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Philanthropists

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Alvin Johnson letters to Dannie Heineman

 Collection
Identifier: NA-0001-01
Summary

Consists of handwritten and typed letters from Dr. Alvin Johnson, President Emeritus of the New School for Social Research, to philanthropist Dannie N. Heineman and carbon copies of some of Heineman's replies.

Dates: 1951 - 1961

Clara Mayer papers

 Collection
Identifier: NS-02-01-02
Abstract Clara Woolie Mayer (1895-1988) held a long affiliation with the New School: as a student, as a trustee, and then in administrative roles, including dean of the School of Philosophy and Liberal Arts (1943-1961) and vice president of the New School for Social Research (1950-1961). Dating largely from 1950 to the early 1960s, the collection consists of subject files pertaining to programs, departments, and New School faculty and administration. Of note is Mayer's correspondence,...
Dates: 1879 - 1976

Henry H. Arnhold memory book

 Record Group
Identifier: NS-01-01-07
Abstract

A compilation of notes, correspondence, and photographs depicting philanthropist Henry Arnhold’s involvement with and contributions to The New School over the course of almost eight decades. This book was created by the New School Development Office on the occasion of Arnhold’s death in 2018.

Dates: 2018

Hiram Halle home movies of annual barbecue for University in Exile at Pound Ridge

 Collection
Identifier: NA-0008-01
Abstract

The collection comprises two home movies made during the annual fall barbecue Halle held for members of the University in Exile and their families, as well as New School staff, on Halle's property in Pound Ridge, New York, in Poundridge, Westchester County.

Dates: probably 1935, 1937

Jonathan F. Fanton papers

 Collection
Identifier: NA-0027-01
Abstract

Jonathan F. Fanton (1943 - ) was the president of The New School from 1982 until 1999. This collection contains material documenting his career as a university and charitable foundation administrator at Yale University, the University of Chicago, The New School, Human Rights Watch, the MacArthur Foundation, Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and other organizations.

Dates: 1934-2018; Majority of material found within 1965-2018

New School Development and Public Relations Office records

 Record Group
Identifier: NS-03-02-02
Abstract The collection consists of records originating from the office of Mary Urban, who coordinated fundraising and public relations efforts at the New School in the 1940s and early 1950s, and that of her successor, Margarete Westmann, director of Development from 1958-1962. Materials include memoranda and correspondence, financial statements, budgets, advertising contracts, donor and prospect records, and New School Associates membership records. Also includes event planning...
Dates: 1926 - 1967; Majority of material found within 1946 - 1960

New School Office of the President, Board of Trustees records

 Record Group
Identifier: NS-01-01-04
Abstract

The New School Office of the President, Board of Trustees records were transferred from the university president's office and cover the presidencies of Jonathan Fanton and Bob Kerrey. The records consist of trustee name files containing correspondence, minutes, and other materials pertaining to that trustee, many of which are restricted.

Dates: 1967-2014; Majority of material found within 1988-2011