Edward N.Costikyan papers, 1952-1985

Edward N.Costikyan papers, 1952-1985

Summary Information

Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, documents, minutes, manuscripts and printed matter, 1952-1985, pertaining to Edward Nazar Costikyan, politician and lawyer.

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0287
Bib ID:
4079678 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Costikyan, Edward N., 1924-2012
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
20.5 linear feet (47 manuscript boxes)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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Description

Summary

Correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, documents, and printed materials, almost entirely of a political nature and comprised largely of his leadership of the Democratic County Committee of New York, 1962-1964. Also included are files relating to a number of election campaigns in which he was involved, including those of Eugene McCarthy and Hubert Humphrey in 1968. The manuscript and related material for his book"Behind Closed Doors: Politics in the Public Interest." (New York, 1966), are also included. Among the major correspondents are Mario Cuomo, James A. Farley, Hubert H. Humphrey, Robert F. Kennedy, Herbert H. Lehman, Adam Clayton Powell, Adlai E. Stevenson, and Robert F. Wagner, Jr. 1979 ADDITION: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, documents, and minutes of the Temporary State Charter Revision Commission for the City of New York, 1972-1976. 1986 ADDITION: Political correspondence, 1957-1981, nearly half of which includes materials relating to the 1977 New York City mayoral campaign of Edward I. Koch, and additional files on charter revision.

1979 Addition: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, documents, and minutes of the Temporary State Charter Revision Commission for the City of New York, 1972-1976.

1986 Addition: Political correspondence 1957-1981, nearly hal;f of which includes materials relating to the 1977 New York City mayoral campaign of Edward I. Koch, and additional files on charter revision.

1993 Addition: Correspondence which chronicles the political activities of the New Democratic Club in the 1950s and 1960s.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in seven series.

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.

This collection is located off-site. 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

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Curator of Manuscripts/University Archivist, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML). The RBML approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Edward N.Costikyan 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 Edward N. Costikyan, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985& 1986.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Costikyan, Edward N. Method of acquisition--Gift; Accession number--M-78-05-22.

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Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Biographical / Historical

Edward Nazar Costikyan, politician and lawyer. Columbia University A.B., 1947; LL.B., 1949.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Appointment books
Financial records
Invitations
Photographs
Press releases
Prospectuses
Reports
Résumés (personnel records)
Speeches (documents)
Surveys (documents)
Tape recordings
minutes (administrative records)
Name
Cuomo, Mario M., 1932-2015
Democratic Party (N.Y.)
Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
Koch, Ed, 1924-2013
Lehman, Herbert H (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963
McCarthy, Eugene J., 1916-2005
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908-1972
Stevenson, Adlai E (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
Wagner, Robert F (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-1991
Place
New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government
Subject
Lawyers
Political campaigns
Political participation
Politicians

Series I: Catalogued Material

Includes cataloged correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs.


Cataloged Correspondence


Box 1A-1B

Beame, Abraham David


Box 1A-1B

Berle, Adolph A.


Box 1A-1B

Buckley, William F.


Box 1A-1B

Cuomo, Mario


Box 1A-1B

Duke, Angier Biddle


Box 1A-1B

Farley, James A.


Box 1A-1B

Finletter, Thomas K.


Box 1A-1B

Harriman, W. Averell


Box 1A-1B

Hogan, Frank S.


Box 1A-1B

Humphrey, Hubert Horatio


Box 1A-1B

Kelley, Walt


Box 1A-1B

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald


Box 1A-1B

Kennedy, Robert F.


Box 1A-1B

Koch, Edward I.


Box 1A-1B

Lefkowitz, Louis J.


Box 1A-1B

Lehman, Herbert H.


Box 1A-1B

Medina, Harold R.


Box 1A-1B

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick


Box 1A-1B

Muskie, Edmund S.


Box 1A-1B

O'Dwyer, Paul


Box 1A-1B

Powell, Adam Clayton


Box 1A-1B

Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich


Box 1A-1B

Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt (Mrs. Franklin D.)


Box 1A-1B

Rosenman, Samuel I.


Box 1A-1B

Stevenson, Adlai E.


Box 1A-1B

Sutton, Percy E.


Box 1A-1B

Wagner, Robert F., Jr.


Box 1A-1B

Wirtz, W. Willard


Box 1A-1B

Cataloged Manuscript: Lehman, Maxwell. The Koch Book. 1977 (1985 addition), 1977


Box 1A-1B

Catalogued Photograph: Hubert H. Humphrey

Series II: Uncataloged Correspondence


Box 2

1955-1959


Box 3

1960-1962


Box 4

1962-1963


Box 5

1963-1964


Box 6

1965 (Sequence continues in Series V: 1980 Addition, Boxes 33-34), 1965

Series III: Personal and Political Papers


Personal


Box 6

Invitations


Box 6

Mailing lists


Box 6

Millier, Irene B.


Box 6

Press Releases and Statements


Box 6

Richmond, Frederick W.


Box 6

Speeches


Box 6

Television and Radio


Box 6

Youth Wants to Know


Box 6

Miscellaneous


Box 7

Behind Closed Doors: Politics in the Public Interest (New York, 1966). Manuscript and related material


Box 7

Datebooks, 1962-1964


Political


Box 8

Campaigns


Box 8

Abram


Box 8

Beame


Box 8

Humphrey


Box 8

Johnson/Humphrey/R. Kennedy


Box 8

McCarthy


Box 8

Macchia


Box 9

Schumacher


Box 9

Silverman


Box 9

Spiegel


Box 9

Miscellaneous literature


Box 9

Democratic Citizen's Committee, 1952-1953


Democratic County Committee of New York


Box 9

Correspondence


Box 9

Committee for Democratic Voters


Box 9

Dinners and Affairs


Box 9

District Leaders' Communications


Box 9

Election, 1964


Box 9

Fair Apportionment Campaign


Box 9

Financial Statements


Box 9

Madison Square Garden Rally, 1964


Box 9

New York Central Railroad (B. Kassal)


Box 9

Proceedings, 1961-1963


Box 9

Public Relations


Box 10

Reform Program


Rules and Regulations


Box 10

Democratic Party


Box 10

Miscellaneous


Box 10

Memoranda


Box 10

New Democratic Club (see also Box 41 A)


Box 10

New York City- Opinion and Election Surveys, 1962-1963, 1965, 1962-1963, 1965


Box 11

Patronage


Box 11

New York County, 1962-1964


Box 11

Surrogates and attorneys lists; resumes; miscellaneous


Box 11

Stevenson-for-President Club (Barbera) -1960


Box 11

Wright vs. Rockerfeller, 1962


Box 11

Miscellaneous, 1953-1961 and n.d., 1953-1961, n.d.


Box 12

Tape Recordings (3)


Box 12

Photographs


Printed


Box 12

Clippings


Box 12

Miscellaneous

Series IV: 1979 Addition - Temporary State Charter Commission, 1979


Temporary State Charter Commission for the City of New York, 1972-1975


Box 13

Correspondences, 1972-1976 (3 Volumes), 1972-1976


Box 14

Cases


Box 14

Census


Box 14

Charter Materials


Box 14

Confidential


Costikyan


Box 14

London Report


Box 14

Remarks, 7/10/1974


Box 14

Speech, Decentralization...


Box 14

Testimony


Box 14

Diagrams


Box 14

Drafts, (2 Folders)


Box 15

Analysis of City Service


Box 15

Bar Association Study


Box 16

Drafts for Discussion


Box 16

Drafts, Final, for Discussion


Box 16

Exhibits


Box 16

Gallup Poll


Box 16

Haider Article


Box 16

Hold


Box 16

Hudson Institute


Implementation of Charter


Box 16

Administrative Code


Box 17

Correspondence


Box 17

Charter Work Program


Box 17

City Task Force Reports


Box 17

Input from Outside Organizations


Box 17

Internal memoranda


Box 17

Enabling legislation, etc.


Box 17

Community Boards


Box 17

Interim Report, (2 Folders)


Box 17

Issues for tentative decisions


Box 17

Lehman memoranda


Box 17

Lehman Press Release


Box 17

Lehman Reports


Box 18

Lindsay Administration


Box 18

Lists


Box 18

London


Memoranda


Box 18

1969-1974 (2 Volumes)


Box 18

Duplicate


Box 19

Minority Statements


Box 19

Newsclippings


Box 19

Outside Publications


Box 19

Papers and letters, miscellaneous


Box 19

Pencil Notes


Box 19

Plan for Restructuring the Government of New York City


Box 19

Progress Report


Box 19

Proposals, etc., from other cities


Box 19

Proposed legislation


Box 19

Prospectuses


Box 19

Publications (other agencies)


Box 20

Publications, plans and reports


Box 21

Resumes


Box 21

Rockerfeller Press Conference


Box 21

Sayre Report


Box 21

Scott Commission Publications


Box 21

Staff Working Papers


Box 21

T.V. transcripts, speeches


Box 21

Tentative Proposal Structure


Box 21

Witnesses' Statements


Box 22

Task force on Jurisdiction


Box 22

Correspondence (2 Volumes)


Box 23

General


Box 23

Memoranda


Box 23

Proposal - first draft


Box 23

Prospectuses


Box 23

Second drafts—Interim Report


Box 24

Publications and reports


Box 25-32

Minutes, Volume 1-16, 1972-1973

Series V: 1980 Addition, 1980


Correspondence


Box 33

Personal, 1957


Box 33

re Behind Closed Doors., 1965-1967


Political


Box 33

1966-1967


Box 34

1968-1972


Box 35

How to Win Votes: the Politics of 1980 . New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Manuscript and typescript.


Box 36

Lecture Notes (primarily New School for Social Research) 1967,1970, 1972


Box 36

Speeches, Political, 1970-1975


Box 37

Subject Files


Box 37

Charter Revision, 1969


Judicial Selection


Box 37

Predergast Plan


Box 37

Other plans and articles


Box 37

Mayoralty


Box 37

Municipal Bankruptcy


Box 37

Muskie, Edmund - campaign


Box 37

Search Committees

Series VI: 1986 Addition - State Charter Revision, Koch Mayoral Campaign, 1986


Temporary State Charter Revision Committee for New York City


Box 38

European trip


Box 39

European trip


Box 38

Reports


Box 39

Reports


Box 40

Political Correspondence, 1957-1981


1977 New York City mayoral campaign of Edward I. Koch, 1977


Box 40

Miscellaneous materials


Box 41

Correspondence

Series VII: 1993 Addition - New Democratic Club, New York City Democratic Committee, 1993

Contains mostly correspondence which chronicles the political activities of the New Democratic Club (NDC and the New York City Democratic Committee (NYCDC in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Also contains NYCDC minute book and a number of pamphlets, flyers, mimeograph manuscripts, and photographs. The Correspondence of the NDC centers around issues of employment. The Correspondence and minute book of the NYCDC pertains to its membership, organizational structure and official incorporation. Cataloged correspondents include Senator John F. Kennedy and Mario Cuomo. Includes miscellaneous campaign literature. Arranged Chronologically, then alphabetically by topic.


Box 41A

New Democratic Club 1957-1985 (see also: Box 10), 1957-1985


Box 41A

Current, 1957-1966


Box 41A

Historical, 1954-1985, (2 Folders)


Box 41A

Various Years, 1956-1964


Box 42

Campaign


Box 42

1952-1955


Box 43

1956-1957


Box 44

1958-1960


Box 45

1961-1962


Box 45

Constitution, 1965


Box 45

Politics, John F. Kennedy, 1960


Program Commitee, 1961-1962


Campaign


Box 46

1966, (2 Folders)


Box 46

1968


Box 46

Chairs, 1966


Box 46

Job Search, 1966-1967


Box 46

Leadership, 1966-1967


Box 46

Politics, 1968, (2 Folders)


Box 46

Reform Leader's Caucus, 1967-1968


Box 46

Smog, 1967


Box 47

Benefit, 1969


Box 47

Newsletter, 1969


Box 47

Politics, 1969-1971


Box 47

State Commitee Campaign, 1970.


Box 47

Welfare Island, 1970.


Box 47

Women's Political Caucus, 1972-1974.


New York City Democratic Committee, 1970-1976


Box 47

Certificate of Type, [1970]


Box 47

Correspondence, 1970-1976


Box 47

Membership list, 1970-1971


Box 47

Memos, 1970-1974


Box 47

Minute Book, 1970


Box 47

Notice of meetings, 1970-1972


Box 47

Press Releases, 1970


Box 47

Dinner, 1971


Box 47

Progress Report, 1971


Box 47

Resumes, 1971


Box 47

Agenda, 1972