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1.
Section of a rose window Carmelite Monastery New York City

Creator:
Bonawit, G. Owen (George Owen), 1891-1971
Published / Created:
Undated
Call Number:
WA Photos 414
Collection Title:
Photographs of southwestern states.
Container / Volume:
Box 2
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Images in the collection unrelated to southwestern states include views of locations in New York City, New York, consisting of artifacts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and stained glass windows created by Bonawit at the Carmelite Monastery in Brooklyn.
Description:
G. Owen Bonawit (1891-1971) was an artist who created stained glass decorations for religious and public buildings, as well as a photographer for the United States Bureau of Reclamation.
Subject (Geographic):
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) and New York (N.Y.)
Subject (Name):
Bonawit, G. Owen--(George Owen),--1891-1971 and Fink, Howard
Subject (Topic):
Glass painting and staining--Pictorial works
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Section of a rose window Carmelite Monastery New York City

2.
Central Park album

Creator:
L. Prang & Co.
Prang, Louis, 1824-1909
Published / Created:
[1864]
Call Number:
2002 888
Image Count:
13
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Plates mounted on continuous sheet, folded accordion-style.
Description:
Bookplate of Paul Mellon.
Publisher:
L. Prang & Co.
Subject (Geographic):
Central Park (New York, N.Y.) and New York (N.Y.)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Central Park album

3.
[Photograph album].

Creator:
Robertson, Harold L. (Harold Lloyd), 1918-2012, compiler
Published / Created:
[circa 1920s-1960s]
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 351
Image Count:
168
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Photograph album compiled by Harold L. Robertson, containing over 1000 photographs, circa 1920s-1960s, most undated, many with manuscript annotations on versos. Most photographs are black and white, with a few color images, 1940s-1960s. Photographs are of Robertson; his family, friends, and military colleagues; and images made by Robertson and others documenting his experiences in the United States Army. Family photographs include portraits and informal images relating to his childhood in New York City, 1920s-1930s; Vicki Robertson and their children, many made in Harlem, New York City, 1930s-1960s; and Helena Jaroslawzewa Robertson, their wedding, and her family, in Germany, 1950s. Photographs from Robertson's military career include images of military operations and informal images of soldiers, most in the 10th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Riley Kansas, 1930s, including cavalry drill, and the 547th Engineer Combat Battalion in Darmstadt, Germany, 1950s, including bridge building and other military construction. Other photographs date from military service in Italy and Germany during World War II and postwar administrative work in Washington, D. C. Also present are photographs and documents relating to a German shepherd dog trained by Robertson in Germany, 1950s
Description:
Harold L. Robertson (1918-2012), was born in New York City and served in the United States Army, 1930s-1950s. In the 1930s Robertston enlisted in the 10th Cavalry Regiment, a segregated unit of African Americans known as Buffalo Soldiers, and he was later reassigned to the 547th Engineer Combat Battalion, which was desegregated in 1953. During the 1940s-1950s, Robertson was stationed in Germany, where he trained as a noncommissioned officer and was promoted to Master Sargeant. Robertson married Vicki Robertson, circa 1930; she lived in New York City with their children, Harold L. Robertson, Jr. (1942-), Terry Roberson (circa 1945-), and Ronald Robertson (1947-). Robertson married Helena Jaroslawzewa Robertson, a German, in 1960. They lived in Germany and later in Teaneck, New Jersey, where Robertson died in 2012., Annotations in English., Title devised by cataloger., Date of creation supplied by cataloger., Original album disbound for conservation, and album cover discarded. Accompanied by printed images of album pages, showing original arrangement of photographs., and Box 1: printed images of album pages, showing original arrangement of photographs; photographs from pages [3-55]; Box 2: photographs from pages [56-99]; Box 3: photographs from pages [100-145]; Box 4: photographs from pages [146-161].
Subject (Geographic):
Germany., Germany, United States, United States., Italy, Darmstadt (Germany), Harlem (New York, N.Y.), Kansas, New York (N.Y.), and Washington (D.C.)
Subject (Name):
Robertson, Harold L. 1918-2012. (Harold Lloyd),, Robertson, Harold L. 1918-2012 (Harold Lloyd),, Robertson, Harold L. 1942- (Harold Lloyd),, Robertson, Helena Jaroslawzewa, Robertson, Ronald, 1947-, Robertson, Terry, approximately 1945-, Robertson, Vicki, active approximately 1930-1950, United States. Army, United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 10th (1866-1950), and United States. Army. Engineer Combat Battalion, 547th
Subject (Topic):
African American officers, African American troops, African American soldiers, Military construction operations, Photographers, African American photographers, African Americans, Segregation, Armed Forces, Non-commissioned officers, German shepherd dog, Training, Interracial marrige, Military bases, Military bridges, Design and construction, Photography, Military, World War, 1939-1945, and History
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Photograph album].

4.
William Graham Sumner editorials in the New-York standard : photostatic copy

Creator:
Sumner, William Graham, 1840-1910
Published / Created:
circa 1912-1924.
Call Number:
GEN MSS 1970
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Negative photostatic copy, circa 1912-1924, of an editorial written about William Graham Sumner and another written by him in response, published in the New-York Standard 1871 March 18 and 22. Editorials pertain to Sumner’s views of the Yale Corporation and the future of Yale College. Articles unrelated to Sumner are also present in the copy
Description:
William Graham Sumner (1840-1910) (Yale 1863), American social scientist. From 1870 to 1872, he was Rector of the Church of the Redeemer in Morristown, New Jersey. Sumner returned to Yale in 1872 as professor of political and social science, becoming the first professor in sociology in the United States., In English., and Title supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
New York (N.Y.)
Subject (Name):
Sumner, William Graham, 1840-1910. and Yale College (1718-1887)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > William Graham Sumner editorials in the New-York standard : photostatic copy

7.
New York--East River front

Published / Created:
[1882?]
Call Number:
WA Prints 424
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two images of New York's East River are enclosed in a leafy scroll-like border. The upper image shows the Brooklyn Bridge spanning the river, with a large side-wheel steamboat in the middle of the river and numerous buildings crowded thickly on the Manhattan shore. The lower image shows a large number of sailboats, clippers, and one steamer in the river, with Brooklyn's built-up environs in the background
Alternative Title:
East River front
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 424: Partially hand-colored., Title from caption below image., and Date suggested by James Milgram. See Milgram, James W., "Illustrated letter stationery of New York City," in Postal history journal, no. 164, June 2016, page 29.
Publisher:
Charles Magnus, publisher
Subject (Geographic):
East River (N.Y.), New York (N.Y.), Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.), New York (State), and New York
Subject (Topic):
Ships
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > New York--East River front

8.
Savannah, or, the form of a servant, 1875-1876

Call Number:
YCAL MSS 303
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
161
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Draft, holograph, corrected, of a novel about a young woman from New York who learns of her African-American ancestry while travelling through Florida, Tennesee, and other parts of the southern United States in the mid to late nineteenth century. The novel, by an unidentified author, addresses issues of race, slavery, and women's rights during the Reconstruction. Inscribed "Jan. 28, 1876, New Orleans" at the top of page 65. Pages 13 through 16 excised
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Nashville (Tenn.), and New York (N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
Race relations, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Slavery, Women's rights, and History
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Savannah, or, the form of a servant, 1875-1876

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