Sally Goodgold Papers, 1940-2011, bulk 1970-2011

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Series I: Organizations, 1963-2011

Series I consists of Goodgold's records from her service on numerous New York City citizen organizations. The City Club monitored city government actions on zoning, landmarks, financing, housing and transportation. It held luncheon meetings with prominent speakers, and each year sponsored a "Distinguished New Yorker" Award at a gala dinner. It also published a newsletter, The Gadfly. In describing her work at the City Club, Goodgold said, "I try to fill the potholes in government." Goodgold was chairperson of Community Board 7/Manhattan, as well as head of the transportation and steering committees. She was instrumental in securing Federal funds in the 1970s to repair the West Side Highway between 72nd and 82nd Streets. As a member of the Police Foundation's scholarship committee, she helped then-Capt. Ray Kelly to obtain a grant to attend the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.



Box 1 Air Rights Task Force, 1980-1985


Box 1 Affordable Housing, 1984-1986


Box 1 American Planning Association, 1987


Box 1 Battery Park City, 1979-1981, 2 folders


Box 1 Beth Israel Medical Center, 1999


Box 1 Board of Elections, 2005


Box 1 Business Improvement District, 2004


Box 1 Charter Revision Commission, 1981-2004


Box 1 Christo, 2005


Box 1 Citizens Union, 1989-2011, 8 folders


Box 1 City Club, 1963-2001, 16 folders



Box 2 City Club, 1980-1995, 23 folders


Box 2 City Innovation, 1998


Box 2 City Planning Commission, 1978-1995, 5 folders



Box 3 City Planning Commission, 1995-2005, 2 folders


Box 3 Civitas, 1994-2008, 3 folders


Box 3 Clinton Gardens, 1984


Box 3 Community Board 7, 1970-1980, 20 folders



Box 4 Community Board 7, 1978-2005, 15 folders


Box 4 Council on Municipal Performance, 1977-1979


Box 4 Craig Whitaker, 1994


Box 4 CUNY Center for the Study of Women and Society, 1994-1997, 2 folders


Box 4 Environmental Law, 2001-2010


Box 4 42nd Street Development Project, 1988


Box 4 42nd Street ETC, 1984-1993, 2 folders


Box 4 G&G Urban Planning, 1990-1992, 3 folders


Box 4 Harlem River Rail Yard, 1989


Box 4 Housing Commission, 2001


Box 4 Housing Trust Fund, 1983



Box 5 Jewish Community Relations Council, 1994-2009, 5 folders


Box 5 Jewish Leadership Advocacy Day, 2009


Box 5 Jewish Women's Foundation, 2002


Box 5 John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 2002-2010


Box 5 Koch Transportation Commission, 1977


Box 5 London-New York Study, 2000


Box 5 Membership Lists, 1993-2002, 3 folders


Box 5 New York City Court Facilities Partnership, 1995


Box 5 New York Civil Liberties Union, 1994


Box 5 New York City Parks, 1998 undated


Box 5 New York City Police Department, 1972-2010, 7 folders


Box 5 New York City Police Foundation, 1981-2010, 12 folders



Box 6 New York Therapeutic Riding Center, 1996-1997, 4 folders


Box 6 New York Women's Agenda, 1994-1999, 11 folders


Box 6 Oak Point Connector, 1982


Box 6 Park Avenue Synagogue, 2007, 2 folders


Box 6 Penn Central Yards, 1976


Box 6 Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 1992-2002


Box 6 Queens College, 2002-2005, 3 folders


Box 6 Settlement Housing Fund, 2005-2011, 2 folders


Box 6 72nd Street Subway and Verdi Park, 1977-1982


Box 6 Sunshine Laws, 1994-1997, 2 folders


Box 6 Transportation Department, 1980-1981


Box 6 UOJCA, 1985


Box 6 Urban Planning, 1985-1989



Box 7 Waikiki Public Private Partnership, 1987-1992, 9 folders


Box 7 Westchester County Office for Women and Money, 1999


Box 7 Women's Bureau, National Working Women's Summit, 1997, 2 folders


Box 7 WNYC, 1992-1996, 9 folders


Box 7 Zoning Handbook, 1974-1990, 3 folders

Series II: Personal Papers, 1940-2010

Series II consists of Goodgold's personal papers, scrapbooks, family photos, and several spiral bound notebooks filled with names and contact information of various individuals and groups in New York City. Also included are personal correspondence files, Goodgold's curriculum vitae, curriculum vitae sent to Goodgold, speech drafts, and honors.



Box 8 Correspondence, 1977-2010, 2 folders


Box 8 Curriculum vitae, 1998


Box 8 Curriculum vitae sent to Sally Goodgold, 1986-1999


Box 8 Menorah notebook, undated


Box 8 Honors, 1982-2003


Box 8 Honors, 1997


Box 8 Curriculum vitae, Loeb Fellows Program, 1982-1988


Box 8 Katerie Residence--Spirit of the City Award, 2010


Box 8 Speech notes, 1994-2008


Box 8 Notebook, 1992


Box 8 Address book, 1999-2002


Box 8 Notebook, 1993


Box 8 Notebook, 1996


Box 8 Notepad, 1998


Box 8 Notebook, 2000


Box 8 Notebook, 2001


Box 8 Pocket calendar, 2003


Box 8 Weekly planner, 2010


Box 8 Notebooks, undated


Box 8 Notebook, undated


Box 8 Scrapbook, 1940-1999


Box 8 Scrapbook, 2007


Box 8 Family photographs, 2007-2010

Series III: Audio and Videotapes, 1985-2004

Series III consists of 8-track cassette tapes, VHS videotapes, and one broadcast-quality videotape. Cassette tapes record Goodgold's appearance in the 1990s on WNYC's radio show, "NY&Co," on which she discussed local issues and events. Videotapes include Queens College productions on politics and planning, City Club of New York and the Women's City Club events, and a Manhattan Cable TV production, "The People's Podium."



Box 9 Politics & Planning, Queens College, 5 videotapes


Box 9 City Club of New York, 9 videotapes


Box 9 The People's Podium, Manhattan Cable TV, 1 tape


Box 9 WNYC NY&Co., 50 cassette tapes


Box 9 6 assorted cassette tapes