Jill Hamberg Papers
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Abstract
Jill Hamberg is an urban planner specializing in research and analysis in housing, homelessness, and community needs. The Jill Hamberg Papers document the activities of Hamberg from 1963 to 1970 in housing movements in various cities in the United States. The collection includes clippings and full issues of newsletters and newspapers, correspondence, and daily logs. These materials document Hamberg's activities as a member of the Students for a Democratic Society, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, People Against Racism, and the Economic Research and Action Project.
Biographical Note
Jill Hamberg is an urban planner specializing in research and analysis in housing, homelessness, and community needs. While a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the 1960s, Hamberg was active in the Students for a Democratic Society. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, she was active in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, People Against Racism, and the Economic Research and Action Project.
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received from the donor.
Scope and Contents
The Jill Hamberg Papers document the activities of Jill Hamberg from 1963 to 1970 in housing movements in various cities in the United States. The collection includes clippings and full issues of newsletters and newspapers, correspondence, and daily logs. These materials document Hamberg's activities in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Newark, New Jersey as a member of the Students for a Democratic Society, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, People Against Racism, and the Economic Research and Action Project. The correspondence documents Hamberg's relationship with other members of these groups and includes descriptions of their work. The daily logs document the work of Hamberg and others in Newark and include descriptions of their professional and personal activities. The clippings and newsletters document areas of interest to Hamberg, particularly tenants's rights, squatters's rights, racism in housing, and rent strikes.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive has no information about copyright ownership for this collection and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from it. Materials in this collection, which were created in circa 1963-1970, are expected to enter the public domain in 2100.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Jill Hamberg Papers; TAM 458; box number; folder number or item identifier; Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials found in collection; provenance is unknown. The accession number associated with this collection is 2008.043.
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Processing Information
Decisions regarding arrangement, description, and physical interventions for this collection prior to 2019 are unknown. In 2019 materials were placed in acid-free folders and boxes. Description was updated for compliance with DACS and ACM's Minimum Requirements for Archival Description.
