Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
1940s Tax Department photographs
Collection REC-0040
Abstract:
This collection contains photographs of real estate parcels in the five boroughs of New York City, dated between 1939-1951, with the bulk of the images dating from 1939-1941. These photographs were part of a new property card system for assessing real property tax in the city, carried out by the Works Project Administration (WPA) and the New York City Tax Department. Although photographs were taken of most extant properties at the time, some tax-exempt buildings, parcels with vacant lots or...
Dates:
1939-1951; bulk 1939-1941
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Burial transit registers (Bodies in Transit)
Collection REC-0052
Abstract:
This collection consists of bound volumes recording the transportation of bodies in, out and through Manhattan during 1859-1894. These records were maintained by various iterations of New York City’s Health Department to prevent and track disease and death in the city.
Dates:
1859-1894
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Carlo Tresca assassination closed case files
Collection REC-0067
Abstract:
Carlo Tresca, an early-20th century Italian-American newspaper editor, labor organizer, and vocal anti-fascist, was assassinated in New York City on January 11, 1943. This collection contains the New York County District Attorney’s investigation files into his assassination.
Dates:
1943-1955; 1943-1950
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De Gregario lantern slide collection
Collection MSS-0001
Abstract:
The collection consists of fifty-five glass lantern slides showing black and white images of New York City, circa 1880-1899.
Dates:
circa 1880-1899
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Department of Buildings architectural drawings and plans for Lower Manhattan
Collection REC-0074
Abstract:
The Department of Buildings requires the filing of applications and supporting material for permits to construct or alter buildings in New York City. This collection contains the plans and drawings filed with the Department of Buildings between 1866-1978, for the buildings on all 958 blocks of Lower Manhattan, from the Battery to 34th Street, as well as a small quantity of material for blocks outside that area.
Dates:
circa 1866-1978
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Early Mayors records
Collection REC-0002
Abstract:
This collection consists of an incomplete collection of materials produced by the Office of the Mayor of New York City between 1826 and 1897.
Dates:
1826-1897
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Index to an atlas of Manhattan Island, by I.A. Lefevre
Collection ACC-1952-010
Dates:
1894-1898
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Malcolm X assassination closed case files
Collection REC-0060
Abstract:
On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was shot and killed just as he was about to address a rally of the Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. This collection contains the New York District Attorney’s investigation files into his assassination, trial transcripts, and records related to appeals following the convicition of three men who were charged with murder.
Dates:
1963-1999
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Manhattan and Brooklyn liquor licenses
Collection REC-0058
Abstract:
On March 23, 1896, during the 119th session of the New York State Legislature, the “Liquor Tax Law,” was passed, establishing a new taxation policy for the trafficking of intoxicating liquors. Liquor licenses set to expire after the law went into effect on April 30, 1896, were eligible for a refund upon surrendering the license. This collection contains those licenses that were yielded for return in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Dates:
1895-1897; bulk 1895-1896
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New York City historical vital records
Collection REC-0051
Abstract:
This collection consists of historical vital records created and/or maintained by the City of New York, and historical vital records created and/or maintained by municipalities that were once located within the boundaries of the present-day City of New York that were dissolved or annexed prior to January 1, 1898. These former towns were located in Kings, Queens, Richmond, and Westchester counties. Types of records in this collection are primarily birth, marriage, and death registers,...
Dates:
1760-1949; bulk 1847-1949
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New York City tax assessment property cards
Collection REC-0048
Abstract:
This collection consists of tax assessment property cards for all taxable properties in New York City, circa 1926-1991, bulk 1939-1975. Data on each card includes land value calculation; record of conveyances (ownership); record of mortgages; and record of assessments. Most cards include a site diagram and a small "tax photo" measuring 2.5 x 3.5 inches.
Dates:
circa 1926-1991; bulk 1939-1975
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New York County Supreme Court insolvency assignment records
Collection REC-0021
Abstract:
The New York County Supreme Court insolvency assignment records date from 1768-1908, with the majority dating from 1798-1886 and 1900. The material documents insolvent debtors and the legal actions taken against them in response to their insolvency; some of the debtors were well-known stockbrokers and merchants. Documents found in a typical insolvency assignment include: a petition to assign a trustee to manage the sale of property and assignment; a petition listing the insolvent debtor and his...
Dates:
1768-1908; bulk 1798-1886
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Old Town records
Collection MSS-0004
Abstract:
Before the creation of Greater New York on January 1, 1898, the counties bordering New York County (which is coterminous with New York City)—Kings, Queens, Richmond, and Westchester Counties—were comprised of municipalities (villages, towns, cities), some of which date back to the early days of Dutch and English colonization of Lenapehoking (Lënapehòkink in Unami), the ancestral homeland of the Lenape. This collection includes records created and/or maintained by these municipalities before...
Dates:
circa 1630-1943; bulk 1656-1898
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- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
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- New York (N.Y.). Department of Health (3)
- New York (State). Metropolitan Board of Health (3)
- New York (N.Y.). City Inspector's Office (2)
- New York (N.Y.). Department of Finance (2)
- New York (N.Y.). Office of the City Clerk (2)
- New York (State). District Attorney (New York County, N.Y.) (2)
- Anti-Saloon League of New York (1)
- Audubon Ballroom (New York, N.Y.) (1)
- Bleecker, Leonard, 1755-1844 (1)
- Bowne, Walter, 1770-1846 (1)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.). Board of Excise (1)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.). Office of the City Clerk (1)
- Butler, Norman (1)
- Carlo Tresca Memorial Committee (N.Y.) (1)
- Clark, Aaron, 1783 or 1784-1861 (1)
- Coman, Thomas, 1836-1909 (1)
- Consumers Brewing Co. of New York City, Ltd. (1)
- Cooper, Edward, 1824-1905 (1)
- De Gregario, Felice, Jr. (Municipal Archives donor) (1)
- Edson, Franklin, 1832-1904 (1)
- Ehret, George, 1835-1927 (1)
- Ely, Smith, 1825-1911 (1)
- F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Co. (1)
- Gilroy, Thomas F., 1840-1911 (1)
- Giovannitti, Arturo M., 1884-1959 (1)
- Grace, William Russell, 1832-1904 (1)
- Grant, Hugh J. (Hugh John), 1858-1910 (1)
- Gunther, C. Godfrey (Charles Godfrey), 1822-1885 (1)
- Hagan, Thomas (1)
- Hall, A. Oakey (Abraham Oakey), 1826-1898 (1)
- Harison, Richard, 1747-1829 (1)
- Harper, James, 1795-1869 (1)
- Havemeyer, William Frederick, 1804-1874 (1)
- Hewitt, Abram S. (Abram Stevens), 1822-1903 (1)
- Hobart, John Sloss, 1738-1805 (1)
- Hoffman, John T. (John Thompson), 1828-1888 (1)
- Hogan, Frank Smithwick, 1902-1974 (1)
- Hone, Philip, 1780-1851 (1)
- Industrial Workers of the World (1)
- Johnson, Thomas (Thomas 15x) (1)
- Kingsland, A. C. (Ambrose C.) (1)
- Lawrence, Cornelius V. W. (Cornelius Van Wyck), 1791-1861 (1)
- Lefevre, I. A. (1)
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.). Bureau of Buildings (1)
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.). Department of Buildings (1)
- Morgenthau, Robert M. (1)
- Morris, Richard, 1730-1810 (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Board of Excise (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Board of Health (1)
- New York (N.Y.). City Inspector's Office. Bureau of Records and Statistics (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Department of Buildings (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Department of Finance. Bureau of Real Property Assessment (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Department of Health. Bureau of Records and Vital Statistics (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Department of Housing and Buildings (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Fire Department. Bureau of Inspection of Buildings (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Office of the Mayor (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Tax Department (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Tenement House Department (1)
- New York (State). Alcoholic Beverage Control Division (1)
- New York (State). Court of Common Pleas (City and County of New York) (1)
- New York (State). Metropolitan Board of Health. Bureau of Vital Statistics (1)
- New York (State). State Liquor Authority (1)
- New York (State). Supreme Court (1)
- New York (State). Supreme Court (First District) (1)
- New York Public Library. Municipal Reference Library (1)
- Opdyke, George, 1805-1880 (1)
- Organization of Afro-American Unity (1)
- Paulding, William, Jr., 1770-1854 (1)
- Queens Borough Public Library (1)
- Raines, John, 1840-1909 (1)
- Ruppert, Jacob, 1867-1939 (1)
- S. Liebmann's Sons Brewing Co. (1)
- St. Francis College (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) (1)
- Strong, William L. (William Lafayette), 1827-1900 (1)
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 (1)
- Tiemann, Daniel F. (Daniel Fawcett), 1805-1899 (1)
- Tresca, Carlo, 1879-1943 (1)
- United States. Work Projects Administration (New York, N.Y.) (1)
- United States. Works Progress Administration. Division of Research, Statistics, and Records (1)
- Unknown (1)
- Vance, Samuel B. H., 1814-1890 (1)
- Westervelt, Jacob A. (Jacob Aaron), 1800-1879 (1)
- Wickham, William H., 1832-1893 (1)
- William H. Frank Brewing Company (1)
- Wood, Fernando, 1812-1881 (1)
- Woodhull, Caleb S. (Caleb Smith), 1792-1866 (1)
- X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 (1)