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Search results: 17 Finding Aids
Guide to the Art Poster File ca. 1890-1910 (bulk 1895-1896) PR-055-01
The Art Posters include advertisements for books, magazines, and newspapers
Guide to the American Art-Union Print Collection 1840-1851 PR 159
Collection of prints issued by the American Art-Union, a subscription-based art organization.
Collection of etchings by New York City artists depicting the city. Subjects include major skyscrapers and other buildings, street scenes, neighborhoods, harbors, bridges, and views from high vantage points.
Guide to the Civil War Posters 1861-1865 PR-055-03
The Civil War Posters collection at the New-York Historical Society forms part of the society's vast collection of posters, which is comprised of approximately 5,000 items. As part of this major poster collection, the Civil War posters, consisting mainly of recruiting posters, illustrate a variety of advertisements by Civil War regiments as they were designed to appeal to potential recruits in the early 1860s.
Guide to the Issachar Cozzens Portfolio Print Collection 1800 - [1865] PR 145
Collection of early nineteenth century natural history and miscellaneous prints collected by Issachar Cozzens.
Guide to the Fine Art Prints of New York City 1870-2003 (Bulk 1900-1940) PR 229
Collection of art prints showing views of and scenes in New York City. Includes engravings, etchings, lithographs, and other printmaking processes.
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.
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.
Collection of mainly 19th and 20th century advertising ephemera. Formats in the collection include American trade cards, lottery tickets, handbills, labels, broadsides, calendars, billheads, price lists, advertising fans, and other materials of history and popular culture.Media range from rough woodcuts to chromolithographs.
Guide to the New York State Legislature Portrait Prints Collection 1798 PR 213
Collection consists of 19 stipple engraved plates containing medallion profile portraits of 57 prominent men who served in the New York State Legislature in 1798.
Guide to the Printmaker File [1730] - ongoing, Bulk 1800-1860 PR 058
The Printmaker File is comprised of prints which are filed by the artist or engraver. It includes aquatints, engravings, etchings, lithographs, and woodcuts. These prints are likely to be known or studied because of their creators or because of their significance in the history of American printmaking
Guide to the Steinway & Sons Photograph and Print Collection 1858-1949 PR 166
The Steinway & Sons Photograph and Print Collection spans the period from 1858 to 1949 and contains images relating to the Steinway & Sons piano manufacturing company, founded and based in New York City.
Guide to the Subject File ca. 1600-ongoing(bulk 1800 - 1950) PR 068
The File consists of prints and photographs filed by subject.
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 World War I Poster File [1914]-1920, bulk 1917-1918 PR-055-007
Collection of posters, pictorial sheets, and related ephemera, [1914]-1920, used by governments and organizations during World War I to persuade citizens to enlist in various branches of the armed services, buy bonds, conserve food and fuel, provide relief, and generally support the war effort
Guide to the Manhattan Graphics Center 9/11 Print Portfolio 2001-2002 PR 257
Collection of art prints from the Manhattan Graphics Center relating to the events of 9/11. Includes engravings, silkscreens, etchings, lithographs, and other printmaking processes.
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