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Series 4: Park Slope Civic Council Administration, 1938-2009, inclusive; 1960-2005, bulk

Scope and Contents

Series 3: Park Slope Civic Council Administration, 1938-2009, includes meeting minutes and agendas, membership lists, flyers, mailers, community grant announcements, posters, and other office files related to the activities of the Park Slope Civic Council (some from when it was the South Brooklyn Board of Trade).

Materials from the House Tour and Trustee meetings are well-represented in this series.

Arrangement

The series is arranged into six sub-series:

Sub-series 4.1: Meeting Materials, 1938-2005

Sub-series 4.2: Community Grants Materials, 1981-2000

Sub-series 4.3: Projects and Committees, 1965-2009

Sub-series 4.4: Membership Materials, 1983-1993

Sub-series 4.5: Civic News Production, 1964-2005

Sub-series 4.6: House Tour Materials, 1961-2005

Sub-series 4.1: Meeting Materials, 1938-2005, inclusive

Scope and Contents

Sub-series 4.1: Meeting Materials, 1938-2005, includes meeting minutes, agendas, notes, and other materials used at Park Slope Civic Council meetings. Materials from Executive Board Meetings, Trustee Meetings, and Annual Meetings are represented in this sub-series. Many of the files have unknown creators, but notes and materials from Nancy McGregor, PSCC Secretary in the 1970s, and Vincent Lee, PSCC Secretary in the 1990s, are identified in the folder title.

There are a few materials in this sub-series that relate to the Council when it was the South Brooklyn Board of Trade.

Arrangement

The sub-series is in chronological order.

[South Brooklyn Board of Trade], 1938-1948, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Treasurers' files], 1981-1985, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Nancy McGregor, Secretary materials], 1978-1980, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Nancy McGregor, Secretary materials], 1975-1977, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

PSCC Trustees, 1964

Box: 12, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Park Slope [Trustee business materials], 1978-1982, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Constitution and by-laws], circa 1978, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Park Slope [Trustee Meeting minutes], 1979-1980, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Park Slope [Trustee Meeting minutes], 1978-1982, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Trustee Meeting agendas and minutes], 1981-1982, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Trustee Meeting agendas and minutes], 1982

Box: 12, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Trustee Meeting minutes], 1983-1986, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Trustee Meeting minutes], 1985-1986, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Trustee Meeting agendas and minutes], 1982-1983, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Executive and Trustee Meeting materials], 1983-1984, inclusive

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

[Trustee Meeting agendas and minutes], 1984-1989, inclusive

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

[Trustee Meeting agendas and minutes], 1987-1991, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 23, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Minutes, Financial, etc., 1988-1989, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Park Slope Civic Council Board Members and Trustees], 1997-1999, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Minutes, etc. [from Trustee and Secretary Vincent Lee], 1992-1993, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Minutes, etc. [from Trustee and Secretary Vincent Lee], 1992-1995, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Executive Board Meeting and Trustee Meeting minutes], 1998-2002, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Trustee Meeting minutes and agendas], 2002-2003, inclusive

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

[Executive Board Meeting and Trustee Meeting minutes], 2003-2004, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Park Slope Civic Council Annual Meeting program], 2004

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

[Park Slope Civic Council Annual Meeting programs], 2005

Box: 13, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sub-series 4.2: Community Grants Materials, 1981-2000, inclusive

Scope and Contents

Sub-series 4.2 Community Grants Materials, 1981-2000, includes grant applications, grant review notes, grant announcements, and other materials generated by the Park Slope Civic Council grants committee.

Arrangement

The sub-series is arranged chronologically.

Grants, 1981-1984, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Grants, 1986

Box: 13, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Grants, 1992-2000, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Grants [Letters to a Forest], 1995

Box: 13, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 22, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sub-series 4.3: Projects and Committees, 1965-2009, inclusive

Scope and Contents

Sub-series 4.3: Projects and Committees, 1965-2005, includes correspondence, meeting minutes, news clippings, and flyers and other ephemera related to special projects and committees of the Park Slope Civic Council.

Arrangement

The sub-series is in original order.

[Eighth Street Neighbors], 1990

Box: 13, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Park Slope elected officials], 2003-2004, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Eighth Street Neighbors], circa 2003, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Park Slope Civic Council committees], circa 2004, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Neighborhoods Council for Downtown Brooklyn Landmarks meeting agenda], 2004

Box: 13, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General finance, 1984-1986, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Park Slope Civic Council news briefs], 1986-1987, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Scholarship Committee], 1986

Box: 13, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[United States Postal Service, application to mail at the special bulk rate], 1990

Box: 13, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[IRS letter 501(c)(3)], 1983

Box: 13, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Old First Reformed Church and Park Slope Civic Council], circa 1980, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Community Safety Forum flyer], circa 2000, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Toys for Tots Drive flyer], circa 2000, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[The Park Slope Paper, February 12, 2005], 2005

Box: 13, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Project Reach Youth oral history project], 1986

Box: 13, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Projects and proposals], 1985-1986, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Resignation letters], 1984-1985, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Complaints and requests for review], 1984-1985, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Fall 2004 Clean Streets event proposal], 2004

Box: 13, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, printed material collected by Dr. Howard Hanning, 1966-1977, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

9th Street history from Bill Novak, Dr. Howard Hanning, circa 1997, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Byrne Park ad Prospect Park - Rosalie Friend's file, 1980-1986, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Park Slope history 6th Street Prospect Park West Block Association, 1966

Box: 13, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

PSCC - Trustees - Individuals, Sawyer, Tom Award, 1996

Box: 13, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

PSCC - Trustees - Individuals, Lovgren, George, Death, 1988

Box: 13, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

PSCC Exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, 1980

Box: 13, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Park Slope-related news clippings], 2004-2005, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Prospect Park YMCA Seamen's House premiere], 2002

Box: 13, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment (BCUE)], 2002

Box: 13, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Gallery 55 show opening flyers], circa 1965, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Community Volunteer Fair flyer], 2005

Box: 13, Folder: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

["The Conservation of Park Slope" profile], circa 1966, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Lipsitz and Union Development Group], 1999

Box: 13, Folder: 51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 22, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Commerce Bank drive-thru petition], circa 2005, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Carroll Gardens Association 20th Anniversary news clipping], 1991

Box: 13, Folder: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[East New York Savings Bank donation], 1991

Box: 13, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Historic district meeting planning], 2001-2005, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Fort Greene Park urban forest management plan], 2004

Box: 13, Folder: 56 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Wall Street Journal "The Lager Challenge" article], 2005

Box: 13, Folder: 57 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Brooklyn Technical High School 9/11 plaque draft], 2004

Box: 13, Folder: 58 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Friends of the Park Slope Branch Library], 1998

Box: 13, Folder: 59 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[100th anniversary speech], circa 1996, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 60 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Community Consulting Services Traffic-Transit Challenge], 2004

Box: 13, Folder: 61 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Stop the Expansion, Poly Prep Lower School], 2004

Box: 13, Folder: 62 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sub-series 4.4: Membership Materials, 1983-1993, inclusive

Scope and Contents

Sub-series 4.4: Membership Materials, 1983-1993, includes lists of members, records of membership renewals, and information from their yearly membership drive.

Arrangement

The sub-series is arranged chronologically.

Membership Drive Info, 1983-1992, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 63 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Membership, 1989-1993, inclusive

Box: 13, Folder: 64 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Membership Monthly Renewal Lists, 1984-1993, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Membership Monthly Renewal Lists, 1992-1993, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Membership Monthly Renewal Lists, 1990-1992, inclusive

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

Sub-series 4.5: Civic News Production, 1964-2005, inclusive

Scope and Contents

Sub-series 4.5: Civic News Production, 1964-2005, includes notes with ideas for Civic News issues, news clippings, and documentation with standards for printing and publication.

Arrangement

The sub-series is in original order.

[1966 Civic News articles gathered by Tom Sawyer], 1966-1997, inclusive

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

[1966 Civic News articles gathered by Tom Sawyer], 1966-1997, inclusive

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

Civic News - General, 1985-1998, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

50th anniversary Civic News, 1988

Box: 14, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Brooklyn Historical Society Civic News binding], 1991-2005, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

["Spanish Vaults in Brooklyn" 1966 article], 1997

Box: 14, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Civic News - December, 1998

Box: 14, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

CN [Civic News] tech standards, circa 1998, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Civic News ideas, 1995-1999, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Civic News - July, 2000

Box: 14, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Civic News publication], 2004

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

Sub-series 4.6: House Tour Materials, 1961-2005, inclusive

Scope and Contents

Sub-series 4.6: House Tour Materials, 1961-2005, includes correspondence, posters, mailers, schedules, and financial records related to the Park Slope Civic Council House Tour.

Arrangement

The sub-series is in chronological order.

Historical Note

The annual Park Slope House Tour started in 1959 as a way to attract home owners to the neighborhood. Private homes and landmarks are opened to the public and ticket sales benefit the Park Slope Civic Council. Other neighborhood organizations in Brooklyn sponsor similar house tours, such as the Brooklyn Heights Association and the Prospect Lefferts Gardens Neighbordhood Association (PLGNA).

House Tour materials given by Bill Novak, circa 1961-1974, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1961

Box: 19, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1964

Box: 19, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1965

Box: 19, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1966

Box: 19, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 23, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1967

Box: 19, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 23, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1968

Box: 19, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 23, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1969

Box: 19, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 23, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1971

Box: 19, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Houses used 1971-1991, 1992

Box: 14, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1973

Box: 19, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

House Tour posters, 1975-1976, inclusive

Box: 24, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1977

Box: 19, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1978

Box: 19, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1978 House Tour contributions, 1978

Box: 14, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1979

Box: 19, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1978-1979, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1978-1986, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1979 House Tour Bank Contributions, 1979

Box: 14, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1980

Box: 19, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1980 House Tour Bank Contributions, 1980

Box: 14, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

House Tour, 1980

Box: 14, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1981

Box: 19, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

House Tour Contributions Financial Institutions, 1981

Box: 14, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1981

Box: 14, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour contribution thank you letters], 1981-1982, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

House Tour, 1981-1984, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

House Tour Contributions Financial Institutions, 1982

Box: 14, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

House Tour Contributions Financial Institutions, 1982

Box: 14, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

House Tour, 1982

Box: 14, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1982

Box: 19, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1983

Box: 19, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1983

Box: 14, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 24, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1984

Box: 19, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1984

Box: 14, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1985

Box: 19, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1985, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1986

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

[House Tour materials], 1986

Box: 14, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 24, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1987

Box: 19, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

House Tour, 1987

Box: 14, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 24, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1988

Box: 19, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1988

Box: 14, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1988-1989, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 22, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1989

Box: 19, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour promotional photographs], circa 1990, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour planning materials], 1990-1992, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 22, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1991

Box: 14, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

House Tour, 1991

Box: 14, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1992

Box: 14, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

House Tour, 1992

Box: 14, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 24, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

House Tour, 1993

Box: 14, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 22, Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

House Tour schedule/plan, 1994

Box: 14, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

House Tour, 1994-1995, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1994-1998, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1996

Box: 14, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters/House-sitters, 1996

Box: 14, Folder: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour materials], 1996

Box: 14, Folder: 50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

House Tour, 1996

Box: 14, Folder: 51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Includes three 3.5 inch floppy disks that have not been imaged. The floppy disks are not available for research.

[House Tour] Correspondence, 1997

Box: 15, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[House Tour press], 1998

Box: 15, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

House Tour Correspondence, 1998

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

House Tour, 2005

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