Series II. Public Relations, 1969-2009

Press releases and clippings for a Moonachie, New Jersey-based manufacturer and innovator of bulk solid processing equipment.

Press releases and clippings documenting the activities of the Armenian Church of America, particularly its role in organizing the anniversary commemorations of the Armenian Genocide of 24 April 1915. (See also box 18, folders 10-18, and box 19, folders 1-11.)

Press releases, clippings, and manuscript notes documenting the response of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America to the 6.8 magnitude earthquake of 7 December 1988 that killed between 25,000 and 50,000 people in the northern region of Armenia (then part of the Soviet Union).

Press releases, clippings, and publicity materials for the church-run Armenian Home for the Aged (now called the New York Armenian Home) in Flushing, Queens. Includes Matz's bills for public relations consultation for the period February-October 1984.

Press releases and clippings for the 8th (1980), 9th (1981), 10th (1982), 11th (1983), 12th (1984), and 13th (1985) One World Festival, co-sponsored by the Diocese of the Armenian Church of American and the Mayor's Office of Special Events, City of New York.

Press releases and clippings for the 70th (1985), 71st (1986), 72nd (1987), and 73rd (1988) anniversary commemorations in New York City of the Armenian Genocide of 1914-1923, conventionally held to have started on 24 April 1915.

Press releases and clippings for the 74th (1989), 75th (1990), 80th (1995), 83rd (1998), and 85th (2000) anniversary commemorations in New York City of the Armenian Genocide of 1914-1923, conventionally held to have started on 24 April 1915.

Press releases and official statements for Mario Biaggi (1917-2015), a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York's 16th district (1969-1988). Biaggi was convicted of corruption in two separate trials in 1987 and 1988, and resigned from Congress in 1988. See also photographs of Biaggi with Joyce Matz in box 22, folder 8.

Press releases and clippings for this organization, sanctioned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York in 1934 to challenge racism and social injustice, which run contradictory to Church teachings. The Catholic Interracial Council honored actress Helen Hayes for her "lifelong fight against racial and religious bigotry" on 3 December 1979; see the autographed photo of Hayes posed with Joyce Matz, presumably taken at this event, in box 22, folder 8.

Notes, press releases, and clippings for the volunteer-run, nonprofit Coalition For Family Justice (now the National Coalition For Family Justice), founded in 1988 to "identify problems and advocate for systemic changes in the divorce and family court systems in order to make them fair, user friendly, accountable, and affordable," and to "provide victims and children involved in domestic violence situations with crisis intervention, information, support, legal access, and advocacy."

Press releases and clippings for the Correction Captains' Association, Inc., which supervises New York City's prison system and correctional facilities.

Notes, press releases, clippings, and publicity material for the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association, a chapter of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, an organization of veterans who have limited mobility due to service-related injury or disease.

Joyce Matz served on the board of the Friends of the High School for Environmental Studies (444 West 56th Street), which opened in 1992 "in response to a growing consciousness of environmental issues and in anticipation of a rapidly expanding field of environmental professions." Includes meeting agendas, minutes, correspondence, and notes.

Press releases and clippings for Gallery Passport Ltd., a New York City-based art tour service that booked trips to regional and foreign exhibits and museums.

Press releases, clippings, and fundraising materials for Government and Community Together for Legal Lives, Inc., an organization established in 1990 by Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes to provide "school children with alternatives to drug use, delinquency and violence."

Press releases and clippings for GreenFlea, the antiques, crafts, and collectibles fleamarket held in the schoolyard of I.S. 44 at 100 West 77th Street since 1985.

Press releases, clippings, and informational material for the International Festival of Flowers inside the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, 5-8 October 1983.

Press releases and clippings for Alfred S. Julien (1910-1989), a New York trial attorney for whom Joyce Matz provided publicity.

Notes, press releases, clippings, and publicity material regarding Anamaria Lloyd, who, in 1998, brought a successful class action lawsuit against Principal Life, then one of the largest life insurance companies in the United States. Principal Life, a mutual insurance holding company--and, thus, owned by its policyholders--sought to become a public stock company without compensating them.

Press releases, clippings, and some correspondence regarding events at the Mount Holyoke Club of New York (250 West 57th Street). Matz was a 1947 graduate of Mount Holyoke College, in South Hadley, Massachusetts, the oldest of the "Seven Sisters" consortium of prestigious East Coast liberal arts colleges for women.

Press releases for Nathan's Famous, Inc., purveyors of hotdogs, which sponsored free, weekly, one-hour shows for children in its Times Square eatery and in its other regional locations, between 1973 and 1979.

Press releases and clippings for events and programs in the New York City regional venues of the New York State Office of Parks and Recreation.

Press releases and clippings for the "1992 Spirit of Liberty Award" presented to Hollywood entertainment lawyer Arthur B. Krim (1910-1994) by People for the American Way, a progressive advocacy group founded in 1981 to defend constitutional liberties, with emphasis on the First Amendment.

Press releases and clippings for Bill Pollack, a one-time professional baseball player who had become a successful attorney in Passaic, New Jersey. In 1979 he embarked on another career, as a nightclub singer. Includes correspondence regarding payment owed Matz.

Press releases (by publicity firms other than Joyce Matz's), clippings, and mayoral proclamations for the travels of FLO, a 110-foot inflatable humpback whale exhibited in cities around the United States to raise awareness of the perils of commercial whaling. In New York City FLO flew outside the United Nations.

Press releases and publicity materials for computer scientist Richard Reynolds Sills and his method of detecting hidden weapons of mass destruction.

Notes and press releases for Student Athletes, Inc., an organization founded in 1989 to meet the growing need for educational and athletic programs to encourage New York City kids to stay off the streets.

Press releases and clippings for the Superior Officers Association of the New York City Housing Police Department, which retained Joyce Matz to publicize "the spiraling crime rates within the 267 New York City housing projects caused by a lack of sufficient housing police manpower."

Second annual gala fundraising dinner of the Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center (now called Emma L. Bowen Community Service Center, 1727 Amsterdam Avenue), honoring John Babieracki, Executive Vice President of Morse Diesel International, Inc., 7 June 1999.

Press releases and clippings for Guy J. Velella (1944-2011), Republican, a member of the New York State Assembly from the 80th District in the Bronx (1973-1982), and a member of the New York State Senate from the 34th District, also in the Bronx (1986-2004).

Press releases and clippings for the 103rd (Spring 1983), 104th (Fall 1983), and 105th (Spring 1984) Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit.

Press releases for Leo C. Zeferetti (1927-2018), a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York's 15th congressional district (1975-1983).

Press releases and clippings for the "Hot Dog King of Central Park." In 1977 Zervas won and quickly lost the exclusive right to sell hot dogs in Central Park after his arrest for fighting with other, unlicensed, vendors.