Guide to the Andiron Club of New York City 1907-1982 (Bulk 1930-1955) MC 19

The collection documents the operation of the Club since its founding. Included are correspondence with members and visiting speakers; minutes of Council and general meetings; curricula vitae and lists of the membership; financial records; photographs; publications; and reprints.

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 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 Grey's world travels, published and unpublished works, and her collection and exhibiting of art.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 Margaret Strickland Papers 1880-1970 MSS 77

The Margaret Strickland Papers are a diverse collection of materials featuring the original typescripts of Strickland's biographical works, novels, plays, short stories, and short non-fiction works, as well as correspondence, hand-written and illustrated magazines, diaries, scrapbooks, and photographs.

Guide to the Records of the Emergency Shelter 1928-1988 (Bulk 1929-1975) Emergency Shelter Collection

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 Fifth Avenue Coach Company Collection 1895-1962 Fifth Avenue Coach Company Collection

The Fifth Avenue Coach Collection of photographs dates from 1895 through 1962. The photos document the company's buses, bus operations, bus construction, bus repair and maintenance, bus stops and routes, and facilities. Views include work areas, as well as leisure areas for employees, and special events such as public service projects. Photos also show street scenes of the city. The albums contain clippings and other items documenting the company and its public relations.

Guide to the Alexander Morgan Hamilton Family Photograph Collection [1895]-1948, n.d.(Bulk 1905-1948) PR 103

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 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 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 Bella C. Landaur Writings and Reference Collection Ca. 1856 - 1972 (bulk 1926-1950) PR 149

Scrapbooks, indices, monographs, articles, and correspondence comprise an archive for the Bella C. Landauer Collection of Business and Advertising Ephemera at the New-York Historical Society as well as for other collections of Landauer's that she deposited at other institutions.

Guide to the Bella C. Landauer Collection of Business and Advertising Ephemera ca. 1700-present PR 031

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 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 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 Robinson Family Papers 1822-1966 (Bulk 1860-1940) Robinson Family Papers and BV Robinson

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 Lockwood Sanford Wood Engraving Proof Books 1938-1913 (Bulk 1880-1904) PR 247

Wood engravings produced for business advertisements, mostly in and around New Haven, Connecticut.

Guide to the Records of WEDA (Wyckoff Economical Dining Association) 1871-1955 (Bulk 1886-1953)

The WEDA (Wyckoff Economical Dining Association) Records contain documentation of a New York City men's club that met for dinner once a month for 118 years. The bulk of the material is scrapbooks which include menus and lists of members in attendance. Other materials include photographs, correspondence, and reports of the secretary.

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 Aubrey Wisberg Papers c.1945-1970 MSS 48

Aubrey Wisberg, film and television writer and producer died in New York City in 1990 at the age of 78. His papers consist of typescripts for his film and television productions, and draft copies of his novels, short stories and plays. The collection also includes a small portion of correspondence, photos, and promotional materials relating to specific film or television productions.

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 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.

Guide to the Gustavus Vasa Fox Collection 1823-1919 (bulk 1860-1889)

The collection includes correspondence, personal papers and documents, financial records, speeches and writings, memorabilia and souvenirs, printed materials, and clippings of Gustavus Vasa Fox during his tenure as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and afterwards; correspondence of his wife Virginia Woodbury Fox; and correspondence and personal papers pertaining to other Woodbury and Fox family members.

Guide to the Caspar F. Goodrich Collection 1862-1933

The collection includes official correspondence, notes and texts of lectures Admiral Goodrich delivered while an instructor at the Naval War College, other writings including the edited manuscript of his memoirs, extracts from the diary of his grandfather Captain James Goodrich, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings on the Spanish-American War.

Guide to the Naval History Society Collection,1721-1995 (bulk 1781-1936)

The collection consists of 53 separate collections, many named for renowned naval officers or vessels, documenting both military engagements and routine shipboard experience on naval and some commercial vessels, as well as naval design and the education of officers. The collections include correspondence, letter books, journals and diaries, lectures, essays, account books, biographical writings, genealogical information, scrapbooks, orders, notes, articles and clippings, photographs, manuscripts, and ships' logs, as well as the organizational records and correspondence of the Naval History Society itself.

Guide to the Records of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission 1905-1913 (Bulk 1909-1911)

The Records of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission focus on the commission's role in orchestrating the Hudson-Fulton Celebration of 1909. The collection contains correspondence, contracts, vouchers, cancelled checks, financial and legal documents, meeting minutes, clippings, and ephemera.

Guide to the Records of the Woman's League for the Protection of Riverside Park,1916-1938 (Bulk 1916-1931)

The Records of the Woman's League for the Protection of Riverside Park contain a variety of documents concerning the formation of the League and their activities regarding the preservation of Riverside Park and Upper West Side Improvement Plan. The collection contains correspondence, pamphlets, annual reports, clipping scrapbooks, minutes, cashbooks, and photographic materials.

Guide to the Records of the American Institute of the City of New York for the Encouragement of Science and Invention 1808-1983 (Bulk 1828-1940)

The records of the American Institute document over 175 years of fairs, programs, and activities of an organization committed to the promotion of American industry, agriculture, and science.