Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Ateller, Sidney.
2. Beals, A. Tennyson.
3. Beals, Jessie Tarbox.
4. Howe, Frederic C., 1867-1940.
5. Martin, Everett Dean, 1880-1941.
6. Sanderson, Edward F.
7. Smith, Charles Sprague, 1853-1910.
8. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

Description

1. 38 linear feet (80 boxes, 35 volumes, 1 map folder).

Summary

1. Collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, financial records, minutes, reports, photographs, printed matter, and other records related to the People's Institute.

Subject

1. Scrapbooks
2. Printing blocks
3. Photographs
4. Lantern slides
5. New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions
6. New York (N.Y.) > Politics and government > 1898-1951
7. New York (N.Y.) > Emigration and immigration
8. Social settlements > New York (State) > New York
9. Social service > New York (State) > New York
10. Social sciences > Philosophy > Study and teaching (Continuing education)
11. Politics, Practical > New York (State) > New York
12. Political science > Study and teaching (Continuing education)
13. People's Institute (New York, N.Y.)

Genre/Form

1. Lantern slides.
2. Photographs.
3. Printing blocks.
4. Scrapbooks.

Call number

1. MssCol 2380

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Source (note)

1. People's Institute

Biography (note)

1. The People's Institute was founded in 1897 by Charles Sprague Smith to teach the theory and practice of government and social philosophy to workers and recent immigrants in New York City. It sponsored lectures, classes, concerts, and other community activities at Cooper Union, and throughout New York City, though principally on Manhattan's Lower East Side. The Institute ceased operations in 1934.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged

Author

1. People's Institute (New York, N.Y.)

Title

1. People's Institute records, 1883-1933, bulk (1897-1927).

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. The People's Institute was founded in 1897 by Charles Sprague Smith to teach the theory and practice of government and social philosophy to workers and recent immigrants in New York City. It sponsored lectures, classes, concerts, and other community activities at Cooper Union, and throughout New York City, though principally on Manhattan's Lower East Side. The Institute ceased operations in 1934.

Finding aids

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Ateller, Sidney.
2. Beals, A. Tennyson. Photographer
3. Beals, Jessie Tarbox.
4. Howe, Frederic C., 1867-1940.
5. Martin, Everett Dean, 1880-1941.
6. Sanderson, Edward F.
7. Smith, Charles Sprague, 1853-1910.
8. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

LCCN

1. ms 71000352

Research call number

1. MssCol 2380