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Riverton Houses collection
- Title
- Riverton Houses collection, 1947-1982.
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | box 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 462 box 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 462 box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Additional Authors
- Baldwin, James, 1924-1987.
- Description
- 1.4 lin. ft. (1 a.b. and 1 large flat box)
- Summary
- The Riverton Houses Collection consists of a variety of material and does not constitute records of the Riverton. These files came from the Administration offices at 2156 Madison Avenue. Included is a file for Clifford L. Alexander, Sr., the first resident manager (1947-1964) of the complex. There are also miscellaneous files dealing with the management of the Riverton, including the position description for the resident manager, descriptive information regarding the Riverton, and letters regarding street lights, parking signs and traffic conditions affecting the residents of the Riverton.
- Of interest is a file concerning the article "Fifth Avenue Uptown" written by James Baldwin for the July 1960 issue of "Esquire." Residents of upper Fifth Avenue, including Riverton tenants, took exception to Baldwin 's characterization of the neighborhood. Clippings about housing issues, Harlem and Alexander round out this collection, as do various publications dealing with development of the Riverton-Harlem River Park area during the 1960s.
- Subject
- Alexander, Clifford L. 1897-1989
- Riverton Houses (New York, N.Y.)
- Housing > New York (State) > New York
- African Americans > Housing > New York (State) > New York
- African Americans > Segregation
- African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc
- Public housing > New York (State) > New York
- Community development, Urban > New York (State) > New York
- Community organization > New York (State) > New York
- Social service and race relations > New York (State) > New York
- Urban renewal > New York (State) > New York
- Community centers > New York (State) > New York
- Social settlements > New York (State) > New York
- Tenement houses > New York (State) > New York
- Apartment houses > New York (State) > New York
- Recreation centers > New York (State) > New York
- Day care centers > New York (State) > New York
- Harlem River Park (New York, N.Y.)
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Social conditions
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Social life and customs
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Archival resources
- New York (N.Y.) > Politics and government > 20th century
- Source (note)
- Arlene Bunn
- Biography (note)
- The Riverton was a seven-building complex built by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in 1947, one of four complexes they built during the 1940s. The complex is bounded by 135th and 138th Streets, Fifth Avenue and Harlem River Drive.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 462
- OCLC
- 879874614
- Title
- Riverton Houses collection, 1947-1982.
- Biography
- The Riverton was a seven-building complex built by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in 1947, one of four complexes they built during the 1940s. The complex is bounded by 135th and 138th Streets, Fifth Avenue and Harlem River Drive.
- Source
- Arlene Bunn Gift 1992 SCM 92-26
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- Added Author
- Baldwin, James, 1924-1987.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 462