The Inventory of the Herbert Bayard Swope Collection #1150 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Swope, Herbert Bayard #1150 Preliminary Listing I. Financial Material. A. Check Ledgers. [Loose] Box 1 1. 1911-1929; includes legal; correspondence. Box 2 2. 1930-1932. Box 3 3. 1933-1934 Box 4 4. 1935-1937. Box 5 5. 1938-1940. Box 6 6. 1941-1946 Box 7 7. 1946-1948. Box 8 8. 1951-1960. Box 9 9. 1963, and undated. Box 10 B. Stock Certificate Books, 1941-1951 (3 total). C. Files; may include correspondence; printed material; holograph notes; photographs; professional; legal. 1. “1921 Income Tax.” [F. 1] 2. “1922 Income Tax.” 3. “1923 Income Tax.” 4. “1924 Income Tax.” 5. “1925 Income Tax.” [F. 2] 6. “1926 Income Tax.” 7. “1927 Income Tax.” 8. “1928 Income Tax.” [F. 3] 9. “1929.” 10. “1929 Income Tax.” 11. “1930,” 1929-30. [F. 4] 12. “1930 Income Tax.” 13. “1931,” 1930-31. 14. “1931 Income Tax.” 15. “1932-3.” [F. 5] 16. “1932 Income Tax.” 17. “1933 Income Tax.” 18. “1934,” 1933-34. [F. 6] 19. “1934 Income Tax.” 20. “1939-40-41.” [F. 7] 21. “1945 Gobles Fin. Reports,” 1943-45. 22. “1951-H.B.S. and M.P.S.” [F. 8] 23. “1952 H.B.S. M.P.S.,” 1952-55. [F. 9] 24. “1953-Income Tax,” 1953-55; includes subfile: [F. 10] a. “The Storm of Nov. 6, 1953 + Its Damages to Keewaydin,” includes 21 black and white photographs. 25. “1954 Income Tax,” 1954-58. [F. 11] Box 11 26. “Automobiles 1957,” 1953-57. [F. 1] Swope, Herbert Bayard Page 1 of 108 27. “Bills” re: NPRA, 1929. [F. 2] 28. “Block, Maloney,” 1919-22. [F. 3] 29. “Consolidated Report 1954.” [F. 4] 30. “Consolidated Report 1955.” [F. 5] 31. “Correspondents,” 1929. [F. 6-7] 32. “Donn-Langford Stock 1175 Shares,” 1952. [F. 8] 33. “Don’t Disturb,” 1930-1937. [F. 9] 34. “Employees (Former),” 1953-1958. [F. 10] 35. “Expense Accounts,” 1942. 36. “Expense” re: The World, 1926-28. [F. 11] 37. “Finance I,” 1920. [F. 12] 38. “Finance II,” 1928-30. 39. “Gambling Debts,” 1939-1945. [F. 13] 40. “Guar[anty] Trust,” 1927. [F. 14] 41. “H.B. Swope Jr.,” 1936-1943. 42. “HBS Notes (Tropical) – 1950.” [F. 15] 43. “HBS – Personal,” 1954-58. [F. 16] 44. “Hentz and Co.,” 1928. [F. 17] 45. “Hentz & Co.,” 1957. [F. 18] 46. “Herbert Bayard Swope,” 1935-43. [F. 19] 47. “Herbert Bayard Swope,” 1953-54. 48. “Herbert Bayard Swope,” 1955. 49. “H. L. Straus,” 1941-48. [F. 20] 50. “Income Tax,” 1927-28. [F. 21] 51. “Income Tax,” 1928-33. [F. 22] 52. “Income Tax,” 1930. 53. “Insurance,” 1928. [F. 23] 54. “Insurance,” 1938-49. 55. “Insurance,” 1951-54. 56. “Insurance,” 1955-58. 57. “Jane M. Powell,” 1936-1943. 58. “Jane Swope Brandt,” 1936-1944. 59. “JMP 1926 and 1927 Return.” [F. 24] 60. “Koss Correspondence – Income Tax,” 1932-33. [F. 25] Box 12 61. “Laundry Lists 1958.” [F. 1] 62. “Life Insurance,” 1935-55. [F. 2] 63. “Liquor 1957.” [F. 3] 64. “Loans (All Paid),” 1954-57. [F. 4] 65. “Louis L. Levy,” 1930-31. [F. 5] 66. “Margaret Powell Swope, Int. on HBS Loan,” 1936-42. [F. 6] 67. “Memos – 1943,” 1941-44. [F. 7] 68. “Mincer Receipts,” 1904-1913. [F. 8] 69. “M.M Warburg & Co.,” 1938. [F. 9] 70. “NPRA Bills,” 1929. [F. 10] 71. “Office Bills” re: NPRA, 1929. [F. 11] 72. “Painting Bids,” 1950-51. [F. 12] Swope, Herbert Bayard Page 2 of 108 73. “Payroll Taxes,” 1954-58. [F. 13] 74. “Payrolls,” 1926-27. [F. 14] 75. “R.B. Powell,” 1936-43. [F. 15] 76. “Receipted Bills Office,” 1929. [F. 16] 77. “Refinancing,” 1941-43. [F. 17] 78. “Releases,” 1944-48. [F. 18-19] 79. “R.H. Macy,” 1933-34. [F. 20] 80. “Robineau,” Sept.-Dec. 1941. [F. 21] 81. “Rothstein, Arnold + Co.,” 1922. [F. 22] 82. “Russell Freeborn,” 1942-58. [F. 23] 83. “Safe Deposit Boxes,” 1931-37. [F. 24] 84. “Samuel B. Pack,” 1938-54. [F. 25] 85. “Schenley Contract 1957,” 1945-57. [F. 26] 86. “Schuyler West,” 1948-49. [F. 27] 87. “Station WEBR Buffalo,” 1929. [F. 28] 88. “Stations WTAM and WEAR,” 1929. [F. 29] 87. “Swope,” 1940-49. [F. 29] 88. “Trop – Profit & Loss Statements,” 1942-44. [F. 30] 89. “Trots,” 1953. [F. 31] 90. “Unfinished – Tropical,” 1941-48. [F. 32] 91. “WKJC,” 1929. [F. 33] 92. “WOL,” 1929. [F. 34] D. Untitled files. Box 13 1. 1921-1959. [F. 1-18] 2. re: HBS trip to Europe (Paris/London), 1922. [F. 19] 3. re: Guaranty Trust Company of New York, 1923-24. [F. 20] 4. re: NPRA and Sports’ Writers and News Syndicate, Inc., 1929. [F. 21] 5. re: NPRA payroll, 1929. [F. 22] E. Checks. Box 14 1. 1909. [Env. 1] 2. 1910. [Env. 2] 3. 1911-1912. [Env. 3] 4. 1913-1914. [Env. 4] 5. 1915. [Env. 5] 6. 1916. [Env. 6] 7. 1917. [Env. 7] 8. 1918. [Env. 8] 9. 1919. [Env. 9] 10. 1920. [Env. 10] 11. 1921. [Env. 11] 12. 1922. [Env. 12] 13. 1923. [Env. 13] 14. 1924. [Env. 14] 15. 1925. [Env. 15] 16. 1926. [Env. 16] Swope, Herbert Bayard Page 3 of 108 17. 1927. [Env. 17] 18. 1928. [Env. 18] 19. 1929. [Env. 19] 20. 1930. [Env. 20] 21. 1931. [Env. 21-23] 22. 1932. [Env. 24-26] 23. 1933. [Env. 27-29] 24. 1934. [Env. 30-32] 25. 1935. [Env. 33-34] 26. 1936. [Env. 35-37] 27. 1937. [Env. 38-40] 28. 1938. [Env. 41-43] 29. 1939. [Env. 44-45] 30. 1940. [Env. 46-47] 31. 1941. [Env. 48-49] 32. 1942. [Env. 50-51] 33. 1943. [Env. 52-53] Box 15 34. 1944. [Env. 1-2] 35. 1945. [Env. 3-4] 36. 1946. [Env. 5] 37. Check stubs, 1943-1946. [Env. 6] 38. 1947. [Env. 7] 39. 1948. [Env. 8] 40. 1949. [Env. 9] 41. 1950. [Env. 10] 42. 1951. [Env. 11] 43. 1952. [Env. 12] 44. 1953. [Env. 13-14] 45. 1954. [Env. 15-16] Box 16 46. 1955. [Env. 1-2] 47. 1956. [Env. 3-5] 48. 1957. [Env. 6-11] 49. 1958. [Env. 12] 50. Undated. [Env. 13] F. General. Box 17 1. Monthly reports, 1937-1952. [F. 1] 2. Annual reports. a. 1935-1945 (29 total); includes correspondence. [F. 2] b. 1946 (8 total). [F. 3] c. 1947 (8 total). [F. 4] d. 1948 (7 total). [F. 5] e. 1949 (7 total); includes correspondence. [F. 6] f. re: Margaret Powell Swope, 1954-55 (2 total). [F. 7] 3. Insurance policies, 1930-1957. [Env. 1-3] 4. Life insurance premiums, 1953-57. [Env. 4] 5. Insurance receipts, 1916-1948. [Env. 5-9] Swope, Herbert Bayard Page 4 of 108 6. Monthly holdings summaries. a. 1931, 1935. [F. 8] b. May 1955-June 1958. [F. 9] 7. Documents re: HBS accounts with Brinckmann, Wirtz, & Co., 1948-1950; includes correspondence. [F. 10] 8. Documents re: HBS accounts with M.M. Warburg & Co., 1937- 1940; includes correspondence. [F. 11] 9. Balance and securities statements with H. Hentz & Co. a. 1948. [F. 12] b. 1949. [F. 13] c. 1950. [F. 14] d. 1951. [F. 15-16] e. 1952. [F. 17-18] 10. Chase Manhattan Bank account statements, 1955. [F. 19] 11. Bankers Trust Company account statements, 1955. [F. 20] 12. First National City Bank of New York account statements re: MPS accounts, 1955. [F. 21] 13. Bache & Co. account statement, 1949. [F. 22] 14. Stillman, Maynard & Co. account statement, 1949. Box 18 15. Keewaydin Corporation statements, Fall 1930. [F. 1] 16. Notes re: various finances, 1925-26, undated; includes TS and holograph notes. [F. 2] 17. Receipts and estimates re: fine fur purchases and repairs, 1951- 1957. [F. 3] 18. HBS checks to John E. Darbau of John T. Brady & Co., April-July 1910; includes correspondence. [F. 4] 19. Salary revisions, 7/27/1932. 20. Chase National Bank statements, Feb. 1934. 21. Itemized expense sheets (personal), 1956-1958. 22. Contributions received for Cardinal Farley’s Charity Fund, April- May, n.y. 23. Receipt, n.d. 24. HBS insurance plan documents, 6/15/1916. [F. 5] 25. Stock certifcate re: Consolidated Tungsten Mining Corporation of Canada Limited, 75 shares, 4/28/1958; includes receipt. [F. 6] 26. Invoices, 1941-1943; includes correspondence. [F. 7] 27. Deposit checks re: Schenley Co., 1938-53; includes correspondence; printed material; holograph notes. [F. 8] 28. Financial correspondence re: Lewis S. Rosenstiel, 1936-41. [F. 9] 29. Financial correspondence re: J.L. Mincer, 1912. [F. 10] 30. Bank balances, 5 p., May-October 1933. 31. Expenses re: MPS, RCA, 1949. 32. Records re: RCA and NBC, 1949-50. 33. Safe deposit box, Guaranty Trust Company, 1929. 34. Cash disbursement sheet, 7/1/1937. Swope, Herbert Bayard Page 5 of 108 35. Armour & Company of Illinois consolidation report, 2 p., 4/27/1929. 36. Annual net totals re: gambling, 1938-1944. 37. List of wires, TS, 1 p., n.d. (fragment). 38. Tropical Park Co. Inc. general ledger, 1942-1953. [Loose] II. Legal Materials. A. Files. 1. “Automobiles,” 1926. [F. 11] 2. “Certificate of Incorporation,” re: The Tropical Park Co., Inc., 1941. [F. 12] 3. “CIR – Clips, notes, etc. 1956,” 1955-56; includes printed. [F. 13] 4. “Contract (RCA) 1950,” 1949-50l includes correspondence, financial. [F. 14] 5. “Life Insurance Policies (2),” 1916. [F. 15] 6. “Pecora,” re: HBS testimony on reorganization of Fox Metropolitan Playhouses, Inc, in 1935; 1958; includes correspondence. [F. 16] 7. “RCA NBC Contract 1955;” includes correspondence, financial. [F. 17] 8. “RCA-NBC Contracts 1957: Terminated 4/10/58;” includes correspondence.