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Author Archives: Lindsay Turley

LOOK Magazine collection, 1937-1962

February 15, 2020by Lindsay Turley

Extent: 258 binders The LOOK Magazine collection consists of 2,415 photographic assignments containing black and white negatives, contact prints, slides, and color transparencies produced by the magazine’s staff and freelance […]

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Photography Collection

Collection on Prohibition, 1927-1934 (bulk 1932-1933)

November 2, 2015by Lindsay Turley 2 Comments

Extent: 1 box This collection primarily consists of speakeasy cards and bootleggers’ price lists from New York City during the Prohibition era (1920-1933), a time in which the sale, manufacture, […]

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Ephemera, Manuscript Collections

Collection on Sports, 1822 – 1997

November 2, 2015by Lindsay Turley

Extent: 2 boxes The Museum of the City of New York Collection on Sports contains materials related to New York City’s sports clubs, professional and college sports teams, and sports […]

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Ephemera, Manuscript Collections

Collection on Ships and Shipping, 1700 – 1976

October 30, 2015by Lindsay Turley 1 Comment

Extent: 3 boxes The Museum of the City of New York Collection on Ships and Shipping consists of materials spanning from 1700 to 1976 and pertaining to the domestic and […]

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Ephemera, Manuscript Collections

Collection on Formal Dining Events, 1865-1965

October 30, 2015by Lindsay Turley 2 Comments

Extent: 3 boxes The collection on formal dining events contains materials pertaining to organized, invitation-only, private dinners held in New York City between 1865 and 1965. Historical Note The rise […]

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Ephemera, Manuscript Collections

Collection on Clubs, Societies and Associations, 1785-2005

October 30, 2015by Lindsay Turley 8 Comments

Extent: 15 boxes, 6 oversize drawers The Museum of the City of New York’s Collection on Clubs, Societies, and Associations consists of a variety of materials spanning from 1785 to […]

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Ephemera, Manuscript Collections

Collection on AIDS and Public Health, 1985-1999

October 29, 2015by Lindsay Turley 1 Comment

Extent: 2 boxes, 1 oversize drawer The Museum of the City of New York Collection on AIDS and Public Health contains materials relating to AIDS/HIV education, outreach, awareness, and activism […]

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Ephemera, Manuscript Collections

Harry T. Peters papers, 1790 – 1988

September 21, 2015by Lindsay Turley 1 Comment

Extent: 91 boxes The Harry T. Peters papers consist of manuscripts, correspondence, ephemera, publications, prints, and photographs documenting Peters’s activities as a collector of American lithographs, authority on the firm […]

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Family and Corporate Papers, Manuscript Collections

Radcliff family papers, 1796-1857 (bulk 1844)

December 23, 2014by Lindsay Turley

Extent: 1 box The Radcliff family papers consist of 34 items, primarily contracts, specifications bills and receipts for three new houses in North Pearl Street belonging to David V.N. Radcliff. […]

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Family and Corporate Papers, Manuscript Collections

Collection on the New York City Marathon, 1996 – 1997

December 23, 2014by Lindsay Turley

Extent: 1 box The collection on the New York City Marathon is an artificial collection compiled by museum staff from two separate gifts from the 1996 and 1997 New York […]

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Ephemera, Manuscript Collections

Collection on Civic Events, 1796-2011 (bulk – 1875-1925)

December 23, 2014by Lindsay Turley 6 Comments

Extent: 8 Boxes The Museum of the City of New York collection on civic events contains materials from public and private events taking place in New York City between the […]

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Ephemera, Manuscript Collections

Collection on World War I and World War II, 1917-1945 (bulk 1917-1919 and 1941-1945)

December 22, 2014by Lindsay Turley 1 Comment

Extent: 3 boxes, 1 flat file The Museum of the City of New York Collection on World War I and World War II contains materials related to New York during […]

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Ephemera, Manuscript Collections

Collection on Infrastructure, 18th – 20th century (bulk dates – 1724 – 2005)

December 22, 2014by Lindsay Turley 3 Comments

Extent: 5 boxes, 3 oversize drawers The Museum of the City of New York Collection on Infrastructure contains materials documenting the creation and evolution of the city’s infrastructure between the […]

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Ephemera, Manuscript Collections

Martin Wong papers, 1980-1995

December 22, 2014by Lindsay Turley 1 Comment

Extent: 4 boxes The Martin Wong Papers collection consists of materials collected by artist and collector Martin Wong between 1980 and 1994. The bulk of the collection consists of graffiti-related […]

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Ephemera, Family and Corporate Papers, Manuscript Collections

The Dorothy Dignam Collection on Gramercy Park, 1931 – 1964 (bulk dates – 1945-1961)

July 11, 2014by Lindsay Turley 2 Comments

Extent: 1 box The Dorothy Dignam Collection on Gramercy Park consists of material focused on the Gramercy Park area. The primary formats represented in the collection are newspaper clippings, magazine […]

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Family and Corporate Papers, Manuscript Collections

Museum of the City of New York collection on advertising, 19th – 20th century (Bulk 1870-1900)

July 8, 2014by Lindsay Turley 2 Comments

Extent: 10 boxes and one oversize drawer (3 linear feet) The collection on advertising is an artificial collection compiled by Museum staff since the Museum’s earliest decades of operation in the […]

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Ephemera, Manuscript Collections

Fayette B. Tower papers, 1776-1891

April 14, 2014by Lindsay Turley 2 Comments

Extent: 2 boxes (1 regular document case, one oversize) Fayette B. Tower worked as an engineer on the Croton Aqueduct, the water distribution system constructed between 1837 and 1842 to […]

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Family and Corporate Papers, Manuscript Collections

Stewart Technical School course bulletins and promotional material, 1918-1948

February 10, 2014by Lindsay Turley 3 Comments

Extent: 1 box, (.209 linear feet) The Stewart Technical School was founded in 1909 as the Stewart Automobile School, and offered courses in automobile mechanics.  In 1927, the school expanded […]

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Ephemera, Manuscript Collections

Lewis and Osborn family papers, 1816-1860

January 3, 2014by Lindsay Turley 2 Comments

Extent: 1 box (.3 linear feet) The Lewis and Osborn family papers consist of approximately 75 items, primarily correspondence and legal documents relating to properties owned by Morgan Lewis and […]

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Family and Corporate Papers, Manuscript Collections

Collection on the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair, 1959-1967

October 1, 2013by Lindsay Turley

Extent: 18 boxes Like the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair 25 years earlier, the 1964-1965 Fair was held at Flushing Meadows in the Borough of Queens. The Fair’s theme was […]

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Ephemera, Family and Corporate Papers, Manuscript Collections

Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair, 1934-1993

October 1, 2013by Lindsay Turley

Extent:47 boxes New York’s celebrated World’s Fair of 1939-1940, held on a former ash dump in Flushing Meadows, Queens, drew millions of visitors with its promise to reveal “The World […]

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Ephemera, Family and Corporate Papers, Manuscript Collections

Alfred E. Smith papers, 1886-1945

July 30, 2013by Lindsay Turley 2 Comments

Extent: Three boxes (1.25 linear feet) Alfred E. Smith served as governor of New York State four times between 1919 and 1928, and was the Democratic US Presidential candidate in […]

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Family and Corporate Papers, Manuscript Collections

Berenice Abbott’s Changing New York papers, 1935-1938

June 14, 2013by Lindsay Turley 2 Comments

Extent: Seven boxes (8.75 linear feet) Berenice Abbott was an American photographer best known for her black-and-white photographs of New York City architecture and urban design in the 1930s. Abbott’s […]

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Family and Corporate Papers, Manuscript Collections

Collection on Real Estate of New York City and Surrounding Areas, 1646-1941 (bulk mid 1700s – mid 1800s)

May 7, 2013by Lindsay Turley 2 Comments

Extent: 14 boxes, 7 oversize drawers This collection consists of material pertaining to land in and around New York City and its boroughs. It comprises a variety of documents including […]

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Documents & loose manuscripts, Manuscript Collections

Grace M. Mayer papers, 1891-1960 (bulk 1932-1958)

March 22, 2013by Lindsay Turley 3 Comments

Extent: 48 boxes (21 linear feet) The Grace Mayer Files include day-to-day external incoming and outgoing correspondence related to researching, acquiring, preserving, exhibiting, and publicizing images of New York while […]

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Institutional Archives

Collection on New York City Society, mid-19th century to the present (bulk 1880-1910)

February 18, 2013by Lindsay Turley

Extent: 10 boxes, 4 oversize drawers The Museum of the City of New York’s “Society Collection” brings to life a time when gentleman dined at their “club,” ladies lunched with […]

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Ephemera, Manuscript Collections

Bradish Johnson papers, 1818-1894 (bulk 1830-1870)

January 16, 2013by Lindsay Turley

Extent: 1 box (.25 linear feet) The Bradish Johnson Papers consist of documents relating to Johnson’s work as a sugar refiner, distiller, brewer, and property owner, including leases and deeds, […]

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Family and Corporate Papers, Manuscript Collections

Ella M. Boult papers, 1898-1947 (bulk 1899)

January 14, 2013by Lindsay Turley

Extent:1 box (.3 linear feet) Ella M. Boult was born in Medina, Ohio in 1866. She graduated from Cornell University in 1888 with a degree in Chemistry, but went on […]

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Family and Corporate Papers, Manuscript Collections

ASPCA papers, 1868-1889

January 14, 2013by Lindsay Turley

Extent:12 bound volumes and 2 boxes (2 linear feet) The ASCPA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) papers consist of the business correspondence of the early years […]

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Family and Corporate Papers, Manuscript Collections

Livingston Family Papers, 1719-1929, bulk dates 1736-1810

January 4, 2013by Lindsay Turley 2 Comments

Extent:3 boxes (1.3 linear feet) A combination of seven gifts from Livingston family descendents, the collection contains correspondence to and from various Livingston family members.  The Livingston family was one […]

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Family and Corporate Papers, Manuscript Collections

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