Series 50: Financial Records, 1868-1892
Scope and Contents
Estate financial records were maintained by the Trustees of the estate from Walter L. Newberry's death in 1868 until the Newberry Library was incorporated on April 25, 1892. After this date, when the Library's share of the estate was formally transferred, financial matters were handled by the Library's Business Office.
Includes financial records for the estate and for the Newberry Library, 1887 Apr. 25, 1892. After the founding of the Library, its financial records were maintained separately in the estate office. There are records for the general account (estate transactions), for the heirs account, for the Library share, and for Library operating costs.
Dates
- Creation: 1868-1892
Creator
- From the Collection: Newberry Library (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The Newberry Library Archives are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Unprocessed records are available by appointment only. Advance notice is necessary, particularly for administrative files, so that files may be screened for personnel records that are removed when records are processed.
Files containing personal or confidential information about individuals (including individual files on members of the Board of Trustees, individual donor files and records reporting the donations of an individual, personnel records, payroll records, and individual accepted fellows files) are closed for 30 years.
Extent
21 Linear Feet (26 boxes, 3 oversize boxes, and 44 volumes)
Arrangement
Arranged type of material.
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org