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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

Museum of the City of New York Collection on the United States Civil War, 1861-1864

June 28, 2017by Emily Chapin

Extent: 1 box This collection consists of ephemera from the American Civil War (1861-1865), the bulk of which relates to the United States Sanitary Commission. The primary mission of the […]

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Ephemera

Museum of the City of New York Collection on Culture and Entertainment, 1817-2002 (bulk 1817-1920)

November 17, 2016by Emily Chapin 2 Comments

Extent: 2 boxes The Museum of the City of New York Collection on Culture and Entertainment contains materials related to New York City’s museums, theaters, lectures, and special events between […]

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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

Museum of the City of New York Annual Reports, 1927-2007

October 18, 2016by Emily Chapin 1 Comment

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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Institutional Archives

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 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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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