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Independent Civic Association of Sheepshead Bay and Brooklyn (New York) Civic Council Records, 1922-1975 (bulk dates: 1922-1960). 9 manuscript boxes (4.25 linear feet).

ArMs 1978.125

The Independent Civic Association of Sheepshead Bay was founded in 1922, twenty-five years after Brooklyn’s consolidation into New York City. The association members were male, over the age of twenty-one, and residents or property owners in Sheepshead Bay, named in the colonial period for the abundance of the local fish. The association’s objectives focused on suggesting and securing community improvements and promoting community spirit.  The Brooklyn Civic Council addressed civic issues for the whole of Brooklyn, and the Sheepshead Bay association was one of seventy civic groups in this period who participated in the larger council.

This collection includes records, clippings, reports, brochures and letters about the history of Sheepshead Bay and Marine Park, Brooklyn.  The collection is made up of four series: Series I, “Independent Civic Association of Sheepshead Bay – Minutes and Records”; Series 2, “Independent Civic Association of Sheepshead Bay – Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings”; Series 3, “Scrapbooks”; and Series 4, “Brooklyn Civic Council Records.”

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