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Paul R. Hays papers, 1910-1980
51 linear feetPersonal, academic, and legal correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and memoranda. Among the legal files, there is particular emphasis on labor and welfare law. The files also contain materials about his judicial appointment, the American Law Institute, the Columbia University School of Law, and the Project on International Procedure. Among the major correspondents are: James A. Farley, Arthur J. Goldberg, Philip C. Jessup, Robert F. Kennedy, Harold R. Medina, James A. Pike, and Lionel Trilling
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.
Otis Elevator Company, 1954 Box 200, Folder 6
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- Otis Elevator Company, 1954
Otis Elevator Company, 1952-1954 Box 115, Folder 32-33
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- Otis Elevator Company, 1952-1954
Otis Elevator Company, 1953-1967 Box 172, Folder 12-14
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- Otis Elevator Company, 1953-1967
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue architectural drawings and papers, 1882-1980
50 linear feetThis collection contains architectural drawings, photographs, business records and reference materials related to the projects and designs of Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue and his successor firm, Mayers, Murray & Philips, primarily in the New York City region. A large portion of the collection consists of personal and professional correspondence to and from Goodhue from the early 1900s until his death in 1926. Relatively few architectural drawings from his professional practice survive.
Otis Elevator Company., 1926 Dec 08 Box 42
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- Otis Elevator Company., 1926 Dec 08
New York Chamber of Commerce building architectural records, 1883-1976
1 print boxThis collection includes original and reprographic architectural, engineering, and interior decoration drawings for the New York Chamber of Commerce building at 65 Liberty Street in New York City. 225 drawings date from the original design and construction of the building in 1901-1902, and 206 date from alterations and additions in 1921. The remaining drawings relate to additonal minor alterations and repairs to the structure, some as late as 1976. A very small amount of correspondence is also included in this collection. There is one drawing by Charles William Clinton for an unidentified building, stamped 1883, that may document an earlier building occupied by the New York Chamber of Commerce.
Emery Roth & Sons architectural records and papers, 1906-1996, bulk 1951-1994
34175 drawingsThis collection primarily contains architectural drawings, correspondence, business records, and a small number of photographs related to the projects of Emery Roth & Sons and its subsidiary entities. A large portion of the entities are represented only in the Office Records series and are identified as such. Some projects on which Emery Roth & Sons acted as architect of record are not represented in this collection, most notably the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.
Alan Burnham papers, 1874-1999, bulk 1940-1982
38 linear feetElevators (1 of 2), 1882 - 1998 Box 38, Folder 17
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- Includes brochures from the Otis Elevator Company, "Elevator Systems of the Eiffel Tower" by Romert
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Includes brochures from the Otis Elevator Company, "Elevator Systems of the Eiffel Tower" by Romert M. Vogel (1961), "Elisha Graves Otis and his influence upon Vertical Transportation" by L.A. Petersen (1945)
516 Broadway (New York NY) records and drawings
2 manuscript boxesThe archive consists of 250 + letters, drawings, invoices, leases, mortgages, bonds, and deeds related to the 516 Broadway, New York, NY, which was owned then by Edward Livingston and his partner. The bulk of the material consists of correspondence from the architects, Hugh Lamb and Charles Rich, who were hired to convert a portion of the building into stores. They worked with Cornell Iron Works, Otis Elevator etc. and approved all work and payment of bills.