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Guide to the Bill Cunningham Collection
1957-2017
 MS 3137

New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024
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New-York Historical Society

Collection processed by Larry Weimer

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on July 01, 2019
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Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Open to qualified researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

Photocopying undertaken by staff only. Limited to twenty exposures of stable, unbound material per day. (Researchers may not accrue unused copy amounts from previous days.) This collection is owned by the New-York Historical Society. The copyright law of the United States governs the making of photocopies and protects unpublished materials as well as published materials. Unpublished materials created before January 1, 1978 cannot be quoted in publication without permission of the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation

This collection should be cited as the Bill Cunningham collection, MS 3137, New-York Historical Society.

Related Materials

The New-York Historical Library also holds the following collections related to Bill Cunningham:

Bill Cunningham Facades Photograph Collection (PR 307)

Melanie Tinnelly collection of photographs of or by Bill Cunningham and Toni "Suzette" Cimino

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was acquired by N-YHS's Museum Department by purchase from Augusta Auctions, lots 335and 336, on October 25, 2017. The museum retained objects from the lots, including the orange feather hat, and transferred the letters, clippings, etc. to the N-YHS Library in 2019.

Processing Information

Processed by archivist Larry Weimer, June 2019.