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Kensington Action Now (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records
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Kensington Action Now began in 1975 with a meeting of concerned community leaders from the Kensington area. The organization was incorporated November 1, 1976 following the Founding Convention on May 16. This coalition of civic, church and business groups has been concerned with and worked on general conditions in their neighborhood. Their work on housing problems led to the incorporation of the Kensington Area Revitalization Project on May 9, 1980. This organization works on the acquisition, renovation and sale of abandoned properties.
Collection contains administrative records, newspaper clippings, correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes, photographs, project files, and other materials by and related to Kensington Action Now.
Organized into 6 series as follows:
Series 1: Administration, 1975-1986, undated
Series 2: Programs and activities, 1975-1989, undated
Series 3: Property, by address, undated
Series 4: Funding and fund raising, 1975-1987, undated
Series 5: Other organizations, 1976-1989, undated
Series 6: Miscellaneous, 1975-1987, undated
Deposited by Kensington Action Now, November 1989.
Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards in June 2016.
Photographs have been removed to the Miscellaneous Photograph Collections, Box 5.
Subject
- Community organization -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Housing -- Pennsylvania – Philadelphia
- Neighborhoods -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
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- Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
- Finding Aid Author
- Machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan, Sky Global Services India (P) Ltd.
- Finding Aid Date
- May 2024
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
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The Kensington Action Now (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records are in custody of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.
Collection Inventory
V. 2, No. 2