Industrial Areas Foundation records, 1977-2011
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1603
- Bib ID:
- 9186030 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Industrial Areas Foundation
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 25.5 linear feet (25 records cartons)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Boxes 21 and 22, which contain LaGuardia Public Life Training Center Applications from 1990, are restricted.
Description
Summary
The Industrial Areas Foundation has been working in the northeast and New York metropolitan area for 35 years. The collection documents the organization's relationship with four mayors, five governors, environmental commissioners and several governors in New Jersey, numerous public and private sector leaders. Included in the collection are correspondence, op-eds, editorials, articles, and other press items, strategy documents and internal reports describing the workings of our citizens organizations in four boroughs, northern New Jersey, Long Island, and beyond. The organization has been deeply involved in many of the central issues and initiatives of the region over those years including, the rebuilding of East Brooklyn and the South Bronx, the start of the new small schools movement, the start of the living wage movement, the charter revisions that ended the old Board of Estimates and expanded the City Council, the fight to establish and preserve mayoral control of the schools, the ongoing struggles to preserve public housing, and many other matters.
Arrangement
Material is arranged into six series and further divided into subseries within each series.
- Series I: Metro Industrial Areas Foundation, 1977-2016
- Subseries I.1: Administrative Files, 1987-2006
- Subseries I.2: Projects and Issues, 1983-2016
- Subseries I.3: Financial Records, 1994-2013
- Subseries I.4: Clippings and Published Materials, 1990-2010
- Subseries I.5: Michael Gecan (Director) Files, 1977-1995
- Series II: East Brooklyn Congregations, 1978-2006
- Subseries II.1: Administrative Files, 1978-2006
- Subseries II.2: Projects and Issues, 1980-2006
- Subseries II.3: Financial Records, 1981-2005
- Subseries II.4: Clippings and Published Material, 1995
- Series III: Brooklyn Interfaith for Action, 1982-2001
- Subseries III.1: Administrative Files, 1992-1999
- Subseries III.2: Projects and Issues, 1995-1996
- Subseries III.3: Financial Records, 1982-2001
- Series IV: Queens Citizens Organization, 1977-2004
- Subseries IV.1: Administrative Files, 1980-2000
- Subseries IV.2: Projects and Issues, 1988-2004
- Subseries IV.3: Financial Records, 1978-2000
- Subseries IV.4: Publications and Miscellaneous, 1977-2000
- Series V: Manhattan Together, 1990-2011
- Subseries V.1: Administrative Files, 1998-2010
- Subseries V.2: Projects and Issues, 2000-2011
- Subseries V.3: Published Material, 1990-2008
- Series VI: South Bronx Churches, 1984-2010
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Boxes 21 and 22, which contain LaGuardia Public Life Training Center Applications from 1990, are restricted.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Industrial Areas Foundation records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Accrual
No additions are expected
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Ownership and Custodial History
The Industrial Area Foundation Records were the gift of Michael Gecan to the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University in 2011.
Acquisition
Gecan, Mike Gift 01/05/2012 2011.2012.M064
Gecan, Mike Gift 05/22/2012 2011.2012.M116
Gecan, Mike Gift 03/27/2018 2017.2018.M098
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Papers processed 2014-2015 Jean Park [Teachers College] under supervision of Adrien Hilton
Finding aid written by Adrien Hilton, September 2015.
In August, 2018 the addition of boxes 24 and 25 was processed by Rachel Klepper. The files were integrated into the existing series and subseries and the finding aid was updated.
Revision Description
2015-10-01 xml document instance created by Adrien Hilton
2018-08-06 Conditions Governing Access statement updated to clarify the nature of the materials that are restricted. CLB
2018-08-20 Finding aid updated to incorporate two additional boxes of materials which were transferred to RBML on March 27, 2018, by Mike Gecan and processed by Rachel Klepper. CLB
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Biographical / Historical
The Metro Industrial Areas Foundation (Metro IAF) is a network of affiliates involved in variety of initiatives and issues concerning the New York metropolitan region since 1977. Metro IAF and its affiliates in New York have been involved in various initiatives and issues including: housing, community rebuilding, public education, voter mobilization, health care, immigration and naturalization services, and job training.
Subject Headings
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