ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Title
John Bellport Collection

Collection Number
SC 222

OCLC Number
122617494

Creator 
John Bellport,1936-2008

Provenance 
Donated by John Bellport in 1974.

Extent,Scope, and Content Note 
The collection is comprised of 4.4 cubic ft. of records related to John Bellport's activities as a government official between 1970 and 1973.  Papers include correspondence with constituents, town officials, and other appointed or elected officials, and committee files.

Arrangement and Processing Note
Files arranged alphabetically by subject. 
Finding aid revised and updated by Kristen J. Nyitray in April 2020.

Language
English 

Restrictions on Access
The collection is open to researchers without restriction.

Rights and Permissions 
Stony Brook University Libraries' consent to access as the physical owner of the collection does not address copyright issues that may affect publication rights. It is the sole responsibility of the user of Special Collections and University Archives materials to investigate the copyright status of any given work and to seek and obtain permission where needed prior to publication.  

Citation 
[Item], [Box], John Bellport Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Stony Brook University Libraries.  

Historical Note
John Bellport (1936-2008) was a Conservative Party councilman in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York. He was an elementary school teacher in the Shoreham and Rocky Point School Districts,  and a veteran of the United States Army serving in Mannheim, Germany. Bellport was past-president of the Shoreham Civic Association, Trustee of the Incorporated Village of Shoreham, and the first Conservative Party member elected as Councilman in the Town of Brookhaven.

Subjects
Bellport, John, 1936-2008.
Bellport, John, 1936-2008 -- Archives.
Conservative Party of New York State -- History.
Brookhaven (N.Y. : Town) -- Politics and government.
Long Island (N.Y.) -- Politics and government.
Brookhaven (N.Y. : Town) -- Officials and employees.
Employees.
Politics and government
New York (State) -- Brookhaven (Town)
New York (State) -- Long Island.

INVENTORY

Box 1
Airports 
Allan, Stanley 
Annual report 
Army Corps of Engineers 
Ashare, Martin 
Assessor 
Audit and control 
Barraud, Charles 

Box 2
Barraud, Charles 
Bay Constable 
Bloom, Oscar 
B.O.C.E.S. 
Board of Waterways 
Budget 
Building 

Box 3
Building 
Ceparano, John 
Citizens Advisory Committee 
Civic association 
Civil defense 
Civil service 
Comptroller 
Davis, Ellen 
Dog pound 
Employment 

Box 4
Fire prevention 
Giaccone, C. Francis 
Groupers 
Highway 
Historian 
Hughes, Robert 
Industrial commission 
Invitations 
Landfill 
Leisure Village 
Lighting 
Arterial 
East Moriches 
Farmingville 
Gordon Heights 

Box 5
Leisure Village  
Lighting 
Assorted files
North Patchogue 
Rocky Point 
Selden 
Shoreham 
M.O.R.E. 
McLean, Louis 
Mount Sinai, NY 

Box 6
Files, 1973 

Box 7
Files, 1972 
Files, 1970-1971 

Box 8
Files, 1970-1971; communications with Buckley, James Lane; Costigan, Peter W.; Duryea, Perry Belmont; Pike, Otis Grey. 
Narcotics Guidance Council 
New York State Department of Transportation 
Parks 

Box 9
Planning 
Proios, Alex 
Purchasing 
Recreation 

Box 10
Regan, William 
Reid, Robert 
Resolutions 
Rogers, William 
Sanitation 
Sewers 
Sloane, David 
Social services 

Box 11
Special districts 
Suffolk County Legislature 
Suffolk County Department of Public Works 
Suffolk County Health Department 
Tax receiver 
Tow trucks 
Town clerk