Addresses and Pieces Spoken at Examinations, 1818-1826 Addresses and Pieces Spoken at Examinations, 1818-1826 View Item
Addresses and Pieces Spoken at Examinations, 1818-1826 Addresses and Pieces Spoken at Examinations, 1818-1826 View Item
Text Volume 5, Minutes of meetings, records, and reports of committees. Report of committee appointed to act on the representation of the Standing Committee, Nov: 20, 1792, page [2], docket One page note, with cover, dated Nov.20, 1792, signed by John Murray, Jr. and William W. Woolsey. View Item
Image Text 177 Items Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. Series VIII. Building Committee, 1905-1907. View Item
Collection Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. Series I: Minutes of Board Meetings, 1836-1936. View Collection
Collection Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. Series VII: Visitors' Registers, 1908-1937. View Collection
Collection Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. Series XII: Bequests, [1883]-1893. View Collection
Collection Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. Series VI: After-Care Committee Minutes, 1916-1933. View Collection
Collection Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. Series III: Admission Records, 1837-1937. View Collection
Collection Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. Series XI. Miscellaneous items, 1853-1972, undated. View Collection
Collection Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. Series II: Minutes of the Executive Committee, 1891-1937. View Collection
Image Collection 4 Items Ladies' Christian Union records, 1850-2001 (bulk 1858-1960). Series II: Reports, 1859-2001 View Collection
Image Collection 13 Items Ladies' Christian Union records, 1850-2001 (bulk 1858-1960) The records of the Ladies' Christian Union include annual reports, minutes, financial and real estate records, correspondence, photographs, biographical writings, membership lists, ephemera, printed brochures, articles, and manuals. The Ladies Christian Union was founded in New York City in 1858 with the aim of creating and maintaining safe, affordable housing for young, unmarried Christian women employed in the New York area. Between the years 1860-1922, the organization owned and operated a total of eight buildings in Manhattan. View Collection
Image Collection 21 Items Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans records, 1836-1972 (bulk 1850-1936) The Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans was founded in 1836 and was originally located on Fifth Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets in Manhattan. The Colored Orphan Asylum was among the earliest organizations in the country to provide housing, training, and employment specifically for African American orphans. During the Draft Riots of July 14, 1863, the Colored Orphan Asylum was attacked by a mob. At that time, it housed some 600 to 800 homeless children in a large four story building surrounded by grounds and gardens. View Collection
Image Collection 1180 Items Joseph Reed and Esther De Berdt Reed papers, 1757-1874 Joseph Reed (1741-1785) was a lawyer, Revolutionary War soldier, and statesman born in Trenton, New Jersey. His wife, Esther De Berdt (1747-1780), organized aid for the Continental Army during the Revolution and was born in London, England. View Collection
Image Collection 2 Items Selected Papers of William Alexander, Lord Stirling, 1767-1782 Known as the "Republican Earl", William Alexander, "Lord Stirling", was born in 1726 in New York City. He served on the Provincial Councils of New York and New Jersey, and in 1775, joined the Whigs in rebellion against the Crown. In March 1776 Alexander was appointed brigadier general and took chief command of the defense of New York City. In 1777, he was promoted to major-general. He died in January 1783 of fever and gout. View Collection
Image Collection 1 Items Witness to the Early American Experience This collection contains digital images of historical documents from the New-York Historical Society's Library that preserve the words of hundreds of eyewitnesses to the American Revolution in and around New York City. The digital archive includes the collection of maps by George Washington's cartographers, Robert Erskine and Simeon DeWitt, the William Alexander Papers, and all broadsides published from 1765 to 1783 in the Library's collections. View Collection
Image Collection 31 Items Black History Collections The New-York Historical Society holds important collections relating to Black history, slavery in the United States, and the Atlantic slave trade. Dating from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, they constitute a rich archive of primary source materials that will be of value to anyone researching the history of African Americans, slavery, the slave trade, emancipation, and the abolitionist movement. View Collection