Forest Hills Gardens Corporation records

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Identifier: 2775

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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

Forest Hills Gardens Corporation (Forest Hills, New York, N.Y.) (Organization)

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.)

Additional Description

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.

RELATED MATERIAL

See also Forest Hills Gardens (New York, N.Y.) Records, ( #2495).

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