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Category Archives: Family and Corporate Papers

De Lancey Family Papers, 1659–1889 (bulk 1722–1839)

October 30, 2018by Emily Chapin

Extent: 1 box, 45 oversize folders The De Lancey Family Papers collection consists of 141 objects documenting the lives of the De Lanceys, a wealthy and prominent colonial family that resided […]

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Family and Corporate Papers, Manuscript Collections

Edward Floyd De Lancey Collection of Family Papers, Circa 1660–1904 (bulk 1726–1865)

October 30, 2018by Emily Chapin

Extent: 10 boxes, 8 bound volumes, 44 oversize folders The Edward Floyd De Lancey Collection of Family Papers consists of 715 objects documenting the lives of several related wealthy and prominent […]

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Family and Corporate Papers, Manuscript Collections

Justice Michael D. Stallman Collection, 1943-1973 (bulk 1965-1969)

February 6, 2018by Emily Chapin 1 Comment

Extent: 1 box (.5 linear foot) Materials in this collection were selected from Justice Stallman’s large, comprehensive collection of political ephemera. The bulk of the objects date from 1965 to 1969 […]

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Ephemera, Family and Corporate Papers

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

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

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

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

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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