Series 8: Back to the City Conference records, 1973-1992, inclusive

Scope and Contents

The series contains records relating to the Back to the City Conference (BTTC), dating from 1973 to 1992. It includes the records of the organization (Board of Directors files) and files relating to individual conferences.

Additional BTTC files can be found in Series 7: Brownstone Revival Comittee, Series 9: Brownstones and Historic Preservation clippings, and Series 10: Brownstone correspondence.

Arrangement

The series in divided into two sub-series:

Sub-series 8.1: Back to the City Conference administrative records

Sub-series 8.2: Back to the City Conference - Annual conferences

Sub-series 8.1: Back to the City Conference administrative records, 1973-1992, inclusive

Extent

5.1 Linear Feet in four manuscript boxes, one small box, and one oversize folder

Scope and Contents

The sub-series contains administrative records of the Back to the City Conference (BTTC), dating from 1973 to 1992. It includes Board of Directors files, financial records, correspondence, newsletters, and ephemera. It also includes files on conferences and other events where EHO represented BTTC.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Back to the City seal, 1970s, inclusive

Box: 69, item: - (Material Type: Realia)

BRC foundation appeal, 1970s, inclusive

Box: 29, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Text)

BTTC stationery, 1970s, inclusive

Box: 29, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Text)

National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1973-1975, inclusive

Box: 29, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Text)

BTTC proceedings matters, 1974-1975, inclusive

Box: 29, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Text)

BTTC leaflet, 1975, inclusive

Box: 29, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Text)

National Trust for Historic Preservation and Rider 8, 1975, inclusive

Box: 29, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Text)

BTTC corporate matters and contracts, 1975-1976, inclusive

Box: 29, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Text)

Documents / Articles, 1975-1976, inclusive

Box: 29, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Text)

BTTC Board of Directors and Advisory Board correspondence, 1975-1978, inclusive

Box: 29, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Text)

BTTC Board of Directors meetings, 1975-1983, inclusive

Box: 29, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Text)

BTTC Board of Directors minutes and by-laws, 1975-1980, inclusive

Box: 30, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)

National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1975-1979, inclusive

Box: 30, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)

BTTC contacts, 1975-1980, inclusive

Box: 30, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Text)

BTTC and BRC correspondence, 1975-1986, inclusive

Box: 30, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)

Correspondence to/from preservation organizations, 1975-1986, inclusive

Box: 30, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)

BTTC check book and finances, 1975-1992, inclusive

Box: 30, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Text)

Administrative Code J-51, 1976, inclusive

Box: 30, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Text)

International Downtown Executives Association Mid-Year Conference - Little Rock, Arkansas, 1976, inclusive

Box: 30, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Text)

General

EHO led BTTC panel

BTTC News Reports and literature, 1976-1980, inclusive

Box: 30, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Text)

BTTC general files, 1976-1985, inclusive

Box: 79, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

American Institute of Architects - Preservation of Historic Resources conference - Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1977, inclusive

Box: 30, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Text)

General

EHO spoke at conference

Richard Crissman correspondence, 1977, inclusive

Box: 30, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Text)

City Living '78 poster, 1978, inclusive

cabinet: Flat file A, Drawer: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

General

In Oversize Posters folder

Old House Workshop - Buffalo, New York, 1978, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)

General

EHO presented for Back to the City

Housing for the Elderly conference - Detroit, Michigan, 1978, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)

General

EHO delivered keynote address

Preservation Action, 1978-1981, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Text)

Columbia proposal, 1979, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)

BTTC Board of Directors, 1979-1986, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)

EHO Westover School talk, 1980, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Text)

Urban Visitors Network, 1981, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Text)

BTTC financial records, 1981-1982, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Text)

BTTC miscellaneous, 1982, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Text)

BTTC Board of Directors meetings, 1982-1983, inclusive

Box: 79, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Townscape Institute, 1983, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Text)

Sub-series 8.2: Back to the City Conference - Annual conferences, 1974-1986, inclusive

Extent

2 Linear Feet in four manuscript boxes and two folders

Scope and Contents

The sub-series contains files on the annual Back to the City Conferences, dating from 1974 to 1986. The files document the organizing and logistics of each conference, and include correspondence, programs, brochures, posters, financial records, press releases, photographs, and ephemera relating to the cities in which the conferences were hosted.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically by the date of each conference. The first file in the sub-series contains participant lists from each conference.

BTTC Conference participant lists, 1974-1984, inclusive

Box: 31, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Text)

Back to the City Conference - New York, New York, 1974, inclusive

Box: 32, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)

Back to the City Conference - New York, New York press kit, 1974, inclusive

Box: 32, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)

Back to the City Conference - St. Paul, Minnesota, 1975, inclusive

Box: 32, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Text)

Back to the City Conference - Washington D.C., 1976, inclusive

Box: 32, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Text)

Back to the City Conference - San Antonio, Texas, 1977, inclusive

Box: 32, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)

Back to the City Conference - Hartford, Connecticut (2 folders), 1978, inclusive

Box: 33, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Text)

General

Includes Connecticut Governor Ella Grasso and Hartford Mayor George A. Athanson

Back to the City Conference - Louisville, Kentucky (2 folders), 1979, inclusive

Box: 33, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Text)

General

Includes Louisville Mayor William B. Stansbury

Back to the City Conference - Wilmington, Delaware, 1980, inclusive

Box: 33, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)

Back to the City Conference - Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2 folders), 1981, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Text)

Back to the City Conference - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - EHO speech, 1981

Box: 79, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Text)

Back to the City Conference - Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania / Mauch Chunk (2 folders), 1982, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Text)

Back to the City Conference - Brooklyn, New York, 1983, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)

Back to the City Conference - Brooklyn, New York, 1983

Box: 79, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)

Back to the City Conference - Miami Beach, Florida, 1984, inclusive

Box: 34, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Text)

Back to the City Conference - Cleveland, Ohio, 1985, inclusive

Box: 35, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)

Back to the City Conference - Cleveland, Ohio (2 folders), 1985

Box: 79, Folder: 5-6 (Material Type: Text)

Back to the City Conference - Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1986

Box: 79, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Text)