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Alanson T. Briggs records

Collection consists of letter books and correspondence; typescript, handwritten and printed reports and memoranda; statistical tables and graphs; appraisals; blueprints; deed; insurance policies; photographs; sketches; clippings; petitions; and invitations to branch openings. While most of the material pertains to the N.Y.P.L. Carnegie branches, this collection also contains materials on other topics of interest. In addition to information on Carnegie branches in Brooklyn and Queens, there are reports and memoranda, tables and graphs, statistics and budgets relating to these two library systems, as well as to the N.Y.P.L. The collection also contains a transcript of New York Library laws; memoranda on the history of the New York, Brooklyn and Queens public libraries; and material relating to a conflict between the libraries and the Bookbinders' Union, to the sale of the Lenox Library, and to the 42nd Street Building. Of particular interest are the photographs of the Carnegie sites under construction.

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