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Series I: Chapel Farm Real Estate Development, 1911-2005

Scope and Contents note

This series contains material relating to the history of Chapel Farm and the real estate development projects that have been attempted over the years. Most pertain to the battle with John Fitzgerald. The types of materials included are correspondence, pamphlets, notes, legal information, reports, clippings, maps, and survey maps.

History, 1955, 1959, 1998, 2002, undated

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

Background information on environment of Chapel Farm, [2002], undated

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Legal Documents: sale of lot, Land Trust, Environmental Control Board, and others, 1959, 1990, 2001-2002, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

CEQR Environmental Assessment Statement, 2000

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lists of donors, potential donors, residents, Undated

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

Maps of Chapel Farm and surrounding area, 1911, 1927, 2000-2001, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Survey maps of Chapel Farm, 1999

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lot maps, property and construction photos (2008 donation), 2004-2008

Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence to and from Riverdale residents regarding Chapel Farm, 1977-2005

Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper clippings, 1969-2005, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper clippings (2008 donation), 1997, 2001-2007

Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notes, Undated

Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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