Society for the Prevention of Crime records, 1878-1973

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Series III: Administration



Box 10 Annual reports, 1920-1949


Box 10 Board of Directors; Board of Trustees. Correspondence, 1937-1953



Box 11 Certificate of incorporation - typescript copies



Flat Box 598 Administration: Certificate of incorporation of the Societ for the Prevention of Crime, 29 October 1878. Signed by Peter Cooper, S. Irenaeus Prime, Henry Drisler, Noah Davis, and others



Box 11 Committees, 1946-1951


Box 11 Constitution and by-laws, 1923-1942


Box 11 Dexter bequest - correspondence, 1914-1936

[Henry Dexter, 1813-1910, philanthropist and President of the American News Company, made a bequest to the Society in his will which was contested on behalf of his daughter - legal papers, 1910-1936]



Box 12 Dexter bequest - printed legal briefs and other documents, 1910--1936


Box 12 Executive Committee, 1945-1951


Box 12 Expansion plans, 1941-1949



Box 13 Minutes, 1909-1934



Box 14 Minutes, 1924-1952



Box 15 Minutes, 1942-1952



Box 16 Minutes - The City Vigilance League of New York -- --Board of Trustees -- --Executive Committee -- --General Committee, 1895-1898



Box 17 Plan and Scope Committee, 1933-1941


Box 17 Staff applications, 1937-1950



Flat Box 598 Whitney, David J. Memorial Volume, 1892

Formerly described as "oversize #6"