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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-MF07-001
This folder contains material pertaining to petitions in favor of granting surplus land at the former Mitchel Air Force Base to the East Meadow School District, Nassau County, New York, for construction of a public school building.
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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.
Textual folder
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.