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Jonathan Soffer Papers

Call Number

RG.046

Date

1989-2007, bulk

Creator

Soffer, Jonathan M., 1956-

Extent

10 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

Materials entirely in English.

Biographical / Historical

Jonathan Soffer is a professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering in the Technology, Culture, and Society Department. His work is primarily on Ed Koch and Matthew Ridgway.

Arrangement

This collection is housed in 10 boxes and arranged into two series and eight sub-series per series. Series: Koch Project, Sub-series: Archival Manuscript Research, Correspondence, Drafts, Interviews, Newspaper Research, Research, Scholarly Articles, and Teaching. This collection was not arranged by the archivists; Jonathan Soffer's original order was kept and only light arranging was done for clarity. His file names were preserved. "Illegible" is noted where words in file names could not be transcribed.

Scope and Contents

The Jonathan Soffer Papers contain research documents from 1989 to 2007. These documents were assembled by Soffer during his time researching for books on Ed Koch and Matthew Ridgway. The documents are primarily archival and scholarly research regarding New York politics. Papers contain interview, newspaper clippings, academic article, drafts, and archival research. The collection is 10 linear feet, located on bay 26, shelves 4E, 5E, 6E, 7E, and 7F.

Conditions Governing Use

Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by Polytechnic University in all its forms are maintained by New York University. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from the Poly Archives. Please contact the Poly Archives, polyarchives@nyu.edu, 646-997-3530.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date; Jonathan Soffer Papers; RG 046; box number; folder number or item identifier; Poly Archives at Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology, New York University.

Location of Materials

Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology 5 MetroTech Center Brooklyn, NY, 11201 (646) 997-3943 polyarchives@nyu.edu

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated to the Polytechnic Institute of New York University Archives by Jonathan Soffer in 2021.

Collection processed by

Aileen Thong and Mandy Abokhair

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-22 10:07:41 -0400.
Language: Description is written in: English, Latin script.

Repository

Poly Archives at the Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology, NYU Libraries
Poly Archives at Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology
Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology
5 MetroTech Center
Brooklyn, NY 11201