Series I: Friends of City Hall Park, 1996-2009, inclusive
Scope and Content
Within this series there is a wide variety of material from the Friends of City Hall Park, dating back to its formation. These materials consist of correspondence, newspaper articles, information handouts, notes, and ephemera.
Subseries A: Correspondence, 1996-2008, undated, inclusive
Scope and Content
This subseries contains correspondence both to and from the Friends of City Hall Park. Within the correspondence from the Friends of City Hall Park, the correspondence is both to New York City officials and to other organizations. Many of the letters to the Friends of City Hall Park are from civic officials, responding to letters that had been sent to them. Many of the aforementioned correspondence was either signed by or written to Skip Blumberg, president of Friends of City Hall Park. Of particular interest is the correspondence from letter writing campaigns. New Yorkers wrote to officials, letting them know what City Hall Park means to them. In one instance, a woman wrote to George Steinbrenner, former owner of the New York Yankees, urging him to support City Hall Park.
Correspondence to Friends of City Hall Park, 1996-2000, inclusive
Correspondence to Friends of City Hall Park, 2001-2008, undated, inclusive
Correspondence from Friends of City Hall Park, 1997-2001, inclusive
Correspondence from Friends of City Hall Park, 2002-2007, undated, inclusive
Legal Correspondence and Memos, 1998-2008, undated, inclusive
Letter Campaigns, 1997-2000, undated, inclusive
Subseries B: Administrative and Promotional Materials, 1996-2009, undated, inclusive
Scope and Content
Within this subseries are materials that the Friends of City Hall Park utilized in its everyday operations. The bulk of this subseries is made up of information materials that outline the Friends' campaign to better City Hall Park and the various issues that the park faced.
Corporate Organization Papers, 1999, undated, inclusive
Friends of City Hall Park Information Materials, 1996-1998, inclusive
Friends of City Hall Park Information Materials, 1999-2000, inclusive
Friends of City Hall Park Information Materials, 2001-2008, inclusive
Friends of City Hall Park Information Materials, undated
Portions of Speeches, Articles, and other Promotional Material, 1997-1999, undated, inclusive
Administrative and Event Notes, 1997-2009, undated, inclusive
Fundraising Information and Notes, 1998-1999, undated, inclusive
Letterhead, undated
Subseries C: Multimedia Materials, 1996-2004, undated
Scope and Content
There are a wide variety of materials within this subseries, all of which document the Friends of City Hall Park. There are DVDs of appearances made by Skip Blumberg, president of the Friends of City Hall Park. There are also many photographs of the members of the organization as well as others who partook in various events at City Hall Park. The bulk of the photographs were taken in 1997. There are also two VHS tapes, one of which is the 1996 major motion picture City Hall, starring Al Pacino, John Cusack, and Bridget Fonda. The other VHS is of a more personal nature, entitled Skip…The Best Friend of City Hall Park. There is also an autographed copy of the 1997 book, Sleeping with the Mayor, which tells the story of protesters in City Hall Park.
CDs, DVDs, and Zip Disks, 2007, undated, inclusive
Photographs, 1997, inclusive
Photographs, 1997, inclusive
Photographs, 1997, inclusive
Photographs, 1998-1999, inclusive
Photographs, 2003-2004, inclusive
Photographs, undated
City Hall [VHS], 1996, inclusive
Skip…The Best Friend of City Hall Park [VHS], 1997, inclusive
Sleeping with the Mayor [book], 1997, inclusive
Subseries D: Newspaper Coverage, 1996-2008, undated, inclusive
Scope and Content
These articles, taken from a variety of New York City newspapers, follow any and all coverage of City Hall Park from 1996 through 2008.
Newspaper Articles, 1996-1997, inclusive
Newspaper Articles, 1998, inclusive
Newspaper Articles, January-May 1999
Newspaper Articles, June-December, 1999
Newspaper Articles, 2000, inclusive
Newspaper Articles, 2001, inclusive
Newspaper Articles, 2002-2003, inclusive
Newspaper Articles, 2005-2006, inclusive
Newspaper Articles, February-March 2007, inclusive
Newspaper Articles, July-November 2007, inclusive
Newspaper Articles, 2008-2009
Newspaper Articles, undated
Newspaper Articles, undated
Subseries E: Notes and Ephemera, 1997-1999, undated, inclusive
Scope and Content
Within this subseries are a variety of ephemera. There are membership forms and fliers for events from the Friends of City Hall Park. Of note is a Friends of City Hall Park t-shirt.