Boston Children and Families Database Boston Data CD-ROM, 2001

This subseries documents the activities of the Persistent Poverty Project through a variety of audio-visual material, including photographs, negatives, contact sheets, audio cassettes, microcassettes, reel-to-reel audio, VHS, and CD-ROM. Audio cassettes include focus group, Strategy Development Group, and steering committee meetings; Project retreats; and partial coverage of the Project's 1990 national conference "Developing Political Will," held in concert with the other Rockefeller Project cities. Photographic materials and VHS tapes document the events held by the Project, including the "Diplomas and Dreams" television panel discussions, the "Youth Take the Stand" focus group, and press coverage of the Persistent Poverty Project. Researchers should note that some audio-visual materials, particularly audio cassettes, are incomplete, have gaps, or are poor recording quality. Researchers should also note that the Archives staff was unable to check the content of the 5 ¼ inch diskettes in this series.