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Edith Elmer Wood papers, 1900-1943
72 manuscript boxesStone, Peter A. "A technique for establishing relative values of realty." Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide , vol 131, no. 21 (3402) Box 70, Folder 11
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- Stone, Peter A. "A technique for establishing relative values of realty." Real Estate Record and
Alice Hanson Jones papers, 1700-1982
156 boxesCorrespondence; manuscripts by Jones and others; subject files; reserach materials including inventories of deceased persons' estates, probate records arranged by state, microfilm of state and country financial records, and colonial maps; research data on file cards, punch cards, and computer printouts; teaching materials; and printed material. There is correspondence with Stuart Bruchey of the Columbia University Department of History. The collection includes 92 volumes from Jones' Library.
Southern Real Estate Records
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- Southern Real Estate Records
Robert College records, 1858-2018
110 linear feetBuilding and Real Estate Records Box add 65
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- Building and Real Estate Records
Percy and Harold D. Uris papers, 1901-2003
277.5 linear feetThis collection primarily contains materials related to Percy and Harold Uris and their real estate businesses. Correspondence, financial records, and estate papers document the professional and personal lives of the brothers and their wives. The bulk of the business records are from their properties at 380 Madison Avenue and 300 Park Avenue. There is limited information about the other Uris properties and Uris Building Corporation. Finally, the collection contains records from the Uris Brothers Foundation, Inc about the family's philanthropic endeavors.
Subseries 3.4. Estate Records, 1981-1995
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- Subseries 3.4. Estate Records, 1981-1995
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Consists of correspondence, financial records, certificates, agreements, and other documents related to the handling of Harold D. Uris's estate. There is correspondence, bank statements, agreements, fiscal reports, and other materials from lawyers, Irving Trust Company, The Bank of New York, and Richard A. Eisner & Company. Included in the series are financial statements, agreements, and materials regarding the establishment of the Uris Education Center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The donation to the museum concerned the reconstruction and endowment of the Junior Museum area and educational programs. Also contains correspondence, agreements, and related documents about the mortgage loans with the New York State Common Retirement Fund for the 300 Park Avenue and 380 Madison Avenue buildings.
Subseries 2.3. Estate Records, 1975-1988, undated
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- Subseries 2.3. Estate Records, 1975-1988, undated
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Comprised of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and other papers related to Joanne Uris's estate. The correspondence discusses the resolution of Joanne's estate including sale of properties, dispersal of estate assets, and giving of legacies to various people and organizations. The financial records document the payments of household expenses, estate bills, and taxes. There are also bank statements from the executors account, house account, custody account and trust account at Irving Trust Company. Probate papers and other legal documents from 1985 to 1987 describe the execution of the will and subsequent operations of the estate. Also included are appraisals of artwork, antiques, rugs, furniture, and other items owned by Joanne Uris.
Subseries 1.3. Estate Records, 1935-1984, undated
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- Subseries 1.3. Estate Records, 1935-1984, undated
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Contains correspondence, legal papers, financial records, property documents, and other materials concerning the resolution of Percy Uris's estate. The correspondence with Harold Uris, executor of the estate, Irving Trust Company, co-executor, attorneys, accountants, and others describes their activities regarding the estate. These communications discuss payments, investments, handling of trust accounts for family members, insurance, burial arrangements, and the distribution of wealth in accordance to the will. Included in the legal papers consist of applications to the court, a death certificate, birth certificates, will, judicial settlement, affidavits, and other documentation of legal proceedings. The financial records showing Percy Uris's monetary position at time of his death and that of his subsequent estate. They consist of financial statements, balance sheets, invoices, investment reports, securities holdings, and an outstanding note owed to Percy Uris. There also are account statements from Irving Trust Company about the trust accounts established for Percy's wife, Joanne. Appraisals, agreements of sale, and other documents represent the estate's handling of properties owned or partially owned by Percy Uris. The subseries also includes insurance policies, social security records, news clippings, obituaries, condolences, and a copy of Percy's Navy discharge.
William B. Osgood Field Estate records : [High Lawn Estate], 1908-1929
2 manuscript boxesThis collection of drawings, photographs and papers documents the architectural history of the William B. Osgood Field family in Lenox, Massachusetts, and New York City from the period 1908 through the 1920s. The bulk of the collection focuses on High Lawn, the private house and working farm located in Lee, MA. Several architects were commissioned to design buildings at High Lawn, including Delano & Aldrich, Alfred Hopkins, and John C. Greenleaf. The collection contains more than 450 drawings, 334 photographs (mostly construction photos of High Lawn Farm), specifications, general project files, and project correspondence between 1908-1914. In addition to the farm in Lee, MA, the collection also contains drawings for several buildings in New York City. There are alteration drawings by Stuart & Stuart (1903) and Hunt and Hunt (1911) for the Field's family home at 645 Fifth Avenue in New York. There are also drawings for a commercial building by John C. Greenleaf for 8 and 10 West 37th Street.
Haus Cramer architectural records and papers, 1911-2004, bulk 1911-1955
226 drawingsThis collection primarily contains original and reprographic architectural records, photographs, correspondence and personal and professional records related to the design, construction, and ownership of the Haus Cramer in Dahlem, Berlin, Germany, designed by German architect Hermann Muthesius in 1911-1913 for Hans and Gertrud Cramer, with later additions by Muthesius and other architects. A significant portion of the collection also documents the Cramer family's efforts to obtain restitution after World War II for the seizure of the house in the 1930s. Also included are records documenting the restoration and reuse, an effort led by noted architectural historian Julius Poesner.
Subseries 2: Financial Records/Real Estate Records
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- Subseries 2: Financial Records/Real Estate Records
John Schaffner papers, 1940-1989
102 linear feetArchives of Schaffner's literary agency, including correspondence and financial records, 1948-1975. The material is divided into four sections, cataloged material; general correspondence; specific files with authors who were clients of the agency; and correspondence with other literary agents and editors, appointment books, and financial papers.
Creekmore, Hubert--Estate Record, 1966-1972 Box ix.13
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- Creekmore, Hubert--Estate Record, 1966-1972
Richard L. Simon papers, 1915-1992
47 boxesCorrespondence, memoranda, photographs, manuscripts, lists, legal and financial documents, and printed materials of Simon. The personal and business papers include correspondence with authors, inscribed photographs of authors, editorial files, files for his special art, photography, and music projects, correspondence files relating to Simon and Schuster, Inc., personal and family correspondence, documents, and photographs. Correspondents include Irving Berlin, Margaret Bourke-White, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Joseph E. Davies, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Philippe Halsman, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Kenneth Roberts, Arthur Schnitzler, Jerome Weidman, and Sloan Wilson.
Douglas Putnam Haskell papers, 1866-1979-(bulk 1949-1964).
56 Linear FeetHolm, K. Lonberg— Box 31, Folder 3
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- Building Production and Standards, by K. Lonberg-Holm, Real Estate Record.; Clipping. pp. 19-24.
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Building Production and Standards, by K. Lonberg-Holm, Real Estate Record.; Clipping. pp. 19-24.
Carnegie Corporation of New York records, circa 1872-2015
3000 linear feetMinutes, correspondence, annual reports, press releases, financial records, photographs, memorabilia, audiovisual, digital and printed materials document the philanthropic activities and administration of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The collection is actively growing, primarily through regular document transfers from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Andrew Carnegie's biographical information and personal philanthropic activity can be found in Series VII. In addition, his pre-1911 gifts, most notably his donations for libraries and church organs, can be found on microfilm (Series II), in the Home Trust Company Records (VI.A), and Financial Record Books (I.C.1). Grant files (Series III.A), which comprise the bulk of the collection) provide information on projects and institutions founded, endowed or supported by the Corporation. The Special Initiatives series (Series IV) contains the records of task forces, commissions and councils, formed by the Corporation mostly during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s to address specific issues. The Corporation's records include those of other Carnegie philanthropic organizations (Series VI), including the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Home Trust Company, both of which shared staff, officers, and office space with the Corporation for a period of time.
Subsubseries VI.A.1 Robert A. Franks Files, 1893-1951
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- , Dungeness.) Carnegie Estate Records from these files were combined with other Estate Records in part 2
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Robert A. Franks served as President of the Home Trust Company and as Treasurer of the Corporation from the founding of each organization respectively until his death in 1935. Before their acquisition by Columbia in 1998 these records were stored at the Hudson United Bank. They represent those Robert Frank's files that were never transferred to the Corporation's headquarters. These records include correspondence, memoranda, legal documents, business ledgers, tax returns, and other financial documents and reflect Franks work for Carnegie as the President and administrator of the Home Trust Company and, to a lesser extent, his role as Carnegie's personal assistant and manger of Carnegie's affairs in general. (See, for example, the expense statements for Lucy C. Carnegie's (sister in law) Florida island estate, Dungeness.) Carnegie Estate Records from these files were combined with other Estate Records in part 2 (Boxes 6-9) of this subseries. The Pension Files, part of the same group of records from the Hudson United Bank, comprise part 4 (Boxes 27-43) of this subseries.