Alice Walsh Sunset Park collection
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This collection includes materials gathered by Alice Walsh, Sunset Park resident and former president of the Sunset Park Restoration Committee: photographic negatives and prints depicting the construction of the 4th Avenue subway line and materials related to the activities of the Sunset Park Restoration Committee.
Biographical Note
Alice Walsh has been a resident of Sunset Park for over 40 years and is a co-founder of the Sunset Park Restoration Committee. She served as the Committee's first president from 1976 - 1980. During Walsh's time as president, the Sunset Park Restoration Committee received a grant from the Brooklyn Educational and Cultural Alliance (BECA) to produce a 20 minute film about Sunset Park. Walsh co-wrote the book, Sunset Park: A time remembered with Robert J. Walsh.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into two series:
Series 1: 4th Avenue subway construction photographs, 1910-1915
Series 2: Sunset Park Restoration Committee records, circa 1910-circa 2010
Scope and Contents
The Alice Walsh Sunset Park collection, circa 1910-circa 2010, includes materials gathered by Alice Walsh, Sunset Park resident and former president of the Sunset Park Restoration Committee. The photographic negatives and prints taken by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company in the early 1900s, depict the construction of the 4th Avenue subway line. Other photographs and negatives from the early 1900s depict Bush Terminal, Victory Gardens, the Sunset Park waterfront, and Brooklyn Army Terminal and were used in Sunset Park: A Time Remembered by Robert J. Walsh and Alice Walsh and published by the Sunset Park Restoration Committee in 1980. The Sunset Park Restoration Committee materials include house tour brochures, correspondence, photographs, event flyers, and an education curriculum.
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Conditions Governing Access
Open to users without restriction.
Conditions Governing Use
While many items at the Center for Brooklyn History are unrestricted, we do not own reproduction rights to all materials. Be aware of the several kinds of rights that might apply: copyright, licensing and trademarks. The researcher assumes all responsibility for copyright questions.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Alice Walsh, 2021.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
The majority of the materials in this collection are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please contact cbhreference@bklynlibrary.org at least two weeks prior to research visit.
If digital surrogates exist, they should be used in place of the originals whenever possible.
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All folder titles were supplied by the archivist. Original newspaper clippings were discarded after preservation photocopies were made.
