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JP Morgan Library Page 1 of 3 Susan Burgess From: Readingroom Readingroom [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 4:41 PM To: Susan Burgess Cc: Christine Nelson; Maria Molestina; Sylvie Merian Subject: visiting to research holdings re: Theodore Vail & AT&T Hi, Susan, Just to confirm your appointments for Wed. April 18 all day and for Thurs. Apr. 19 in the morning. 1. Here is some general information on using the RR: In order to consult materials in the Reading Room, you will need to fill out an application form, provide a letter of reference from a professional colleague, bring a valid form of photo identification such as a driver's license or passport, and make appointments in advance. We suggest at least two to three weeks' advance notice, as we do get booked up. Please note that we cannot accept an emailed letter of reference as we need a signature, but we can accept it by fax (the fax number is below). The Reading Room is open by appointment only, Monday to Friday, 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM,and is closed on weekends and holidays. You can fill out the application form at your first appointment. Please note that the Reading Room will be closed to readers on the following Mondays and holidays in 2007: April 30, May 21 and 28, June 25, July 4 and 30, Sept. 3, Oct. 8, Nov. 12, Nov. 22-23, Dec. 24- 25. After we have confirmed your appointments, we will send you the security information you will need to access this building. You will also need to send us a list of exactly which materials you would like to consult in advance of your visit, as we have to get them approved by the curators and prepare them before you arrive. Please check our online catalogue, Corsair for this information( http://corsair.morganlibrary.org/). We will need author, title, accession number AND call number. It would also be helpful to the curators if you would briefly explain your research project--sometimes they are able to suggest other materials, perhaps things that are not yet catalogued. Please note that Christine Nelson has waived the letter of reference. 2. And here is the security information that you need to enter the building: The following is the information you will need regarding security procedures for entering the building, as well as the address. Please print out and save this information: Please come to the new Staff& Visitor Entrance at 24 East 37th Street, near Madison Avenue, and announce yourself to the guard on duty. Your name will be on an appointment list with the guard. You will be shown where to check your coats and bags, and will then be directed to the Reading Room. You may want to bring a sweater with you, however, as the Reading Room is rather cool. Also, please note that guests are not permitted in the Reading Room. You may bring a laptop computer with you, but please do not bring suitcases to the Morgan. Readers are not permitted to take photographs. The Reading Room hours are Monday to Friday, 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM, by appointment only. We are 4/17/2007 Page 2 of 3 closed on weekends and holidays. If you cannot keep your appointment, please let us know as soon as possible, as we reserve seats for our readers and if you cannot come, we can release your seat to another reader. Please note that the Reading Room hours are different from the Museum hours. For your information, the exhibitions are closed on Mondays. Please make sure to bring a valid form of photo identification with you, such as your driver's license or passport, and bring it with you to the Reading Room. If you have any questions, please contact us at: [email protected] or call us at:(212) 590- 0315 We are looking forward to seeing you next week, Best, Co...iross • trec )21L4 ;box 70 Inge Dupont Reading Room The Morgan Library & Museum 225 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016-3405 TEL: 212 590-0315 (direct) or 212 685-0008, ext. 315 or ext. 538 FAX: 212 768-5615 NET: [email protected] Visit CORSAIR,the Library's comprehensive collections catalog, now on the web at http://corsair.morganlibrary.org >>> "Susan Burgess" <[email protected]> 4/9/2007 1:37 PM >>> Hi Inge, After consulting my calendar, I realized that I have a doctor's appointment on Thursday the 19th. Is there any way that I could come Monday and Tuesday (16-17th) or Tuesday and Wednesday (17-18th) of that week instead? It would be great if you could tell me as soon as possible so that I can make my travel arrangements. I'd like to visit the Morgan Library because I'm doing research concerning JP Morgan Jr.'s involvement with Bell telephone (AT&T) at the turn of the century for a book about the evolution of telecommunications in the 20th century. Sak I believe I will need two full days to review and copy the holdings that I'm inter sted in: \..Er6x 91 folder 452 - Theo. N. Vail—American Telephone and Telegraph Co. 0...4)1AA, \.,Box 80 folder 266 - Western Union Telegraph Co. — c01 1.1 11 — /247-1 qji k tt-c-r Cre1- tt -(7-wst VW-K ‘,A4 outgoing correspondence to Theodore N. Vail between 1887-1901 within Boxes 1-4 containing letterpress:4vlas (k books for that period cht__ 1-1) "-c_c f 1m- cz.:7:44417 Any outgoing cables to Theodore N. Vail between 1887-1907 within Box 31 folders 1-4 containing cables from that period I may also want to review Boxe5eleandt41'for any correspondence between Morgan and George Baker concerning Theodore Vail or AT&T between 1887 and 1907. 4/17/2007 Page 3 of 3 Thanks in advance, Susan Burgess 4/17/2007 rum.......mupw•mmk 13.A.eaki-- k/sw 0„ti. n&Aukt4A>4.0 , P 1/61Toe It) - o oile1/4.42Lt- cir,60 1 -vtcYvk TtiX4CoetAza- -t-74/-L çjtoAi ? yk_eAL,fi-t-,---(6\5-Yv‘e 4ta- vv,--011- • \ J. P. MORGAN JR. PAPERS cry-tr Archives of The Pierpont Morgan Library, New Yor The Pierpont Morgan Library, 2006 BRIEF COLLECTION INFORMATION . 2.2 Collection title and dates J.P. Morgan Jr. Papers, ca. 1875-1943 17-151)75 2-( to ICS— Creator J.P. Morgan, 1867-1943 01„,0 Accession number ARC 1216 GtAkt>s\v‘_1_ Nalauv` Quantity/extent 126 flip-top boxes S-10-o.s3k," Collection overview A brief overview of this collection is available in the Morgan's online catalog, CORSAIR. The collection-level record includes hyperlinks to names and subjects represented in the collection; descriptions of related material may be found by following these links. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Processing information This collection is not fully processed. In many cases the original file titles have been transcribed from the old folders and no further processing or description has yet been undertaken. Original file folders have been discarded and replaced with acid-free folders; for the second half of the collection (rehoused in 2003) the original file tabs were retained. An initial typed inventory of this collection was presumably made by Library volunteers; it was checked and augmented in 2003. Introductory information by Christine Nelson, 2004. Provenance Personal papers of J. P. Morgan Jr. removed from the offices of J. P. Morgan & Co. by Charles Morgan, grandson of J. P. Morgan Jr. Gift of the Morgan family,[date unknown]. Accessibility The collection is open for research by appointment. The following page provides information on conducting research in the Morgan's Reading Room: http://www.themorgan.org/research/reading.asp Preferred citation J.P. Morgan Jr. Papers: Box #, Folder #. Archives of The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. Repository The Pierpont Morgan Library J.P. Morgan Jr. Papers(ARC 1216), p. 1 The Pierpont Morgan Library http://utu.themorgan.org/ArchivesFindingAids/ARC1216-MorganJack.pdf 411111MININII•11 1 225 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016-3405 (212)685-0008 DETAILED COLLECTION INFORMATION Biographical note J. P. Morgan Jr., the son of financier Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), was known informally as "Jack." He headed the firm J. P. Morgan & Co. after his father's death in 1913. He inherited the bulk of his father's art and library collections, and in 1924 created The Pierpont Morgan Library as a public institution. He married Jane Norton Grew (1863-1925) in 1890; they had four children: Junius Spencer Morgan Jr.(1892-1960), Jane Norton Morgan Nichols (1893-1981), Frances Tracy Morgan Pennoyer (b. 1897), and Henry Sturgis Morgan (1900-1982). Morgan's homes included a brownstone on the corner of 37th Street and Madison Avenue (229 Madison, now 231), New York; Matinicock Point in Glen Cove, Long Island; a townhouse on Grosvenor Square, London; and Wall Hall, a country estate in the village of Aldenham, near Watford in Hertfordshire, England; he also rented a hunting lodge, Gannochy, in Scotland. Scope and content The personal papers of Jack Morgan include letterpress books of copies of outgoing correspondence; cable books; a brief alphabetical series (in two parts) of letters received; and a large number of subject files on topics including philanthropic activities, family financial matters (including extensive documentation of the estate of his father), family house inventories and real estate, clubs and associations, individuals with whom he corresponded, schools and universities (including Harvard), companies, travel (including information on his yachts Corsair III and IV), art and library collections, the Morgan Library and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, World War I, war reparations, and personal ledgers.
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