[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1936-1938, page 186], Board of Trustees meeting, minutes of March 15, 1938 (continued)

Includes report of the Building Committee on the construction of the Central Park West building expansion, including purchase of a cleaning unit (conservation) from Watson Manufacturing for books and papers; arrangements for the Marine Museum of the City of New York to transfer its collections from the Museum of the City of New York and merge with the Society, similar to the action of the Naval History Society; and amendment to the by-laws.