Currency question--United States; Free banking--United States
Four-page letter from Jno. [John] A. Thomson in Summit Point, West Virginia, to Lysander Spooner dated December 17, 1877, discussing the topic of monetary systems.
Riverdale Children's Association; Colored Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.); Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans (New York, N.Y.); Charities--New York (State)--New York; Children, Black--New York (State)--New York; African American...
The records of the Colored Orphan Asylum document the activities of the institution from 1836 to 1972, with the bulk of the records falling between 1850 and 1936. The records include minutes of general meetings, the Executive Committee, the...
Art, American--20th century--Inventories; Art--Prices; Whitney Studio Galleries--Paperwork (Office practice);
Loan receipt between the Newark Museum Association and the Whitney Studio Galleries, dated December 19, 1929. On loan: "Lamp of Sleep" by Oscar Bluemner; "Pink Villa" by Rohland; "White Horses" by Karl Free. These watercolors are on loan for the...
Art, American--20th century--Inventories; Art--Prices; Whitney Studio Galleries--Paperwork (Office practice);
Loan receipt between Whitney Studio Galleries and The Newark Museum Assocation, dated December 27, 1929. On loan: "The Plaza Taos" by Lockwood and "Dyckman St. Environs" by D'Agostino. For related business correspondence, see also: Registrar's...
Lafayette, Georges Washington Louis Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1779-1849; Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834; Washington, George, 1732-1799--Portraits; New York City Hall (New York, N.Y.)--Pictorial...
Commemorative volume, 1824-1825, containing transcripts of resolutions and addresses of various organizations and prepared by the New York Common Council as a duplicate of the volume created by the Council for presentation to General Lafayette on...
Letter from Neilson Abeel, Secretary of the American-Scandinavian Foundation, to the participating parties for the Exhibition of American Art for Sweden, dated January 13, 1930.
Letter from Marion Chamberlain, Secretary to the Director, Cincinnati Museum Association, to Harriet Masterson, dated April 1, 1929. Regarding insurance for paintings included in an exhibition. Requested information for the following paintings:...
Children; Insurance companies; Costumes; Insurance agents; Insurance, Life; United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn
Illustration of two children in Greek or Roman costume. One child is holding a spear and a shield with words Metropolitan Life Insurance and a face on it. The other child is seated and holding a fan. Verso side: text,"Industrial or burial fund...
Dayton, Charles W. (Charles Willoughby), 1846-1910; New York (State). Supreme Court; Metropolitan Fair (1864 :New York, N.Y.); Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863; Elections--United States--1864.; New York (N.Y.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; New...
The Charles Willoughby Dayton papers include diaries, composition books, speeches, miscellaneous writings, published materials, ephemera and photographs. Of the four volumes in the collection, two are composition books dated 1858 and 1862,...
Typed letter from Juliana Force to George W. Eggers, Director, Denver Art Museum, dated November 3, 1927. Letter is unsigned; see reference initials. Photocopy of original document.
Letter from George William Eggers to Juliana Force, dated December 21, 1929. See also: George William Eggers to Mrs. Juliana R. Force, December 17, 1929 (wscg.0536).
Events; Housing; Defense; World War II; East Bronx
Background on the Parkchester development of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.; and report on Bronx defense contracts. In-- Bronxboro, Vol. XVIII, Nos. 10-11, pp. 2-3.
Typed letter from Juliana Force to Russel Plimpton, Director, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, dated November 5, 1927. Letter is unsigned; see reference initials. Photocopy of original document.
Letter from George William Eggers to Juliana Force, dated December 17, 1929. Regarding paintings Eggers would like to include in the Exhibition of American Art for Sweden, 1930. See also: JRF to Mr. George William Eggers, December 21, 1929...
Photocopy of letter written by the Whitney Studio Club to John C. Fox, dated May 22, 1928. Request made to handle the insurance of the sold artworks by Watson, Schnakenberg, Kuniyoshi, and Free. Included are the sale prices and instructions on...
Hospitals; Fire Insurance; Events; Police Dept.; Military Training
Describes needs of Fordham Hospital, reduced fire insurance rates, an orphans outing at Clason Point, police activities along Third Ave, armory military lectures and a training camp at For Schuyler. In--Minutes of Directors Meetings, Vol. 5, pp....
