Overview of the Collection

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents

Arrangement

Restrictions

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series 1: Newsletters, 1997-2004

A Finding Aid for the Records of the Friends of Sleepy Hollow [1997-2004]

Part of the Local Organizations Collection at the Plainfield Public Library

Finding aid prepared and encoded by Anna Henderson.

Biographical Note

The Friends of Sleepy Hollow (FOSH) is a neighborhood association created by and for all citizens and taxpayers of Sleepy Hollow and surrounding neighborhoods in the City of Plainfield, New Jersey. Founded in the 1990s, it is active in fostering economic development and camaraderie in the community. They also strive to create and maintain secure neighborhoods as well as promote neighborhood issues and concerns to elected and appointed city officials. They maintain a group web site at http://www.foshnj.com.

There are no membership fees, dues or formal joining process for The Friends of Sleepy Hollow. The group believes that all the neighbors in Sleepy Hollow are its “members.” FOSH is an official 501C3, so they have an official board, members of which are nominated and voted on each July. This collection includes organizational newsletters.

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Scope and Contents

The Friends of Sleepy Hollow (FOSH) [1997-2004] is a neighborhood association created by and for all citizens and taxpayers of Sleepy Hollow and surrounding neighborhoods in the City of Plainfield, New Jersey. It is active in fostering economic development and camaraderie in the community. They maintain a group web site at http://www.foshnj.com. This collection includes organizational newsletters.

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Arrangement

The "Friends of Sleepy Hollow" collection is arranged into one series:

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

The “Friends of Sleepy Hollow” collection is available for research.

Access is restricted to materials prepared by the Local History department staff. All materials must be viewed in the Plainfield Room and may not be removed to another area of the library without permission of the Library Director or designee. Materials must be handled carefully and kept in order. Materials must not be leaned upon, altered, folded, ripped, or traced upon. Marks may not be added or erased from materials. Materials must be returned directly to Local History department staff and inspected before the researcher leaves the Plainfield Room.

Restrictions on Use

One photocopy may be made (by Plainfield Public Library staff) of each document for the purpose of research; official Local History departmental reproduction fees may apply. Permission to publish must be obtained by the Plainfield Public Library Board of Trustees as delegated to the Library Director. Permission to publish does not constitute a copyright clearance. The researcher is responsible for further copyright restrictions. The Plainfield Public Library is not responsible for the misuse of copyrighted material.

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Index Terms

This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Organizations:

Subjects:

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Physical Charateristics or Technical Requirements

This collection consists of paper documents, which do not require any additional technology for access.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Identification of item; Date (if noted); the “Friends of Sleepy Hollow” collection, Box and Folder Number; Local History Department, Plainfield Public Library, Plainfield, New Jersey.

Acquisition Information

Unknown.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Anna Henderson in March 2008. The finding aid was written by Anna Henderson in March 2008. Finding aid content follows the guidelines suggested by Describing Archives: A Content Standard.

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Detailed Description of the Collection