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Title: AAMI Annual Dinner "Blueprint" Announcement, 1916
Description: Blueprint announcement of the dinner menu for the 15th Annual Alumni Association of Mechanics' Institute held on April 29, 1916 at Castle Cave Restaurant (271 Seventh Avenue, near 26th Street).
Type: text, still image
Genre: announcements, blueprints (reprographic copies)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_010

Title: AAMI Annual Dinner "Blueprint" Announcement, 1915
Description: Blueprint announcement of the dinner menu for the 14th Annual Alumni Association of Mechanics' Institute held on April 24, 1915 at Hotel Breslin.
Type: text, still image
Genre: announcements, blueprints (reprographic copies)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_009

Title: AAMI Annual Dinner Menu, 1910
Description: The dinner menu for the 9th Annual Alumni Association of Mechanics' Institute held on April 23, 1910.
Type: text, still image
Genre: menus
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_006

Title: Invitation to Founders Day honoring Carnegie
Description: Invitation for the Founders Day banquet honoring Mr and Mrs Carnegie. The celebration was held on November 18, 1905 at Delmonico's in New York and honored Mr and Mrs Carnegie; Andrew Carnegie, himself a member of GSMT, contributed over half a million dollars to the General Society between 1899 and 1908.
Type: text
Genre: invitations
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_071

Title: Ticket Subscription Enclosure Card for Founders Day honoring Carnegie
Description: Ticket subscription enclosure card for the Founders Day banquet honoring Mr and Mrs Carnegie. The celebration was held on November 18, 1905 at Delmonico's in New York and honored Mr and Mrs Carnegie; Andrew Carnegie, himself a member of GSMT, contributed over half a million dollars to the General Society between 1899 and 1908.
Type: text
Genre: reply cards
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_070

Title: Ticket Subscription Card for Founders Day honoring Carnegie
Description: Ticket subscription for the Founders Day banquet honoring Mr and Mrs Carnegie. The celebration was held on November 18, 1905 at Delmonico's in New York and honored Mr and Mrs Carnegie; Andrew Carnegie, himself a member of GSMT, contributed over half a million dollars to the General Society between 1899 and 1908.
Type: text
Genre: reply cards
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_069

Title: A. G. Hagstrom Mechanics' Institute Instructor Information Card
Description: Instructor information card for Anders Gunnar Hagstrom. He began as an instructor at the Mechanics' Institute on September 26, 1924, finished on April 5, 1929 and was reinstated from February, 1933 to March, 1937. Hagstrom was a graduate of the Mechanics' Institute.
Type: text
Genre: cards (information artifacts)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_067

Title: Fremont D. Amory Mechanics' Institute Instructor Information Card
Description: Instructor information card for Fremont D. Amory Jr. who worked at the Mechanics' Institute from September 26, 1932 to April 5, 1939.
Type: text
Genre: cards (information artifacts)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_064

Title: G. W. Kittredge Mechanics' Institute Instructor Information Card
Description: Instructor information card for George W. Kittredge, an instructor in sheet metal drafting at the Mechanics' Institute from October 3 1905 to October 16 1913.
Type: text
Genre: cards (information artifacts)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_063

Title: GSMT Library Envelope
Description: GSMT library department envelope.
Type: text, still image
Genre: envelopes
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_053

Title: GSMT Library 'One Week Overdue' Notice Letter
Description: GSMT library template letter for overdue books.
Type: text
Genre: letters (correspondence)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_052

Title: GSMT Library Reference Book Slip
Description: GSMT library reference slip template.
Type: text
Genre: documents
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_051

Title: GSMT Library Account Verification Card
Description: GSMT library template card for account verification.
Type: text
Genre: library cards
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_050

Title: GSMT Library 'Second Notice' Card
Description: GSMT library template card for 'second notice' of late books.
Type: text
Genre: library cards
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_049

Title: GSMT Library 'One Week Overdue' Notice Card
Description: GSMT library template card for 'one week overdue' notice.
Type: text
Genre: library cards
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_048

Title: GSMT Library Delinquency Notice Card
Description: GSMT library template card for 'delinquent notice'.
Type: text
Genre: library cards
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_047

Title: President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Trial Ticket
Description: Gallery pass for admittance to the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States. He was impeached on February 24, 1868 on 11 articles of impeachment and was acquitted of all charges in May, 1868. The ticket was used by Gilbert J. Bogert, a member of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen.
Type: text
Genre: tickets, admission
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_309

Title: Drawing of New York City Hall Stairs, 1802
Description: Drawing plans of the iron stairs in New York City Hall. Donated to GSMT from C.C. Alexander on May 30, 1916.
Type: still image, text
Genre: architectural drawings (visual works)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_307

Title: Mechanics' Institute Lecture Series 1842-1843
Description: Annoucement and listing of 1842-1843 Mechanics' Institute lecture series, the twelth annual course of lectures offered by GSMT. They were held at the Soceity's offices which was then, 12 Chambers Street, on Friday evenings. The listing gave the title of the lecture and the instructor's name.
Type: text
Genre: announcements
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_304

Title: Front Cover of Original By-Laws, 1798
Description: The cover page of the first ever charter and by-laws of the General Society for Mechanics and Tradesmen, published in 1798.
Type: text
Genre: bylaws (administrative records)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_303

Title: Fireman Certificate
Description: Certificate for John McCullough dated July 13, 1812 certifying McCullough as a fireman of the City of New York.
Type: text
Genre: certificates
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_301

Title: GSMT Library 'Seven Day Books' Notice Card
Description: GSMT library template card for 'seven days book' notice.
Type: text
Genre: library cards
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_046

Title: Passport for George E. Hoe
Description: United States passport for George E. Hoe, with Hoe's physical characteristics listed on the left hand side.
Type: text
Genre: passports
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_300

Title: John Dawson Membership Certificate
Description: Certificate admitting John Dawson to the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen as a member dated December 1, 1802.
Type: text
Genre: certificates
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_299

Title: George E. Hoe Membership Certificate
Description: Certificate admitting George E. Hoe to the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen as a member dated March 4, 1885.
Type: text
Genre: certificates
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_298

Title: Mechanics' Institute Diploma
Description: Diploma awarded to Michael Markel Geiter for free hand drawing dated April 14, 1905 from the Mechanics Institute of General Society for Mechanics and Tradesmen.
Type: text
Genre: diplomas
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_296

Title: Broadway Theatre Opening Night Bill
Description: Playbill for Broadway Theatre opening night on September 27, 1847.
Type: text
Genre: playbills
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_294

Title: Donation Certificate to Presbyterian Hospital of the City of New York
Description: Certificate for Margaret J. Orr's donation to the Presbyterian Hospital in the City of New York in memory of her mother Ann Boyd Orr dated March 26, 1920.
Type: text
Genre: certificates
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_293

Title: AAMI Pin Palette
Description: This hand-drawn and colored item was created when the Alumni Association of Mechanics Institute (AAMI) was founded in 1902. A lapel pin was created from this design. The Mechanics Institute, a major activity of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, is a tuition-free evening school for men and women in various fields of trade, that has been in operation since 1858.
Type: text, still image
Genre: drawing (visual work)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_002

Title: Eyes for the Navy WWI Acknowledgement Certificate
Description: Eyes for the Navy certificate awarded to George E. Hoe circa 1918. These certificates, signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, were awarded to people who responded to the governments "Eyes for the Navy" appeal by sending binoculars to be used by the Navy during the war.
Type: text
Genre: certificates
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_265

Title: Brooklyn Bridge Opening Ceremony Invitation
Description: Invitation to the opening ceremony of the Brooklyn Bridge that took place on May 24, 1883 at 2pm.
Type: text
Genre: invitations
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_255

Title: Ticket to Brooklyn Bridge Opening Firework Display
Description: Admission ticket for the firework display that was part of the Brooklyn Bridge opening ceremony that took place on May 24, 1883.
Type: text
Genre: admission tickets
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_254

Title: Apprentices Library Rules, 1832
Description: List of rules for the Apprentices' Library of GSMT dated 1832.
Type: text
Genre: rules (instructional materials)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_250

Title: Mechanics Bank Cancelled Check, 1880
Description: A cancelled check dated June 8, 1880 from the Mechanics' National Bank. The Mechanics and Metals National Bank was founded in 1810 as the Mechanics National Bank and in 1910 it merged with the National Copper Bank that was founded in New York in 1907. In 1926 MMNB consolidated with the Chase National Bank.
Type: text
Genre: certified checks
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_026

Title: Southeast Corner of 5th Ave and 44 St., 1860
Description: Photograph showing the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 44th Street in 1860.
Type: text, still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_024

Title: Berkeley School Drill
Description: Photograph of a military drill at Berkeley School. The space the drill is taking place in is now the library for the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen.
Type: text, still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_023

Title: Berkeley School, 44th St., 1894
Description: Exterior shot of The Berkeley School for Boys located at No. 20 West 44th Street, South Side. This is the building that the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen moved into in 1899. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Type: text, still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_022

Title: Old Library Book Plate (Jacob Lorillard)
Description: This is a typical early General Society Apprentices' Library Bookplate, used whenever a volume was donated. Jacob Lorillard, a prosperous leather merchant, became a General Society member in 1796. He served the Society as Vice President (1811) and President (1812).
Type: text, still image
Genre: engraving (print)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_001

Title: President Bill Clinton Impeachment Trial Ticket
Description: Gallery pass for admittance to the last day of the impeachment trial of Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States. He was impeached by the House of Representatives on two charges on December 19, 1998 and was acquitted of all charges on February 12, 1999.
Type: text
Genre: tickets, admission
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_310

Title: Mechanics' Institute Students in Classroom
Description: Photograph of students at Mechanics' Institute taking notes during a lecture.
Type: still image, text
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_095

Title: New York Building Congress Honors Mechanics' Institute
Description: Honorium for the Mechanics' Institute from the New York Building Congress for their extraordinary achievement and dedication to the interest of the building industry, dated April 27, 1967.
Type: still image, text
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_094

Title: A. G. Hagstrom Death Notice Clipping, New York Times
Description: Death notice for Anders Gunnar Hagstrom, a former instructor for the Mechanics' Institute, who died September 24, 1977. Hagstrom founded the Hagstrom Map Company, located at 450 West 33rd Street in New York City that specialized in metropolitan street guides. Mr. Hagstrom served as President of the General Society in 1952.
Type: text
Genre: clippings (information artifacts)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_068

Title: "Loss of NYU's Subsidy Dooms Hall of Fame" article
Description: Washington Square Daily News article about the end of New York University assistance to the Hall of Fame.
Type: text
Genre: articles
Local Identifier: bcc_hof_079

Title: Confessionario en lengua Castellana, y Timuquana con algunos consejos para animar al penitente. Y assi mismo van declarados algunos effectos y prerrogariuas [sic] deste sancto sacramento de la confession. : Todo muy vtil y prouechoso, assi para que los padres confessores sepan instruyr al penitente como para que ellos aprendan … saber se confessar. / Ordenado por el Padre Fr. Francisco Pareja, Padre de la Custodia de Santa Elena de la Florida. Religioso de la orden de nuestro seraphico Padre San Francisco.
Description: Text in Spanish and Timucua. Signatures: [cross]⁸ *⁸ B-2F⁸. Errata: preliminary leaves [15] verso-[16]. Digitized from microfilm copy of original formerly in the Buckingham Smith papers at the New-York Historical Society.
Type: text
Genre: Devotional literature, Manuals (handbooks), Manuals (instructional materials), Penitentials
Local Identifier: Y1613.Pare Conf

Title: Forma breue de administrar los sacramentos a los Indios, y Españoles que viuen entre ellos. : Approbado por autoridad apostoloica, y sacado del Manual Mexicano, que se vsa en toda la nueua España y Pirù, mutatis mutandis, esto es, lo q[ue] estaua en le[n]gua Mexicana traducido en lengua Floridana. : Para vso de los religiosos de n[uest]ro Padre S. Francisco, que son los ministros de las Prouincias de la Florida. / Por el Padre Fr. Gregorio de Mouilla.
Description: Text in Spanish and Timucua. Imprint in colophon: Mexici. Apud Ioa[n]nem Ruyz typographum. Anno 1635. Signatures: A-D⁸. New-York Historical Society copy in limp vellum binding; from Buckingham Smith papers. Bound with: Bellarmino, Roberto Francesco Romolo. Explicacion de la doctrina que compuso el Cardenal Belarmino, por mandado del Señor Papa Clemente 8 ... En Mexico. : Impressa con licencia en la imprenta de Iuan Ruyz., Año de 1635.
Type: text
Genre: Catechisms
Local Identifier: Y1635.Bell Expl

Title: Explicacion de la doctrina que compuso el Cardenal Belarmino, por mandado del Señor Papa Clemente 8. / Traducida en lengua Floridana: por el Padre Fr. Gregorio de Mouilla diffinidor de la Prouincia de Santa Elena, de la orden de S. Francisco, natural de la villa de Carrion de los Condes, hijo de la Prouincia de la Concepcion, y del Conuento Recolecto de N[uest]ra Señora de Calahorra.
Description: Text in Spanish and Timucua. "Corregida, enmendada y añadida en esta segunda impression, por el mesmo autor." Imprint in colophon: Acabose à 9. de Enero de 1636. con licencia en Mexico, por Iuan Ruyz. Signatures: [cross]⁸ 2[cross]⁴ A-2B⁸. Numbers 45 and 52 repeated, 53 omitted in foliation. Leaves 38, 119, and 190 wrongly numbered 28, 129, and 200. New-York Historical Society copy in limp vellum binding; inscription on t.p.: "De la libreria del Conv.to de Cambray[a?]"; from Buckingham Smith papers, with his signature on flyleaf. Bound with: Movilla, Gregorio de. Forma breue de administrar los sacramentos a los Indios, y Españoles que viuen entre ellos ... Impresso en Mexico. : Por Iuan Ruyz., Año de 1635.
Type: text
Genre: Catechisms
Local Identifier: Y1635.Bell Expl

Title: Catechismo, y breue exposicion de la doctrina Christiana. : Muy vtil y necessaria, asi para los Españoles, como para los Naturales, en lengua Castellana, y Timuquana, en modo de preguntas, y respuestas. / Co[m]puesto por el P.F. Francisco Pareja de la Orden de n. seraphico P.S. Fra[n]cisco, padre dela Custodia de S. Elena de la Florida.
Description: Text in Spanish and Timucua. Signatures: A-Y⁸. Leaf Q3 unsigned. New-York Historical Society copy in limp vellum binding; from Buckingham Smith papers. Bound with: Pareja, Francisco. Cathecismo, en lengua Castellana, y Timuquana ... En Mexico. : Enla impre[n]ta dela viuda de Pedro Balli. Por C. Adriano Cesar., M.DC.XII. [1612].
Type: text
Genre: Catechisms
Local Identifier: Y1612.Pare Cath

Title: Cathecismo, en lengua Castellana, y Timuquana. : En el qual se contiene lo que se les puede enseñar a los adultos que an de ser baptizados. / Compuesto por el P.F. Francisco Pareja, religioso de la orden del seraphico P.S. Francisco, Guardian del Conuento de la Purissima Co[n]cepcion de N. Señora de S. Augustin, y Padre de la Custodia de Sancta Elena de la Florida.
Description: Text in Spanish and Timucua. Date in colophon: Acabose de imprimir este Cathecismo, a primero de Março, de mil y seiscientos y doze, a honor, y gloria de N. Señora la Virgen Maria. Signatures: A-K⁸. Leaves I2, K3 signed 2I2, K2 respectively. New-York Historical Society copy in limp vellum binding; inscription on slip pasted on leaf A3r: "Confesso en este con[ven]to de S. fran[cis]co de[cem]bre este año de 1630 Fr J[u]a[n] agredano [...]"; from Buckingham Smith papers. Bound with: Pareja, Francisco. Catechismo, y breue exposicion de la doctrina Christiana ... Con licencia de los superiores, en Mexico, : En casa de la viuda de Pedro Balli. Año de 1612. Por C.A. Cesar., [1612].
Type: text
Genre: Catechisms
Local Identifier: Y1612.Pare Cath

Title: A Report on Local Government Within the Town of Bennington, Vermont
Type: text
Genre: reports
Local Identifier: IPA_s3A_b033_f01

Title: Extracts from Report on the Administration of Certain Public Works and Engineering Activities Prepared for the City Government of New Orleans, La.
Type: text
Genre: reports
Local Identifier: IPA_s3A_b016_f14

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