BIOGRAPHICAL FILES, 1973-1992

Summary:Articles, newspaper clippings, broadsides and other materials about people who live or have lived in Roosevelt.

This series has two sections: people who have made a significant contribution to art, literature, music, or some other field have their own files, arranged alphabetically by surname, while less noteworthy individuals are arranged alphabetically in the general file.

Other types of material include programs (for performances), book covers, correspondence, flyers, resumes, etc.

Individuals documented include artists Ben Shahn, Bernarda Bryson Shahn, Jacob Landau, Gregorio Prestopino, Leonid Siverer and Stefan Martin, pianists Laurie Altman and Anita Cervantes,000000000000000000 writers Benjamin Appel and Shan Ellentuck, photographers Sol Libsohn, Edwin and Louise Rosskam and Vivian Crozier, singer/actress Tamara Drasin, opera singer Joshua Hecht, and city planner Alan Mallach.