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Citizens Union of the City of New York records, 1892-2020
674 boxesLetters, documents, clippings, and printed matter related to the work of the Citizens Union of New York, including correspondence, memoranda, and reports which survey, analyze, and criticize bills introduced in the state legislature and city council; 244 boxes of "Who's Who" biographies of candidates for city and state offices; files of campaign and election materials; records of affiliated "good government" organizations in New York City; and extensive financial records.
Nicholas Murray Butler papers, 1891-1947
326 linear feetCorrespondence; manuscripts of books, chapters, addresses, lectures, articles, and other writings; clippings and other printed materials relating to Butler's life and career, and memorabilia, ca. 1900-1947. Also, correspondence, 1891-1946, between Butler and presidents of the United States including William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman.
Lillian D. Wald papers, 1895-1936
97 boxesPapers concerning both the administration of the Henry Street Settlement and Wald's involvement in numerous philanthropic and liberal causes. Her office files trace the foundation and growth of the Henry Street Settlement from 1895 until 1933. Her other activities include child welfare, civil liberties, immigration, public health, unemployment, and the peace movement during World War I. The correspondence files contain letters from public figures and writers including Jane Addams, Roger N. Baldwin, Van Wyck Brooks, Lavinia L. Dock, John Galsworthy, Samuel Gompers, William D. Howells, Charles Evans Hughes, Mabel Hyde Kittredge, Frances Perkins, Dorothy Thompson, Norman Thomas, Ida Tarbell, Margaret Sanger, and Jacob A. Riis.
Citizens Union of the City of New York Box 18, Folder 7
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On Reel 16 of the Wald Microfilm
Records of the Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League to Champion Human Rights, 1836-1978, bulk 1933-1975
331.84 linear feetCitizens Union of the City of New York, 1946 Box 182, Folder 8
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Herbert H. Lehman Papers, 1878-2002, bulk 1930-1963
607 linear feetCitizens Union of the City of New York, 1935-1942 Microfilm 17
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Richard S. Childs papers, 1918-1977
15.5 linear feetCitizens Union of the City of New York, 1948-1974 Box 6
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William S. Vickrey papers, 1939-1996
23.5 linear feetThe collection is comprised of correspondence, manuscripts, teaching materials, conference materials, subject files, and printed items from William S. Vickrey's career as an economist. It contains published and unpublished papers illustrating his thoughts on various aspects of economic theory and their practical application. Topics discussed in these manuscripts involve macroeconomics, marginal cost pricing, microeconomics, political economy and welfare, public finance, social choice, taxation, transportation, urban economics, and related matters. The collection also has records from his tenure at Columbia University, including correspondence with his academic colleagues and participation in professional activities.
Citizens Union of the City of New York, 1966-1974 Box 3, Folder 45
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Gerald Freund papers, 1952-1997, bulk 1975-1995
62.50 linear feetCitizens Union of the City of New York Financial Report, 1971 Box 4
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- Citizens Union of the City of New York Financial Report, 1971
Dorothy Norman papers, 1923-1978
68.88 linear feetCorrespondence, reports, pamphlets, and clippings of Norman. Among the subjects represented are health, population control, civil liberties, refugees, exiled governments and peoples of World War II, United Nations, education, delinquency, race relations, emerging nationalities, censorship, and foreign aid. Much of the correspondence in the collection centers around Mrs. Norman's column in THE NEW YORK POST in the 1940s. Organizations in the collection include Civil Liberties Union, Americans for Democratic Action, American Citizens Committee for Economic Aid Abroad, Women's City Club, American Emergency Food Committee for India, Urban League, Liberal Party, Citizens Union, Free Germany Movement, Free China Movement, and United World Federation. Also included are correspondence, manuscripts, research materials, and printed materials dealing with Norman's research and writing on India. There are two working manuscripts, one on India, the other on Nehru. Also, a fragmentary manuscript of her memoirs and the beginnings of a study of Alfred Stieglitz.
George Hallett papers, 1914-1979
109 linear feetThere is a substantial amount of printed ephemera relating to the Quaker pacifist cause from WWI and WWII. Executive Committee Minutes Citizens Union, City Committee minutes, correspondence, voter registries, Women's Municipal League and other personal material and memorabilia.