Series 5: International Work
Scope and Contents
During the 1990s and early 2000s, Shiffman and the Pratt Center undertook substantial international consulting work. The majority of this series reflects projects in South Africa and Europe. Materials pertaining to South Africa include affordable housing projects, the Rural Advice Center, community development initiatives, outreach and conferences, as well as the micro-granting organization Shared Interest. Materials reflecting European projects include a French tour and exchange, German collaborations, and the Salzburg Congress on Planning and Development. This series also contains materials about Chile, Israel, Russia, and Japan.
Arrangement
Materials in this series are arranged alphabetically by subject.
A Community-Based Development Strategy for South Africa -- US Agency for International Development, 1990, inclusive
Box: 73, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Affordable Housing in Alexandria, South Africa and People's Express, 1990-1991, inclusive
Box: 73, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Africa -- African Participant Profiles, 1991, inclusive
Box: 73, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Africa -- African Participants, 1991, inclusive
Box: 74, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Africa -- Conference Follow Up Thanks Received, 1991, inclusive
Box: 74, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Africa -- Revised Addresses, 1991-1992, inclusive
Box: 74, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Africa -- United States Participants, 1991, inclusive
Box: 74, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Africa -- Workbook, 1991, inclusive
Box: 74, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Africa Community Development Finance Conference Fall 1991, 1991-1992, inclusive
Box: 73, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Africa Conference -- Participant Lists, 1991-1992, inclusive
Box: 73, Folder: 14-15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
African National Congress -- PICCED, 1991, inclusive
Box: 74, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
AHEC/Community Partners Russia Trip, 1996, inclusive
Box: 74, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
All National Fund (ANF) Russia, 1995-1996, inclusive
Box: 74, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Buenos Aires Visit, 1997-1998, inclusive
Box: 74, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chile, 1993-1995, inclusive
Box: 74, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chile -- Coneulo Gazmuri's Paper, 1993, inclusive
Box: 75, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chile -- List of Participants in Chile Exchange, 1993, inclusive
Box: 75, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chile -- Trip to Chile July 1993, 1993, inclusive
Box: 75, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chile Exchange -- Material from Trip, 1993, inclusive
Box: 74, Folder: 11-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chile Exchange -- Material from Trip, 1993, inclusive
Box: 75, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chile/US Exchange Logistics and Tour Arrangements, 1993, inclusive
Box: 75, Folder: 5-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chile/Vergara/Ford, 1994-1996, inclusive
Box: 75, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Community Development Finance in Africa Conference, 1991, inclusive
Box: 75, Folder: 9-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Community Development in Japan, 1995-1996, inclusive
Box: 75, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Community Revitalization in Central Europe, 1991-2000, inclusive
Box: 76, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
COPE/CAST Cooperative Planning and Education, 1991, inclusive
Box: 76, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
CUNY Concept Paper on Internships for South Africa, 1991, inclusive
Box: 76, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Czech Republic, 1996, inclusive
Box: 76, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Draft Report to the Ford Foundation Development Finance March 1991, 1991, inclusive
Box: 76, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison Housing Program (DTAP), 1993, inclusive
Box: 76, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Edilter Construction Company, circa 1990s, inclusive
Box: 76, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Emscher Park Study Tour -- Admin, 1997, inclusive
Box: 76, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
England, 1993-1996, inclusive
Box: 76, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Europe 2002 PICCED Europe Tour, 2002-2004, inclusive
Box: 76, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
European Delegation, 2002, inclusive
Box: 76, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Evangelische Akademie Lokkum, 1992-1994, inclusive
Box: 76, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Exchange European -- PICCED Visit Exchange, 2002, inclusive
Box: 76, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ford-Funded African Participants in Training Program 1991-92, 1991, inclusive
Box: 76, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
France and Vienna Visit, 1993, inclusive
Box: 76, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
France Exchange, 1992-1995, inclusive
Box: 76, Folder: 16-17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
France Exchange, 1992-1993, inclusive
Box: 77, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
France Exchange -- French Visit to the United States, 1993, inclusive
Box: 77, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
France Exchange -- French-American Foundation Tour, 1992, inclusive
Box: 77, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
France Exchange -- French-American Foundation Tour of France, 1992-1994, inclusive
Box: 77, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
France Visit December, 1993, inclusive
Box: 77, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
France Visit November, 1993, inclusive
Box: 77, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fred O'Regan's Evaluation of the Africa Conference, 1991-1992, inclusive
Box: 77, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
French Approaches to the Urban Crisis -- Ron Shiffman Delegate, 1992, inclusive
Box: 77, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
German Marshall Fund, 2002, inclusive
Box: 77, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
German Participants in the Red Hook Workshop, 1996, inclusive
Box: 77, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Germany -- Emscher Park and Duisburg, 1994-1996, inclusive
Box: 77, Folder: 13-14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Germany (IBA), 1992-1997, inclusive
Box: 77, Folder: 11-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Grassroots Action in a Global World Seminar, Pocantico, 2000, inclusive
Box: 78, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Handouts from Africa Conference, 1991, inclusive
Box: 78, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
House Banking Committee -- NAFTA, 1993-1994, inclusive
Box: 78, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Housing in the Netherlands, 1978-1983, inclusive
Box: 78, Folder: 4-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
IBA Germany in Hamburg and Bitterfeld, 2000-2010, inclusive
Box: 78, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Institute Trappetto, undated
Box: 141, item: 424 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
.25" Helical Scan Video. Runtime: 0:30:00
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility ICCR SANCO, 1991-1995, inclusive
Box: 78, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
International Community Development Curriculum, 1991, inclusive
Box: 78, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
International Development, 1992-1995, inclusive
Box: 78, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
International Guarantee Fund, 1995-1996, inclusive
Box: 78, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
International Neighborhood South Africa Issues, 1982-1992, inclusive
Box: 78, Folder: 11-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
International Projects, 1992-2008, inclusive
Box: 79, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
International Symposium 'Local Economy' Technical University of Berlin, 1992, inclusive
Box: 79, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
International Urban Development, 1980-2002, inclusive
Box: 79, Folder: 3-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Contains 2 CDs
International Work, 1992-2002, inclusive
Box: 79, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
International Work Including Germany, UNICEF, and South Africa, 1989-1995, inclusive
Box: 79, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Investing in People Conference on South Africa, 1994, inclusive
Box: 79, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
IRED Innovations et Reseaux pour le Developpement / Development Innovations and Networks, 1993-1999, inclusive
Box: 79, Folder: 10-11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
IRED Innovations et Reseaux pour le Developpement / Development Innovations and Networks, 1993-1999, inclusive
Box: 80, Folder: 1-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
IRED Innovations et Reseaux pour le Developpement / Development Innovations and Networks, 1993-1999, inclusive
Box: 81, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
IRED Innovations et Reseaux pour le Developpement / Development Innovations and Networks -- Rome, Italy, 1994, inclusive
Box: 81, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
IRED International, 1992-1994, inclusive
Box: 81, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Israel, 1996-1997, inclusive
Box: 81, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Johannesburg Housing Corporation Inner City Housing Design, 1997, inclusive
Box: 81, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Joint UHAB proposal to USAID Russia, 1994-1995, inclusive
Box: 81, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Kellogg Educational Development for Development Staff, 1991, inclusive
Box: 81, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
L'Espoir, 1996, inclusive
Box: 140, item: 471 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS NTSC SUBMASTER 525/60. Runtime: 0:52:00
Margins of the City Symposium on Local Communities in Global Restructuring, 1993-1994, inclusive
Box: 81, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mega-Cities -- Innovations for Urban Life, 1993, inclusive
Box: 81, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ministerium fur Stadtentwicklung, Kultur, and Sport des Landes, 1998-2001, inclusive
Box: 81, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mzwanele Mayekizo -- Planner's Network Article, 1995, inclusive
Box: 81, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Neighborhood Economic Development Seminar, 1979-1980, inclusive
Box: 81, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York City Commission on Human Rights Triville, France Conference, 1991, inclusive
Box: 81, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Originals International Projects, Ford Foundation, 1991-1992, inclusive
Box: 81, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Parks Council -- Miscellaneous, 1994-1996, inclusive
Box: 85, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Peace Dividend Network, 1990, inclusive
Box: 81, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Personnel New York City, 1990-1991, inclusive
Box: 82, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Planact South Africa, 1989-1991, inclusive
Box: 82, Folder: 2-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pratt Center Visitors -- South Africa, 1995-1996, inclusive
Box: 82, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pratt Institute -- City of Duisbury, 1998, inclusive
Box: 142, item: 411 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS NTSC Submaster. Runtime: 0:15:03
Pratt Institute L'Espoir, 1996, inclusive
Box: 138, item: 316 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS NTSC Submaster 525/60. Runtime: 0:50:46
Pratt Institute, Bottrop, Uberraschend Anders, 1998, inclusive
Box: 142, item: 412 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS NTSC Submaster 525/60. Runtime: 0:15:30
Prefeitura do Municipio de Sao Paul Secretaria Municipal do Planejamento, 1996, inclusive
Box: 82, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Proposal South Africa, 1990, inclusive
Box: 82, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
RAFAD Research and Applications of Alternative Financing for Development, 1985-1995, inclusive
Box: 82, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Roberta Gratz/Vankovka, 2000-2001, inclusive
Box: 82, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rome-South Africa Project, 1990, inclusive
Box: 85, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ron -- Europe Commentaries, 2002, inclusive
Box: 82, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ron's European Visitors to PICCED, 2002, inclusive
Box: 82, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rotterdam Trip, 1997, inclusive
Box: 82, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rudy's Trip to India, 1995, inclusive
Box: 82, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rural Advice, 1990-1991, inclusive
Box: 82, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rural Advice Center, 1990-1991, inclusive
Box: 83, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rural Advice Center -- South Africa Conference, 1990-1991, inclusive
Box: 83, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Russia ANF, 1991-1996, inclusive
Box: 83, Folder: 3-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Digital files include six text files addressing changes in Russia, support for community organizations and community development, and Ford Foundation budget and reporting.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Access to digital materials is available onsite at the Othmer Library. Request to access digital materials must be made at least 2 days in advance by emailing library@brooklynhistory.org.
Salzburg Congress, 1984, inclusive
Box: 83, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Salzburg Congress on Urban Planning and Development, 1991-1992, inclusive
Box: 83, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Salzburg Congress on Urban Planning and Development, 1997-1998, inclusive
Box: 83, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Soche Progressive Institute of Education, 1996, inclusive
Box: 83, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Society for International Development Sustainable Livelihoods Programme, 1996, inclusive
Box: 83, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
South Africa, 1989-1997, inclusive
Box: 83, Folder: 12-14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
South Africa, 1989-1997, inclusive
Box: 84, Folder: 1-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
South Africa, 1989, inclusive
Box: 85, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
South Africa Congressional, 1988-1989, inclusive
Box: 84, Folder: 6-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
South Africa Notes, Clippings, and Papers, 1991-1993, inclusive
Box: 84, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
South Africa Notes, Clippings, and Papers, 1984-1990, inclusive
Box: 85, Folder: 2-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
South Africa Post-Graduate Public Policy and Development Administration Programme, 1991, inclusive
Box: 85, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
South Africa Shared Interest, 1996, inclusive
Box: 85, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
South Africa USAID Mott Ford, 1989-2002, inclusive
Box: 85, Folder: 6-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
South Africa USAID Mott Ford -- South African Rural Development Support Program, 1992-1993, inclusive
Box: 85, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
South African Outreach Effort, 1991, inclusive
Box: 85, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
SUNY-Brooklyn -- Outreach Programs, 1989, inclusive
Box: 85, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tender for Acquisition of a Share in Reconstruction Investment (Moscow, Russia, 1/2 Solyanka Street), 1995, inclusive
Box: 138, item: 360 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS.
Tender for Acquisition of a Share in Reconstruction Investment (Moscow, Russia, 1/2 Solyanka Street), November 3, 1995, inclusive
Box: 138, item: 361 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS. Runtime: 0:04:45
Tender for Acquisition of a Share in Reconstruction Investment (Moscow, Russia, 1/2 Solyanka Street), September 25, 1995, inclusive
Box: 138, item: 364 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS NTSC SUBMASTER 525/60. Runtime: 0:04:45
Tender for Acquisition of a Share in Reconstruction Investment (Moscow, Russia, 1/2 Solyanka Street), September 25, 1995, inclusive
Box: 138, item: 365 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS NTSC SUBMASTER 525/60. Runtime: 0:04:45
Tender for Acquisition of a Share in Reconstruction Investment (Moscow, Russia, 1/2 Solyanka Street), 1995, inclusive
Box: 142, item: 413 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS. Runtime: 0:04:45
Transcultural Practices in Architecture and Urbanism, 2015, inclusive
Box: 85, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Travel -- PICCED Europe Tour, 2002, inclusive
Box: 85, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
UNICEF Urban Consulation, 1992-1993, inclusive
Box: 86, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
United Nation, 1993-1997, inclusive
Box: 86, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
United Nations Cuban Delegation Reception and Seminar Puck Building, February 9, 1996, inclusive
Box: 142, item: 447 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS. Runtime: 2:00:00
Urban Assembly, 1991-1997, inclusive
Box: 86, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Urban Strategies -- The Rene Dubos Center for Human Environments Inc., 1989, inclusive
Box: 86, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Urban Summit Conference, 1989-1990, inclusive
Box: 86, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
VCDO Magazine 2, undated
Box: 142, item: 451 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS. Runtime: 2:00:00
VIMAR -- Vivienda Para Los Marginados, 1987-1989, inclusive
Box: 86, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Voices from South Africa American Friends Service Conference Part 2, undated
Box: 138, item: 312 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS. Runtime: 0:26:00
World Bank, 1992-1999, inclusive
Box: 86, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Zu Neuen Ufern, 1998, inclusive
Box: 138, item: 366 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
VHS NTSC SUBMASTER 525/60. Runtime: 0:16:03
