Seth Low papers, 1870-1930

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Series II: Arranged Materials



Box 13 Carbons: 1890-1897



Box 14 Carbons: 1897-May 1903



Box 15 Carbons: 1903-1905



Box 16 Letters to Low: Oct. 1889 (Letterbook A)


Box 16 Letters to Low: 1890 (Letterbook B [A-E]: Installation of Low)



Box 17 Letters to Low: 1890 (Letterbook B [F-Z]: Installation of Low)



Box 18 Letters to Low: 1895-96 (Letterbook C: Library Gift; Ded'n of Site)


Box 18 Letters to Low: 1884-85 (Letterbook D: Invitations)



Box 19 Letters from Low: Sept. 1875-Nov. 1886 (Letterbook I)


Box 19 Letters from Low: Nov. 1886-Dec. 1889 (Letterbook II)


Box 19 Letters from Low: Dec. 1898-July 1901 (Letterbook III: University Matters, private)


Box 19 Letters from Low: Jan. 1902-Dec. 1903 (Letterbook IV: Private Correspondence)


Letters to Low: July-Oct 1902 (Letterbook V)


Letters to Low: Nov-Dec 1902 (Letterbook VI)


Letters to Low: 1903 (Letterbook VII)



Box 20 Letters from Low: Sept. 1875-Nov. 1878 (Letterbook VIII)



Box 21 Manuscripts



Box 22 Documents



Box 23 Speeches - 1



Box 24 Speeches - 2



Box 25 Speeches - 3



Box 26 Speeches - 4 (2 bound volumes)



Box 27-28 Personal Correspondence: Jan. 1905-June 1905


Box 27-28 Personal Correspondence: June 3, 1905-Dec. 31, 1905



Box 29-30 Personal Correspondence: Jan. 1906-March 1906


Box 29-30 Personal Correspondence: April 1906-Dec. 1906



Box 30-31 Personal Correspondence: April 1906-Dec. 1906


Box 30-31 Personal Correspondence: Jan. 1907-April 1907



Box 32-34 Personal Correspondence: May 1907-August 1907


Box 32-34 Personal Correspondence: Sept. 1907-Dec. 1907


Box 32-34 Personal Correspondence: Jan. 1908-April 1908



Box 35-36 Personal Correspondence: May 1908-Dec. 1908


Box 35-36 Personal Correspondence: Jan. 1909-June 1909



Box 37-38 Personal Correspondence: July 1909-Dec. 1909


Box 37-38 Personal Correspondence: Jan. 1910-Feb. 1910



Box 39-40 Personal Correspondence: March 1910-April 1910


Box 39-40 Personal Correspondence: May 1910-Nov. 1910



Box 41-42 Personal Correspondence: May 1910-Dec. 1910


Box 41-42 Personal Correspondence: Jan. 1911-Feb. 1911



Box 43-45 Personal Correspondence: March 1911-April 1911


Box 43-45 Personal Correspondence: From May 1911: A-H


Box 43-45 Personal Correspondence: From May 1911: I-Z



Box 46 Invitations 1904-1907



Box 47 Mayoralty Campaign 1897 I A-Z and Misc.



Box 48 Mayoralty Campaign 1897 II A-Z and Misc.



Box 49 Mayoralty Campaign 1897 III A-Z and Misc.



Box 50 Mayoralty Campaign 1897 IV A-L



Box 51 Mayoralty Campaign 1897 V M-Z and Misc.



Box 52 Hudson-Fulton Celebration A-Z and Misc.


Box 52 1909: Reception Committee


Box 52 1909: Report of Medals distributed


Box 52 1909: Financial Reports



Box 53-54 Correspondence to Low "A" A-W


Box 53-54 Aid: Contributions


Box 53-54 Aid: Loans


Box 53-54 Aid: Notes


Box 53-54 Aid: Positions



Box 55-56 Arbitration: Printers


Box 55-56 Arbitration: Steamfitters


Box 55-56 Arbitration: Carpenters


Box 55-56 Arbitration B-W and Misc.: Colorado Coal Strike


Box 55-56 Arbitration B-W and Misc.: Presidents Commission



Box 57 Arbitration B-W and Misc.: Corrupt Practices Commission 3 sections



Box 58-59 Archaeological Inst.


Box 58-59 Assn. Prev. Corrupt Prac.


Box 58-59 Atlantic Fleet


Box 58-59 Authority


Box 58-59 Bedford Farmers' Co-operative Ass. [to 1911]



Box 60-61 Biography


Box 60-61 Blind


Box 60-61 Chamber of Commerce A-Z and Misc.



Box 62-63 Clubs etc. A-Z


Box 62-63 Republican Club 1910 A-Z and Misc. 1,2



Box 64-65 Commitments | Direct Primaries


Box 64-65 Congestion | Education


Box 64-65 Conservation| Constitution


Box 64-65 Co-operation | Diosese of N.Y.


Box 64-65 Co-op studio Apts.


Box 64-65 Edinburgh Conf. 1910



Box 66-68 Barnard


Box 66-68 Carnegie Inst. Of Wash.


Box 66-68 Canton Christian College


Box 66-68 Columbia University


Box 66-68 Tuskegee Inst. M-R



Box 69-70 Tuskegee Inst. From May 1911: Tuskegee Inst. I


Box 69-70 Tuskegee Inst. From May 1911: Farm, Tuskegee I, II


Box 69-70 Tuskegee Inst. From May 1911: Tuskegee Inst. Misc.


Box 69-70 Tuskegee Inst. From May 1911: Tuskegee Inst. Cont.


Box 69-70 Tuskegee Inst. 1911 - 1913



Box 71-72 Tuskegee Inst. [Old File]


Box 71-72 Employment | Faith and Order Comm.


Box 71-72 Employment Liab. | Farms and Farming


Box 71-72 European Trips


Box 71-72 Expositions



Box 73-74 Farm-Broad Brook A-D and Farm Reports


Box 73-74 Farm-Broad Brook May 1909 --- A-W



Box 75-76 Farm-Broad Brook May 1908-April 1909 A-Y


Box 75-76 Farm-Broad Brook 1910 A-W



Box 77-78 Farm-Broad Brook E-Z [From May 1911]


Box 77-78 Farm-Broad Brook April 1905- Dec. 1906 A-Y



Box 79-80 Farm-Broad Brook Sept.-Dec. 1907 B-W


Box 79-80 Farm-Broad Brook April-August 1907 B-Y



Box 81-82 German Squadron A-W and Misc. I and II


Box 81-82 Hiss, Dr. Philip H. Jr.


Box 81-82 Hospitals, 2 sections


Box 81-82 Hotels


Box 81-82 Hudson-Fulton


Box 81-82 Ice Machines


Box 81-82 Immigration 2 sections



Box 83-84 Initiative


Box 83-84 Interstate commerce


Box 83-84 Judicial Recall


Box 83-84 Investment Reports M-Z



Box 85 Investment Reports A-I, I is in 4 sec.



Box 86 Missing Dec. 1962



Box 87-88 Investment Reports J-L


Box 87-88 Labor 4 sec.



Box 89-90 Labor: Disputes


Box 89-90 Labor: Legislation


Box 89-90 Labor: Strikes


Box 89-90 National Civic Federation [NCF] 1910 to Apr. 1911 A-W and Misc.



Box 91-92 NCF 3 sections


Box 91-92 NCF 1909-1910 B-W and Misc.



Box 93-94 NCF: Agriculture


Box 93-94 NCF: By-Laws


Box 93-94 NCF: Circular


Box 93-94 NCF: Efficiency


Box 93-94 NCF: Ind. Eco.


Box 93-94 NCF: Labor


Box 93-94 NCF: Loan


Box 93-94 NCF: Membership


Box 93-94 NCF: Arbitration and Conciliation A-M and Misc.



Box 95-96 NCF cont.


Box 95-96 NCF: Arbitration and Conciliation N-Z


Box 95-96 NCF: Arbitration and Conciliation Misc. 4 sec.



Box 97-98 NCF: Compensation and Employers Liability A-L [one sec . of N]


Box 97-98 NCF: Compensation and Employers Liability, M-Z and Misc.



Box 99-100 NCF: Compensation and Employers Liability Misc. Data 3 sec.


Box 99-100 NCF: Finance A-Z and Misc.



Box 101-102 NCF: Min. Wage


Box 101-102 NCF: Public Ownership


Box 101-102 NCF: Pure Food


Box 101-102 NCF: Reform Legal Pra.


Box 101-102 NCF: Social Issues


Box 101-102 NCF: Pensions


Box 101-102 NCF: Preparedness


Box 101-102 NCF: Railroads and Public Utilities Corr. B-W and 3 sec. of Misc.



Box 103-104 NCF: Railroads and Public Utilities Misc. 4 sec.


Box 103-104 Socialism 2 sec.



Box 105-106 NCF: Trust Bills 3 sec.


Box 105-106 NCF: Trust Misc. Data 3 sec.



Box 107-108 NCF: Trusts A-Z and Misc.


Box 107-108 NCF: Womans Dept. B-Z and Misc.



Box 109 Negro Race


Box 109 New England Soc.


Box 109 NE Harbor Neighbor House


Box 109 Palmer, G. W.


Box 109 Panama


Box 109 Parks



Box 110 Peace, Peace Arbitration



Box 111-112 Preparedness


Box 111-112 Property 7 sec.



Box 113-114 Public Dept.: Franchise


Box 113-114 Public Dept.: Service


Box 113-114 Public Dept.: Utilities


Box 113-114 Public Dept.: Rapid Transit (Citizens' Comm.) 2 sec.



Box 115 Railways and Rail. Arbitration 2 sec.



Box 116-117 Rapit Transit


Box 116-117 Real Estate


Box 116-117 Reciprocity


Box 116-117 Red Cross


Box 116-117 Reformatory for Women



Box 118-120 Religious A-L and Misc.


Box 118-120 Religious M-Z


Box 118-120 Republican Party


Box 118-120 Republican State Comte.


Box 118-120 Rechambeau Del.



Box 121-122 Sailors' Snug Harbor Misc. 3 sec.


Box 121-122 Sailors' Snug Harbor A-Z



Box 123-124 Santa Barbara Searchlights


Box 123-124 Screens


Box 123-124 Sherman Anti-Trust Act


Box 123-124 Shoemaker Rates


Box 123-124 Short Ballot


Box 123-124 Siam, Prince of


Box 123-124 Simplified Spelling


Box 123-124 Skarynski, Count


Box 123-124 Socialism


Box 123-124 Sociology


Box 123-124 Spokane Sub. Co.



Box 123-125 Spraying



Box 123-126 Stairways, Open



Box 123-127 Standing Comte.



Box 123-128 State Police



Box 123-129 Stuart Portraits



Box 123-130 Sunbeam



Box 123-131 Taft



Box 123-132 Taft-Yale Present Comte.



Box 125 Tariff


Box 125 Taxation 5 sec.



Box 126-127 Tuberculosis


Box 126-127 Tuberculosis Misc.



Box 128-129 Water


Box 128-129 Women Suffrage


Box 128-129 World Miss. Convention


Box 128-129 YMCA


Box 128-129 YWCA



Box 130-131 Farmers Loan and Trust Co. Jan.-June 1907 A-Z


Box 130-131 Tuskegee 1909-1910 B-Z and Misc.



Box 132-133 Farmers Loan and Trust Co. July-Dec. 1907 A-Z and Misc.


Box 132-133 Tuskegee 1910-April 1911 A-Z



Box 134-135 Farmers Loan and Trust Co. July-Dec. 1910 A-Z


Box 134-135 Greenwood Cemetery A-Z and Misc.



Box 136 Farmers Loan and Trust Co. Jan.-June 1908 A-Z



Box 137 Tuskegee 1908-1909 A-Z and Misc.



Box 138-139 Greater New York Charter 1896


Box 138-139 Greater New York Charter 1896



Box 140-141 Greater New York Charter 1896


Box 140-141 Greater New York Charter 1896 Chapter On Education



Box 142-143 Greater New York Charter 1896 A-Z and Misc.


Box 142-143 Greater New York Charter 1896



Box 144-145 Seth Low Miscellany


Box 144-145 National Civic Federation - Prior to May 1911 3 sec.



Box 146-147 National Civic Federation - Mr. Easley's Corr. (General)


Box 146-147 Laymens Miss. Movement


Box 146-147 Legal Aid Society


Box 146-147 Lewis and Clark Ex.


Box 146-147 Libraries


Box 146-147 Lincoln Cent.


Box 146-147 Liquor Problems


Box 146-147 Land Under Water


Box 146-147 Light



Box 148-149 Low, A. A.


Box 148-149 Low, Capt. C.


Box 148-149 Low Moor


Box 148-149 Low, Seth (Agt.)



Box 150-151 Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial A-W and Misc.


Box 150-151 National Civic Federation - General A-Z and Misc.



Box 152 Meetings: Minutes


Box 152 Meetings: Proxies


Box 152 Menus


Box 152 Milk


Box 152 Mortgages


Box 152 Mott Letters


Box 152 Munic. Art Soc.


Box 152 Munic. Research Bureau


Box 152 Memorials


Box 152 Mexico


Box 152 Nutrition



Box 153-154 Common Council - Report on Resolutions 3 sec.


Box 153-154 Political Clubs



Box 155-156 Senate - 1882-1883-1884-1885


Box 155-156 World Miss. Conf. - June 1910



Box 157-158 Fire Dept. - 1882-1883-1884-1885


Box 157-158 Letters A-K and one section of S



Box 159-160 City Works - 1882-1883 -1884-1885


Box 159-160 Assembly - 1882-1833-1834-1885



Box 161-162 Finance - 1882-1883-1884-1885


Box 161-162 City Clerks Office - ?-1884-1885



Box 163-164 Brooklyn Board of Education - 1882-1885 3 sec


Box 163-164 New York & Brooklyn Bridge 1882-1885 A-R



Box 164A Additional Unsorted Material