Jane Churchman Squatters' Rights Collection
Call Number
TAM.313
Date
circa 1980s-1990s, inclusive
Creator
Churchman, Jane
Churchman, Jane (Role: Donor)
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English
Historical/Biographical Note
Jane Churchman was a squatter and housing rights activist in New York City.
Scope and Contents
The squatters' rights movement which was centered in New York City's East Village and Lower East Side reached its peak in the late 1980s and culminated in the Tompkins Square Park Police Riot of August 1988. However, the movement continued well into the 1990s. The collection consists of clippings and subject files related to housing and New York City politics that were accumulated by squatter Jane Churchman.
Subjects
Donors
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (and related rights to publicity and privacy) to materials in this collection, created by Jane Churchman, was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Jane Churchman in 2006. The accession number associated with this gift is 2006.012.
About this Guide
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Language: Description is written in: English, Latin script.
Repository
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
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Chronology of NYC Housing Events, Statistics of Jobs, Housing, and Poverty
Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clippings/1
Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clippings/2
Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clippings (Photocopies)
Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clippings: Poverty, Jobs, and Housing Related
Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Corrective Capitalism: The Rise of America's Community Development Corporations"
Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence
Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Demolition of Buildings
Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Demosntrations at the 1992 Democratic Conventions (Clippings)
Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Department of Housing Preservation and Development - The City of New York
Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Engineering Inspection Report (John T. Walsh)
Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Episcopal Mission Society
Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Frank Morales: A Biography"
Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Grants
Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Handwritten Notes
Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Homelessness - Articles Related
Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Homelessness: Housing Advisory Council and Other Materials
Box: 1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Homelessness: "Moving Forward: A National Agenda to Address Homelessness in 1990"
Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Frances Perkins Memorial Conference on the Curch and Labor Today
Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lower East Side: Artworks, Galleries
Box: 1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lower East Side Housing Study
Box: 1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mayor Dinkin's Commission on the Homeless (Includes Transcripts of Testimonies)
Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The New York Time Articles (manuscripts)
Box: 1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Posters
Box: 1, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Squatters: Artwork, Comic Book
Box: 1, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Squatters: Clippings
Box: 1, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Street Sheets"
Box: 1, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Survival Without Rent"
Box: 1, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tompkins Square Park
Box: 1, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tompkins Square Park and City Planning - Papers Submitted to Professor Peter Marcuse
Box: 1, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tompkins Square Park: Clippings
Box: 1, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tompkins Square Park: Tape Transcripts
Box: 1, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Vergara, Camilo J.: "The New American Ghetto" (Municipal Society of New York)
Box: 1, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Writing by Jane Churchman: "Reply to Betsy Gotbaum"
Box: 1, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Oversized Clippings
Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Urban Design Manhattan" - Regional Plan Association
Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
