Research Catalog

Title

Citizens for a Quieter City records, 1950-1977, bulk (1966-1977).

Author

Citizens for a Quieter City.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Details

Additional Authors

• Baron, Robert Alex, 1921-1980.
• Theatre Tours.
• Upper Sixth Avenue Noise Abatement Association.

Description

40 linear feet (41 boxes).

Summary

Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, diaries, financial records, photographs, printed matter, audio and video tape recordings pertaining to Citizens for a Quieter City and the Upper Sixth Avenue Noise Abatement Association as well as Baron's papers as a theatrical manager.

Subjects

• Theatrical managers
• Posters
• Scrapbooks
• Slides
• Videotapes
• Audio tapes
• Motion pictures
• Photoprints
• Theater management
• Noise pollution
• Noise control
• City noise > New York (State) > New York
• Citizens for a Quieter City

Genre/Form

• Photoprints.
• Motion pictures.
• Audio tapes.
• Videotapes.
• Slides.
• Scrapbooks.
• Posters.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Source (note)

• Baron, Robert A.; Robert Wallace

Biography (note)

• Citizens for a Quieter City, Inc. was founded in New York City in 1966 by Robert Alex Baron (1921-1980) as a non-profit, voluntary organization dedicated to the reduction of urban noise. Its objective was to develop information about the injurious effects of noise, the methods of controlling and reducing it, and the education of the public to the importance of its abatement. Baron, a theatrical manager, founded a predecessor organizaton, the Upper Sixth Avenue Noise Abatement Association, in 1965.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

MssCol 552

OCLC

NYPW92-A266

Author

Citizens for a Quieter City.

Title

Citizens for a Quieter City records, 1950-1977, bulk (1966-1977).

Restricted Access

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

Biography

Citizens for a Quieter City, Inc. was founded in New York City in 1966 by Robert Alex Baron (1921-1980) as a non-profit, voluntary organization dedicated to the reduction of urban noise. Its objective was to develop information about the injurious effects of noise, the methods of controlling and reducing it, and the education of the public to the importance of its abatement. Baron, a theatrical manager, founded a predecessor organizaton, the Upper Sixth Avenue Noise Abatement Association, in 1965.

Finding Aids

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Finding Aid

Occupation

Theatrical managers.

Added Author

Baron, Robert Alex, 1921-1980.

Theatre Tours.

Upper Sixth Avenue Noise Abatement Association.

Research Call Number

MssCol 552