New York Public Library Visual Materials, 1875-

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Creator

New York Public Library.

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division

Extent

• 23 cubic feet.

Scope/Contents Note

NYPL Archives Record Group 10 consists of visual materialsthat document New York Public Library buildings, programs,staff and predecessor institutions from 1875 to the present. Formats include photoprints, negatives, transparencies, albums, drawings, prints and postcards. Major subjects include the Astor Library, the N.Y.P.L. Branch Libraries, celebrations, construction of the landmark Central Building on Fifth Avenue, the Croton Reservoir, exhibits, the free criculating libraries of NewYork City, individuals associated with the Library, the Lenox Library, the N.Y.P.L. Research Libraries, staff organizations, parades in front of the Central Building, and activities during World War I and World War II. There are also photographs of children's activities in the branch libraries taken by Lewis Hine for the Child WelfareExhibit of 1911. The photographs were taken in three boroughs of New York City: Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island.

Biographical/Historical Note

Visual materials documenting the history of the New York Public Library have been brought together to form Record Group 10.

Controlled Access Terms

• Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940.
• Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-
• Buckley, William F. (William Frank), 1925-2008.
• New York (N.Y.). Child Welfare Exhibit, 1911.
• Astor Library.
• Lenox Library.
• Libraries -- New York (State) -- New York.
• Children's libraries -- New York (State) -- New York.
• Young adults' libraries -- New York (State) -- New York.
• Library architecture -- New York (State) -- New York.
• Library buildings -- New York (State) -- New York.
• Branch libraries.
• Library employees -- New York (State) -- New York.
• Research libraries -- New York (State) -- New York.
• Parades -- New York (State) -- New York.
• World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- New York (State) -- New York.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Libraries.
• Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
• Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
• Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
• Albums.
• Glass plate negatives.
• Lantern slides.
• Photoprints.
• Photonegatives.
• Postcards.
• Drawings.

Additional Creator Name

• (CStRLIN)NYPW89-A694.