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Series VI: Scrapbooks, 1885-1946
Series X: Memorabilia, 1858-1968
Series XI: Political Cartoons, 1933-1960
Series XII: Clipping Collection, 1928-1963
Series XVI: UNRRA, 1939-1950

Herbert H. Lehman Papers, 1878-2002, bulk 1930-1963

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Series XIV: General, 1933-1965

Subseries XIV.1: Invitations, 1950-1963

This subseries contains invitations to meetings, lectures, parties, dinners, and other events, divided into accepted and rejected categories by year.


Box 532 Folder 1-4 Declined, 1950, (4 Folders)


Box 533 Folder 1-4 Declined, 1950, (4 Folders)

Box 533 Folder 5 Accepted, 1950


Box 534 Folder 1-6 Declined, 1951, (6 Folders)


Box 535 Folder 1 Declined, 1951

Box 535 Folder 2 Accepted, 1951

Box 535 Folder 3 Accepted, 1952

Box 535 Folder 4-5 Declined, 1952, (2 Folders)


Box 536 Folder 1 Invitations Pending, 1950-1952

Box 536 Folder 2-5 Declined, 1952, (4 Folders)


Box 537 Folder 1 Accepted, 1953

Box 537 Folder 2-5 Declined, 1953, (4 Folders)


Box 538 Folder 1-2 Declined, 1953, (2 Folders)

Box 538 Folder 3 Invitations Pending, 1953-1954

Box 538 Folder 4-5 Declined, 1954, (2 Folders)


Box 539 Folder 1-4 Declined, 1954, (4 Folders)


Box 540 Folder 1 Declined, 1954

Box 540 Folder 2-3 Accepted, 1954, (2 Folders)

Box 540 Folder 4-5 Accepted, 1955(2 Folders)


Box 541 Folder 1-5 Declined, 1955, (5 folders)


Box 542 Folder 1-6 Declined, 1955, (6 Folders)


Box 543 Folder 1 Declined, 1955

Box 543 Folder 2-4 Accepted, 1956, (3 Folders)

Box 543 Folder 5-6 Declined, 1956, (2 Folders)


Box 544 Folder 1-5 Declined, 1956, (5 Folders)


Box 545 Folder 1-4 Declined, 1956, (4 Folders)


Box 546 Folder 1-6 Declined, 1957, (6 Folders)


Box 547 Folder 1-2 Declined, 1957, (2 Folders)

Box 547 Folder 3-4 Accepted, 1957, (2 Folders)


Box 548 Folder 1-3 Accepted, 1958, (3 Folders)

Box 548 Folder 4-5 Declined, 1958, (2 Folders)


Box 549 Folder 1-6 Declined, 1958, (6 Folders)


Box 550 Folder 1-5 Declined, 1959, (5 Folders)


Box 551 Folder 1-3 Accepted, 1959, (3 Folders)

Box 551 Folder 4-5 Accepted, 1960, (2 Folders)


Box 552 Folder 1-4 Declined, 1960, (4 Folders)


Box 553 Folder 1-3 Declined, 1960, (3 Folders)

Box 553 Folder 4-5 Accepted, 1961, (2 Folders)


Box 554 Folder 1-5 Declined, 1961, (5 Folders)


Box 555 Folder 1 Declined, 1961

Box 555 Folder 2-6 Declined, 1962, (5 Folders)


Box 556 Folder 1 Declined, 1962

Box 556 Folder 2-3 Accepted, 1962, (2 Folders)

Box 556 Folder 4 Accepted, 1963

Box 556 Folder 5 Declined, 1963


Box 557 Folder 1-4 Declined, 1963, (4 Folders)


Box 558 Folder 1 Declined, 1964

Box 558 Folder 2 Accepted, 1951-1956

Box 558 Folder 3 Declined, 1951

Box 558 Folder 4 Declined, 1951

Box 558 Folder 5 Declined, 1951

Box 558 Folder 6 Declined, 1954


Box 559 Folder 1 Declined, 1955

Box 559 Folder 2 Declined, 1956

Subseries: XIV.2: Birthday and Other Greetings, 1938-1965

This subseries holds cards, letters, dinner programs, and poems celebrating Lehman's birthdays, as well as smaller amounts relating to his anniversaries and retirement. There are also some get well cards and notes.

80th Birthday Greetings, 1958


Box 1240 Folder 1-17 A-R, (17 folders)


Box 1241 Folder 1-5 S-Z, (5 folders)

75th Birthday Greetings, 1953

Box 1241 Folder 6-20 A-N, (15 folders)


Box 1242 Folder 1-10 O-Z, (10 folders)

80th Birthday: Alphabetical Categories, 1958

Box 1242 Folder 11 Birthday Party, Waldorf

Box 1242 Folder 12 Charitable Contributions in Honor of Herbert H. Lehman

Box 1242 Folder 13 Clippings

Box 1242 Folder 14 Lehman Birthday Lunch

Box 1242 Folder 15 Liberal Party Birthday Luncheon

Box 1242 Folder 16-17 Organizations, From, (2 folders)

Box 1242 Folder 18 Party--Program


Box 1243 Folder 1 Special Letters

70th Birthday, 1948

Box 1243 Folder 2 Resolutions

Box 1243 Folder 3-10 Correspondence, (8 folders)

Box 1243 Folder 11 Card and Poem by Otto Road

Box 1243 Folder 12 77th Birthday--Clipping, 1955


Box 1413 Folder 8 Dinner Dance in Honor of Herbert H. Lehman on the Eve of his Eighty-fifth Birthday,, 1963


Box 1243 Folder 13 Birthday Party--Program, 1938


Box 1248 Folder 7-8 Birthday Cards, 1948 and undated, 1948, undated, (2 folders)

Box 1248 Folder 9 Correspondence, 1948

Birthdays and Other Greetings Received, 1963


Box 1244 Folder 1-20 A-T, (20 Folders)


Box 1245 Folder 1-4 U-Z, (4 folders)

Box 1245 Folder 5 Eighty-fifth Birthday Recording-Correspondence, 1965

Box 1245 Folder 6 Eighty-fifth Birthday--Program, 1965

Box 1245 Folder 7 Golden Anniversary--Program, 1960

Get-Well Greetings, 1963

Box 1245 Folder 8-25 A-Q, (18 folders)


Box 1246 Folder 1-7 R-Z, (7 folders)

Senate Retirement, 1956-1957

Box 1246 Folder 8-14 A-G, (7 folders)


Box 1247 Folder 1-11 H-R, (11 folders)


Box 1248 Folder 1-6 S-Z, (6 folders)

Subseries XIV.3: Guest Lists and Entertainment, 1933-1942

This subseries holds lists of guests invited to receptions, luncheons, and dinners, usually divided into "accepted" and "regretted" columns. Some lists also give more detail about the events, such as the name of the orchestra or the types of flowers used as decorations.


Box 1296 Folder 1-11 Guest Lists, 1933-1942, (11 folders)

Subseries: XIV.4: Condolences, 1944-1963

This subseries contains letters of condolence sent to the Lehman family after the death of their son Peter in 1944. It also contains condolences, obituaries, and funeral information after the death of Herbert Lehman in 1963.

Death of Peter Lehman, 1944


Box 1249 Folder 1-25 A-Haa, (25 folders)


Box 1250 Folder 1-28 Har-Q, (28 folders)


Box 1251 Folder 1-26 Ra-Z, (26 folders)

Death of Herbert Lehman, 1963


Box 1265 Folder 1 Funeral Register

Box 1265 Folder 2 "Dissent and its Role" by Ramesy Clark--Herbert Lehman Memorial Lecture, Lehman College, NYC,, 1970

Box 1265 Folder 3 Tributes in Congressional Record

Box 1265 Folder 4 Clippings

Box 1265 Folder 5-6 Letters of Condolence, A-B, (2 folders)


Box 1266 Folder 1-6 Letters of Condolence, B-G, (6 folders)


Box 1267 Folder 1-6 Letters of Condolence, H-Mc, (6 folders)


Box 1268 Folder 1-6 Letters of Condolence, M-Si, (6 folders)


Box 1269 Folder 1-5 Letters of Condolence, Sk-Z, (5 folders)


Box 1325 Folder 1-4 Obituaries and Articles, (4 folders)


Box 1409 Condolence Index Cards, A-J


Box 1410 Condolence Index Cards, K-Z


Box 1413 Folder 4 Funeral Service for Lehman, 1963 December 8, 1963

Death of Edith Lehman


Box 1408 Condolence Index Cards, A-Z

Subseries: XIV.5: Honorary Memberships, 1933-1942

Many organizations offered honorary memberships or positions to Lehman, or asked him to be a patron. This subseries contains letters from these groups and Lehman's responses.


Box 1200 Folder 1-5 Memberships, 1933-1935 June, 1933-1935, (5 folders)


Box 1201 Folder 1-5 Memberships, 1935 July -1937 June, 1935, (5 folders)


Box 1202 Folder 1-5 Memberships, 1938-1940 May, 1938-1940, (5 folders)


Box 1203 Folder 1-5 Memberships, 1940 June -1942, 1940, (5 Folders)

Subseries XIV.6: American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in Europe,, 1943-1946

This subseries of eleven folders contains a variety of information on the organization, which gathered information on monuments and cultural landmarks damaged by the war and encouraged their repair.


Box 1072 Folder 1-11 General, 1943 August-1946 February, 1943, (11 folders)

Subseries XIV.7: New York State Department of Labor, 1937-1951

This subseries focuses primarily on women, children, and minorities in the workplace and includes information on minimum wage and equal pay, reports, and publications. It also contains meeting minutes, studies, and reports from the Division of State Planning.

Women, Children, and Minorities in the Labor Force


Box 125 Folder 12 The Division of Women in Industry and Minimum Wage, 1940-1943

Box 125 Folder 13 Cost of Living Reports by the New York State Department of Labor Division of Women in Industry and Minimum Wage,, 1941-1943

Box 125 Folder 14 Minimum Wage Standards for Women--Reports, 1938

Box 125 Folder 15 Reports to Industrial Commissioner, undated

Box 125 Folder 16 Child Labor Reports, 1951


Box 126 Folder 1 Women and Minors in Wartime, 1942-1944

Box 126 Folder 2 Women Workers--Heath, 1938

Box 126 Folder 3 The Hotel Industry, 1940

Box 126 Folder 4 The Glove Industry, 1941

Publication I


Box 127 Folder 1 Employment of Women, 1940-1947

Box 127 Folder 2 Equal Pay, 1943-1944

Publication II

Box 127 Folder 3 Child Labor, 1942-1947

Box 127 Folder 4 Cost of Living, 1943-1948

Publication III

Box 127 Folder 5 Hours of Work, 1943-1947


Box 128 Folder 1 Minimum Wage, 1941-1947

Box 128 Folder 2 Miscellaneous, 1943-1945

NYS Division State Planning

Box 128 Folder 3 Minutes of Meetings-State Planning Council, 1941

Box 128 Folder 4 Minutes of meetings-State Planning Council, 1937

Box 128 Folder 5 Activities Report, 1939-1941


Box 1434 Folder 1 State of New York Executive Department--Annual Report of the State Planning Council for the Division of State Planning,, 1939-1941

Box 1434 Folder 4 A Preliminary Survey of Water Resources in New York State--Northern Adirondack Rivers and St. Lawrence River, 1939 June, 1939

Box 1434 Folder 4 A Mapping Program for New York State, 1938 December, 1938

Box 1434 Folder 8 Location of Defense Industries in New York State, 1940 November, 1940

Box 1434 Folder 8 Inventory of Idle Plants Reported Outside of New York City, 1941 November, 1941

Box 1434 Folder 9 New York State Laws Pertaining to Planning, Zoning, Reality Subdivisions, Housing,, 1937