American Geographical Society of New York Records, 1723-2010,  (bulk bulk 1854-2000)

 
Contents List
Container Title
Subseries: 4A. General Files, 1854-2009
Scope and Content Note: This subseries includes the general files of the AGS Council, which manages the affairs, property, collections, and funds of the AGS. Contains correspondence, reports, and meeting minutes, both from the council and its different committees that deal with specific areas of the AGS, such as the Executive, Honors, and House Committees.
Box   102
Folder   1
Agendas, 1873-1929
Box   98
Folder   1-4
Annual Reports, 1857, 1959-1977
Box   102
Folder   2
Attendance Record, 1974-1979
Box   98
Folder   5
Authorization to Sell Building, 1978, undated
Box   98
Folder   6
Biographical Material, 1929-1952
Box   98
Folder   7
Board of Sponsors, 1984
Box   98
Folder   8
Candidates for Appointment, 1979
Box   98
Folder   9
Changes in Charter and By-Laws, 1967-1979, undated
Box   99
Folder   1-3
Charter and By-Laws, 1857-1979, undated
Box   99
Folder   4
Committee Agendas (Library, Lectures, Exploration, Medals, etc.), 1915-1929
Box   99
Folder   5-8
Committees of the Council, minutes, 1916-1948
Box   102
Folder   3
Conservation Committee, 1964-1965
Box   99
Folder   9
Correspondence to all Councilors, 1966-1987
Box   100
Folder   1
Conkling, Frederick A., report on new members, 1871
Hammond, Henry B., election as librarian, 1868
Hawks, Francis L., biography, undated
Jessup, Morris K., building, 1892-1900
Julien, Alexis A., Peary Medal, 1897
Kissel, Gustav E., election to Council and finances, 1889-1900
Libbey, William, Obelisk in Central Park, Alexis A. Julien, 1893
Mills, D.O., building, 1896-1899
Raven, Anton A., and John Greenough, purchase of new maps, 1913
Robbins, Chandler, report to Richard E. Dodge, 1897
Robbins, Chandler, invitation to George S. Bowdoin, 1901
Russell, Archibald, meeting, 1859
Thompson, Joseph B., election as honorary secretary, 1874
Box   100
Folder   2-3
Executive Committee, 1955-1968
Box   100
Folder   4
Extension Committee, 1962-1966
Box   100
Folder   5
Finance Committee, 1956-1968
Box   118
Folder   1-2
Finance Committee, minutes, 1875-1914
Physical Description: 2 volumes 
Box   100
Folder   6
Foundation Committee, 1956
Box   100
Folder   7
Honors and Medalists, 1975
Box   100
Folder   8
Honors Committee, 1939-1968
Box   100
Folder   9
House Committee, agendas, 1914-1929
Box   100
Folder   10
Interim Report on AGS Activities, 1953-1954
Box   100
Folder   11
Items Discarded by Burton Adkinson, undated
Box   101
Folder   1-2
Lists of Councilors, Officers, and Committees, 1950-1984, undated
Box   102
Folder   4
Meeting Resolutions and Approvals, 1856-1866
Minutes
Box   103
volumes 1-4, May 1854 - Apr 1862

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Physical Description: 4 volumes 
Box   104
volumes 5-10, Apr 1862 - Dec 1891

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Note: Volume 7 (1866-1871?) is missing and believed to be non-extant.

Physical Description: 4 volumes 
Box   105
volumes 11-13, Jan 1892 - Apr 1903

View selections from volumes 11-13


Physical Description: 3 volumes 
Box   106
volumes 14-16, Nov 1903 - Apr 1915

View selections from volumes 14-16


Physical Description: 3 volumes 
Box   107
volumes 17-18, Nov 1915 - Mar 1923

View selections from volumes 17-18


Physical Description: 2 volumes 
Box   108
Folder   1-6
volumes 19-22, Nov 1923 - Dec 1947
Box   109
Folder   1-6
1948-1963
Box   110
Folder   1-7
1964-1974
Box   111
Folder   1-7
1975-1978
Box   112
Folder   1-5
1978-1981
Box   113
Folder   1-6
1982-1984
Box   114
Folder   1-7
1985-1990
Box   115
Folder   1-7
1991-1998
Box   116
Folder   1-7
1999-2003
Electronic Folder  
2003-2004
Box   117
Folder   1-7
2004-2009
indexes

Other Finding Aids Index to Council and Society Minutes
Box   118
Folder   3
council minutes, 1854-1856
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   119
council minutes, notecards, incl. society meetings and committee meetings, circa 1856-1933
Box   120-121
council minutes, notecards, incl. society meetings and committee meetings, circa 1915-1939
Box   101
Folder   3-4
council minutes, 1954-1968
Box   102
Folder   5
Miscellaneous, 1964-1968
Box   102
Folder   6
Names Before the Committee, 1894-1909
Box   101
Folder   5
New Appointments and Resignations, 1973-1985
Box   102
Folder   7
Nominating Committee, 1908-1939, 1967
Box   101
Folder   6
Panel of Technical Advisers, 1984
Box   102
Folder   8
Publication Committee, 1915-1929
Box   101
Folder   7-8
Report on the AGS, 1948-1950
Box   102
Folder   9
Reports and Proposed Amendments to By-Laws, 1874-1876, undated
Box   101
Folder   9-11
Roll Books, 1889-1940
Box   102
Folder   10-11
Rules, 1892-1932, undated
Box   102
Folder   12
Special Committee on Planning, 1947-1948
Box   102
Folder   13
Suggested Projects, 1896-1897
Box   102
Folder   14
Testimonial to Edward R. Straznicky, 1869