Albert Shaw papers

id
168
origination
Shaw, Albert, 1857-1947
date statement
1827-1953 [bulk 1890-1947]
key date
1827
identifier (local_mss)
2736
org unit
Manuscripts and Archives Division
call number
MssCol 2736
b-number
b18883324
total components
994
total series
13
max depth
5
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 14:58:50 UTC
updated
2018-06-04 13:50:13 UTC
status note
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physdesc
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unitid
{"value"=>"MssCol 2736", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"2736", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1827-1953", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1827/1953"}
{"value"=>"1890-1947", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1890/1947"}
date_inclusive_start
1827
date_inclusive_end
1953
keydate
1827
unittitle
{"value"=>"Albert Shaw papers"}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Manuscripts and Archives Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"The Albert Shaw Papers contain correspondence (professional and personal); files concerning the books, articles, and speeches Shaw authored, administrative records and articles from the <span class=\"title\">Review of Reviews</span>; and many records of Shaw's personal life, including financial records, scrapbooks, photographs, ephemera, and his notes on the Shaw family's genealogy, as well as Shaw's personal memoirs. Materials range in date from 1827 to 1953, with the majority of the records falling between 1890 and 1947. Albert Shaw (1857-1947) was an editor, journalist and scholar who spent most of his career as the editor and publisher of the Review of Reviews, a digest of progressive thought and political analysis. Shaw's principal interests were the improvement of municipal government, the relationship of business and organized labor, agricultural reform, international affairs, and contemporary politics and economics, topics which he wrote and spoke on frequently."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>Albert Shaw papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Albert Shaw (1857-1947) was an editor, journalist and scholar who spent most of his career as the editor and publisher of the <span class=\"title\">Review of Reviews,</span>a digest of progressive thought and political analysis. Shaw's principal interests were the improvement of municipal government, the relationship of business and organized labor, agricultural reform, international affairs, and contemporary politics and economics, topics which he wrote and spoke on frequently.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Albert Shaw Papers contain correspondence (professional and personal); files concerning the books, articles, and speeches Shaw authored, administrative records and articles from the <span class=\"title\">Review of Reviews</span>; and many records of Shaw's personal life, including financial records, scrapbooks, photographs, ephemera, and his notes on the Shaw family's genealogy, as well as Shaw's personal memoirs. Materials range in date from 1827 to 1953, with the majority of the records falling between 1890 and 1947.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Albert Shaw papers are arranged in thirteen series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2736#c14794'>Series I. Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1827-1953</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>95 boxes 45 volumes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series, comprised of both incoming and outgoing correspondence, reflects Shaw's professional activities (primarily his work with the <span class=\"title\">Review of Reviews</span>), as well as his personal life and the lives of several of his family members. Correspondence is generally arranged either chronologically or by topic (variations occur from one subseries to another), and since Shaw did not keep a sharp distinction between his professional and personal activities, there is a general intermingling of both types of the correspondence.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2736#c15238'>Series II. Organization Files</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1893-1947</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>21 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains files on organizations that Shaw was either a member of, or which he followed the activities of. Types of materials in the files for these organizations include correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and printed information about the organization.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2736#c15288'>Series III. Books</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1849-1948</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>41 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Books series contains Shaw notes, research, manuscripts, and other files for the numerous topics he researched and likely intended to publish on. Titles including <span class=\"title\">Icaria</span>, <span class=\"title\">Photographic History of the Civil War</span>, and <span class=\"title\">International Bearings on American Polic</span>y were published, while many of the other manuscripts found in this series were not.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2736#c15527'>Series IV. Articles and Speeches</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1887-1938</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>14 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Articles and Speeches series contains transcripts and copies of articles authored by Shaw, as well as address he presented. Shaw's preparatory notes and research accompany some of these files.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2736#c15619'>Series V. Personal Records</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1841-1948</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>15 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Personal Records series is comprised of four subseries (Diaries, Family, Academics, and General) which document Shaw's life outside of his professional interests, including his academic career and his efforts to record his family's history and his own memoirs.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2736#c15673'>Series VI. Review of Reviews and Golden Book</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1892-1930</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>13 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The <span class=\"title\">Review of Reviews</span> and <span class=\"title\">Golden Book</span> series contains records on the administrative oversight and operation of the publications, as well as copies of some of the articles printed within.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2736#c15703'>Series VII. Scrapbooks</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1883-1930</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>9 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The scrapbooks in this series are comprised primarily of clippings, chronicling Shaw's professional activities, as well as selected areas of his research interests (state and municipal government, foreign affairs, and education).</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2736#c15713'>Series VIII. Financial Records</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1898-1947</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>9 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains records from Shaw's activities in the stock and bonds market, as well as tax, automotive, and real estate records. Among the real estate records are numerous blueprints for the design (and later renovations) of Shaw's primary residence.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2736#c15729'>Series IX. Sterling Farm Records</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1909-1930</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>7 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Sterling Farms records contain correspondence and other operating files from Shaw's farm in Virginia.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2736#c15741'>Series X. Ephemera</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>6 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Ephemera in this series is comprised of menus, tickets, calling cards, programs, and other assorted souvenirs from Shaw's travels throughout Europe and America.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2736#c15748'>Series XI. Printed Matter</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>8 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series is comprised of a variety of types of printed matter related to topics of Shaw's personal and professional interests.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2736#c15757'>Series XII. Photographs</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1864-1939 (bulk 1913-1935</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>23 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series is comprised of two groups of photographs; Publication Files and Family.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2736#c15786'>Series XIII. Maps</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>1 box</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The maps in this series depict primarily European and American cities.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>The Albert Shaw papers are organized in the following series:</p> <ul> <li>Series I. Correspondence, 1827-1953</li> <li>Series II. Organization Files, 1893-1947</li> <li>Series III. Books, 1849-1948</li> <li>Series IV. Articles and Speeches, 1887-1938</li> <li>Series V. Personal Records, 1841-1948</li> <li>Series VI. Review of Reviews and Golden Book, 1892-1930</li> <li>Series VII. Scrapbooks, 1883-1930</li> <li>Series VIII. Financial Records, 1898-1947</li> <li>Series IX. Sterling Farm Records, 1909-1930</li> <li>Series X. Ephemera</li> <li>Series XI. Printed Matter</li> <li>Series XII. Photographs, 1864-1939 (bulk 1913-1935)</li> <li>Series XIII. Maps</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Virginia Shaw English, 1997; Additions purchased from Jerry N. Showalter, 2008-2009</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Cate Putirskis.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Where possible, additions to the collection have been integrated where they fall intellectually within the collection description, though in some series and subseries, added files did not fit readily into the existing collection arrangement and were instead listed following all existing records.</p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>Copyright retained by any document's creator.</p>"}
altformavail
{"value"=>"<p>Portions of this collection are available on microfilm.</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Shaw, Albert, 1857-1947", "type"=>"persname"}
extent_statement
251.91 linear feet (237 boxes, 45 volumes and 2 microfilm reels)
date_start
1827
date_end
1953
date_bulk_start
1890
date_bulk_end
1947

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