[Minutes of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society, 1936-1938, page 201], Board of Trustees meeting, minutes of May 17, 1938 (continued)

Includes consideration of a campaign for new members in connection with the re-opening of the building; report of the Building Committee on the construction of the Central Park West building expansion; and reconsideration of 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 related discussion of an acquisition policy concerning accepting permanent loans (deposit/custody).