Presbrey-Leland Monument Company, 1930-1980
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Brief Description:

The records of the Presbrey-Leland Monument Company are housed in thirty-one containers: thirteen LTA document boxes (approximately 6.5 cubic feet) and eighteen custom oversized boxes (approximately 9 cubic feet).  The records include purchase orders, contracts, correspondence, hand-written notes, hand-drafted elevations and scale drawings, blueprints, and rubbings of monuments.  Records of cancelled orders are included in this collection as well.  The files contain documents that support an understanding of the process of creating custom-made monuments, as well as information about individuals in the context of the orders.

The files held within both the document boxes and oversized boxes are arranged numerically by Green-Wood Cemetery lot number.  Each folder also indicates the name of the client or estate and the Presbrey-Leland account number, and is labeled in the following format: “Presbrey-Leland account number / Green-Wood Cemetery lot number / name of client and/or estate.” The bulk dates of accounts are from 1930-1960, but there are also accounts from the 1970s and 1980s.  The materials in this collection are housed in acid-free folders.  Due to the size of some of the items of this collection, some plans, drawings, and full-scale rubbings were separated and housed in oversized, acid-free folders and boxes.

Held at:
The Green-Wood Cemetery
500 25th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11232
Phone: 7187887850
Email: administrator [at] green-wood.com
Volume: 31.0 Boxes
Acquired: 11/01/2011.
Arrangement: 31 boxes: 13 document and 18 oversize. The files held within both the document boxes and oversized boxes are arranged numerically by Green-Wood Cemetery lot number.  Each folder also indicates the name of the client or estate and the Presbrey-Leland account number, and is labeled in the following format: “Presbrey-Leland account number / Green-Wood Cemetery lot number / name of client and/or estate.”
Access Restrictions: Researchers may access The Presbrey-Leland Monument Company collection at the discretion of The Green-Wood Historic Fund &The Green-Wood Cemetery.  For more information, contact Jeff Richman, the Green-Wood Cemetery Historian: historian@greenwoodcemetery.org.
Subject Index
Brooklyn--New York, N.Y.
Cemeteries--New York (State)--New York--History
Green-Wood Cemetery--New York, N.Y.
Landscape architecture--New York (State)--New York--Designs and plans
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures,etc.
Sepulchral monuments--New York (State)--New York
Languages of Materials
English [eng]
Acquisition Notes: Presbrey-Leland Monument Company  Donation