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Records, [ca. 1843-1986]

Title: Records, [ca. 1843-1986]

Included are files, ca. 1920s-1980s, containing correspondence, memoranda, speeches, and reports produced by board members Floyd G. Blair, Ralph F. Colin, Paul Cravath, Marshall Field, Henry Harkness Flagler, Constance Hoguet, Otto Kahn, David M. Keiser, and others. Other files, ca. 1920s-1970s, contain press releases, portrait photographs, clippings, and other materials documenting the appointments and miscellaneous other activities of board members. Minutes, both bound and loose, of meetings of the board and its committees, ca. 1850-1976 (with gaps); Presidents represented in the minutes include George Templeton Strong, Andrew Carnegie, E. Francis Hyde, and Oswald Garrison Willard; Secretaries include Auguste Roebbelen and Felix Leifels. Also, annual reports, 1843-1986; and miscellaneous resolutions, circulars, and accounts.

ArchivalResource: ca. 15 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155513427 View

Corporation and Laboratory records, 1918-1965, 1924-1961 (bulk).

Title: Corporation and Laboratory records, 1918-1965, 1924-1961 (bulk).

Records of Childs Frick Corporation refer to relationship with American Museum of Natural History and Museum construction plans; finances, insurance and other correspondence pertaining to daily operation of Millstone Laboratory on Long Island. Other papers include correspondence with individuals and institutions, memoranda, notes, bills, and publications, and concern purchase of specimens, field finds, requests for identifications, exchange of publications, and expeditions. Also, correspondence pertaining to his publications, including manuscripts and some drawings for several papers based on fossil vertebrates collected in the American West. Some research notes are included. Also, notebook of Floyd Blair about fossils found in Nebraska. Most of the correspondence in Frick's papers are letters to him or the Frick Laboratory, many from his employees such as Theodore Galusha and Charles Falkenbach, and from curators of the American Museum of Natural History. Other correspondents include Walter Granger, William K. Gregory, J.M. Lucas, Thompson M. Stout, and N.Z. Ward.

ArchivalResource: 6 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155509710 View

New York Times Company records. Arthur Hays Sulzberger papers, 1823-1999

Title: New York Times Company records. Arthur Hays Sulzberger papers 1823-1999

Arthur Hays Sulzberger was the publisher of xxThe New York Timesxx from 1935 until 1961 and chairman of the board of The New York Times Company from 1961 until 1968. While he was publisher, circulation of The Times almost doubled; the editorial page developed a reputation for strong opinions; news events were subjected to more analysis and coverage of specialized topics was strengthened; new sections and departments were created for food, fashion, and women; and the overall style of the paper became less rigid and more aesthetically pleasing. The papers document Sulzberger's life and career at xxThe New York Timesxx, with the majority of the collection relating to Sulzberger's 26 years as president and publisher of the paper. Included in the collection are correspondence with family members, friends, colleagues, world leaders, and other dignitaries; memoranda regarding the business of the newspaper, including Sulzberger's notes of praise and criticism to his editors, managers, and writers; reports on his meetings with world leaders, including Winston Churchill, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman; and photographs of Sulzberger, his family, business trips, vacations, and The Times' buildings.

ArchivalResource: 129.9 linear feet; 297 boxes, 10 volumes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/17782 View

Finley, David E. (David Edward). Papers, 1915-1977.

Title: Papers, 1915-1977.

The personal papers of David Finley, lawyer, first director of the National Gallery of Art and close associate of Andrew W. Mellon in the planning of the National Gallery, span the period from about 1915, when Finley began to practice law, to the months shortly before his death. They consist of correspondence, speeches, articles, diaries, photographs, recordings, medals, certificates and related materials. Of particular interest are records relating to the construction of the West Building of the National Gallery of Art and files concerning Andrew W. Mellon.

ArchivalResource: ca. 73 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122503019 View