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Guide to the Records of the Travelers Aid Society of New York
1917-1979
  MS 635

New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024
(212) 873-3400


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Collection processed by Susan Kriete

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on February 24, 2021
Description is in English.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Open to qualified researchers.

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

Preferred Citation

This collection should be cited as Records of the Travelers Aid Society of New York, The New-York Historical Society.

Related Material at The New-York Historical Society

A full set of annual reports, and a collection of other printed materials pertaining to the Travelers Aid Society of New York (informational pamphlets, fund raising literature, and programs to accompany benefit events), are cataloged separately in the New-York Historical Society library's general collections.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donation of the Metropolitan Assistance Corporation, 1985