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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
