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.
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
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
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