Guide to the Robert L. Bracklow Photograph Collection 1882-1918 (Bulk 1896-1905) PR 008

Bracklow photographed New York City and surrounding areas around the turn of the century. He focused on architectural views, as well as areas or buildings that were being torn down to reshape the city environment.

Guide to the Bruce Davidson Photograph Collection 1966-1968 PR 089

The Bruce Davidson Photograph Collection consists of fourteen images taken between 1966 and 1968 in the neighborhood of East Harlem in New York City.

Guide to the Giles Family Papers1750-1851

The Giles Family Papers consists primarily of papers belonging to Aquila and Elizabeth Shipton Giles, their descendants, and their extended family, including correspondence, love letters between Aquila Giles and Elizabeth Shipton Giles, accounts, leases, surveys, commissions, bills, receipts, and notes. The majority of the correspondence covers the courtship of Aquila Giles and Elizabeth Shipton Giles during the American Revolution, but the collection also includes papers pertaining to Aquila Giles's military service and the business transactions of William Axtell, John Murray, and William Ogden, all of whom were related to the Giles family.

Guide to the George P. Hall & Son Photograph Collection [1876-1914] PR 024

Large-format views in this collection provide detailed, flattering depictions of Manhattan from the 1880s through the 1910s. Included are depictions of early skyscrapers, hotel and theater exteriors, harbor activity, and downtown streets, as well as views of Brooklyn's business areas and resorts. Views of the U.S. Navy's new steel battleships of the 1890s and areas outside New York are included.

Guide to the Papers of Morgan Lewis1715-1860

The Morgan Lewis Papers consist primarily of papers belonging to Morgan Lewis (1754-1844) and his family members, including correspondence, accounts, leases, mortgages, wills, maps, surveys, rent rolls, commissions, printed materials, and notes. They cover his time as a solider in the American Revolution and the War of 1812, as a jurist, and as governor of New York and primarily describe the business and land dealings of Morgan Lewis and his extended family.

Guide to the Salmagundi Club Photograph Collection 1898-1943 PR 182

The Salmagundi Club Photograph Collection contains photographs of dinners held by the club between 1898 and 1943, including dinners sponsored by Samuel T. Shaw and the club's annual "Get Together Dinner".

Guide to the Records of the Travelers Aid Society of New York1917-1979

The collection documents the history of the Travelers Aid Society of New York, an organization founded in 1905 to assist women travelers, and eventually expanded to aid all travelers. It consists of board minutes, annual reports, a few press articles and speeches, and a number of photographs of clients, TAS workers, board members, and organizational and fundraising events.

Guide to the Papers of the Erving-King Family 1709-1975 (bulk 1780-1939)

The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, maps, printed matter, genealogical material, etc., assembled by James Gore King V (1898-1979). The collection concerns the Erving and King families, other families from whom he directly descended, and some collateral branches. The following individuals are comparatively well documented: James Gore King (1791-1853), Edward King (1833-1908), Col. John Erving (1789-1862), John Erving (1833-1917), and William Van Rensselaer (1805-1872).

My Own Magazine Archive 1963-1965 MSS #18

The My Own Magazine Archive contains correspondence and submissions made to the editor, Jeff Nuttall. Submissions included are manuscripts from William Burroughs, Robert Creeley, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Allen Ginsberg. This collection also incorporates The Moving Times, a magazine edited by William Burroughs.

Guide to the Carol Bellamy Papers 1977-1985 MSS 71

The Carol Bellamy Papers consist chiefly of her public papers (speeches, testimony, schedules, press releases) and clippings, feature articles, and background information used in developing and supporting the positions reflected in her speeches and public statements. Also included are correspondence and statements on issues of concern to the City Council President's Office, and materials pertaining to city finances, mass transit, and women's issues.

Guide to the Records of the Office of Assistant Executive Vice-President, Frederick H. Jackson 1962-1968 (Bulk 1964-1967) RG 6.1

Frederick Herbert Jackson was the assistant executive vice-president at NYU beginning in 1964. In this position, Jackson supervised instruction of humanities and the social sciences. He held this position until he was appointed vice-president for humanities and social sciences in 1966.

Guide to the Records of the Harmonie Club 1852-1947 (Bulk 1860 - 1935)

The Records of the Harmonie Club document a German Jewish New York society from its founding in 1852 until the middle of the twentieth century. The collection contains minutes, scrapbooks, and photos.

Guide to the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Collection 1909 PR 268

Paintings and photographs of parade floats from the Hudson-Fulton Celebration of 1909.

Guide to the S. S. Silver & Company Archive 1922-1957, undated (bulk 1946-1956) PR 061

Photographs and some company documents from a Brooklyn-based interior design and store fixture company.

James Reuel Smith Springs and Wells Photograph Collection 1897-1901 PR 062

The James Reuel Smith Springs and Wells Photograph Collection comprises 17 boxes (seven of glass and acetate negatives) of visual and written material pertaining to Smith's book Springs and Wells of Manhattan and the Bronx, New York City, at the End of the Nineteenth Century, published by the New-York Historical Society in 1938.

Guide to the Portrait/Subject Collection ca. 1800-Present MSS 34

The Portrait/Subject Collection consists of portraits and photographs of American and British authors, as well as a smaller number depicting actors, from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Guide to the Wright Photograph Collection circa 1910-1920 PR 203

The collection contains 201 gelatin silver prints taken by an unidentified photographer of sites in New York City and state circa 1910-1920.

Guide to the Larry Racioppo Photograph Collection 1999-2004 PR 208

The Larry Racioppo Photograph Collection spans the period from 1999-2004 and contains color photographs taken by Racioppo. Most were commissioned by the New-York Historical Society in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, or for related exhibits at the Society in the following years.

Guide to the Papers of the Association for the Relief of Respectable, Aged and Indigent Females in New York City 1813-1883

Eight volumes of records of the Association for the Relief of Respectable Aged and Indigent Females in New York City which was formally established in February of 1814. From its beginning until 1838 the women of the Association met regularly and visited the dependent pensioners with gifts of clothing, groceries and cash. In 1838 they expanded their scope by establishing an asylum for the pensioners at 20th Street near 3rd Avenue. The NYC telephone directories reveal that they continued operating at an Amsterdam Avenue address until 1968.

Guide to the Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans 1836-1972 (Bulk 1850-1936)

The records of the Colored Orphan Asylum document the activities of the institution from 1836 to 1972, with the bulk of the records falling between 1850 and 1936. The records include minutes of general meetings, the Executive Committee, the Indenturing Committee and the After-Care Committee; volumes recording indentures; administrative correspondence; financial records; admission and discharge reports; newspaper clippings; reminiscences; visitor registers; and building plans. These records document the internal workings of an institution dedicated to educating and training African-American orphans in New York City.