Box 1
Restricted
Contains 37 Results:
Abbott, Bernice. Exhibition at Marlborough Gallery, New York, signed catalog, 1976
Materials belonging to Kent that document her journalism and activism, and, to a lesser degree, personal life
Collection is open for research.
Air pollution: collaboration with William L. Guthrie, 1989
Correspondence regarding the campaign to raise awareness of pollution by private corporations and public utilities, in collaboration with Captain William L. Guthrie of Miami Beach, a former pilot. Includes a letter from Captain Guthrie to Jane Jacobs in 1989. (Kent would have introduced them.)
Collection is open for research.
Air pollution: Palm Beach, Florida, 1967 - 1968
Principally Palm Beach, but includes resources on air pollution in other areas of the United States as well.
Collection is open for research.
Biographical materials, 1928 - 1975
Birth certificates, Cooper Union diploma, business and identity cards, articles about Kent, and her resume.
Collection is open for research.
Cellar apartment advocacy (305 W. 4th Street), 1958 - 1978
The Committee for the Preservation of Cellar Dwellings was established in 1960 by Kent (as the only member) to save her own and other Greenwich Village cellar apartments from a change in city zoning that would have made them illegal. Includes correspondence, committee letterhead, and articles about Kent's apartment, as well as architectural drawings of it created by Kent in 1958.
Collection is open for research.
City Parks: City of New York Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs, 1964 - 1975
Materials belonging to Kent that document her journalism and activism, and, to a lesser degree, personal life
Collection is open for research.
City Parks: Preservation of Natural Beauty initiative, 1964 - 1965
Includes at least two initiatives, a White House Conference on Preservation of Natural Beauty and a Task Force on Preservation of Natural Beauty.
Collection is open for research.
Clinton, Bill. Letter on welfare reform legislation, 1996 October 9
Original, signed letter from Clinton in reply to a letter from Kent (not included).
Collection is open for research.
Halperin, Elizabeth Chapman. Poem typescript and photograph, 1970s
Materials belonging to Kent that document her journalism and activism, and, to a lesser degree, personal life
Collection is open for research.
Jacobs, Jane. Articles about (not by Kent), 1962 - 1968
Materials belonging to Kent that document her journalism and activism, and, to a lesser degree, personal life
Collection is open for research.
Jacobs, Jane. Correspondence and photograph, 1962-1971, undated
The photograph includes a note that it appears to have been taken in Kent's New York City apartment.
Collection is open for research.
Jacobs, Jane. Draft for Systems of Survival, approximately 1992
Draft of parts one and two, and a page of notes. Drafts have portions underlined that may have been by Kent.
Collection is open for research.
Journalism, article drafts, 1970s
Materials belonging to Kent that document her journalism and activism, and, to a lesser degree, personal life
Collection is open for research.
Journalism, correspondence, 1967-1971, 1992
Materials belonging to Kent that document her journalism and activism, and, to a lesser degree, personal life
Collection is open for research.
Letters to Kent after her cancer diagnosis, 1999
Materials belonging to Kent that document her journalism and activism, and, to a lesser degree, personal life
Collection is open for research.
Memorial for Annette Kraus Rose by Kent, 1990 July
Materials belonging to Kent that document her journalism and activism, and, to a lesser degree, personal life
Collection is open for research.
New York City planning, 1966 - 1973
Campaigns materials, stationary, Kent's letters, and booklets from the West Village Committee and the West Village Plan for Housing.
Collection is open for research.
Palm Beach, Florida port development, 1964
Contains draft letters to Palm Beach Mayor and City Commission in opposition to the channel deepening project of the Port of Palm Beach. Also includes copies of letters between Gene T. Dyer and George A. Smithers, and a letter to Lady Bird Johnson regarding the port that mentions Jane Jacobs by C.J. Wolfe, President of the Palm Beach County Chapter of the Isaac Walton League of America.
Collection is open for research.
Palm Beach High School yearbook, "The Royal Palm", 1942
Materials belonging to Kent that document her journalism and activism, and, to a lesser degree, personal life
Collection is open for research.
Photographs of Village Voice staff, including Kent, late 1960s
Materials belonging to Kent that document her journalism and activism, and, to a lesser degree, personal life
Collection is open for research.
Pin-backed buttons, 1970s
Two buttons: "Ad Hoc Committee Against Westway" and "Bella Abzug, Our Strongest Voice".
Collection is open for research.
Wensburg, Erik. Letters, 1986 - 1987
Note that Wensburg is also represented in the file of letters after Kent's cancer diagnosis.
Collection is open for research.
Guthrie, Janet, 1978
Audio recording and transcript.
The audio recordings (boxes 2-4) in this series are not available for playback due to format impermanence and have not yet been reformatted. Transcripts and typescripts (box 1) are available for research use.
Malle, Louis, 1978, undated
Audio recording and article typescript.
The audio recordings (boxes 2-4) in this series are not available for playback due to format impermanence and have not yet been reformatted. Transcripts and typescripts (box 1) are available for research use.
Pauling, Linus, 1971
Audio recording, research notes, and transcript.
The audio recordings (boxes 2-4) in this series are not available for playback due to format impermanence and have not yet been reformatted. Transcripts and typescripts (box 1) are available for research use.