Vertical files, 1930-1985, 1950-1985 (bulk).

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Vertical files, 1930-1985, 1950-1985 (bulk).

Nearly all news clippings and some brochures about Queens, Kings, Nassau and Suffolk counties, with most pertaining to Queens communities. Subjects include cemeteries, estates (Nassau and Suffolk Counties), historic houses, hospitals, housing, memorials, museums, newspapers, Landmark Preservation Commission designations (the latter for Queens and Brooklyn only). Other large categories are government and politics, schools, sports, and transportation.

117 cubic ft.

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Queens Borough Public Library

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Chartered in 1899, the Queens Borough Public Library later consolidated formerly independent community libraries into one system. From the description of Records, 1858-1976, 1898-1920 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155477247 ...

New York (N.Y.). Landmarks Preservation Commission

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Under the 1990 Charter of the City of New York, Chapter 21-A, the Landmarks Preservation Commission, a part of the Department of Parks and Recreation, was established as a separate city agency. The composition of the 11-member Commission includes three architects, one historian qualified in the field, one city planner or landscape architect, one realtor, and one resident of each of the five boroughs of the City. Appointed by the mayor for three year terms of office, memb...