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Brooke Astor papers

Title: Brooke Astor papers

ArchivalResource:

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/139 View

New Yorker records

Title: New Yorker records

Weekly magazine founded in New York City in 1925 by Harold W. Ross, Jane Grant, Alexander Woollcott and Raoul Fleischman. The records consist of correspondence, interoffice memoranda, edited and corrected manuscripts and typescripts, drawings, statistical reports, lists of story and art ideas, photographs, and sound recordings and printed materials created during the foundation and day-to-day operations of the magazine from 1924-1984. This material documents the production of every issue of the magazine and provides insight on the careers of its staff and contributors.

ArchivalResource: 1058.76 linear feet; 2566 boxes; 7 microfilm reels; 18 sound recordings

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2236 View

New York Shakespeare Festival records

Title: New York Shakespeare Festival records

The New York Shakespeare Festival records (1954-1992) measure approximately 850 linear feet and consist of scripts, correspondence, inter-office memoranda, production materials, reports, financial records, photographs, and memorabilia. The records reflect the origin and activities of the New York Shakespeare Festival, its general administration, and the staging of its productions, including their creation, management, booking, and promotion. The files of the Casting Office, except in the form of carbon copies in other series, are not included in this archive. There are also gaps in the files of the Associate Producer. Contracts were removed and require special permission of the curator to access. Oral history materials in Series I and some correspondence in Series V are restricted until the year 2043 in order to protect the privacy of individual persons. Series XIV (Oversized Materials) is not fully processed and is currently unavailable for research.

ArchivalResource: 851.5 linear feet (1803 boxes)

https://archives.nypl.org/the/21550 View

M. Moran Weston Papers, 1824-1994

Title: M. Moran Weston Papers, 1824-1994

ArchivalResource: 75 linear ft. (ca. 89.000 items in 179 boxes.

http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4077412 View

Portrait file: Guide.

Title: Portrait file: Guide.

The Portrait File is an alphabetically arranged collection of portait images of individuals, groups of individuals, and views and miscellany, received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 15 boxes (5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01675/catalog View

The Benny Goodman Papers, 1910-1992, inclusive

Title: The Benny Goodman Papers 1910-1992, inclusive

Musical arrangements, correspondence and other papers, photographs, and additional materials relating to Benny Goodman (1909-1986), the clarinetist and band leader. At present, only the arrangements are described in this register.

ArchivalResource: 129 boxes (106 linear ft.)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/music.mss.0053 View

Vincent Astor Foundation records, ca.1900-1998

Title: Vincent Astor Foundation records ca.1900-1998

The Vincent Astor Foundation was established in New York City in 1948 by Vincent Astor for the purpose of "alleviating human misery." Mrs. Brooke Russell Astor, widow of Vincent Astor, served as president of the foundation from 1960 until its dissolution in 1997. The collection consists chiefly of records of financial grants awarded to charitable and non-profit organizations, mainly in New York City. Grants were awarded to libraries, museums, schools, universities, settlement houses, and various civic and community improvement groups. The records reflect Mrs. Astor's personal participation in the awarding of the foundation's grants. Included also are personal papers of Mrs. Astor relating to her civic and philanthropic activities. Among these papers are correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, and videotapes recording her appearances on network television shows.

ArchivalResource: 153 linear ft. (307 boxes, 62 volumes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/3615 View

Mary Hyde Eccles papers, 1853-2005, (bulk) 1939-2003.

Title: Mary Hyde Eccles papers, 1853-2005, (bulk) 1939-2003.

Correspondence and other personal papers of Mary Hyde Eccles, a collector and literary scholar whose primary interest was Samuel Johnson.

ArchivalResource: 88 linear feet (84 boxes, 3 pf boxes, and 7 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01787/catalog View

Constance Baker Motley Papers MS 110., 1948-1988

Title: Constance Baker Motley Papers 1948-1988

Judge, lawyer, civil rights advocate, and state senator. The bulk of the Motley papers document her professional life; material includes speeches, interviews, photographs, and memorabilia. The collection sheds light on the successes and failures of programs that emerged from the public policy applications of civil rights in such areas as the war on poverty and race discrimination; urban renewal; and in the New York State courts and political systems. Notable correspondents include: Bella Abzug, Brooke Astor, Shirley Chisholm, Hubert Humphrey, Lyndon B. Johnson, Florynce Kennedy, Dorothy Kenyon, Martin Luther King, Jr., John V. Lindsay, George McGovern, Floyd B. McKissick, James Meredith, Pauli Murray, A. Philip Randolph, and Robert F. Wagner. Individuals represented in speeches and published sources include Jack Greenburg, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Thurgood Marshall.

ArchivalResource: 16 boxes; (6 linear ft.)

http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/sophiasmith/mnsss51.html View