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Time Inc. Comptroller Records

Call Number

MS 3009-RG 37

Date

1957-1982, inclusive

Creator

Time, inc. (Role: Creator)

Extent

6 Linear feet in 7 record cartons

Language of Materials

The documents in the collection are in English.

Abstract

A collection of material produced during the comptroller's duties of supervising accounting and financial reporting. Includes material on accounting procedures and codes, accounts payable and receivable, balance sheets, lease agreements, and other financial information.

Historical Note

A comptroller is an executive responsible for supervising accounting and financial reporting. At Time Inc. the comptroller sat on the board as a vice-president. In the date range represented by this collection, the following people served as Time Inc.'s comptroller: Arnold Carlson until 1960; John F. Harvey from 1961 to 1971; David H. Dolben from 1971 to 1974; William E. Bishop from 1974 to 1978; and Kevin L. Dolan from 1978 to 1984, past the end of the dates represented in this collection.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in three series: Series I. Finance Control Files; Series II. Accounting Services Ledgers on Fortune; and Series III. Accounting Classifications.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence largely involving Comptrollers or Assistant Comptrollers, data on lease payments for offices, documents on accounting procedures, accounts payable and receivable, inventory counts, ledgers, balance sheets and other financial information, and a list of classifications for accounting codes.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials in this collection are stored offsite. For more information on making arrangements to consult them, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit.

Open to qualified researchers with the exception of restricted materials. Restricted materials include contracts and are stored in box R86.

Conditions Governing Use

Photocopying undertaken by staff only. Limited to 20 exposures of stable, unbound material per day. 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

This collection should be cited as Time Inc. Comptroller Records, MS 3009-RG 37, New-York Historical Society.

Location of Materials

Materials in this collection are stored offsite. For more information on making arrangements to consult them, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Time Inc. in 2015.

Related Materials

This finding aid relates to just one record group of the Time Inc. Records. For information about the other record groups and for overall information about the archives, please see the Guide to the Time Inc. Records (MS 3009). The Henry Luce Papers (MS 3014) were acquired with the Time Inc. Records. The collection of books acquired with the records are cataloged as the Time Inc. Reference Library. A folder pertaining to the comptroller's department can also be found in the Time Inc. Reference Files (MS 3009-RG 3).

Collection processed by

Allen Thomas

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-21 15:47:15 -0400.
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Language: Description is in English

Processing Information

The Time Inc. Comptroller Records were processed by Allen Thomas in 2020. The original folders were retained although some documents were transferred to archival containers in instances of overcrowding or if no original folder was present. Allen Thomas created the inventory and other descriptive notes for the record group. Materials were kept in their original groupings to form series but arrangement was imposed at the folder level.

Repository

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