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.

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.

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

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Place
New York (N.Y.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Community organization CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Education CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Low-income housing -- New York (State) -- New York CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Occupational training CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Religion and justice CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Social action CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Social problems CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID