The World records, 1882-1940

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Series II: Manuscripts & Documents



Box 5 Azcarraga, Marcelo de


Box 5 Bacheller, Irving


Box 5 Belasco, David


Box 5 Besant, Sir Walter


Box 5 Birrell, August ine


Box 5 Blaine, James Gillespie


Box 5 Bland, John Otway Percy


Box 5 Butler, William Allen


Box 5 Carman, Bliss


Box 5 Castelar y Ripoll, Emilio


Box 5 Cosenz, Enrico


Box 5 Dal Verme, Count Luchino


Box 5 Davis, Varina Howell (Mrs Jefferson)


Box 5 Gross, Milt


Box 5 Halstead, Murat


Box 5 Harris, George W.


Box 5 Houdini, Harry


Box 5 Huerta, Victoriano


Box 5 Huneker, James Gibbons


Box 5 Hyde, William DeWitt


Box 5 Jefferson, Joseph


Box 5 Keller, John William


Box 5 Lopez Dominguez, Jose


Box 5 Low, Seth


Box 5 McKinley, William


Box 5 Martinez de Campos, Arsenio


Box 5 Molineux, Roland Burnham


Box 5 Moss, Frank


Box 5 Newton, Richard Heber


Box 5 Pelloux,Luigi


Box 5 Porche, Simone Pauline Benda "Mme. Simone"


Box 5 Seelye, Julius Hawley


Box 5 Sothern, Edward Hugh


Box 5 Stedman, Edmund Clarence


Box 5 Stoker, Bram


Box 5 Sullivan, John Lawrence


Box 5 Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps


Box 5 Warwick, Frances Evelyn May nard Greville, Countess of


Box 5 Weyman, Stanley John



Box 6 Undated Papers: Unidentified, Undated



Box 7 1882-1885 November, 1882-1885



Box 8 December 1885-1886



Box 9 1887-1888 March, 1887-1888



Box 10 1888 April -1889, 1888



Box 11 1890-1898



Box 12 1899 January -August, 1899



Box 13 1899 September -December, 1899



Box 14 1900 (General), 1900



Box 15 1900 January 1-July 14, 1900



Box 16 1900 July 15-December, 1900



Box 17 1909 January -February14, 1909



Box 18 1901 February-15 April, 1901



Box 19 1901 May -August, 1901



Box 20 1901 September -December, 1901



Box 21 1902 January & Miscellaneous, 1902



Box 22 1902 February-March, 1902



Box 23 1902 April -July, 1902



Box 24 1902 August -September, 1902



Box 25 1902 October -December, 1902



Box 26 1903 January -February15, 1903



Box 27 1903 February16-Apri17, 1903



Box 28 1903 April 7-September, 1903



Box 29 1903 October -December, 1903



Box 30 1904 January & Miscellaneous, 1904



Box 31 1904 February-March, 1904



Box 32 1904 April -August 10, 1904



Box 33 1904 August 11-October, 1904

Oversize magazine pages with cartoons by William Allen Rogers moved to Flat Box 1



Box 34 1905 Accounts (1883-1905); Letter book (1905-1908), 1905



Box 35 1905 General 1908 5 January -March24, 1905, 1908



Box 36 1905 March25-August 20, 1905



Box 37 1905 August 21-September, 1905



Box 38 1905 October, 1905



Box 39 1905 November -December 1905/1906, 1905, November -December 1905



Box 40 1906 Miscellaneous, 1906

Cable Codebook removed to box 104



Box 41 1906 January -May, 1906



Box 42 1906 June -December, 1906



Box 43 1907 January -July & Miscellaneous, 1907



Box 44 1907 August -December, 1907



Box 45 1907-1908 Blueprints, 1907-1908



Box 46 1908 January 15-July & Miscellaneous, 1908



Box 47 1908 16 July -December, 1908



Box 48 1909



Box 49 1909 Miscellaneous, 1909



Box 50 1910



Box Box 50A 1910



Box 51 1911 January -July, 1911



Box 52 1911 August -December, 1911



Box 53 1911 Miscellaneous, 1911



Box 54 1912



Box 55 1913



Box 56 1914 (a), 1914



Box 57 1914 (b)-1915(a), 1914



Box 58 1915(b)



Box 59 1916{a)



Box 60 1916(b)



Box 61 1916-1917 (a)



Box 62 1917 (b), 1917



Box 63 1917-1918



Box 64 1919



Box 65 1920



Box 66 1920 Bureau of Accuracy, 1920



Box 67 1921



Box 68 1921 Bureau of Accuracy·1, 1921



Box 69 1921 Bureau or Accuracy 2, 1921



Box 70 1922 (1), 1922



Box 71 1922 (2), 1922



Box 72 1923



Box 73 1924 (1), 1924



Box 74 1924 (2), 1924



Box 75 1925 (a), 1925



Box 76 1925 (b), 1925



Box 77 1925



Box 78 1926 Bureau of Accuracy (1), 1926



Box 79 1926 Bureau or Accuracy (2); 1926 General File, 1926, 1926



Box 80 1927 (1), 1927



Box 81 1927(2)



Box 82 1927 Bureau of Accuracy, 1927



Box 83 1928 (1), 1928



Box 84 1928 (2), 1928



Box 85 1928 Bureau of Accuracy, 1928



Box 86 1929 (l), 1929



Box 87 1929 (2), 1929



Box 88 1929 Bureau of Accuracy, 1929



Box 89 1929 Composing Room, 1929



Box 90 1930 Auditors Department (1), 1930



Box 91 1930 Department (2); Journal Vouchers, 1930



Box 92 1930 Bureau of Accuracy (1), 1930



Box 93 1930 Bureau or Accuracy (2), 1930



Box 94 1930 Composing Room, 1930



Box 95 1930 Miscellaneous Departments, 1930



Box 96 1930 Purchasing Department (1), 1930



Box 97 1930 Purchasing Department (2), 1930



Box 98 1931 (1), 1931



Box 99 1931 (2), 1931



Box 100 1931 (3), 1931



Box 101 1932-1940



Box 102 Account books, card files, etc. covering several years



Box 103 Volume from Cornerstone Box



Box 104 Cable codebook used by H. A. Jenks, and custom cradle , circa 1906

FRAGILE. Requires curatorial permission to view.

This is the only known surviving copy of the codebook created by Pulitzer and used by him to communicate with his top staff by cable and telegram as he traveled the globe. In the 5,000-entry book, Pulitzer developed a nomenclature for all the elements of his world: codes for politicians, rivals, business terms, amounts of money, himself and family members, and even the weather. He himself had a number of names, including "Andes" and "Marksman." Theodore Roosevelt was "Glutinous." The Republican Party was "Malaria." William Randolph Hearst's Journal was "Medusa." All replies had to include the word "semaphore," meaning, as defined in the volume: "I have read twice and fully, clearly, surely understand and acknowledge your cable. I will do my best after consideration and would certainly cable back and ask a question if I did not understand or felt uncertain."



Flat Box 1 1889 Pulitzer Building; Address at Laying of Cornerstone; folded plans; oversize cartoons from Box 33, 1889-1904



Tube Box 1 Architect's drawings, plans. & elevations



Flat Box 2 Account books, 1923-1931. 3 volumes



Shelf 12/34w/6/8 Copper Cornerstone Box, October 1899.

When the World Building was set for demolition in 1955 to give better access to another great New York City monument, the Brooklyn Bridge, the cornerstone box could not be found. But during the wrecking process, it was struck by machinery and rescued. Most but not all of its contents came to Columbia to be added toThe WorldRecords. Missing from the group, according toThe World Its History & Its New Home, are: three gold coins; three silver coins; and the silver medal struck when The World circulation reached 250,000.