Forest Hills Gardens Corporation records
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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Collection includes correspondence, minutes, reports, memoranda, vouchers, orders, notices, clippings, specifications, and other materials pertaining to Forest Hills Gardens meetings, committees, director, constitution and by-laws, insurance and liability, finance, maintenance, development, construction, zoning, maintaining architectural standards and aesthetic control, building restrictions and waivers, streets and parking, complaints, policies, the sale of property to "undesirables," the Ives-Quinn anti-discrimination bill, and other subjects. Also included are reports of the Architectural Committee and correspondence with the Russell Sage Foundation, the Sage Foundation Homes Co., Forest Hills Dwellings, Inc., residents, and the New York City Planning Commission.
Dates
- 1922-1979,-1922-1958 (bulk)
Creator
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY
Forest Hills Gardens is a planned residential community which was developed by the Russell Sage Foundation in 1908. Laid out on 175 acres in Queens, New York, the community's site plan was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted; many of the houses were designed by Grosvenor Atterbury.
Extent
29.4 cubic feet. (29.4 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Collection includes materials relating to the history of Forest Hills Gardens, a planned residential community in Queens, New York that was devleloped by the Russel Sage Foundation in 1908.
SERIES LIST
Series I. Alphabetical Files and Other Correspondence
1921-1922 1923-1929 1930-1934 1935-1939 1940-1944 1945-1950 Miscellaneous Vanderveer Tract Block 12
Series II. Vouchers, Permits, and Legal Documents
Vouchers Permits Legal Documents
Series III. Maps, Plans, Oversized Items, Brochures, and Glass Plate Negatives
Maps, Plans, Oversized Items Brochures Glass Plate Negatives
Available Copies:
Corporate minutes, 1922-1958 are on microfilm. Originals retained by donor.
Physical Description
Correspondence, minutes, reports, memoranda, vouchers, orders, notices, clippings, specifications, and other materials.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- R. Esakof
- Date completed:
- August 1987
- EAD encoding:
- Ann Hubert April-July 2002Martin Heggestad
- Date modified:
- Jude Corina, July 2017
General
Development of the Vanderveer Tract
Materials in Box 28, where noted, pertain to the development of the Vanderveer Tract, which adjoins Forest Hills Gardens and over which FHG has architectural control as per agreement of May 17, 1923
- City planning -- New York (N.Y.)
- Community development, Urban.
- Discrimination in housing.
- Forest Hills Dwellings
- Forest Hills Gardens (New York, N.Y.) -- Buildings.
- Forest Hills Gardens Corporation. Architectural Committee
- New York (N.Y.). City Planning Commission
- Queens County (N.Y.)
- Russell Sage Foundation
- Sage Foundation Homes Company
- Specifications.
- Urban transportation.
- Zoning.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by R. Esakof
- Date
- April 2002
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- ENG
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)
rareref@cornell.edu