January 31st, 1907.
Mr. Edwin Markham,
Westerleigh Park, West New Brighton, Staten Island.
My dear Mr. Markham:-
One of the two rooms we have in mind is big enough to hold five or six thousand books, and you have no idea how blue the skies are out...
A two-page spread featuring architects' plans or photographs of twelve public housing projects that are completed, or are being contemplated or proposed for construction in Bronx County. These include--Bronx River, Clason Point, Eastchester, Gun...
Charles Sumner (1811-1874) was a United States senator from Massachusetts and a campaigner against slavery. This is a draft, ca. 1855, of a version of the speech delivered in New York on May 9, 1855, and published that year under the title "The...
At the Grand Concourse & East 166th St. is a home endowed to care for persons who were once wealthy but who lost their money. In--Bronxboro, Vol V., No. 1, pp. 16-17.
Description of the world's largest publisher of library indexes and reference books, which serves customers all around the world. In--Bronxboro, Vol. XXXVI, Summer, pp. 5, 15-16.
Public Buildings; Colleges & Universities; Reservoirs
Resolutions introduced at a Bronx Board of Trade special meeting were for a municipal building to consolidate services; and for use of the unassigned portion of the Jerome Park Reservoir as the Hunter College site. In-- Bronxboro, Vol. IV, Nos 10 &...
Anticipating extensive post war construction, this plan calls for city, state and federal funding for expanded highways and roadways. In-- Bronxboro, Vol. XXI, Nos. 10-11., pp. 19, 38-39, 42.
Bronx Board of Trade; President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Governor Herbert H. Lehman; Anniversary
National, state and city leaders--including President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Governor Herbert H. Lehman, send messages congratulating the Board of Trade on their 45th anniversary. In-- Bronxboro, Vol. XVI, No. 10, pp. 4, 6, 11.
A thirty year overview of Bronx history from Jonas Bronck up to the creation of Bronx County in 1914. In--Bronxboro, Vol. XXI, Nos. 10 - 11, pp. 15, 41, 43.
Cover features photographs of six Bronx colleges. Also included are brief descriptions on colleges in the Bronx. In-- Bronxboro, Vol. XXVII, Nos. 10 - 11, pp. cover, 1.
A return of movie production to the Bronx at the old Biograph Studios, reopened as the Gold Medal Studios. Includes cover photo and description. In--Bronxboro, Vol. XXXIV, Fall, pp. cover, 1, 3, 19.
Landmarks; Buildings; Poe Cottage; Organizations; Edgar Allan Poe; Authors
Describes Poe Cottage, the home of the poet Edgar Allan Poe. Located at Kingsbridge Rd. & the Grand Concourse, the cottage was (then) under the care of the Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences. (It is now administered by The Bronx County Historical...
The N.Y.C. Superintendent of Schools addresses how the school system will reconcile the neighborhood school concept, overcrowding and equal opportunities for all students. In--Bronxboro, Vol. XXXIV, 63rd Anniv. Ed., pp. 7, 37-39, 41-42.
