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Series: 1. Administration, 1855-1993
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Subseries: 1A. Buildings, 1863-1970
: This subseries contains files related to the various buildings the AGS
occupied through the years, including correspondence on the construction
of the buildings and other financial matters. The majority of the
materials focuses on the building where the AGS spent the longest time
located: Broadway and 156th in New York City.
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11 West 29th Street
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Box
8
Folder
1
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pictures, undated
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15 West 81st Street
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Box
36
Folder
1
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architectural drawings, 1900,
undated
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Box
1
Folder
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Box
36
Folder
2
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photograph of building,
undated
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Box
40
Folder
1
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Box
8
Folder
2
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pictures, undated
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Amergeo and Geographical Realty Corporations
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Box
10
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scrapbooks, 1934-1943
2 volumes
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Box
1
Folder
11
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Box
8
Folder
3
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Audubon Terrace Group,
1965-1966
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Box
40
Folder
2
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Broadway and 156th Street
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Box
1
Folder
12
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Box
1
Folder
13-14
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Box
36
Folder
2
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oil paintings, undated
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Box
437
Folder
1
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negatives and positives, 1970,
undated
4 safety film negatives
2 film transparencies
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Box
36
Folder
2
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photograph, 1970
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Box
40
Folder
3
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Box
1
Folder
15
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Box
1
Folder
16
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Box
40
Folder
4
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Box
40
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5
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Box
40
Folder
6
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Box
438
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Photographs for Bowman Memorial Volume ("Amgraphics"), incl.
photographs of staff, negatives, circa
1935
View selections from this folder 96 nitrate negatives : Access to the nitrate negatives is restricted; researchers must use
the digital access copies.
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Box
1
Folder
17
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Subseries: 1B. Financial Records, 1864-1993
: Contains the financial records of the AGS and includes general ledgers,
budget reports, fundraising proposals, information about funds, sales of
AGS publications, and other materials of a financial nature.
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Box
8
Folder
4
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Account Books, 1874-1899
4 volumes
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Box
8
Folder
5
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Account Books, 1950-1967
6 volumes
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Box
8
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6
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Billing Record, contracts and projects,
1969-1979
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Box
8
Folder
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Billing Record, government projects,
1952-1967
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Contributions
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Box
1
Folder
18
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Box
1
Folder
19-20
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Box
1
Folder
21-23
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Box
1
Folder
24
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Box
1
Folder
25
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Box
1
Folder
26
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Foundations
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Box
1
Folder
27
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Box
1
Folder
28
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Box
1
Folder
29
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Box
1
Folder
30-31
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Box
2
Folder
1-3
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Ford Foundation, correspondence, 1954-1962,
undated
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Ford Foundation, presentation,
1955
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Box
2
Folder
5
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general information,
1955-1965
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Box
2
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6
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James Foundation of New York Inc.,
1958-1965
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Box
2
Folder
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Lincoln Ellsworth Foundation,
1959-1968
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Box
2
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8
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Link Foundation,
1967-1968
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation,
1967-1969
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Box
2
Folder
10
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Moses Taylor Foundation,
1960-1966
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Box
2
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11
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Resources for the Future Inc.,
1953
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Box
2
Folder
12
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Rockefeller Foundation,
1930-1952
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Box
2
Folder
13
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schedule of corporate and foundation renewals,
1956-1965
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Box
2
Folder
14
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United States Steel Foundation Inc.,
1964-1965
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Fundraising
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Box
2
Folder
15
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"AGS: A Statement", 1951
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Box
2
Folder
16-17
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general, 1954-1975
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Box
2
Folder
18
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negative, 1960-1964
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Box
2
Folder
19
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"Survey and Plan of Fundraising for the AGS",
1929
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Box
2
Folder
20
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survey of AGS, prepared by Reuel Estill and Company,
1951
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Funds
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Box
2
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21
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analysis by Sarah K. Myers,
1977-1979
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Box
2
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22
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Bowman Memorial Fund,
1950-1977
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Box
2
Folder
23-24
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building, Huntington property transfer,
1965-1984
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Box
2
Folder
25
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building fund, 1876-1910
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Box
2
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26
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Commonwealth Fund,
1967-1968
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Box
2
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27
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general, 1938-1971,
undated
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Box
2
Folder
28
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Granthale Fund,
1952-1978
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Box
2
Folder
29
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Huntington Trust Fund,
1940-1975
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Box
2
Folder
30
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Box
2
Folder
31
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permanent endowment fund, 1920-1975,
undated
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Restricted Funds
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Box
3
Folder
1-2
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background information, incl. wills,
1898-1975
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Box
3
Folder
3
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capital gains,
1971-1974
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Box
3
Folder
4
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memoranda, 1971-1995
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Box
3
Folder
5
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use of principal,
1971-1978
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Box
3
Folder
6-8
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Rockefeller Brothers Fund,
1964-1972
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Box
3
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9
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solicitation for endowment funds, 1919-1933,
undated
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Box
3
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10
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special projects, Teggart-Rosenberg Fund,
1927-1940
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General
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Box
3
Folder
11
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account for Alois Musil's Arabian publications,
1924-1954
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Box
3
Folder
12
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Box
3
Folder
13
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budget, 1954-1970
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Box
3
Folder
14-17
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budget reports,
1942-1949
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Box
8
Folder
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controller's office memoranda,
1962-1963
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Box
3
Folder
18
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early funds and receipts,
1864-1865
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Box
3
Folder
19
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expenditures, 1954-1966
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Box
3
Folder
20-23
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financial statements,
1928-1970
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Box
3
Folder
24
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financial statements, drafts,
1930-1941
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Box
3
Folder
25
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publication program,
1926-1928
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Box
3
Folder
26
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real estate, New York City Department of Finance,
1917
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Box
3
Folder
27
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responses from Council on deficit,
1932-1942
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Box
4
Folder
1
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special committee on increasing revenues,
1946
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Box
4
Folder
2
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special projects, war and peace maps,
1939-1940
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Box
4
Folder
3
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tax exemption, 1908
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Box
4
Folder
4
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taxes, 1935-1941
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Geographical Library Society
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Box
4
Folder
5
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certificate of incorporation and by-laws,
1880
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Box
4
Folder
6
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checkbook, 1881-1889
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Box
4
Folder
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correspondence,
1876-1891
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Box
41
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meeting minutes,
1880-1890
1 volume
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Box
4
Folder
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minutes of stockholders and trustees,
1889-1890, undated
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property on West 29th Street
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Box
4
Folder
9
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leases, 1881-1888
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Box
4
Folder
10
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returning of stock, 1887-1889,
undated
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Box
4
Folder
11
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vouchers and receipts, 1881-1888,
undated
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Box
4
Folder
12
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stock certificates and transfers,
1888-1902
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Box
41
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stock certificates book,
1880-1888
1 volume
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Box
8
Folder
9-11
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Journal Vouchers, 1980-1982
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Ledgers
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cash journals (C1-C13)
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Box
11
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receipts and disbursements,
1863-1898
6 volumes
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Box
12
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receipts and disbursements,
1898-1911
5 volumes
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Box
13
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receipts and disbursements,
1911-1918
5 volumes
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Box
14
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receipts and disbursements,
1918-1926
4 volumes
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Box
15
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receipts and disbursements,
1923-1929
4 volumes
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Volume
3-31
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receipts and disbursements,
1929-1992
29 volumes
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Box
16
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transfers, 1929-1959
4 volumes
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Volume
1-2
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treasurer's book,
1875-1887
2 volumes
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Box
17
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general ledgers,
1885-1935
4 volumes
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Volume
32-49
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general ledgers, incl. subsidiaries,
1936-1989
17 volumes
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Box
8
Folder
12-13
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general ledgers, 1993
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miscellaneous (M1-M10)
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Box
18
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blotter, 1887-1915
2 volumes
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Box
18
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building receipts for construction at 156th and
Broadway, 1909-1912
1 volume
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Box
18
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Catskill map sales,
1907-1910
1 volume
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Box
18
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Geographical Library Society, receipts and
disbursements, 1880-1890
1 volume
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Box
18
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insurance record,
1890-1915
1 volume
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Volume
50-51
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investment funds,
1937-1970
2 volumes
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Box
18
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journals stock and delivery,
1888-1915
1 volume
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Box
18
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mortgage investments,
1898-1936
2 volumes
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Volume
52-53
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mortgage investments,
1933-1946
2 volumes
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Box
18
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postage disbursements,
1892-1928
1 volume
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petty cash (P1-P9)
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Box
19
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account books,
1887-1932
7 volumes
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Box
20
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account books,
1932-1938
1 volume
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Box
21
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account books,
1939-1954
6 volumes
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Box
20
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multi-column summary,
1915-1927
1 volume
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Box
20
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S of S account,
1926-1927
1 volume
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sales record (S1-S5)
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Volume
54-59
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AGS publications,
1918-1971
6 volumes
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Box
8
Folder
14-23
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AGS publications,
1971-1975
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Volume
60
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bills for copies of Journal of
the American Geographical Society of New York
and Bulletin of the American
Geographical Society sold,
1890-1915
1 volume
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Volume
61
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map of the Americas 1:5,000,000,
1942-1947
1 volume
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Box
22
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trial balances (T1-T5),
1887-1950
8 volumes
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Volume
62
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trial balances,
1950-1954
1 volume
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Legacies and Bequests
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Box
4
Folder
13
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Bacon, Francis M., 1913
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Box
4
Folder
14
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Borup, Henry D., father of George Borup,
1912-1924
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Box
4
Folder
15-16
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Cullum, George W.,
1890-1896
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Box
4
Folder
17
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Daly, Charles P.,
1894-1915
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Box
4
Folder
18
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De Vaugrigneuse, Sarah M.,
1905-1911
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Box
4
Folder
19
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Ford, James B.,
1928-1929
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Box
4
Folder
20
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general, 1964, undated
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Box
4
Folder
21
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Huntington, Collis P. and Arabella D.,
1901-1927
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Box
4
Folder
22
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Mills, Darius O., 1910
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Box
4
Folder
23
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Molyneaux, Silas D.,
1963-1976
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Box
4
Folder
24
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Parks, Harold E. and Susan T.,
1960-1971
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Box
4
Folder
25
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Price, Eli K., 1968
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Box
4
Folder
26
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Robbins, Chandler,
1926-1928
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Box
4
Folder
27
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Sands, William R.,
1908-1909
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Box
4
Folder
28
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Von Post, Herman C.,
1914
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Box
4
Folder
29
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Whitaker, John E.,
1930-1931
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Box
4
Folder
30
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Wolff, Emil, 1918-1926
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Payroll
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Volume
63-66
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employee records,
1929-1979
4 volumes
: Access to these volumes is restricted.
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Volume
67
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employee records, incl. departmental analysis,
1955-1982
1 volume
: Access to this volume is restricted.
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Box
4
Folder
31-34
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employee records,
1949-1955
: Access to these records is restricted.
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Box
4
Folder
35-36
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employee records, 1983,
1993
: Access to these records is restricted.
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Box
4
Folder
37
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manual, 1968
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Box
4
Folder
38
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time records, 1943-1953
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Box
4
Folder
39-42
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Treasurer's Monthly Reports,
1886-1912
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Box
5
Folder
1
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Treasurer's Monthly Reports,
1913-1925
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Subseries: 1C. Legal Records, 1954-1986
: This subseries is comprised of correspondence with different law firms
the AGS worked with in dealing with various legal issues, particularly
the moving of the library and map collections. It includes
correspondence with John E. Gould, before he became president of the AGS
while he practiced at the law firm of Webster & Sheffield.
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Box
2-12
Folder
2-12
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General, 1954-1986
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Box
1-3
Folder
1-3
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Memoranda, 1971-1977
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Subseries: 1D. Membership, 1857-1978
: This subseries contains files relating to membership, including lists of
fellows, dues paid, and resignations. Includes ledgers, scrapbooks,
publications, and correspondence. For honorary and corresponding
membership records, see Series 7C. For a full index of members and the
different types of members, see the list below.
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Box
5
Folder
13
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Annual and Life Membership, 1860-1932,
undated
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Box
36
Folder
3
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Certificates, 1857
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Box
5
Folder
14
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Certificates (blank),
undated
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Box
9
Folder
4
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Circulars and Other Printed Materials,
1862-1933
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Box
9
Folder
5
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Corporate, 1968
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Box
9
Folder
6
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Distinguished Fellows (non-geographers),
1968
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Box
5
Folder
15
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Ex-Officio Members,
1860-1891
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Box
9
Folder
7
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Fellows, 1968, undated
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members, circa 1950-1978
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Box
23
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A-Bo
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Box
24
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Br-Da
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Box
25
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De-F
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Box
26
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G-Hi
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Box
27
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Ho-Kn
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Box
28
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Ki-Ma
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Box
29
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Mc-Ol
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Box
30
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Om-Ro
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Box
31
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Ru-Sq
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Box
32
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St-V
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Box
33
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W-Z
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Box
9
Folder
8
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Introduction and Directory of Life Fellows,
1968
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Ledgers (F1-F13)
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Box
35
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accounts against deceased fellows,
1888-1910
1 volume
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Box
35
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index, 1909-1916
3 volumes
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Box
35
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life fellows, 1852-1941
1 volume
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Box
34
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lists of members,
1859-1887
2 volumes
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Box
34
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names and dues payments,
1859-1905
3 volumes
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Box
35
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names and dues payments,
1929-1953
2 volumes
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Box
34
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number of fellows and list of dropped fellows,
1892-1928
1 volume
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Volume
68-71
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treasurer's book, names and dues payments,
1873-1916
4 volumes
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Box
9
Folder
9
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Life Members, 1967-1968
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Box
5
Folder
16
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List of Ministers and Consuls (ex-officio members?),
undated
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Box
9
Folder
10
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Members' Book, 1917
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Box
9
Folder
11
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Box
9
Folder
12
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Notebook of Proposed Candidates,
1892-1915
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Box
9
Folder
13
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Responses on Becoming Members
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Abbot, Henry L.?, 1875
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Anderson, Henry H., 1887
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Anderson, R.S., 1887
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Archer, George R., 1886
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Baker, P.C., 1887
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Balch, Edwin S., 1898
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Batchelor, Charles, 1898
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Beard, Daniel C., 1901
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Belding, Milo M., 1897
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Beer, William, 1897
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Brown, M. Bayard, 1887
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Davis, William Morris,
1904
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Dewey, Davis R., 1901
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Dieterich, Charles F.,
1894
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Drexel, A.J., 1887
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Dunn, George W., 1894
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Du Pont, Henry A., 1889
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Duvall, W.C., 1894
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Eastman, George, 1904
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Field, C.P., 1875
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Folsom, George W., 1875
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Grant, Madison, 1905
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Greer, Henry, 1881
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell,
1888
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Howells, William D.,
1909
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James, William, 1889
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Jastrow, Joseph, 1888
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McMauer, James?, 1875
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Maury, Mytton, 1882
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Nash, J., 1875
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Parish, Henry, Jr., 1904
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Pinchot, Gifford, 1893
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Sherman, William T.,
1874
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Stefansson, Vilhjalmur,
1907
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Tuckerman, Paul, 1901
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Van Dyke, Henry, 1887
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Van Dyke, Henry I., Jr.,
1886
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Box
37-39
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Scrapbooks, publications and fellows circulars,
1921-1966
4 volumes
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Subseries: 1E. Objectives, Policies, and Plans,
1930-1968
: This subseries includes files on planning documents for and reports on
the future of the AGS, and includes fundraising possibilities and other
proposals. There are also materials on the policies of the AGS and an
operations manual. Contains mostly correspondence and reports.
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Box
9
Folder
14
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"AGS: Its Needs and Its Future",
1966
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Box
9
Folder
15
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Description of Departments and Activities, circa
1950
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Box
9
Folder
16
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"Existing and Potential Activities",
1946
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Box
9
Folder
17
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"Geography and the AGS: 1968-1978",
1968
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Box
9
Folder
18
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"Industry and the AGS", 1964
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Box
9
Folder
19
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Memo by Wilma B. Fairchild,
1957
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Box
9
Folder
20
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Operations Manual, circa
1945
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Planning Documents
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Box
5
Folder
17
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key, undated
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Box
5
Folder
18
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P1, reports, notes, and correspondence,
1933-1944
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Box
6
Folder
1-4
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P2-4, reports, notes, and correspondence,
1946-1949
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Box
6
Folder
5
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P5, miscellaneous,
1948-1949
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Box
6
Folder
6
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P6, proposed exhibition,
1947
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Box
9
Folder
21
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"Policies and Purpose of the AGS",
1947-1952
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Box
9
Folder
22
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Praise of AGS, 1930-1944
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Box
9
Folder
23
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Presentation of the AGS,
1966
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Box
9
Folder
24
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Report on AGS Activities,
1949
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Box
9
Folder
25
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"Report on the AGS" by Richard U. Light,
1948
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Box
9
Folder
26
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Special Committee on Education and Publications,
1946-1947
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Box
9
Folder
27
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Special Committee on Planning,
1947
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Box
9
Folder
28
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Special Committee on the Society's Program,
1946-1950
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Box
9
Folder
29
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Statement on the AGS, 1954-1957,
undated
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Subseries: 1F. Staff, 1855-1987
: The Staff subseries contains miscellaneous information, general
correspondence, and photographs on a number of former staff members, and
includes biographies of staff members who worked at the AGS in the 1950s
and 1960s.
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Box
6
Folder
7-8
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Autobiographies
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Box
40
Folder
7
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Box
9
Folder
30
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volume I, senior staff members, text,
1964
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Box
40
Folder
8
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Box
9
Folder
31-32
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volume II, current and past staff, text,
1968
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Box
9
Folder
33
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Biographies, 1952
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Box
40
Folder
9
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Box
437
Folder
1
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Collins, Sam G., negative,
1971
1 safety film negative
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Box
7
Folder
1
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Box
7
Folder
2
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Diary of Keeper of Rooms,
1857-1862
1 volume
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Box
7
Folder
3
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Employee Policies and Benefit Plans,
1944-1974
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Box
9
Folder
34
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Felland, Nordis, 1940-1967,
undated
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Box
9
Folder
35
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Heusser, Calvin J.,
1961-1966
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Box
9
Folder
36
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Hitchcock, Charles B., 1928
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Box
9
Folder
37
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Letts, Thomas, 1889-1916
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Box
40
Folder
10
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Box
9
Folder
38
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Lists of AGS Staff Members,
1951-1970
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Box
9
Folder
39
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Lowenthal, David, 1967-1968
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Box
40
Folder
11
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Box
9
Folder
40
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McNee, Robert B., 1974-1987
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Box
9
Folder
41
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Miller, Osborn Maitland,
1938-1950
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Box
9
Folder
42
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Miscellaneous, 1936-1943,
undated
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Box
437
Folder
1
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Negatives, 1965-1967,
undated
35 safety film negatives
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Box
40
Folder
12-13
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Box
9
Folder
43
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Platt, Elizabeth T.,
1937-1944
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Box
9
Folder
44
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Ralphs, Howland D.,
1899-1916
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Box
9
Folder
45
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Wright, John K., 1920
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Box
9
Folder
46
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Wrigley, Gladys M.,
1913-1948
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Box
7
Folder
4
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Yonge, Ena L., 1946-1965
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