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Whitney M. Young, Jr. papers, 1960-1977
300 boxesCorrespondence, speeches, reports, testimony, press releases, and articles of Young. The files document Young's leadership in many social welfare and civil rights organizations, as well as his activities as a columnist and speaker. Cataloged correspondents include Robert F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Hubert H. Humphrey, Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, Roy Wilkins, and John W. Gardner.
Columbia University Library Office files, 1890-1998
48.37 linear feetElectrician Box ii.32
Taliesin Associated Architects architectural drawings and records, 1959-1991
400 linear feetStage Electrician, Aud.
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- Stage Electrician, Aud.
Albert Goldman papers, 1953-1994
225 linear feetThe papers consist of correspondence, diaries, journals, interviews, manuscripts, transcripts, and printed material.
"Waiting For The Electrician Or Someone Like Him" Box 97
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- "Waiting For The Electrician Or Someone Like Him"
Edwin H. Armstrong papers, 1886-1982, bulk 1912-1954
295.7 linear feetProfessional and personal files including Armstrong's correspondence with professional associations, other engineers, and friends, his research notes, circuit diagrams, lectures, articles, legal papers, and other related materials. Of his many inventions and developments, the most important are: 1) the regenerative or feedback circuit, 1912, the first amplified radio reception, 2) the superheterodyne circuit, 1918, the basis of modern radio and radar, 3) superregeneration, 1922, a very simple, high-power receiver now used in emergency mobile service, and 4) frequency modulation - FM, 1933, static-free radio reception of high fidelity. More than half the files concern his many lawsuits, primarily with Radio Corporation of America, over infringement of the Armstrong patents. Litigation continued until 1967. Other files deal with his work in the Marcellus Hartley Research Laboratory at Columbia University, 1913-1935, and with the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, his Air Force contracts for communications development, Army research during World War II, the Radio Club of America, the Institute of Radio Engineers, FM development at his radio station at Alpine, N.J., the use of FM in television, his involvement in Federal Communications Commission hearings and legislation, and his work with the Zenith Radio Corporation. Also, letters to H.J. Round
The Electrician "Micro-Ray-Wireless,", 1931 April 3 Box 59, Folder 4
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- The Electrician "Micro-Ray-Wireless,", 1931 April 3
Defendant's Exhibit 40A--Article in the Electrician, 1915 September Box 54, Folder 52
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- Defendant's Exhibit 40A--Article in the Electrician, 1915 September
Nikola Tesla papers, 1894-1931
3.5 linear feetCorrespondence of Nikola Tesla and Robert Underwood Johnson include letters of Tesla to Johnson's wife and daughter, clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous materials. Letters to George Scherff, 1902-1930, and others, manuscripts, printed articles, patents, and brochures. The material is of a technical nature and the letters deal primarily with Tesla's work on transformers, turbines, steam and gas oscillators, compressors, pumps, induction motors, and wireless transmitters. Also, printed materials by and about Tesla, including DR. NIKOLA TESLA BIBLIOGRAPHY (1979) by John T. Ratzlaff and Leland I. Anderson; and published selections from diary entries, correspondence, patents, and patent wrappers by Tesla published by the Tesla Book Company. There is also a videotape cassette "Nikola Tesla the Genius Who Lit the World".
Tony Kushner papers, 1920, 1961-2018
84 linear feetGift--Rat, 2012 Box 162
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- Rat made by the electricians for Kushner on the set of Lincoln. Approximately 4 x 4 x 8 inches
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Rat made by the electricians for Kushner on the set of Lincoln. Approximately 4 x 4 x 8 inches. Appears to be made of electrical tape and plastic twine.
Percy and Harold D. Uris papers, 1901-2003
277.5 linear feetThis collection primarily contains materials related to Percy and Harold Uris and their real estate businesses. Correspondence, financial records, and estate papers document the professional and personal lives of the brothers and their wives. The bulk of the business records are from their properties at 380 Madison Avenue and 300 Park Avenue. There is limited information about the other Uris properties and Uris Building Corporation. Finally, the collection contains records from the Uris Brothers Foundation, Inc about the family's philanthropic endeavors.
6.1.2. Monthly Property Statements, 1951-1996
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- services of electricians, engineers, and mechanics. There are also tenant rental adjustments, escalations
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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.
5.1.2. Cross & Brown Property Statements, 1953-1989
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- , heating, repairs, elevator operation, and the overtime services of electricians, engineers, and mechanics
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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.