New York (N.Y.). Department of Parks

 Organization

Existence: 1898 - 1968

Board of Aldermen minutes, circa 1830-1938

Accession ACC-1965-022
Dates: circa 1830-1938

Central Park menagerie records, 1876-1950

Accession ACC-1965-015
Dates: 1876-1950

Central Park Zoo attendance records of employees from 1943 to 1977

Accession ACC-1991-013
Dates: 1943-1977

Central Park Zoo receiving book for 1906 to 1915

Accession ACC-1991-012
Dates: 1906-1915

City Hall Park gas lantern eagle finial circa 1825

Accession ACC-2013-046
Dates: circa 1825

Department of Parks and Recreation Personnel Bureau employee cards circa 1860 to 1940

Accession ACC-2010-020
Dates: circa 1860-1940

Department of Parks and Recreation press releases for 1934 to 1970

Accession ACC-2014-031
Dates: 1934-1970

Department of Parks annual reports for 1912-1914, 1916

Accession ACC-1963-008
Dates: 1912-1914, 1916

Department of Parks annual reports, minutes, and miscellaneous files for 1864 to 1952

Accession ACC-1984-016A
Dates: 1864-1952; bulk 1882-1913

Department of Parks Commissioner correspondence and assorted administrative files for 1939 to 1975

Accession ACC-1986-050
Dates: 1939-1975

Department of Parks drawings and plans, 1855-1962, bulk 1859-1934

Collection REC-0042
Abstract: The New York City Department of Parks drawings and plans is a collection of graphic material documenting the planning, design, construction, renovation, and preservation of New York City's park system between 1855 and 1962. A large part of this collection pertains to the planning, design, construction, maintenance, renovation, and restoration of Central Park. The collection includes preliminary sketches, final plans, artist and architectural renderings, architectural and engineering drawings,...
Dates: 1855-1962; bulk 1859-1934

Department of Parks general files for 1959 to 1966

Accession ACC-1987-021
Dates: 1959-1966

Department of Parks reports on activities and the proposed reconstruction of Battery Park for 1934 and 1942

Accession ACC-1964-116
Dates: 1934; 1942

Donald Deskey Associates Central Park Children's Zoo design proposals

Accession ACC-2019-024
Dates: circa 1960-1965

Highway sign drawings from 1940

Accession ACC-1998-031
Dates: 1940

Index to unknown Department of Parks records for 1874 to 1877

Accession ACC-1965-020
Dates: 1874 May-1877 April

Landscape architect Carl F. Pilat correspondence for 1913 to 1918

Accession ACC-1965-018
Dates: 1913-1918

Landscape architect Charles Downing Lay correspondence for 1911 to 1913

Accession ACC-1965-017
Dates: 1911-1913

Landscape architect Samuel Parsons correspondence for 1902 to 1911

Accession ACC-1965-016
Dates: 1902-1911

Mayor Wagner subject file on Department of Parks press releases

Accession ACC-1960-012
Dates: 1957-1958

Parks Commissioner Cabot Ward correspondence for 1914 to 1917

Accession ACC-1965-019
Dates: 1914 February-1917 August

Queens and Staten Island municipal subject files for 1953 to 1963

Accession ACC-1984-016
Dates: 1953-1963

Richmond County Park Commission correspondence for 1901 to 1905

Accession ACC-1965-021
Dates: 1901-1905

Vital statistical records for Central Park Zoo animals from 1929 to 1980

Accession ACC-1991-014
Dates: 1929-1980

Vital statistical records for Prospect Park Zoo animals from 1950 to 1988

Accession ACC-1991-017
Dates: 1950-1988