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Museum of the City of New York Collection on Bella Abzug, 1991-2000

February 14, 2018by Emily Chapin

Extent: 1 box The Museum of the City of New York Collection on Bella Abzug contains materials related to Bella Abzug’s activist work and legacy between the years of 1991 […]

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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

Collection on Theatrical Productions, ca. 1790-2006

January 30, 2018by Morgen Stevens-Garmon

Extent: Approximately 575 linear feet The Collection holds approximately 40,000 files documenting theatrical productions in New York City since the late 18th century.  Material within the files varies widely but […]

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Subject based collections, Theater Collection

Museum of the City of New York Collection on Social Events, 1759-1997

July 26, 2017by Emily Chapin

Extent: 10 boxes The Collection on Social Events includes invitations, menus, calling cards, and dance cards related to balls, parties, dinners, and other invitation-only events held in New York City from […]

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Ephemera

Museum of the City of New York Collection on Education and Religion, 1705-2003

July 25, 2017by Emily Chapin

Extent: 6 boxes, 2 oversize drawers The Museum of the City of New York Collection on Education & Religion consists of ephemera spanning from 1705-2003 related to public and private schooling, […]

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Ephemera

Museum of the City of New York Collection on Women’s Suffrage, 1890-1920

July 24, 2017by Emily Chapin

Extent: 2 boxes The Museum of the City of New York’s Collection on Women’s Suffrage contains two and three-dimensional ephemera ranging from 1890 to 1920, relating primarily to the suffrage movement […]

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Ephemera

Museum of the City of New York Collection on Dining and Hospitality, 1719-1996 (bulk 1834-1996)

June 28, 2017by Emily Chapin

Extent: 10 boxes (4 oversize) The Museum of the City of New York Collection on Dining and Entertainment contains materials related to New York City’s restaurants and hotels between the […]

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Ephemera

Rachel Crothers papers, 1898-1957 (bulk dates 1920-1950)

October 28, 2016by Morgen Stevens-Garmon 1 Comment

Extent: 1.75 cubic feet Rachel Crothers was born on December 12, 1878 in Bloomington, Illinois. She graduated from the Illinois State Normal School. When she was 19, Crothers moved to […]

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Family and Corporate Papers, Theater Collection

Collection on the Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform, 1929-1934

October 28, 2016by Emily Chapin 3 Comments

Extent: 2 boxes (1 linear foot) The Collection on the Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform contains materials dating from 1929 to 1933 that illustrate the organization’s mission – strict repeal […]

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Ephemera

Collection on Theaters, 1804-2005

September 26, 2016by Morgen Stevens-Garmon 2 Comments

Extent: 13 cubic feet. The Museum of the City of New York’s Collection on Theaters contains materials documenting theatrical playhouses in New York City. Administrative Note The Museum of the […]

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Subject based collections, Theater 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

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

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

William Auerbach-Levy drawings, 1925-1964

April 24, 2014by Morgen Stevens-Garmon 2 Comments

Extent: 3,326 drawings William Auerbach-Levy (1889-1964) was born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia.  His family added the surname Levy when they moved to the United States around 1894.  Auerbach-Levy grew up in […]

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Theater Collection, Works-on-paper

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

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

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 Yiddish theater, 1883-2005 (bulk dates 1910-1965)

March 20, 2013by Morgen Stevens-Garmon

Extent: 25.5 linear feet The current Collection on Yiddish theater began in the mid 1960s through the collecting efforts of a volunteer at the Museum. The Collection on Yiddish theater […]

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Theater Collection

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

Collection of Anthony F. Dumas Theatre Drawings, ca. 1916 – 1942

February 13, 2013by Morgen Stevens-Garmon 2 Comments

Extent: 228 items Not much information is available about the life and training of Anthony F. Dumas. His death certificate records his birth on August 30, 1882 in Saint-Anne, France. […]

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Theater Collection, Works-on-paper

Fred A. Mayer Silhouette Collection, ca. 1923 – ca. 1946

February 13, 2013by Morgen Stevens-Garmon

Extent: 84 items Artist Friedrike Mayer was born in Germany on April 4, 1904. At the age of nineteen, he emigrated to New York, arriving on April 22, 1923.  While […]

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Theater Collection, Works-on-paper

Martha Sawyers drawings, ca. 1930-1935

February 11, 2013by Morgen Stevens-Garmon

Extent: 28 objects Artist Martha Sawyers (1902-1988) was born in Cuero, Texas. She moved to New York City after high school and took classes at New York Art Students League. […]

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Theater Collection, Works-on-paper

Edward B. Marks Music Co. Collection on George M. Cohan, 1901-1968, bulk dates ca. 1915-1935

February 7, 2013by Morgen Stevens-Garmon

Extent: 65.25 cubic feet The combination of three gifts from the Edward B. Marks Music Co., the collection contains original manuscripts, annotated typescripts, orchestrations, contracts, sheet music, and ephemera related […]

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Family and Corporate Papers, Theater Collection

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

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