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Columbiana Manuscripts, 1572-1986, bulk 1850-1920
39.25 linear feetCommunity Service Society records, 1842-1995
423 linear feetCorrespondence, reports, memoranda, case records, photographs and printed material. The archive include central and district administrative records; cammittee correspondence and minutes; and files on the various programs--such as sheltered workshops, tuberculosis sanitariums and health centers, public baths and employment bureaus--run by the two organizations. The archive also contains hundreds of photographs, including works by Lewis Hine and Jessie Tarbox Beals; extensive casework files from the beginning of social work (originally referred to as "friendly visiting among the poor"); and copies of masters and doctoral theses from the New York School of Sociel Work and other schools. Much of the research for these theses was based on the CSS files
Ernest Born lithographs, 1930-1931
15 lithographsThis collection contains lithographs of New York City streets, buildings and other structures drawn and printed by Ernest Born during the period 1930-1931. The suite of 15 completed images are New York City subjects originally contracted by a London art house; but, due to the 1930's depression, the transaction was not completed and the project remained in the Born family archives. The original edition was 20 prints of each image, of which five to 13 of each image survive. The lithographs are titled as follows: "Brooklyn Bridge" "Late Afternoon" "Battery Place" "East River Bend" "New York Public Library" "Grand Central Station" "Park Avenue and Lincoln Building" "Trinity Church" "Wall Street" "Garment Center" "Foundation Construction" "6th Avenue Elevation" "Jeannette Park Curve" "Bank of Manhattan and US Treasury" and "Frankfort Street.".
Father Alexey G. Vislocky papers, 1920-1949
1 linear feetPhotographs, correspondence and leaflets relating to Father Alexey G. Vislocky, an active member of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church in America in the 1920s and 1930s.
Frank Altschul Papers, 1884-1986, bulk 1925-1980
90 linear feetGeorge A. Plimpton Papers, 1634-1956
24 linear feetGerald E. Markowitz and David Rosner Papers, 1923-1999, bulk 1947-1993
16.1 linear feetHerbert H. Lehman Papers, 1878-2002, bulk 1930-1963
607 linear feetHistorical subject files, 1810s-2022, bulk 1968-1972
182.23 linear feetHotel for D.O. Mills at West 39th Street and Seventh Avenue N.Y.C. / Copeland & Dole, 1905-1906
12 drawingsDrawings show plans, elevations, and sections, and structural framing plan.
Industrial Areas Foundation records, 1977-2011
25.5 linear feetThe Industrial Areas Foundation has been working in the northeast and New York metropolitan area for 35 years. The collection documents the organization's relationship with four mayors, five governors, environmental commissioners and several governors in New Jersey, numerous public and private sector leaders. Included in the collection are correspondence, op-eds, editorials, articles, and other press items, strategy documents and internal reports describing the workings of our citizens organizations in four boroughs, northern New Jersey, Long Island, and beyond. The organization has been deeply involved in many of the central issues and initiatives of the region over those years including, the rebuilding of East Brooklyn and the South Bronx, the start of the new small schools movement, the start of the living wage movement, the charter revisions that ended the old Board of Estimates and expanded the City Council, the fight to establish and preserve mayoral control of the schools, the ongoing struggles to preserve public housing, and many other matters.
Jack Agüeros papers, 1914-2012, bulk 1961-2012
22 linear feetJohn Hopkins Worcester Jr. papers, 1863-1903
1 box10 manuscript diaries of John Hopkins Worcester, Jr., composed 1883-1893 chiefly in Chicago, Ill., concerning personal and professional matters; 204 letters, chiefly autograph, dated 1863-1903, and addressed chiefly to his wife Harriet Strong Worcester, from her husband, children, and other family, friends, and associates.
Leon Fraser papers, 1897-1945, bulk 1924-1943
28 linear feetMorningside Area Alliance records, 1947-1992
149 linear feetMurray Kempton papers, 1940-1997, bulk 1954-1997
12 linear feetNew York Chamber of Commerce and Industry records, 1768-1984, bulk 1860-1973
185 linear feetRobert Ross Alden papers, 1935-1973
10 linear feetProfessional and personal papers containing correspondence, manuscripts (chiefly typescript versions, many with holograph corrections), documents, photographs, memorabilia, newspapers clippings, printed materials, and some art work. The letters cover his professional, personal and family life. Among the significant correspondents are Orvil E. Dryfoos, James B. Reston and the Sulzberger family. The majority of the papers consist of Alden's manuscripts for his articles and editorials written for the "New York Times." There are some articles that were submitted to various magazines, as well as copy under the pseudonym, Carlton (Tubby) Belmont, written for the Women's news Service. Alden's "Times" writings deal with the New York metropolitan area, the 1963-64 World's Fair, France, Cuba, Southeast Asia, Ships, and the United Nations. In addition there are manuscripts of his stories, novels and poetry. The stories and novels deal with reporters, politics, war and show business. Alden's personal papers and documents relate to his years at City College and in the Army and contain other personal items. Also included is a typescript copy of his autobiography. The newspaper clippings and printed matrerials are mostly of his writings. There are numerous photographs as well as more than one box of memorabilia.
William S. Vickrey papers, 1939-1996
23.5 linear feetThe collection is comprised of correspondence, manuscripts, teaching materials, conference materials, subject files, and printed items from William S. Vickrey's career as an economist. It contains published and unpublished papers illustrating his thoughts on various aspects of economic theory and their practical application. Topics discussed in these manuscripts involve macroeconomics, marginal cost pricing, microeconomics, political economy and welfare, public finance, social choice, taxation, transportation, urban economics, and related matters. The collection also has records from his tenure at Columbia University, including correspondence with his academic colleagues and participation in professional activities.
World Community of Social Workers records, 9999
1.25 linear feetCorrespondence, reports, memoranda, photographs and printed material.