The New York City 100 Records
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Abstract
The New York City 100 Records documents the activities of the nonprofit institution "The New York City 100." A public-private collaboration, the organization was created to focus on a year of New York history and to coordinate the centennial celebration of Greater New York's consolidation. Records describe organizational structure and participants; background and planning; fundraising; events and programs; partnerships; educational outreach; public relations and advertising; accounting and finance; spin off products and licensing; and press coverage.
Historical Note
The New York City 100 (1997-2000) was a nonprofit institution created as a public-private collaboration whose mission was to plan and coordinate commemoration of the centennial of the creation of "Greater New York" -- the consolidation of forty municipalities, including the separate cities of Brooklyn and New York, on January 1, 1898. (This merger insured New York's place as America's largest city and, in the world, second only to London. The city's size tripled, to 320 square miles, and its population doubled to 3.4 million.)
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Arrangement Note
The arrangement of the collection follows that outlined in "Final Report for the archive of The New-York Historical Society prepared by Marie Salerno President, New York City 100." Series I – XIII are based on sections within the report and their folder titles correspond to the "Contents of File" lists. A copy of the report is available.
Some items are mentioned in the report but were not included in the donation. They are identified with an asterisk (*). In addition, there are items within the donation that are not mentioned in the report. Their titles are included within brackets [].
Series XIV – XVI are not described in the "Final Report…" See the Series Descriptions for arrangement of these materials.
Within several series, there are references to newspaper advertisements, clippings, reviews, etc. Materials of this type are located in Box 17, Folders 6 and 7 (Series XII) and in Box 18 (Series XVI). They are arranged by news source (e.g. The New York Times, New York Daily News) rather than by specific event.
The arrangement of the collection follows that outlined in "Final Report for the archive of The New-York Historical Society prepared by Marie Salerno President, New York City 100." Series I – XIII are based on sections within the report and their folder titles correspond to the "Contents of File" lists. A copy of the report is available.
There are items within the donation that are not mentioned in the report. Their titles are included within brackets [].
Series XIV – XVI are not described in the "Final Report…" See the Series Descriptions for arrangement of these materials.
Within several series, there are references to newspaper advertisements, clippings, reviews, etc. Materials of this type are located in Box 17, Folders 6 and 7 (Series XII) and in Box 18 (Series XVI). They are arranged by news source (e.g. The New York Times, The New York Daily News) rather than by specific event.
The New York City 100 Records are arranged into the following series:
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- Series I: Mission Statement & Final Report: January – December 1998
- Series II: Background & Initial Planning (1995)
- Series III: Public-Private Partnerships Established (1997)
- Series IV: The Centennial Plan, January – December 1998
- Series V: Centennial Logo
- Series VI: Gracie Mansion Announcement Event
- Series VII: Program Roster 1998
- Series VIII: Mission Statements & Final Report, January – December 1999
- Series IX: Program Roster 1999
- Series X: Educational Outreach
- Series XI: Centennial Sponsors and Media Partnerships, 1997-1999
- Series XII: Public Relations and Advertising, 1998-1999
- Series XIII: Products/Licensing
- Series XIV: Accounting and Finance
- Series XV: Video and Computer Archive
- Series XVI: Press Clippings
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains a wide variety of materials accumulated during the life of the New York City 100 organization. Most of the materials are outlined in "Final Report for the archive of The New-York Historical Society" prepared by Marie Salerno, President, New York City 100.
Among the document types are correspondence, plans and drafts of plans, funding proposals, press releases, lists of individuals (staff, donors, invitees, participants), photographs, news clippings, advertisements, graphics, posters, mock-ups and final version of The New York Pop-Up Book, manuals, videocassettes, computer disks, and financial materials.
Overall, the condition of the items is good. There are, in some cases, duplicates of materials. Documents are dated from 1997 through 2001, although many are not dated. More specific information may be found in each of the Series Descriptions.
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Access Restrictions
Series XIV: Accounting and Finance, including boxes 10-13, contains confidential financial information and is restricted for 75 years. The rest of the collection is open to qualified researchers.
Materials in this collection may be stored offsite. For more information on making arrangements to consult them, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit.
Use Restrictions
Taking images of documents from the library collections for reference purposes by using hand-held cameras and in accordance with the library's photography guidelines is encouraged. As an alternative, patrons may request up to 20 images per day from staff.
Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to: Department of Rights and Reproductions, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194, rightsandrepro@nyhistory.org. Phone: (212) 873-3400 ext. 282.
Copyrights and other proprietary rights may subsist in individuals and entities other than the New-York Historical Society, in which case the patron is responsible for securing permission from those parties. For fuller information about rights and reproductions from N-YHS visit: https://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions
Preferred Citation
The collection should be cited as The New York City 100 Records, MS 444, the New-York Historical Society.
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Provenance
Donation, 2001.
Separated Material
The Nicole Miller scarves that came as part of the original collection (Series XII) have been moved to the N-YHS museum collection.