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Selections from the New-York Historical Society Institutional Archive, 1804-2008

The New-York Historical Society institutional archive includes records of the institution from its founding in 1804 to the early twenty-first century. This digital collection, currently being developed, presents selections from the institutional archive that have been digitized with funding from the Leon Levy Foundation, as well as other related materials.
NYHS Identifier
Mss Collection - NYHS-RG Archives
Creator
New-York Historical Society

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The New-York Historical Society institutional archive includes records of the institution from its founding in 1804 to the early twenty-first century. This digital collection, currently being developed, presents selections from the institutional archive that have been digitized with funding from the Leon Levy Foundation, as well as other related materials. They include the minute books from the meetings of New-York Historical's members (1804-1937); minute books of the Executive Committee (1842-1937) and its successor the Board of Trustees (1938-1959); the early record of donations to New-York Historical (1806-1818, 1822); the complete run of accession ledgers recording donations and purchases for the collections (1841-1962); selections from general correspondence and Museum Department records relating to the purchase of the Audubon watercolors in 1863; and selections of minutes and other documents (1848-1938) relating to New-York Historical's buildings at 2nd Avenue and 11th Street, and its current location, 77th and Central Park West, including the unsuccessful attempt in the 1860s and 1870s to establish a Museum of Antiquities, Science, and Art in Central Park. Related materials include the complete run of the New-York Historical Society Quarterly and annual reports (1917-1980), and the New-York Journal of American History (2003-2008).
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NYHS Identifier
Mss Collection - NYHS-RG Archives
Language
eng
Member of
New-York Historical Society Digital Collections
Genre
archives (groupings)
Accessions registers
correspondence
minutes (administrative records)
minute books
journals (periodicals)
Owning Institution
New-York Historical Society
Type
Text
Subject (Topical)
New-York Historical Society
History--Societies, etc.
Libraries--New York (State)--New York
Research libraries--New York (State)--New York
Museums--New York (State)--New York
Historical museums--New York (State)--New York
Subject (Geographic)
New York (N.Y.)
Full Title
New-York Historical Society Selections from the Institutional Archive, 1804-2008
Coordinates
40.779167, -73.974167
Creator
New-York Historical Society
Digital Format
image/tiff
Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Date Created
1804 to 2008

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Minutes, Committee on the Fine Arts, New-York Historical Society, 1856-1880

The volume holds minutes of the Committee on Fine Arts, dating from its formation in March 1856 to March 1880. Although the committee existed until May 1895, there are no entries after March 1880. The minutes refer to the committee's support for collecting photographs, consideration of the Jarvis collection, the Audubon watercolors, the Bryan collection, the possibility of acquiring space for New-York Historical in Central Park, and Mathew Brady's offer of photographs to N-YHS, among other matters.
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Minutes of the Standing Committee of the New York Historical Society and record of donations, January 25, 1806-[July 4, 1822]

Minutes recorded by the Standing Committee and lists of early donations to New-York Historical. The Standing Committee existed from 1805 until 1829 when the requirement for it was removed from New-York Historical's Constitution and By-Laws. The volume does not include records from this entire period. Only four meetings of the Standing Committee are recorded; one of these (1807) was adjourned for lack of a quorum and the other three (1806, 1809, 1810) include only a small number of committee resolutions, one of which concerns the possible purchase of items from John Pintard.
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Minutes, Committee on the Fine Arts, New-York Historical Society, 1856-1880

The volume holds minutes of the Committee on Fine Arts, dating from its formation in March 1856 to March 1880. Although the committee existed until May 1895, there are no entries after March 1880. The minutes refer to the committee's support for collecting photographs, consideration of the Jarvis collection, the Audubon watercolors, the Bryan collection, the possibility of acquiring space for New-York Historical in Central Park, and Mathew Brady's offer of photographs to N-YHS, among other matters.
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Minutes of the Standing Committee of the New York Historical Society and record of donations, January 25, 1806-[July 4, 1822]

Minutes recorded by the Standing Committee and lists of early donations to New-York Historical. The Standing Committee existed from 1805 until 1829 when the requirement for it was removed from New-York Historical's Constitution and By-Laws. The volume does not include records from this entire period. Only four meetings of the Standing Committee are recorded; one of these (1807) was adjourned for lack of a quorum and the other three (1806, 1809, 1810) include only a small number of committee resolutions, one of which concerns the possible purchase of items from John Pintard.
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Minutes, Committee on the Fine Arts, New-York Historical Society, 1856-1880

The volume holds minutes of the Committee on Fine Arts, dating from its formation in March 1856 to March 1880. Although the committee existed until May 1895, there are no entries after March 1880. The minutes refer to the committee's support for collecting photographs, consideration of the Jarvis collection, the Audubon watercolors, the Bryan collection, the possibility of acquiring space for New-York Historical in Central Park, and Mathew Brady's offer of photographs to N-YHS, among other matters.
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Minutes of the Standing Committee of the New York Historical Society and record of donations, January 25, 1806-[July 4, 1822]

Minutes recorded by the Standing Committee and lists of early donations to New-York Historical. The Standing Committee existed from 1805 until 1829 when the requirement for it was removed from New-York Historical's Constitution and By-Laws. The volume does not include records from this entire period. Only four meetings of the Standing Committee are recorded; one of these (1807) was adjourned for lack of a quorum and the other three (1806, 1809, 1810) include only a small number of committee resolutions, one of which concerns the possible purchase of items from John Pintard.
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