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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: A. G. Hagstrom Mechanics' Institute Registration Card
Description: Student registration card for Anders Gunnar Hagstrom, a Mechanical Draftsman who enrolled in 4 classes at the Mechanics' Institute in 1912.
Type: text
Genre: cards (information artifacts)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_066

Title: AAMI 25th Anniversary Banquet "Last Call" Announcement
Description: Last call for the 25th Anniversary Banquet and Dance of the Alumni Association of Mechanics' Institute held on April 23, 1927 at Hotel Pennsylavania.
Type: text, still image
Genre: announcements
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_015

Title: AAMI 25th Anniversary Banquet & Dance Program
Description: Souvenir program for 25th Anniversary Banquet and Dance of the Alumni Association of Mechanics' Institute held on April 23, 1927 at Hotel Pennsylvania.
Type: text, still image
Genre: souvenir programs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_016

Title: AAMI Annual Dinner "Blueprint" Announcement, 1914
Description: Blueprints for the announcement of the thirteenth annual dinner organized by the Alumni Association of the Mechanics' Institute held on April 18, 1914 at the Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel. Includes guest list and menu.
Type: text, still image
Genre: announcements, blueprints (reprographic copies)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_008

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 "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, 1920
Description: Blueprint announcement for the 19th Annual Banquet of the Alumni Association of Mechanics' Institute held on April 17, 1920 at Hotel Marseilles.
Type: text, still image
Genre: announcements, blueprints (reprographic copies)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_012

Title: AAMI Annual Dinner Announcement, 1917
Description: A good example of a witty announcement for the 16th Annual Dinner of the Alumni Association of the Mechanics' Institute, held at Castle Cave Restaurant (271 Seventh Avenue, near 26th Street). Prominent guests invited included Institute Director Louis Rouillion and Andrew Carnegie, as well as General Society Officers James Boyd (President), Charles H. Fox (Vice President), Richard T. Davies (Secretary and Treasurer), and Past-Presidents George E. Hoe, John H. McCullough and George D. Hilyard. "Patriotism and Good-Fellowship" were the order of the day.
Type: text, still image
Genre: broadsides (notices), announcements
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_011

Title: AAMI Annual Dinner Menu, 1909
Description: This dinner menu for the 8th Annual Alumni Association of Mechanics' Institute includes the Institute Director Louis Rouillion and many General Society officers. The toastmaster, H. T. Harra, was an 1899 graduate of the Mechanical Class.
Type: text, still image
Genre: menu, booklets
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_005

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: AAMI Annual Dinner Menu, 1912
Description: The dinner menu for the 11th Annual Alumni Association of Mechanics' Institute held on April 27, 1912 at Reisenweber's (58th St. at Columbus Circle in New York City).
Type: text
Genre: menus
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_007

Title: AAMI Dinner Palette "Broadside" Announcement
Description: Blueprint announcement for the 22nd Annual Banquet of the Alumni Association of Mechanics' Institute.
Type: text, still image
Genre: broadsides (notices), announcements
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_014

Title: AAMI Logo
Description: A hardboard logo of the Alumni Association of Mechanics' Institute, hand drawn, lettered and painted. The date of 1902 may not be the date of creation since the hardboard substrate material may not have been available at that time.
Type: still image
Genre: logos
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_003

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: 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: Apprentices School Committee, 1826
Description: Framed list of the Mechanics' Society School Committee of 1826. Includes committee member names, committee of supply and list of visiting committee member names.
Type: text
Genre: committees
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_253

Title: Centennial GSMT Ribbon
Description: Centennial celebration ribbon for GSMT dated November, 1885.
Type: three dimensional object
Genre: ribbon (material)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_252

Title: Evacuation Day Ribbon, 1883
Description: Centennial celebration ribbon for Evacuation Day, celebrated in the City of New York on November 26, 1883.
Type: three dimensional object
Genre: ribbon (material)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_251

Title: Exhibition Catalog: Lester Margon at Mechanics' Institute
Description: Exhibition catalog for Lester Margon, a postgraduate student at the Mechanics' Institute. The exhibition was held at GSMT on the evening of April 17, 1917. The catalog lists the works on display and the foreward given by Margon.
Type: text, still image
Genre: exhibition catalogs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_060

Title: Female Graduate Ribbon
Description: A female graduate ribbon dated June 14, 1893.
Type: three dimensional object
Genre: ribbon (material)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_263

Title: Founders Day Banquet and Dance Invitation, 1990
Description: Invitation to the banquet and dance for the 250th anniversary of Founders Day of GSMT held on December 1, 1990 at Eisenhower Park, East Meadow, Long Island.
Type: text
Genre: invitations
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_142

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: 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: 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 165th Anniversary Commemorative Flag
Description: 165th anniversary flag for the General Society for Mechanics and Tradesmen commemorative celebrations.
Type: three dimensional object
Genre: flags
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_169

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1912
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.
Type: text, still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_156

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1921
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City. The photos came from a visit from some members of GSMT, dated October 11, 1921.
Type: text, still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_157

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1980
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.
Type: still image
Genre: color photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_162

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1980
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.
Type: still image
Genre: color photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_163

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1980
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.
Type: still image
Genre: color photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_160

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1980
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.
Type: still image
Genre: color photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_161

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1980
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.
Type: still image
Genre: color photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_164

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1980
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.
Type: still image
Genre: color photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_165

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1980
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.
Type: still image
Genre: color photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_166

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1980
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.
Type: still image
Genre: color photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_167

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1980
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.
Type: still image
Genre: color photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_158

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1980
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.
Type: still image
Genre: color photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_159

Title: GSMT Class Listing Notice Card
Description: GSMT library template card for class listing notice. The card has been stamped with the year 1918 in the top left hand corner.
Type: text
Genre: cards (information artifacts)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_054

Title: GSMT Committee Members Ribbon, 1900
Description: A commemorative medal for GSMT committee members with the organizational logo and motto "By Hammer and Hand All Arts Do Stand".
Type: three dimensional object
Genre: ribbon (material)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_259

Title: GSMT Founders Day Celebration Program, 1965
Description: Souvenir program for GSMT's Founders Day celebration activities, marking the founding of the society on November 17, 1785. 22 Mechanics and Tradesmen from various trades came together and called themselves 'The General Committee of Mechanics'. The name General Society for Mechanics and Tradesmen was used as early as 1786 and was officially adopted when the Charter was granted in 1790. The celebration was held on November 20, 1965 at Astor Hotel in New York.
Type: text, still image
Genre: souvenir programs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_141

Title: GSMT Founders Day Celebration Program, 1980
Description: Souvenir program for GSMT's Founders Day celebration activities, marking the founding of the society on November 17, 1785. 22 Mechanics and Tradesmen from various trades came together and called themselves 'The General Committee of Mechanics'. The name General Society for Mechanics and Tradesmen was used as early as 1786 and was officially adopted when the Charter was granted in 1790. The celebration was held on November 14, 1980 at Terrace on the Park in Queens, New York.
Type: text, still image
Genre: souvenir programs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_140

Title: GSMT Founders Day Celebration Program, 1985
Description: Souvenir program for GSMT's Founders Day celebration activities, marking the founding of the society on November 17, 1785. 22 Mechanics and Tradesmen from various trades came together and called themselves 'The General Committee of Mechanics'. The name General Society for Mechanics and Tradesmen was used as early as 1786 and was officially adopted when the Charter was granted in 1790. The celebration was held on November 22, 1985 at Salisbury on the Green, Eisenhower Park, East Meadow, Long Island, New York.
Type: text, still image
Genre: souvenir programs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_137

Title: GSMT Independence Day Broadside, 1981
Description: Broadside program for GSMT's commemoration of Declaration of Independence held on July 1, 1981.
Type: text, still image
Genre: broadsides (notices)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_038

Title: GSMT Independence Day Broadside, 1982
Description: Broadside program for GSMT's commemoration of Declaration of Independence held on July 7, 1982.
Type: text, still image
Genre: broadsides (notices)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_039

Title: GSMT Independence Day Celebration Broadside, 1994
Description: Broadside program for GSMT's commemoration of Declaration of Independence held on July 6, 1994.
Type: text
Genre: broadsides (notices)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_132

Title: GSMT Independence Day Celebration Program, 1980
Description: Souvenir program for GSMT's Independence Day celebrations, held on July 2, 1980, which included music, readings and a patriotic address.
Type: text, still image
Genre: souvenir programs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_139

Title: GSMT Independence Day Celebration Program, 1984
Description: Souvenir program for GSMT's Independence Day celebrations, held on July 2, 1984, which included music, readings and a patriotic address.
Type: text, still image
Genre: souvenir programs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_138

Title: GSMT Independence Day Celebration Program, 1993
Description: Souvenir program for GSMT's Independence Day celebrations, held on July 7, 1993, which included music, readings and a patriotic address.
Type: text, still image
Genre: souvenir programs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_135

Title: GSMT Independence Day Celebration Program, 1994
Description: Souvenir program for GSMT's Independence Day celebrations, held on July 6, 1994, which included music, readings and a patriotic address.
Type: text, still image
Genre: souvenir programs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_134

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