Collection of the West Harlem Coalition for Morningside Park and Urban Problems of the Contiguous Communities
- Title
- Collection of the West Harlem Coalition for Morningside Park and Urban Problems of the Contiguous Communities
- Creator
- Christiane C. Collins
- Description
- The Christiane C. Collins Collection of the West Harlem Coalition for Morningside Park and Urban Problems of the Contiguous Communities: West Harlem, Manhattan Valley, Morningside Heights and Manhattanville documents Columbia University's expansionist plans in Manhattan's Morningside Heights and Morningside Park, and subsequent protests on the part of the community and students in the 1960s and 1970s, with the aftermath extending into the 1980s. The materials in this collection were gathered by Christiane Crasemann Collins and her husband, Professor George R. Collins, long-time residents of Morningside Heights. Mrs. Collins, an art librarian at the Parsons School of Design (1973-1983), was an active member of the West Side Coalition for Morningside Park. Due to her deep-seated interest in the community's welfare and human rights issues, and her professional specialization in architectural history, she was convinced that the events as they were occurring in Morningside Heights were significant and that it was her "duty" to document the upheavals which took place during this period. She was an unofficial Morningside Park historian and wrote articles about the park for the local newspaper, The Westsider. Dr. George Collins, professor of art history and an architectural historian at Columbia University, was involved in community and university relations as early as the mid-1950s, when he began protesting Columbia's expansionist plans. He also became an active member of the University Senate's Committee on Community Relations following the upheavals in the spring of 1968. Professor Collins retired from Columbia University in approximately 1986...
- Publisher
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Date
- 1941-1996 [bulk 1968-1973]
- Format
- manuscript
- Link
- archives.nypl.org
- Source
- “Archives.Nypl.Org -- Christiane C. Collins Collection of the West Harlem Coalition for Morningside Park and Urban Problems of the Contiguous Communities: West Harlem, Manhattan Valley, Morningside Heights and Manhattanville.” Accessed June 9, 2021. http://archives.nypl.org/scm/20875.