Scope and content
The Walter Thabit papers contains files relating to projects with which city planner Walter Thabit was associated, 1950-2004. The collection includes records of the Vest Pocket and Housing Rehabilitation and Model Cities programs in the East New York section of Brooklyn; planning papers and work files for consulting work in Hartford, Connecticut, and Newark, New Jersey; proposals for a variety of projects both in the United States and abroad which never materialized; president's files of the Planners for Equal Opportunity; files on the development of new private ferry services to and from Manhattan, as well as Staten Island ferry planning; Health Pac newsletters, "Better Transit Bulletin," and Ekistics newsletters; and administrative and financial records of Thabit's planning consulting firm. The collection also includes oral history interviews by Matthew Lyons, Nov. 17 and Dec. 13, 1988 and files on a variety of subjects including citizen participation, civil defense, school decentralization, Hoboken planning, single room occupancy (SRO), personal files, and Cooper Square Committee files, including a program for the 2004 45th Anniversary Gala containing history of the Committee.
Dates
- 1950-2004.
Creator
- Thabit, Walter, 1921-2005 (Person)
- Lyons, Matthew Nemiroff (Interviewer, Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Restrictions on Use:
Written permission required to cite, quote, or reproduce cassette tapes.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
City planner.
Extent
72.3 cubic feet. (72.3 cubic feet.)
11 mapcase folders. (11 mapcase folders.)
Abstract
Files relating to projects with which Walter Thabit was associated include records of the Vest Pocket and Housing Rehabilitation and Model Cities programs in the East New York section of Brooklyn; planning papers and work files for consulting work in Hartford, Connecticut, and Newark, New Jersey.
SERIES LIST
Series I. Biographical Materials
Series II. Administrative
Financial, Taxes and Mixed Records Correspondence
Series III. Planning Projects
East New York Hartford Newark Near East Projects Freeport East Flatbush Powelton Village Downtown Brooklyn Project South of Houston (SOHO) Poughkeepsie Morningside Heights Community Board Methodist Hospital Cooper Square Small Projects
Series IV. Department of Transportation
Ferries Handicapped Reference Administrative City Streets Small Projects Safe Pedestrian Facilities New Streets Park and Ride
Series V. Organizations
Planners for Equal Opportunity (PEO) Planning Network Smaller Organizations West Side Urban Renewal Area (WSURA) Landmarks Preservation Commission
Series VI. Studies and Research
Study Proposals Health Education Housing Urban Renewal Social Welfare Planning Organization Subject Files Civil Defense (opposition to) Miscellaneous Articles and Reviews Small Projects Small Projects
Physical Description
Project files, newsletters, administrative and financial records, and oral history interviews.
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Civic improvement.
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Economic conditions.
- City planners.
- City planning -- Connecticut -- Hartford.
- City planning -- New Jersey -- Hoboken.
- City planning -- New Jersey -- Newark.
- City planning -- New York (N.Y.)
- City planning -- Societies, etc.
- Civil defense.
- Ferries -- New York (N.Y.)
- Housing -- New York (N.Y.)
- Planners for Equal Opportunity
- Political participation.
- Schools -- Decentralization.
- Single room occupancy hotels.
- United States. Model Cities Administration
- Urban policy -- New York (N.Y.)
- Urban renewal -- New York (N.Y.)
- Vest Pocket and Housing Rehabilitation Program (New York, N.Y.)
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- March 2002
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- ENG
- Box: 8 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 9 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 10 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 11 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 46 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 47 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 48 (Mixed Materials)
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- Box: 58 (Mixed Materials)
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- Box: 62 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 45 (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)