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Title James Hurley slide collection, Album VIII
Reference Album VIII
Library 5th of July Resource Center for Self-Determination & Freedom, Weeksville Heritage Center
Collection Name James G. Hurley Slides
Collection Overview The James G. Hurley Slide Collection contains photographic slides dating from 1967-1981; the slides document a period of rapid change in Bedford Stuyvesant, and cover the years during which older houses were being destroyed to make way for the Model Cities Urban Renewal Initiative. The slides offer a visual chronology of the events and activities that would lead to the establishment of the Weeksville Society and the landmark designation of the Hunterfly Road Houses.
Date May-July 1970
Document Type Photograph
Theme(s) Health, Welfare and Housing; Civil Rights and Black Power
Keywords education, housing, urban planning, urban renewal, black power, heritage preservation
Places Weeksville, Brooklyn, New York
People Harley, William Dewey; Hurley, James
Organisations/Associations Project Weeksville; The Boy Scouts of America (BSA); New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Society for the Preservation of Weeksville & Bedford Stuyvesant History
Additional Information Key themes introduced in the collection include: rediscovery (aerial photography) flight, archaeological excavations, Project Weeksville, Project Weeksville at New York City Community College, community involvement, activism in urban renewal and planning; as well as a few key institutional players: Dolores McCullough, Patricia Johnson, William "Dewey" Harley, Barbara Jackson, Wilson A. Williams, Joan Maynard, Jim Hurley, William Curry, and Marcia Goldman.
Photographer/Studio Hurley, James; Maynard, Joan
Copyright 5th of July Resource Center for Self-Determination & Freedom, Weeksville Heritage Center