Found 74 collections related to New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs

Irving Van Wart kept this diary from November 3, 1854 through May 11, 1855. He was thirteen years old in 1854, when he began the diary, and he kept it on behalf of himself and his twin brother, Ames, at their home in New York City and country home in Craigville, New York. Entries describe their school work, drawing, music, sports, and other matters, as well as the social activities of their parents. The diary includes several references to Van Wart's great uncle, Washington Irving, mentioning his country home at Irvington, his 72nd birthday, and going to the opera with him less

Collection consists of correspondence, 1917-1919, of Joseph F. Gaffney while a member of the 29th Engineers, stationed at Camp Devens, Mass., and later with the American Expeditionary Forces in France, describing camp life, duties, recreation, and other subjects; letters from his sisters, brothers and friends describing conditions at home in New York City; correspondence, 1942-1949, of John and William Ahearn and Robert Tice, nephews of the Gaffneys, while in the Army and Air Force, sent from various Army posts in the United States, describing Army life and training, from New Guinea, Dutch East Indies, Philippine Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa, and Japan, describing their service in the Air Force and Army Ordnance Dept., living conditions, and the war in the Pacific area, and from Texas, where John Ahearn was stationed after the war. less

The Fergusons were an English family that settled in New York City beginning around 1802. The patriarch, Samuel Ferguson, was a prosperous merchant who established familial and commercial relationships with other wealthy and socially prominent New York families, including the Walton, Morewood, Day, Ogden, Lyde, and Fisher families. The Ferguson family papers, 1727-1943, consist of 18th and 19th century correspondence, business records, financial and legal documents, diaries, and family miscellany of the Ferguson and allied families. Genealogical notes, charts, and clippings dating from the early- to mid-20th century reflect the research of Samuel Ferguson's great-granddaughter, Helen Ferguson on the family's history. less

Collection consists of papers of Oswald C. Hering, his third wife, Adelaide Arms Hering, and his mother, Fanny Field Hering; and includes correspondence, photographs, photostats, architectural drawings, clippings, printed ephemera, and books. Correspondence concerns professional matters, architectural business, fraternity activities, professional and social clubs, and family and personal affairs. Also, clippings about Hering, genealogical materials, architectural visual materials, annotated books, and family photographs. Fanny Field Hering letters concern her research for a biography of French artist Jean Léon Gerôme and personal matters. Adelaide Arms Hering correspondence relates to her family. less

Marguerite Delavarre Dubois kept this diary from 1907-1908. Most entries were made in 1907 and describe her social life in New York City; study of French and German; painting; attendance at theaters; visits to Saratoga, Lake George, Plattsburgh, Montreal, Albany, and the Catskills less

Rosette King Leslie married George Robert Leslie III. George Leslie attended the Bovee School, a private boys' academy in New York City between 1925-1927. He died in 1968 The papers consist of one folder of material relating to the Bovee School, particularly concerning the creation of the school magazine, the xxBovee Inkwellxx; one scrapbook documenting global events in 1940; and a ship's log and guest book detailing trips taken by the King family on their sailboat, mainly in the Long Island Sound and along the coast of New York and Connecticut less

Rufus King (1838-1924) was a banker by profession as well as a respected genealogist. The son of Rufus Sylvester and Phoebe Odell King, his New England ancestors included the revolutionary war veteran and New York State Senator Rufus King, after whom he was named. The Rufus King genealogical research papers consist primarily of the notes and correspondence generated and collected by King in the course of tracing his family's lineage, as well as an assortment of family papers dating from 1720 to 1866. less

Robert Bonner (1824-1899) was a newspaper publisher and trotting horse breeder. He owned and published the New York Ledger. Collection consists of general correspondence, trotting horse papers, financial documents, writings, photographs, and artifacts. General correspondence includes letters to Bonner as proprietor of the New York Ledger, with a few drafts of his replies, mostly from contributors offering stories, suggesting plots, soliciting money, acknowledging remuneration, and relating to personal matters; letters from Presbyterian clergymen about church affairs; and letters from the owners of the New York Sun, New York Herald, and New York Times, revealing Bonner's willingness to lend financial aid to those newspapers. Papers relating to the breeding, development, and shoeing of trotting horses contain letters from owners, breeders, veterinarians, editors of sporting journals, and others from all parts of the United States, especially Kentucky; notes on horses; accounts; scrapbooks of newspaper clippings containing biographical data and other material on the horse and on the Scotch Irish Society of America; and photographs, sketches and artifacts. less

Robert Sterling Yard (1861-1945) was an American journalist and Sunday editor of the New York Herald Tribune. Diary kept by Yard chronicles his personal life at the turn of the 20th century. Events covered are his engagement and marriage to Mary Belle Moffat, and the birth of their daughter in 1902. less

Corrrespondence, minutes, and other papers relating to the preparatory work of the Scottish Section of a festival held in New York City, October 19 through November, 12, 1921, under the auspices of the New York State and city departments of education. less

Henry William Poor (1844-1915) co-founded of the firm which became Standard & Poor's with his father, Henry Varnum Poor. He married Constance Brandon and raised five children in Manhattan and Tuxedo, New York. The Poor family correspondence consists mainly of letters written to Constance (Brandon) Poor from her children, with a few from other family members, and a few addressed to husband Henry William Poor. less

Amy Schwartz Oppenheim (1878-1955) was a founder of the School Art League of New York City. She also was active in numerous civic and philanthropic organizations as well as organizations devoted to preservation of the arts. Collection consists of correspondence, diaries, notebooks, photographs, and printed matter documenting Oppenheim's family life and her interest in artistic, social, civic, and philanthropic affairs. General correspondence, ca. 1898-1955, concerns her interests including her work with various organizations. Family correspondence includes letters Oppenheim exchanged with her husband and son. Also, her diaries, 1923-1954; notebooks; photographs of the Oppenheim family and of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his family; and printed materials, 1897-1955, such as programs, invitations, calling cards, and a few art exhibition catalogs. less

The Allied Loyalty League was founded in 1919, and apparently dissolved in 1922. Its stated purpose was to promote greater international amity among the allied nations after World War I, build up and maintain a greater spirit of Americanism, and to combat such propaganda likely to disturb friendly international relations. The organization was founded by Alice Tappan Ditson and its first president was Maurice F. Egan. The League included such prominent New Yorkers as Grace Bigelow, Robert Underwood Johnson and Charles H. Towne. Though its original purpose was to promote support during post-war negotiations for the allies of the United States, principally France and Great Britain, it soon became a forum for those opposed to Irish Republicanism, communism and the League of Nations. Records consist of correspondence, mostly between officers and members; bylaws of the League; minutes of the Executive Committee and Council meetings; membership lists; financial records, including correspondence, bills, monthly bank statements, receipts, and cancelled checks; and clippings and other printed matter. less

The Belles Lettres Club was a debating society in New York City. Collection consists of minutes of debates, texts of arguments, addresses of members on their election to the presidency of the club, reports of the committee on criticism regarding essays previously read before the club, and other records and papers. Members included John Anthon, George Brinckerhoff, Samuel Cowdrey, Joseph D. Fay, Philip Hone, John Treat Irving, Washington Irving, and Theodore Sedgwick. less

Benjamin Morje made entries in this diary in June 1870 and January-February 1871. Entries describe life in Brooklyn and Manhattan, weather, parks, friends visited, theater and opera attended, popular music, Beethoven's centennial, news of Charles Dickens' death, a parade of the Fenian exiles, and other matters. Front leaf begins: "List of books received..." less

Augustus Post (1873-1952) was a pioneer aviator, editor, author, and lecturer on aeronautics. He started ballooning in 1900 and was one of the first group of heavier-than-air pilots after the Wright brothers. He was a charter member of the Aero Club of America and served as its secretary for twenty years. In 1919 he drew up the regulations for the New York to Paris flight contest that Charles Lindbergh won in 1927. Post owned the first automobile in New York City and helped found the American Automobile Association. He also was associated with the Boy Scouts of America, wrote articles about various topics, and was a ballad singer. Collection consists of letters to Post regarding speaking and singing engagements in churches, oratorio programs and private musicales; and notes of appreciation, reflecting Post's interests in aeronautics, music, Boy Scouts, philanthropic societies, and psychical and theosophic activities. Also, some papers of the Early Birds, the Aero Club and the National Association for Music in Hospitals, 1925-1932. less

George Bliss (1816-1896) of New York City was a partner in the banking firms of Morton, Bliss & Co. and Phelps, Dodge & Co. His son, George T. Bliss (ca. 1851-1901) was a businessman in New York City. George T. Bliss was married to Jeanette Dwight Bliss and their daughter was Susan D. Bliss. Jeanette Bliss's father, Amos T. Dwight (ca. 1806-1881) was a merchant in New York City. Collection spans three generations of the Bliss family and contains correspondence, household receipts, health and welfare papers, account books, diaries, and family photographs. Correspondence is most significant part of collection and includes family letters of George Bliss, 1842-1883; letters of Jeanette Bliss, 1897-1920, concerning purchases of books, antiques and other goods; personal correspondence of Susan Bliss, 1901-1961; and correspondence of Jeanette and Susan Bliss, 1908-1937, regarding assistance to French children, mostly war orphans. Bulk of the collection is household receipts, 1873-1952 (predominantly for the period 1916-1928). Health and welfare papers consist of reports and correspondence relating to the Welfare Council of New York City. Also, account books, 1881-1886; Susan Bliss's diary, 1895-1897; kitchen diary; and family photographs. less

The British Apprentice Club (BAC) was founded in 1921 by two American women, M. Moyca Newell and Katherine Mayo. The purpose of the club was to provide hospitality for cadets from the British merchant navy while their ships were berthed in the ports of New York City. While in service with the YMCA in Great Britain during World War I, Newell and Mayo were impressed by the hospitality extended towards American servicemen. Upon their return to the United States, Newell and Mayo founded the British Apprentice Club at the Chelsea Hotel in New York City. Lucile Brisbane Spaulding acted as the BAC manager and social director for thirty years. In 1923, the BAC was incorporated as a memorial to Walter H. Page who served as a ambassador of the United States to the court of St. James in London from 1913 to 1918. Attendance fell during the 1950s and the Club ceased operations in 1961. Records contain administrative files, letters, logbooks, registers, and photographs of sailors documenting the Club's hospitality to British merchant sailors on shore leave in New York City. less

The Colles family papers contain extensive correspondence, diaries, financial records, photographs, and personal miscellany of three generations of the Colles family, 1801-1957. Over half of the collection is devoted to the papers of prominent New York City and New Orleans merchant James Colles (1788-1883), and his granddaughter, the artist Gertrude Colles (1869-1957) of New York City and Morristown, New Jersey. less

The Contemporary Club was a New York City social club founded in 1913 with the intent of fostering, according to the club's constitution, "the broad and free discussion of ideas and events, and the entertainment of distinguished persons." The collection includes minutes, membership lists, and correspondence detailing the workings of the club from its earliest years through its dissolution in 1992. less

Charles Hanson Towne (1877-1949) was an author, editor and popular New York celebrity. From 1924 to 1929 he edited many magazines including Smart Set, Delineator, Designer, McClure's, and Harper's Bazaar. He also wrote poetry, novels, plays, travel essays, song cycles, lyrics for musicals and operettas, memoirs, and newspaper columns; taught poetry at Columbia University; and toured with the Broadway hit, Life With Father. Much of his writing celebrated New York City and he was considered to be the quintessential New Yorker. Collection consists of correspondence, writings, financial papers, press clippings, photographs, and ephemera. Correspondence, 1924-1948, contains letters from Towne's friends and fans, many of them prominent in literature and the arts; occasional copies of his replies; and his outgoing letters, 1918-1931. Bulk of the collection is made up of Towne's writings, including manuscripts of poems, plays, stories, essays and newspaper columns. Also, scrapbooks of press clippings, financial correspondence and documents, papers relating to the poetry course he taught at Columbia (including poetry by his students), ephemera, and photographs. less

Charlotte Augusta Southwick Waddell (d. 1891) was a society figure in New York City. Her husband, Coventry Waddell, was a wealthy financier who held various political positions during the Jackson administration. In the 1857 financial panic they lost their money and Mrs. Waddell supported herself by giving readings and private lectures at her home. Collection consists of letters, 1860-1890, received by Mrs. Waddell from friends and social acquaintances and printed invitations and programs. Letters concern personal and social affairs. less

The Anne and Paul Laven papers, which span the years 1933-2001, document Anne Laven's creative pursuits and her husband Paul's military service during WWII. In addition to correspondence, the collection includes photographs and scripts related to Anne's career as a puppeteer and Balinese dancer and aerial views of postwar Germany taken by Paul in his capacity as a military photographer with the United States Air Force. less

Isabel Bowler Paterson (1886-1961) was an author and columnist for the New York Herald Tribune. Collection consists of letters written, mainly while Paterson was on the staff of the New York Herald Tribune, to her friend Lillian Fischer, fashion model and Paris editor of Harper's Bazaar, commenting on literary personalities and social life in New York. less

Gustav Scholer (1851-1928) was a German-American physician who served as coroner of New York City. He worked for various hospitals, held public health positions, served as a contract surgeon in the U.S. Army in World War I, was examining surgeon for the U.S. Bureau of Pensions, and was active in German-American and civic organizations. Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, medical records, writings, photographs, and printed matter documenting Scholer's work as a physician and his participation in German-American societies. Correspondence includes letters written to and by Scholer in his capacity as coroner and as manager of Manhattan State Hospital (Manhattan Psychiatric Center on Ward's Island); others relate to his organizational activities and his efforts to aid Germans and Austrians during World War I. Medical records are from the New York Coroner's Office, Manhattan State Hospital, and U.S. Bureau of Pensions. Other medical records and papers contain birth and death certificates, Scholer's teaching notes and prescription records. His membership papers include correspondence and materials pertaining to New York Turn Verein, Arion Society and other organizations. Also, writings of Scholer and Dr. Joseph B. Mauch; photographs of disasters, such as the General Slocum Steamship disaster, that Scholer attended as coroner; and printed ephemera. less

Harman C. Westervelt was an American historian. Collection consists of Westervelt's essays on various features of New York City, miscellaneous papers and letters, and newsclippings. Essays concern churches, parks, prisons, fire department, the Dutch governors, and New City mayors from the Revolutionary War to 1835. less

Henry Dana Ward kept this diary as rector of St. Jude's Protestant Episcopal Free Church in New York City from January 1, 1850 through September 30, 1857. Entries pertain to services for others including William A. Muhlenberg and Thos. Gallaudet; marriages, births, and deaths; church government; elections of bishops; "wine bibbing'" bishops; his family and his school for young ladies; discipline, teachers, and servants; current events; slavery; the weather; a letter from Fillmore, and other matters less

Henry Remsen, Jr. (1762-1843) was a financier and bank executive in New York City. He also served as private secretary to Thomas Jefferson during Jefferson's presidency. Collection contains correspondence and legal papers of Henry Remsen, Jr. and his family. Bulk of the correspondence consists of letters from Remsen to his son, Henry R. Remsen, and to his sister Caroline. In addition to family affairs, letters concern fiscal and political matters. Also, some business and personal correspondence including letters from Charles Willson Peale to Remsen concerning inheritance problems; legal papers; and papers relating to the estates of the Remsen and Brinckerhoff families. less