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Box 14

 Container

Contains 5 Results:

Correspondence, 1967 - 2013

 Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Correspondence is comprised of a wide range of formats, such as handwritten letters on loose-leaf paper, word processed letters on official government letterhead, greeting cards, briefings, memoranda, reports attached to letters, constituent cases (restricted), and the like. Over the course of nearly five decades, Marshall corresponded with many public representatives at the federal, state, and local levels throughout her various roles, which demonstrates the longstanding support (and...
Dates: 1967 - 2013

Professional, 1967 - 2013

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

This subseries contains correspondence that was written in a professional or business capacity between Marshall and those she works with or otherwise has contact with through her public official roles. Materials include project planning and updates, written requests for assitance on legal matters, and inquiries regarding issues of Marshall's focus (education, housing, women's rights, racial equity, etc.). The materials span a time period from the mid-1960s to the mid-2010s.

Dates: 1967 - 2013

New York State Assembly Files (5 folders), c. early 1980s to early 1990s

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Materials within this file represent correspondence between Marshall and an array of elected officials, community board members and organizers, business representatives, cultural institutions, labor unions, schools and universities, and more, as part of her daily activities as a New York State Assemblymember from the early 1980s to the early 1990s. Some notable correspondants in this file include David N. Dinkins (former mayor of New York City), Fofo Iosefa Fiti Sunia (former U.S. Congress...
Dates: c. early 1980s to early 1990s

Early Career Files (11 folders), c. mid-1960s to early 1980s

 File — Box: 14
Scope and Contents Materials within this file represent correspondence between Marshall and an array of elected officials, community board members and organizers, business representatives, cultural institutions, labor unions, schools and universities, and more, as part of her early career activities as an educator, director of Elmcor (a non-profit youth organization in Queens), early advocate of the Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center in Corona (which later became a branch of the Queens...
Dates: c. mid-1960s to early 1980s

Helen Marshall Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SCA-0104
Abstract Helen Marie Marshall (1929–2017) was an American politician and community organizer who served in the various elected positions of New York State Assemblymember, New York City Councilmember, and Queens Borough President between the 1980s and mid-2010s. Documenting the legacy of her personal life and career as an African American woman of Guyanese heritage, the Helen Marshall Papers are comprised of 35.75 linear feet of materials dating from the 1920s through 2014. Including records such as...
Dates: circa 1920s to mid-2010s