Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. United States. Works Progress Administration

Description

1. 6 linear feet (6 boxes).

Summary

1. Records consist of approximately 400 case files and 17,000 file cards.

Subject

1. Municipal Committee for the Relief of Homeowners (New York, N.Y.)
2. Depressions -- 1929 -- New York (State) -- New York
3. Housing -- New York (State) -- New York
4. Mortgages -- New York (State) -- New York
5. Property tax -- New York (State) -- New York

Call number

1. MssCol 2081

Language

1. English

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Terms of use (note)

1. may not be cited individually for 75 years from date of latest document.

Biography (note)

1. The Municipal Committee for the Relief of Homeowners was a voluntary group originally appointed in 1934 by the New York City Board of Aldermen and later assisted by the U.S. Works Progress Administration.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged

Author

1. Municipal Committee for the Relief of Homeowners (New York, N.Y.)

Title

1. Municipal Committee for the Relief of Homeowners records, 1934-1938.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Terms of use

1. Case files may not be cited individually for 75 years from date of latest document.

Biography

1. The Municipal Committee for the Relief of Homeowners was a voluntary group originally appointed in 1934 by the New York City Board of Aldermen and later assisted by the U.S. Works Progress Administration. Its purpose was to provide advice to homeowners who faced loss of their homes because of an inability to pay their mortgages or property taxes.

Finding aids

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Added author

1. United States. Works Progress Administration.

Research call number

1. MssCol 2081