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Joan McClure papers, 1955-1980s, bulk 1955-1989

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Series II: Community Files

The series consists of administrative records, correspondence, newsletters, flyers, documentational photographs, articles and newspaper clippings of McClure's other community organizational activities such as Village Halloween Parade (VHP), Beautiful Abingdon Square Is Coming (BASIC), Bank/ Bethune Block Association and various other initiatives with primarily focus on the West Village neighborhood.

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Box 3 Folder 11 Village Halloween Parade (VHP), Invitations, Flyers and Press Release, 1975-78


Box 3 Folder 12 Village Halloween Parade (VHP), Articles and Newspaper Clippings, 1976-79

Includes "Confessions of A Grownup Trick-or-Treater" in The New Yorker


Box 3 Folder 13 Village Halloween Parade (VHP), Correspondence and Notes, 1977-80


Box 3 Folder 14 Village Halloween Parade (VHP), Presentation Booklet, [1978]


Box 3 Folder 15 Village Halloween Parade (VHP), Photographs, 1979-81

90 photos, contact sheets, and negatives


Box 8 Village Halloween Parade (VHP), Photographs


Box 3 Folder 16 Village Halloween Parade (VHP), Fundraising [1 of 2], 1979-82

Notes, plans, flyers, grant applications, contributor lists, receipt books, financial and legal files


Box 4 Folder 1-2 Village Halloween Parade (VHP), Fundraising [2 of 2] [2 folders], 1979-82

Notes, plans, flyers, grant applications, contributor lists, receipt books, financial and legal files


Box 4 Folder 3 Lights for the Sidewalks of New York (LFSNY), Administrative Files, 1967-74

Correspondence, notes, stationary, information pamphlets, press contacts, memberships, Harvard Club meeting, Historic District Council Meeting and Municipal Arts Society speech


Box 4 Folder 4 Lights for the Sidewalks of New York (LFSNY), Articles and Newspaper Clippings, 1972-73

Includes "And the Mayor Said, Let There Be Lights....?" in The South Manhattanite


Box 4 Folder 5 Lights for the Sidewalks of New York (LFSNY), Bank/Bethune Association Lighting, 1973-74

Correspondence, product brochure, design sketches, 3 drawings


Box 4 Folder 6 Lights for the Sidewalks of New York (LFSNY), Photographs and Slides, 1974

12 photos and 127 slides


Box 4 Folder 7 Beautiful Abingdon Square Is Coming (BASIC), Abingdon Square Park South, 1967-81

Notes, correspondence, photos, proposal to improve the park and the location plan for installing new benches


Box 4 Folder 8-9 Beautiful Abingdon Square Is Coming (BASIC), Traffic Plan [2 Folders], 1979-82

Final and drafts of the plan, Manhattan Valley studies, maps of the area, sketches of the existing traffic condition, drawings of the proposed fitch barrier installation, design for the safety triangle, 2 photos, and 48 slides


Box 4 Folder 10 Beautiful Abingdon Square Is Coming (BASIC), Administrative Files, 1979-82

Correspondence, block association list, file organization, meeting sign-up sheets, legal and financial files; demonstration rally and CRASH meeting


Box 4 Folder 11 Beautiful Abingdon Square Is Coming (BASIC), General Information, 1980-82

Memos, maps of the area, introduction texts, proposed traffic plans and drawings


Box 4 Folder 12 Beautiful Abingdon Square Is Coming (BASIC), Declaration, 1981


Box 4 Folder 13-14 Beautiful Abingdon Square Is Coming (BASIC), Flyers and Mailings [2 Folders], 1981-82

Includes Xerox originals and the original 1981 AD on The Villager


Box 4 Folder 15 Beautiful Abingdon Square Is Coming (BASIC), Meeting Notes, 1981-83

For Community Board No. 2, Horatio Street Block Assc, Dept. of Transportation Info Session, 19 photos and film negatives


Box 4 Folder 16 Beautiful Abingdon Square Is Coming (BASIC), Miscellaneous Notes, 1981

Includes notes for speeches and hearing prep


Box 4 Folder 17 Beautiful Abingdon Square Is Coming (BASIC), Newspaper Clippings, 1981-82

Includes 1981 The Villager "Letters to the Editor"


Box 4 Folder 18 Beautiful Abingdon Square Is Coming (BASIC), Signed Coupons, 1981

Mailing lists and blank copies of the coupon


Box 4 Folder 19 Beautiful Abingdon Square Is Coming (BASIC), Signed Petitions, [1981]

Duplicates and blank sheets


Box 5 Folder 1-3 Bank/ Bethune Block Association, Administrative Files [3 Folders], 1971-75

Constitution and By Laws, structure of organization, logo film, membership, attendance lists, correspondence, notes, articles, clippings and 2 copies of the publication "The Grass Roots Primer" by James Robertson and John Lewallen (pp. 189-199)


Box 5 Folder 4 Bank/ Bethune Block Association, Meeting Minutes and Notes, 1970-74


Box 5 Folder 5 Bank/ Bethune Block Association, Flyers and Newsletters, 1972-75

Includes the originals


Box 5 Folder 6 Bank/ Bethune Block Association, Block Party, 1972

Announcements, notes, permit, 66 photos, contact sheets and film negatives


Box 5 Folder 7-8 Bank/ Bethune Block Association, Whistles [2 Folders], 1967-76

Programs, safety campaigns, correspondence, crime studies, 1976 Apr. Good House Keeping Magazine article "Blowing The Whistle On Crime", other articles and newspaper clippings


Box 5 Folder 9 Bank/ Bethune Block Association, Waterfront/ Piers, 1971-76

Notes, correspondence, maps, 2 drawings, petitions for pier 49, the Waterfront booklet by City Planning commission and Warehouse Newsletter - Piers 48 and 51


Box 5 Folder 10 Bank/ Bethune Block Association, Various Initiatives, 1972-76

Trees & Tree Fences; Stolport; Garden Committee Reform; Resolution for Westway; West Village Housing; Water Quality, Landmarks and Shoe Repair


Box 5 Folder 11-13 Bank/ Bethune Block Association, Traffic [3 Folders], 1971-75

Correspondence, traffic light petition and truck traffic research


Box 5 Folder 14 Local Affairs [1 of 2], 1970-79

Issues about traffic, crimes, community exterior, includes correspondence with Rita Lee about Abingdon sq., Traffic Speakout pamphlets, traffic regulation pamphlets, text about The Woonerf, 34 photos and negatives; Bethune St. Parking and The South Manhattanite, publication of Neighborhood Gov't


Box 6 Folder 1-2 Local Affairs [2 of 2] [2 folders], 1970-79

Issues about traffic, crimes, community exterior, includes correspondence with Rita Lee about Abingdon sq., Traffic Speakout pamphlets, traffic regulation pamphlets, text about The Woonerf, 34 photos and negatives; Bethune St. Parking and The South Manhattanite, publication of Neighborhood Gov't


Box 6 Folder 3 Community Board 2 (CB2), 1969-77

Appointments, by laws, correspondence, flyers, women's house of detention and documents related to Arthur Stoliar


Box 6 Folder 4 Various Initiatives, 1971-79

Art, Street painting, Roller rinks, Post office, Trees NYC, Tree Fences, health clinic and sanitation


Box 6 Folder 5 Save Our Stores, 1970-76

Press release, notes, correspondence, flyers, articles on Hal Mayerson speech (published in Village Independence Democrats) and clippings


Box 6 Folder 6 West Village Committee, 1970-79

Bulletins, newsletters, meeting agenda, West Village Housing info, correspondence and clippings; general housing research including rent control origins and squatters housing


Box 6 Folder 7 Welfare Hotel, 1970-72

Committee meetings announcements, programs and heroin research


Box 6 Folder 8 Village Neighborhood TV, 1970-73

Notes, correspondence and grant proposals


Box 6 Folder 9 People's Community Board 2, 1975

Notes, correspondence, ruler & procedure, letterhead, flyers, membership and clippings


Box 6 Folder 10 Westbeth, The Artists' Community (463 West Street, New York, NY 10014), 1979-80

10th Anniversary celebration, party and photos and clippings


Box 6 Folder 11 Miscellaneous, 1971-81

Political Correspondence, speeches, lists, letterheads and research on NYC Government


Box 6 Folder 12-14 Personal Papers [3 Folders], 1973-85

Contains the1979 Oct, Villager article on McClure House and personal files and the Village of Saltaire Lawsuit