium (interiors and exteriors), Woolworth mausoleum, Harbeck mausoleum, Belmont mausoleum, and Wegielski-Rosini mausoleum.



Box PH 01 Folder 25 Cemetery monuments and mausoleums, circa 1990s

4 items: Images include: Grignola monument, Belmont mausoleum, Gaines grave, and Baer-Gratz mausoleum.



Box PH 14 Folder 1 Cemetery monuments and mausoleums, circa 1990s

16 items: Images include: Harjes monument, Dreicer mausoleum, Carl Vietor mausoleum, Theo J.W. Malmberry monument, Bertsch monument, Maud Evelyn monument, and unidentified statues and monuments. These are oversize and will be stored separately.



Box PH 02 Folder 1 Cemetery monuments and mausoleums, circa 1990s

36 items: Images include: Theo J.W. Malmberry monument, Bertsch monument, Maud Evelyn monument, and unidentified statues and monuments.



Box PH 10 Folder 1 Mausoleum interiors, circa 1990s

493 items: Harkness, Harbeck, Huntington and Fahnestock interiors, and Lamont/ Latarge window.



Box PH 02 Folder 2 Cemetery monuments and lots, circa 2000s

2 items: Images include: C.F. Bode, and James B. Welch grave.


Subseries 2: Landscape, Grounds and Construction


East 233rd Street (Panorama-like photo roll), pre-1910s

1 roll (multiple photographs) items: Images of the full length of 233rd Street before retaining wall. Photographs likely taken in response to the city hoping to widen the road and take cemetery land.


Aerial views of Woodlawn

Oversize bound album, in protective case.


Cemetery grounds

7 items: Various photos of Woodlawn, on board or heavy photo paper.



Box PH 10 Folder 6 Webster Ave. entrance, circa 1910s

1 item



Box PH 02 Folder 3 Cemetery grounds, circa 1910s

16 items: Images includes various unidentified mausoleums and monuments, Woodlawn lake and general cemetery grounds.



Box PH 02 Folder 4 Cemetery grounds, circa 1910s

10 items: Images include the trees and foliage on Woodlawn grounds. Locations include: Looki ng south on Myosotis Ave. from Central Ave., undeveloped ground on Myosotis Ave., south of Walnut Ave., toward Myosotis plot (12, W Mid. Porter lot on left), off West Border Ave., near Central Ave., Lawn Ave. (across Untermeyer lot), Goldenrod (across from Harkness), and West Border Ave., near Jerome Ave. gate.



Box PH 02 Folder 5 Cemtery grounds, circa 1910s

10 items: Images include Woodlawn greenhouse, trees and foliage. Locations include: trees off Central Ave. near W.M.B. Leed's tomb, from Beech Ave. curving into Poplar Ave., Walnut Ave. looking East from Walnut plot, Central Ave. near Jerome Ave. , and Poplar Ave. at Central Ave.



Box PH 02 Folder 6 Cemetery grounds, circa 1910s

10 items: Images include various unidentified mausoleums and monuments, Woodlawn trees and general cemetery grounds.



Box PH 02 Folder 7 Cemetery grounds, circa 1910s

10 items: Images include various unidentified mausoleums (Harbeck in the background) and monuments, Woodlawn trees, lake, and general cemetery grounds.



Box PH 02 Folder 8 Cemetery grounds, circa 1910s

10 items: Images include various unidentified mausoleums and monuments, Woodlawn trees, foliage and general cemetery grounds.



Box PH 02 Folder 9 Cemetery grounds, circa 1910s

11 items: Images include various unidentified mausoleums and monuments, Woodlawn trees, foliage, roads and general cemetery grounds.



Box PH 02 Folder 10 Construction and building photos, 1928-1929

47 items: Images of Barney Ahlers industrial construction company (NY), working on construction projects at Woodlawn. Unidentified buildings.



Box PH 02 Folder 11 Construction and building photos, and cemetery grounds., circa 1920s

9 items: Images of Barney Ahlers industrial construction company (NY), working on construction projects at Woodlawn. Unidentified buildings and cemetery grounds.



Box PH 02 Folder 12 Woodlawn lake and geese, circa 1930s

47 items: Images of Woodlawn lake and the geese. Geese nests.



Box PH 02 Folder 13 Woodlawn greenhouse, 1935

19 items: Images inside the Woodlawn greenhouse. Unidentified staff, and close-ups of flowers.



Box PH 02 Folder 14 Construction and cemetery grounds photos, circa 1930s

27 items: Images includes construction workmen, Osgood machinery, cemetery grounds under development, and Woodlawn Cemetery outdoor tent.



Box PH 02 Folder 15 Construction and cemetery grounds photos, circa 1930s

23 items: Images includes construction workmen, Osgood machinery, cemetery grounds under development, and unidentified buildings.



Box PH 02 Folder 16 Construction, cemetery grounds, and buildings, 1935-1939

39 items: Images include construction, general cemetery grounds, the chapel, Jerome entrance, snow scenes, Woodlawn lake, and unidentified persons.



Box PH 02 Folder 17 Cemetery grounds and roads, 1939

22 items: Images includes cemetery grounds and unidentified roads. Cemetery views include: North along Webster Ave., North bank of brook looking west towards pipe line, looking north east towards Webster Ave. viaduct and proposed entrance (see back of photos for more detailed descriptions of the views).



Box PH 02 Folder 18 Cemetery grounds and buildings, 1931-1936

34 items: Images include general cemetery views and unidentified persons in the background. Ground workers and the Woodlawn outdoor tent.



Box PH 02 Folder 19 Cemetery grounds, circa 1930s

2 items: Images include views of the cemetery grounds



Box PH 02 Folder 20 Cemetery views and proposed development, 1939-1940, 1939-1940

23 items: These photos were originally in a photo binder. The original order of the sheets were retained, and numbered lightly with pencil, (V1-V13). A map and original descriptions are included.



Box PH 02 Folder 21 Cemetery storm damage, 1940

23 items: Images include documentation of storm damage and calculations of repairs can be found on the back of some photos. Descriptions of lot locations can also be found on the back of photos.



Box PH 10 Folder 5 Cemetery views and Woolworth chapel, circa 1940s

18 items: Photos are separated in inserts with descriptive notes (annotated by Susan Olsen). Images include a booklet of snow scenes and a folder of the Woolworth chapel.



Box PH 02 Folder 22 Construction, workers and buildings, circa 1940s

12 items: Images include construction workers, long line of workers, unidentified buildings, and a monument engraver at work.



Box PH 02 Folder 23 Cemetery grounds, buildings, and construction, circa 1940s

53 items: Images include construction in progress, general cemetery views, including the lake. Mausoleum repairs and chapel interiors.



Box PH 02 Folder 24 Cemetery grounds and construction, 1941-1948

47 items: Images include various cemetery view, Woodlawn staff with geese, construction, cars and buildings.



Box PH 10 Folder 7 Cemetery grounds, circa 1940s

19 items: Images include: Woodlawn lake, geese. Unidentified statues, doors, top of Belmont mausoleum, gardener mowing the grass, and landscape views. These photographs are oversize and are stored separately.



Box PH 03 Folder 1 Cemetery views and storm damage, 1940-1944

29 items: These photos were originally in a photo binder. The original order of the sheets were retained, and numbered lightly with pencil, (V1-V14). Original descriptions are included.



Box PH 03 Folder 2 Cemetery Construction, 1941-1942

72 items: These photos were original together in a photo album. The photo album pages were dated, and the dates have been transcribed on the inserts.



Box PH 03 Folder 3 Cemetery grounds and construction, circa 1940s

53 items: Images include: Cemetery views of snow scenes, the surrounding Bronx, parking lot, and construction.



Box PH 03 Folder 4 Cemetery grounds construction and demolition, circa 1940s

82 items: Images include: Various cemetery views, demolition of aqueduct, construction of scaffolding and snow scenes.



Box PH 03 Folder 5 Cemetery storm damage, 1940-1944

55 items: Storm damage from March 1940 and September 1944.



Box PH 03 Folder 6 Cemetery grounds, buildings, greenhouse, and construction, circa 1940s

65 items: Cemetery views, snow scenes, buildings, construction, greenhouse, the chapel and interior views.



Box PH 03 Folder 7 Cemetery grounds, construction, and demolition, circa 1940s

69 items: Images include: Various cemetery views, construction, and snow scenes.



Box PH 03 Folder 8 Cemetery grounds and construction, circa 1940s

49 items: Images include: Various cemetery views, construction, snow scenes, gardeners in the greenhouse, crowds at Woodlawn and cars. There is a small set of photos that appear to be someone's vacation photos, and display images of a cemetery that is not Woodlawn.



Box PH 03 Folder 9 Cemetery grounds and construction,, circa 1940s

37 items: Images include: Cemetery views, construction, Woodlawn lake, snow scenes, and interiors of the chapel.



Box PH 03 Folder 10 Cemetery grounds, construction, and storm damage, 1940-1941

26 items: Images include: Cemetery views (looking west on Park Ave., and summit west of pipeline, 1941), construction (Summit development, began work on, 1940-08-19), and storm damage (1940),



Box PH 03 Folder 11 Cemetery grounds and construction, 1941-1947

35 items: Images include: Cemetery views, greenhouse, interiors of a monument factory?, construction in progress, and storm damage.



Box PH 03 Folder 12 Cemetery grounds and construction, 1940-1948

37 items: Images includes: Cemetery views, construcion in progress and snow scenes.



Box PH 03 Folder 13 Cemetery grounds, buildings, and construction, 1940-1948

27 items: Images include: Cemetery views (1942), snow scenes, building exteriors, gardeners at work, and demolition in progress (aqueduct?).



Box PH 03 Folder 14 Cemetery grounds and construction, 1941-1948

39 items: Images include: Cemetery views, entrance to Harkness mausoleum, and demolition in progress (aqueduct?).



Box PH 04 Folder 1 Cemetery grounds and buildings, 1942-1948

13 items: Images include: Building exteriors, and various cemetery views (1942-01-02).



Box PH 04 Folder 2 Cemetery grounds, storm damage, and construction, 1950-1956

28 items: Images include: Aerial views (looking north from Gun Hill road, looking north from top of apartment Decatur and 211th St.) of cemetery grounds, cemetery views (Gun Hill road entrance, looking west from Webster Ave., looking east from Fir plot, looking south from corner of Ravine and Whitewood Aves., and views from nursery) snow scenes, storm damage, a fire damaged truck, and construction (top of cliff plot).



Box PH 04 Folder 3 Cemetery grounds and storm damage, 1950-1952

32 items: Images include: Various cemetery views (Wild Rose plot from wall tulip), and storm damge. Plots: Cypress, Rose Hill, Observatory, Cedar, Sycamore, Pine, Lake, Cherry, Magnolia, and Elm are included (more specific details on the back of the photos).



Box PH 04 Folder 4 Cemetery grounds and construction, circa 1950s

35 items: Images include: Yazoo 60" cutter, with Robin plot with Cliff singles in the background, tree planting, and construction of Chapel A and B columbarium.



Box PH 04 Folder 5 Woodlawn Chapel Building, circa 1950s

43 items: Images include building exteriors of the chapel.



Box PH 04 Folder 6 Cemetery grounds, circa 1950s

12 items: Images include geese at the lake, unidentified buildings, the chapel, and snow scenes.



Box PH 04 Folder 7 Woodlawn Chapel Building, circa 1960s`

6 items: Images include building exteriors of the chapel.



Box PH 04 Folder 8 Cemetery grounds and buildings, circa 1970s

27 items: Images include: Cemetery views, Woodlawn lake, and the chapel. Also includes a letter attached to contact sheets.



Box PH 04 Folder 9 Cemetery grounds and buildings, 1983-1986

26 items: Images include: building exteriors of the chapel, architecutural models, crashed/damaged cars outside of the cemetery gate, and various interiors.



Box PH 04 Folder 10 Cemetery grounds and buildings, circa 1980s

15 items: Images include: Woodlawn lake at sunset, building interior (repairs), cemetery grounds, and crashed/damaged cares outside the cemetery gate.



Box PH 04 Folder 11 Cemetery grounds and buildings, 1983-1986

19 items: Images include: building exteriors of the chapel, architecutural models, cemetery views, crashed/damaged cars outside of the cemetery gate, and various interiors.



Box PH 04 Folder 12 Woodlawn Chapel Building, circa 1980s

25 items: Images include interior and exterior views of the chapel mausoleum, chapel A, and office area. There is also photographic prints of color renderings.



Box PH 04 Folder 13 23rd Street, circa 1980s

1 item: Need more information on this photo, unsure why this was with the Woodlawn photos or what building this is on 23rd St.



Box PH 04 Folder 14 Cemetery grounds, buildings, and construction, circa 1980s

114 items: Images include: Cemetery grounds, construction, staff, cemetery lots (Miles Davis, Lotta Crabtree, and Farragut monument), interiors of machinery room, chapel interiors and exteriors, and Reisinger monument,



Box PH 04 Folder 15 Cemetery grounds and chapel, circa 1990s

54 items: Images include: Cemetery grounds, building exteriors, chapel interiors and exteriors, and the lake.



Box PH 04 Folder 16 Cemetery construction, buildings, and grounds, circa 1990s

18 items: Images include: Construction of Lotus columbarium, chapel interiors, cemetery grounds, and the lake.



Box PH 04 Folder 17 Mausoleum interiors and cemetery grounds, circa 1990s

92 items: Images include mausoleum interiors stained glass, and cemetery grounds.



Box PH 10 Folder 2 Mausoleum exteriors, monuments and buildings, circa 1990s

13 items: Photos are separated in inserts with descriptive notes (annotated by Susan Olsen). Images include the chapel, Irene and Vernon castle monument, proposed administration building, and Bateman Leeds mausoleum.


Subseries 3: Staff



Box PH 10 Folder 8 Woodlawn staff, 1860s-1940s

3 items: Portrait of Charles Garside. Group photo of Doolittle, Andrew, Levinus, and Buttolph. On the front porch of the office and working inside.



Box PH 04 Folder 18 Woodlawn staff, circa 1860s-1910s

6 items: Staff portraits include: Amos Bostwick. Unidentified men next to a car (one photo was removed from a folder labeled "annual report to lot owners, 1868), group portrait of policemen, and gardeners.



Box PH 04 Folder 19 Jusdon Amos Doolittle portrait, circa 1930s

1 item: J.A. Doolittle bio on back of photo: Employed at the cemetery since 1878, Mr. Doolittle, civil engineer, was in charge of our Engineering Department. He was graduated from the civil engineering division of the Sheffield Scientific school, Yale University, in 1877, the next year he came to Woodlawn. He was responsible for the layout and design of the roads adn plots. At the timje of his death at his home, 102 Valentine St., Mt. Vernon, New York, he was 92 years old. January 17th, 1853 - March 26, 1945



Box PH 04 Folder 20 Woodlawn staff, circa 1930s

12 items: Unidentified Woodlawn staff, portraits and groups shots.



Box PH 04 Folder 21 Testimonial dinner for Mr. Judson A. Doolittle, 1943

3 items: Woodlawn staff celebrating a dinner in honor of Judson A. Doolittle's 90th birthday.



Box PH 04 Folder 22 Woodlawn staff, circa 1940s

44 items: Images include: Unidentified Woodlawn staff (a few have identifications on the back of photos) at parties, group shots, gardeners at work, games and races, and workers on strike.



Box PH 05 Folder 1 Woodlawn staff at Mayer's Parkway restaurant, circa 1940s

4 items: Woodlawn staff at Mayer's Parkway restaurant, 50th anniversary dinner (1949-04-27). Identified staff include: W. Dudley Thompson, Edw. Mallon, Dorothy Mallon, Arlene Eschbach, Ida Sicilia, Gloria Bertalacci, Josie Milazzo, Louis Milazzo, Gino Bertolacci, Esquire Ltd., and Harry Eschbach. See photo frame for other first name identifications.



Box PH 05 Folder 2 Woodlawn staff, circa 1940s

45 items: Unidentified Woodlawn staff, portraits and groups shots. Staff tagging geese at the lake, and at a monument factory/workshop. Identified staff include: J.C. Plumb, F. Leviness, C. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Smith, Iseo Covey, Dudley Clark Leviniee, F.W. Laux, and Jack J. Horan..



Box PH 05 Folder 3 Woodlawn staff, circa 1950s

6 items: Unidentified Woodlawn staff, group shots and individuals.



Box PH 05 Folder 4 Woodlawn staff at Mayer's Parkway restaurant, circa 1960s

14 items: Woodlawn staff at Mayer's Parkway restaurant, no staff identifications.



Box PH 05 Folder 5 Woodlawn staff at Lauritano's restaurant, circa 1960s

8 items: Woodlawn staff at Lauritano's restaurant, no staff identifications.



Box PH 05 Folder 6 Woodlawn staff, circa 1960s

8 items: Unidentified Woodlawn staff at a banquet and office space.



Box PH 05 Folder 7 Woodlawn staff, circa 1970s

11 items: Woodlawn staff, group shots at a banquet or restaurant. Identified staff include: Edward C. Laux, M. Kirsch, Dave Cunard, Bill O'Leary, Carl Stark, George Williams, Gertrude Cunard, Bill Schneider, and Mr. Woody.



Box PH 05 Folder 8 Woodlawn staff, circa 1970s

33 items: Woodlawn staff at parties, banquets and the office. Identified staff include: Vinnie Tullillo, Ray Capodiudo, Gaelana Coogan, Bill Schneider, Tony Lopez, Phil Anglestoo, Mrs. Scherb, and Rudy Klute.



Box PH 05 Folder 9 Woodlawn staff, circa 1970s

13 items: Woodlawn staff group shots at banquets and restaurants. Mayer's Parkway restaurant.



Box PH 05 Folder 10 Woodlawn staff, 1982-1986

24 items: Woodlawn staff at work outdoors and in the office. Ed Laux is pictured.



Box PH 05 Folder 11 Woodlawn staff at Kennerly Woody's tree dedication, 1982

15 items: Woodlawn staff at Woody's tree dedication, no staff members are identified.



Box PH 05 Folder 12 Woodlawn staff, circa 1980s

21 items: Woodlawn staff at work, giving a tour, individual portraits, and in the office. No staff members are identified.



Box PH 05 Folder 13 Woodlawn staff, circa 1980s

206 items: Woodlawn staff, group shots and individual protraits. No staff members are identified.



Box PH 05 Folder 14 Woodlawn staff parties, circa 1980s

28 items: Woodlawn staff parties, no staff members are identified. Ed Laux is pictured.



Box PH 05 Folder 15 Woodlawn staff, 1982-1986

35 items: Staff individual portraits, group shots, and awards ceremonies. President Ed Laux made a presentation of Woodlawn police shields to new captain and Lieutenant in security department. Identified are: Andrew Nagle, Captain Robert McCabe, Lieutenant Nick Poccia and Woodlawn president, Ed Laux.



Box PH 05 Folder 16 Woodlawn staff, 1981-1985

16 items: Woodlawn staff at Kiwanis club "outstanding citizen" luncheon. Identified are: Pat Manfredonia, Peter Betar, Don Weinbrenner, Ray Capodilupo, William Frolich, Jeanne Capodilupo, Dick Keane, and Jerry Langlais. Kennerly Woodly tree dedication with Kennerly Woody and Ed C. Laux pictured. Ed Laux leads tour of newest additions to Brookside mausoleum, Jim Milne, Off Fjotland, Ray Capodilupo, and Ed Laux are pictured. Ed Laux at an awards ceremony.



Box PH 05 Folder 17 Woodlawn staff, 1982-1989

26 items: Woodlawn staff portraits and group shots. Identified are: Herbert Mordana, Ed Laux and Norm Weinberger.



Box PH 05 Folder 18 Woodlawn staff parties, circa 1990s

20 items: Woodlawn staff going away party and Christmas party. No staff are identified.


Subseries 4: Events



Box PH 10 Folder 9 Woodlawn public events, circa 1930s

2 items: Unidentified public event



Box PH 05 Folder 19 Woodlawn public events, circa 1930s

4 items: Musical concert in a large tent, and other unidentified public events.



Box PH 05 Folder 20 Woodlawn activities, events and funeral processions., circa 1940s

18 items: Unidentified group shots, funeral processions, excursions and outings.



Box PH 06 Folder 1 Woodlawn ceremonies and concerts, circa 1970s

11 items: Ceremonies at the Admiral Farragut monument, and musical concerts.



Box PH 06 Folder 2 Woodlawn ceremonies, public talks, public tours, and funeral processsions., circa 1970s

18 items: Ceremonies at the Admiral Farragut monument, public tour, public talk, funeral processions and other unidentified events.



Box PH 06 Folder 3 Woodlawn public talks, tours and musical events, circa 1970s

13 items: Public tours, musical performances, and funeral processions.



Box PH 06 Folder 4 Old Guard of New York and Bronx Historical Society walking tour, 1976

4 items: Old Guard of New York - Honoring fallen comrades at their Woodlawn memorial, memorial ceremony for John McCullagh, First Chief of Police for the combined boroughs of New York, Bronx Arts Ensemble's Brass Quintet plays a concert at the Woolworth Chapel lawn, audience of 200 sat in shade of Woodlawn's linden tree, walking tour by the Bronx Historical Society in Woodlawn (100 in attendance



Box PH 06 Folder 5 Old Guard of New York, circa 1970s

14 items: Old Guard of New York honoring fallen comrades at their Woodlawn memorial



Box PH 06 Folder 6 Nellie Bly Dedication Ceremony, 1978-06-22

29 items: Members of New York Press Club at dedication of monument ceremony to Nellie Bly. Pictured are: Thomas Zambo, Vincent Lee (President of the New York Press Club), Patrick Muldowney, Cheryl Smith (Newsworld reporter), Kennerly Woody (President of Woodlawn).



Box PH 06 Folder 7 Woodlawn Corner-stone Laying Ceremony and Cocktail Party for Funeral Directors, 1977

41 items: Images of the corner-stone laying ceremony (11/17/77-11/18/77)and a cocktail party for funeral directors (5/3/77). Includes invitation to the ceremony.



Box PH 06 Folder 8 Woodlawn Parties, circa 1970s

43 items: Party images, Ed Leaux is pictured.



Box PH 06 Folder 9 Edward Streeter Dedication Ceremony, June 16, 1977, 1977-06-16

27 items: Tree dedication to Mr. Edward Streeter, participants are unidentified. Mr. Streeter was an American novelist and journalist.



Box PH 06 Folder 10 4th of July 1980 Concert, 1980-07-04

107 items: 4th of July celebration at Woodlawn. Image extent includes number of images per contact sheet.



Box PH 06 Folder 11 Musical Concerts and Programs, 1983-1986

20 items: Various musical performances and concerts at Woodlawn. Inside the Chapel and outdoors.



Box PH 06 Folder 12 Musical Concerts and Programs, 1982-1986

18 items: Various musical performances and concerts at Woodlawn. Inside the Chapel and outdoors. See back of photos for more description of events



Box PH 06 Folder 13 Santa Visiting at Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, 1984-1986

17 items: Santa posing with Woodlawn staff and groups of children, Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center.



Box PH 06 Folder 14 Miscellaneous Woodlawn events, 1982-1989

26 items: Images include: La Guardia celebration, public tours, art work, Bronx Museum of the Arts group photo, Matthew A. Henson ceremony, special olympics, dedication cermonies, and parade floats.



Box PH 06 Folder 15 Miscellaneous Woodlawn events, circa 1980s

13 items: Images include: Public tours, musical performances and parties.



Box PH 06 Folder 16 Miscellaneous Woodlawn events, circa 1980s

393 items: Public events include: Nely Bly dedication, ceremonies, funerals, tours, musical performances, YMCA, Christmas party, and other unidentified events.



Box PH 06 Folder 17 Miscellaneous Woodlawn events, circa 1990s

16 items: Images include: Ceremonies (Ed Leuax pictured), publicity shots, Miles Davis tombstone, James McKay Rorty ceremony, and image of a painting of Woodlawn.


Subseries 5: Slides



Box PH 07 Folder 1 Cemetery Lots and Cemetery Grounds, circa 1960s

36 items: Slides are Ekatchrome. Images include: Reisinger monument, cemetery grounds, cemetery lots, and Woodlawn staff (Bruce Angus?)



Box PH 07 Folder 2 Woodlawn Slide Presentation, circa 1970s

17 items: Images display various charts and renderings with Woodlawn information.



Box PH 07 Folder 3 Cemetery Lots and Cemetery Grounds, circa 1980s

71 items: Cemetery views, monuments and mausoleums.



Box PH 07 Folder 4 Cemetery Lots and Cemetery Grounds, circa 1980s

140 items: Cemetery views, monuments and mausoleums.



Box PH 07 Folder 5 Cemetery Statues, 1988

7 items: The statues appear to be of Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn. A letter and CV from the photographer are included.



Box PH 07 Folder 6 Allaire - Duchaillu, circa 1990s

100 items: Slides are arranged alphabetically by mausoleum/monument last name. Images include mausoleums, monuments, sculptures, and image references used for slide presentations.



Box PH 07 Folder 7 Duchaillu - Hyde, circa 1990s

110 items: Slides are arranged alphabetically by mausoleum/monument last name. Images include mausoleums, monuments, sculptures, and image references used for slide presentations.



Box PH 07 Folder 8 Inman-Pulitzer, circa 1990s

98 items: Slides are arranged alphabetically by mausoleum/monument last name. Images include mausoleums, monuments, sculptures, and image references used for slide presentations.



Box PH 07 Folder 9 Pulitzer - Ziegler, circa 1990s

112 items: Slides are arranged alphabetically by mausoleum/monument last name. Images include mausoleums, monuments, sculptures, and image references used for slide presentations.



Box PH 07 Folder 10 Monument, Mausoleum, and Sculpture reference slides, circa 1990s

133 items: Slides represent different architectural and artistic styles of monuments, mausoleums and scultures. New York history images are also included.



Box PH 07 Folder 11 Cemetery Lots and Cemetery Grounds, 1992-1993

21 items: Slides of monuments, mausoleums, cemetery grounds, and the chapel. Also includes, images of a painting.


Subseries 6: Transparencies and Negatives



Box PH 08 Folder 1 Site of Woolworth Chapel, 1935

7 items: Site of Woolworth chapel (before construction)



Box PH 08 Folder 2 Wild Rose development, 1936

18 items: Wild rose area of Woodlawn?



Box PH 08 Folder 3 Chapel interiors with floodlight, 1936

20 items: Chapel interiors, might be part of another set?



Box PH 08 Folder 4 Hurricane Damage, 1938

2 items: Hurricane damage from September 1938 (there might be other photos from this set, only two negatives were in the envelope!).



Box PH 08 Folder 5 Watts mausoleum, circa 1940s

5 items: Possible construction or damage images?



Box PH 08 Folder 6 The brook and lake, circa 1940s

6 items: Views of the Woodlawn lake and running brook.



Box PH 08 Folder 7 Woodlawn tents, circa 1940s

11 items: Woodlawn tents set up on the grounds, and in front of mausoleums.



Box PH 08 Folder 8 Woodlawn Cemetery office and receiving tomb, circa 1940s

9 items: Exterior images



Box PH 08 Folder 9 circa 1940s

11 items: Roads and the Bronx in the background



Box PH 08 Folder 10 Cemetery grounds and monuments, circa 1940s

33 items: Unidentified monuments, cemetery views, and images of burned out cars (car accident?).



Box PH 08 Folder 11 Cemetery grounds and construction, circa 1940s

35 items: Cemetery views and construction in progress, might be part of a larger set?



Box PH 08 Folder 12 Cemetery grounds and construction, circa 1940s

33 items: Cemetery views, construction in progress, and burned out cars.



Box PH 08 Folder 13 Cemetery grounds, monuments, and storm damage, circa 1940s

47 items: Cemetery views, monuments, storm damage, and unidentified staff.



Box PH 08 Folder 14 Cemetery grounds and monuments, circa 1940s

50 items: Cemetery views, monuments and children playing.



Box PH 08 Folder 15 Cemetery grounds and monuments, circa 1940s

25 items: Cemmetery views, monuments and unidentified staff.



Box PH 08 Folder 16 Wall on Riverdale Ave., 1941

9 items: Riverdale wall and unidentified person



Box PH 08 Folder 17 Rhododendron, 1942

6 items: Rhododendron area under development?



Box PH 08 Folder 18 Mausoleums, circa 1940s

18 items: Images of Harkness and other unidentified mausoleums



Box PH 08 Folder 19 Small monuments and Lots, circa 1940s

29 items: Various images of unidentified monuments and lots



Box PH 08 Folder 20 Belmont and Harbeck mausoleums, circa 1940s

10 items: Images of the Harbeck and Belmont mausoleums and aerial views.



Box PH 08 Folder 21 Monuments and cemetery grounds, circa 1940s

5 items: Webb monument, unidentified and cemetery grounds.



Box PH 08 Folder 22 Monuments and cemetery grounds, circa 1940s

13 items: Cemetery grounds, construction in progress, and aerial views of the cemetery, with Harbeck mausoleum in the background.



Box PH 08 Folder 23 Trees and Nursery, circa 1940s

14 items: Trees at Woodlawn



Box PH 08 Folder 24 Woodlawn Memorials and Monuments, circa 1940s

39 items: Images of individual cemetery lots and monuments.



Box PH 08 Folder 25 Woodlawn Memorials and Monuments, circa 1940s

25 items: Images of individual cemetery lots and monuments.



Box PH 09 Folder 1 Woolworth Chapel, circa 1940s

21 items: Woolworth Chapel interior and exterior images.



Box PH 09 Folder 2 Convention Visitors to Woodlawn Cemetery, circa 1940s

11 items: Unidentified visitors touring Woodlawn and some construction work.



Box PH 09 Folder 3 Construction of Woolworth Chapel, circa 1940s

22 items: Scaffolding and construction



Box PH 09 Folder 4 Construction and Improvements, circa 1940s

6 items: Construction and cemetery grounds



Box PH 09 Folder 5 Construction and Improvements, 1939-1944

37 items: Construction and cemetery grounds



Box PH 09 Folder 6 Cemetery grounds and roads, circa 1940s

27 items: Cemetery views and roads



Box PH 09 Folder 7 Woodlawn garage, circa 1940s

2 items: Garage



Box PH 09 Folder 8 Cemetery grounds, construction, and demolition, circa 1940s

27 items: Cemetery grounds, construction and demolition of the aqueduct?



Box PH 09 Folder 9 Cemetery grounds, construction, and demolition, circa 1940s

22 items: Cemetery grounds, construction and demolition of the aqueduct?



Box PH 09 Folder 10 Flood Damage, 1943

6 items: Documentation of flood damage at Woodlawn



Box PH 09 Folder 11 Storm Damage, circa 1940s

27 items: Storm damage images, might come from another set?



Box PH 09 Folder 12 Woodlawn staff, circa 1970s

8 items: Unidentified staff at a table



Box PH 09 Folder 13 Monuments and mausoleums, circa 1970s - 1980s

63 items: De Long monument and Huntington mausoleum



Box PH 09 Folder 14 Cemetery grounds, circa 1970s-1980s

48 items: Various imags of cemetery grounds



Box PH 09 Folder 15 Chapel Mausoleum and Woolworth Chapel, circa 1970s - 1980s

52 items: Chapel mausoleum renderings of the exterior and interior images. Interior and exterior images of the Woolworth chapel.



Box PH 09 Folder 16 Cemetery grounds, circa 1970s-1980s

21 items: Woodlawn grounds and cemetery views, including: Willow bridge, weeping beech tree, American beech tree, umbrella pine, brook at Brookside, angel statue and winter scenes.



Box PH 09 Folder 17 Cemetery grounds and monuments, circa 1970s - 1980s

22 items: Monuments, cemetery views, the brook at Brookdalem, and interior views of a mausoleum.



Box PH 09 Folder 18 Mausoleums and monuments, A - C, circa 1980s - 1990s

37 items: Mausoleum and monument images: Armour, Archipenko, Bache, Babbit, Belmont, Bliss, Bly, Borden, Brown, Brookside mausoluem (interiors), Bulova, Bunche, Busch, Butler, Castle, Catt, Chapin, Clark, Cohan, and Crabtree



Box PH 09 Folder 19 Mausoleums and monuments, D - G, circa 1980s - 1990s

27 items: Mausoleum and monument images: Damrosch, Day, De Kover, Delamater, DeLong, Deluch, Dillon, DuCharilli, Dun, Durant, Ellington, Ewer, Farragut, Ferdinand, Fitch, Garvan, Gates, Gould, Grinnell, and Guggenheim



Box PH 09 Folder 20 Mausoleums and monuments, H - M, circa 1980s - 1990s

34 items: Mausoleum and monument images: Hammerstein, Handy, Harbeck, Harkness, Herbert, Herter, Holls, Hudnut, Hughes, Hyde, Huntington, Inman, Juilliard, Kliegel, Knapp, Kreisler, Kuhn, La Guardia, Larment, Leslie, Leyendecker, Mastersen, Melville, Milbank



Box PH 09 Folder 21 Mausoleums and monuments, N - W, circa 1980s - 1990s

37 items: Mausoleum and monument images: Nast, Ogden, Pulitzer, Platt, Piccirrilli, Prime, Noguchi, Pupin, Reisinger, Runyon, Scribner, Sherry, Stanton, Stedman, Strange, Takamine, Untermeyer, Warner, Webb, Whitney, Westinghouse, Williams, Wills, and Woolworth


Subseries 7: Compact Discs



Box PH 12 Plots, A - H, 2004-2005

41 cd-roms: These images have not been uploaded from the cd's. Researchers will need to look at the images via the cd.



Box PH 13 Plots, H - Z, 2004-2005

35 cd-roms: These images have not been uploaded from the cd's. Researchers will need to look at the images via the cd.