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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF10-001
This folder contains letters, memoranda, press releases, maps, and photographs regarding the disposition of and potential uses for a portion of the Veterans Administration Center in Los Angeles, California, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial businesses. Some of the property was ultimately transferred to the U.S. Post Office.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF04-005
This folder contains miscellaneous brochures, reports, and other printed material pertaining to the disposal of the former Air Force Plant No. 60 in Adrian, Michigan, which was deemed surplus federal property. Items include a property appraisal report, an information packet for potential buyers, a report on the General Services Administration disposal process, an Air Force disposal project report, and a draft inventory of equipment and machinery at the plant.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF08-002
This folder contains letters, memoranda, news clippings, and forms regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former U.S. Naval Air Reserve Facility in Opa Locka, Florida, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial businesses. Items include an application from the Dade County Port Authority; a quitclaim deed for property sold to the Dade County Board of Public Instruction; a sale agreement with the United Auction Company; and advertising materials for the sale of "Golden Glades," the housing area of the property.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF06-004
This folder contains letters, memoranda, reports, press statements, and news clippings regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former Mitchel Air Force Base in Hempstead, New York, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial developers. Items include a detailed timeline of disposal activities from December 1960 to February 1963, and a lease agreement with Mitchel Manor No. 1 Corporation to establish 260 units of housing on a portion of the land.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF07-005
This folder contains material pertaining to the former Mitchel Air Force Base in Hempstead, New York, which was deemed surplus federal property. Formats include maps, publications, notes, correspondence, reports on the disposition process, and press releases. Items include an issue of the Congressional Record (Vol. 109, No. 61, 26 April 1963); an application from Nassau Community College; a report by the Nassau County (N.Y.) Committee on Development of Mitchel Field titled "The Abandonment of Mitchel Field as an Air Force Base and Its Conversion to the Best Community Use" (August 1961); "A Report on Mitchel AFB, Hempstead, N.Y." by the Federal Aviation Agency, Eastern Region; a revised application for surplus land submitted by Nassau County; a report on a Nassau Community College student census; a booklet on "Community College Law" published by the State University of New York (SUNY); a State University of New York (SUNY) Summary Bulletin, 1961-1962; and a supplemental report by the Nassau County Committee on Development of Mitchel Field (July 1962).
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF08-001
This folder contains letters, memoranda, press releases, news clippings, and forms regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former U.S. Naval Air Reserve Facility in Opa Locka, Florida, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial businesses. Items include quitclaim deeds for property sold to Elmer L. and Thelma I. Parker; Joseph and Constance Accurso; Mahlon B. and Phyllis Merchant; William A. and Ellen Jane McAllister; Juan and Carmen Agudo; and William M. and Eileen M. Wolf.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF09-001
This folder contains letters, memoranda, and forms regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former U.S. Naval Air Reserve Facility in Opa Locka, Florida, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial businesses. Items include resolutions passed by the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce and the Dade County Board of Commissioners; a position paper by Metropolitan Dade County concerning disposition of the property; and a report by the Department of the Interior on a land transfer application submitted by Dade County. The file also contains various quitclaim deeds for the sale of land to John T. Wade; the City of Miami; the Dade County Board of Public Instruction; Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company; Transport Realty Company, Inc.; and Adler-Built Industries, Inc.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF08-005
This folder contains letters, memoranda, and forms regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former U.S. Naval Air Reserve Facility in Opa Locka, Florida, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial businesses. Items include a quitclaim deed for the transfer of property to the Dade County Board of Public Instruction; resolutions passed by the Commission of the City of Miami, Florida; and a purchase agreement with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF05-005
This folder contains letters, memoranda, press releases, and news clippings regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former Mitchel Air Force Base in Hempstead, New York, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial developers.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF06-005
This folder contains letters, memoranda, forms, and news clippings regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former Mitchel Air Force Base in Hempstead, New York, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial developers.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF07-003
This folder contains letters and related material regarding uses for the former Mitchel Air Force Base in Hempstead, New York, which was deemed surplus federal property. The majority of correspondents express their disapproval of the government's plans, however there are some letters in agreement. Most writers are local citizens and organizations from Long Island.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF05-001
This folder contains letters, memoranda, reports, and news clippings regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former Mitchel Air Force Base in Hempstead, New York, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial developers.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF08-003
This folder contains letters, memoranda, news clippings, and forms regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former U.S. Naval Air Reserve Facility in Opa Locka, Florida, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial businesses. Items includes a bill of sale for equipment to O.K. Surplus, Inc.; an easement granted to Florida Power and Light Company; and copies of the disposal plan. The file also contains various quitclaim deeds for property sold to Edward V. Creel, Arthur D. Bishop, and John D. Shires, Jr.; John T. and Mary P. Wade; Jacob L. Freidman; the Land Corporation of Florida; and the Dade County Board of County Commissioners.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF04-001
This folder contains letters, memoranda, and news clippings regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former Air Force Plant No. 60 in Adrian, Michigan, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial developers.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF03-001
This folder contains letters and memoranda regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former Tongue Point Naval Station in Astoria, Oregon, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial developers.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF09-002
This folder contains letters, memoranda, news clippings, and forms regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former U.S. Naval Air Reserve Facility in Opa Locka, Florida, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial businesses. Items include quitclaim deeds for the sale of land to Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company and Joseph B. L. Vickers; a bill of sale of land to the City of Miami; reference copies of legal paperwork for the initial condemnation and transfer of land from Florida to the U.S. government (c. 1943-1945); and advertising material and bid instructions for the public sale of land.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF05-006
This folder contains letters, memoranda, press releases, and news clippings regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former Mitchel Air Force Base in Hempstead, New York, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial developers.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF06-001
This folder contains letters, memoranda, press releases, and news clippings regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former Mitchel Air Force Base in Hempstead, New York, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial developers. Items include a quitclaim deed conveying land to Nassau County, New York, for the use of Nassau Community College, and another quitclaim deed conveying land to Hofstra College.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF06-002
This folder contains letters, memoranda, reports, and news clippings regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former Mitchel Air Force Base in Hempstead, New York, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial developers. Items include a quitclaim deed conveying land to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF06-003
This folder contains letters, memoranda, reports, and news clippings regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former Mitchel Air Force Base in Hempstead, New York, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial developers. Items includes a quitclaim deed conveying land to Long Island University, and draft purchase agreements for the sale of land to Nassau County, New York.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF07-002
This folder contains correspondence, memoranda, and news articles regarding the granting of land at the former Mitchel Air Force Base to Mitchel College of Long Island University. Items include a Mitchel College brochure for the Fall 1962 semester.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF08-006
This folder contains letters, memoranda, and forms regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former U.S. Naval Air Reserve Facility in Opa Locka, Florida, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial businesses. Items include advertising material and bid instructions for the public sale of land, and an easement grant to Dade County Port Authority for the airport facility.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF05-007
This folder contains letters, memoranda, press releases, and news clippings regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former Mitchel Air Force Base in Hempstead, New York, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial developers.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF08-004
This folder contains letters, memoranda, and forms regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former U.S. Naval Air Reserve Facility in Opa Locka, Florida, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial businesses. Items include a report by the Metropolitan Dade County Planning Department titled "Land Use and Disposition Plan, U.S. Government Surplus Property - Opa Locka Area" (February 1962).
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF07-004
This folder contains letters and related material regarding uses for the former Mitchel Air Force Base in Hempstead, New York, which was deemed surplus federal property. The majority of correspondents express opposition to the discounted sale of land to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York.