What are the best resources for information about ca1900 New York City
companies? Looking for dates of operation, street addresses, personnel,
etc. An example company is the Jacob Mark Foundry. |
Clarification of Question by
gren-ga
on
19 Feb 2004 13:52 PST
Forgot to mention, I am peninsulators.org, so already know what's on that site
(one of the few online references to Jacob Mark Foundry)
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Clarification of Question by
gren-ga
on
20 Feb 2004 12:30 PST
I am looking for *any* resources at all, not just online-- or any
method or process for finding this information, short of flying to NYC
and doing the research in person.
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
01 Mar 2004 19:11 PST
Not enough information here to constitute a full-fledged answer, but
here's what I heard from an archivist in NY, in response to my query
about Dodge and Sayre:
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Subject: Re: Dodge and Sayre
For information on Manhattan business records we suggest you contact
the New York County State Supreme Court, Division of Old Records, 60
Centre Street, Room 161, New York, NY 10007 [(212) 374-4376].
To locate biographical details on Dodge and Sayer we suggest you
contact the following organizations:
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Library
122 East 58th Street
New York, NY 10022
(212) 755-8532
library@nygbs.org
New York Historical Society Library
2 West 77th Street
New York, NY 10024
(212) 873-3400 ext. 225, 226
reference@nyhistory.org
Sincerely,
Richard Gelbke
Archives Specialist
New York Archives
archives@newyork.nara.gov
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Hope that helps.
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Clarification of Question by
gren-ga
on
02 Mar 2004 08:52 PST
Thanks for the information. I'm aware of the New-York Historical Society
(yes, hyphen is correct), they're an old and excellent organization:
http://www.nyhistory.org/
their holdings are searchable using BobCat, NYU's online catalog:
http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu/
I will call the Division of Old Records, but it's worrysome that he
said "Manhattan business records" only. Will see what they say.
The genealogical/biographic society was new to me, I'll give them a
try too and report back.
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Clarification of Question by
gren-ga
on
02 Mar 2004 13:17 PST
Spoke with the Division of Old Records just now. They have paper records
stored variously (some local, some off-site). They had never heard of Jacob
Mark Foundry, which bodes ill. They had heard of Cornell Ironworks, which
is good, since they exist today. Someone's going to have to visit in person
to make full use of those records; they suggest calling ahead first with names
of interested companies to make sure the records will be available when you
arrive. Alas, as I'm in California, so won't be dropping by any time soon.
Wish I could swap N hours of New York research time for N hours of San Francisco
(or any Peninsula) research.
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