Subseries II.F. Reorganization and Legal Matters

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1877356
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3345160
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unitid
{"value"=>"3345160", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1973-1987", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1973/1987"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Subseries II.F. Reorganization and Legal Matters"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Reorganization and Legal Matters subseries dates from 1973 to 1987 and holds legal materials for action taken against Howard Fischer, reorganization of the Museum, and other legal matters. Held here are exhibits prepared to present in court, lawyers' letters to the Attorney General, by-laws, Fischer's employment contract, minutes, correspondence, material pertaining to the foreclosure summons, list of creditors, and evidence of Fischer's inability to get along with individuals on the Board of Directors and others. There are also other materials relating to these issues, including an inventory of the collections and their sale to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Files are arranged alphabetically.</p>"}
date_start
1973
keydate
1973
date_end
1987
date_inclusive_start
1973
date_inclusive_end
1987

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  1. 1977
  2. Clippings
  3. Correspondence
  4. Count Basie Public Service Announcement
  5. Disposition of Collections
  6. Fischer, Howard [11/2]
  7. Ford Foundation
  8. Foreclosure Complaint
  9. Foreclosure Proceedings
  10. Inventory of Collections Held at the New York Public Library and Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University
  11. Jacobs, Phoebe
  12. Legal Document on Arbitration Between Fischer and Museum
  13. Letters Demanding Mortgage Payments
  14. Letters of Resignation from Board Members
  15. List of Board of Directors, Inventory of Collections and Equipment
  16. List of Creditors
  17. Minutes of Board with Mortgagee
  18. Notes
  19. Payment of Arrearages
  20. Roeliff Jansen Community Activities League
  21. Ruckert's Notes on Fischer
  22. Ruth and Bucholz [9/2]
  23. Scalafani Photo Mounting Service
  24. Title Insurance Policy
  25. Winter/Rosen Productions
  26. Miscellaneous