Civic improvement -- New York (State) -- Rochester

Scope and Contents

Carey H. Brown was a former Chamber of Commerce committee chair and secretary of the Rochester Civic Improvement Association. Materials in this collection are related to city and industiral planning, largely in the context of the National Industrial Recovery Administration and the Public Works Administration during the New Deal era. They date from 1933 to 1935. They include memoranda, reports, and other administrative documents.

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This collection consists of the papers related to Ruth Rosenberg-Naparsteck's time on the Freedom Trail Commission. The materials date between 1977 and 2004, with a bulk of the materials dated between 2000 and 2004. The records are comprised of printed materials, newspaper clippings, publicity, publication proofs, and drafts. The bulk of the materials are correspondence and guide book development.

Abstract The Interfaith Action Records document a community-based organization established in 1994 to improve the quality of local neighborhoods and commercial districts while fostering individuals with the necessary skills to take action on issues within their communities. The collection includes corporate documents, such as mission statements, meeting minutes, and training material; financial records, including tax returns, financial statements, and grant information; correspondence; and numerous...

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This series is comprised of Rochester City Historian Blake McKelvey's research notes used to write his four volume history of Rochester, New York. The materials were assembled between 1937 and 1970. The series includes handwritten transcriptions of newspaper articles and journals; newspaper clippings, source and illustration citations, pamphlets, and notes.

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The Urbanarium Records document a local citizens’ organization that operated in the 1970s through the early 1980s to address community needs and opportunities in the greater Rochester area. The collection includes reports, correspondence, charts, financial records, meeting minutes, scrapbooks, negatives and contact sheets documenting the organization’s planning phase, administrative and financial operations, and programs.