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Search results: 16 Finding Aids
Guide to the Robert L. Benney Research Collection 1933-1978, undated (Bulk 1942-1944) PR 250
Robert Benney, a successful commercial artist and illustrator gained recognition as a war artist-correspondent during World War II.
Guide to the Browning Photograph Collection 1918-1952 (bulk 1920-1938) PR 009
The Browning Collection consists primarily of photographs of interiors and exteriors of 1920s and 1930s New York buildings, including art deco theaters, hotels, skyscrapers, suburban residences, shops, and institutions. Also captured are Manhattan shoppers and window displays, Lower East Side peddlers, advertising sandwich boards, roof tops, Great Depression shanty towns and street life, dramatic skylines, night views, weather, sports, many types of transportation, and photomontages. Documents and ephemera in the collection relate to Irving Browning's professional career as a photographer and cinematographer.
Guide to the Costume Ball Photograph Collection 1875-1932 PR 223
Collection of photographs and mounted clippings portraying society notables in costumes for a variety of New York balls held between 1875 and 1932. The majority of the photographs portray attendees of the 1883 Vanderbilt Ball.
Guide to the Cross & Brown Company Architectural Photograph Collection [1970]-1991 PR 111
The Cross & Brown Company architectural photograph collection consists of photographs, negatives, slides, pamphlets, correspondence, and other documents describing or depicting buildings in New York City, New York State, and New Jersey, created by the Cross & Brown Company real estate firm.
Guide to the Margaret Brown Dutch Houses Photograph Collection [1920-1936] PR 118
This collection consists of negatives and copy photographs of Dutch houses throughout New Jersey and New York states taken by Margaret Brown for two books commissioned by the Holland Society of New York: Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley Before 1776 (1929) by Helen Wilkinson Reynolds, and Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses and Families in Northern New Jersey and Southern New York (1936) by Rosalie Fellows Bailey.
Collection of gelatin silver prints, glass plate negatives, and ephemera related to the documentation of a set of albums compiled by the French artist Augustin Édouart and briefly owned by Emily Jackson. Édouart affixed his reference set of silhouette portraits to album pages, which he then labeled with each sitter's name, hometown, and the place and date of the cutting. Taken together, the pages provide unique visual documentation of Americans of the 1840s, a profile in profile revealing their appearances on several levels at once: physical countenances, occupations, clothing styles, and favored pets and furniture.
Guide to the Robert M. Lester Photograph Collection 1946-1956 PR 215
The Robert M. Lester Photograph Collection consists of color slides and black and white photographs depicting locations in and around New York City taken by philanthropy executive and educator Robert M. Lester between 1946 and 1956. Included are views of the United Nations Headquarters construction, the East River, the Hudson River, the snow-covered cityscape after the blizzard of December 1947, theater marquees and signs on Broadway, the construction of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace building, and Greenwich Village art exhibitions.
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 Erika Stone Photograph Collection [1940-1999] (Bulk 1970-1989) PR 267
Working as a photojouralist, Erika Stone documented New York City parades, demonstrations and street life.
Guide to the Harvey Wang Photograph Collection 1998-1999 PR 175
The collection contains photographs by Harvey Wang, documenting flophouses and their residents on the Bowery in New York City.
Guide to the Edward Wenzel Photograph Collection 1892-1925 PR 074
Primarily glass plate negatives of sites associated with the American Revolutionary War in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
Guide to the Stanley R. Rosenberg Architectural Records 1952-1985, n.d. (bulk 1954-1974) PR 254
Architect Stanley R. Rosenberg worked with several architectural firms, including Hausman & Rosenberg, designing a variety of buildings including community centers, synagogues and high-rise office buildings.
Guide to the Here is New York Collection 1996-2007 (bulk 2001-2002) PR 258
The Here is New York Collection spans the period from 1996 to 2007 (bulk 2001 to 2002) and primarily contains images of or related to the events of September 11, 2001 that were used in here is new york exhibitions. Images were submitted to the organization from more than 2,600 amateur and professional photographers and are in digital and printed formats. The collection also contains original photographs, oral history testimonies, home movies, and music relating to 9/11. In addition, there is material (mostly signage) from here is new york exhibitions and documentation of various shows. The Here is New York Collection contains 25 boxes of the organization's office files, including records of key departments, especially public relations and print production.
Guide to the Daniel Huntington Study Portrait Photographs Collection ca. 1870-1890 PR 256
The collection holds 141 portrait photographs used by Huntington for his study of the subjects painted by him.
Guide to the Harris Pierce Photograph Collection 1888-1900 PR 270
Photographs of street gradings and improvements, as well as residences and businesses in the Bronx during the mid 1890s.
Guide to the Elinor Miller Papers 1977-2004 MSS 178
The Elinor Miller Papers consist largely of letters to Miller from Michel Butor, a prominent French author, and of Miller's collection of published material by or about Butor. Some of Miller's own letters to Butor are included, and some of her correspondence on the subject of Butor. Also included are various mixed media focusing on several artists with whom Butor often collaborated, and whom Miller also studied in their relation to the author.