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Overdracht geluidsarchief Nieuwmarkt aan IISG
Het is dit jaar veertig jaar geleden dat er ongekend hevige gevechten uitbraken tussen de Amsterdamse politie en de bewoners van de Nieuwmarktbuurt. De laatsten verzetten zich tegen sloop van hun... [Event]
Mini-conference Almshouses 2.0: Is there a future in store?
Ter gelegenheid van twee gloednieuwe boeken over hofjes organiseert het IISG in samenwerking met Uitgeverij van Stockum en Stichting Landelijk Hofjesberaad een kort symposium over het hofje als... [Event]
Photo album Van Marken
Manufacturer J.C. van Marken was one of the first Dutch entrepreneurs who took care of the social welfare of his employees. This photo album from the archive of Jules Prudhommeaux shows pictures of... [Image gallery]
Arm in Zeeburgerdorp
Het IISG is gevestigd op enkele honderden meters van de plaats waar in de jaren '20 en '30 een armenkolonie huisde: Zeeburgerdorp. Zeeburgerdorp werd in 1926 gesticht met de bedoeling arme ‘asociale... [Collection highlight]
Mission Yuppie Eradication Project
The Institute received a collection of documents from Kevin Keating, a well known local activist in San Francisco. The material (mostly copies) consists of leaflets, posters, articles, letters and... [Collection highlight]
Digital Museum of Public Housing and Aedes Archive
In honour of the centennial anniversary of the Housing Act, the IISH was commissioned to compile a digital museum of public housing in 2001. The foundation consisted of the archives and the... [Collection highlight]
Worker Housing
The Junta Pro-Desocupados (Unemployment Council, founded 1931) in Lima, Peru believed that adequate housing for workers could help stop the rise of militancy.  A new worker housing project initiated... [Item of the Day]
First tree in Agnetapark, Delft
As one of the first Dutch entrepreneurs who also cared about the social welfare of his employees, Van Marken studied foreign examples of socially responsible housing. In 1882 he bought land behind... [Item of the Day]