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Subject Guide: New York City History

Archival and library highlights found at the Center relating to New York City, its communities, history, and evolution.

Hester Street, N. Y. City, 1905. #2004.048. (YUM)

Archival Highlights

Papers of Ruth Abrams

Between 1965 and 1966, Ruth Abrams was Art Director for the New School of Social Research Association. She also lectured at the Parsons School of Design and elsewhere on changing perceptions of space as affected by advanced space technology. Abrams is also an accomplished artist, focusing on visual perspective and the image of space and scale.

Ina Golub

Golub was a New Jersey-based artist, who primarily made fiber-based works with Jewish themes. She created custom-designed fiber art, including tapestries, Jewish ceremonial objects, and textiles with secular content, for synagogues, museums, and private collectors.

Laying the cornerstone of the Rabbinical Elchanan Theological Seminary, 1927 (YUM)