Research Catalog

Title

Committee on the Consolidation of the Astor, Lenox and Tilden Libraries records, 1894-1899.

Author

New York Public Library. Board of Trustees. Committee on the Consolidation of the Astor, Lenox and Tilden Libraries.

Details

Found In

(CStRLIN)NYPW92-A125

Description

.2 cubic foot.

Summary

The records of the Committee on Consolidation of the Astor, Lenox and Tilden Libraries date from 1894 to 1899 and consist of legal papers and correspondence regarding the creation of the N.Y.P.L. Corporation.

Subjects

• Libraries > Centralization
• Public libraries > New York (State) > New York
• Research libraries > New York (State) > New York
• Libraries > New York (State) > New York
• Tilden Trust
• Lenox Library
• Astor Library
• New York Public Library > Board of Trustees > Committee on Consolidation of the Astor, Lenox and Tilden Libraries

Terms of Use (note)

• All rights reserved. Permission to quote must be obtained in writing from the New York Public Library.

Biography (note)

• The Committee on Consoliation of the Astor, Lenox and Tilden Libraries was created in 1895 and reached an agreement to consolidate and establish the N.Y.P.L. on May 23 of that year. Its nine members were: T.M. Markoe, John L. Cadwalader, and Edward King, representing the Astor Library; Alexander Maitland, Frederick Sturges, and George L. Rives of the Lenox Library; and Lewis Cass Ledyard, Andrew H. Green, and Alexander E. Orr of the Tilden Trust.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Unpublished finding aid available at repository.

Linking Entry (note)

• The history of the Board of Trustees is described separately.

Processing Action (note)

• Accessioned

Call Number

MssArc 4902

OCLC

NYPW92-A42

Author

New York Public Library. Board of Trustees. Committee on the Consolidation of the Astor, Lenox and Tilden Libraries.

Title

Committee on the Consolidation of the Astor, Lenox and Tilden Libraries records, 1894-1899.

Terms Of Use

All rights reserved. Permission to quote must be obtained in writing from the New York Public Library.

Biography

The Committee on Consoliation of the Astor, Lenox and Tilden Libraries was created in 1895 and reached an agreement to consolidate and establish the N.Y.P.L. on May 23 of that year. Its nine members were: T.M. Markoe, John L. Cadwalader, and Edward King, representing the Astor Library; Alexander Maitland, Frederick Sturges, and George L. Rives of the Lenox Library; and Lewis Cass Ledyard, Andrew H. Green, and Alexander E. Orr of the Tilden Trust.

Indexes

Unpublished finding aid available at repository.

Linking Entry

The history of the Board of Trustees is described separately.

Found In:

(CStRLIN)NYPW92-A125

Research Call Number

MssArc 4902

RG 5