Stanley Myer Isaacs papers, 1938-1989

Stanley Myer Isaacs papers, 1938-1989

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0651
Bib ID:
4078833 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Isaacs, Stanley M (Stanley Myer), 1882-1962; Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964; La Guardia, Fiorello H (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947; Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948; Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
6 linear feet (11 boxes)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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The following boxes are located off-site: 2-11. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

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Description

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, subject files, biographical material, photograph, personal property, audio cassettes, and memorabilia. Among the cataloged correspondence are letters from John Haynes Holmes, Fiorello Henry LaGuardia, Edith Kermit Roosevelt, and Eleanor Roosevelt. The arranged correspondence is filed chronologically with annual folders for materials from Isaacs' terms as Manhattan Borough President and bulk date folders for general, personal and topical correspondence. There is a file of correspondence with Mrs. Edith S. Isaacs concerning her biography of Stanley M. Isaacs"Love Affair with a City." Also includes manuscripts by her, and other material relating to her and her charitable work. Addresses, essays and lectures are included in the manuscript files. Among the subject files are campaign materials for the City Councilman elections, 1937, 1941, 1957, etc. There is a brochure from the Dedication of the East River Drive (June 18, 1940) and the New Municipal Asphalt Plant (May 24, 1944), as well as newspaper clippings and other printed political pamphlets and reports. The biographical materials include facts for speakers, personal legal papers and memorial statements. There are three photographs. A leather portfolio and a collection of memorabilia including awards, certificates, plaques, and medals

Arrangement

Selected items cataloged, remainder arranged.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

The following boxes are located off-site: 2-11. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Stanley Myer Isaacs papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Mrs. Casey Isaacs Herrick, 1989.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Herrick, Mrs. Casey Isaacs. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--03/22/89. Accession number--M-89-03-22.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Processed 06/27/89 HH

Additions processed by Patrick Lawlor.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2013-10-22 Addition processed and EAD file created by Patrick Lawlor.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

Columbia A.B. 1903, A.M. 1904. Lawyer and municipal official. President Borough of Manhattan January 1938 - December 1941. President of City Council 1941-1962.

Subject Headings

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Place
New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government
Subject
Politicians -- New York (State) -- New York

Series I: Correspondence


Cataloged Correspondence:


Box 1

John Haynes Holmes


Box 1

Fiorello Henry LaGuardia


Box 1

Edith Kermit Roosevelt


Box 1

Eleanor Roosevelt


Box 1

15 letters written to Stanley Issacs by a variety of correspondents , 1910-1940:

Otto J. Barnard, May 23, 1910

Senator Albert J. Beveridge, June 5, 1922

William S. Calder, January 24, 1910

Frank M. Chapman, November 1, 1933

George Bird Grinnell, May 19, 1925

Hermann Hagedon, February 14, 1951

William H. Hotchkiss, May 26, 1917

John Puroy Mitchel, October 1, 1917

Victor Murdock, May 20, 1940

Rep. Herbert Parsons, September 16, 1910

George W. Perkins, April 20, 1916

George H. Putnam, July 24, 1925

Admiral W. S. Sims, May 18, 1925

E.A. Van Valkenburg, March 10, 1926

Stuart Edward White, November 11, 1925


Arranged Correspondence:


Box 1

Outgoing Correspondence, 1937-1962

(including annual folders for Manhattan Borough President Correspondence)


Box 2

Outgoing Correspondence, 1943-1962


Box 8 Folder 11

Two letters and a card to Edith S. Isaacs, 1930-1968


Box 2

Personal


Box 2

Topical, 1938-1942


Box 8 Folder 6

Committee for the Election of Stanley M. Isaacs, 1941


Box 2

Undated


Box 2

Edith S. Isaacs and material regarding Love Affair with a City


Letters removed from a large scrapbook:

These letter relate mostly to Isaacs's campaing for public office. Many are in direct response to his letters of solicitation to serve on his election committees.


Box 8 Folder 20

A miscellaneous


Box 8 Folder 20

Mrs. (Florence Von Wien) Auerbach-Levy


Box 8 Folder 20

Mary Findley Allen (Mrs. Yorke Allen), June 12, 1941


Box 8 Folder 20

Marion Rosenwald Ascoli (Mrs. Max Ascoli), October 3, 1941


Box 8 Folder 20

Ernest Angell, June 20, 1941


Box 8 Folder 20

Henry Bruére, September 29, 1941


Box 8 Folder 20

John Harlan Amen, November 14, 1941


Box 8 Folder 20

William T. Andrews, November 14, 1941


Box 8 Folder 20

Daniel Allen (State, County and Municipal Workers of America), January 5, 1942


Box 8 Folder 21

B miscellaneous


Box 8 Folder 21

Charles C. Burlingham, August 21, 1933


Box 8 Folder 21

Dorothy Dunbar Bromley, November 3, 1937


Box 8 Folder 21

Bruce Barton, June 30, 1941


Box 8 Folder 21

Madeleine Beer Borg (Mrs. Sidney C. Borg), June 12 [n.y.]


Box 8 Folder 21

Arthur A. Ballantine, September 24, 1941


Box 8 Folder 21

Samual J. Bloomingdale, November 13, 1941


Box 8 Folder 21

W. Russell Bowie, November 19, 1941


Box 8 Folder 21

George Britt, March 22, 1942


Box 8 Folder 21

Peter Blume, December 10, 1942


Box 8 Folder 22

C miscellaneous


Box 8 Folder 23

D miscellaneous


Box 8 Folder 23

Hubert T. Delany, October 1, 1941


Box 8 Folder 23

Allen W. Dulles, October 28, 1941


Box 8 Folder 23

Gano Dunn, November 8, 1941


Box 8 Folder 23

Albert Deutsch, November 2, 1943


Box 8 Folder 24

E miscellaneous


Box 8 Folder 24

John L. Elliott, September 2, 1941


Box 8 Folder 24

Douglas L. Elliman, November 13, 1941


Box 8 Folder 24

Philip Evergood


Box 8 Folder 24

Genevieve B. Earle, November 17, 1943


Box 8 Folder 25

F miscellaneous


Box 8 Folder 25

John A. Fitch, November 3, 1941


Box 8 Folder 25

Carl Feiss, November 12, 1941


Box 8 Folder 25

Paul Frankfurter, November 12, 1941


Box 8 Folder 25

William H. Friedman, November 10, 1943


Box 8 Folder 25

Louis Fischer, September 30, 1943


Box 8 Folder 25

Father Ford, September 24, 1943


Box 8 Folder 26

G miscellaneous


Box 8 Folder 27

H miscellaneous


Box 8 Folder 27

Walter Hoving, November 16, 1943


Box 8 Folder 27

Helen Hall, November 3, 1937


Box 8 Folder 27

Augustus N. Hand, November 28, 1941


Box 8 Folder 27

E. Adelaide Hahn, August 12, 1944


Box 8 Folder 27

Edward Heilman, June 27, 1944


Box 8 Folder 27

John Haynes Holmes, August 20, 1944


Box 8 Folder 27

Charles E. Hughes, Jr., July 19, 1941


Box 8 Folder 28

J miscellaneous


Box 8 Folder 29

J miscellaneous


Box 8 Folder 29

Alvin Johnson, 1943


Box 8 Folder 30

K miscellaneous


Box 8 Folder 30

Beatrice S. Kahn


Box 8 Folder 30

J. M. Kaplan, May 29, 1941


Box 8 Folder 30

J.P. Keppel, August 21, 1941


Box 8 Folder 30

Rockwell kent, October 13, 1941


Box 8 Folder 30

George S. Kaufman, September 23 [n.y.]


Box 8 Folder 30

Oswald W. Knauth, September 24, 1941


Box 8 Folder 30

Dorothy Kenyon, November 14, 1943


Box 8 Folder 30

Robert D. Kohn, November 16, 1943

Letter contains a drawing of Kohn rejoycing.


Box 8 Folder 30

Freda Kirchway, September 18, 1941


Box 8 Folder 31

L Miscellaneous


Box 8 Folder 31

Solomon Lowenstein, September 22, 1937


Box 8 Folder 31

Eduard C. Lindeman, October 4, 1943


Box 8 Folder 31

Sam A. Lewisohn, June 18, 1941


Box 8 Folder 32

M miscellaneous


Box 8 Folder 32

Philip McCook, November 3, 1937


Box 8 Folder 32

George McAneny, November 3, 1937


Box 8 Folder 32

Robert Moses, June 23, 1944


Box 8 Folder 32

Newbold Morris, July 11, 1944


Box 8 Folder 32

Henry Morgenthau, September 6, 1941


Box 8 Folder 32

A. Wilfred May, November 8, 1941


Box 8 Folder 32

Julian S. Myrick, October 22, 1941


Box 8 Folder 33

N miscellaneous


Box 8 Folder 33

Frederick Buckley Newell, October 25, 1943


Box 8 Folder 33

Reinhold Niebuhr, September 24, 1943


Box 8 Folder 34

O miscellaneous


Box 8 Folder 34

Willioam Church Osborn, August 22, 1941


Box 8 Folder 35

P miscellaneous


Box 8 Folder 35

Molly Picon, October 25, 1943


Box 8 Folder 36

Michael J. Quill, June 23, 1944


Box 8 Folder 37

R miscellaneous


Box 8 Folder 37

Samuel I. Roseman, June 27, 1944


Box 8 Folder 37

John Charles Riedel, November 12, 1941


Box 8 Folder 37

Harold Riegelman, November 14, 1941


Box 8 Folder 38

S miscellaneous


Box 8 Folder 38

Samuel Seabury, November 3, 1937


Box 8 Folder 38

Joseph T. Sharkey, June 28, 1944


Box 8 Folder 38

James Speyer, January 19, 1941


Box 8 Folder 38

Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger (Mrs. Arthur Hays Sulzberger), November 10, 1941


Box 8 Folder 38

Bernard L. Shientag, November 13, 1941


Box 8 Folder 38

Gerald Swope, November 11, 1943


Box 8 Folder 39

T miscellaneous


Box 8 Folder 39

T.O. Thackrey, November 2, 1943


Box 8 Folder 40

U-Z miscellaneous


Box 8 Folder 40

Robert F. Wagner, November 4, 1937


Box 8 Folder 40

Stephen S. Wise, 1941

Series II: Writings


Box 2

Addresses, essays, lectures


Box 3

Skits and songs


Box 8 Folder 4

Poem by S.M.I., November 1, 1925


Box 8 Folder 8

Speech on race by S.M.I. (fragment)


Manuscripts by Edith S. Isaacs:


Box 3

"Apartment to Let -- Furnished?"


Box 3

"Baskets for the Rich"


Box 3

"Big Shot"


Box 3

"The First Year"


Box 3

"For Service Rendered"


Box 3

"Joji on Trial"


Box 3

"Mad Party"


Box 3

"Mingo Mealtime"


Box 3

'"Our Talking Dog"


Box 3

"A Play in Three Acts"


Box 3

"Point of View"


Box 3

"Rim of the Cup"


Box 3

Title-pages


Box 3

"Too Many Husbands"


Box 3

"Windfall"


Box 3

"You Can't Miss the Kabuki"


Audiocassettes of Broadcasts by Stanley I. Isaacs


Box 3

"Let's Find Out"


Box 3

"This I Believe"


Box 11

Terry S. Ruderman "Stanley M. Isaacs: The Conscience of New York". Ph.D. dissertation.

Series III: Personal Property


Box 3

Portfolio


Box 3

Real Estate


Box 3

Photographs


Box 8 Folder 20

Family photographs (early) from an album


Box 8 Folder 16 & 17

Family photographs


Box 8 Folder 18 & 19

Portrail photographs of S.M.I.


Box 8 Folder 5

Photographs, campaign: Optometrists


Box 8 Folder 12-15

Photographs of Edith S. Isaacs award celebration at the Waldorf Astoria

Series IV: Subject Files


Box 4

Barnard College


Box 4

Biographical


Box 8 Folder 9

Biographical: "Personal Data and Affiliations" and "Biographical Notes", November 1, 1925


Box 4

Campaign material -- 1937 1941 1957, 1937, 1941, 1957


Box 8 Folder 2

Campaign material -- 1937 & n.d., 1937


Box 8 Folder 3

Campaign Receipts list


Box 8 Folder 10

Campaign leafletts, handouts, etc. d


Box 4

Citations


Box 4

East River Drive Dedication, 1940 June 18, 1940


Box 4

Edith S. Isaacs-charitable organizations


Box 4

Edith S. Isaacs-80th birthday


Box 4

Honorary events-lunches, dinners, etc.


Box 4

Memorabilia-awards, certificates, honors


Box 4

Memorial statements


Box 4

Miscellaneous


Box 4

Mt. Airy Road, Croton related


Box 4

The New Municipal Asphalt Plant, 1944 May 24, 1944


Box 5

New York Service for Orthopedically


Box 8 Folder 7

Editorial from the NY Times: "Where Stanley Isaacs Has Been", October 13, 1937


Box 5

Handicapped


Box 5

New York State Constitution-article XIII


Box 8 Folder 1

Press clippings, 1969


Box 10

Press clippings

This material is so brittle that it cannot he handled.


Box 5

Notes in memory of Edith S. Isaacs to H.I.H.


Box 5

Notes in memory of Edith S. Isaacs to M.S.I.


Box 5

Rosner-Simon

Series V: Memorabilia


Box 9

Large album: "Dinner to Honor Stanley M. Isaacs, November 7, 1954"

Includes congratulary letters from Mamie Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Herbert Lehman


Box 11

Lawyers' Title Insurance Company. Memorial booklet on the death of Myer S. Isaacs.


Box 11

The Baron de Hirsch Fund. Memorial booklet celebrating the 75th birthday of Stanley M. Isaacs, September 27, 1957.


Box 11

The Baron de Hirsch Fund. Memorial booklet commemorating the death of Stanley M Isaacs, July 1962


Box 11

Laurence Gomme. Stanley M Isaacs Personal Correspondence Donated to The New York Public Library, March 1969


Box 11

A Tribute to Stanley M. Isaacs, President of the Borough of Manhattan, January 1, 1938-December 31, 1941 from The Employees of that Office.


Box 5

Printed Material


Box 6

Citations, plaques, certificates of election


Box 7

Citations, plaques, certificates of election, medals


Objects:


Box 11

Felix M. Warburg Memorail Award


Box 11

Bronze plaque from Ninth A.D. Republican Club, March 1, 1961


Box 11

Bronze medal from Citizens Budget Commission


Box 11

First spike removed from the demolition of the 6th Avenue elevated rail road, December 20, 1938


Box 11

Wallet of S.M.I.