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Century Company records

Title: Century Company records

The Century Company published the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, which was widely regarded as the best general periodical of its time, performing a role as cultural arbiter during the 1880s and 1890s. It was founded in New York City in 1881 and also published the children's magazine St. Nicholas, dictionaries, and books. The Century Company records date from 1870 to the 1930s and chiefly contain correspondence with contributors, readers, public figures, and literary agents. A number of manuscripts and proofs in the collection are extensively edited and taken with annotations on letters provide a detailed record of the outlook, standards, and functions of the company.

ArchivalResource: 60.4 linear feet; 151 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/504 View

John Merven Carrère Papers, 1894-1911

Title: John Merven Carrère Papers 1894-1911

Architect. Bound volumes of correspondence, telegrams, transcripts of diary notes, clippings, photographs and other papers relating chiefly to a controversy involving Carrère and the architect of the United States Capitol.

ArchivalResource: 3 items; 1 container; .4 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010056 View

Architect records, ca. 1900-1980

Title: Architect records ca. 1900-1980

The Library has usually had an architect on staff to coordinate construction projects and building renovations. This individual has also had custody of the architectural drawings created by the Library or by outside architectural firms. Records of the New York Public Library Architect consist primarily of floor plans, architectural drawings and engineering drawings for the following buildings: Central Building, Lincoln Center and Library, Astor Library, Lenox Library, Tilden Library (proposed), Annex Building, Mid-Manhattan Branch Library, and Jefferson Market Branch Library. Records for Central Building include 100 Carrere & Hastings drawings and Laning mural drawings.

ArchivalResource: 30 cubic feet

http://archives.nypl.org/nypla/5015 View

Carrère & Hastings. Carrère & Hastings miscellaneous papers, 1908-1911.

Title: Carrère & Hastings miscellaneous papers, 1908-1911.

Primarily specifications for interior finishing, heating and ventilation, general construction, plumbing, and electrical work on Portland City Hall.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/672278286 View

Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912. Daniel H. Burnham Collection, 1836-1946.

Title: Daniel H. Burnham Collection, 1836-1946.

The Daniel H. Burnham Collection contains business and personal correspondence, project and personal photographs, scrapbooks, diaries and memorabilia. The World's Columbian Exposition and the report, Plan of Chicago, are particularly well documented in correspondence and manuscripts. The collection also includes the two volume set, The World's Parliament of Religions, edited by John Henry Barrows.

ArchivalResource: 15 oversize portfolios and flatfile materials.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84483251 View

Carrère, John Merven, 1858-1911. Correspondence to Paul Philippe Cret, 1906.

Title: Correspondence to Paul Philippe Cret, 1906.

Correspondence concerns T Square Club Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1906.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63645312 View

L.V.F. Randolph papers, 1895-1919

Title: L.V.F. Randolph papers 1895-1919

Lewis Van Syckle Fitz Randolph (1838-1920) was an American businessman and financier.His papers consist of correspondence and legal papers generated by Randolph as executor and trustee of the Samuel J. Tilden estate and of the Tilden Trust Corporation. Correspondence, mainly between Randolph and other Tilden trustees, attorneys, and New York City officials, concerns the establishment of a monument to Tilden in New York and other estate matters. Legal papers include copies of petitions, orders, court decrees and judgments, last will and testament of Tilden, and balance sheet, 1895, of Tilden estate. Also, biographical information about Randolph.

ArchivalResource: .42 linear feet; 1 box

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2524 View

Bartlett, Paul Wayland, 1865-1925. Papers of Paul Wayland Bartlett, 1881-1949.

Title: Papers of Paul Wayland Bartlett, 1881-1949.

Correspondence, lecture notes, speeches, sketches, and blueprints revealing Bartlett's negotiations, contracts, manner of selecting materials, problems and methods of work, and discussions with other sculptors, architects, artists, and craftsmen. Separate files concern Bartlett's statue of Lafayette, the pediment of the House wing of the Capitol, his figures of Michelangelo and Columbus in the Library of Congress, and other works. Correspondents include Chester Beach, Poultney Bigelow, Karl Theodore Francis Bitter, John Merven Carrère, Cyrus Edwin Dallin, and Grover A. Whalen. A small group of letters received by Bartlett's father, Truman Howe Bartlett, includes letters from E. Fauré-Frémiet, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Jean Francois Millet, Auguste Rodin, and Olin Lavi Warner.

ArchivalResource: 15,000 items.55 containers plus 1 oversize.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71131109 View

Randolph, L. V. F. (Lewis Van Syckel Fitz), 1838-1920. L.V.F. Randolph papers, 1895-1919.

Title: L.V.F. Randolph papers, 1895-1919.

Collection consists of correspondence and legal papers of Randolph as executor and trustee of the Samuel J. Tilden estate and of the Tilden Trust Corporation.

ArchivalResource: .4 linear foot (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122608182 View

Carrère & Hastings. Carrère & Hastings architectural drawings and papers, circa 1899-1930.

Title: Carrère & Hastings architectural drawings and papers, circa 1899-1930.

Architectural drawings and photographs of architectural drawings with some related correspondence of residential and public buildings, churches, libraries, theaters, monuments, and bridges including: the Henry Hudson Bridge, Triborough Bridge, and the Manhattan Bridge in New York; Edward Henry Harriman's Arden House in Harriman, N.Y.; the Alfred I. Dupont mansion in Roslyn, N.Y.; the David A. Reed house in Washington, D.C.; the reconstruction of the Grand Army Plaza in New York City; the Memorial Amphitheater for Arlington National Cemetery; and various bicentennial buildings for Yale University. Of note are drawings of the grounds, details of buildings, and furniture for the New York Public Library, 1908-1909.

ArchivalResource: 1,295 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/505720105 View