Woodlawn Cemetery records, 1863-1999

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Series V: General Correspondence


Subseries 1: Office Files



Box GC 01 Folder 1 Pensions, 1965



Box GC 01 Folder 2 Pensions, 1966



Box GC 01 Folder 3 Pensions, 1967



Box GC 01 Folder 4 Mortage Matters, 1942-1952



Box GC 01 Folder 5 Report of Mr. Leonard Sullivan, 1955 May 6



Box GC 01 Folder 6 Woodlawn Employees, 1940-1952



Box GC 01 Folder 7 20 East 23rd Street, 1945-1951



Box GC 01 Folder 8 Woodlawn Certificate Holders, 1944-1948



Box GC 01 Folder 9 Woodlawn Certificate Holders, 1949-1951



Box GC 01 Folder 10 Woodlawn Certificate Holders, 1952-1953



Box GC 01 Folder 11 Woodlawn Certificate Holders, 1954-1955



Box GC 01 Folder 12 Executive Committee, 1957



Box GC 01 Folder 13 Pipe Line Committee, 1939-1943



Box GC 01 Folder 14 20 East 23rd Street, 1961-1969



Box GC 01 Folder 15 Mortage Matters, 1933



Box GC 01 Folder 16 Woodlawn Cemetery "By-Laws", 1960-1965



Box GC 01 Folder 17 John C. Plumb, Superintendent, 1934-1939



Box GC 01 Folder 18 Mortage Matters, 1934



Box GC 02 Folder 1 Howard C. Smith, President, 1935

Majority of the correspondence dealing with the dedication of the Woolworth Memorial Chapel



Box GC 02 Folder 2 Restrooms, 1940



Box GC 02 Folder 3 Lithograph Map, 1934-1938

Also includes correspondence related to the pipe line and the paving and widening of Webwster Avenue and



Box GC 02 Folder 4 Woodlawn Cemetery Police Force, 1938



Box GC 02 Folder 5 Police Applications and Correspondence, 1936-1939



Box GC 02 Folder 6 Howard C. Smith, President, 1936



Box GC 02 Folder 7 Woodlawn Certificate Holders, 1956-1965



Box GC 02 Folder 8 Woodlawn Certificate Holders, 1973-1974



Box GC 02 Folder 9 Woolworth Memorial Chapel, 1933-1934

Includes clippings, correspondence, programs, maps, and some photographs



Box GC 02 Folder 10 Land and adjoining property issues, 1912-1922

Includes correspondence regarding "the sale by Columbia University of its property adjoining the Woodlawn Cemtery" for a "proposed Jewish cemetery"



Box GC 02 Folder 11 Opinions rendered to client and memoranda from woodlawn, 1942-1958



Box GC 02 Folder 12 Chase Manhattan Bank-Shareholders File



Box GC 02 Folder 13 Dudley Clark, General Manager, 1967



Box GC 02 Folder 14 Dudley Clark, General Manager, 1970



Box GC 02 Folder 15 Dudley Clark, General Manager, 1969



Box GC 02 Folder 16 Dudley Clark, General Manager, 1968



Box GC 02 Folder 17 Office Letters [1 of 2], 1947-1976



Box GC 02 Folder 18 Office Letters [1 of 2], 1947-1976



Box GC 03 Folder 1 Office and Business Letters, 1956-1994



Box GC 03 Folder 2 Complaints, General



Box GC 03 Folder 3 Receiving



Box GC 03 Folder 4 Cremations



Box GC 03 Folder 5 Community Mausoleums (Beq. #7727)



Box GC 03 Folder 6 Flowers



Box GC 03 Folder 7 Parkview Cremation Garden



Box GC 03 Folder 8 Receiving Lot-Hillside



Box GC 03 Folder 9 Receiving Lot-Sylvan Dell (Lot #77-78, Sec 11)



Box GC 03 Folder 10 Benches removal from Cemetery lots



Box GC 03 Folder 11 Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn



Box GC 03 Folder 12 Con Edison



Box GC 03 Folder 13 Chase National Bank



Box GC 03 Folder 14 Corn Exchange Bank Trust



Box GC 03 Folder 15 Cancellations



Box GC 03 Folder 16 Christmas Wreath, Correspondence Orders



Box GC 03 Folder 17 Christmas Wreath, Correspondence Orders



Box GC 03 Folder 18 Mausoleum Estimates-Dealer



Box GC 03 Folder 19 Storm Damage, 1974-1981



Box GC 03 Folder 20 Storm Damage Trees, 1972



Box GC 03 Folder 21 Storm Damage Trees, 1950



Box GC 03 Folder 22 Motion Pictures, 1977-1978



Box GC 03 Folder 23 Violations



Box GC 03 Folder 24 Storm Damage

Photographs



Box GC 06 Folder 11 Enclosure Removal, Beech Plot



Box GC 06 Folder 12 Enclosure Removal, Catalpa Plot



Box GC 06 Folder 13 Enclosure Removal, Cedar Plot



Box GC 06 Folder 14 Enclosure Removal, Laurel Plot



Box GC 06 Folder 15 Enclosure Removal, Mapel Plot



Box GC 06 Folder 16 Enclosure Removal, Myrtle Plot



Box GC 06 Folder 17 Enclosure Removal, North Border Plot



Box GC 06 Folder 18 Enclosure Removal, Spruce Plot



Box GC 06 Folder 19 Enclosure Removal, Sycamore Plot



Box GC 06 Folder 20 Enclosure Removal, White Oak Plot



Box GC 06 Folder 21 Enclosure Removal



Box GC 06 Folder 22 Inquiries-Burial (folder #1)



Box GC 06 Folder 23 Inquiries-Burial (folder #2)



Box GC 06 Folder 24 Inquiries-Burial (folder #3)



Box GC 08 Folder 13 to 18 Miscellaneous (6 folders)


Subseries 2: Business Files



Box GC 03 Folder 25 Mr. Dudley Clark, 1966



Box GC 03 Folder 26 Mr. Dudley Clark, 1962-1965



Box GC 03 Folder 27 Finance Committee File



Box GC 03 Folder 28 General File, 1939-1942



Box GC 03 Folder 29 General FIle, 1949-1951



Box GC 03 Folder 30 General File



Box GC 03 Folder 31 General File, 1943-1948



Box GC 03 Folder 32 Greenhouses



Box GC 03 Folder 33 Incinerator



Box GC 03 Folder 34 Lyeth & Voorhees



Box GC 04 Folder 1 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & Mccloy, 1967-1968



Box GC 04 Folder 2 Milbank, Tweed, Hope & Hadley, 1960-1966



Box GC 04 Folder 3 New York State Association of Cemeteries



Box GC 04 Folder 4 Pension Committee



Box GC 04 Folder 5 Pensions, Miscellaeous Correspondence



Box GC 04 Folder 6 Pension Plan, 1970-1971



Box GC 04 Folder 7 Material Given Employees



Box GC 04 Folder 8 Metropolitan--Pension



Box GC 04 Folder 9 Memorial Park



Box GC 04 Folder 10 Police Reports, 1940-1966



Box GC 04 Folder 11 Salary Committee



Box GC 04 Folder 12 Sanderson & Porter



Box GC 04 Folder 13 Stonecrusher



Box GC 04 Folder 14 Tree Surger, 1960



Box GC 04 Folder 15 Board of Trustees, 1959-1966



Box GC 04 Folder 16 General, 1937

Includes correspondence regarding property, shareholders, and Woodlawn employment and labor strike.



Box GC 04 Folder 17 General, 1938

Includes correspondence regarding property, shareholders, and Woodlawn employment and labor strike.



Box GC 04 Folder 18 Water Supply (Independent)



Box GC 04 Folder 19 General, 1939



Box GC 04 Folder 20 Taxes, 1937-1955



Box GC 04 Folder 21 Study of Woodlawn Cemeter with respect to present operating practices and future policty, conduded by Sanderson & Porter, 1960



Box GC 05 Folder 1 American Cemetery Association



Box GC 05 Folder 2 Andrews, Wolcott E., Landscape Architect



Box GC 05 Folder 3 Pooled Trust Fund "A", 1961



Box GC 05 Folder 4 Pooled Trust Fund "C", 1961



Box GC 05 Folder 5 Pooled Trust Fund "B", 1961



Box GC 05 Folder 6 General Care Fund, 1961



Box GC 05 Folder 7 Permanent Maintenance Fund, 1961



Box GC 05 Folder 8 Restrictred Fund, 1961



Box GC 05 Folder 9 Benneville Incorporated, 1952-1965



Box GC 05 Folder 10 Bainbridge Avenue Wall



Box GC 05 Folder 11 Bainton, Devlin, Douglas & Voorhees



Box GC 05 Folder 12 Cemetery Board, 1961-1965



Box GC 05 Folder 13 Cemetery Investigation--Attorney General



Box GC 05 Folder 14 Cemetery Board, 1966-1970



Box GC 05 Folder 15 Chase Manhattan Bank, 1940-1955



Box GC 05 Folder 16 Chase Manhattan Bank, 1961-1965



Box GC 05 Folder 17 Cemetery Board Proposal, 1965-1969



Box GC 05 Folder 18 Cemetery Board, 1949-1960



Box GC 05 Folder 19 Mr. John C. Plumb, Tickler


Subseries 3: Community Mausoleum Files



Box GC 06 Folder 1 Brookside I



Box GC 06 Folder 2 Brookside II



Box GC 06 Folder 3 Chapel Mausoleum I



Box GC 06 Folder 4 Chapel Mausoleum II



Box GC 06 Folder 5 Knollwood



Box GC 06 Folder 6 Lotus



Box GC 06 Folder 7 North Community Mausoleum



Box GC 06 Folder 8 South Community Mausoleum



Box GC 06 Folder 9 Van Cortlandt I



Box GC 06 Folder 10 Van Cortlandt II


Subseries 4: Woodlawn Owned Properties



Box GC 07 Folder 1 65-67 Dey Street, New York, NY



Box GC 07 Folder 2 29 West 9th Street, New York, NY



Box GC 07 Folder 3 101-5 Maiden Lane, New York, NY



Box GC 07 Folder 4 84-02/22 Astoria Blvd., Jackson Heights, NY



Box GC 07 Folder 5 337/9 East 49th Street, New York, NY



Box GC 07 Folder 6 339 East 69th Street, New York, NY



Box GC 07 Folder 7 159-01/09 Horace Harding Blvd



Box GC 07 Folder 8 Miscellaneous Mortagage File (OLD)



Box GC 07 Folder 9 SE/Cor. 4th Avenue & Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY



Box GC 07 Folder 10 1219 Avenue "J", Brooklyn, NY



Box GC 07 Folder 11 SW/Cor. 18 & Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn, NY



Box GC 07 Folder 12 1284 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, NY



Box GC 07 Folder 13 298 Utica Avenue, Brooklyn



Box GC 07 Folder 14 1239 York Avenue, New York, NY



Box GC 07 Folder 15 1231 York Avenune, New York, NY



Box GC 07 Folder 16 113/5 Amsterdam Avenune, New York, NY



Box GC 07 Folder 17 49 West 51st Street, New York, NY



Box GC 07 Folder 18 432 East 67th Street, New York, NY



Box GC 07 Folder 19 434 East 67th Street, New York, NY



Box GC 07 Folder 20 128 8th Avenue, New York, NY



Box GC 07 Folder 21 18 East 69th Street, New York, NY



Box GC 08 Folder 1 808 Third Avenue, New York, NY



Box GC 08 Folder 2 80-82 Charles Street



Box GC 08 Folder 3 166 Madison Avenue, New York, NY



Box GC 08 Folder 4 50 West 10th Street, New York, NY



Box GC 08 Folder 5 688 8th Avenue, New York, NY



Box GC 08 Folder 6 325-33 East 45th Street, New York, NY



Box GC 08 Folder 7 1034A Lexington Avenue, New York, NY



Box GC 08 Folder 8 42 West 53rd Street, New York, NY



Box GC 08 Folder 9 21 West 45th Street, New York, NY



Box GC 08 Folder 10 71 West 55th Street, New York, NY



Box GC 08 Folder 11 182/4 West 4th Street, New York, NY



Box GC 08 Folder 12 Mortage Binder