{"value"=>"<p>Series II contains minutes from meetings held by the New York Foundation's Board of Trustees from 1909 through 2005, as well as indices to the minutes from 1909-1948 and 1956-1970. Early meeting minutes often include copies of pertinent legal documents. Although in recent years the Board of Trustees has held three regularly scheduled meetings each year, in earlier years meetings were held more frequently, as there were no paid staff and the Foundation's operation was entirely dependent on the trustees. Various committees (ad hoc and standing) hold meetings in addition to those of the full board. Minutes from committee meetings are also in this series, as are files related to breakfasts held by the Nominating Committee in 1981 and 1982 to meet potential future trustees.</p> <p>Beginning in 1974, the Foundation distributed packets to Trustees in advance of meetings as preparatory reading. These packets include agendas as well as so-called \"indexes of recommended grants.\" These indexes contain extensive information about the applications to be reviewed and decided upon at each meeting, including those which were not ultimately funded.</p> <p>This series includes annual reports compiled by the Foundation's Trustees between 1913 and 1955 and published reports (annual, biannual, and multi-annual) from 1949 through 2007. There are also correspondence files for some Trustees. It should be noted that these files are not comprehensive and sometimes contain correspondence and clippings about a Trustee rather than with him or her.</p> <p> All materials in Series II are arranged chronologically except the Trustee correspondence, which is arranged alphabetically by surname.</p>"}