Finding Aid to the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation records, 1979-2014, SFH 702

Finding aid prepared by Mimi Klausner and Tami J. Suzuki.
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
sfhistory@sfpl.org
June 30, 2022


Contributing Institution: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
Title: Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation records,
Date (inclusive): 1979-2014,
Collection Identifier: SFH 702
Creator: Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation.
Physical Description: 6 cartons, 2 shoeboxes, 1 oversized box (8 cubic feet)
Abstract: Agency records including newsletters, photographs, videos, press clippings, and some building files.
Physical Location: The collection is stored on site.
Language of Material: English.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours, with photographs available during Photo Desk hours. Collections that are stored offsite should be requested 48 hours in advance.

Publication Rights

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation Records (SFH 702), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Provenance

Received from TNDC in 2021.

Historical Statement

The Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation is the largest community-based development center in San Francisco, and is a pioneer in permanent supportive housing. TNDC began in 1981, renovating a Single Room Occupancy (SRO) residential hotel in the Tenderloin. Over the years, the agency expanded services to include social work, health and wellness, after-school care, urban agriculture and community food distribution, and community organizing. In 2022, operations include 44 buildings across 7 neighborhoods in San Francisco, with 12 more buildings planned by 2025.

Scope and Contents

Collection includes newsletters, photographs, videos, press clippings, and some building files.

Technical Requirements

Includes an audio cassette, VHS cassettes, a Betacam SP videocassette, CDs, and DVDs.

Related Material

See also Tenderloin Times Photograph Archives, SFP 130, and TNDC at Thirty-five: A History of Affordable Homes, Advocacy, and Community in the Heart of San Francisco, 2017.

Processing Information

Initially processed by Mimi Klaussner, with additional processing by Tami J. Suzuki in 2022.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Housing -- California -- San Francisco.
Low-income housing -- California -- San Francisco.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History.
Tenderloin (San Francisco, Calif.) -- History
Tenderloin (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Social conditions.
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation.

 

Series 1 History Files, 1979-1994

Provenance

From executive director's office.
box 1

Appraisals, 1981-1989

Physical Description: 2 folders
box 1

Budget, 1984-1985

Physical Description: 2 folders
box 1

Central Towers Apartments, 1985

box 1

Downtown Hotels, 1976-1989

box 1

Feasibility Projections, 1981-1983

box 1

Kaussen, Guenter, 1984-1987

box 1

King Edward Apartments, 1979-1988

box 1

The Neighborhood Foundation Properties, 1988-1989

box 1

Refinancing Plan, [1984?]

box 1

Residential Hotels, 1980-1995

Physical Description: 4 folders
box 1

Tenderloin, 1982-1994

box 1

Tenderloin Housing, 1980-1992

Physical Description: 2 folders
 

Series 2 Communications and Development, 1985-2014

box 1

Newsletter Mailing List, 1985

box 1

Developments Newsletter, 1998-2002

box 1

Developments Newsletter, 2005-2014

box 1

North of Market Development Corporation, 1992

box 1

Outreach, 1996-2001

box 1

Press, General, 1999-2000

box 1

Press Releases, 1985-2002

box 1

Public Relations, 1998-2005

box 1

Resource Development Plans, 2001-2005

box 1

San Francisco Fair and Exposition, 1985

box 1

Staff Planning Group, 1996-2000

box 1

Tenderloin After School Program, 1991-1998

Physical Description: 2 folders
box 1

Tenderloin Children's Health Fair, 1995

box 1

Tenderloin Senior Organizing Project, 1994-1997

box 1

Thank You Letters, 1994-2002

box 1

Video, 1996

box 2

Website, 1998-2001

box 2

Donations, 2000-2001

box 2

Westmont College, 2000

box 2

Y2K Committee, 1999

box 2

Direct Mail, 2001-2014

Physical Description: 11 folders
box 2

Pool Toss, 2009-2010

Physical Description: 2 folders
box 3

Awards and Proclamations, 1984-2013

box 3

Bags and Banners, 2010-2011

box 3

Grocery Store Gap Collage, [2008?]

box 2

Series 3 Press Clippings, 1983-2009

Physical Description: 9 folders
 

Series 4 Photographs, 1980-2009

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Includes CDs and DVDs of images and graphics.
 

Anniversaries, 1980-2010

box 4

Publication Negatives, 1980-1989

box 4

TNDC Story Album, Copy of Original, 1985

box 4

TNDC Story Album, 1985

box 4

Fourth Anniversary Party, 1985

box 4

20th Anniversary A Safe Home Publication, 2001

box 4

Annual Dinner, 1995-1997

Physical Description: 2 folders
box 4

Annual Dinner Slideshow and Negatives, 1997

box 4

Annual Dinner, 1998-2010

Physical Description: 8 folders

Technical Requirement

Includes one CD of images (2003 dinner).
 

Buildings, 1983-1998

box 4

Aarti Staff and Residents, 1983-1984

Physical Description: 2 folders
box 4

Cameo, 1997-1998

box 4

Civic Center Residence, 1985-1986

box 4

Franciscan Towers, 1997

box 4

Klimm, Yosemite, 1986

box 4

Lyric Hotel, 1996-1997

box 4

Plaza Ramona, 1997

box 4

Ritz, 1994-1998

box 5

Sierra Madre Rehabilitation, 1984-1985

box 5

Sierra Madre Staff and Residents, 1984

box 5

Sierra Madre, 1985-1998

box 5

Yosemite, 1983-1998

box 5

Various, 1998

box 3, box 5

Various, no date

 

Events 1994-2005

Technical Requirement

Includes some CDs and DVDs of images.
box 5

Annual Dinner and Other, 1994-1995

Physical Description: 2 folders
box 5

Various, 1999-2001

Physical Description: 2 folders
box 5

Community Health Fair, 1998-2002

box 5

Block Party, 2012

Technical Requirement

Includes three CDs of images.
box 5

Office Opening, 201 Eddy, 1994

box 5

Pool Toss, 1994-2010

Physical Description: 9 folders

Technical Requirement

Includes one DVD of 2009 JPEG images and two DVDs of 2010 images. Includes two CDs of graphics and images from 1995-2004; in 2004 file; no corresponding prints.
box 6

Tenderloin After-School Program, 1993-2001

box 6

Tenderloin Fair, no date

box 6

Tenderloin Park, 1985

box 6

Staff, 1994-2010

Physical Description: 9 folders
box 6

Tenants and Staff, 1984-1986

Physical Description: 2 folders
box 6

Tenants, Residences and Neighborhood, 1990-2000

Physical Description: 9 folders
box 6

Unidentified, 1998-2005

Physical Description: 10 folders
 

Series 5 Negatives and Slides, 1985-2002

box 7

Negatives, [2000?]-2001

 

Billy Douglas, 2001

 

Pool Toss VIII (color) [2000?]

box 8

Slides, 1985-2002

 

Fourth Anniversary, 1985

 

21st Anniversary Slide Show, 2002

 

Tenderloin Tour, Neighborhood Reinvestment Training Institute, 1996

 

Tenderloin After-School Program Opening, [1993]

 

Plaza Ramona Signing, 1995

 

Unidentified, 1990-1997

 

Unidentified, no date

 

Council of Community Housing Organizations, 1998

box 9

Series 6 Audio/Visual 1993-2011

Technical Requirements

Includes an audio cassette, VHS cassettes, DVDs, and a Betcam SP videocassette.
 

Audio Cassette: Sister Patrick Surran, RSM, May 2, 2000

 

Video, 1993-2009

 

Pool Toss,

 

Mornings on 2, 1996

 

Cynthia Bowman, 1999

 

Evening Magazine, 2000

 

2000

 

ABC News and KPIX News, 2003

 

2001

 

ABC News and NBC 11 News, 2003

 

Winslow & Associates, 2005

 

Wayne Kurtz, 2009

 

Cynthia Bowman, no date

 

no date

 

West Hotel, Channel 2, 2005

 

KIPP Academy, 60 Minutes, 2000

 

SRO Interview, Channel 7, no date

 

Tenderloin After-School Program Mural, KPIX, 2004

 

Housing Shortage, KTVU, 2000

 

TNDC Waiting List Opens, KGO, 2000

 

Affordable Housing, KGO, 2004

 

Antonia Manor Hotel Re-Opened, ABC 7 2004

 

Good Neighbors, Affordable Housing in the Bay Area, no date

 

Children's Center with Titles, 1993

 

"A Family in San Francisco Counts their Blessings," KNTV, 2005

 

TNDC Presents: More Than Just Housing, no date

 

TNDC 25th Anniversary Celebration, 2006

Technical Requirements

Betacam SP.
 

TNDC, Film Garden Entertainment, no date

 

Main Title Design, Carla Swanson no date

 

TNDC, no date

 

Digital Video, 2006-2011

 

Building Homes and Hope, a presentation of the work of TNDC [2006?]

 

TNDC, Building Homes and Hope for 25 Years, ABC7 Story May 5, 2006

 

TNDC's After-School Program, no date