Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Moses, Robert, 1888-1981. |
| Title: | Robert Moses Papers |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1937-1972. |
| Quantity: | 14.0 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | The papers of the American city planner and administrator of the Triborough Bridge Authority and the Power Authority of the State of New York include bound and unbound reports containing articles, speeches, and clippings by and about Moses. Much of the material concerns transportation improvements and hydroelectric plants at Niagara Falls and Messena. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
[from Current Biography Copyright (c) by The H. W. Wilson Company] As New York's controversial "master builder," Robert Moses played major role in molding the state's physical environment. He occupied a variety of state and city posts, including president of Long Island State Park Commission and chairman of State Council of Parks (1924-63), New York City parks commissioner (1943-60), chairman of New York State Power Authority (1954-63), and chairman of Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (1954-63). Between 1924 and 1968, Moses developed public works costing $27 billion, including eleven bridges, 481 miles of highway, 658 playgrounds, seventy-five state parks, and such projects as Jones Beach, Shea Stadium, the United Nations, and Lincoln Center. He died in West Islip, New York in 1981.
The Robert Moses Papers comprise one series: General files. These files are largely bound volumes, Reports, and brochures, magazine articles, speeches, and news clippings written by or about Robert Moses. They are arranged by year. Later articles and miscellaneous, 1967-1972, are not bound.
Many of these records deal with transportation improvements as well as other accomplishments in New York City. Robert Moses was also instrumental in the hydroelectric power programs in New York State and there are papers concerning power plants at Niagara Falls and Messena.
Also included throughout the collection are copies of Moses' Newsday newspaper column and several articles of correspondence with George Zabriskie.
Notice: The material in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U. S. Code).
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Robert Moses Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Created by: CAK
Date: Sep 1979
Revision history: 15 Feb 2007 - converted to EAD (AMCon)
| General files | |||||||||||
| Bound Reports | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1937--1938 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1938 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1938--1939 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1939--1941 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1940--1942 | ||||||||||
| Package 1 | 1942--1943 | ||||||||||
| Package 1 | 1946 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1947 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1948 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1949, volume I | ||||||||||
| Package 1 | 1949, volume II | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1950 | ||||||||||
| 1951 | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | volume I | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | volume II | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | 1952 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | 1953 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | 1954 - 2 volumes | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | 1955 | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | 1956 - 3 volumes | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | 1957 - 3 volumes | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | 1958 - 2 volumes | ||||||||||
| Box 7 | 1958 - 1 volume | ||||||||||
| Box 7 | 1959 - 3 volumes | ||||||||||
| Box 8 | 1960 - 4 volumes | ||||||||||
| Box 8 | 1961 - 1 volume | ||||||||||
| Box 9 | 1961 - 3 volumes | ||||||||||
| Box 9 | 1962 - 3 volumes | ||||||||||
| Box 10 | 1962 - 5 volumes | ||||||||||
| Box 10 | 1963 - 2 volumes | ||||||||||
| Box 11 | 1963 - 3 volumes | ||||||||||
| Box 11 | 1964 - 3 volumes | ||||||||||
| Box 12 | 1964 - 1 volume | ||||||||||
| Box 12 | 1965 - 3 volumes | ||||||||||
| Unbound Reports | |||||||||||
| 1966 | |||||||||||
| Box 13 | Articles and speeches | ||||||||||
| Box 13 | Newsday column and miscellaneous | ||||||||||
| Box 13 | Tribourough | ||||||||||
| 1967 | |||||||||||
| Box 13 | Newsday column, articles and miscellaneous | ||||||||||
| Box 13 | Speeches | ||||||||||
| Box 13 | Tribourough brochures | ||||||||||
| Articles and miscellaneous | |||||||||||
| Box 14 | 1968 | ||||||||||
| Box 14 | 1969 | ||||||||||
| Box 14 | 1970 | ||||||||||
| Box 14 | 1971 | ||||||||||
| Box 14 | 1972 | ||||||||||
| Box 14 | Zabriskie correspondence | ||||||||||
