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1839
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1904
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{"value"=>"Series I. Administration"}
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{"value"=>"<p>This series includes the 1849 pamphlet text of the Astor incorporation act and an 1890 reprint with the Library's by-law, rules, and regulations. Also included are printed annual reports issued by the Library from its incorporation to its consolidation with the Lenox Library and the Tilden Trust. There are multiple copies for some years. Correspondence consists of General Correspondence and Saunders' Letter Copybooks. General Correspondence is sorted by year and includes incoming letters and mail, invoices, clippings and related papers. There is no correspondence for the years 1843-1847, and 1866. Saunders' Letter Copybooks contain transfer-process copies of Saunders' outgoing correspondence. There are no letter copybooks for his early years at the Astor. Lists for Distributions of Annual Reports give the names of institutions and individuals to whom annual reports were mailed. There are lists for 1870-1880, 1882, 1886, 1888, and 1894, as well as one undated list. The Stock Account Book gives stock counts of the printed Astor Library catalog and lists the names of institutions purchasing it. The 1886 and 1888 Lists for Distributions of Annual Reports include stock accounts of the 1886-1888 new Nelson catalog. Saunders' Notebooks are his memo books containing notations of daily tasks. Historical Material comprises scrapbook albums on the Astor Library's history compiled by Saunders and an essay by Albert F.W. Kern reprinted from <span class=\"title\">German American Annals</span>, \"Johan Jakob Astor und die Astor Bibliothek.\"</p>"}
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20 linear feet
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1839
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1904
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1839