Vartan Gregorian records

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssArc 4870", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"4870", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Vartan Gregorian records"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1976-1988", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1976/1988"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"35.2 cubic feet"}], "supress_display"=>true}

physloc

{"value"=>"RG 5", "type"=>"local_call", "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1976

date_inclusive_end

1988

origination

{"value"=>"New York Public Library. Board of Trustees. President's Office", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Vartan Gregorian (1934- ) was President and Chief Executive Officer of the New York Public Library from 1981 to 1989. He taught history, was Dean of Arts & Sciences, and then Provost at the University of Pennsylvania from 1972 to 1981. After leaving the New York Public Library, he became President of Brown University. As President of the Library, Gregorian initiated capital improvements, enhanced the exhibitions program, and successfully concluded a major fund raising program.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

arrangement

{"value"=>"Ten series: General Correspondence, 1981-1983; Reports & Proposals, 1981-1983; General Files, 1976-1984; Letters Received from Literary Lions & Other Authors, 1984-1985; Projects, 1983-1984; Special Items, 1986-1988; Invitations, 1982-1988; President's Apartments, 1981-1986; Memorabilia Index, 1981-1988; Subject Files, 1979-1985"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Records consist of correspondence, reports, invitations, memorabilia and ephemera that document Gregorian's activities as President of the Library. General correspondence includes letters from prominent individuals in the New York area and personal acquaintances and concern such topics as fund raising, donations of materials to the Library, invitations to events, and various Library activities. Reports and proposals are papers issued by the President's Office. The letters from Literary Lions mainly pertain to attendance at Library Dinners. Invitations to extra-library events, miscellaneous letters and ephemera, audiotape of dinner honoring Wole Soyinka, and the memorabilia index which indexes scrapbooks of printed matter mentioning Gregorian are part of the collection. Subject files include records from the previous president, Richard Couper, and Director J.M. Cory.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"ARC"}

{"materials"=>"Records"}

accessrestrict

{"value"=>"<p>Board of Trustees records are closed for 50 years from time of creation.</p>"}

userestrict

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

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p></p>", "type"=>"host"}

keydate

1976

prefercite

{"value"=>"Vartan Gregorian records, New York Public Library Archives, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Vartan Gregorian (1934- ) was President and Chief Executive Officer of the New York Public Library from 1981 to 1989. He taught history, was Dean of Arts & Sciences, and then Provost at the University of Pennsylvania from 1972 to 1981. After leaving the New York Public Library, he became President of Brown University. As President of the Library, Gregorian initiated capital improvements, enhanced the exhibitions program, and successfully concluded a major fund raising program. Records consist of correspondence, reports, invitations, memorabilia and ephemera that document Gregorian's activities as President of the Library. General correspondence includes letters from prominent individuals in the New York area and personal acquaintances and concern such topics as fund raising, donations of materials to the Library, invitations to events, and various Library activities. Reports and proposals are papers issued by the President's Office. The letters from Literary Lions mainly pertain to attendance at Library Dinners. Invitations to extra-library events, miscellaneous letters and ephemera, audiotape of dinner honoring Wole Soyinka, and the memorabilia index which indexes scrapbooks of printed matter mentioning Gregorian are part of the collection. Subject files include records from the previous president, Richard Couper, and Director J.M. Cory.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

35.2 cubic feet

date_start

1976

date_end

1988

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