Grace M. Mayer papers, 1891-1960 (bulk 1932-1958), 48 boxes (21 linear feet) Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10029 Telephone: 212-534-1672 Fax: 212-423-0758
[email protected] www.mcny.org © Museum of the City of New York. All rights reserved. Processed by Celia Hartmann, 2009; with additions in 2010. Finding aid reformatted by Lindsay Turley, March 2013. Description is in English Descriptive Summary Creator: Grace M. Mayer (1901 - 1996) Dates: 1891-1960 (bulk 1932-1958) Abstract: The Grace Mayer Files include day-to-day external incoming and outgoing correspondence related to researching, acquiring, preserving, exhibiting, and publicizing images of New York while she served as Curator of the Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photography at the Museum of the City of New York; her files documenting exhibitions she organized at the Museum and as loans to other institutions; and documentation of the acquisition, appraisal, preservation, exhibition, research, and publicity of the Harry T. Peters and Gerald LeVino collections of Currier & Ives images at the Museum. Extent: 48 boxes (21 linear feet) Accession numbers: not applicable; institutional archives Language: English Biographical Note Grace M. Mayer was born in New York City in 1901, where she was educated privately and at Columbia University. After working briefly for a physician affiliated with Mt. Sinai Hospital, she began her career at the Museum of the City of New York as a volunteer in 1930. She quickly succeeded Robert Sinclair as Curator of Prints, and headed the renamed Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photography until 1958.