Image Collection 141 Items Proposed Central Park building, 1860-1876 Documents concerning the New-York Historical Society's eventually unsuccessful attempt to establish a Museum of Antiquities, Science, and Art on the site of the Arsenal in Central Park. The series includes the minutes of the Building Committee formed in 1863 to pursue the Central Park initiative. The minutes, which run until January 1867, have introductory entries transcribing earlier related documents, beginning August 14, 1860. View Collection
Text Building Committee minutes and Trustees of the New Building minutes, paste-down endpaper View Item
Text Building Committee minutes and Trustees of the New Building minutes, page [182], blank View Item
Text Building Committee minutes and Trustees of the New Building minutes, page [181], blank View Item
Text Trustees of the New Building minutes, page [179], June 3, 1907 (continued) and October 15, 1907 View Item
Text Trustees of the New Building minutes, page [177], April 25, 1907 (continued) and June 3, 1907 View Item
Text Trustees of the New Building minutes, page [172], December 4, 1906 (continued) and April 13, 1907 View Item
Text Trustees of the New Building minutes, page [169], October 16, 1906 (continued) and November 12, 1906 View Item
Text Trustees of the New Building minutes, page [166], June 19, 1906 (continued) and October 16, 1906 View Item