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Guide to the Freedman Family Papers
and Other Documents
1765–1968 (bulk, 1930–1950)
MS 231
Descriptive Summary
| Creator:
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Freedman (Family) |
| Title: |
Freedman family papers and other documents |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
1765–1968 (bulk, 1930–1950) |
| Abstract: |
A small collection documenting members of the Freedman family, who lived during the
1940s at the Imperial Court Hotel on Manhattan's Upper West Side: Helen (Fox) Freedman,
her son, William, a World War II fighter pilot, and her daughter, Nancy Ruth, who
sang professionally under the stage name "Nancy Reed." The collection includes material
from other residents of the Imperial Court during the 1930s–1950s: furniture dealer
Samuel L. Kuklin, nurse and maid Margaret Matilda Tomlinson, and Broadway musical
singer Virginia Vonne. Also present is an unrelated mixture of 18th–20th-century material,
notably two large group photographs of attendees to the convention of the Verhovay
Aid Society, a Hungarian national fraternal organization, at Passaic, New Jersey,
in July 1914.
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| Quantity: |
1.668 Linear feet in 4 document boxes plus 2 oversize folders. |
| Location: |
This collection is stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please contact
manuscripts@nyhistory.org prior to your research visit to coordinate access. Keep
in mind that it will take between two (2) and five (5) business days for collections
to arrive, and you should plan your research accordingly.
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| Language: |
The documents in the collection are in English, with some instances of German and
Hungarian.
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| Call Phrase: |
MS 231 |
