Amalgamated and Park Reservoir Co-op History Reading and Discussion Group (2009-2014)


Session 1 July 12, 2009 The Birth of the Amalgamated Housing Corporation by Abraham Kazan 1957

Session 2 July 26, 2009 How Amalgamated got through the Great Depression by Abraham Kazan 1957

Session 3 Aug 12, 2009 Twenty Years of Community Activities by Herman Liebman 1947

Session 18 Dec 19, 2010 Surviving the Depression by Howard Kaplan 1959

Session 21 March 13, 2011 Expansion: Building the Middle Generation Buildings 8, 12, 13, 14 by Howard Kaplan 1959

Session 25 Oct 2, 2011 Governance of a Cooperative 50 Years of the Amalgamated Experience by Sol Shaviro 1977

Session 29 Oct 2, 2011 Culture at Amalgamated/Park Reservoir/Mutual by Bill Woolfson and Herman Liebman 1977

Session 34 Aug 26, 2012 The Meaning of Rochdale: The Rochdale Pioneers and the Co-operative Principles by Brett Fairbairn 1994

Session 35 Sept 23, 2012 The Meaning of Rochdale (whole essay, pdf format) by Brett Fairbairn 1994

Session 36 Oct 28, 2012 Invitation to the History Walking Tour    History Walking Tour Booklet    History Walking Tour Script

Session 37 Nov 18, 2012 The History of the APRICOT Theatre by Theresa La Marca 2012     Community News review of "Fiddler on the Roof" by Judah Goldstein 1988     "Fiddler" Coming!!

Session 38 Dec 16, 2012 A Visit to Anitevka by Peretz Kaminsky 1988     

Session 39 Jan 20, 2013 Capital Needs by Ed Yaker 1995

Session 40 Feb 24, 2013 A Brief Look at Shalom Aleichem Houses

Session 41 March 24, 2013 The Early Days of the Coops

Session 53 June 2, 2014 Co-op Voices Short Stories 1

Session 54 June 29, 2014 Co-op Voices Short Stories 2

Amalgamated Housing: The History of a Pioneer Co-Operative by Alexandra Vozick Hans 2006-2007 ([email protected])

Building Fact Sheet     Initial Occupants     Baruch Charney Vladeck: An American Story by Jay Hauben 2008

Amalgamated Housing to First Houses: Re-Defining Home in America by Emma Jacobs 2009 (txt format)

Announcemnet: Celebration for the Mid-Generation Buildings    Place Matters: Amalgamated by Emma Jacobs

Draft Presentation: 60th Birthday Celebration by Jay Hauben 2011     AMALGAMATED PEOPLE     Emma Jacobs at Vladeck Hall     

Slides: 60th Birthday     Photos: 60th Birthday     Text: 1926-1932     Slides: 1926-1932    2012 Anniversary Contest Entries    

The House I Live In: Thoughts on Affordable Housing in New York, Its Sustainment, Expansion, and Why It Is a Worthy American Cause by Evan Mastronardi 2013

There is a group on Facebook where growing up at Amalgamated in the '50s and '60s is documented and discussed. It is the Bronx Days: Growing Up Amalgamated!.   If you belong or join Facebook you can access it once you are logged in.
Bronx Days: Growing Up Amalgamated!
http://www.facebook.com/groups/10150156235415026/

(There is no connection between that Facebook group and the Co-op History Group.)