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Guide to The Records of the American and Foreign Christian Union 1851-1884 Record Group MC 20
The American and Foreign Christian Union (AFCU) was founded in 1849 as an interdenominational organization with the purpose of converting Roman Catholics to evangelical Protestantism. Headquartered in New York City, the AFCU was founded by the union of the American Protestant Society(1844-1849), the Christian Alliance (1842-1849), and the Foreign Evangelical Society (1839-1849). The AFCU employed domestic missionaries; supported individual missionary efforts and kindred societies in Europe, Canada, and South America; published a monthly journal, The Christian World (1850-1884). In 1884 the AFCU discontinued its active missionary work but continued to support the American Church in Paris.
Guide to Papers of Washington Square Counselor to Women Students, Dorothea Berger 1952-1966 RG 19.4
Dorothea Berger was born in 1907 and educated in Germany. She came to Washington Square College in 1949 as an instructor in the German Language Department. By 1962, she had become Assistant to the Dean of Students as well as Counselor for Women Students. She was made a full professor in 1966 and became emeritus in 1973. These papers are collection of administrative correspondence collected while in the Dean's administration and reveal various aspects of women student activities and life in the 1950's and 1960's.
Collection contains correspondence of Professor of Rhetoric (1905-1914) and English (1914-1941), and Dean of University College of Arts and [Pure] Science (1914-1935), Archibald L. Bouton . Also included are transcripts of lectures, exam questions, course outlines, essays and articles written by Bouton many of which concern World War I (1914-1918) and the role of the University in student mobilization for the conflict.
Guide to the Oscar Falnes Papers 1904-1988 MC 135
The Falnes Papers contains the personal and professional papers and correspondence, film reels, slides, and various miscellania of Oscar Falnes. The collection has not been processed.
Guide to the Records of the Institute of Afro-American Affairs 1970-1991 RG 9.8
The Institute of Afro-American Affairs at New York University was founded in 1969 to research, document, and celebrate the cultural and intellectual production of Africa and its diaspora in the Atlantic world and beyond. The collection contains correspondence of IAAA director Earl S. Davis, conference and event materials, and information about Association of Education in Journalism internships.
Guide to the Papers of John G. Mason 1963-1978 MC 88
The John G. Mason Collection contain various records from many of the student and student faculty organizations active at NYU during the years 1962 to 1978. The primary focus of this collection is student and faculty opposition to the Vietnam War between the years 1965 and 1971. The records include organizational position papers, flyers, and posters. These materials are a representative sample of information on student activity and do not contain comprehensive documentation of all student groups.
The position of University Architect was created in 1924, first held by Professor Fiske Kimball (1888-1955). He continued in the position of University Architect on a part-time basis for thirty years, until his death in 1955. The position was revived in 1960 with the hiring of Joseph J. Roberto, a 1935 graduate of New York University's School of Architecture. Roberto had been a practicing architect in New York for twelve years, specializing in institutional buildings. Anticipating increasing enrollments in the 1960s, the NYU administration believed that circumstances demanded the appointment of a full-time architect whose responsibilities included the handling of programming, real estate, mechanical services, use and site planning, and architectural design matters. In 1977, Joseph Roberto retired upon reaching mandatory retirement age and the post was discontinued. Roberto continued to consult for the university, however, through the mid-1980s.
Guide to the Ralph Adimari Papers 1931-1970 (Bulk 1957-1963) MSS 28A
Ralph T. Adimari (1902-1970) was an editor, researcher, and historian of the dime novel, a class of popular fiction that thrived in the mid to late nineteenth century and into the early twentieth. The Ralph Adimari Papers contain records of Adimari's research, including correspondence, notebooks, clippings, photographs, and ephemera.
Guide to the James Beard Papers 1919-1985 (Bulk 1965-1981) MSS 139
This small collection of materials related to the noted cookbook author and food industry consultant James Beard includes selected correspondence, clippings, photographs, and personal effects.
Guide to the William J. Benners Papers 1850-1940 (Bulk 1880-1920) MSS 28B
William J. Benners, (1863-1940), was a writer, publisher, and historian of dime novels, a class of popular fiction that flourished in the mid to late nineteenth century and into the early twentieth. The William J. Benners Papers consist of letters to Benners from family members, various authors, and publishers, fragments of dime novel manuscripts, several research and accounting notebooks, and miscellany such as scrapbooks and photos. The collection includes material on and belonging to Benners gathered by Ralph Adimari during Adimari's extensive research on the history of the dime novel. It also includes some personal papers of dime novel authors Charles Garvice and Emma A. B. Sharkey (pseud. Mrs. E. Burke Collins), and publisher Frank Tousey.
Guide to the Jay Blotcher Papers 1987-2001 MSS 137
Jay Blotcher dedicated himself to representing the lives of gay and lesbian people through his work as a journalist, publicist, freelance writer, film producer and activist. This collection contains print, media, ephemera, and clothing materials documenting the Lesbian and Gay Rights Movement, AIDS activism and queer activism in the 1990s. The collection includes media releases and other publicity for ACT UP and Queer Nation, two major AIDS and queer advocacy organizations as well as the Anti-Violence Campaign, AmFAR and several smaller organizations.
Guide to the Richard W. Rychtarik/Hart Crane Papers 1923-1935 MSS 103
Harold Hart Crane was born in 1899 and became a significant voice within modernist American poetry of the first half of the twentieth century. Crane moved to New York City and mixed with other prominent writers of the time and was influenced by both the contemporary currents in poetry, and his early affinity for nineteenth-century French poets. He struggled with drinking and problems that arose from being gay in a culture that rejected homosexuality. In 1930, Crane received some acclaim from the publication of "The Bridge" which is his book-length poem that vivaciously depicts New York City and his outlook on America in general. In 1932, upon completing a Guggenheim fellowship in Mexico, he setoff by ship back to New York, but committed suicide by jumping from the deck during his passage.
Guide to the Edward Robb Ellis Papers ca. 1902-1998 MSS 68
The bulk of the collection is a continuous diary kept from 1927 up until Edward Robb Ellis' death in 1998. The diary includes handwritten and typed entries as well as photographs and correspondence and consists of bound volumes and loose pages. Also included in the collection are clippings arranged into subject files, book typescripts and audio and visual media.
Guide to the German Correspondence from the World Wars Collection 1916-1946 MSS 161
German Correspondence from the World Wars contains letters to/from German soldiers and their friends and family. Only one set of correspondence, that of soldier Hermann Lappan, is from the First World War. The collection also contains two diaries of a German soldier involved in the Balkan Campaign, miscellaneous soldiers' documents, as well as correspondence (in English) between a young Italian soldier and a young American student.
Guide to the Papers of Abby Weed Grey 1922-1978 MC 151
The Abby Weed Grey Papers span the years 1922-1978, with the bulk of the material covering the period 1960-1974. The papers document Mrs. Grey's world travels, published and unpublished works, and her collection and exhibiting of art.
Guide to the Guerrilla TV Archive 1965-1997 MSS 138
The Guerrilla TV Archive contains files, publicity information, audiocassettes, printed materials and photographs relating to Deirdre Boyle's research for the book Subject to Change: Guerrilla Television Revisited and some materials related to her work on other publications and projects including Hong Kong Cinema, Video Classics, and Video Preservation.
Guide to the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue Archive 1997-2000 MSS 127
The Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue was founded in 1997 by Anna Deavere Smith to support the development of those artworks and projects specifically concerned with social conditions and to foster dialogue between artists, activists, scholars and audiences that could both enhance the artworks and encourage a broader, more open exchange of ideas. The main activity of the Institute was the organization of three summer series where numerous works were created, staged, and discussed with the participation of volunteer audiences, teachers and professors, cultural critics and other guests. The collection consists of administrative records, artist applications, and records and documents of the artworks and theatrical productions.
Guide to the Alan Klein Papers ca. 1980-1995 MSS 118
The Alan Klein Papers represent Klein's, a New York based public relations consultant and long-time gay activist, collection of materials that chronicle the Gay-rights movement. The collection includes correspondence, flyers, periodicals, press clippings, T-shirts and other materials which focus on the activities of Act Up (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), and Queer Nation, among others.
Guide to the Lewis Carroll Society of North America Archive ca. 1974-2003 MSS 148
The Lewis Carroll Society of North America (LCSNA) is an organization dedicated to celebrating the works of Lewis Carroll. The collection is composed of documents and correspondence related to the activities of the Society, including publications and annual meetings.
Guide to the Mendez Mural Community Garden Archive 1996-2000 MSS 100
The East Village's Mendez Mural Community Garden grew outside of city support but became a fixture in the community and was widely utilized. In 1997, the city decided to sell the land to real-estate developers creating a community uproar and protest. On New Years Eve, 1997 the land was bulldozed for condominiums. The collection documents the struggle to save the garden.
Guide to the Cafe´ Nicholson Archive 1948-2005 MSS 165
This collection of photographs, newspaper and magazine clippings, publications, and Cafe´ Nicholson memorabilia all give a distinct sense of the character and culture of the restaurant and its significance to New York City social, cultural and culinary history.
Guide to the Papers of Shelby and Eleanor Baker 1862-1915
Correspondence, certificates, photographs, diaries, and clippings relating to Shelby Baker and his daughter, Eleanor Baker. The Bakers hailed from South Livonia, New York. The papers include several documents pertaining to Shelby's service in the Civil War, as well as several letters to Eleanor from her husband, George Gletty.
The collection documents the history of a men's homeless shelter that existed in Manhattan from 1929-1990. It includes photographs, slides, brochures, flyers, scrapbooks, letters, articles, and reports.
Guide to the Papers of Edith Shepard Fabbri 1842-1898 (Bulk 1886-1898)
Correspondence, photographs, notes, clippings, ephemera, and other materials of Edith Shepard Fabbri, as well as her family, friends, and associates. Fabbri was the great-granddaughter of "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the granddaughter of William H. Vanderbilt. These materials pertain to her early adult life, in particular, the early years of her marriage through the birth of her first child. Also included are materials relating to the House of the Redeemer, a religious retreat founded by Edith Shepard Fabbri and located in her former New York City home.
Guide to the Oscar Fabres Collection 1940-1970(Bulk 1950-1963) PR 079
Printed material and ephemera designed by illustrator Oscar Fabres.
Collection of photographic prints, albums, scrapbooks, and certificates documenting the social, private, and political activities of the family of Alexander Morgan Hamilton (1903-1970). Materials relating to Elizabeth Hamilton's former husbands, John Wanamaker, Jr. and C. Egerton Warburton, are also included.
Guide to the Hare Family Papers 1873-1962 (Bulk 1884-1930) Hare Family Papers
The Hare Family Papers consist of the personal papers of New York City attorney Montgomery Hare (1870-1932), his wife Constance Parsons Hare (1873-?), and material by the Parsons family.
Guide to the Charles Gilbert Hine Photograph Collection 1883-1908 PR 082
Platinum, cyanotype, and albumen prints of various Manhattan locations dating from 1883-1908. Views of streets, buildings, businesses, monuments, theaters, billboards, posters, celebrations, and scenes of everyday life are included. The collection also contains a three volume set of photograph albums which portrays Broadway from north to south and includes historical essays and clippings.
Guide to the Jennings Photograph Collection [1858]-1957 PR 135
Collection of albums, book manuscripts, scrapbooks, photographic prints, postcards, and negatives realting to the family and career of Arthur Bates Jennings, primarily compiled by his son Dr. Edward Allen Jennings.
Guide to the Keppler Family Papers 1840 - 1957
The Keppler Family Papers, 1840-1956, contain the miscellaneous personal papers of Joseph Keppler, cartoonist and founder of Puck Magazine and of his son, Udo J. Keppler, later known as Joseph Keppler, Jr. They consist of correspondence in English and German, dealing with Puck, cartoons, personal and family matters, and a wide range of other papers and printed ephemera.
Guide to the Papers of Rufus King 1766-1899 (Bulk 1783-1826)
The collection contains the papers documenting the political career and private interests of Federalist statesman Rufus King. The collection includes official and private correspondence with other political figures in the early history of the United States, letterbooks, account books, notebooks, financial documents, diaries, memoranda, and essays.
Guide to the Kitson Papers 1887-1934 (Bulk 1902-1909, 1920-1931) Kitson Papers
The Kitson Papers consist of materials of various forms related primarily to the work of Henry Hudson Kitson, a sculptor of public monuments. The collection also contains papers of Kitson's first wife, Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson, who was also a sculptor. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters to Henry Kitson from individuals and organizations who commissioned work from him. Legal documents, especially signed and unsigned contracts, are in the collection. Photographs, mostly unidentified but also including studies for known sculpture subjects, comprise a sizable portion of the collection. The collection contains rough sketches of works and details of works, also mostly unidentified as to subject. Some blueprints are included. Financial records in the collection consist most notably of invoices and receipts from contractors providing materials and services for the Kitsons' projects.
The collection consists of the records of the Ladies' Christian Union, an organization that provided affordable housing to young women in New York City. It documents 150 years of efforts to assist young women working and studying in New York City.
Guide to the Papers of Martha J. Lamb 1756 -- 1892 (Bulk 1876 -- 1892) Martha J. Lamb Papers
The Martha J. Lamb Papers contain a variety of material relating mostly to Lamb's professional life as historian, author, and editor. Much of this collection pertains to Lamb's tenure as editor of the Magazine of American History (1883-1893) including submissions, letters from readers and contributors, and correspondence dealing with internal production matters. The collection also contains letters received by Lamb regarding her work as an historian and author, a journal (1878-1879), and material for a number of Lamb's articles and addresses, including clippings, reviews, drafts, notes, correspondence, and proofs, and drafts of her History of the City of New York. Material in this collection also relates to activities of the Huguenot Society of America, various historical societies, scientific organizations, trade groups, social clubs, and the charitable societies of the Madison Square Presbyterian Church. In addition, the papers contain poetry, notes, financial and genealogical material, ephemera, visual material, and artifacts.
Guide to the Papers of Florence Nightingale Levy 1899-1946 (bulk dates 1908-1926)
The Florence Nightingale Levy Papers pertain mostly to Levy's professional life and activities in arts administration and education in New York City. The bulk of the collection is concentrated in the years between 1908 and 1926. The Levy Papers include correspondence with James Parton Haney, director of art education in New York high schools; Levy family legal documents; and an autograph book of Florence Nightingale Levy.
Guide to the Records of the New York Exchange for Woman's Work 1878-2003
The collection consists of the records of the New York Exchange for Woman's Work, a charitable institution whose mission was to provide a retail outlet for the handiwork of needy consignors. The records include board minutes, corporate, financial, and real estate papers, advertising materials, clippings, photographs, and ephemera.
Guide to The Alfred Olcott Hudson River Steamboats Collection Ca. 1871-1951 (Bulk 1905-1930) PR 098
This collection contains photographs, ship plans and blueprints, ephemera, and clippings relating to Hudson River steamboats from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century.
Guide to the Papers of Henry O'Reilly 1832-1873 (Bulk 1844-1860) Henry O'Reilly Papers
The Papers of Henry O'Reilly, dating from 1832 to 1873, consist of 21 linear feet of material. The bulk of these papers date from 1844 to 1860. The O'Reilly Papers contain the following types of material: business and personal correspondence (letters, telegraph messages), minutes, proceedings, organizational documents (charters, by-laws, articles of incorporation and association), financial documents (bills, receipts, invoices, expenditure sheets, accounts, bank drafts, promissory notes, inventories, stock certificates), legal documents (contracts, conveyances, indentures, deeds, leases, affidavits, depositions, insurance policies, mortgages, memoranda), notes, reports, scrapbooks, and printed material (pamphlets, proofs, circulars, flyers, clippings).
Guide to the Raven Poetry Circle of Greenwich Village Collection Ca. 1933- ca. 1954 PR 108
Photographs and ephemera of the Raven Poetry Circle of Greenwich Village and their annual outdoor poetry exhibits.
The Robinson Family Papers document the immediate family of Dr. Beverley Robinson, his wife Anna Foster Robinson, their children Beverley R., Herman, Pauline, and Anna Robinson, and some extended family members. The collection includes correspondence, scrapbooks, dairies, photographs, and volumes related to the relations and travels of the Robinson family.
Guide to the Records of the Southern Famine Relief Commission 1867-1868 (bulk 1867)
This collection contains records of the Southern Famine Relief Commission, a New York City organization formed to provide assistance to Southern states during the famine of 1867.
Guide to the Subject File ca. 1600-ongoing(bulk 1800 - 1950) PR 068
The File consists of prints and photographs filed by subject.
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.
The collection contains material relating to William Rhinelander Stewart's time on the Washington Memorial Arch Committee which raised funds to erect the Arch in Washington Square Park.
Guide to the Arthur Weindorf Subway Collection 1903-1945, 1973-1974, undated(bulk 1925-1935) PR 127
Photographs and clippings related to the New York City subway system, collected by subway engineer Arthur Weindorf. Photostats of subway posters and maps are included.
Guide to the Records of The Weiss & Klau Co. 1892-1988 (Bulk 1922-1968)
Corporate, financial, legal, personnel, and real estate records of The Weiss & Klau Co., a distributor of oilcloth, plastic-coated fabrics, window shades, and related products. The collection also includes the records of a subsidiary, Standard Coated Products, Inc., a manufacturer of these products. Photographs and memorabilia of company social functions are also present, as is some personal correspondence.
Guide to the Papers of Stanford White 1873-1928
The Stanford White Papers consist of personal correspondence, account information, photographs, newspaper clippings, and printed materials that document the life of the architect Stanford White (1853-1906) of the influential firm of McKim, Mead & White.
Guide to the Samuel Gilford Papers 1753-1951 (bulk 1753-1828)
The Samuel Gilford Papers consist of documentation of the business dealings and personal life of sea captain and shipping merchant Samuel Gilford, of New York, as well as his son, Samuel Gilford Jr., and various other members of the Gilford family. Included in this collection are loose papers related to the firm of Thomas Buchanan and Son, as well as personal papers of the Buchanan family. This collection also contains papers and ephemera from the late 19th and early 20th centuries related to the Anna Riker and members of the Riker family.
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 Henry Barnard Papers 1765-1935 (Bulk 1830-1899) MSS 33
The Henry Barnard Papers of Fales Library holds a substantial portion of the manuscript materials collected and authored by Henry Barnard (1811-1900), a nineteenth century educationalist and prominent member of the Common School Reform movement. He joined with many of his era's most respected educators in advocating the improvement of public education in the United States, a pursuit which dominated his career as a scholar, orator, and politician. Barnard was particularly involved in expanding the literature describing the history, practice, and theories of education and teaching; over the course of his life he wrote extensively on these subjects and established multiple periodicals dedicated to them, including the American Journal of Education. The collection at Fales Library is composed primarily of correspondence, much of which is of a routine business nature, but also includes some of Barnard's diaries, draft versions of articles published in his journals, and images of Barnard's correspondents. It also contains typed transcripts of Barnard's letters prepared by the donor of the collection, Will Monroe, notes regarding the genealogy of the Barnard family, clippings that discuss Barnard's life or the subject of education, and some of Monroe's own correspondence.
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