Bard, Albert Sprague, 1866-;City Club of New York
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 206
63 linear feet (150 boxes)
Albert S. Bard (1866-1963) was an attorney and civic activist in New York City. A graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School, Bard came to New York City in 1893, where he engaged in the practice of corporation and general law until a few...
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Albert S. Bard (1866-1963) was an attorney and civic activist in New York City. A graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School, Bard came to New York City in 1893, where he engaged in the practice of corporation and general law until a few years before his death. From 1901-1935 (or 1938) he practiced with his partner, Leighton Calkins (1868-1955), under the firm name of Bard & Calkins at 25 Broad Street. Bard continued to practice law until 1960. Bard was an energetic participant in civic and urban affairs and a member of numerous civic and professional organizations, to which he contributed his legal expertise. As a preservationist, he opposed many of Robert Moses' plans for the development of New York City. He successfully organized opposition to the Brooklyn-Battery Bridge project and was instrumental in the preservation of Castle Clinton. Bard also retained life-long affiliations with his hometown of Norwich, Connecticut, and the schools he attended. The Albert S. Bard papers include correspondence, notes, reports, draft legislation, printed material, photographs and posters documenting his decades of participation in urban affairs, especially in matters relating to city planning, good government, billboard advertising, and ballot reform. Bard's civic affiliations represented in the collection include the Citizens Union of New York, City Club of New York, the City Fusion Party, the Fine Arts Federation of New York, the Honest Ballot Association, the Mayor's Billboard Committee, the Municipal Art Society, and the National Roadside Council, among many others. Personal and family papers include Bard's personal correspondence and letterbooks, appointment books recording his professional and social activities, a typescript genealogy of the Bard family, a few photographs, and printed memorabilia.
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Montague, Gilbert Holland, 1880-1961
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2037
10 linear feet (18 boxes, 20 volumes)
Gilbert Holland Montague (1880-1961) was an American lawyer and autograph collector. Collection consists of letters and documents with the autographs of American, British and other European figures including statesmen, politicians, artists,...
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Gilbert Holland Montague (1880-1961) was an American lawyer and autograph collector. Collection consists of letters and documents with the autographs of American, British and other European figures including statesmen, politicians, artists, scientists, and legal, literary and royal figures. Also, some carte-de-visite photographs of prominent individuals.
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Simon, Pierre F
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6123
.5 linear feet (119 items in one box)
Collected by Pierre F. Simon beginning in the 1960s, the letters in this collection represent approximately sixty artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, spanning many of the major artistic movements and schools of the era. Primarily...
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Collected by Pierre F. Simon beginning in the 1960s, the letters in this collection represent approximately sixty artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, spanning many of the major artistic movements and schools of the era. Primarily the creation of French painters--but also including other Europeans whose careers encompassed various media--the letters are often surprisingly personal, offering small glimpses into the humanity of each artist. Several of the letters include illustrations. Most letters are in French, with a small number of letters in German or English.
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New York Times Company
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 17785
3.15 linear feet (8 boxes); 4.37 Gigabytes (6 PDF files)
Orvil Dryfoos (1912-1963) was a newspaper executive and the publisher of The New York Times from 1961 to 1963. The Orvil Dryfoos papers document Dryfoos's daily activities and the operations of The Times, particularly during his tenure as vice...
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Orvil Dryfoos (1912-1963) was a newspaper executive and the publisher of The New York Times from 1961 to 1963. The Orvil Dryfoos papers document Dryfoos's daily activities and the operations of The Times, particularly during his tenure as vice president, president, and publisher from 1954 to 1963. The collection also contains Dryfoos's private business papers and records concerning the Dryfoos family's finances, travels, and other personal matters.
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Vollmer, Ruth, 1900-1982
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 3188
Chiefly an autograph collection of manuscript letters, documents, musical scores, photographs, and other papers of European, British, and American composers, musicians, authors, novelists, poets, playwrights, historians, philosophers, painters,...
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Chiefly an autograph collection of manuscript letters, documents, musical scores, photographs, and other papers of European, British, and American composers, musicians, authors, novelists, poets, playwrights, historians, philosophers, painters, sculptors, scientists, physician, politicians, statesmen, royalty, and others spanning the period from the 17th to the 20th centuries. There is also Vollmer family correspondence (1892-1959), primarily correspondence of Ruth Vollmer (in German) with family and friends in Europe just prior to the outbreak of Work War II.
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Vreeland, Diana
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 5980
27 linear feet (67 boxes)
The collection documents the professional, social and family life of Diana Vreeland (1903-1989), editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine and prominent celebrity in the fashion and publishing industry. Vreeland's career at Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and the...
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The collection documents the professional, social and family life of Diana Vreeland (1903-1989), editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine and prominent celebrity in the fashion and publishing industry. Vreeland's career at Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is documented. The collection also contains personal and family papers.
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Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 739
16.5 linear feet (34 boxes)
Robert Hobart Davis (1869-1942) was an American journalist, editor, dramatist, and photographer. He was editor of Munsey's Magazine from 1904 to 1925, columnist for the New York Sun from 1925 to 1942, and honorary president of the Stevenson...
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Robert Hobart Davis (1869-1942) was an American journalist, editor, dramatist, and photographer. He was editor of Munsey's Magazine from 1904 to 1925, columnist for the New York Sun from 1925 to 1942, and honorary president of the Stevenson Society of America. Collection consists of correspondence, writings, clippings, printed matter, and photographs documenting Davis's career as an editor and writer and his hobby of photography. Letters reflect his personal as well as professional interests. Correspondents include editors, dramatists, illustrators, journalists, artists, and public figures. Writings contain typescripts and printed versions of works by Davis and a file of printed reviews of his books. Materials relating to the Stevenson Society of America, 1915-1930, include letters, printed matter, clippings, and reports. Photographs consist of approximately 375 portraits by Davis of friends and acquaintances, including prominent writers, artists, performers, and public figures.
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Foley, Lucille de Luze
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 18250
.63 linear feet (2 boxes)
Genealogical notes, charts, correspondence, clippings, and printed material, ca. 1940s-1950, produced by Foley's genealogical research on the Foley, de Luze, and related families. Some original 18th and 19th century documents including a letter to...
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Genealogical notes, charts, correspondence, clippings, and printed material, ca. 1940s-1950, produced by Foley's genealogical research on the Foley, de Luze, and related families. Some original 18th and 19th century documents including a letter to Catharine Ludlow Ogden Hammond from her mother, S[arah] Ogden in Newark, concerning the mother's recent widowhood and other family matters, 1790; a family Bible record, 1806-1940, of the Barretts and Kortright families; an approbation (letter of introduction), November 17, 1840, for Philip Schuyler, who was a United States Consul at Liverpool and part of a commission "...to assist their subjects and people in their commerce and traffick there...," signed by Queen Victoria and Lord Palmerston; marriage certificates of Louis Phillippe de Luze and Sarah Ogden, Trinity Church, New York, 1821, and Arthur Mackie Foley and Sarah Alice de Luze, St. Mark's Church, New York, 1878 or 1879; and manuscript and typescript copies of 18th and 19th century wills, marriage certificates, and other legal documents. Of note are ca. 20 letters, ca. 1771-1828, received by Richard Harison of New York attorney-at-law, concerning family, business, and general matters. A few letters are addressed to Jane Harison, and one is from Richard Harison to his mother
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Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 4579
.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Four letters of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, a South Carolina statesman, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention. Three of the letters, dating 1815, 1822, and 1824 are addressed to cotton trader Francois-Didier...
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Four letters of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, a South Carolina statesman, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention. Three of the letters, dating 1815, 1822, and 1824 are addressed to cotton trader Francois-Didier Petit de Villers of Savannah, and concern the latter's claim against Colonel Joseph Habersham, the death of Pinckney's niece, and a request by Pinckney for information on various local matters. Also present are several autographs, a receipt, related ephemera, and a portion of an opinion written by Pinckney in 1783 on the plundering of a house by a party "attached to the British interest."
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Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 4228
.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Papers generated by Samuel Huntington in his capacities as Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, president of the Connecticut Convention, and congressional delegate. Material includes resolutions; commissions for justices of the peace and militia...
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Papers generated by Samuel Huntington in his capacities as Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, president of the Connecticut Convention, and congressional delegate. Material includes resolutions; commissions for justices of the peace and militia officers; and outgoing letters to General Henry Knox, Governor William Livingston, Senator Stephen Mix Mitchell, and others, pertaining to the ratification of the state constitution and other official matters. Several autographs are also included
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Jeffrey, Francis Jeffrey, Lord, 1773-1850
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 4467
.1 linear feet (1 folder)
The collection consists of letters by Scottish judge and literary critic Francis Jeffrey, chiefly to Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, pertaining to politics, English and American literature, and personal matters. Also includes several autographs,...
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The collection consists of letters by Scottish judge and literary critic Francis Jeffrey, chiefly to Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, pertaining to politics, English and American literature, and personal matters. Also includes several autographs, fragments of letters, and an engraving of Jeffrey
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McLane, Louis, 1786-1857
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 4534
.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Collection consists mainly of letters written by American lawyer and politician Louis McLane, with most items dating from his tenure as United States Secretary of the Treasury. Content relates mostly to professional matters, such as distribution...
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Collection consists mainly of letters written by American lawyer and politician Louis McLane, with most items dating from his tenure as United States Secretary of the Treasury. Content relates mostly to professional matters, such as distribution of federal funds and pensions for veterans of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, with many letters to Joseph Gales of the publishing firm Gales and Seaton discussing political events of the day. Other recipients include John C. Calhoun, Isaac McKim, and Mississippi governor Charles Lynch. Also present are several financial documents, autographs, and an engraving of McLane
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McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1865-1940
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 4531
.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Collection consists chiefly of thirty-three letters from American soldier and politician George B. McClellan to New Jersey politician Theodore Frelinghuysen Randolph, 1869 to 1880, relating to mining interest and New Jersey politics; and several...
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Collection consists chiefly of thirty-three letters from American soldier and politician George B. McClellan to New Jersey politician Theodore Frelinghuysen Randolph, 1869 to 1880, relating to mining interest and New Jersey politics; and several other letters to various parties relating to personal and social matters, and to an outstanding bill for clothing. Also present are several copies of a memorial poem, several autographs, and a military engraving
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Reed, Joseph, 1741-1785
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 4594
.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Papers, including correspondence, council resolutions, autographs, and a deposition taken by Joseph Reed (1741-1785), American jurist and president of Pennsylvania. Papers relate to legal cases and to his official business with the Continental...
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Papers, including correspondence, council resolutions, autographs, and a deposition taken by Joseph Reed (1741-1785), American jurist and president of Pennsylvania. Papers relate to legal cases and to his official business with the Continental Congress and Pennsylvania's Supreme Executive Council. Some letters are 19th century transcripts.
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Sydenham, Alvin Humphrey, 1867-1893
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 4596
.1 linear feet (1 folder)
A reminiscence on American artist Frederic Remington written by Lt. Alvin Humphrey Sydenham, who met him in Ft. Keogh, Montana, at the time of his visit under the Cheyenne Commission in 1890, and two autographs of Remington.
Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 4613
.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Carl Schurz (1829-1906) was a German-born American soldier and statesman. Letters in the collection are generally brief, and discuss administrative and social matters. Many are addressed to Gordon Lester Ford. Also present are several autographs...
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Carl Schurz (1829-1906) was a German-born American soldier and statesman. Letters in the collection are generally brief, and discuss administrative and social matters. Many are addressed to Gordon Lester Ford. Also present are several autographs and a signed check.
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Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 17775
242.99 linear feet (574 boxes, 1 tube)
The Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. papers document the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (1917-2007), noted for his political activities in the Democratic Party and for his acclaimed accounts of...
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The Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. papers document the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (1917-2007), noted for his political activities in the Democratic Party and for his acclaimed accounts of nineteenth and twentieth century history. The collection consists of extensive correspondence, journals, writings, research material, office files, and personal records. The papers provide insight into Schlesinger's philosophical, political, and historical thinking, while offering a glimpse of his daily activities. They represent Schlesinger's vocation as a popular and academic historian, as well as his life as a political activist and advisor.
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Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6346
.2 linear feet (1 box)
The collection consists of seven letters, three documents, and two engravings. Most of the items relate to American lawyer and politician William Henry Seward and his law firm, Blatchford, Seward & Griswold, a predecessor to the New York City law...
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The collection consists of seven letters, three documents, and two engravings. Most of the items relate to American lawyer and politician William Henry Seward and his law firm, Blatchford, Seward & Griswold, a predecessor to the New York City law film of Cravath, Swaine & Moore. Includes documents signed by Seeward, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Samuel F.B. Morse, and Robert Blair Campbell.
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Freidenberg, H. Alex
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1079
.13 linear feet (1 volume)
The H. Alex Freidenberg collection of actor autographs contains 350 items in one volume. Autographs in the collection originate from stage, screen, and radio actors, many of whom were famous in America during the first half of the 20th century
Blake, Homer Crane, 1822-1880
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 313
.6 linear feet (2 boxes)
Homer Crane Blake (1822-1880) was a U.S. naval officer. Collection consists of correspondence and other papers relating to Commodore Blake's service in the United States Navy. Includes official letterbook relating to affairs in Africa, China,...
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Homer Crane Blake (1822-1880) was a U.S. naval officer. Collection consists of correspondence and other papers relating to Commodore Blake's service in the United States Navy. Includes official letterbook relating to affairs in Africa, China, Cochin China, Japan, and particularly the American mission to establish treaty relations with Korea, 1869-1872; reports of actions of American naval forces against Korean forts (1871); journal kept aboard the U.S.S. Alaska, with observations on currents, weather and other subjects, from New York to Korea via Africa, Cochin China, Japan, and China; scrapbook of clippings and other papers concerning action of the U.S.S. Hatteras with the C.S.S. Alabama in 1862; scrapbook containing material on Homer Kirtland Flanagan Blake as a member of the Class of 1875 at Columbia College; and autographs of many United States Navy officers and other government officials.
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Ford, Harriet, 1868-1949
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1041
.8 linear feet (3 boxes)
Harriet Ford (1868-1949) was an American playwright in New York City. Collection consists of letters to Ford from people prominent in the theatre and in literature, letters by Ford to others, autographs, poems, Christmas cards, a play entitled...
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Harriet Ford (1868-1949) was an American playwright in New York City. Collection consists of letters to Ford from people prominent in the theatre and in literature, letters by Ford to others, autographs, poems, Christmas cards, a play entitled "Cupid and Psyche," and clippings. Correspondents include Winthrop Ames, David Belasco, Mary Johnston, Elisabeth Marbury, Sinclair Lewis, Chauncey Olcott, Otis Skinner, Laurette Taylor, and Walker Whiteside.
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Bryan, George S. (George Sands), 1879-1943
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 420
1.8 linear feet (4 boxes, 3 v.)
George Sands Bryan was an American author. Collection consists of correspondence, writings, photographs, and printed matter. Correspondence relates chiefly to the preparation of Bryan's book about Thomas Alva Edison. Also, research notes; copies...
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George Sands Bryan was an American author. Collection consists of correspondence, writings, photographs, and printed matter. Correspondence relates chiefly to the preparation of Bryan's book about Thomas Alva Edison. Also, research notes; copies of source materials, photographs, and clippings collected by Bryan; autograph album; and typescripts of his books: Edison, 1924, and Mystery Ship, 1942.
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Calvert, John, 1852-1928
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 458
.3 linear feet (1 box)
John Betts Calvert (1852-1928) was a Baptist minister and editor. Collection consists of notebooks kept by Calvert while attending the Union Theological Seminary in New York City, relating to religion. Includes extracts from the Bible, sermons,...
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John Betts Calvert (1852-1928) was a Baptist minister and editor. Collection consists of notebooks kept by Calvert while attending the Union Theological Seminary in New York City, relating to religion. Includes extracts from the Bible, sermons, psalms, and prayers; notebook on physics kept while attending the University of Rochester; a volume entitled "A Complete Exposition of Early Roman Law;" two autograph albums; and other papers.
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