New York Public Library. Board of Trustees. Committee on the Consolidation of the Astor, Lenox and Tilden Libraries.

The Committee on Consoliation of the Astor, Lenox and Tilden Libraries was created in 1895 and reached an agreement to consolidate and establish the N.Y.P.L. on May 23 of that year. Its nine members were: T.M. Markoe, John L. Cadwalader, and Edward King, representing the Astor Library; Alexander Maitland, Frederick Sturges, and George L. Rives of the Lenox Library; and Lewis Cass Ledyard, Andrew H. Green, and Alexander E. Orr of the Tilden Trust.

From the description of Committee on the Consolidation of the Astor, Lenox and Tilden Libraries records, 1894-1899. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122378735

From the guide to the Committee on the Consolidation of the Astor, Lenox and Tilden Libraries records, 1894-1899, (The New York Public Library. New York Public Library Archives.)