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Series I. Administrative Records, 2000-2016, inclusive

Scope and Contents

This series consists of the administrative records of Picture the Homeless (PTH). The administrative materials, in both paper and electronic formats, document the organization's advocacy and support for the rights of houseless people in the New York City area. These materials document the organization's activities, campaigns, self-education, and overall organizing approach through ephemera, correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, outreach and educational materials, press releases, newspaper clippings, and organizing resources. Specific campaigns concerning police harassment and violence, broken windows policies and stop-and-frisk practices, civil rights, and housing as a basic human right are well-documented.

Subseries I.A. Paper Records, 2000-2016, inclusive

PTH Original Missions, 2000

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

First PTH Flyer, circa 2000, inclusive

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

9/11 World Trade Center Response, 2001

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

Flyer -- "Don't Talk About Us, Talk With Us", 2001

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

Flyer -- Kingsbridge Women's Shelter Closing, undated, inclusive

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

Letter from Gary Delgado, 2001

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

Raging Grannies!, undated, inclusive

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

Public Education -- Homeless Fashion Show, undated, inclusive

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

Flyer -- Economic Justice Evenet, undated, inclusive

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

Flyers -- Early General Outreach, before 2003, inclusive

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

Flyer -- First PTH Meeting, 2000

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

First Postcard, circa 2000, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

May Day and Homeless Rally, 2000

Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flyer -- Jan Hus, before 2002, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reports, 2009-2014, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General Wins, 2015

Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Disorderly Conduct Campaign -- Orientation Packet, 2011

Box: 1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

125th Street Police Harassment Summary, 2015

Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

NYPD Finest Message -- Hot-Spots and Encampments, 2016

Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

NYCLU Letter to Judge Regarding PTH Lawsuit, 2003

Box: 1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

NYPD Quality of Life Targets, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

San Francisco Report, 2001

Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Chants -- Ramarley, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

World Trade Center, 2001

Box: 1, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Employment and Project Letter, 2001

Box: 1, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

NCH Support Letter, 2001

Box: 1, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Syllabus, 2000

Box: 1, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

CPR -- Custodial Arrest Report, circa 2015, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press Release -- Harassment, 2001, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flyer -- 125th Street, "Plaza" Public Space, 2016

Box: 1, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

125th Street Walking Group, 2014

Box: 1, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

PTH Letterhead, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Book Project Notes, circa 2006, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 33-34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Security Culture, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Canners Survey (Blank), undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

PTH Roles and Responsibilities, 2012

Box: 1, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

125th Street Task Force (NHEMA Emails), 2015

Box: 1, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Headline Collage, circa 2016, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

How to File a Human Rights Law Complaint, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Right to Remain Silent, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Skits, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Think You Have a Warrant?, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Want to Plead Not Guilty?, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Homeless Civil Rights: Myth and Reality, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York City Local Law #71, 2013

Box: 1, Folder: 46-48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

125th Street Press, 2016

Box: 1, Folder: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Broken Windows -- Background and Context, 2003-2014, inclusive

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

Hot-spot Profiles, undated, inclusive

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

Flyer -- MTA Sweeps E Train, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

NYPD Harassment, 2015

Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Profiling Bill, 2013

Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Municipal ID, 2013

Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York City Local Law #70, 2013

Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Right to Know Act Communications Plan, 2014

Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letter to Editor (New York Times), 2003

Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press Regarding Lawsuit, 2003

Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Days of Rage" Manhattan Institute Die-in, 2014

Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

24 Hour Vigil (Giuliani), 2000

Box: 2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Quality of Life Protest, 2002

Box: 2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Broken Windows Press, 2016

Box: 2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Funding, 2015

Box: 2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Disorderly Conduct -- Meeting Agenda, 2009

Box: 2, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Disorderly Conduct -- Fact Sheet, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letter to Inspector General Requesting Investigation, 2016

Box: 2, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Special Prosecutor Executive Order, 2015

Box: 2, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Disorderly Conduct -- Washington, D.C., 2010

Box: 2, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Know Your Rights Pamphlet, 2012

Box: 2, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

City Council, 2001

Box: 2, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press Release (First Demonstration Against Bloomberg), 2002

Box: 2, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flyer -- DeBlasio, circa 2014-2021, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sleep Deprivation Press, 2011

Box: 2, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press Release -- Torture and Sleep Deprivation, 2011

Box: 2, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letter to the U.N. Regarding Torture and Sleep, 2012

Box: 2, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York State Letter to Parolees, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stop and Frisk; Floyd Affidavit, 2013

Box: 2, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Property Loss Survey (Blank), undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Civil Rights -- Survey, 2003-2004, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Civil Rights -- Fact Sheets on Voting, Homelessness, and Incarceration, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Civil Rights -- Candidate Questions, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Voting Press Coverage, 2016

Box: 2, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Homeless Organizing Academy -- Base Building, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Homeless Organizing Academy -- Warm Up Exercises and Ice Breakers, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Homeless Organizing Academy -- One on Ones, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Homeless Organizing Academy -- General, 2006-2008, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Homeless Organizing Academy -- Supplementary Materials, 2004, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Homeless Organizing Academy -- Leadership Development, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Homeless Organizing Academy -- Campaign Development, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Homeless Organizing Academy -- Solidarity Training, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Homeless Organizing Academy -- Outreach, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Homeless Organizing Academy -- Organizing 101 for Cooper Square, 2016

Box: 2, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Homeless Organizing Academy -- Organizing Glossary, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Homeless Organizing Academy -- Power Analysis, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Homeless Organizing Academy -- Power Analysis Chain of Communication, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Homeless Organizing Academy -- Meeting Facilitation, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Homeless Organizing Academy -- Description, 2015

Box: 2, Folder: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Homeless Organizing Academy -- Tactical Team, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Natural Human Right to Housing, 2015

Box: 2, Folder: 51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

PTH, San Francisco Coalition, and WRAP Meeting, circa 2015, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Homeless People's Summit, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Coalition on Homeless (San Francisco) Summit Notes, 2005

Box: 2, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Homeless Platform, 2003

Box: 2, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sylvia Gina Hunt, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 56 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

History -- Anthony's Statement, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 57 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jean Rice Letters and Essays, 2005-2014, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 58 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Anthony Williams Letters of Recommendation, 2001

Box: 2, Folder: 59 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Banking on Vacancy, 2012

Box: 2, Folder: 60 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"City from Below" (Baltimore), 2009

Box: 2, Folder: 61 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Speaking Engagements and Workshops -- Social Service and Social Justice, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 62 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Speeches -- Lynn, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 63 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press Conference -- Response to New York Post, 2009

Box: 2, Folder: 64 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Housing Not Warehousing" Campaign -- Retreat Agenda, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 65 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Housing Not Warehousing" Campaign -- Appeal to Faith Leaders, 2007-2008, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 66 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Housing Not Warehousing" Campaign -- "Chases Chase" Article, 2010

Box: 2, Folder: 67 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Housing Not Warehousing" Campaign -- Planning, 2012

Box: 2, Folder: 68 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Housing Not Warehousing" Campaign -- Indypendent Article, 2014

Box: 2, Folder: 69 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Housing Not Warehousing" Campaign -- Evaluation, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 70 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Homesteading, 2010

Box: 2, Folder: 71 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Housing Unit, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 72 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Housing Development Ideas, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 73 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Gaining Ground" Executive Summary, circa 2015, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 74 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Banking on Vacancy" Release at Roosevelt House, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 75 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notes for 040(?) Event (Frank Morales), undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 76 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Intro 48 Bill, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 77 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP), circa 2017, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 78 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Intro 48 -- Campaign Development, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 79 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Living as Struggle, 2014

Box: 2, Folder: 80 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Black Panther Party Housing Campaign, 2017

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

PTH Biographries, undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jean Rice Letters, 2007-2014, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 3-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letter to Eleanor Frazier, undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

HSP Survey, undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flyer -- Longest Night, circa 2001, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Morgue Rally, 2000

Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Longest Night Program, 2001

Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Homeless Children Education Alert (EAU), 2002

Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Civil Rights Committee, 2005-2006, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 12-14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General Information Book, undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 15-16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 4, Folder: 1-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Civil Rights Notes, 2010

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

NESRI / U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, 2009

Box: 4, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General Meetings, 2003-2004, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries I.B. Electronic Records, 2001-2016, inclusive

PTH Book Club, 2005

Digital materials

PTH Book Club (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Canners Campaign, circa 2000, inclusive

Digital materials

Canners Campaign (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Chant Sheets, 2005-2010, inclusive

Digital materials

Chant Sheets (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Civil Rights Campaign, 2002-2016, inclusive

Digital materials

Civil Rights Campaign (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Coalitions, 2008-2012, inclusive

Digital materials

Coalitions (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Communications, 2001-2017, inclusive

Digital materials

Communications (Material Type: Electronic Record)

EAU (Emergency Assistance Unit) Campaign, 2002-2005, inclusive

Digital materials

EAU (Emergency Assistance Unit) Campaign (Material Type: Electronic Record)

East Harlem Anti-Displacement Task Force, 2007-2011, inclusive

Digital materials

East Harlem Anti-Displacement Task Force (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Economic Justice Campaign, 2004-2005, inclusive

Digital materials

Economic Justice Campaign (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Faith Outreach, 2006-2010, inclusive

Digital materials

Faith Outreach (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Flyers and Outreach Materials, 2000-2013, inclusive

Digital materials

Flyers and Outreach Materials (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Freedom Party, 2010

Digital materials

Freedom Party (Material Type: Electronic Record)

General Membership, 2004-2017, inclusive

Digital materials

General Membership (Material Type: Electronic Record)

General PTH Materials, 2013-2015, inclusive

Digital materials

General PTH Materials (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Homeless Organizing Academy, 2008-2016, inclusive

Digital materials

Homeless Organizing Academy (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Homeless Peoples Summit, 2004-2005, inclusive

Digital materials

Homeless Peoples Summit (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Housing Campaign, 2003-2013, inclusive

Digital materials

Housing Campaign (Material Type: Electronic Record)

International Solidarity, 2004-2012, inclusive

Digital materials

International Solidarity (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Labor, 2011-2014, inclusive

Digital materials

Labor (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Lead Organizer.Docs, 2008-2011, inclusive

Digital materials

Lead Organizer.Docs (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Liberation Library, 2013-2015, inclusive

Digital materials

Liberation Library (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Longest Night of the Year, 2001-2016, inclusive

Digital materials

Longest Night of the Year (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Membership Guidelines, 2003-2014, inclusive

Digital materials

Membership Guidelines (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Mission Statement, 2016

Digital materials

Mission Statement (Material Type: Electronic Record)

National Coalition for the Homeless, 2003-2004, inclusive

Digital materials

National Coalition for the Homeless (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Occupy Wall Street, 2011

Digital materials

Occupy Wall Street (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Organizing Resources, 2003-2016, inclusive

Digital materials

Organizing Resources (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Outreach, 2009-2015, inclusive

Digital materials

Outreach (Material Type: Electronic Record)

PTH Book Project, 2003-2007, inclusive

Digital materials

PTH Book Project (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Photos, 2003-2013, inclusive

Digital materials

Photos (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Potters Field Campaign, 2004-2010, inclusive

Digital materials

Potters Field Campaign (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Press Clippings (Master File), 2001-2015, inclusive

Digital materials

Press Clippings (Master File) (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Public Education, 2003-2011, inclusive

Digital materials

Public Education (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Race and Homelessness, 2009

Digital materials

Race and Homelessness (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Rental Subsidies Campaign, 2007-2016, inclusive

Digital materials

Rental Subsidies Campaign (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Reports, 2002-2016, inclusive

Digital materials

Reports (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Shelter Campaign, 2003-2017, inclusive

Digital materials

Shelter Campaign (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Solidarity, 2009

Digital materials

Solidarity (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Survey Projects, 2002-2015, inclusive

Digital materials

Survey Projects (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Translated Documents, 2004-2007, inclusive

Digital materials

Translated Documents (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Videos, 2007-2016, inclusive

Digital materials

Videos (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Youth Organizing, 2010-2012, inclusive

Digital materials

Youth Organizing (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012