Photographic prints
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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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Alice Crimmins closed case files
Collection REC-0065
Abstract:
On July 14, 1965, Eddie Jr. and Alice Marie Crimmins disappeared from their home, later to be found murdered. Their mother, Alice Crimmins, became the number one suspect in their death. This collection contains the Queens County District Attorney’s investigative files into the crime, which were used to indict, and eventually convict, Alice Crimmins for the crime.
Dates:
1964-1971
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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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Commissioner Idilio Gracia Peña records
Collection REC-0018
Abstract:
Idilio Gracia Peña served as the Director of the New York City Municipal Archives from 1978-1989 and Commissioner of the New York City Department of Records and Information Services from 1990-1995. This collection contains the records of his tenure.
Dates:
1961-1995; bulk 1977-1995
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Lindbergh baby kidnapping closed case files
Collection REC-0066
Abstract:
On March 1, 1932, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., son of the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife, Anne, was kidnapped from his crib at the Lindbergh’s home in East Amwell, New Jersey. This collection comes from the Bronx District Attorney’s office, which handled the extortion charge and took part in the extradition of accused kidnapper and murderer, Richard Hauptmann, and deals with the overall case. The papers cover the murder trial and consist of correspondence, reports and miscellaneous...
Dates:
1926-1936
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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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Mayor William O’Dwyer records
Collection REC-0014
Abstract:
William O’Dwyer was the 100th Mayor of New York City from 1946-1950. This collection predominantly contains the material generated by the daily workings of the Office of the Mayor during his administration.
Dates:
1917-1964; bulk 1946-1950
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- New York (State). District Attorney (New York County, N.Y.) (2)
- Audubon Ballroom (New York, N.Y.) (1)
- Bennett, John J. (John James), 1894-1967 (1)
- Bronx County District Attorney's Office (1)
- Butler, Norman (1)
- Carlo Tresca Memorial Committee (N.Y.) (1)
- Crimmins, Alice (1)
- Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971 (1)
- Fisch, Isidor Srul, 1905-1934 (1)
- Giovannitti, Arturo M., 1884-1959 (1)
- Gracia Peña, Idilio (1)
- Hagan, Thomas (1)
- Hauptmann, Bruno Richard, 1899-1936 (1)
- Hogan, Frank Smithwick, 1902-1974 (1)
- Impellitteri, Vincent R. (Vincent Richard), 1900-1987 (1)
- Industrial Workers of the World (1)
- Johnson, Thomas (Thomas 15x) (1)
- Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-2001 (1)
- Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 (1)
- Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, 1930-1932 (1)
- Mackell, Thomas J. (Thomas James), 1914- (1)
- Morgenthau, Robert M. (1)
- Moses, Robert, 1888-1981 (1)
- Municipal Reference and Research Center (New York, N.Y.) (1)
- National Endowment for the Humanities (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Department of Finance (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Department of Finance. Bureau of Real Property Assessment (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Department of Records and Information Services (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Mayor's Committee for the Commemoration of the Golden Anniversary of the City of New York (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Municipal Archives (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Municipal Archives and Records Center (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Office of the Mayor (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Tax Department (1)
- New York (State). Court of Appeals (1)
- New York (State). District Attorney (Queens County) (1)
- New York (State). Legislature (1)
- New York (State). Office of the District Attorney (Kings County) (1)
- New York (State). Supreme Court (1)
- New York Archival Society (New York, N.Y.) (1)
- O'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 (1)
- Organization of Afro-American Unity (1)
- Tammany Hall (Political organization) (1)
- Tammany Society, or Columbian Order (New York, N.Y.) (1)
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 (1)
- Tresca, Carlo, 1879-1943 (1)
- United Nations (1)
- United States Bureau of Investigation (1)
- United States. Department of Justice. Division of Investigation (1)
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation (1)
- United States. National Historical Publications and Records Commission (1)
- United States. Work Projects Administration (New York, N.Y.) (1)
- United States. Works Progress Administration. Division of Research, Statistics, and Records (1)
- X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 (1)