Oscar Michel Tschirky papers, [ca.1895-1950].

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Oscar Michel Tschirky papers, [ca.1895-1950].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64072406

Includes six scrapbooks of clippings, telegrams, and correspondence on his career at the Waldorf-Astoria, c.1897-1950; one scrapbook of forms used at the hotel; two published booklets on staff functions; photographs of Oscar and his wife Sophie Bertisch Tschirky; and an etching and a sketch of the Waldorf-Astoria. Also scrapbooks, a guest book, recipes, a scrapbook of congratulatory letters from many famous personalities, photographs signed by various presidents, and a tribute book given to the Tschirkys on their golden wedding anniversary, 1937.

6.2 cubic ft., 6 scrapbooks.

Cornell University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7909243

Cornell University Library

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Tschirky, Sophie Bertisch.

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Oscar of the Waldorf.

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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.) ...

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...