Guide to the REPOhistory Archive
1911-1999 (Bulk 1989-1999)
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Descriptive Summary
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Creator: |
REPOhistory (New York, N.Y.).
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Title: |
The REPOhistory Archive
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Dates: |
1990-2001 |
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Abstract: |
The group, REPOhistory, was founded in New York City in 1989 and included multi-ethnic visual and performance artists, writers,
filmmakers, and historians. Taking its name from the concept of "repossessing history," its purpose was to bring to light
absent historical narratives involving, colonialism, race, gender, and class through public installations, performances, educational
activities, printed matter and other visual media. The collection includes operation records, proofs of original artworks,
promotional materials, source materials, and files of several founding members.
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Quantity: |
18 linear feet (18 boxes) |
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Call Phrase: |
The REPOhistory Archive |
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Historical/Biographical Note:
REPOhistory was a multi-ethnic group of visual and performance artists, writers, filmmakers, and historians, founded in New
York City in 1989. The group took its name from the concept of "repossessing history." Its purpose was to retrieve, relocate
and document absent historical narratives at specific sites in New York City, through public installations, performances,
educational activities, printed matter and other visual media. REPOhistory sought to question how history is constructed
and insert the stories of peoples and events which have been omitted. Their work addressed historical issues of colonialism,
race, gender, and class in a context relevant to current histories.
REPOhistory operated as an artist/scholar cooperative through 6 major public projects and many smaller events. Believing the
arts essential to shaping a collective cultural identity and the relationship between art, culture and society to be confused,
it instigated a questioning of the culture of the 1980s and the early 1990s.
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Scope and Content Note
The REPOhistory Archive is comprised of the correspondence, meeting minutes, proofs of original artworks, promotional materials,
source materials, and files of several founding members. Also included are complete sets of signs (artworks) used for 3 of
6 REPOHistory site specific installations, Queer Spaces, The Lower Manhattan Sign Project, and Buttermilk Bottom. The archive
also includes various slides and photos that document specific projects and those members involved.
The REPOhistory Archive is a part of the Downtown Collection at the Fales Library, New York University. The Fales Library
is the primary special collections division of the NYU libraries, housing 200,000 volumes of English and American literature
from 1700 to the present. Strengths of the collection include the development of the English and American novel, with an
emphasis on the Gothic and the Victorian novel. The Downtown Collection, of which the REPOhistory Archive is a part, documents
through personal and organizational papers, the artistic and literary Downtown New York scene from ca. 1975 to the present.
SERIES DESCRIPTION
Series 1: General Administration: contains four boxes of REPO general administrative files. The order of this series is maintained in the order it was originally
kept. The series includes general correspondence, financial statements, fundraising materials, and meeting minutes arranged
alphabetically.
Series 2: Projects, Exhibitions, and Panels: divided into subseries according to specific projects conceived by REPO, the subseries are arranged chronologically.
Subseries: A The Lower Manhattan Sign Project, REPOHistory's inaugural project was inspired by the celebration surrounding the quincentennial of Columbus' "discovery"
of the Americas. While the country planned to commemorate a carefully selected history of Columbus' legacy, REPOhistory created
a project that presented alternative views of history.
Subseries B: Choice Histories: Framing Abortion, was a 1991 gallery installation investigating the history of women's global struggle for reproductive rights.
Subseries C: Queer Spaces, as part of REPOHistory's contribution to the Storefront for Art and Architecture's exhibition Queer Spaces, eight signs were placed at New York City sites where gays and lesbians gather for social and political purposes.
Subseries D: Entering Buttermilk Bottom, honors the passing of a community destroyed by Urban Renewal to make room for Modern Atlanta and the "New South." This
site-specific public art installation consisted of signs, street markings, and a pavilion installation that illustrated the
history of the community, as well as a reunion of former residents.
Subseries E: Voices of Renewal, following the 1995-96 project, Entering Buttermilk Bottom, this project represents the second phase of REPOhistory's public art/public history work in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward.
This Public Art Residency project was a collaboration by REPO artist Tom Klem and residents of the Fourth Ward's Glen Iris
neighborhood. Working directly with those who lived these histories, six artist-created public history markers were created
and installed permanently on the private property of those residents whose histories were unveiled and celebrated.
Subseries F: Out from Under the King George Hotel, for this project REPOHistory was invited to Houston, Texas, to create a public art project. They chose to document seven
layers of history on the location of an abandoned hotel, the King George Hotel, which sat across the street from a homeless
shelter and one block from the site of a new baseball stadium that was the cornerstone of the city's redevelopment plans for
downtown Houston.
Subseries G: Civil Disturbances, was a public art project that presented two sets of 20 street signs created by teams of artists working in collaboration
with legal scholars for more than a year and a half.
Subseries H: Circulation, an online project explores the city as body by examining the flow of blood through the city; blood as both a physical entity
and as a metaphor for identity. The project can be viewed at
http://www.repohistory.org/circulation/index.php3
Subseries I: documentation of related projects.
Series 3: Publicity and Promotion: contains a box of materials that relates to publicity and the promotion of REPO and their respective projects. It includes
press packets and literature as well as reviews and articles of their work.
Series 4: Theoretical Material: contains a box of source materials used in researching specific projects. It includes articles and readings.
Series 5: Members Files: contains files of core members such as Ed Eisenberg, Greg Sholette, Tom Klem, and Jim Costanzo. Fales has maintained the
integrity of the order in which these members kept their files.
Series 6: Slides and photos: contains slides and photos that document projects and events of REPOhistory. These photos are contained in box 14, and slides
reside in three photo boxes numbered 15, 16, and 17.
Series 7: Video, Audio, and Electronic: includes videorecordings, audiorecordings and magnetic [computer] disks. The videotapes and audiotapes include interviews
and some source material used in researching projects. The magnetic disks belonged to members of REPO and include templates
and files that relate to specific projects.
Series 8: Artwork: includes complete sets of signs produced for site-specific art installations.
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Arrangement
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Folders are generally arranged chronologically within each subject/author heading. |
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The files are grouped into eight series. |
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Related Material at the Fales Library and Special Collections
Downtown Collection
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Separated Material
There is no information about materials that are associated by provenance
to the described materials that have been physically separated or removed.
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Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers. Appointments are necessary for the use of manuscript and archival materials.
Use Restrictions
The collection is subject to all copyright laws. Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Director
of Fales Library and Special Collections. For more information, contact
Fales Library and Special Collections
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-2596
Fax: (212) 995-3835
Email: fales.library@nyu.edu
URL: http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/fales/cdfa.htm
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Access Points
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Subject Names: |
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Bogan, Neill |
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Costanzo, Jim |
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Eisenberg, Ed |
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Klem, Tom |
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Lederman, Robert |
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Maya Knauer, Lisa |
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Neville, Chris |
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Sholette, Gregory |
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Wilson, Sherill D., 1953- |
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Subject Organizations: |
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Political Art Documentation/ Distribution. |
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REPOhistory (New York, N.Y.). |
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Subject Topics: |
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Artists and community. |
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Arts and society. |
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Arts finance. |
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Arts--Censorship--United States. |
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Arts--Experimental methods. |
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Arts--United States--Finance. |
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Censorship. |
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Culture conflict--United States. |
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Multiculturalism--Law and legislation. |
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Multiculturalism. |
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National Endowment for the Arts. |
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New York (N.Y.)--Intellectual life. |
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Performing arts--Finance. |
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Politics in art. |
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Racism. |
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Social problems in art. |
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Theater and state. |
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United States--Politics and government--20th century. |
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Subject Places: |
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Atlanta -- History. |
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Atlanta, Georgia -- Description. |
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Houston (Tex.) -- History. |
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Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) |
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New York (N.Y.) -- History. |
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Document Types: |
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Audiotapes. |
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Clippings. |
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Correspondence. |
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Ephemera. |
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Financial records. |
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Fliers (printed matter). |
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Grant proposals. |
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Magnetic disks. |
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Photographs. |
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Political posters. |
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Videotapes. |
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Administrative Information
Provenance
The REPOhistory Archive was donated by REPOhistory in 2000. The initial organization of the collection was done by REPOhistory
staff as they packed the materials for shipment. The collection was subsequently processed by members Alan Moore and Jim
Costanzo.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); The REPOhistory Archive; MSS 113; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections
, New York University Libraries.
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Container List
[The following section contains a detailed listing of the
materials in the collection.]
| Series I: General Administration
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Folder |
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Date |
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1 |
List of artists |
undated |
| 1
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2 |
Artist resumes |
undated |
| 1
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3 |
Art Matters book project |
undated |
| 1
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4 |
Book distribution correspondence and documents |
undated |
| 1
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5 |
General correspondence |
1989-1990 |
| 1
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6 |
General correspondence |
1990-1991 |
| 1
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7 |
General correspondence |
1991-1992 |
| 1
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8 |
1993 correspondence between MOMA and Repohistory |
1993 |
| 1
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9 |
General correspondence |
1993 |
| 1
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10 |
General correspondence |
1994-1995 |
| 1
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11 |
General correspondence |
1996 |
| 1
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12 |
General correspondence |
1997 |
| 1
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13 |
General correspondence (email format) |
1997-1999 |
| 1
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14 |
Fundraising - general proposals |
undated |
| 1
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15 |
Fundraising - general correspondence |
undated |
| 1
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16 |
Fundraising - budgeting/planning |
undated |
| 1
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17 |
Drafts for grant applications/fundraising letters |
undated |
| 1
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18 |
Fundraising information |
undated |
| 1
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19 |
Lannan Foundation visual arts grant |
undated |
| 1
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20 |
Grant applications and correspondence - Art Matters |
undated |
| 1
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21 |
Grant applications - Artist Space |
undated |
| 1
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22 |
Grant from Cultural Council Foundations |
1990 |
| 1
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23 |
Grant application - Arts Forward Fund |
undated |
| 1
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24 |
Grant application and correspondence - Manhattan Borough President |
undated |
| 1
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25 |
Documents and correspondence - Materials for the Arts |
undated |
| 1
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26 |
Grant application - Hudson River Middle School |
undated |
| 1
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27 |
Grant application - Metropolitan Life Foundation |
undated |
| 1
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28 |
Grant application - New York Council for the Humanities |
undated |
| 1
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29 |
Grant application - NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs |
undated |
| 1
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30 |
Grant application - National Endowment for the Arts |
undated |
| 1
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31 |
Grant application - New York State Council for the Arts |
undated |
| 1
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32 |
Grant application - North Star |
undated |
| 1
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33 |
Grant application - Public Art Fund |
undated |
| 1
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34 |
Grant application - Puffin Foundation |
undated |
| 1
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34A. |
Grant application - Seattle Arts Commission |
undated |
| 1
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35 |
Grant application - Andy Warhol Foundation |
undated |
| 1
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36 |
New York Foundation for the Arts - community assists |
1998 |
| 1
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37 |
Fundraising and financial reports |
1990-1995 |
| 1
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38 |
Fundraising and financial report |
1998 |
| 1
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39 |
Grant applications for REPO book - List and Kaplan Foundations |
undated |
| 1
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40 |
Internal Revenue Service application for tax-exempt status |
undated |
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Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 2
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1 |
Fundraising - NYFA Panel |
undated |
| 2
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2 |
Fundraising - Lower Manhattan Sign Project |
undated |
| 2
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3 |
Fundraising - LMSP grant guidelines |
undated |
| 2
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4 |
Fundraising - East Harlem |
undated |
| 2
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5 |
Fundraising - Queer Spaces |
undated |
| 2
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6 |
Fundraising - Circulations |
undated |
| 2
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7 |
Fundraising - Entering Buttermilk Bottom |
undated |
| 2
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8 |
Fundraising - Voices of Renewal |
undated |
| 2
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9 |
Fundraising - Foundation Contact Information |
undated |
| 2
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10 |
Fundraising - research |
undated |
| 2
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11 |
Fundraising - Neill Bogan folder |
undated |
| 2
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12 |
Fundraising - other organizations' proposals |
undated |
| 2
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13 |
Fundraising - individual foundations' literature and brochures |
undated |
| 2
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14 |
Fundraising - individual foundations' literature and brochures |
undated |
| 2
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15 |
Fundraising - individual foundations' literature and brochures |
undated |
| 2
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16 |
Fundraising - individual foundations' literature and brochures |
undated |
| 2
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17 |
Fundraising - loan agreements |
undated |
| 2
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18 |
Fundraising - mailing lists |
undated |
| 2
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19 |
Fundraising - letters of support |
undated |
| 2
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20 |
Fundraising - letters of fiscal sponsorship |
undated |
| 2
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21 |
Fundraising - pamphlets from libraries and museums |
undated |
| 2
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22 |
Fundraising - private donors |
undated |
| 2
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23 |
Letterhead |
1992 |
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24 |
Minutes of meetings |
1989 |
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25 |
Minutes of meetings |
1990 |
| 2
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26 |
Minutes of meetings |
1991 |
| 2
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27 |
Minutes of meetings |
1992 |
| 2
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28 |
Minutes from structural meetings |
1992 |
| 2
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29 |
Minutes of meetings |
1993 |
| 2
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30 |
Minutes of meetings |
1994 |
| 2
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31 |
Minutes of meetings |
1995 |
| 2
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32 |
Minutes of meetings |
1996 |
| 2
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33 |
Minutes of meetings of Repo Steering Committee |
1997 |
| 2
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34 |
Minutes of meetings of Repo Steering Committee (Neill Bogan) |
1997 |
| 2
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35 |
Minutes of meetings |
1998 |
| 2
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36 |
Office leases and subleases |
undated |
| 2
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37 |
Receipts for expenses |
undated |
| 2
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38 |
Stationery designs |
undated |
| 2
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39 |
Repohistory logo |
undated |
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Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 3
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1 |
Expenses for Circulations |
undated |
| 3
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2 |
Receipts for Urban Encounters |
undated |
| 3
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3 |
Receipts and billings from Civil Disturbances |
undated |
| 3
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4 |
General receipts |
undated |
| 3
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5 |
Receipts for general operations and unidentified projects |
undated |
| 3
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6 |
Misc. general administration correspondence |
undated |
| 3
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7 |
Misc. general administration |
undated |
| 3
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8 |
Bank statements A |
undated |
| 3
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9 |
Bank statements B |
undated |
| 3
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10 |
Bank statements C` |
undated |
| 3
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11 |
Financial statements |
undated |
| 3
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12 |
Corrections of mailing addresses |
undated |
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Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 4
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1 |
New York state tax exempt papers |
undated |
| 4
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2 |
New York state charities registration documents |
undated |
| 4
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3 |
Treasurer's files - History Project |
1989 |
| 4
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4 |
Treasurer's files - Repohistory |
1990 |
| 4
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5 |
Treasurer's files - Repohistory |
1991 |
| 4
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6 |
Treasurer's files - Repohistory |
1992 |
| 4
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7 |
Treasurer's files - Repohistory |
1993 |
| 4
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8 |
Treasurer's files - Repohistory |
1994-1995 |
| 4
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9 |
Treasurer's files - ledger and bank statements |
1990-1994 |
| 4
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10 |
Treasurer's files - financial records |
1990-1993 |
| 4
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11 |
Treasurer's files - accounting report to fiscal sponsor |
1993 |
| 4
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12 |
Treasurer's files - reimbursed receipts |
1992 |
| 4
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13 |
Treasurer's files - federal tax returns and related documents |
undated |
| 4
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14 |
Lisa Knauer's files |
undated |
| 4
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15 |
Greg Sholette's files - minutes of meetings and narratives |
undated |
| 4
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16 |
Greg Sholette's files - History Project proposals |
undated |
| 4
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17 |
Greg Sholette's files - structure |
1997 |
| 4
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18 |
Greg Sholette's files - minutes of Circulation project meetings |
undated |
| 4
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19 |
Greg Sholette's files - minutes of NY Lawyers in Public Interest meetings |
undated |
| 4
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20 |
Greg Sholette's files - Lower Manhattan Project Sign Project texts |
undated |
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| Series II: Projects
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| Subseries A: Projects - Lower Manhattan Sign Project (LMSP)
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| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 5
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1 |
Correspondence between Tom Klem and Jenny Dixon |
undated |
| 5
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2 |
Lisa Knauer's papers and correspondence |
undated |
| 5
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3 |
Lisa Knauer's administrative correspondence |
undated |
| 5
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4 |
Correspondence - legal matters |
undated |
| 5
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5 |
Correspondence - invitations |
undated |
| 5
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6 |
Correspondence - general |
undated |
| 5
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7 |
Original letters of support and city permissions |
undated |
| 5
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8 |
Planning for the opening performance |
undated |
| 5
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9 |
Edited texts for the signs and the map |
undated |
| 5
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10 |
Sherill Wilson - advisor on signs |
undated |
| 5
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11 |
Artist call for proposals |
undated |
| 5
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12 |
Budgeting/planning |
undated |
| 5
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13 |
Project outlines |
undated |
| 5
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14 |
Project proposal drafts |
undated |
| 5
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15 |
Sketches and designs of drafts |
undated |
| 5
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16 |
Preliminary drafts for signs |
undated |
| 5
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17 |
Jim Costanzo's notes and research materials |
undated |
| 5
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18 |
Greg Sholette's notes and research materials |
undated |
| 5
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19 |
Sign supplies |
undated |
| 5
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20 |
Original proposal for signs |
undated |
| 5
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21 |
Sign catalog copy |
undated |
| 5
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22 |
List of sites for signs |
undated |
| 5
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23 |
List of historical signs before LMSP |
undated |
| 5
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24 |
Notebook/planner |
undated |
| 5
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25 |
Proofs (master set) |
undated |
| 5
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26 |
Proofs - sign art/texts |
undated |
| 5
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27 |
Proofs - sign art/texts |
undated |
| 5
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28 |
Flyer layout and proofs |
undated |
| 5
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29 |
Research - historical society landmark |
undated |
| 5
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30 |
Research - general |
undated |
| 5
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31 |
Maps |
undated |
| 5
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32 |
Snug harbor |
undated |
| 5
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33 |
Educator towns - teacher handouts |
undated |
| 5
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34 |
Contact information |
undated |
| 5
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35 |
Umbrella organizations for larger public art project |
undated |
| 5
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36 |
Sign project tea information notebook |
undated |
| 5
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37 |
Parade/performance of opening |
undated |
| 5
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38 |
Parade |
undated |
| 5
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39 |
Parade - Neill Bogan file |
undated |
| 5
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40 |
Cloth to cover signs for day without art |
undated |
| 5
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41 |
Announcements of related events |
undated |
| Subseries B: Projects - Choice Histories
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| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 6
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1 |
Proposals |
undated |
| 6
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2 |
Artist space exhibition - correspondence and official documents |
undated |
| 6
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3 |
General information |
undated |
| 6
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4 |
Articles and legal briefs |
undated |
| 6
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5 |
Women's health information |
undated |
| 6
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6 |
Gallery handouts and catalogue photocopy |
undated |
| 6
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7 |
Race and class committee materials and readings |
undated |
| 6
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8 |
Readings on abortion |
undated |
| 6
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9 |
'Sexuality' receipts |
undated |
| 6
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10 |
'Race/Class' receipts |
undated |
| 6
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11 |
'Medicine' receipts |
undated |
| 6
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12 |
'Law/Morality' receipts |
undated |
| 6
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13 |
'Book/Chronology' receipts |
undated |
| 6
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14 |
General receipts and financial statements |
undated |
| 6
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15 |
General receipts and video receipts |
undated |
| Subseries C: Projects - Queer Spaces
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| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 6
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16 |
Correspondence |
undated |
| 6
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17 |
Correspondence - legal matters |
undated |
| 6
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18 |
Project outlines |
undated |
| 6
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19 |
Research |
undated |
| 6
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20 |
Contact information |
undated |
| 6
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21 |
Meeting minutes |
undated |
| 6
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22 |
Queers in Space |
undated |
| 6
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23 |
Proofs |
undated |
| 6
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23A. |
Printer's proofs [OVERSIZE] |
undated |
| Subseries D: Projects - Entering Buttermilk Bottom
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| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 6
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24 |
Correspondence |
undated |
| 6
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25 |
Correspondence concerning specifications |
undated |
| 6
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26 |
Correspondence between Tom Klem and James Malone |
undated |
| 6
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27 |
Project outlines |
undated |
| 6
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28 |
Budgeting/planning |
undated |
| 6
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29 |
Meeting minutes |
undated |
| 6
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30 |
Contact information |
undated |
| 6
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31 |
Disk printouts of Donna Kessinger |
undated |
| 6
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32 |
Maps |
undated |
| 6
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33 |
Maps - Sanborn Mosaics |
1911 |
| 6
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34 |
Maps - Sanborn Mosaics - Civic Center east |
1911 |
| 6
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35 |
Maps - Sanborn Mosaic - Dickanny Alley |
undated |
| 6
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36 |
Maps - Sanborn Mosaics |
1932-1951 |
| 6
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37 |
Maps - Sanborn Mosaics - Civic Center east |
undated |
| 6
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38 |
Maps - 'Misc. other maps' |
undated |
| 6
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39 |
Maps - unspecified |
undated |
| 6
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40 |
Research - official city documents |
undated |
| 6
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41 |
Research - white pages |
undated |
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Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 7
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1 |
Research - articles A |
undated |
| 7
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2 |
Research - articles B |
undated |
| 7
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3 |
Research - interviews |
undated |
| 7
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4 |
Research - 'Neill Bogan' |
undated |
| 7
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5 |
Research - 'U-Rescue articles' |
undated |
| 7
|
6 |
Research - binder |
1995 |
| 7
|
7 |
Research - Atlanta Historical Society photo collection |
undated |
| 7
|
8 |
Research - bibliography |
undated |
| 7
|
9 |
Arts Festival of Atlanta - |
1995-1996 |
| 7
|
10 |
Arts Festival of Atlanta - site works |
undated |
| 7
|
11 |
Original artwork |
undated |
| 7
|
12 |
Proofs for artwork |
undated |
| 7
|
12A. |
Artwork [OVERSIZE] |
undated |
| 7
|
13 |
Labels |
undated |
| 7
|
14 |
Misc. |
undated |
| Subseries E: Voices of Renewal
|
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 7
|
15 |
Correspondence |
undated |
| 7
|
16 |
Project outlines |
undated |
| 7
|
17 |
Budgeting/planning |
undated |
| 7
|
18 |
Contact information |
undated |
| 7
|
19 |
Research |
undated |
| 7
|
20 |
Resumes |
undated |
| 7
|
21 |
Proofs |
undated |
| 7
|
22 |
Maps |
undated |
| 7
|
23 |
Arts Festival Atlanta |
undated |
| Subseries F: Out From Under the King George Hotel
|
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 7
|
24 |
Correspondence |
undated |
| 7
|
25 |
Budgeting/planning |
undated |
| 7
|
26 |
Jim Costanzo's notes and correspondence A. |
undated |
| 7
|
27 |
Jim Costanzo's notes and correspondence B. |
undated |
| 7
|
28 |
Contact information |
undated |
| 7
|
29 |
Research - Deeds and city/county documents |
undated |
| 7
|
30 |
Research - articles |
undated |
| 7
|
31 |
Research - photocopies of photo documentation of renovations |
undated |
| 7
|
32 |
Research - handwritten notes |
undated |
| 7
|
33 |
Research - Neill Bogan |
undated |
| 7
|
34 |
Research - NY Public Library call slips |
undated |
| 7
|
35 |
Research - bibliography |
undated |
| 7
|
36 |
Proofs of artwork |
undated |
| Subseries G: Civil Disturbances
|
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 8
|
1 |
Correspondence |
undated |
| 8
|
2 |
Correspondence - legal matters |
undated |
| 8
|
3 |
'Lisa Knauer folder' |
undated |
| 8
|
4 |
Research |
undated |
| 8
|
5 |
Mayor Giuliani and artist Lederman |
undated |
| 8
|
6 |
Research - legal briefs |
undated |
| 8
|
7 |
New York Lawyers for Public Interest (NYLPI) |
undated |
| 8
|
8 |
Receipts |
undated |
| 8
|
9 |
Proofs for artwork |
undated |
| 8
|
10 |
Printer's proofs |
undated |
| 8
|
11 |
Misc. |
undated |
| 8
|
12 |
Meeting minutes |
undated |
| 8
|
13 |
Community board meetings |
undated |
| 8
|
14 |
Budgeting/planning |
undated |
| 8
|
15 |
Project outlines |
undated |
| 8
|
16 |
Contact information |
undated |
| 8
|
17 |
Proposals |
undated |
| 8
|
18 |
Research |
undated |
| Subseries H: Circulations
|
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 8
|
19 |
Correspondence |
undated |
| 8
|
20 |
Legal documents |
undated |
| 8
|
21 |
REPO resume |
undated |
| 8
|
22 |
List of proposals and contributors |
undated |
| 8
|
23 |
Budgeting/planning |
undated |
| 8
|
24 |
Project outlines |
undated |
| 8
|
25 |
Timelines |
undated |
| 8
|
26 |
Bio of members and artists |
undated |
| 8
|
27 |
Contact information |
undated |
| 8
|
28 |
Research - "People Notes" |
undated |
| 8
|
29 |
Research A. |
undated |
| 8
|
30 |
Research B. |
undated |
| 8
|
31 |
Research C. |
undated |
| 8
|
32 |
'Map Site Info' |
undated |
| 8
|
33 |
Drafts of drawings and texts |
undated |
| 8
|
34 |
Original art |
undated |
| 8
|
35 |
Web information |
undated |
| 8
|
36 |
Maps |
undated |
| 8
|
37 |
'Education/outreach ideas' |
undated |
| 8
|
38 |
Slide list |
undated |
| 8
|
39 |
Related announcements |
undated |
| 8
|
40 |
Catalogues |
undated |
| 8
|
41 |
Misc. |
undated |
| Subseries I: Related Projects
|
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 9
|
1 |
African American Burying Ground procession |
undated |
| 9
|
2 |
Anti-racism conference |
undated |
| 9
|
3 |
Artists and writers out loud |
1990 |
| 9
|
4 |
Banff center library exhibition catalogue |
undated |
| 9
|
5 |
'Building Histories' at Apex Art |
1999 |
| 9
|
6 |
East Harlem project |
undated |
| 9
|
7 |
History Happened Here conference |
1996 |
| 9
|
8 |
Hudson River Middle School residency |
undated |
| 9
|
9 |
Hudson River Middle School - original art |
undated |
| 9
|
10 |
Hudson River Middle School - ephemera [see also oversize box 2] |
undated |
| 9
|
11 |
Labor History Happened Here |
1999 |
| 9
|
12 |
Whitney Museum downtown "City of Power" exhibition |
undated |
| 9
|
13 |
Museum of the City of New York - meetings and proposals |
undated |
| 9
|
14 |
Museum of Natural History |
undated |
| 9
|
15 |
New Museum education project |
undated |
| 9
|
16 |
Parasite at the Drawing Center |
undated |
| 9
|
17 |
DIA proposals for NYC Customs House |
undated |
| 9
|
18 |
REPOHistory website proposals |
undated |
| 9
|
19 |
Ruins in Reverse - CEPA gallery |
undated |
| 9
|
20 |
Sprawl exhibition - Atlanta, GA |
undated |
| 9
|
21 |
Urban Encounters - correspondence |
undated |
| 9
|
22 |
Urban Renewal - correspondence (legal) |
undated |
| 9
|
23 |
Urban Renewal - grant proposals |
undated |
| 9
|
24 |
Urban Renewal - project outlines |
undated |
| 9
|
25 |
Urban Renewal - planning |
undated |
| 9
|
26 |
Urban Renewal - budgeting |
undated |
| 9
|
27 |
Urban Encounters - budget book |
undated |
| 9
|
28 |
Urban Encounters - Research |
undated |
| 9
|
29 |
Urban Encounters - PAD/D |
undated |
| 9
|
30 |
Urban Encounters - New Museum |
undated |
| 9
|
31 |
Urban Renewal - Proofs |
undated |
| 9
|
32 |
Urban Encounters - Misc. |
undated |
| 9
|
33 |
Veiled Histories conference |
undated |
| 9
|
34 |
Whittier sign project |
undated |
| 9
|
35 |
Conferences and panel discussions about REPO |
undated |
| 9
|
36 |
Exhibitions which include REPO |
undated |
| 9
|
37 |
Exhibitions of members and friends of REPO |
undated |
|
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| Series III: Publicity and Promotion
|
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 10
|
1 |
Promotional packet - general |
undated |
| 10
|
2 |
Press about the collective |
undated |
| 10
|
3 |
Articles - Lower Manhattan Sign Project (LMSP) |
undated |
| 10
|
4 |
Press release - LMSP |
undated |
| 10
|
5 |
Walking tours - LMSP |
undated |
| 10
|
6 |
Unpublished articles/reviews - LMSP |
undated |
| 10
|
7 |
Press release - Choice Histories |
undated |
| 10
|
8 |
Articles/reviews - Choice Histories |
undated |
| 10
|
9 |
Press release - Queer Spaces |
undated |
| 10
|
10 |
Reviews - Queer Spaces |
undated |
| 10
|
11 |
Press release - Entering Buttermilk Bottom |
undated |
| 10
|
12 |
Articles/reviews - Entering Buttermilk Bottom |
undated |
| 10
|
13 |
Public review/comments - Entering Buttermilk Bottom |
undated |
| 10
|
14 |
Reviews - Voices of Renewal |
undated |
| 10
|
15 |
Promotion - Out From Under King George |
undated |
| 10
|
16 |
Press release - Civil Disturbances |
undated |
| 10
|
17 |
Articles - Civil Disturbances |
undated |
| 10
|
18 |
Press release - Urban Encounters |
undated |
| 10
|
19 |
Reviews - Urban Encounters |
undated |
| 10
|
20 |
Press release - Circulations |
undated |
| 10
|
21 |
Articles/reviews - Circulations |
undated |
|
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| Series IV: Theoretical material
|
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 10
|
22 |
Greg Sholette's files - "Theory": narratives, talks, articles |
undated |
| 10
|
23 |
Labor history images |
undated |
| 10
|
24 |
1989-92 research |
1989-1992 |
| 10
|
25 |
Conferences |
undated |
| 10
|
26 |
Art work |
undated |
| 10
|
27 |
Alternative/radical histories |
1990-1992 |
| 10
|
28 |
Readings in race and class |
undated |
| 10
|
29 |
Readings for East Harlem project |
undated |
| 10
|
30 |
Readings for Museum City of New York project |
undated |
| 10
|
31 |
Readings in office file |
undated |
| 10
|
32 |
Linking American for the Arts |
1997 |
|
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| Series V: Members Files
|
| Subseries A: Members Files - Ed Eisenberg
|
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 11
|
1 |
Correspondence |
undated |
| 11
|
2 |
Meeting minutes A |
undated |
| 11
|
3 |
Meeting minutes B |
undated |
| 11
|
4 |
Project outlines |
undated |
| 11
|
5 |
Budgeting/planning information |
undated |
| 11
|
6 |
Atlanta installation receipts |
undated |
| 11
|
7 |
Groundworks receipts |
undated |
| 11
|
8 |
Notes on Mac computer |
undated |
| 11
|
9 |
Contact information |
undated |
| 11
|
10 |
Funding/grant proposal |
undated |
| 11
|
11 |
Art show announcements |
1981 |
| 11
|
12 |
Art show announcements |
1982 |
| 11
|
13 |
Art show announcements |
1983 |
| 11
|
14 |
Art show announcements |
1984 |
| 11
|
15 |
Art show announcements |
1985 |
| 11
|
16 |
Art show announcements |
1986 |
| 11
|
17 |
Art show announcements |
1987 |
| 11
|
18 |
Art show announcements |
1988 |
| 11
|
19 |
Art show announcements |
1989 |
| 11
|
20 |
Art show announcements |
1990 |
| 11
|
21 |
Art show announcements |
1991 |
| 11
|
22 |
Art show announcements |
1992 |
| 11
|
23 |
Art show announcements |
1993 |
| 11
|
24 |
Art show announcements |
1994 |
| 11
|
25 |
Art show announcements |
1995 |
| 11
|
26 |
Art show announcements |
1996 |
| 11
|
27 |
Art show announcements (n. d.) |
undated |
| 11
|
28 |
Review of art shows |
undated |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 12
|
1 |
Artists and Writers Out Loud (AWOL) |
undated |
| 12
|
2 |
Coalition for nuclear-free harbor A. |
undated |
| 12
|
3 |
Coalition for nuclear-free harbor B. |
undated |
| 12
|
4 |
Coalition for nuclear-free harbor C. |
undated |
| 12
|
5 |
Coalition for nuclear-free harbor D. |
undated |
| 12
|
6 |
Coalition for nuclear-free harbor E. |
undated |
| 12
|
7 |
Coalition for nuclear-free harbor F. |
undated |
| 12
|
8 |
Source material - AIDS |
undated |
| 12
|
9 |
Source material - nuclear weapon accidents |
undated |
| 12
|
10 |
'Ed's source material' A. |
undated |
| 12
|
11 |
'Ed's source material' B. |
undated |
| 12
|
12 |
'Ed's source material' C. |
undated |
| 12
|
13 |
'Ed's source material' D. |
undated |
| 12
|
14 |
'Ed's source material' E. |
undated |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 13
|
1 |
Readings A. |
undated |
| 13
|
2 |
Readings B. |
undated |
| 13
|
3 |
Readings C. |
undated |
| 13
|
4 |
Readings D. |
undated |
| 13
|
5 |
Readings E. |
undated |
| 13
|
6 |
Readings F. |
undated |
| 13
|
7 |
Readings G. |
undated |
| 13
|
8 |
Memorial projects |
undated |
| 13
|
9 |
Village voice ad |
undated |
| 13
|
10 |
Groundworks |
1989 |
| 13
|
11 |
Groundworks |
undated |
| 13
|
12 |
Ephemera |
undated |
| 13
|
13 |
PADD (Policital Art Documentation/Distribution)- Correspondence |
undated |
| 13
|
14 |
PAD/D - Research |
undated |
| 13
|
15 |
PAD/D - photos and artwork |
undated |
| 13
|
16 |
PAD/D - bank statements |
undated |
| 13
|
16A. |
Stencil [OVERSIZE] |
undated |
| Subseries B: Members files - Greg Sholette
|
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 13
|
17 |
History Project - original proposal |
1989 |
| 13
|
18 |
Planning documents and narratives |
undated |
| 13
|
19 |
Waking Up drafts |
undated |
| 13
|
20 |
Articles and artwork by Greg Sholette |
undated |
| 13
|
21 |
Announcement of Greg's works |
undated |
| 13
|
22 |
Articles/reviews of Greg and Janet's work |
undated |
| 13
|
23 |
Literature on foundations and programs |
undated |
| 13
|
24 |
Syllabi on courses taught by Greg |
undated |
| 13
|
25 |
Resume |
undated |
| Subseries C: Members files - Tom Klem
|
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 13
|
26 |
Correspondence A. |
undated |
| 13
|
27 |
Correspondence B. |
undated |
| 13
|
28 |
Drafts of text |
undated |
| 13
|
29 |
Announcements/promo |
undated |
| 13
|
30 |
Catalogues |
undated |
| 13
|
31 |
'Tom's outreach folder' |
undated |
| 13
|
32 |
Budgeting/planning |
undated |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 14
|
1 |
Whittier Community Dialogue Sign Project |
undated |
| 14
|
2 |
Art commission of the city of New York |
undated |
| 14
|
3 |
Insurance certificates |
undated |
| 14
|
4 |
Source material and research |
undated |
| 14
|
5 |
Slide list |
undated |
| 14
|
6 |
Maps |
undated |
| 14
|
7 |
Office supply catalogue |
undated |
| 14
|
8 |
Research |
undated |
| 14
|
9 |
Project outlines |
undated |
| 14
|
10 |
Contact information |
undated |
| 14
|
11 |
Community board meetings |
undated |
| 14
|
12 |
Department of Transportation - New York City |
undated |
| 14
|
13 |
Meeting minutes |
undated |
| 14
|
14 |
Site proposals |
undated |
| 14
|
15 |
Resumes |
undated |
| 14
|
16 |
Notebook/planner |
undated |
| 14
|
17 |
Proofs |
undated |
| 14
|
18 |
Photos |
undated |
| 14
|
19 |
Sholette's art folder |
undated |
| 14
|
20 |
Mailing list |
undated |
| 14
|
21 |
REPO contracts folder |
undated |
| 14
|
22 |
REPO/NYLPI folder |
undated |
| 14
|
23 |
Temporary files folder |
undated |
| 14
|
24 |
Reviews of Tom's work |
undated |
| 14
|
25 |
Misc. |
undated |
| Subseries D: Members files - Jim Costanzo
|
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 14
|
26 |
Correspondence - email and written |
undated |
| 14
|
27 |
Grant applications and notes |
undated |
| 14
|
28 |
Abstracts and drafts of articles |
undated |
| 14
|
29 |
Photos of meeting - 12/17/90 |
undated |
| 14
|
30 |
Photos of meeting - 7/29/91 |
undated |
| 14
|
31 |
Michael Richards - REPO member who died 9/11/01 in WTC |
undated |
| 14
|
32 |
Documents from the website by Jim Costanzo |
undated |
|
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| Series VI: Slides and Photos
|
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 14
|
33 |
Lower Manhattan Sign Project |
undated |
| 14
|
34 |
Choice Histories |
undated |
| 14
|
35 |
Out From Under the King George Hotel |
undated |
| 14
|
36 |
Circulations |
undated |
| 14
|
37 |
Entering Buttermilk Bottom - Research - Photos of Atlanta |
undated |
| 14
|
38 |
Entering Buttermilk Bottom - by Jim Costanzo |
undated |
| 14
|
38A. |
Entering Buttermilk Bottom - Cardboard mounted photos |
undated |
| 14
|
39 |
Voices of Renewal |
undated |
| 14
|
40 |
Civil Disturbances |
undated |
| 14
|
41 |
Circulations |
undated |
| 14
|
42 |
Ed Eisenberg |
undated |
| 14
|
43 |
PAD/D |
undated |
| 14
|
44 |
Not for Sale - show by Tom Klem |
undated |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 15
|
|
Black photo box; Photos and negatives of parades and openings of REPO projects; Slides of photos used in grant applications. |
undated |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 16
|
|
Black photo box; Slides of photos of REPO members working and installing. |
undated |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 17
|
|
Black photo box; Ed Eisenberg - Groundworks. |
undated |
|
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| Series VII: Video, Audio, and Electronic.
|
|
Scope and Content:
[Research copies may not be available for these materials yet. Check with the
Fales archivist.]
|
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 18
|
1 |
Lower Manhattan Sign Project (VHS videocassette and audio tape) |
undated |
| 18
|
2 |
Choice Histories - "In Defense of Roe" by ACLU (VHS videocassette) - |
1991 |
| 18
|
3 |
Entering Buttermilk Bottom (VHS videocassette) |
undated |
| 18
|
4 |
Atlanta - "Atlanta Tape 1 and 2" (VHS videocassette) |
undated |
| 18
|
5 |
Atlanta interviews - Mrs. Brayboy, Mrs. Humphery, and Mrs. Sutton (VHS videocassette) |
undated |
| 18
|
6 |
Atlanta interviews - Thad Olive, Ron Grier, Mrs. Sheats, and A. B. Cooper (VHS videocassette) |
undated |
| 18
|
7 |
Atlanta interviews - Malone (VHS videocassette) |
undated |
| 18
|
8 |
Tom Klem - "Tracey Takes on. . . Age", "Game Plans", and "Ooh La La" (VHS videocassette) |
undated |
| 18
|
9 |
PAD/D - "PAD/D Presents. . ." (VHS videocassette) |
undated |
| 18
|
10 |
Magnetic disks - REPO general |
undated |
| 18
|
11 |
Magnetic disks - Atlanta (Lisa Knauer) |
undated |
| 18
|
12 |
Magnetic disks - Atlanta |
undated |
| 18
|
13 |
Magnetic disks - Bogan/Neville signs |
undated |
| 18
|
14 |
Magnetic disks - LMSP Sign templates |
undated |
| 18
|
15 |
Magnetic disks - Entering Buttermilk Bottom |
undated |
| 18
|
16 |
Magnetic disks - Bogan/Ledwith |
undated |
| 18
|
17 |
Magnetic disks - Lisa Knauer |
undated |
| 18
|
18 |
Magnetic disks - (zipdisks) from Greg Sholette |
undated |
|
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| Series VIII: Artwork
|
|
Scope and Content:
For the purposes of description, each sign is identified by the first sentence of text on the front of each sign. All are
stored in the map case in drawers 7-10.
|
| Subseries A: Queer Spaces
|
Scope and Content:
All signs are pink triangles featuring the words Queer Spaces across the top and the words Places of Struggle Places of Strength running left to right on the other two edges of the triangle. On each sign the text ends with the REPOhistory logo and the
sign number at the apex of the triangle.
|
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| map case, drawer 7
|
1 |
Sign 1: The first gay rights demonstration in New York City occurred on September 19, 1964 in front of the Whitehall Street
Induction Center. (2 copies)
|
undated |
| map case, drawer 7
|
2 |
Sign 2: On March 24, 1987, The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) held its first demonstration at this corner. |
undated |
| map case, drawer 7
|
3 |
Sign 3: New York City's Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights Bill was introduced in the City Council on January 6, 1971. |
undated |
| map case, drawer 7
|
4 |
Sign 4: The Gay Activists Alliance occupied the former Firehouse at 99 Wooster Street from May 1971 until October 1974, when
it was destroyed by arson.
|
undated |
| map case, drawer 7
|
5 |
Sign 5: The Daughters of Bilitis, one of the earliest lesbian political organizations, had offices at 30 Charlton Street
for several years, beginning in 1963. (2 copies)
|
undated |
| map case, drawer 7
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6 |
Sign 6: Bonnie and Clyde's, a lesbian bar, stood at 82 West 3rd Street from the early seventies through the mid-eighties.
|
undated |
| map case, drawer 7
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7 |
Sign 7: Marsha P. Johnson 1945-1992
born Malcolm Michaels Stonewall Veteran, performer, panhandler, prostitute, Warhol Model, on July 6, 1992, the body of this
legendary drag queen was found floating in the river near this site. (2 copies)
|
undated |
| map case, drawer 7
|
8 |
Sign 8: In 1966, the State Liquor Authority imposed a 30-day suspension on Julius', the landmark bar located at 159 West Tenth
St., after an undercover policeman had reported that the bar permitted gay men to "consort themselves in an offensive and
indecent manner contrary to good morals." (2 copies)
|
undated |
| map case, drawer 7
|
9 |
Sign 9: In 1888, financier James Everard converted an old church at 28 W. 28th Street into a Turkish bathhouse. (2 copies) |
undated |
| Subseries B: Lower Manhattan Sign Project
|
Scope and Content:
All signs are printed on the front and back. In cases in which text appears on both sides it is noted in the transcription,
otherwise the text appears only on the back. All signs end with one or two boxed questions in the lower left corner on the
back with the sign number and the REPOhistory logo in the lower right corner. Note: For this project, the archive does not
have a copy of sign number 35.
|
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| map case, drawer 8
|
1 |
Introduction: The Lower Manhattan Sign Project
|
undated |
| map case, drawer 8
|
2 |
Sign 1: What is all-inclusive history? (2 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 8
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3 |
Sign 2: Spirits of America (2 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 8
|
4 |
Sign 3A: "They Died Very Stubbornly"
wrote justice Daniel Horsmanden of those executed during the New York Conspiracy or "Great Negro Plot" of 1741.; Sign 3B:
The New York Conspiracy of 1741; Sign 3C: Rumors of revolt…fueled the inquest into the "Great Negro Plot" of 1741.
|
undated |
| map case, drawer 8
|
5 |
Sign 4: Leisler's Rebellion (3 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 8
|
6 |
Sign 5: These are the remains of the gilded King George III equestrian statue after patriots pulled it from its pedestal here
on July 9, 1775. (2 copies)
|
undated |
| map case, drawer 8
|
7 |
Sign 6: On the fourth day of the month of March in the year nineteen ninety-one, three homeless Americans passed a very cold
and bitter night on this spot in lower manhattan. (3 copies)
|
undated |
| map case, drawer 8
|
8 |
Sign 7: Then, accidentally, due to a mistake in the filing system, the married father of three children was drafted, he lived
a long time, maybe three months and killed several guerrillas, two by strangulation, two by being a crack shot, and one in
self-defense. (3 copies)
|
undated |
| map case, drawer 8
|
9 |
Sign 8: The shoreline of Nieuw Amsterdam began at Pearl Street. (2 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 8
|
10 |
Sign 9: Summer 1990-Nelson Mandela visits New York (3 copies) |
undated |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| map case, drawer 9
|
11 |
Sign 10: "Esta gente viven endios" C.C. 1492 (3 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
12 |
Sign 11: Manhattan before the Dutch exchanged it to the English in 1667 for Surinam, South America, after having only leased
it from the Delaware Indians. (3 copies)
|
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
13 |
Sign 12: Where is the fabulous wealth of India, the spices, silks and gems which Columbus sought? (3 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
14 |
Sign 13: Exchange Place (2 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
15 |
Sign 14: Advantages of an Unregulated Free Market Economy (3 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
16 |
Sign 15: False Democracy (3 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
17 |
Sign 16: How do things get explained away so easily (2 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
18 |
Sign 17: Who owns your life? (3 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
19 |
Sign 18: The Meal and Slave Market |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
20 |
Sign 19: Women's Trade Union League (3 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
21 |
Sign 20: The Earliest Chinese Community in New York |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
22 |
Sign 21: Our blankets for your beaver (2 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
23 |
Sign 22: You are standing on landfill. (2 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
24 |
Sign 23A: "The evilest woman in New York!," screamed the headlines when Ann Lohman, alias Madame Restell, was arrested in
1878. (3 copies); Sign 23B: Anthony J. Comstock (1844-1915), the nemesis of Madame Restell (see nearby sign), devoted most
of his adult life to a crusade against obscenity which he defined to include birth control and abortion. (2 copies)
|
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
25 |
Sign 24: Office workers eat their lunch (3 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
26 |
Sign 25: Sticks and stones may break her bones but names…? (2 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
27 |
Sign 26: Welcome to Gotham City (3 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
28 |
Sign 27: Public School Cholera Hospital (2 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
29 |
Sign 28: Frances Wright (3 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
30 |
Sign 29: Vito Marcantonio: The People's Congressman |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
31 |
Sign 30: Nonviolent Protests Against Civil Defense Drills in NYC (3 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
32 |
Sign 31: Fight Tonight |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
33 |
Sign 32: Forlorn house (3 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
34 |
Sign 33: No Where to Go |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
35 |
Sign 34: "It was a desolate, unappropriated spot…" (2 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 9
|
36 |
Sign 36: United Tailoresses' Society of New York |
undated |
| Subseries C: Buttermilk Bottom
|
Scope and Content:
All signs are printed on the front and back. In cases in which text appears on both sides it is noted in the transcription,
otherwise the text appears only on the back. Each sign features the following text on the bottom of the back side with the
REPOhistory logo and the Arts Festival of Atlanta logo on the left and right, respectively, of the first line: Entering Buttermilk Bottom. Despite harsh conditions imposed by segregation, Buttermilk Bottom was a vibrant community with
African-American-run schools, churches and businesses. Its bulldozing under "urban renewal" during the 1960's damaged community
structures throughout Atlanta.
|
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| map case, drawer 10
|
1 |
Sign 1: Entering Buttermilk Bottom (2 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 10
|
2 |
Sign 2: Urban Renewal |
undated |
| map case, drawer 10
|
3 |
Sign 3: Welcome to the Double Shotguns |
undated |
| map case, drawer 10
|
4 |
Sign 4: What is the effect of urban renewal on crime? (2 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 10
|
5 |
Sign 5: Woodman / Coldman (2 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 10
|
6 |
Sign 6: Wash Lady, Scrub Lady |
undated |
| map case, drawer 10
|
7 |
Sign 7: House on Fire |
undated |
| map case, drawer 10
|
8 |
Sign 8: Mrs. Sara Lena Echols Malone raised her family on 267 Pine Place Apt. #3 in the early thirties. |
undated |
| map case, drawer 10
|
9 |
Sign 9: …I sing because I'm happy (3 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 10
|
10 |
Sign 10: War is Hell |
undated |
| map case, drawer 10
|
11 |
Sign 11: Nearly every corner in Buttermilk Bottom boasted a beauty salon, shoe repair shop or restaurant, many owned by African-Americans. |
undated |
| map case, drawer 10
|
12 |
Sign 12: Renewal (2 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 10
|
13 |
Sign 13: "…we have caught the sunshine in the bricks and mortar of our homes and have builded therein not one ignoble prejudice
or memory." (2 copies)
|
undated |
| map case, drawer 10
|
14 |
Sign 14: Do you know where your neighborhood is? |
undated |
| map case, drawer 10
|
15 |
Sign 15: Alleyway on Felton |
undated |
| map case, drawer 10
|
16 |
Sign 16: Remember in this valley there was a neighborhood torn down |
undated |
| map case, drawer 10
|
17 |
Sign 17: Segregation on the map (2 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 10
|
18 |
Sign 18: Welcome to Buttermilk Bottom (2 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 10
|
19 |
Sign 19: Penny Candy (2 copies) |
undated |
| map case, drawer 10
|
20 |
Sign 20: [Untitled] |
undated |
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