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The library : an East-Side scrapbook.
- Title
- The library : an East-Side scrapbook.
- Author
- Finkel, Gertrude, 1898-1994
- Publication
- 1931-1970.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | box 1 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 25816 box 1 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Details
- Description
- .25 linear feet (1 box)
- Summary
- Gertrude Finkel (1898-1994) was a librarian with The New York Public Library, associated for many years with the Library's Hamilton Fish Park Branch on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The Branch opened in 1909 at 388 East Houston Street, serving a predominantly immigrant population. It closed in 1958 to prepare for removal to a new location, reopening at 415 East Houston Street in 1960. The collection consists of a scrapbook (1 volume, disbound), dated 1931-1963, containing watercolor drawings and pasted photographs and clippings depicting activities at the Hamilton Fish Park Branch Library, accompanied by some loose items and personal correspondence of Gertrude Finkel, dated 1940-1970. Content focuses on reader services and community programs at the Branch, mainly during the 1930s and 1940s, evoking the ethnic makeup of the Lower East Side, especially its Jewish heritage. A few later staff photos mark the transition from the "old HF" to the new location.
- Subjects
- New York Public Library > Hamilton Fish Park Branch
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Scrapbooks
- Photographs
- Jews > Social life and customs
- Immigrants > New York (State) > New York
- Public libraries > New York (State) > New York > Pictorial works
- Branch libraries > New York (State) > New York > Pictorial works
- Librarians
- Drawings (visual works)
- Jews, East European > New York (State) > New York
- Personal correspondence
- Pen and wash drawings
- Amateur theater > United States > History > 20th century
- Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 20th century > Pictorial works
- Genre/Form
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Drawings (visual works)
- Pen and wash drawings.
- Personal correspondence.
- Photographs.
- Scrapbooks.
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Call Number
- MssCol 25816
- OCLC
- 1179006743
- Author
- Finkel, Gertrude, 1898-1994, creator.
- Title
- The library : an East-Side scrapbook.
- Production
- 1931-1970.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Source
- Purchase; 2019.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Librarians.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 25816