- unitid
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{"value"=>"1841", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 1841", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1904-1920", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1904/1920"}
{"value"=>"1915-1920", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1915/1920"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1904
- date_inclusive_end
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1920
- keydate
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1904
- date_start
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1904
- date_end
-
1920
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Mail & Express Company records"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"20 linear feet (22 boxes, 8 v., 7 packages)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
- abstract
-
{"value"=>"The Mail & Express Company was the publisher of the Evening Mail, a New York City daily newspaper. In 1924 the Evening Mail was absorbed by the New York Evening Telegram. Collection consists of non-editorial records for the Mail & Express Company for the period 1904-1920. Files of the Treasurer, 1915-1920, the Business Manager, 1915-1920, and the Auditor, 1916-1920, contain correspondence and memoranda pertaining to finances, advertising, circulation, and other business issues, including several payrolls, 1914-1917, for various departments. Legal files, 1904-1915, contain briefs, depositions and court transcripts for lawsuits against the Evening Mail. Also, two volumes about the newspaper's advertising, and architectural drawings of the company's offices."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Mail & Express Company records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Mail & Express (Firm)", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Mail and Express Company was the publisher of the Evening Mail, a New York City daily newspaper. This paper traced its origins back to 1836 with the founding of the New York Daily Express. In 1924 the Evening Mail was absorbed by the New York Evening Telegram.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection contains non-editorial records for the period 1904-1920. The files of the Treasurer (1915-1920), the Business Manager (1915-1920), and the Auditor (1916-1920) consist of correspondence and memos pertaining to finances, advertising, circulation, and other business issues. There are several payrolls for various departments (1914-1917) including a complete set for the year 1917. The legal files contain briefs, depositions, and court transcripts for lawsuits, primarily libel actions, against the Evening Mail. Information about the newspaper's advertising is found in two volumes the Advertising Cash Report (1915-1916) and Expired Advertising Contracts (1905-1910). There are architectural drawings of several floors of the company's offices in the Lupton Building at 203 Broadway.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Received from New York Evening Mail</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Robert Sink, 5/6/82</p>"}
- extent_statement
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20 linear feet (22 boxes, 8 v., 7 packages)
- date_bulk_start
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1915
- date_bulk_end
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1920