Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. .25 linear feet (1 box)

Summary

1. Gertrude Finkel (1898-1994) was a librarian with The New York Public Library, associated for many years with the Library's Hamilton Fish Park Branch on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The Branch opened in 1909 at 388 East Houston Street, serving a predominantly immigrant population. It closed in 1958 to prepare for removal to a new location, reopening at 415 East Houston Street in 1960. The collection consists of a scrapbook (1 volume, disbound), dated 1931-1963, containing watercolor drawings and pasted photographs and clippings depicting activities at the Hamilton Fish Park Branch Library, accompanied by some loose items and personal correspondence of Gertrude Finkel, dated 1940-1970. Content focuses on reader services and community programs at the Branch, mainly during the 1930s and 1940s, evoking the ethnic makeup of the Lower East Side, especially its Jewish heritage. A few later staff photos mark the transition from the "old HF" to the new location.

Subject

1. New York Public Library. Hamilton Fish Park Branch
2. Amateur theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century
3. Branch libraries -- New York (State) -- New York -- Pictorial works
4. Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York
5. Jews -- Social life and customs
6. Jews, East European -- New York (State) -- New York
7. Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York -- Pictorial works
8. Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Pictorial works

Genre/Form

1. Clippings (information artifacts)
2. Drawings (visual works)
3. Pen and wash drawings.
4. Personal correspondence.
5. Photographs.
6. Scrapbooks.

Call number

1. MssCol 25816

Language

1. English

Access (note)

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref

Author

1. Finkel, Gertrude, 1898-1994, creator.

Title

1. The library : an East-Side scrapbook.

Production

1. 1931-1970.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Restricted access

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref

Source

1. Purchase; 2019.

Connect to:

1. Finding aid

Occupation

1. Librarians.

Research call number

1. MssCol 25816