Tilden Trust records 1878-1938

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Tilden Trust records 1878-1938

http://archives.nypl.org/nypla/4857

NYPL Archives Record Group 3, Tilden Trust Records, consists of architectural drawings, correspondence, inventories, legal documents, memoranda, news clippings, notes, property maps, publications, and statistical tables that document the legal challenges to the will of Samuel J. Tilden and the disposition of his estate. There are also materials providing information on the activities of the Tilden Trust and the early history of the New York Public Library.

1.36 linear feet; 3 boxes

The New York Public Library. New York Public Library Archives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6316579

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Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886

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Samuel Jones Tilden (February 9, 1814 – August 4, 1886) was the 25th Governor of New York and the Democratic candidate for president in the disputed election of 1876. Tilden is the only individual to win an outright majority of the popular vote in a United States presidential election but lose the election. Tilden was born into a wealthy family in New Lebanon, New York. Attracted to politics at a young age, he became a protégé of Martin Van Buren, the eighth President of the United States. Af...

Tilden Trust

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The Tilden Trust was founded, in accordance with provisions of the will of Samuel Jones Tilden (1814-1886), to "establish and maintain a free library in the City New York." It was incorporated by an act of the New York State Legislature on March 26, 1887. The Act of Incorporation made the executors of Tilden's will, Andrew H. Green (1820-1903), George W. Smith (1836-1921) and John Bigelow (1817-1911), permanent members of the board of trustees of the Tilden Trust, and au...

New York Public Library

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The New York Pubic Library purchased Arthur A. Schomburg's collection of books, pamphlets, prints and photographs in 1926 with funds from the Carnegie Corporation and housed at the 135th Street Branch Library of The New York Public Library. L. Hollingsworth Wood was appointed in 1925 by the Board of Trustees of The New York Public Library to purchase and provide guidelines for the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature. Members of the Advisory Committee of the Arthur A. Schomburg Collection, i...