On Davis Papers on Squatters' Rights
Call Number
TAM.365
Date
circa 1980s - 1990s, inclusive
Creator
Davis, On
Extent
1.25 Linear Feet
In one record carton, 2 folders in oversize shared boxes, and one flat file folder
Language of Materials
English .
Abstract
This collection consists of materials created by a group of squatters at 537 East 13th St in the 1980s. They were collected by On Davis, an activist involved in the squatters' rights movement.
Biographical Note
On Davis was involved in the 1980s squatters' rights movement in New York City's East Village which culminated in the Tompkins Square Park Police Riot of August 1988.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of subject files, clippings, oversized artwork, account books and a diary composed by squatters at 537 East 13th Street.
Subjects
Conditions Governing Access
Materias are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (and related rights to publicity and privacy) to materials in this collection created by On Davis was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
On Davis sent a gift of his papers on squatters' rights in 2006. The accession number associated with this gift is 2006.021.
About this Guide
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-02-06 14:03:17 -0500.
Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language: Description is written in: English, Latin script.
Revisions to this Guide
August 2023:
Updated by Anna Bjornsson McCormick to reflect the rehousing of materials
Repository
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
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209 East 7th Street: House Meetings, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
209 East 7th Street: Legal Documents, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
327-329 East 8th Street, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
537 East 13th Street: Homesteaders, Fire Reports, Invoices, Organizational Meeting Notes, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
537 East 13th Street Homesteaders: Notebooks, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
537 East 13th Street: Receipt, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Adverse Possession, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clippings and Articles Related to Housings, Squatters, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Community Board No. 3 Manhattan, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Community Land Trust, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Department of Housing Preservation and Development, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"East Villager", 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fliers, leaflet, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Haiti Anti-Intervention Committee, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Handwritten Notes, Outlines, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hevesi-Campaign Finance Reports, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Homelessness, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Homesteaders, Squatters, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Inventories of Repair, Jobs, and House Goods: 537 East 13th Street Apt. 2F, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lower East Side Drug Free Zone, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: data_value_missing_b3a0d3c8267e231c521fb42e21e916b6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lower East Side Housing and Evictions, Related Documents (Includes Lower Est Side Anti-Displacement Project, Village Independent Democrats, Action Team of the Lower East Side), 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lower East Side Housing Publications, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Neighborhood Anti-Crime Center, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York State and City Law Enforcement, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Notebooks, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Piss Bucket", 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The Shadows", 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tompkins Square Park, 1980s-2000s
Box: 1, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Newspapers, 1980s-2000s
Box: Shared Tamiment 175, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Shared Tamiment 171, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Posters, 1980s-2000s
Box: Shared Tamiment 175, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-File-Folder: 18 Right (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
