Lenox Library Administration records, 1870-1895.

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Lenox Library Administration records, 1870-1895.

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The material in this collection consists of incorporation records; draft and printed annual reports; Board bylaws; clippings; correspondence; and drawings and contracts of the architect, R.M. Hunt. Also included are records of donors and donations to the Lenox Library such as gifts from Mary Stuart and Henrietta Lenox.

2 cubic feet.

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6724258

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Hunt, Richard Morris, 1828-1895

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Richard Morris Hunt (born October 31, 1827, Brattleboro, Vermont – died July 31, 1895, Newport, Rhode Island), American architect of the nineteenth century and an eminent figure in the history of American architecture. He helped shape New York City with his designs for the 1902 entrance façade and Great Hall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, and many Fifth Avenue mansions since destroyed. Hunt is also renowned for his Biltmore Estate, America's largest ...

Lenox Library

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The Lenox Library was a free public reference library which grew out of the private book collection of James Lenox (1800-1880). A lifelong bachelor of Scottish Presbyterian descent, Lenox inherited a large fortune from his father's commercial import business augmented by astute real estate investments. In 1840 Lenox retired from business to devote himself to his book and art collections. In 1870 the Library's act of incorporation was passed, a nine member board of truste...

Lenox Library. Board of Trustees. Administration.

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