Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.)

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The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel was originally built as the Waldorf Hotel at Fifth Avenue and 33rd St. in New York City in 1893 and was merged with the Astoria Hotel in 1897. The hotel was torn down in 1929 and the new Waldorf-Astoria Hotel opened in 1931 on Park Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets.

From the guide to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel records, 1893-1929, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn William Ernest Hocking papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Souvenir programs of contemporary personalities, 1880-1993. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.). Recipes, 1911-1922. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Paul Trebilcock papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Starrett Brothers, Inc. [Empire State Building, Waldorf Deconstruction, New York, N.Y.] [graphic]. [Part 1] / Shreve, Lamb & Harmon architects ; Starrett Brothers, Inc. builder. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Empire State, Inc. Empire State Building archive, circa 1930-1969. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn H. W. Zurilgen Collection on Roy N. Francis, 1910-1952 History San José Research Library.
creatorOf Waldorf-Astoria Hotel records, 1893-1929 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Shreve, Lamb & Harmon. [Empire State Building, Waldorf Deconstruction, New York, N.Y.] [graphic] [Part 2] / Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, architects ; Starrett Brothers, Inc. builder. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Tschirky, Oscar, 1866-1950. Oscar Michel Tschirky papers, [ca.1895-1950]. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Perlman, Morris, d. 1958. Morris Perlman collection, undated. Jewish Historical Society of Lower Fairfield County
referencedIn Jewell, Edward Alden, 1888-1947. [A collection of printed material pertaining to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, N.Y.]. New-York Historical Society
referencedIn Caldwell & Co. Caldwell & Company Collection, 1894-c.1944. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
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associatedWith A. Iselin & Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Anjard, René. person
associatedWith Barse, Willard H person
associatedWith Bellevue-Stratford Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.) corporateBody
associatedWith Caldwell & Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Carruthers, Roy. person
associatedWith Colwell, Henry A., Mrs. person
associatedWith Empire State, Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith Hartman, Otto. person
correspondedWith Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966 person
associatedWith Nation (New York, N.Y. : 1865). corporateBody
associatedWith Perlman, Morris, d. 1958. person
associatedWith Quiquerez, Alphonse. person
associatedWith Trebilcock, Paul, 1902-1981. person
associatedWith Tschirky, Oscar, 1866-1950. person
associatedWith Zurilgen, H. W., Lt. Col. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
New York (N.Y.)
Subject
Cooking, American
Gastronomy
Hotels
Occupation
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Active 1911

Active 1922

English,

French

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