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Finding Aid

Grant Monument Association Records, 1885-1980

Catalog Number GEGR 622

National Park Service Manhattan Sites

General Grant National Memorial

Arrangement and Description Revised April 2011 Margaret Bausman

Originally Processed June 2002

Mary P. Perrault Melissa Underhill Elizabeth Banks

This finding aid may be accessed electronically from the National Park Service Manhattan Historic Sites Archive

http:// www.mhsarchive.org

Processing was funded by a generous donation from the Leon Levy Foundation

to the National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy

Finding Aid Grant Monument Association Records – GEGR 622 Page 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................................................... 2

COPYRIGHT AND RESTRICTIONS ................................................................................................................... 4

PROVENANCE NOTE ...................................................................................................................................... 5

HISTORICAL NOTE ......................................................................................................................................... 7

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE ....................................................................................................................... 11

ARRANGEMENT NOTE ................................................................................................................................. 12

SERIES OUTLINE .......................................................................................................................................... 13

SERIES NOTES AND CONTENTS LIST ............................................................................................................ 14

RELATED MATERIALS NOTE......................................................................................................................... 62

SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY ........................................................................................................................... 62

ADDED ENTRIES/ACCESS POINTS ................................................................................................................ 63


National Park Service: Manhattan Sites

SUMMARY

Creator: Grant Monument Association

Title: Grant Monument Association Records Dates: 1885-1980

Extent: 38 linear feet (53 document boxes, 3 half document boxes, 13 index card boxes, 10 flat boxes)

National Park Service Accession Number: GEGR-00098

National Park Service Catalog Number: GEGR 622

Historical Statement:

The Grant Monument Association (GMA) was established in 1885, just days after the death of

General Ulysses S. Grant, with the explicit goal of raising the funds necessary to create and

maintain a memorial befitting Grant’s legacy. Over the following twelve years, the GMA

solicited contributions and eventually constructed the edifice commonly known as Grant’s

Tomb, one of the country’s largest mausoleums, in New York City’s Riverside Park. Thereafter,

the GMA functioned as the entity that oversaw the daily operation of the tomb and promoted

the legacy of General Grant. In 1959, the GMA transferred the on-going care of the property

and mausoleum to the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Over the next six

years, the GMA continued to serve in an advisory capacity. In 1965, the GMA was officially

dissolved.

Scope and Content Statement:

The records of the Grant Monument Association consist of administrative, financial, fund raising,

design competition, operational and attendance records. Materials include correspondence,

meeting minutes, annual reports, budgets, vouchers, invoices, bills, receipts, tax records,

subscription records, architectural descriptions and plans, blueprints, newspaper clippings,

publications and ephemera. While most material is loose, there are approximately a dozen

ledgers and letter books and hundreds of booklets of subscription records. The correspondents

consist of trustees, officers, architects, builders and artists, vendors, local, state and federal

authorities, contributors and patrons.

Processing Information:

This collection was originally processed at the National Park Service Northeast Museum Services

Center in June 2002. Processing was revised as part of the Manhattan Sites Archives Project in

2011 by Assistant Archivist Margaret Bausman, with the assistance of Project Archivist Tobi

Adler and Lead Archivist Mimi Bowling.



Funding Source:

Processing of this collection was made possible by a generous donation from the Leon Levy

Foundation to the National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy.

Contact Information:

Chief of Cultural Resources, National Park Service, Manhattan Sites Federal Hall National Memorial 26 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005 (212) 825-6883



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PROVENANCE NOTE

The original finding aid produced in 2002 by the NPS Northeast Museum Services Center delineates the

following details concerning the provenance of the collection:

During the late 1970s, the curator of the General Grant National Memorial, David M. Kahn, discovered a

series of footlockers in a storage room on the crypt level of Grant’s Tomb. Therein he found GMA

records spanning a range of periods. Some, dating prior to 1897, had been sealed into copper boxes. It

was Kahn’s deduction that these records had been set aside by the Tomb’s architect John H. Duncan

following the completion of the Tomb as the onsite office was then closed. Thereafter and until the

1920s, GMA records creation and management occurred in the business office of the GMA secretary. In

1912, this system resulted in the loss of GMA records from 1897–1911 (possibly including John H.

Duncan’s original rendering of the Tomb) when the offices of GMA Secretary Henry W. Hayden located

in the Equitable Life Insurance Building were destroyed by fire. It appears that from the 1920s onward,

GMA records were created and managed both at the tomb and in the business office of the GMA

secretary, and that from time to time off-site records were brought to the tomb for storage. Kahn

surveyed, inventoried and arranged1 the records. They were transferred to the Federal Hall National

Memorial.

At one time there was a collection of Grant Monument Association records in the care of the Chamber

of Commerce and Industry when it was located at 65 Liberty Street, New York, NY, where the GMA had

offices apparently during the late 1920s through the early 1930s. The 2002 finding aid notes that these

records consisted of:

three alphabetized letter boxes of correspondence dating from January 1, 1928 through 1933;

a box of invoices and receipts dating from January 1, 1928 through 1933;

a vertical file that contains, among other things, letters to and from John Russell Pope;

galley and photographic work for the 1929 Handbook of the Grant Monument Association.

Efforts to transfer these records from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry to National Park Service

foundered. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry merged with the New York City Partnership to

form the Partnership for New York City. Attempts in 2010-2011 to locate the GMA Records previously in

the Chamber’s custody were unsuccessful.

The current collection consists of those records found by Kahn and those which the GMA turned over to

the National Park Service at the time of its dissolution. These records were temporarily transferred to

the Northeast Museum Services Center in Charlestown, Massachusetts in August of 2001 for processing.

A small portion of these records was separated entirely and now comprise the Grant Family Papers,

1881-1892 and the Chester A. Arthur Statue Committee Records, 1887-1888.

1 Kahn, David M. Memorandum to Superintendent, Manhattan Sites, November 23, 1978, 2p. General Grant

National Memorial Administrative Records (GEGR 00895), Series V: Reports, Box 5, folder 12.



Upon completion of processing, the collection was returned to the custody of the National Park Service

Manhattan Sites at Federal Hall, and was subsequently moved, as part of the Manhattan Sites Archives

Project, to Fort Wadsworth, Gateway National Recreation Area, Staten Island, New York.



HISTORICAL NOTE

General Ulysses S. Grant died of throat cancer on July 23, 1885 in Mount McGregor, New York, just two

months after completing work on his memoirs.2 He was perhaps the most popular person in America at

the time of his death. Grant was not only a warrior but also a promoter of civil rights; not only the

strategist who vanquished the Confederacy, but also the U. S. President who supported equal rights for

formerly enslaved people. On August 8, 1885, Grant’s funeral procession wove through New York City

streets lined with one million mourners. The official procession of 60,000 marchers who accompanied

his casket to Riverside Park included Grant’s family, closest friends and colleagues. His casket was laid to

rest in a temporary tomb by former officers of both the Union and the Confederate Armies.

Grant’s declining years and death coincided with the advent of The Gilded Age. Spanning the years of

1880 to 1900, this time was one in which technological advances such as the mass adaptation of

electricity, the refinement of steel and the development of the internal combustion engine ushered in a

period of unparalleled industrial growth and concentration of wealth. It was in this milieu that the

Grant Monument Association (GMA) was conceived and was at its most active.

The swift mobilization of the GMA following Grant’s death would suggest that its inception had already

been considered. Grant had left no specific directive as to the location of his final resting place although

the family owned funeral plots in St. Louis, Missouri and Galena, Illinois. He had tacitly assented to a

memorial provided the design would accommodate his wife’s final resting place along with his.

Ultimately, it was Julia Grant herself who made the final decision that her husband’s remains would be

interred in New York City as she intended to continue to reside in the city which the Grant family had

adopted as their home. Mrs. Grant thus accepted Mayor William R. Grace’s offer to provide a fitting

location,3 a decision she later clarified in writing when the GMA came under criticism suggesting that it

had usurped the privilege of providing the General his final resting place without due consideration that

other locales, such as Arlington National Cemetery and the Old Soldier’s Home in Washington, D.C.,

might more appropriately claim the honor.

The GMA convened its first meeting on July 28, 1885 at the invitation of Mayor Grace, just five days

following the death of General Grant and ten days before his funeral. Those in attendance comprised a

virtual Who’s Who of The Gilded Age. The business, political, social and cultural elites of New York City

were well-represented and included John Jacob Astor IV, Gen. George B. McClellan, Charles Steinway,

William Steinway, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Joseph Pulitzer, George Tompkins and Lispenard Stewart. Those

attendees appointed officers including former U.S. President Chester A. Arthur as Chairman.4 Cornelius

O’Reilly (1834-1903), a prominent architect and builder, served as the Chairman of the Building

2 Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant. New York: Charles L. Webster

& Co., 1885, 2 volumes. 3 Grant, Julia, 1826-1902. Letter to William R. Grace, October 29, 1885. Grant Family Papers, 1881-1947. Catalog

# GEGR 625, Box 1, Folder 1. 4 Arthur himself died in November of 1886, and another organization, the Chester A. Arthur Statue Committee,

was created from the ranks of the GMA. See Chester A. Arthur Statue Committee Records, 1887-1888 Catalog # GEGR 624.



Committee. Other officers were Hamilton Fish and Mayor Grace as Vice-Chairmen, J. Pierpont Morgan

as Treasurer and Richard T. Greener as Secretary. Greener, born in 1844, was one of the most

prominent African-Americans of this period and served as the first GMA secretary from 1885-1892. The

first black graduate of Harvard University, Greener was a lawyer and an educator whose career in

academia included holding the positions of Professor at the University of South Carolina and Dean of

Howard University Law School. In later life, Greener served as United States Consul in India and Russia.

Greener died in Chicago in 1922, just days after the centenary celebration of General Grant which

Greener had planned to attend but was unable to due to illness.

General Horace Porter (1837-1921) served as president of the organization. Porter was a Civil War hero

who received the Medal of Honor; he served with Grant during the war and later as President Grant’s

personal White House secretary. Porter published an account of his war experiences entitled

Campaigning with Grant.5 In later years, Porter was the Ambassador to France and President of the

Union Club. As President of the Grant Monument Association, Porter was instrumental in the

fundraising for and the construction of the tomb through the financially turbulent 1890s.

During the GMA’s first meeting, it was determined that the GMA would endeavor “to build a National

Monument in the City of New York worthy of the illustrious dead soldier and patriot…” Toward this end,

at the urging of Alonzo B. Cornell, former governor of New York State, the GMA pledged itself to raise

the sum of one million dollars. Thus several intertwined tasks dominated the first dozen years of GMA

functioning: fund raising, selection of the tomb’s design and implementation of the construction.

Even before the official formation of the GMA, collection for the Monument had begun. While

fundraising proved to be a perpetual function of the GMA, this activity is punctuated by major

fundraising raising drives in 1885, 1892 and 1929. One of the explicit goals of the GMA was to raise the

needed funds through donation by the citizens of New York. Critics made note that the leadership of

the GMA consisted of some of the leading industrialists who were amassing enormous personal

fortunes. Several or even one alone could have easily met the fundraising goals of the GMA from their

own pockets.

Nevertheless, despite economic disparity, during 1885 and again in 1892, citizens of every economic

echelon subscribed to the GMA. Special efforts were made to solicit donations from African American

fraternal and religious groups by Secretary Greener. Newspapers actively recruited subscriptions.

Private businesses and governmental agencies promoted subscription from among their employees,

creating pledge lists and collecting the pledges. Workers, for whom a dollar or .50 cents subscription

might indeed mean sacrifice, proudly donated. Individuals solicited pledges from neighbors and

colleagues. Veteran’s groups, townships, churches and schools collected donations. Ultimately, the

Grant Monument cost $600,000, nearly 95% percent of which was raised through donations from the

people of New York. Some contributed pennies, others much more. But citizens from every walk of life

seem to comprise the 90,000 subscribers of the GMA – a detail which speaks to the deep esteem with

which General Grant was regarded.

5 Porter, Horace, 1837-1921. Campaigning with Grant. New York: The Century Co., 1897.



The design of the tomb was a compelling consideration for some citizens who offered ideas for the

monument design entirely unsolicited long before the GMA initiated an official competition. In 1888,

the GMA instituted an open, competitive design submission process based upon a model previously

used in the creation of many Civil War monuments. The parameters of the GMA process contained

some controversial deviations from the norm, however, and a six-member panel of expert judges

resolved that this had served to deter true professionals from participating. They reluctantly chose five

winning designs from 65 submissions they deemed in aggregate to be below par.

The GMA board in turn found the judges choices lacking and thus instituted a second competition in

1890. Rather than remediating the controversial elements of the first competition, the second was by

invitation, extending a $500 stipend to five of the most prominent architects at the time including

Carrere and Hastings, Charles W. Clinton, LeBrun and Sons and John Ord. The winning submission this

time was chosen not by experts but by the Board itself who bestowed the honor on a composite neo-

classical design by John H. Duncan.

Through the years of construction, the GMA, John H. Duncan and builder John T. Brady labored over the

details - granite from Maine, marble from Massachusetts and Italy, stained glass windows from Tiffany &

Co. and sculptures by J. Massy Rhind. Even at the time of its 1897 dedication ceremony, the GMA did

not consider the tomb complete as it lacked external statuary. This cause was taken up by the 1929

fundraising campaign which sought to raise $400,000 to complete the tomb under the auspices of John

Russell Pope. However, the impact of the Great Depression delayed completion again. Thus, technically

speaking, Grant’s Tomb remains unfinished today.

The on-going work of the GMA, from 1897 to 1959, was to support the daily functioning of Grant’s Tomb

as an educational and patriotic destination, to work collaboratively with city, state and federal agencies

to maintain the property and building, and to promote General Grant’s legacy. Toward this end, the

GMA maintained an active Board of Trustees.

George D. Burnside served as custodian of Grant’s Tomb for 33 years, his role being filled upon

retirement by his son, George G. Burnside who had hitherto worked at his father’s side. While Mr.

Burnside provided daily care of the tomb overseeing its maintenance and repair, he also served as tour

guide and coordinator of visitation. He created informational material including a 1928 booklet entitled

Life of Gen. U. S. Grant: Description of Tomb. He kept meticulous track of daily attendance and weather

in a series of ledgers from which monthly and yearly attendance statistics were drawn.

On its perch high above the Hudson River, for over two decades Grant’s Tomb welcomed around half a

million visitors a year, exceeding visitation to The Statue of Liberty until after World War I. Through the

20th century, the GMA promoted Grant-related events, especially yearly celebrations of his birth, at the

tomb and elsewhere. The GMA worked collaboratively with the Works Progress Administration in the

installation of busts of several of Grant’s Civil War generals in 1938 and the commissioning of murals

representing maps locating battles of the Civil War by Dean Faucett. In 1959, the care of the tomb and

property was transferred to the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Remaining intact for

another six years in an advisory capacity, the GMA’s last official act before legally dissolving, was the



oversight of the installation of mosaic murals by Allyn Cox in 1965. A new Grant Monument Association

was created some years later; the records of that organization are not part of this collection.

TIMELINE of the Grant Monument Association

1885 July 23 Death of General Ulysses S. Grant

1885 July 28 Inaugural meeting of Grant Monument Association

1885 August 8 Funeral for Ulysses S. Grant held in New York City

1885 Major fundraising drive

1888-1889 First official competition for Tomb’s design

1890 Design of John H. Duncan chosen in second competitive process

1891 April 27 Ground Breaking Ceremony

1892 Major fundraising drive

1892 April 27 Ceremony for the laying of the cornerstone

1897 April 22 Dedication marking completion of the Grant Monument

1902 December 14 Death of Julia Dent Grant. Her remains are entombed beside her husband’s.

1912 January 9 Many GMA records destroyed in Equitable Insurance Building fire

1922 April 27 Centenary Celebration of General Grant

1929 Major fundraising Drive

1959 May 1 Grant’s Tomb officially becomes part of the National Park Service

1965 April 7 The GMA is dissolved

1994 The GMA is re-constituted under the leadership of Frank Scaturro



SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The records of the Grant Monument Association consist of administrative, financial, fund raising, design

competition, operational and attendance records. Materials include correspondence, meeting minutes,

annual reports, budgets, vouchers, invoices, bills, receipts, tax records, subscription records,

architectural descriptions and plans, blueprints, newspaper clippings, publications and ephemera. While

most material is loose, there are a dozen or so bound ledgers and letter books. The correspondents

consist of trustees, officers, architects, builders and artists, vendors, local, state and federal authorities,

contributors and patrons. In aggregate, these materials not only narrate the evolution of the Grant

Monument Association but also serve to illuminate the personal commitment of the membership, many

of whom were men of considerable prominence, including Presidents Chester A. Arthur, Rutherford B.

Hayes and Benjamin Harrison; business and civic leaders such as Andrew Carnegie, Hamilton Fish,

William R. Grace, John D. Rockefeller, Jacob H. Schiff, Leland Stanford, and Cornelius Vanderbilt; and

notable architects and firms such as Charles W. Clinton, John H. Duncan, John Ord, Calvert Vaux, and

Carrere and Hastings.

Approximately two-thirds of the collection consists of records pertaining to the establishment and

administration of the GMA and its attempts to raise money for the construction of the tomb. The

records shed light on a variety of fund-raising methods, including persuasion of personal connections,

newspaper appeals, industry- and trade- based initiatives, appeals to veterans, solicitation of

government funding, strategically placed collection boxes, and benefits ranging from operas and other

performances to industrial expositions to baseball games.

The remainder of the collection comprises records pertaining to the design and construction of the tomb

and its maintenance and management. Included are sketches and textual descriptions of proposals for

the tomb’s design, submitted during the two design competitions (1888 and 1890), as well as

documents relating to the groundbreaking and dedication ceremonies. The records also contain files on

the administration of the site, including general financial records, inquiries and responses from visitors,

files on public services and programs, and memoranda on measures taken to protect the tomb during

World War II.

Booklets, pamphlets and printed ephemera in the collection, including programs of dedication

ceremonies, do more than document their respective specific events. They are also chronicles of social

history, illuminating practices of mourning and commemoration. Additionally, many contain

advertisements, often illustrated, that reveal details about everyday life and commerce in 19th century

New York.



ARRANGEMENT NOTE

The current arrangement of the Grant Monument Association Records replicates the core intellectual

arrangement established during the 2002 processing project, with several adjustments to provide a

more cohesive narrative and streamlined research access, while maintaining original order and the

integrity of the collection. For details concerning the prior arrangement, please see the 2002 Finding Aid

for Grant Monument Association Records, 1885-1966 prepared by Mary P. Perreault, Melissa Underhill

and Elizabeth Banks, available through the office of the Chief of Cultural Resources for the General Grant

National Memorial. A crosswalk between the 2002 and 2011 arrangement is available for researchers if

needed.

The most significant adjustment is the elimination of Series III: Oversized Materials. In the 2002

arrangement, Series III contained all items found in the collection which were larger, and in some cases

smaller, than the standard legal size document box. While removal of each item to one of 23

appropriately sized archival boxes was noted with a separation sheet, the 2002 finding aid utilized an

elaborate footnoting system which essentially severed the other-sized items from their intellectual

connection to their original location.

The re-integration of other-sized materials is reflected in two ways. Of the 23 boxes in Series III, 12 were

index card boxes containing the subscription books from the 1892 fund raising drive. These materials

have been reassigned to Series I: Subseries G: Fundraising, Sub-subseries 3: Subscription Books. The box

numbers have been adjusted accordingly. The 11 boxes which contain the remaining other-sized

materials are physically arranged as the last 11 boxes in the collection. The items therein are listed in

the finding aid according at their physical location of origin and intellectual relationship. Series I:

Subseries G: Fundraising has been arranged into 7 sub-subseries: 1. Correspondence; 2. Events,

Campaigns and Fundraisers; 3. Subscription Books; 4. Indexes of Contributors; 5. Contribution Boxes;

and 6. Grand Army of the Republic (GAR).

The arrangement of the General Correspondence in Series II, Subseries D: Tomb Opening and

Operational Records reflects a significant re-processing from the 2002 arrangement as it has been

sorted by year and month in order to provide a more cohesive narrative. Throughout the collection,

some folder order has been adjusted for flow of content and chronology.



SERIES OUTLINE

Series I: Administration Records, 1885-1965 Subseries A: General Correspondence Subseries B: Trustee Records Subseries C: Legislation and By-laws Subseries D: Annual Reports Subseries E: Meeting Minutes Subseries F: Financial Records Subseries G: Fundraising Sub-subseries 1: Correspondence Sub-subseries 2: Events, Campaigns and Fundraisers Sub-subseries 3: Subscription Books Sub-subseries 4: Contributor’s Indexing Sub-subseries 5: Contribution Boxes Sub-subseries 6: Grand Army of the Republic Subseries H: Newspaper Clippings Subseries I: Blank paper, envelopes and wrappings Series II: Construction and Maintenance, 1885-1980 Subseries A: Correspondence Subseries B: Pre-Construction Records Subseries C: Construction Records Subseries D: Tomb Opening and Operational Records Subseries E: Financial Records Subseries F: Attendance Records Subseries G: Repairs Subseries H: Programs and Publications



SERIES NOTES AND CONTENTS LIST

Series I: Administration Records, 1885-1965 Subseries A: General Correspondence, 1885-1892 Extent: 2.5 linear inches Arrangement: Chronological. Scope and Content: Subseries contains correspondence of the Grant Monument Association during its formative years, 1885-1892. The subseries includes correspondence with the City of New York regarding the monument site in Riverside Park. It covers correspondence regarding Federal funding and the resulting dispute regarding General Grant’s final resting place as well as correspondence related to efforts to secure funding from the State of New York. Correspondents in this series include Richard T. Greener, Mayor William R. Grace, Gen. Charles H. T. Collis, Horace Hotchkiss and Cornelius O’Reilly. The documents include letters, telegrams, drafts with annotation and final versions of proposals and speeches. Box Folder Title Dates

1 1 Correspondence with City of New York 1885 September 3-1892 March 29, undated

1 2 Correspondence regarding Congressional Affairs 1885 July 20-1892 May 26, undated

1 3 Leases for Office Space 1886-1892

77 5 Leases for Office Space at 146 Broadway 1886-1890

1 4 Correspondence from New York Cancer Hospital 1890 June 1-1891 January 21

1 5 Appeal to the State of New York for Funding 1891 March 3-1892 March 16, undated

Subseries B: Trustee Records, 1885-1964 Extent: 5 linear inches Arrangement: Chronological. Scope and Content: Subseries contains correspondence between members of the Board of Trustees, their colleagues and the officers of the GMA. While much of it pertains to the scheduling of and attendance at Board Meetings, there is also correspondence pertaining to the business of the Board and the election and resignation of board members and officers. There are many response letters (primarily acceptance) to Mayor Grace’s 1885 invitation to serve as a founding member for the GMA. Many items are addressed to Richard T. Greener, GMA Secretary 1885-1892. There are items related to the restructuring of the GMA in 1892 and changes in leadership.



The subseries contains correspondence from President Chester A. Arthur, President Rutherford B. Hayes, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius O’Reilly, Asa Adams, Robert B. Roosevelt, William Lummis, Adolph Sanger, Lispenard Stewart, Gen. Charles H. T. Collis, Gen. Horace Porter and Horace L. Hotchkiss. Also of note is a bound index of the Board of Trustees from 1892 through 1964, recording not only name, address and date of election but also frequently date of resignation and/or date of death. Some loose obituaries and change of address notices are laid in. Entries are alphabetical by first initial of last name, then by date of election to the Association. The materials consist of hand-written and typed letters, original and copies, as well as a ledger. Box Folder Title Dates

1 6 Trustee Correspondence 1885 July 24-1885 July 31

1 7 Trustee Correspondence 1885 August 1-1885 August 18

1 8 Trustee Correspondence 1885 August 18-1885 August 31

1 9 Trustee Correspondence 1885 September 1-1886 December 2

1 10 Trustee Correspondence 1887 January 19-1889 November 19

1 11 Trustee Correspondence 1889 December 3-1891 December 9, undated

1 12 Trustee Correspondence 1892 January 5-1892 March 24

2 1 Trustee Correspondence 1892 March 25-1892 June 2, undated

2 2 Trustee Correspondence 1892 November 28-1896 November 6

2 3 Trustee Lists and Addresses 1892, undated

78 19 Trustee Names and Addresses 1892?

2 4 Index of Trustees 1892-1964

Subseries C: Legislation and By-Laws, 1886-1897 Extent: .5 linear inches Scope and Content: Subseries consists of one folder containing documents pertaining to the development, revisions and finalizations of the by-laws for the GMA. There are several copies of the 1892 booklet entitled: By-Laws. / The Grant Monument Association. For related material: see also Series II / Subseries H: Programs and Publications / Box 68. Box Folder Title Dates

2 5 Authoring Legislation and By-Laws 1886-1897



Subseries D: Annual Reports, 1885-1896 Extent: 2.5 linear inches Arrangement: The term “Parts” is used to indicate groups of closely related material which were likely originally filed together as a unit but are now sub-divided into multiple folders for preservation purposes. Scope and Content: Subseries consist of dated and undated accounting reports and lists detailing the income and the expenses of Grant Monument Association from 1885-1896. Itemized lists contain the names of individuals both famous and obscure and the amounts they contributed (e.g. John Jacob Astor, $1,000; C. Smith, $2.00; Little Ettie, Lottie & Fannie, 30¢; A Soldier’s Orphan, 5¢; Daughter of a Confederate General, 25¢; A poor woman with ten children, 5¢.) They also reveal the comparative fund-raising capabilities of various members of the Association (e.g. “Aug. 14 *1885+ Through B*enjamin+ Lichtenstein . . .$230.00”). For related material: see also Series II/Subseries H: Programs and Publications / Annual Reports, 1937-1957. Box Folder Title Dates

2 6 Annual Reports and Regular Minutes, Part 1 of 2 1885-1886, undated


2 8 Annual Reports and Regular Minutes 1887-1890

2 9 Annual Reports and Regular Minutes, Part 1 of 2 1892-1893

78 20 Minutes of Trustees’ Meeting 1892 March 22


3 1 Annual Reports and Regular Minutes 1894-1896, undated

Subseries E: Meeting Minutes, 1885-1965 Extent: 7 linear inches Arrangement: Chronological Scope and Content: Subseries consists of four ledgers spanning the years 1885 through 1965. There is a gap from 1887-1911 which may be accounted for by the 1912 fire at the Equitable Life Insurance Building which destroyed many GMA records. Each ledger contains the official “transcript of record” of GMA meetings. The overall content offers insight as to the inception and formation of the GMA, its on-going mission and goals, and its efforts to engage participants representing a broad swath of the community. The first ledger, 1885-1886, is written in the hand of the GMA’s first Secretary, Richard T. Greener. This ledger lists the 85 men who attended the inaugural GMA meeting, July 28, 1885. The final ledger



contains the Certificate of Dissolution of The Grant Monument Association signed by John P. Lomenzo, Secretary of New York State, dated April 7, 1965. Box Folder Title Dates

3 2 Meeting Minutes Book 1885 July 24-1886 March 25

3 3 Meeting Minutes Book 1912-1936



Subseries F: Financial Records, 1885-1965 Extent: 2.33 linear feet Arrangement: Boxes 4 through 8 of this subseries contain materials which are arranged by record type and then chronologically within the folders. However, the folders in Box 9 entitled “Vouchers, Invoices, Bills and Receipts” each contain an array of documents. Those folders cover overlapping dates and their contents are not arranged chronologically. Some folders contain materials grouped by company and sometimes arranged alphabetically. This arrangement has been retained in order not to disrupt any remnants of the original order of the material. Scope and Content: Subseries contains the documents related to the day-to-day financial affairs of the GMA. It contains balance sheets, bank books, check stubs, petty cash ledgers, receipt stubs, canceled checks, vouchers, invoices, bills and receipts. Box Folder Title Dates

4 2 Balance Sheets 1890-1893, undated

4 3 Management of Funds 1886 March - 1896 October

76 1 Management of Funds 1886 March - 1896 October

4 4 Bank Books 1885 July-1886 March

4 5 Bank Books 1885 August-December

4 6 Bank Books 1885 August-1886 October

4 7 Bank Books 1886 March-1890 January

4 8 Check Stubs 1893 May-1896 June

4 9 Check Stubs 1912 February 6-1918 December 13

5 1 Check Stubs 1918 December-1926 March



Box Folder Title Dates

5 2 Check Stubs 1932 March-1937 July

5 3 Check Stubs 1937 July-1940 August

5 4 Check Stubs 1940 August-1943 May

6 1 Check Stubs 1943 May-1946 March

6 2 Check Stubs 1946 April-1949 June

6 3 Check Stubs 1949 July-1951 February

6 4 Check Stubs 1951 February-1954 June

6 5 Check Stubs 1949 June 30-August 5, 1954 June-1957 October, 1963 June 28-1965 March 1

7 1 Petty Cash Ledger 1885 July-1892 February

7 2 Petty Cash Ledger 1892 February-1895 November

7 3 Receipt Ledger 1885 July-1888 December

7 4 Receipt Stubs 1885 August-1886 January

7 5 Receipt Stubs 1885 August-1892 February

7 6 Receipt Stubs 1886 February-1889 May

8 1 Receipt Stubs 1889 May-November

8 2 Receipt Stubs 1890 May-September

8 3 Receipt Stubs 1890 September-1891 January

8 4 Receipt Book 1885 July-1891 November

8 5 Cancelled Checks 1892 March 30-1893 July 8

8 6 Vouchers, Invoices, Bills and Receipts 1885-1886




8 10 Vouchers and Bills from Mutual District Messenger Company

1885-1893, undated

8 11 Vouchers, Invoices, Bills and Receipts, Part 1 of 2: A-M

1885-1890

9 1 Vouchers, Invoices, Bills and Receipts, Part 2 of 2: N-Z

1885-1890

9 2 Vouchers, Invoices, Bills and Receipts 1885 July-1892 April




9 3 Vouchers, Invoices, Bills and Receipts 1893 July 13-1895 June 4

9 4 Vouchers, Invoices, Bills and Receipts, Part 1 of 2 1892 May-1895 April

9 5 Vouchers, Invoices, Bills and Receipts, Part 2 of 2 1892 May-1895 April

9 6 Vouchers, Invoices, Bills and Receipts, Part 1 of 4 1892 February 20-1893 July 13




Subseries G: Fundraising, 1885-1894 Arrangement: This subseries is arranged into six sub-subseries: 1: Correspondence; 2: Events, Campaigns and Fundraisers; 3: Subscription Books; 4: Indexes of Contributors; 5: Contribution Boxes; and 6: Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). In the 1980s, several volumes were removed by National Park Service personnel from their respective sequences in Sub-subseries 1 and 3 for unknown purposes, probably exhibition or loan. For registrarial control, these volumes were given individual catalog numbers, which are listed under “Related Materials” in the appropriate sub-subseries description. Sub-subseries 1: Correspondence, 1885-1893

Extent: 3.95 linear feet Arrangement: There are two arrangement schemes within this sub-subseries. The first half is arranged largely by chronology. There is some date overlap among folders in order to preserve presumed original order in which closely associate items were housed together. The items in Box 11 Folder 4 through Box 12 Folder 4 each cover a range of overlapping dates spanning July through December 1885. The contents of these folders were found folded tightly together in a series of six envelopes and one loose bundle. These items were humidified and flattened so that they could be used by researchers. The second half of the sub-subseries maintains an organization in which correspondence was filed by the GMA in a numbered letter file system according to type of company making a contribution. Missing are letter files 1-26, 35, 50, 95, 177. Some folders in this section are empty (and marked as such) to reflect that a letter file was prepared by the GMA but upon initial archival processing was found to be empty. Preservation photocopies of the index sheets that were glued to the fronts of the original letter files are in Box 16, Folder 7. Scope and Content: Sub-subseries includes a range of communications pertaining to the pledge of a donation to the GMA and/or to the completed submission of a donation. This includes letters, pledge sheets and lists, some of which are marked with a number in blue pencil although the use and meaning



of this notation is not known. There are also drafts and final versions of GMA’s print solicitation for donations, including appeals to Americans overseas, as well as occasional drafts of public addresses appealing for contributions. There are copies of letters from the GMA to subscribers requesting remittance of a pledge. There are requests from subscribers to the GMA for souvenir certificates acknowledging a donation. There are some hand-written notes and memoranda by unidentified creator(s). Many documents are pasted to transmission sheets, some of which are signed (sometime by hand, sometimes by rubber stamp) by former President Chester A. Arthur as Chairman of the GMA. Among the correspondence are letters from individuals proposing a variety of fund-raising schemes, such as the sale of books of reminiscences by Civil War soldiers, oratory contests, and the marketing of products bearing the Grant name. Related Materials:

NPS Catalog GEGR 528-Transcript of Treasurer’s Cash Book o GMA ledger listing names and addressed of contributors covering 1892 May-1894

February

NPS Catalog GEGR 529-Transcript of Treasurer’s Cash Book o GMA ledger listing names and addressed of contributors covering 1892 March-June

NPS Catalog GEGR 531-Cornerstone Day-Record of Total Subscriptions as Announced o GMA ledger which corresponds to letter files 27-147 detailing total amounts

subscribed per group Box Folder Title Dates

10 1 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1885-1886

77 6 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1885

75 1 Continental Insurance Company Subscription Scroll undated

10 2 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1885 July 1-July 26

10 3 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1885 July 28-July 30

10 4 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1885 July 30-August 2

10 5 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1885 August 3-5



10 8 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1885 August 12




10 12 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1885 September 1-7






10 15 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1885 October 1-10



11 1 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1885 November 3-21

11 2 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1885 November 21-December 2

11 3 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1885 December 2-31

11 4 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising, Part 1 of 2 1885 July 31-August 21

11 5 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising, Part 1 of 2 1885 July 30-September 3

11 6 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising, Part 1 of 2 1885 August 10-25, undated

78 18 Subscription Scrolls 1885, undated

12 1 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising, Part 1 of 2 1885 August 3 -22, undated

12 2 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising, Part 1 of 2 1885 July 25-October 14, undated

12 3 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising, Part 1 of 2 1885 July 25-August 15, undated

12 4 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising, Part 1 of 2 1885 August 10-15, undated

12 5 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising, Part 2 of 2 circa 1885

77 8 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising, Part 2 of 2 (loose copybook pages)

circa 1885

12 6 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1886 January 2-7, undated

12 7 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1886 January 7- February 19

12 8 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1886 February 19-May 17

12 9 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1886 May 19-July 29

12 10 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1886 August 12-December 14

12 11 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1886 December 15-1887 March 29

12 12 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1887 April 1-1888 February 27

13 1 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1888 March 1-June 15

13 2 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1888 June 20-1889 December 18

13 3 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1890 January 30-October 10

13 4 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1890 October 14-December 19




13 5 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1890 December 19-1891 May 6

13 6 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1891 May 19-December 31

13 7 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1892 January 27-March 19

13 8 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1892 March 11-28

13 9 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1892 28-31

13 10 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1892 March 30-April 4

76 2 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1892 April 4

13 11 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1892 April 5-6



13 14 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1892 April 9-12, undated





14 5 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1892 May 2-9

14 6 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1892 May 9-12, undated

78 1 United States Post Office Subscription Sheets 1892 May 9, undated


78 2 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1892 May 16

76 3 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1892 May 7






14 13 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1892 June 1-2






15 2 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1892 June 24-July 30

15 3 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1892 August 10-October 26

15 4 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1892 November 5-1897 March 3, undated


15 6 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising undated, circa 1892



15 9 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1892 May 3, undated, circa 1892



16 1 Correspondence Regarding Fund Raising 1892 May 6-23, undated, circa 1892




76 16 United States Army Subscription Form undated, circa 1892



16 7 Preservation photocopies of the original indexes to Letter Files 27-185

undated, circa 1892

16 8 (Letter File 27) Dry Goods (Corsets); Dry Goods (Spool, Cotton)

1892-1893

16 9 (Letter File 28) Dry Goods; Fur Dealers, Furriers 1892

16 10 (Letter File 29) Hotels, Glue 1982

16 11 (Letter File 30) Soap, Wholesale Groceries 1892-1893

16 12 (Letter File 31) Wholesale Drug Trade, Pharmacists 1982

16 13 (Letter File 32) Varnishes, Twine Mfs. 1892

16 14 (Letter File 33) Fish & Oyster, Butchers 1892

16 15 (Letter File 34) Carriage, etc; Streetcar Manufactures 1892

16 16 (Letter File 36) Harness & Saddlery, ; Decorators 1892-1893




16 17 (Letter File 37) Window Shades, etc; Real Estate 1890-1982

16 18 (Letter File 38) Diamonds, Watch Cases 1892-1893

16 19 (Letter File 39) Jewelry Boxes, etc; & Silversmiths 1892-1893

16 20 (Letter File 40) Manufactures Jewelers & Gold Pens 1892

16 21 (Letter File 41) Opticians; Clocks 1892

16 22 (Letter File 42/43) Jewelry Jobbers; Retail Jewelers; Jewelry Supplies, etc; Telegraph Inserts

1892-1893

17 1 (Letter File 44) Fire Alarms and Police Telegraph; Electrical Supplies

1892-1893

17 2 (Letter File 45) Electrical Light Companies; Telegraph Interests

1892

17 3 (Letter File 46) Electrical Press, Burglar Alarms 1892

17 4 (Letter File 47/48) Electricians; Architects; Paper Manufacturers & Dealers; Blank Book Manufacturers, Part 1 of 2

1892-1893

17 5 (Letter File 47/48) Electricians; Architects; Paper Manufacturers & Dealers; Blank Book Manufacturers, Part 2 of 2

1892-1893

17 6 (Letter File 49) Printers; Printer Materials, etc. 1892-1893

17 7 (Letter File 51/52) Printing Presses; Book Binders; Book Binding Materials; Engravers

1892-1893

17 8 (Letter File 53) Stationers; Lithographers 1892-1893

17 9 (Letter File 54) Office Sundries, Typewriters 1892-1893

17 10 (Letter File 55) Type Founders, Electrotype 1892

17 11 (Letter File 56) Metal Workers Tools, Printers Ink 1892

17 12 (Letter File 57) Paper Box Makers; Inks 1892-1893

17 13 (Letter File 58) Lawyers, Men's Furnishings, Wholesale, Part 1 of 2

1892

17 14 (Letter File 58) Lawyers, Men's Furnishings, Wholesale, Part 2 of 2

1892

17 15 (Letter File 59) Straw Goods, Hats, etc.; Underwear, etc.

1892-1893

17 16 (Letter File 60/61) Jobbers of Millinery Goods, Umbrellas, etc., Hats and Caps, Wholesale, Notions and Fancy Goods

1892-1893

17 17 (Letter File 62) Retail Men's Furnishing Goods; Retail Hats and Caps

1892-1893

17 18 (Letter File 63) Wholesale and Retail Toys; Artificial Flower

1892




17 19 (Letter File 64) Bicycles, etc. (Sporting Goods); Baby Carriage Dealers

1892-1893

17 20 (Letter File 65) Publishers of Books, Religious Papers 1892-1893

17 21 (Letter File 66) Educational Papers, Sporting Papers 1893

17 22 (Letter File 67/68) Trade Papers, News Companies, Weekly Papers; Paintings Engravings, etc.

1892

17 23 (Letter File 69) Trucks, Etc.; Rubber Goods 1892-1893

17 24 (Letter File 70) Boots and Shoes; Wholesale and Retail Hardware and Cutlery

1892-1893

17 25 (Letter File 71) Metals and Iron; Wire Cloth and Wire Workers

1892

17 26 (Letter File 72/73) Brass and Copper Goods; Plumber Supplies; Agricultural Implements; Street Railways

1892-1893

17 27 (Letter File 74) Leaf Tobacco, Cigar Manufacturers 1892

17 28 (Letter File 75/76) Manufacturers Tobacco; Cigarette Manufacturers; Wholesale and Retail, Tobacconists, Pipes and Smokers Article

1892-1983

17 29 (Letter File 77) Cigar Manufacturers Supplies; China and Glassware

1892

17 30 (Letter File 78) Leather and Hides; Clothing, Retail 1892

17 31 (Letter File 79) Clothing, Wholesale; Safes 1892-1893

17 32 (Letter File 80) Powder and High explosives; Piano Manufacturers

1892-1893

17 33 (Letter File 81) Organ Builders; Arms and Ammunition

1892

17 34 (Letter File 82) Scales 1892-1893

17 35 (Letter File 83) Silk Industries (Dry Goods); Silk Manufacturers (Dry Goods)

1892-1893

17 36 (Letter File 84) Silk Twists and Braids; Silk Dyers, etc., [empty]

1892

17 37 (Letter File 85/86) Importers Silk Fabrics; Raw Silk Importers; Dyeing Establishments; Building Industries

1892

17 38 (Letter File 87) Masons and Builders; Carpenters and Builders

1892

17 39 (Letter File 88) Manufacturers and Cabinet Work; Architectural Iron Manufacturers

1892-1893

17 40 (Letter File 89) Slate and Metal Roofers; Master Painters

1892-1893

17 41 (Letter File 90) Employing Plasters; Plaster and Cement Manufacturers

1892




76 4 (Letter File 90) Employing Plasters; Plaster and Cement Manufacturers

1892

17 42 (Letter File 91) Master Plumbers; Fire Proofing and Fire Brick

1892

18 1 (Letter File 92/93) Contractors; House Shorers; Asphalt and Patent Basement; Hod Elevators

1892-1893

18 2 (Letter File 94) Second Hand Building Materials; Gas Fixtures and Lamps

1892-1893

18 3 (Letter File 96) Blue Stone Dealers; Freestone Cutters

1892-1893

18 4 (Letter File 97) Window Glass; Marble Industry 1892-1893

18 5 (Letter File 97/98) Grate Cutters; Foundation, Stone, Tiles, Grates and Mantels; Manufacturers Terra Cotta

1892-1893

18 6 (Letter File 99) Retail Cole Yards, Wholesale Coal Trade

1892-1893

18 7 (Letter File 100/101) Matches; Packing Boxes; Ice Dealers; Hay Dealers

1892-1893

18 8 (Letter File 102) Wood Dealers; Tea 1892-1893

18 9 (Letter File 103) Cold Storage; Fruit 1892-1893

18 10 (Letter File 104) Woodenware; Chemical Manufacturers

1892

18 11 (Letter File 105) Perfumers; Retail Druggists 1892-1893

18 12 (Letter File 106) Coal and Oils; Paint and Oils 1892-1893

18 13 (Letter File 107) Miscellaneous Oils; Surgical and Dental Instruments

1893

18 14 (Letter File 108) Livery; Boarding and Sales; Stables, District 1

1892

18 15 (Letter File 109) Livery Stables, District 2 & 3 [empty] 1892

18 16 (Letter File 110/111) Livery Stables 4 &5; Sales, Stables, Feed, [empty]

1892

18 17 (Letter File 112) Billiard Tables; Artists; Sculptors 1892

18 18 (Letter File 113) Confectioners; Accident Insurance 1892-1893

18 19 (Letter File 114) Physicians; Fire Underwriters 1892-1893

18 20 (Letter File 115) Awning and Sail Makers; Ship Chandlers

1893

18 21 (Letter File 116) Uptown Residents Districts 1 & 2 1892

18 22 (Letter File 117/118) Uptown Residents Districts 3,4 & 5; Clergymen

1892-1893




18 23 (Letter File 119) Passenger and Freight Elevators; Machinery and Pumps

1892-1893

18 24 (Letter File 120) Mineral Water, etc.; Building Materials

1892

18 25 (Letter File 121) Federal Officials; Photographers 1892

18 26 (Letter File 122/123) Amateur Photographers; Florists; Merchant Taylors; Dentists

1892-1893

18 27 (Letter File 124) Hollow Glass Manufacturers [empty]

1892

18 28 (Letter File 125/126) Bakers; Auctioneers; Household Coopers & Cooper Stock; Pawn Brokers

1892

18 29 (Letter File 127) Restaurants; Pumps & Machinery 1892

18 30 (Letter File 128) Milk Dealers; Engineers; Civil, Mechanical & Mining

1892-1893

18 31 (Letter File 129) Musical Instruments; Merchant Marine, Port of New York

1892

18 32 (Letter File 130) Antiques & Bric-A-Brac; Grocers, Retail

1892

18 33 (Letter File 131) Stock Exchange; Carpets & Oil Cloth (Dry Goods)

1892

18 34 (Letter File 132) Consolidated Stock & Petroleum Exchange; Union League Club

1892-1893

18 35 (Letter File 133) Columbia Yacht Club; Lotus Club 1892

18 36 (Letter File 134) Seventh Regiment Club; Union Club 1892-1893

18 37 (Letter File 135/136) Mercantile Exchange; Cotton Exchange; Produce Exchange

1892-1893

18 38 (Letter File 137) Dry Goods [empty] 1892

18 39 (Letter File 138) Retail Dry Goods; Lumber Association No. 1 W. Side

1892

18 40 (Letter File 139) Brooklyn Committee 1892

19 1 (Letter File 140) Life Insurance 1892-1893

19 2 (Letter File 141) Banks & Clearing Houses 1892-1893

19 3 (Letter File 142 /143) Grocers, Fancy; Savings Banks 1892-1893

19 4 (Letter File 144) Sundries [empty] 1892

19 5 (Letter File 145) Miscellaneous [Part 1 of 4] 1892-1893







19 9 (Letter File 146) Bank Clerks 1892

19 10 (Letter File 147/148) Federal Officials 1892

19 11 (Letter File 149) Empire Club; Undertakers 1892

19 12 (Letter File 150/151) Cordage; Wholesale Wines & Liquors; Japanese & Chinese Goods; Dealers in Tailors Trimmings; Dry Goods

1892-1893

19 13 (Letter File 152) Lumber Association No. 2; Yellow Pine Trade Produce Exchange (Sub-Comm. Prov'ns [sic])

1892

19 14 (Letter File 153) Produce Exchange Grain Brokers; Lumber Association (Su-Comm [sic]), Wh. White Pine [empty]

1892

19 15 (Letter File 154) Produce Exchange, (Sub) Food Products; Produce Exchange; Produce Exchange, (Sub) Butter & Cheese, [empty]

1892

19 16 (Letter File 155) Lumber Association; North Carolina Pine Produce Exchange (Sub), Stevedores [empty]

1892

19 17 (Letter File 156) Lumber Association (East Side below 59th St); Lumber Association (Eastern Div. Brooklyn) [empty]

1892

19 18 (Letter File 157) Lumber Association; Gowanys Canal Brooklyn; Lighterage Produce Exchange (Sub)[empty]

1892

19 19 (Letter File 158) Oils, Grease & Tallow Produce Exchange (Sub); Bags & Bagging Produce Exchange (Sub) [empty]

1892

19 20 (Letter File 159) Petroleum Produce Exchange (Sub); Lard Produce Exchange (Sub) [empty]

1892

19 21 (Letter File 160) Brokers, Freight Produce Exchange; Feed Produce Exchange (Sub)[empty]

1892

19 22 (Letter File 161) Grain Receivers & Shippers Produce Exchange; Cotton Goods Converters Dry Goods

1892

19 23 (Letter File 162) Flour & Miller Produce Exchange (Sub); Storage Produce Exchange (Sub)

1892

19 24 (Letter File 163)Lumber Association Wh. Hardwood; Lumber Association (Above Harlem)[empty]

1892

19 25 (Letter File 164) Lumber Association (East Side above 59th St.); Lumber Association (Spruce Commission Deals) [empty]

1892

19 26 (Letter File 165) Lumber Association South Brooklyn; Lumber Association Newton Creek District [empty]

1892

19 27 (166) Importers & Jobbers of Dry Goods; Hops & Malts Produce Exchange

1892




19 28 (Letter File 167/168) Beans & Dried Fruit Produce Exchange; Shipping Produce Exchange; Lumber Association Jersey City; Salt Fish, etc. Produce Exchange [empty]

1892

19 29 (Letter File 168) Elevators Grain Produce Exchange; Retail Liquor Dealers

1892

19 30 (Letter File 170) Coffee Exchange; Brotherhood Locomotive Engineers

1892-1893

19 31 (Letter File 171) Brewers; Lager Beer; Dry Goods Generally

1892-1893

19 32 (Letter File 172/173) Lumber Association Generally; United Service Club; Tobacco; Churches

1892

19 33 (Letter File 174) Gold Leaf Manufacturers; Upton Resident

1892

19 34 (Letter File 175/176) Livery Stables; National Guards; Dry Goods Generally; Clubs

1892-1893

19 35 (Letter File 178) Capitalists & Trustees 1892

19 36 (Letter File 179) Capitalists & Trustees/Grand Army of the Republic

1892

76 5 Grand Army of the Republic order of parade for Laying of Cornerstone Ceremony

1892 April 23

19 37 (Letter File 180) Ladies 1892

19 38 (Letter File 181) Churches 1892

19 39 (Letter File 182) Academics & Schools; Sewing Machines

1892

76 6 (Letter File 182) Academics & Schools; Sewing Machines

1892

Sub-subseries 2: Events, Campaigns and Fund Raisers, 1885-1893 Extent: 10 linear inches Arrangement: Chronological Scope and Content: The materials in this sub-subseries pertain to GMA activities which involved specific fund raising events and special campaigns. The events include oratory and theatrical presentations, an essay contest and an art auction. Special fund raising campaigns include those of the Star newspaper and The Gallatin National Bank. The materials include correspondence, ephemera (auction book, ticket stubs), subscription ledgers and lists, certificates, receipts, and trade cards and fliers, often elaborately illustrated.




20 1 Oration: George A. Sheridan 1885 January 12- 1886 September 16

20 2 Oration: George A. Sheridan 1886 January 13-February 15

20 3 Oration: George A. Sheridan 1886 February 15-April 14

20 4 Madison Square Garden Fairs 1885, undated

20 5 Madison Square Garden Fairs 1885-1891, undated

20 6 Benefit: Hermit of Cashel 1886, undated

20 7 Financial Statement of the New York Star Fund for the Grant Monument Association

1887

20 8 Receipts, Grant Star Fund 1887 August-October

20 9 Receipts, Grant Star Fund 1887 August, undated

21 1 The Star's Grant Monument Fund Record of Subscriptions Due

1887

21 2 The Star's Grant Monument Fund Subscribers Paid Record

1887

21 3 Fund Raising: Star Campaign 1887 May 4-June 8

21 4 Fund Raising: Star Campaign 1887 June 8-September 19

21 5 Fund Raising: Star Campaign 1887 June 8-1888 January, undated

21 6 Benefit: Allegory of War in Song 1890-1891

21 7 Fund Raiser: Edward F. Cragin 1892 February-May

21 8 Fund Raising: Essay Contest 1892 April 28-1894 December 6

21 9 Benefit: Art Auction 1892, undated

21 10 Gallatin National Bank, Souvenir Certificate Book 1892-1893

21 11 Souvenir Certificates Issued, Numbers 1-23 1892

21 12 Souvenir Certificates Issued, Numbers 1-87 1892

21 13 Souvenir Certificates Issued, Numbers 88-192 1892-1893

Sub-subseries 3: Subscription Books, 1885-1892 Extent: 13.66 linear feet Arrangement: Chronological and numerical.



Scope and Content: Sub-subseries consists of material that was used in two fundraising drives and which document the GMA’s efforts to formally distribute and collect fund raising materials designed for this purpose. The 1885-1887 materials consist primarily of official GMA pledge sheets. There are logs containing distribution receipts and remittance requests. The bulk of the sub-subseries consists of materials from the 1892 subscription drive in which the GMA provided 6 ½ x 4 ¼ inch booklets to individuals who recorded donations solicited from friends, neighbors, family members, co-workers and colleagues. The record suggests that the GMA distributed approximately 5000 such books (numbered 1-1500 and 5000-8500). Of these, the collection contains 949 completed subscription books. The disposition of the missing subscription books is unknown; presumably they were not returned to the GMA. Also of note is a log marked Estimates of Subscriptions which corresponds in part with the numbered letter files of correspondence from Sub-subseries 1: Correspondence. Related Materials:

NPS Catalog GEGR 525-Register 8 Subscription Books o 1892 GMA ledger listing distribution of Subscription Books Nos. 5000-8490

NPS Catalog GEGR 533-Subscription Rolls o 1892 GMA ledger listing distribution of Subscription Rolls and Subscription Books

NPS Catalog GEGR 526-Souvenir Cash Book o 1892 GMA ledger listing those contributors who received a Souvenir Certificate

NPS Catalog GEGR 527-Unpaid Subscriptions o 1892 GMA ledger listing unpaid subscribers


22 1 Log of Small Subscriptions 1885

22 2 Subscription Lists 1885 August 3-September 23

22 3 Subscription Lists 1885 September 24-November 9

22 4 Subscription Lists 1885 November 10-1886 February 9

22 5 Subscription Lists 1886 February 10-1887 May 6

22 6 Log Book marked Location of Subscription Lists and General Memoranda

1886 ?

22 7 Index of Subscriptions Reported 1886 ?

22 8 Index to Committees 1886 ?

22 9 Log of Fund Raising Committee Members 1892

22 10 Log of Fund Raising Committee Chairmen 1892

22 11 Index to Committee Chairmen 1892

22 12 Art Work for a Donor's Certificate of Contribution 1885 ?




23 1 Direct Subscriptions Referred Back to Proper Committees 1892

23 2 Final Accounting of Subscription Books 1892

23 3 Keys to Subscription Books 1892

23 4 Keys to Subscription Records 1892

23 5 Log Book of Subscription Books Returned 1892

23 6 Subscription Lists 1892

24 1 Individual Subscription Book Receipts, No. 1, No. 2 & No. 3 1892

24 2 Individual Subscription Book Receipts, No. 4, No. 5 & No. 6 1892

24 3 Individual Subscription Book Receipts, No. 7 & No. 8 1892

24 4 Log marked Estimates of Subscriptions 1892

24 5 Log marked Installment Subscriptions 1892

24 6 Log marked Reports of Subscriptions 1892

25 1 Letters Requesting Remittance 1892 June 6-August 15

70 1 Letters Requesting Remittance 1892 June 6-August 15

25 2 Letters Requesting Remittance 1892 August 15-1893 March 8

70 2 Letters Requesting Remittance 1892 August 15-1893 March 8

25 3 Record of Books Issued 1892

25 4 Index to Subscription Books undated

25 5 Letters Requesting Remittance 1893 February 4-18

71 2 Letters Requesting Remittance 1893 February 4-18

25 6 Addendum List to Subscription Book No. 5085 1892

25 7 Letter accompanying Subscription Book No. 5927 1892 May 28

25 8 Donation Ledger Accompanying Subscription Book No. 6006 1892

25 9 Letter Accompanying Subscription Book No. 6042 1892

25 10 Letter Regarding Subscription Book No. 7025 1892 August 2

25 11 Letters Accompanying Subscription Book No. 7811 1892 August 9-19

25 12 Letters Accompanying Subscription Book No. 7813 1892 October 18

25 13 Letters Accompanying Subscription Book No. 7814 1892 October 18




25 14 Note Accompanying Subscription Book No. 7845 1892

25 15 Union League Club and 61st Street Methodist Church Subscription Scrolls

1892

75 2 Union League Club and 61sst Street Methodist Church Subscription Scrolls

1892, undated

25 16 Union League Club, Subscription Book 1892

25 17 Subscription Notebook, origin unknown 1892



25 20 Notes and reports by W. L. Force 1892

26 1 Subscription Books, Nos. 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 1892





26 6 Subscription Books, Nos. 1002-1004, 1340, 1493 1892

26 7 Subscription Books, Nos. 1504, 5000, 5002, 5006-5007 1892

26 8 Subscription Books, Nos. 5009, 5011, 5030-5031, 5033 1892


26 10 Subscription Books, Nos. 5055-5059 1892

26 11 Subscription Books, Nos. 5060-5062, 5064-5065 1892

26 12 Subscription Books, Nos. 5066, 5080-5083 1892

26 13 Subscription Books, Nos. 5084-5085, 5087-5088, 5117 1892






27 3 Subscription Books, Nos. 5155-5156, 5158, 5160-5161 1892

27 4 Subscription Books, Nos. 5163, 5168-5170, 5181 1892




27 5 Subscription Books, Nos. 5182, 5187, 5252-5254 1892

27 6 Subscription Books, Nos. 5255, 5257-5258, 5260, 5261 1892





27 11 Subscription Books, Nos. 5292, 5294-5295, 5300-5301 1892










28 5 Subscription Books, Nos. 5398-P5399, 5403, 5416, 5438 1892


28 7 Subscription Books, Nos. 5548-5549, 5552, 5562, 5566 1892





28 12 Subscription Books, Nos. 5702-5705, 5708 1892
















31 5 Subscription Books, Nos. 6557, 6561, 6563,-6565 1892






















Sub-subseries 4: Indexes of Contributors, undated Extent: 6.25 linear inches Arrangement: By type and content. Scope and Content: Sub-subseries consists of seven ledgers which contain indexing of contributors both nationally and locally. They are undated but likely are related to materials from 1885 through 1910. The ledgers specific to New York City indicate contributions from some of the wealthiest and most prominent families of New York City society. Box Folder Title Dates

38 1 Contributions Classified undated

38 2 Index to Contributors undated

38 3 Index to Contributors, A-I undated

38 4 Index to Contributors, J-R undated

38 5 Index to Contributors, S-Z undated

38 6 Index to New York City Contributors, A-F undated

38 7 Index to New York City Contributors, G-L undated

39 1 Index to New York City Contributors, M-R undated

39 2 Index to New York City Contributors, S-Z undated

Sub-subseries 5: Contribution Boxes, 1892 Extent: 1.25 linear inches Arrangement: Primarily chronological. There is some overlap in date from folder to folder, preserving the order in which the materials were found. Scope and Content: The documents in this sub-subseries record the GMA’s efforts at fund raising through the placement of contribution boxes in businesses, banks, offices and other public spaces. The materials consist of lists, receipts for boxes and correspondence.


39 3 Contribution Boxes, Part 1 of 3 undated, 1892 May 17-19

39 4 Contribution Boxes, Part 2 of 3 1892 May 19-26

39 5 Contribution Boxes, Part 3 of 3 1892 May 19-June 6



Sub-subseries 6: Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), 1888-1894 Extent: 5 linear inches Arrangement: Folders are topical or alphabetical by state; items are chronological within folders. Scope and Content: Sub-subseries documents a collaborative fundraising effort initiated by the GAR in which veterans of the Union Army who donated a dollar to the Grant Monument Fund then had their names inscribed on an official honor roll to be placed in the Tomb. The materials consist of descriptions of the project, creation of the instructions and the materials for the roll, a state-by-state letter file with correspondence, GAR rosters and official printed proceedings of GAR encampments. Box Folder Title Dates

40 1 Grand Army Gazette, Vol. XV, No. 4 1888 March

76 7 Grand Army Gazette, Vol. XV, No. 4 1888 March

40 2 Grand Army of the Republic Honor Roll 1891, undated

76 8 Proofs of Instructions for Post Commanders undated

40 3 Grand Army of the Republic Honor Roll 1892 March 22-May 10, undated

76 9 Proof for official resolution regarding GAR Honor Roll 1892 April 15

40 4 Grand Army of the Republic Honor Roll 1892 May 14-1893 May 8

40 5 Instructions to Post Commanders 1892

77 7 Instructions to Post Commanders 1892

40 6 Grand Army of the Republic Letter Book 1891 June 30-1893 January 23

71 3 Grand Army of the Republic Letter Book 1891 June 30-1893 January 23

40 7 Preservation Photocopy of Original Index of Grand Army of the Republic State Rosters Letter File

undated

40 8 Grand Army of the Republic: Alabama & Arizona 1892-1983

40 9 Grand Army of the Republic: Arkansas & California 1892

40 10 Grand Army of the Republic: Colorado & Connecticut 1892

40 11 Grand Army of the Republic: North Dakota & South Dakota

1892

40 12 Grand Army of the Republic: Delaware & Florida 1892

40 13 Grand Army of the Republic: Georgia & Idaho 1892

40 14 Grand Army of the Republic: Illinois & Indiana 1892

40 15 Grand Army of the Republic: Oklahoma & Iowa [empty] 1892




40 16 Grand Army of the Republic: Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine & Michigan

1891-1893

40 17 Grand Army of the Republic: Massachusetts & Maryland 1892

40 18 Grand Army of the Republic: Michigan & Minnesota 1892

40 19 Grand Army of the Republic: Missouri & Montana 1892

40 20 Grand Army of the Republic: Nebraska & New Hampshire 1892-1894

40 21 Grand Army of the Republic: New Jersey & New Mexico 1893

40 22 Grand Army of the Republic: New York, Ohio, Oregon & Pennsylvania

1892

40 23 Grand Army of the Republic: Potomac & Rhode Island 1892

40 24 Grand Army of the Republic: Tennessee & Texas 1892

40 25 Grand Army of the Republic: Utah & Vermont 1892

40 26 Grand Army of the Republic: Virginia, Washington, Alaska, West Virginia & Wisconsin

1892

Subseries H: Newspaper Clippings, 1889-1939 Extent: 8 linear inches Arrangement: Chronological. Scope and Content: Subseries consists primarily of newspaper clippings provided to the GMA by Henry Romeike’s Press Cuttings during the year 1892 – a year in which there was a tremendous fund-raising drive. Utilizing a letterhead that expanded upon a line from Robert Burns’ poem “To a Louse”: “O wad some power the giftie gi’s us / To see oursel’s as ithers see us – This Power Now Exists”, Romeike’s Press Cuttings was a prominent information resource of its day. A consumer employed Romeike’s to cull from a range of sources the press coverage related to its enterprise and to provide the consumer with the original clippings. One of the most central functions of the GMA at this time was to maintain a high public profile in order to entice financial, social and political support. Thus tracking the press coverage of its activities may have been an important way in which the GMA endeavored not only to document its activities but also to maintain a sense of its public interface. Box Folder Title Dates

41 1 Romeike Correspondence 1889, undated

41 2 Romeike Clippings undated

41 3 Romeike Clippings 1892 March 26-31

41 4 Romeike Clippings 1892 April 1-7








41 9 Romeike Clippings 1892 April 24












79 3 Romeike Clippings 1892 April 29-May 11

41 15 Romeike Clippings 1892 May 1-4




















42 4 Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings 1891 May

79 5 Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings 1891-1939

42 5 Tribune Inaugural Special 1897 April 28



Subseries I: Annotated Envelopes, Wrapping and Office Notes, 1885-1892 Extent: 2 linear inches Arrangement: Type of material Scope and Content: Subseries consist of envelopes with notations and descriptions but devoid of the actual contents. It is unclear if the contents are elsewhere in the collection or missing entirely. The subseries also contains an addressed and stamped mailing tube and scraps of office papers with notes the creators of which are not identified. Box Folder Title Dates

42 7 Annotated, Empty Envelopes 1885-1892, undated

42 8 Wrappings and Office Notes undated

Series II: Construction and Maintenance, 1885-1980 Subseries A: General Correspondence, 1885-1896 Extent: 1 linear foot Arrangement: Chronological. Scope and Content: Subseries contains correspondence created from 1885-1897. Some materials have a somewhat indirect relationship to construction and maintenance such as 1885 copyright certificates



from Library of Congress for deposit of photographs of the “Tomb of Gen’l Grant,” the offer from a citizen to use a military march he composed in commemoration of General Grant for a Tomb-related event, a note from a self-described ten-year-old girl asking that her enclosed lock of hair be brought to the casket of Gen. Grant and a folder of correspondence with V. Haurie-Emes regarding use of his lithographic images of renderings of the completed Tomb as GMA letterhead and for fundraising purposes. Other parts of this subseries directly reflect construction and maintenance issues. Of note is correspondence regarding the sculptures designed by J. Massey Rhind, including many letters written by architect John H. Duncan. The materials include business and calling cards, letters, bound letter books and telegrams. Box Folder Title Dates

43 1 General Correspondence 1885 July-October, undated

43 2 General Correspondence 1885 November-1892 May

43 3 General Correspondence 1892 June-1896 October

43 4 Correspondence in Bound Letter Books 1890 September-1897 April

72 1 Letter Book - General Correspondence 1890 September-1892 February

72 2 Letter Book - General Correspondence 1892 March-April

73 1 Letter Book - General Correspondence 1892 March-1895 June

73 2 Letter Book - General Correspondence 1892 April-1894 January

74 1 Letter Book - General Correspondence 1896 November-1897 April

43 5 Correspondence with V. Haurie-Emes regarding Lithography

1891-1982

43 6 Personal Correspondence of GMA President General Horace Porter

1892-1896

43 7 Correspondence regarding J. Massey Rhind's Sculptures

1896

Subseries B: Pre-Construction Records, 1885-1893 Extent: 1.42 linear feet Arrangement: Chronological. Scope and Content: From the time of its inception, the GMA received descriptions, drawings, models and other plans offering suggestions for the structure that the Grant Monument might take. The correspondence in this subseries contains many such unsolicited offerings. Some are from professional architects and engineers while others are contributions by interested citizens with no known design expertise.



This subseries holds draft and annotated versions of the GMA’s 1888 official announcement of the initial monument design competition, correspondence and reports related to the process of the competitions. Documentation regarding the architectural community’s objection to the criteria of the competition set forth by the GMA is also included. The subseries contains an annotated listing of 65 design submissions as well as the submissions which remained in the care of the GMA following completion of the competition. These include the submissions of the five top rated designs including those of Paul Schulze, J. Philip Rinn, August Hartel & Skjold Neckelman and Julius A. Schweinfurth. Also included are the reports from the expert panel of judges , whose members were Napoleon LeBrun, George B. Post, James E. Ware, James Renwick, Jr., William Robert Ware and Solomon Woolf. The subseries contains documentation related to the second competition including the revised criteria, correspondence with the invited architects and four of five of the descriptive submissions, including the description of the design by architect John H. Duncan, the successful submission chosen by the GMA in 1890. There are also materials related to the 1891 groundbreaking and 1892 cornerstone ceremonies including correspondence from President Benjamin Harrison regarding his participation in the latter. There is an annotated list of items which comprise the contents of a copper box placed in the Tomb’s cornerstone. The materials in this subseries include letters, proposals, print items, drawings, renderings, telegrams, business and calling cards. Box Folder Title Dates

43 8 Designs for the Tomb: Correspondence 1885 July-September

78 21 Designs for the Tomb: Broadside, Brooklyn Magazine 1885 September 5

43 9 Designs for the Tomb: Correspondence 1885 September-1886 November

43 10 Designs for the Tomb: Correspondence 1887 January 13-April 16

43 11 Designs for the Tomb: Correspondence 1887 April 22-June 12

43 12 Designs for the Tomb: Correspondence 1887 June 13-21

43 13 Designs for the Tomb: Correspondence 1887 June 21-July 29

44 1 Designs for the Tomb: Correspondence 1887 August 1-September 28

44 2 Designs for the Tomb: Correspondence 1887 September 10-November 3

44 3 Designs for the Tomb: Correspondence 1887 November 21-December 28

44 4 Designs for the Tomb: Correspondence and Business Cards

1888 January 7-14, undated

44 5 Designs for the Tomb: Correspondence 1888 January 19-30

44 6 Designs for the Tomb: Correspondence 1888 February 1-7






44 9 Designs for the Tomb: Correspondence 1888 March 1-16



44 12 Designs for the Tomb: Correspondence 1888 April 1-June 11

44 13 Designs for the Tomb: Correspondence 1888 June 15-October 15

44 14 Designs for the Tomb: Correspondence 1888 October 16-December 28

45 1 Designs for the Tomb: Correspondence 1889 January 2-February 20

45 2 Designs for the Tomb: Correspondence 1889 February 20-September 26

45 3 Designs for the Tomb: Correspondence 1889 October 2-1890 January 20

45 4 Designs for the Tomb: Correspondence 1890 January 21-April 14

45 5 Designs for the Tomb: Correspondence 1890 April 17-August 19

45 6 Designs for the Tomb: Correspondence 1890 August 26-December 1, undated

45 7 Designs for the Tomb: Competitors' Submissions, Nos. 1-4

1889

45 8 Designs for the Tomb: Competitors' Submissions, Nos. 5, 8-10

1889

76 10 Designs for the Tomb: Competitors' Submissions, No. 8

undated

45 9 Designs for the Tomb: Competitors' Submissions, Nos. 12-15, 17, 19

1889

45 10 Designs for the Tomb: Competitors' Submissions, Nos. 20-23, 25-27

1889

45 11 Designs for the Tomb: Competitors' Submissions, Nos. 28-31, 33, 35-37

1889

45 12 Designs for the Tomb: Competitors' Submissions, Nos. 38-39, 42, 44-45, 48-52

1889

45 13 Designs for the Tomb: Competitors' Submissions, Nos. 53-54, 61

1889

46 1 Designs for the Tomb: Project Descriptions, Part 1 of 5 1889








46 6 Designs for the Tomb: Description of Competitive Design for The Grant Monument by John H. Duncan, Architect

1890

46 7 Designs for the Tomb: Regarding the Return of Design Submissions

1889-1890

46 8 Designs for the Tomb: Regarding the Return of Design Submissions

1890-1893

46 9 Groundbreaking Ceremony 1891

76 11 Text of Ode Written for Groundbreaking Ceremony 1891

46 10 Cornerstone Ceremonies 1892 March 5-April 17, undated

46 11 Cornerstone Ceremonies 1892 April 20-July 12, undated

Subseries C: Construction Records, 1885-1897 Extent: 10 linear inches Arrangement: Topical; chronological within topic. There is some overlap in dates from folder to folder, preserving the order in which the material was found. Scope and Content: This subseries comprises those documents related to the construction of Grant’s Tomb. Most of the materials are in the form of correspondence, but there are also some reports, contracts and financial materials such as a cost comparison between various marble vendors. Much of the correspondence is from architect John H. Duncan and there is fair amount directed to Cornelius O’Reilly and Richard T. Greener. Of note may be correspondence regarding the transfer of Gen. Grant’s casket from the temporary tomb to permanent placement in the Grant Monument. Box Folder Title Dates

47 1 Casket and Sarcophagi 1892 June-1897 April

47 2 Granite 1885-1892

47 3 Granite 1890 February-1893 March 15

47 4 Granite 1893 March 15-1894 November 21

47 5 Granite 1895 January 15-October 5

47 6 Granite 1895 November 29-1896 February 28

47 7 Granite 1896 March 12-23

78 13 Blueprint: Union Pacific Railway Station Grounds

1896 March 15

47 8 Granite 1986 April 7-1897 March 11

47 9 Marble 1894 May 8-1897 January 11




47 10 Ground Treatment 1885 April 18-1897 February 2

48 1 Construction 1890 September 10-1891 April 29

48 2 Construction 1891 May 4- June 27

48 3 Construction 1891 July 4-December 18

48 4 Construction 1891 June 5-1892 July 29

48 5 Construction 1892 August 1-October 5

48 6 Construction 1892 October 5-1893 April 29

48 7 Construction 1893 May 1-December 21

48 8 Construction 1894 January 11-November 20

48 9 Construction 1894 November 27-1895 December 31

48 10 Construction 1896 January 9-April 17

48 11 Construction 1896 April 18-September 28

48 12 Construction 1896 September 23-1897 April 13, undated

Subseries D: Tomb Opening and Operational Records, 1885-1979 Extent: 3.95 feet Arrangement: Topical and chronological. One item was removed from its sequence in this subseries by National Park Service personnel in 1988 and given a separate catalog number; it is listed under “Related Materials.” Scope and Content: The materials in this subseries include a broad range of formats and content covering nearly 100 years. While much of the material is correspondence (letters and post cards), there are also copies of minutes, reports and policies related to the management and operations of Grant’s Tomb. There is a significant gap between the years 1897-1911, possibly due to the loss of GMA records in the Equitable Life Insurance Building fire of 1912. The General Correspondence of this series spans nearly 60 years and consists largely of letters between GMA employees and officers regarding GMA meetings, scheduling, attendance and minutes, maintenance issues, insurance issues (including policies), employee management, salary issues and daily operations of the Tomb. There are also annual reports and meeting minutes which can include financial information. Materials related to the 1897 Opening Ceremonies of the Tomb include correspondence addressed to Mayor William L. Strong regarding appointments to the Dedication Ceremony planning committee. Some noteworthy items include: a 1925 letter from Horace Hotchkiss to Col. Thomas Denny in which Hotchkiss mentions early influences of Tammany Hall upon GMA functioning and his personal



preference for the 1890 monument submission by Carrere and Hastings; a 1941 monogram printed with dye that had been used by General Grant; the text of a 1943 International News Service radio address in which Major Paul C. Raborg highlights the enduring patriotic symbolism of Grant’s Tomb; and a 1944 letter from Herbert Satterlee to Mr. Burnside regarding a 1892 letter in his possession from Mrs. Grant to the GMA discussing the design of her eventual resting place in the tomb (there is a copy of the original and a typed transcript of the text). A prominent correspondent through the 1940s and 1950s was Mary B. Greener. It appears likely that she was employed by the secretary of the GMA (rather than the GMA directly) as she managed much of the day-to-day administrative needs of the GMA. It is unknown if she was related to Richard T. Greener. Patron correspondence is a group of letters from visitors to and those with an informational interest in Grant’s Tomb. This includes several inquiries from Albert Mitchell whose WOR radio program, “The Answer Man,” responded to questions of public interest sent in by listeners. There are requests for printed materials and tours. There are letters which reflect upon the experience of visiting Grant’s Tomb, express a connection to the Grant family, or offer memorabilia. Among the noteworthy items of correspondence are a letter which inquires about covert Masonic symbolism in Duncan’s architecture, one which is postmarked 1947 but is dated and written as if from 1876 and asks General Grant for a loan of $5, and one in which the writer realizes she has been misinformed that Napoleon and Josephine are buried in Grant’s Tomb but does wonders what its actual purpose might be. This subseries contains folders with materials specific to correspondent, project and function including the fundraising campaign of 1929. There is a folder of correspondence dealing with security concerns at the tomb during World War II which includes a discourse which led to the removal of panels embroidered by the artist K. Shiwomasu that had been given as a tribute to General Grant by the Japanese government. There is a folder of material pertaining to the transfer of the care of the tomb from the Grant Monument Association to the National Park Service in 1959. Related Materials:

NPS Catalog GEGR 530-Grant Monument Municipal Committee o 1897 index of Grant Monument Inaugural Committee members and their service on

one of eleven sub-committees planning the Dedication events


49 1 Cottage at Tomb Site 1885 August 26-1892 April 4

49 2 Correspondence to Mayor William L. Strong regarding appointments to Dedication Ceremonies planning committee

1897 February 11-13

49 3 Correspondence regarding Dedication Ceremonies 1897 February-April, undated

76 17 Grant Monument Municipal Inaugural Committee undated, circa 1897

49 4 General Correspondence 1911-1912, undated

49 5 General Correspondence 1913





49 7 General Correspondence 1915 January-May

49 8 General Correspondence 1915 June-December

49 9 General Correspondence 1916 January-April

49 10 General Correspondence 1916 May-December


78 5 Department Estimate 1917


78 4 Departmental Estimate 1918

50 2 General Correspondence 1919-1920

50 3 General Correspondence 1922 January-February

50 4 General Correspondence 1922 March

76 12 Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Committee 1922

50 5 General Correspondence 1922 April-December

78 6 Budget Estimates 1921 & 1923


78 7 Departmental Budget Estimates undated






51 1 General Correspondence 1928 March-1931













52 2 General Correspondence 1945 January-February 14

52 3 General Correspondence 1945 February 15-December


52 5 General Correspondence 1946 March-December


52 7 General Correspondence 1948 January-September

52 8 General Correspondence 1948 October-December

52 9 General Correspondence 1949 January-May

52 10 General Correspondence 1949 June-September


53 2 General Correspondence 1950 January-September


53 4 General Correspondence 1951 January-March

53 5 General Correspondence 1951 April-August

53 6 General Correspondence 1951 September-October

53 7 General Correspondence 1951 November -December


53 9 General Correspondence 1952 March-June

54 1 General Correspondence 1952 July-September



54 4 General Correspondence 1954-1958, undated

54 5 General Correspondence 1959, 1964-1965

54 6 Grant Monument Association Annual Reports 1953-1964

54 7 Patron Correspondence 1938-1945









55 1 Correspondence regarding the Museum Collection 1901-1939

55 2 Correspondence regarding the Museum Collection 1940-1963, undated

55 3 Correspondence of George D. Burnside 1898-1919



55 6 Correspondence of George D. Burnside 1932-1937, undated

55 7 Files of George D. Burnside, Part 1 of 3 undated



55 10 Correspondence of Col. William Denny 1925-1926 May

55 11 Correspondence of Col. William Denny 1926 June-December

55 12 Correspondence of Col. William Denny 1927-1929

78 9 Estimate of Budget 1927

56 1 Correspondence of John H. Duncan 1907-1913


78 15 Plans for Proposed Shelter 1915



78 14 Elevation of Front Porch Cornice 1921



56 7 Correspondence of Dean Fausett 1937-1939

56 8 Files of Charles Harris 1949 February-1950 March




76 13 1949-1950 Departmental Estimate No. 7, President, Borough of Brooklyn

1949

56 9 Files of Charles Harris 1950 April-October

56 10 Correspondence of Henry W. Hayden 1912-1918

56 11 Correspondence related to Paul Manship 1929, 1932, 1961 and 1979

56 12 Correspondence related to John Russell Pope 1929-1933

57 1 Souvenir Requests 1885 August-1885 October

57 2 Requests for Permission to Photograph 1885 August-1892 March

57 3 Correspondence related to Employment and Employees

1885-1893

57 4 Agreements with the City of New York 1908-1951

57 5 Budget Sheets and Related Correspondence 1911-1946

78 10 Departmental Estimate 1922

57 6 Correspondence with New York City Police Department

1913-1954

57 7 Fund Raising Campaign 1925-1929 February

57 8 Fund Raising Campaign 1929 March-December

57 9 Fund Raising Campaign 1930-1937, undated

57 10 Postcard Appeals for Donations / $400,000 More Needed

Circa 1929

57 11 Postcard Appeals for Donations / $300,000 More Needed

Circa 1929

57 12 News Clipping pertaining to the Fund Raising Campaign

1929

58 1 Correspondence related to Flag Poles 1938-1940

78 16 Blueprint of Flag Pole 1936 April 12

58 2 Correspondence related to War-time Security 1942-1945

58 3 Calling Cards of Distinguished Visitors undated

58 4 Transfer of Tomb to National Parks Service 1955-1965



Subseries E: Financial Records, 1911-1965 Extent: 3.54 linear feet Arrangement: The term “Parts” is used to indicate groups of closely related materials which were likely originally filed together as a unit but sub-divided into multiple folders during processing in order to provide the materials with archival housing. This subseries contains material entitled “Vouchers, Invoices, Bills and Receipts” which includes an array of documents. The contents of folders cover overlapping dates and are not arranged chronologically. Some folders contain materials grouped by company. It may be that the original order of these materials was lost and this arrangement reflects the state in which the 2002 processing encountered them. This arrangement has been left in place in order not to further disrupt any remnants of the original order of the material. Scope and Content: Subseries contains documents pertaining to the financial aspects of operating Grant’s Tomb. There are city, state and federal tax records, vouchers, bills, invoices, receipts, and yearly financial statements for the State of New York. There is related correspondence, some duplicate attendance records and budget sheets. There is also material regarding a case in which an employee claimed a workplace injury in 1935 and there was a subsequent legal dispute regarding compensation to cover his medical and rehabilitative expenses. Box Folder Title Dates

58 5 Tax Records: Correspondence regarding New York City Taxes and Form 12 SUX

1945-1959

58 6 Tax Records: New York State Forms 106 and IT-2101 1941-1961

58 7 Tax Records: United States Treasury Department Form 990 and Related Correspondence

1937-1964

58 8 Tax Records: Social Security Employer's Identification Number, United States Treasury Form W-3 and 941

1940-1960

58 9 Tax Records: Correspondence regarding Unemployment Insurance and Social Security

1941-1956

58 10 Correspondence and Lists related to Operational Expenditures

1920-1921




59 2 Vouchers, Invoices, Bills and Receipts, Part 1 of 3 1936-1937



59 5 I. Vouchers, Invoices, Bills and Receipts, Part 1 of 3 1937-1939






59 8 II. Vouchers, Invoices, Bills and Receipts, Part 1 of 3 1937-1939

76 14 City Record and Spreadsheet 1937, undated



76 15 Spread Sheets 1938

60 2 III. Vouchers, Invoices, Bills and Receipts, Part 1 of 2 1937-1939

60 3 III. Vouchers, Invoices, Bills and Receipts, Part 2 of 2 1937-1939


78 11 Budgets 1939-1942









78 12 Budget 1942-1943














77 1 Departmental Estimates and Form E 1957-1959

77 2 Departmental Estimates, Forms C and E 1952-1957

77 3 Departmental Estimates, Forms C and E 1944-1956






62 9 Financial Statements 1911







































65 9 Financial Statements 1947-1948














Subseries F: Attendance Records, 1898-1966 Extent: 9 linear inches Arrangement: By type and chronology. Scope and Content: Subseries consists primarily of two sets of bound ledgers. The first set is the Official Record of daily visits to the Tomb. There is also a set of loose monthly sheets covering the years 1911-1917 and 1919 identical to those in the bound ledger except that they contain annotation in the top left corner which provides attendance data for the same month in prior years. The second set of ledgers is the Desk Register, a log used to record daily attendance and weather covering the years 1909-1966. Throughout there is annotation by the curators, primarily George D. Burnside, which make notation of milestones and important events pertaining to the Grant Monument. Box Folder Title Dates

66 9 Official Register 1898-1944




67 1 Annotated Monthly Registers 1911-1915

67 2 Annotated Monthly Registers 1916-1917, 1919

67 3 Desk Register 1909-1966




Subseries G: Repairs, 1931-1958 Extent: 2 linear inches Arrangement: Chronological. Scope and Content: Subseries contains correspondence, cost comparisons, negotiations, contracts and invoices related to repairs to the interior and exterior architectural and structural features of Grant’s Tomb. Included is correspondence concerning the GMA’s collaborative efforts with the Works Progress Administration and the New York City Department of Parks.




67 4 Repairs 1931-1936

67 5 Repairs 1937-1938

78 17 Blueprints of F. S. End View of Reflector 1937 February 17

67 6 Repairs 1957-1958

67 7 Windows 1936-1939

67 8 Construction, Works Progress Administration, New York City Department of Parks

1936-1939, undated

80 4 Field Survey Report 1938 December 28

67 9 Sculpture, Works Progress Administration 1938-1949

Subseries H: Programs and Publications, 1913-1980 Extent: 6 linear inches Arrangement: By type and chronology Scope and Content: This series contains programs and ephemera related to Grant commemorative events as well as publications related to the ongoing operation of the GMA and Grant’s Tomb. This includes the program for the dedication ceremony entitled “Sketch of the Life of General U.S. GRANT with The Programme of the Ceremonies of the Dedication of the Grant Monument, April 27, 1897” as well as ephemera from the centenary celebration. Included are iterations of the GMA By-Laws, the 1929 GMA Handbook and annual reports covering almost twenty years. Printed biographical material related to Grant and the GMA can be found here as well. Related Material:

NPS Catalog 580/Acc. 94-The Riverside Souvenir, A Memorial Volume/Illustrating the Nation’s Tribute to General U.S. Grant/New York: J. C. Derby. 1886.


67 10 Programs 1913-1959

67 11 Programs, Ephemera and Speeches related to Dedication and Centenary

1897, 1922

67 12 Programs and Invitations for Commemoration Services for Gen. Grant's Birthday

1934-1980

67 13 Announcement for “The Ulysses S. Grant Sesqui-Centennial and Mt. McGregor Centennial"

1972




68 1 "Grant Monument Association / Charter, By Laws, Officers, Trustees, Etc."

1921 April 1


1924 March 15


1934

68 4 Grant Monument Association Handbook 1929

68 5 Grant Monument Association Annual Reports 1937-1953, 1956-1957

68 6 Booklets with biographical sketches of Gen. Grant and description of Tomb

1927, undated

68 7 "General Ulysses S. Grant: A Close-Up" 1953

68 8 "Civil War: Fact and Fiction" by Ulysses S. Grant, III 1956

68 9 Clippings, Articles, Pamphlets 1877-1974



RELATED MATERIALS NOTE

“Chester A. Arthur Statue Committee Records, 1887-1888.” Catalog Number GEGR 624. National Park Service, Manhattan Sites. “Grant Family Papers from the Grant Monument Association Records, 1881-1947. Catalog Number GEGR 625. National Park Service, Manhattan Sites. Grace, William R. (1832-1904). Subject Files, 1885-1886. New York City Mayors’ Papers. New York City Department of Records, Municipal Archives. Strong, William L. (1827-1900). Subject Files, 1895-1897. New York City Mayors’ Papers. New York City Department of Records, Municipal Archives.

SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY Burnside, George D. Life of Gen. U. S. Grant: Description of Tomb. Enterprise Press, Inc., 1928. Grant

Monument Association Records, GEGR 622/ National Park Service/ Manhattan Sites/ Box 57/Folder 10.

Clouser, Jeff. "Restoring Grant's Tomb." Civil War Times Illustrated 36:2 (May 1997), pages 8-9.

Cromley, Elizabeth. "Riverside Park and Issues of Historic Preservation." Journal of the Society of

Architectural Historians 43:3 (October 1984), pages 238-249.

Forbes, Robert Pierce. The Missouri Compromise and its Aftermath. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of

North Carolina Press, 2007.

Grant, Ulysses S. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant. Originally published: New York: Charles Webster and

Company, 1885. Modern Library Paperback Edition: Random House, Inc, 1999.

Kahn, David M. "The Grant Monument." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 41:3 (October

1982), pages 212-231.

Nasaw, David. "Gilded Age Gospels." Fraser, Steve and Gary Gerstle. Ruling America: A History of Wealth

and Power in Democracy. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2005, pages 123-148.

National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. General Grant National Memorial. 2011.

<http://www.nps.gov/gegr/index.htm>.

New York Architecture. 2011. <http://www.nyc-architecture.com/HAR/HAR008.htm>.

Northeast Museum Services Center / Preparation by Mary P. Perreault, Melissa Underhill and Elizabeth

Banks. "Finding Aid for Grant Monument Association Records, 1885-1966 (For Portion in General Grant

National Memorial Museum Collection)." Catalog Number 622. National Parks Service / US Department

of the Interior, June 2002.



Perret, Geoffrey. Ulysses S. Grant: Soldier & President. New York: Random House, 1997.

The Website of The Grant Monument Association. 2011 <http://grantstomb.org/>.

The White House. About the White House: Presidents. April 2011

<http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ulyssessgrant>.

ADDED ENTRIES/ACCESS POINTS Personal Names: Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886 Burnside, George D. Duncan, John H. (John Hemingway), 1855-1929

Grace, William Russell, 1832-1904 Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Grant, Julia Dent, 1826-1902 Greener, Richard Theodore, 1844-1922 Hotchkiss, Horace L. Porter, Horace, 1837-1921 Reed, James C. Sheridan, George Augustus, 1840-1896

Corporate Names: Grant Monument Association (New York, N.Y.)

Subjects: Fund raising General Grant National Memorial (New York, N.Y.)

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