Committee on the Consolidation of the Astor, Lenox and Tilden Libraries records

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unittitle

{"value"=>"Committee on the Consolidation of the Astor, Lenox and Tilden Libraries records"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1894-1899", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1894/1899"}

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date_inclusive_start

1894

date_inclusive_end

1899

origination

{"value"=>"New York Public Library. Board of Trustees. Committee on the Consolidation of the Astor, Lenox and Tilden Libraries", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The Committee on Consoliation of the Astor, Lenox and Tilden Libraries was created in 1895 and reached an agreement to consolidate and establish the N.Y.P.L. on May 23 of that year. Its nine members were: T.M. Markoe, John L. Cadwalader, and Edward King, representing the Astor Library; Alexander Maitland, Frederick Sturges, and George L. Rives of the Lenox Library; and Lewis Cass Ledyard, Andrew H. Green, and Alexander E. Orr of the Tilden Trust.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The records of the Committee on Consolidation of the Astor, Lenox and Tilden Libraries date from 1894 to 1899 and consist of legal papers and correspondence regarding the creation of the N.Y.P.L. Corporation.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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{"value"=>"<p>All rights reserved. Permission to quote must be obtained in writing from the New York Public Library</p>"}

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keydate

1894

prefercite

{"value"=>"Committee on the Consolidation of the Astor, Lenox and Tilden Libraries records, New York Public Library Archives, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The Committee on Consoliation of the Astor, Lenox and Tilden Libraries was created in 1895 and reached an agreement to consolidate and establish the N.Y.P.L. on May 23 of that year. Its nine members were: T.M. Markoe, John L. Cadwalader, and Edward King, representing the Astor Library; Alexander Maitland, Frederick Sturges, and George L. Rives of the Lenox Library; and Lewis Cass Ledyard, Andrew H. Green, and Alexander E. Orr of the Tilden Trust. The records of the Committee on Consolidation of the Astor, Lenox and Tilden Libraries date from 1894 to 1899 and consist of legal papers and correspondence regarding the creation of the N.Y.P.L. Corporation.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.2 cubic foot

date_start

1894

date_end

1899

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