Waldorf-Astoria Hotel records 1893-1929

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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel records 1893-1929

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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. The collection contains records of the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City from the opening of the Waldorf Hotel in 1893 to the closing of the Waldorf-Astoria in 1929. Most of the records cover the period from the 1890s through 1917. Included are guest registers; hotel correspondence of managers Oscar Tschirky and Willard H. Barse; registers of special event bookings, of package deliveries, and of lost and found articles; hotel investigator's logs; floor plans; and examples of the many types of financial records kept by the hotel.

88 linear feet (17 boxes and 627 volumes)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6313111

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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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.) ...

Barse, Willard H

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Tschirky, Oscar, 1866-1950

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Oscar Tschirky, Host of the Waldorf-Astoria, New York, was known as Oscar of the Waldorf. From the description of Oscar Michel Tschirky papers, [ca.1895-1950]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64072406 From the guide to the Oscar Michel Tschirky papers, [ca.1895-1950]., (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library) Cookbook author. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : New York, 22 October...