Mayor William O’Dwyer records
Collection REC0014 - RG 001. Office of the Mayor of the City of New York
Collection REC0014 - RG 001/RG 001.WOD. Office of the Mayor, William O'Dwyer
Mayor William O’Dwyer records
Collection
REC-0014
Collection
REC-0014
The Mayor William O’Dwyer records focus predominantely on the operations of the mayor and its office, effects and interactions with other city agencies and the public. The strongest series in this collection is Series II: Subject files. Here, topical subject headings organize the Mayor’s records on a variety of important issues, such as transportation, housing, construction, and welfare. Also of note are the records in Series I: Departmental letters, which can be used to track day-to-day operations of city’s agencies during his administration. Particularly large in extent is the scrapbooks series, another source for information on a more granular level.
Materials consist of correspondence, departmental reports, manuals, surveys, speeches, press releases, financial schedules, newspaper clippings and memoranda. Also included are architectural plans, blueprints, maps and artists’ drawings of various city projects. Many of these items are oversize and have been separated from the rest of the records. Boxes containing ephemera with unknown provenance became their own series. Included within are various awards, pamphlets and miscellaneous material. Non-manuscript materials, including approximately 600 photographs, sound records and artifacts have been separated from the paper records.
Materials consist of correspondence, departmental reports, manuals, surveys, speeches, press releases, financial schedules, newspaper clippings and memoranda. Also included are architectural plans, blueprints, maps and artists’ drawings of various city projects. Many of these items are oversize and have been separated from the rest of the records. Boxes containing ephemera with unknown provenance became their own series. Included within are various awards, pamphlets and miscellaneous material. Non-manuscript materials, including approximately 600 photographs, sound records and artifacts have been separated from the paper records.
Extent
409 cubic feet (748 boxes, 109 volumes and 2 flat file drawers)
Dates
1917-1964
bulk 1946-1950