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New York City Public Health and Safety Administration photographs

 Collection
Identifier: PPC .N48

Scope and Contents

The album is labeled 'Administration' but the collection is primarily of water use and public health in NYC, fire protection, public street cleaning, health and disease control, NYC, almost all are copy prints probably used for lectures etc. Some are marked as Museum use only. Mounted on filecards.

Dates

  • 1921-1936

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Please contact Special Collections; materials are sometimes restricted.

Extent

265 Photographic Prints (1 box)

General

Previous numbers used: USDE 43, PC Inv. 319;Includes captions on backs of filecards.

Includes negative numbers.

Photographs are mounted on 91 filecards.

Coles, Charles H., 1906-, photog; Julius Kirschner, photog; Irving Dutcher, photog.

Condition Note

Condition reviewed 2010 good; Prints are sleeved.

Title
New York City Public Health and Safety Administration photographs, 1921-1936
Author
Iris Lee, 2010
Date
2010
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English
Sponsor
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation provided support to make this finding aid available in ArchivesSpace (2016-2017). Minimal level collection record created with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Hidden Collections grant, 2010.

Repository Details

Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository

Contact:
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024 USA
(212) 769-5420