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Series 2: Correspondence and Subject Files, 1951-2009, inclusive

Scope and Contents

The majority of material in this series is comprised of correspondence from local residents to elected officials and Seneca Club representatives regarding local and personal matters. Elected officials often referred constituent correspondence to the Seneca Club, and conversely the Seneca Club lobbied elected representatives on behalf of neighborhood residents. There is a significant body of correspondence regarding employment opportunities, immigration status, and military service, including deferements and reassignments of active duty soldiers during the Vietnam War. There is also a significant group of correspondence with the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) regarding the availability of apartments in new NYCHA developments. Other topics represented in constituent correspondence include crime and incarceration, federal benefits, education, and local development issues in Williamsburg and Greenpoint. The series also includes correspondence from Seneca Club leaders, and a small number of subject files.

Arrangement

Material in this series is arranged alphabetically by subject.

Abe Gerges Personal Correspondence, 1973-1980, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Allard Lowenstein Controversy, 1972, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Benefits, 1959-1972, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 4-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clermont Ave Armory Community Center, 1967, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Council Of Jewish Organizations Of Flatbush, 2009, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Crime, 1966-1972, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Education, 1966, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Employment, 1959-1974, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 10-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Finance Department Drawings, undated

Box: 3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fort Greene Correspondence and Newsletter, 1974-1977, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

George Swetnick Personal Correspondence, 1963-1972, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Greenpoint Food Depot, 1970, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Greenpoint Incinerator, 2001, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Housing, 1960-1980, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 18-21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 4, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Immigration, 1959-1974, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 2-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Incarceration, 1964-1980, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Invitations and Greetings, 1959-2008, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Joseph Sharkey Resignation, 1951, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

John Smolenski Memorial Democratic Club Inc., Banquet, 1971, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Legislative Reports, 1976-1985, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

MTA Campaign, 1973, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mid-Brooklyn Health Association, 1972-1974, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mid-Brooklyn Health Association, Neighborhood Health Center Blueprints, 1972

Folder: Flat File (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Military Service, 1961-1974, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 11-13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Miscellaneous Bulletins, 1974-2001, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Miscellaneous Constituent Correspondence, 1962-1973, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1972-2005, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Congress Of Neighborhood Women Newsletter, 1986, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Neighborhood Conditions, 1968-1972, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York City Housing Authority Brochures, 1973-1982, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

NYC Municipal Government Bulletins, 1967-1987, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Nomination and Endorsement Correspondence, 1973-2004, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

North Brooklyn Development Corporation, 1984, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

North Brooklyn Independent and Friends Of McCarran Park Inc.,, 1984-2004, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Police Brutality, 1969, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Police Precinct Closure, 1968, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Preliminary Report of the Senate Democratic Force on NYC, 1976, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Program Funding, 1965-1985, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Proxy Paperwork, 1970-1990, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Pulaski Association of Business and Professional Men, 2001-2002, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Redistricting Fact Sheet, 1974, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Resignations, 1953-1985, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Seneca Club Mailings, 1965-1988, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

St. Stanislaus Memorial Post, 1982, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Steve Cohn Personal Correspondence, 2001-2009, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Survey of the NYC Mortgage Program, 1976, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Taxation, 1966-1976, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Zoning and Rehabilitation, 1966-1972, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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