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Monthly property statements issued by the five firms who administered the property over 45 years. Douglas L. Elliman & Co. began in 1951 and was followed by Cross & Brown Company, Abrams Benisch Riker, Inc., Colliers ABR, and finally Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. Each of these organizations provided statements about the commercial operation of the 300 Park Avenue building. The monthly property statements contain financial reports, paid invoices, payroll records, tenant information, and related management documents. In general, the monthly financial reports provide information on income, expenditures, taxes, billing, collection, tenant charges, and related fiscal matters. From 1955 to 1989, Cross & Brown Company issued four different reports for the property: Statement of Receipts, Statement of Owners Account, Agency Building Transaction, and Budget Operating. Paid invoices document the amount spent on taxes, utilities, professional services, cleaning, construction, building maintenance, supplies, security, landscaping, and other operating expenses. In the payroll records, there are reports, weekly registers, tax forms, union contributions, and other documents that explain the compensation and benefits earned by employees of the building. Receipts of tenant charges indicate how much individual lessees paid for steam and water usage, electricity, air conditioning, heating, repairs, elevator operation, and the overtime services of electricians, engineers, and mechanics. There are also tenant rental adjustments, escalations, and property rolls detailing the square feet occupied and individual tenant expenditures.

Monthly property statements issued by Cross & Brown Company for the operation of 380 Madison Avenue. These statements contain paid invoices, payroll records, tenant information, financial statements, and other management documents. The invoices reveal the monthly operating expenses for supplies, audits, consultant services, elevator service, security personnel, cleaning fees, utilities, maintenance, petty cash disbursements, taxes, repairs, waste removal, uniform rentals, check requests, and landscaping. Payroll summaries, weekly registers, tax forms, union contributions, and other records explain the compensation and benefits earned by employees of the building. These payroll records are restricted. Receipts of tenant charges indicate how much individual lessees paid for steam and water usage, electricity, air conditioning, heating, repairs, elevator operation, and the overtime services of electricians, engineers, and mechanics. There are also tenant rental adjustments, escalations, and property rolls detailing the square feet occupied and individual tenant expenditures. In 1959, the Cross & Brown Company monthly statements begin including financial reports. The type of financial report appearing in the statement changes over time. First there are Statements of Receipts, 1959-1965, that report individual tenant information on debits and credits, summaries of income and expenditures, and tax reserves. For 1965 and 1966, Statements of Owners Account reports state the balances of the building operation, billing and collection summary, rundown of expenditures, and tax reserves. Starting in November 1966, Agency Building Transaction reports record management expenditures, summaries of billing and collections, and overall fiscal balances. Finally, Budget Operating Reports from May 1977 to May 1989 recapitulate the receipts, disbursements, tenant charges, and general business ledger for the property.