Call Number: 1978.125
Extent: 3.8 Linear feet, in nine manuscript boxes and one oversize box.
The Independent Civic Association of Sheepshead Bay and the Brooklyn Civic Council records include minutes, correspondence, reports, clippings, scrapbooks, graphic materials, and additional ephemera reflecting the activities of both organizations, as well as the history and development of the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Sheepshead Bay and Marine Park. The materials were donated by Joseph B. Milgram, who was an officer of the Independent Civic Association of Sheepshead Bay and the Brooklyn Civic Council. Materials date from 1925 to 1975, with some undated items.
Names:
- Brooklyn Civic Council (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn Borough Gas Company
- Floyd Bennett Field (New York, N.Y.)
- Gas Consumers’ League (New York, N.Y.)
- Independent Civic Association of Sheepshead Bay, Inc. (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- New York (N.Y.). Citizens’ Transit Committee
- New York City Housing Authority
- Utilities Consumers’ League (New York, N.Y.)
- Milgram, Joseph B.
Places:
- Belt Parkway (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Politics and government
- Gateway National Recreation Area (N.J. and N.Y.)
- Marine Park (New York, N.Y.)
- Marine Park (New York, N.Y.) — History
- Marine Parkway Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge
- Pittsburgh (Pa.)
- Sheepshead Bay (New York, N.Y.)
- Sheepshead Bay (New York, N.Y.) — History
Subjects:
- I.C.A. record
- Citizens’ associations — New York (State) — Kings County
- City planning — New York (State) — Kings County
- Civic improvement — New York (State) — Kings County
- Community development — New York (State) — Kings County
- Housing — New York (State) — Kings County
- Neighborhood government — New York (State) — Kings County
- Parkways — New York (State) — Kings County
- Public utilities — New York (State) — Kings County
- Transportation — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Brochures
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- Maps
- Minutes
- Pamphlets
- Photographs
- Reports
- Scrapbooks