The Joseph Urban Stage Design Models and Documents

Columbia University

Urban, Joseph, 1872-1933

Set designers

Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery

Theaters -- Models

Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History

Ziegfeld follies

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Joseph Urban (1872-1933) was born in Vienna at a time of great artistic ferment. He was trained as an architect and influenced by the artists of the Vienna Secession (Gustav Klimt, Josef Olbrich, Josef Hoffmann), as well as by the architect Adolf Loos. He immigrated to the United States in 1912 to become the art director of the Boston Opera. In 1914 he moved to New York and for the next two decades his studio was a major theatrical presence, designing productions for New York theaters, the Ziegfeld Follies and the Metropolitan Opera. By the time of his death in 1933, he had designed over 500 stage sets for more than 168 productions, many of which he also directed.

The NEH-funded Joseph Urban Stage Designs Stabilization and Access Project of 2002-2004 focused on materials relating to Urban's New York theater career from 1914-1933, specifically the documentation of his productions for the Ziegfeld Follies and other theater producers, and his productions for the Metropolitan Opera.

Columbia University

Columbia University

Urban, Joseph, 1872-1933

Models (representations)

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The Circular Letter of Credit

Arthur W. Diamond Law Library

Letters of credit

Negotiable instruments -- History

Banking law -- History

The Circular Letter of Credit, while no longer with us, is often found in memoirs, novels, and history books. This website has been created to provide an illustrated context for understanding the form and use of this once commonplace financial tool.

Arthur W. Diamond Law Library

Arthur W. Diamond Law Library

Letters of credit

Negotiable instruments

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Nat Holman: The Man, His Legacy and CCNY

City University of New York. City College

Holman, Nat, 1896-1995

Basketball players -- Biography

Basketball coaches -- Biography

Basketball -- History

"Kid Holman," "Mr. Basketball," "Old Drill Master," and "the Old Professor"—are just a few of the many titles given to basketball's earliest superstar, Nat Holman. From humble beginnings on the Lower East Side to the pinnacle of college basketball—winning both the NCAA and NIT tournaments in 1950 as head coach at City College—Holman's eight-decade career as a player, coach, and author helped to establish basketball as a popular spectator sport in the first half of the 20th century.

Nat Holman: The Man, His Legacy and CCNY presents the scope of Holman's accomplishments as an athlete, coach, and ambassador of the game of basketball to the world.

City University of New York. City College

City University of New York. City College

Photographs

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Our Brooklyn

Brooklyn Public Library

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)

Carroll Gardens (New York, N.Y.)

Brighton Beach (New York, N.Y.)

Neighborhoods -- Social conditions

Our Brooklyn presents short histories, facts and resource lists documenting Brooklyn's vibrant and diverse neighborhoods, from Sheepshead Bay to Sunset Park, from Bushwick to Bath Beach. As of 12/27/2008 the neighborhoods of Brighton Beach, Carroll Gardens, and Williamsburg were represented.

Brooklyn Public Library

Brooklyn Public Library

Photographs

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Brooklyn in the Civil War

Brooklyn Public Library

New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions

United States. Army -- Military life

Women -- Social conditions

Slavery

Slaves -- Social conditions

Brooklyn daily eagle

This Web site explores Brooklyn during the Civil War by presenting primary source documents — photographs, letters, newspaper articles, illustrations, and more — that show what life was like during this period. At the bottom of each page are links to information about this project created by the Brooklyn Public Library’s Brooklyn Collection, an online survey, and the Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online, 1841-1902, a searchable repository of Brooklyn’s newspaper of record. The site is divided into 4 main themes: Soldiers, Women, Slavery, and Daily life.

Brooklyn Public Library

Brooklyn Public Library

Correspondence

Articles

Illustrations (layout features)

Photographs

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Historic Brooklyn Photographs

Brooklyn Public Library

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Pictorial works

Brooklyn daily eagle

Vernacular photography

Brooklyn Public Library's online catalog contains a selection of more than ten thousand historic photographs from the Brooklyn Collection.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Photograph Collection (c. 1900-1955) provides many of the images, documenting change and development in the urban environment throughout the first half of the twentieth century. The major categories of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle photographs in the catalog include Bridges, Churches, Coney Island, Neighborhoods, Parks, Schools and the Eagle itself.

Other collections created by amateur and professional photographers concentrate on particular areas, ethnic groups or activities.

Brooklyn Public Library

Brooklyn Public Library

Photographs

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An American Family: The Beecher Tradition

Bernard M. Baruch College

Beecher family

United States -- 19th century -- History

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896

Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887

Intellectuals -- Biography

The Beecher Tradition is based on an exhibit at the
William and Anita Newman Library, Baruch College.

Bernard M. Baruch College

Bernard M. Baruch College

Photographs

Portraits

Title pages

Correspondence

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Subway University: Traveling to the Free Academy, Baruch and City College

Bernard M. Baruch College

Free Academy (New York, N.Y.)

College of the City of New York (1866-1926)

College students -- Transportation

Subways -- Social aspects

Urban transportation

"Subway University : Traveling to the Free Academy, Baruch and City College" is a sampling of the exhibit "Subway University: Making Tracks to City," which was mounted at the City College Library during November and December 1998. Curated by Professor Barbara Dunlap, it tells the story of the close ties that New York's public transportation system had with the Free Academy on 23rd and Lexington Avenue, current site of Baruch College. From 1847 until the turn of the century, students negotiated their trip to college using a variety of transport vehicles. By the time City College moved its main campus uptown, the new subway system was expanding and provided a speedy and inexpensive trip to and from the college.

A version of "Subway University", adapted by Prof. Sandra Roff, was on loan to Newman Library, Baruch College, for the Spring 2000 semester.

Bernard M. Baruch College

Bernard M. Baruch College

Photographs

Illustrations (layout features)

Clippings (information artifacts)

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Red Scare (1918-1920)

Bernard M. Baruch College

United States -- History -- 1913-1921

United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century

Anti-communist movements

Social history

Mass media -- Political aspects

Red Scare is an image database about the period in the history of the United States immediately following World War I. The dates are approximately from the Armistice in November of 1918 to the collapse of hyper-inflation in mid-1920. It relies entirely on the contemporary visual record of that time. The first quarter of the 20th Century was a period rich in this form of material from newspapers to illustrated magazines. Images may be searched by the date they were created or by subject headings.

Bernard M. Baruch College

Bernard M. Baruch College

Photographs

Illustrations (layout features)

Political cartoons

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Finding Aids for ASF's Archival Materials

American Sephardi Foundation

Sephardim -- History

A collection of online (EAD) finding aids to archival collections held by the American Sephardi Foundation.

American Sephardi Foundation

American Sephardi Foundation

Finding aids

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