Letter written by Walter H. Siple, Assistant to the Directors, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University to Juliana Force, Whitney Studio, dated December 5, 1927.
Typed letter from Walter H. Siple, Assistant to the Directors, Fogg Art Museum to Harley Perkins, Art Editor, The Boston Evening Transcript, dated October 22, 1927.
Letter written by Walter H. Siple, Assistant to the Directors, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University to Juliana Force, Whitney Studio, dated November 26, 1927.
Excerpts from report about -- need for a Health Building, examination of European methods of garbage disposal, stadium plans for the Jerome Park Reservoir site, plans for a Bronx Health Exposition; and dust and soot from the United Electric Power...
Resolution on the death of Louis A. Risse, the engineer who prepared the plans for the Grand Boulevard and Concourse. Also, early information on a bridge to connect the boroughs. In--Minutes of Directors Meetings, Vol. 14, pp. 37-38.
Stadiums; Traffic; Transportation; Streets and Avenues
Includes references to Yankee Stadium area improvements; the Grand Concourse traverse road and traffic. In--Minutes of the Directors Meeting, Vol. 10, pp. 266-267.
Hospitals; Fire Insurance; Events; Police Dept.; Military Training
Describes needs of Fordham Hospital, reduced fire insurance rates, an orphans outing at Clason Point, police activities along Third Ave, armory military lectures and a training camp at For Schuyler. In--Minutes of Directors Meetings, Vol. 5, pp....
Street Conditions; Spies and Enemy Agents; World War I
Notes concern for anti-littering, and Mott Ave. street laying. Also noted is a resolution about the treatment of spies and enemy agents. In--Minutes of Directors Meetings, Vol. 6, pp. 34-35.
Streets and Avenues; Colleges & Universities; Schools
References to the Grand Concourse; location of Hunter College; and property for Theodore Roosevelt H.S. In--Minutes of Directors Meetings, Vol. 11, p 214.
Schools; Parking; Peddling; Sex Offenders; Steel Shortage; Libraries
Minutes reflect issues of concern--school prayer, double parking, itinerant street peddling, allocation of steel for West Farms library construction; and the need for legislation to address the problem of sex offenders. In--Minutes of Directors...
Colleges & Universities; Schools; Libraries; Streets and Avenues
Reports related to vote on Hunter College, approval for Evander Childs High School, a proposal for a public library in the Jennings Street area, and endorsement of the acquisition of a site for a new school on Bailey Ave. In--Minutes of Directors...
Bill of exchange in the "free town" of Sierra Leone from R'd [Richard] Bright to "The Chairman and Court of Directors of the Sierra Leone Company, London," to be paid to the order of Michael Macmillan.
Loan receipt compiled by the Fogg Art Museum Registrar to the Whitney Studio Club, April 12, 1928. Document is nine pages. Each page is signed by the Registrar. Includes a catalog number and description for 42 artworks received.
