Because New York correction history cuts across a number of scholarly
spheres, I am submitting this notice to a few of those listservs to which I
subscribe as I pursue that multi-faceted subject on the web. I apologize if a
bit of duplication results for those who, like myself, subscribe to a number
of lists.

Correction History Society meeting/tour at NYC Police Museum

You are cordially invited to participate in a special meeting and tour at the
new Police Museum where the New York Correction History Society (NYCHS) will
hold its first Year 2000 event 5:30 P.M., Wednesday, Feb. 16.

The new NYPD museum's long-awaited opening took place Jan. 20. It is situated
at 25 Broadway near Bowling Green, lower Manhattan, in the old Cunard
Building, between Morris St. and Battery Place, on the West side of Broadway.


Sgt. Thomas M. Gambino, the museum's executive director, will greet the NYCHS
visitors in the institution's 75-or-so-seat capacity meeting room. He will
discuss briefly some of the challenges involved in setting up and running a
New York law enforcement-related museum. After opportunity for some questions
and answers, NYCHS visitors will tour the museum with guides.

To allow the museum staff to plan seating and escort arrangements, please
respond to this e-mail -- to [log in to unmask] -- if you would be interested
in attending. Such an indication of interest would not constitute a
commitment or obligation to attend but would help provide some basis for
planning the arrangements.

In some instances, this invitation may reach persons not be able themselves
to attend but who may have history-minded professional colleagues in the New
York City metropolitan area who would be interested in attending. Feel free
to pass this information on to them but also pass along to them the e-mail
RSVP address -- [log in to unmask] -- so we can plan seating and escort
arrangements.

                                            Subway, Bus Information
The M1, M6, and M15 buses stop near 25 Broadway at Morris Street. The museum
is located within short walking distance from the Rector Street Station of
the West Side IRT 1 Line, the Broad Street Station of the BMT J, M, and Z
lines, and the Bowling Green Station of the East Side IRT 4 and 5 Lines. From
the Bowling Green Station, the museum is one block north on the left. From
the Rector Street Station, the museum is one block east and two blocks south.
From the PATH at the World Trade Center, walk one block east to Broadway,
then south to 25 Broadway.

Tom McCarthy,
NYCHS general secretary
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http://www.correctionhistory.org

NYC DOC director of editorial/communication services
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