Museum of the City of New York Annual Reports, 1927-2007
Extent: 6 boxes (2.6 linear feet) The Annual Reports of the Museum of the City of New York and, for a time, the Marine Museum of the City of New York […]
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Collection on Theaters, 1804-2005
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 […]
Harry T. Peters papers, 1790 – 1988
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 […]
Museum of the City of New York collection on advertising, 19th – 20th century (Bulk 1870-1900)
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 […]
Grace M. Mayer papers, 1891-1960 (bulk 1932-1958)
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 […]
Collection on Yiddish theater, 1883-2005 (bulk dates 1910-1965)
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 […]
Collection on New York City Society, mid-19th century to the present (bulk 1880-1910)
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 […]
Bradish Johnson papers, 1818-1894 (bulk 1830-1870)
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, […]
Ella M. Boult papers, 1898-1947 (bulk 1899)
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 […]
ASPCA papers, 1868-1889
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 […]
Livingston Family Papers, 1719-1929, bulk dates 1736-1810
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 […]
