Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 11.03 linear feet (28 boxes, 4 oversize folders)

Summary

1. The Fred F. French Companies was established in New York City by Fred Fillmore French (1883-1936) in 1908. French was a real estate developer whose innovative investment strageties financed the construction of the Tudor City and Knickerbocker Village housing developments, and the Midtown skyscraper that bears his name. After French's death in 1936, Aaron Rabinowitz became the Chief Executive Officer. The Fred F. French Companies records consist of financial, legal and promotional materials in a range of formats including, project development binders and scrapbooks, correspondence, legal agreements, stock ledgers and certificates, prospectuses, brochures, photographs, and architectural blueprints and renderings that document French's distinctive approach to developing real estate in New York City during the early to mid 20th-century.

Call number

1. MssCol 6206

Access (note)

1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

Author

1. Fred F. French Companies.

Title

1. Fred F. French Companies records, 1902-1988.

Restricted access

1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref

Location of other archival materials

1. Aaron Rabinowitz business records, 1938-1980; Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

Finding aids

1. Collection guide available online and in repository.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Collection guide

Research call number

1. MssCol 6206