Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 4 linear feet (8 boxes).

Summary

1. Reports, brochures, program flyers and administrative files documenting branch activities from 1906-1997.

Subject

1. New York Public Library. Muhlenberg Branch
2. Libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
3. Branch libraries
4. Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York

Call number

1. MssArc 5837

Language

1. English

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;
2. Box 6 is closed until 2081.

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. New York Public Library Archives.

Biography (note)

1. The Muhlenberg Branch of The New York Public Library opened in 1906 at 209 West 23rd Street in Manhattan.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Author

1. New York Public Library. Muhlenberg Branch.

Title

1. Muhlenberg Branch records, 1906-1997.

Restricted access

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

Access

1. Box 6 is closed until 2081.

Biography

1. The Muhlenberg Branch of The New York Public Library opened in 1906 at 209 West 23rd Street in Manhattan. It was one of the 65 branches built from funds given to New York City by Andrew Carnegie. Designed by architects Carrere and Hastings, the branch is named for William Augustus Muhlenberg, the first rector of Chelsea's Church of the Holy Communion. Muhlenberg had donated many books to the New York Free Circulating Library, which had previously operated a branch in the neighborhood. In 2000, the branch was renovated through the Library's Adopt-A-Branch program.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Location of other archival materials

1. Free Circulating Libraries Records, New York Public Library Archives.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Research call number

1. MssArc 5837
2. MssArc RG8 5837
3. RG 8