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League of Women Voters of New York State records, 1912-1981
40 linear feetCorrespondence, minutes, reports, documents, scrapbooks, publications, memorabilia, and photographs. The general files, minutes, and reports reflect the varied activities and interests of the League, including apportionment, court reform, education, and voting rights. The historical files contain photographs, printed materials, and memorabilia, filed chronologically. Also included are the periodicals and publications of the League, scrapbooks arranged chronologically, and "Mailbooks", or volumes of mimeographed reports and announcements which were sent to branches and board members. Among the major correspondentrs are: Thomas E. Dewey, Herbert H. Hehman, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Alfred Smith
Avery Library Vertical File, 1910s-1970s
16 linear feetThe materials that comprise the Vertical File have been collected and added to from a variety of sources by former Avery Librarians. The vertical file contains clippings, pamphlets, reprints, and other miscellaneous materials relating to persons, places, organizations, and topical subjects relating to architecture, housing, and city planning. The purpose of the vertical file was to arrange and store small items, memorabilia, and ephemeral material on a variety of topics to facilitate access by researchers. For the most part, the vertical file contains printed items only. Manuscript material and other unique items were, generally, not placed in the vertical file. In some cases, manuscript material has been removed from the Vertical File and placed in its corresponding collection.
Housing - New York State, 1920-1955 Box 06, Folder 21
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- Housing - New York State, 1920-1955
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Pamphlets, memorandum, transcript
Alfred T. White papers, 1884-1910
1 boxPrinted material and some correspondence related to low rental housing and tenements in New York City. Included are business records concerning the rental and maintenance of tenements.
Civic Legislative League records, 1949-1952
8.5 linear feetCoalition to Save City & Suburban Housing records, 1984-1996
3 document boxesThis collection includes correspondence, research, and legal papers related to the operations of the Coalition to Save City and Suburban Housing, Inc., the complex's tenants, community activists, and their joint efforts to obtain a designation of the complex as a New York City landmark.
Dorothy Rosenman papers, 1936-1946
1 boxCorrespondence, documents, and printed material relating to Rosenman's activities as a housing analyst. Correspondents include Fiorello La Guardia, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bernard Baruch, and Herbert Lehman. Also, printed copies of Rosenman's many articles on housing.
Horace Ginsbern architectural drawings, 1902-1987
4,422 drawingsThe collection primarily contains architectural drawings, including renderings and working drawings, for projects designed by Ginsbern. Most projects are located in Manhattan and the Bronx and cover various building types, including apartment buildings, stores, office, and industrial buildings. Some projects are not identified.
Eleanor Brilliant collection of New York State Urban Development Corporation reports and proposals, 1961-1999, bulk 1967-1974
1 document boxThe collection consists primarily of New York State Urban Development Corporation (UDC) reports and proposals. The bulk of the material dates from 1967 to 1974, however, there is some material that pre and postdates this period. The collection also contains some reports created by entities outside the UDC such as the New York City Planning Committee and various other NYC urban development community programs. The collection is arranged chronologically.
Alterations to S/W Apartment 1 Lexington Avenue New York N.Y. / D. Everett Waid, architect, 1932
15 drawingsDrawings show plans, elevations, and sections for the Southwest Apartment on the 11th and 12th story of 1 Lexington Avenue.
Association for the Relief of Respectable Aged Indigent Females Records, 1863-1928
0.5 Linear FeetSeven volumes of minutes and financial records including two cash books, 1874-1891 and n.d.; four secretary's minute books, 1863-1928, and one donations book, 1921-1927.