- unitid
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{"value"=>"188388", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"AZ 26-5", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b23921966", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1873-1909", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1873/1909"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Citizens Union, Republican, and City Club of New York ephemera collection"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.04 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Citizens Union, founded in 1897, was initially established as an independent political party focused on reforming government in New York City and New York State. The City Club of New York was founded in 1892 as a nonpartisan watchdog organization. The assembled ephemera collection, dating from 1873 to 1909, chronicles each organization's efforts to elect anti-Tammany Hall officials in New York City."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"Multiple languages"}
{"value"=>"Mostly in English with some broadsides, cards, leaflets, and postcards written in German, Yiddish, and Italian."}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Citizens Union was founded in 1897 as an independent political party focused on reforming government in New York City and New York State. In 1901, the party joined with the Republicans to create an anti-Tammany Hall fusion ticket that led to the election of then-Columbia University President Seth Low (1850-1916). In 1908, Citizens Union transitioned from a political party to a nonpartisan civic group to avoid the problem of party patronage. The change established the group as the Citizens Union of the City of New York.</p> <p>The City Club of New York was founded in 1892 as a nonpartisan watchdog organization focused on effective and good government. The Club helped form the Citizens Union in 1897 in an effort to reform municipal and state governments.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Citizens Union, Republican, and City Club of New York ephemera collection, dating from 1873 to 1909, consists of assembled printed matter that chronicles each organization's efforts to elect anti-Tammany Hall officials in New York City. The collection consists of broadsides, bulletins, cards, leaflets, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, postcards, a poster, and a scrapbook mostly created by the three organizations. There is a small amount of ephemera created by other watchdog groups, government boards and committees, unions, as well as two anti-Citizens Union pamphlets created by Tammany Hall Democrats.</p> <p>Most ephemera pre-dating the formation of Citizens Union in 1897 was created by the Republican Associations of various wards in Brooklyn and focuses on by-laws, rules of order, election instructions, and endorsing candidates. Other material pre-dating 1897 includes publications by the Committee of Seventy, correspondence from the Law and Legislation Committee of the Central Federated Union of New York, and a report from the Citizens' Committee on Public School Reform.</p> <p>Most of the ephemera dating from 1897 through 1905 consists of campaign materials created by Citizens Union and the Republican Club. Cards, postcards, leaflets, pamphlets, broadsides, and a scrapbook focus on the mayoral, assembly, and aldermen board electoral races.</p> <p>Beginning in 1901, most of the Citizens Union and the Republican Club postcards, broadsides, pamphlets, and leaflets feature Seth Low's mayoral campaign on the fusion ticket. Other Citizens Union leaflets and pamphlets describe the party's platform and history. Present also are Citizens Union membership registration cards, newspaper clippings of fusion ticket endorsements, and instructions to election district captains.</p> <p>Material from 1909 constitutes a pamphlet created by the Citizens Union of the City of New York about the Board of the Aldermen of the City of New York.</p> <p>City Club of New York leaflets and letters also center around supporting the fusion ticket and when the Club should endorse candidates in the municipal election.</p> <p>The collection also contains a small amount of anti-fusion ticket propaganda pamphlets created by the Democratic Party.</p> <p>There is a small amount of ephemera that was not created by a particular organization, including a scrapbook of cards, clippings, and letters endorsing 1897 municipal candidates; and the published lyrics to a political satire song.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged alphabetically by organization or format, then by date.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Solicited and unsolicited donations from United States History, Local History and Genealogy staff and patrons at unknown dates.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Amy Lau</span> in <span class=\"date\">2026</span>.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>The scrapbook and the poster are fragile.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection was originally housed with the Political Campaign ephemera collection (AZ 24-1). It was separated from that collection at an unknown date.</p>"}
- date_start
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1873
- keydate
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1873
- date_end
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1909
- date_inclusive_start
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1873
- date_inclusive_end
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1909
- extent_statement
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1.04 linear feet (4 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Citizens Union, Republican, and City Club of New York ephemera collection, Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library"}