UPTON SINCLAIR
LOS ANGELES WEST BRANCH
CALIFORNIA
May 1933
Dear Friend:
I didn't expect to send you another circular this spring; but it appears that I have written another book!
So many persons have been asking me for something on the...
February 19, 1916.
Mr. Edwin Markham,
92 Waters Avenue,
West New Brighton,
Staten Island, New York.
My dear Markham:-
I have been working hard trying to get the Christian Socialist Fellowship movement going and have had two or three talks with Dr....
A scenic view of Cranston's Hotel (upper right corner) at West Point on Hudson. Cranston's, among the most prominent nineteenth-century resorts in America, was later converted to a school for girls (Ladycliff Academy) in September, 1900, under the...
Caption on original reads: "NEW YORK & BROOKLYN BRIDGE" [top of card]; "BROOKLYN BRIDGE FROM NEW YORK, IRVING UNDERHILL, 17 PARK PLACE, New York" [bottom of card]. This image depicts a bustling New York Harbor scene, specifically of the East River...
Universities and Colleges--New York (State)--New York--Anniversaries, etc.
A description of new accounting practices taught to students, including spreadsheets, statistical software packages, new tax laws, the use of historical statistics, and all regulations of the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the Securities...
Universities and Colleges--New York (State)--New York--Anniversaries, etc.
Discussion of the three major figures involved in the creation of the college and its early years: Judge Charles M. Colden, of distinguished New York lineage; Fiorello LaGuardia, activist and popular mayor of New York City from 1933-1945; and Paul...
This color postcard is an idealized drawing of the Empire State Building looking at it from Fifth Avenue. There are the smaller buildings surrounding the Empire State Building. On Fifth Avenue, people are walking on the sidewalks while the street...
Eighth Avenue Traffic Halted - New York - Alert-curious office workers, peering down from buildings at Eighth Avenue and 34th Street saw traffic halted in orderly fashion by helmeted policemen and civilian defense officers. At 2:55 the practice...
In a mix of text, photographs and illustrations, in a two column layout, general campus events are summed up through the Fall of 1939 and events emphasizing impending war-time coming to Queens College are noted, introducing the Spring of 1940....
Image of 33rd Street and Broadway toward the end of the 19th Century showing an elevated train station and horse drawn carriages facing the area that later became Greeley Square.
Shows the Murray Hill Tunnel, later called the Park Avenue Tunnel, with Fourth Avenue Horse Car Line "Harlem via Madison Av." with The Church of the Messiah in background.
Urban transportation--New York (State)--New York. Â
View of passenger and arriving train on elevated platform; Chrysler and Chanin buildings visible in distance. Caption on back indicates this was the last el in the city, and was slated to be torn down.
Page 111, cover page in Organizations section (pp. 111-135), which includes Clubs, Sororities and Fraternities. The cover page contains the title and a line drawing that depicts the many activities of students at the College. All the photographs in...
Universities and Colleges--New York (State)--New York--Anniversaries, etc.
Through a newsletter entitled Postscript, the writer assisted in the placement of women, minorities, and the handicapped in wartime jobs, including the famed "Rosie the Riveter." The college received national recognition for its "unique preparatory...
In a mix of text and photographs, in a two column layout (except the last two pages) the Class of 1941 History concludes in the Spring of 1941. A Musical Variety show was noted as well as One-Act Play Contest. Karol Rathaus of the Music...
