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A la Izquierda. The Puerto Rican Movement 1923-2002 [PDF]

Agrupación Hispano Femenina
Collection is made up of one panoramic photograph from 1961.

Aspira of New York, Inc.   [PDF] [ENGL]
The Records of ASPIRA of New York, Inc. are an integral resource for the study of early and innovative efforts to aid and increase the educational attainment of Puerto Rican and Latino youth in New York City.  Collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, photographs, flyers, clippings, proposals, reports, speeches, videotapes, slides and financial statements.  See Antonia Pantoja, Anthony Lópezand Luis O Reyes

Association of Hispanics Art (AHA)/ Elba Cabrera

Barrio Popular Education Program
This was an educational project committed to the empowerment of the Latino community, originally a program of the Centro of Estudios Puertorriqueños. Primarily a literacy program, it served mostly women from Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries.
The records measure 25 cubic feet and consist of oral histories and testimonials, scrapbooks, photographs, essays, annual reports and curriculum materials. The bulk of the materials date from the 1990s. [Education, Family and Community Life, Social Reform]

Bureau of Identification and Documentation

See Offices of the Government of Puerto Rico in the United States

Caribbean Cultural Center
The collection consists of 2 cubic feet with duplicates of photographs of Taino Indians and African Art, and early images of Puerto Rico. These images were exhibited in the Caribbean Cultural Center gallery.[Art and Culture, History]

Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños   [PDF] [ENGL]
The Records of the Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños are an important resource for the study of the founding, administration, programs and intellectual production of the only research center, library and archive dedicated to the study and preservation of the Puerto Rican Diaspora. Collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, photographs, flyers, clippings, proposals, reports, speeches, videos, slides, financial statements and artifacts.

See Frank Bonilla

Claridad Bilingue/Molina, Edwin “Chungo”
This collection measures 1 cubic foot and is made up of thousands of photographic negatives intended for use in the pages of the bilingual edition of the leftist Puerto Rican newspaper, Claridad. Materials date from 1967-1980.

Comunidad Boricua/Cubana
The Cuba/Ricans Project 2003 Collection consists of .25 cubic feet of photographs, forms, a questionnaire, and by-laws of the Asociación de Residentes y Descendientes Puertorriqueños en Cuba, an organization formed to group all of the Puerto Ricans and their descendants who reside permanently in the Republic of Cuba, as well as temporary residents who reside there for employment or academic purposes. Also included in the collection are videocassettes, mini digital videocassettes, and DVR’s of interviews with members of this group. The collection was donated by Pedro Pedraza of Centro staff.

Cuatro Center Project
The Cuatro Center Project is a cultural organization that focuses on the history of the cuatro, a typical Puerto Rican stringed musical instrument, and its relationship to Puerto Ricans. The Cuatro Center Project collection consists of .12 cubic feet of video transcriptions, event flyers, photographs, and negatives, dating from 1991 to 1998. The collection was donated by John Sotomayor, principal researcher and general manager.

CUNY Association of Caribbean Studies
The CUNY Association of Caribbean Studies (CUNYACS) was founded in 1984 among Caribbeanists within the CUNY system and beyond to promote the field of Caribbean Studies and develop a mutual support network. The CUNY Association of Caribbean Studies collection consists of .25 cubic feet of documents, including correspondence, bulletins, newsletters, reports, meeting minutes, memoranda, and conference programs. The collection dates from 1985 to 1986.

Department of the Puerto Rican Community Affairs in the United States

See Offices of the Government of Puerto Rico in the United States

East Harlem Common Ground (EHCG)
A civic, non-partisan association committed to the political education and empowerment of the residents of East Harlem, EHCG sought to increase awareness of issues that affected the community and to cultivate leadership amongst its members. Through educational forums, town hall meetings and workshops, the group’s intention was to “make the people of East Harlem a positive force in shaping the political decisions that affect their lives.” (Mission Statement)

Collection measures .25 cubic feet and includes agendas, maps, a guide book and member listings. It covers the year 2002.

East Harlem Council for Community Improvement
Founded in 1979 by residents and community leaders in East Harlem, EHCCI focused on the delivery of a broad range of human services to the residents of Manhattan’s Community Planning Board #11. It later expanded its reach and provided services in communities in the South Bronx, Lower East Side and Central and West Harlem. Collection measures 0.25 cubic feet and spans the years 1995-1997. Contains newsletters, programs and photographs.

Fiesta de San Juan / Torres Austin
Made up of close to 80 slides, this collection of materials documents the Spanish Day Parade (1958) and the Fiesta de San Juan (1959). Collection measures 0.12 cubic feet.

Hispanic Ministry
The Hispanic Ministry collection consists of .12 cubic feet of writings from various church organizations of denominations such as Episcopalian, Baptist, Methodist and Pentecostal, including contact information for the churches and members, as well as writings on language, ethnicity, cultural and socio-economic differences within the church, and various writings on Hispanic congregations. The collection dates from 1951-1991. It was donated by Reverend Pete Padro.

HoMoVisiones
Cable television program dedicated to gay Latino issues. Measuring approximately 17 cubic feet, the collection is made up of correspondence, subject files, organizational files, administrative files, clippings, flyers, posters, proposals, scripts, reports and multi-format videos. Dating from 1980-2002, the materials collected offer rich documentation on gay, lesbian and Latino social and political movements, as well as their cultural counterparts. It is concerned mainly with activities in the New York metropolitan area. [Television program, Gay Latino issues]

Institute for Puerto Rican and Hispanic Elderly
Founded in 1979 in New York City, the Institute for Puerto Rican and Hispanic Elderly, a non-profit organization, had as its mission the improvement of the quality of life of the Puerto Rican/Hispanic elderly, a rapidly growing and diverse population. The Institute for Puerto Rican and Hispanic Elderly collection consists of .12 cubic feet of documents on the institution, including fact sheets on the organization and the services it provided, conference materials, healthcare pamphlets, an issue of El Pregonero, the institution’s newspaper, and a pamphlet on scams that was printed by the local government. The collection was donated by Suleika Cabrera, President and CEO.

International Ladies Garment Workers Union-ILGWU/ UNITE
Culled primarily from the ILGWU library, the over 6 cubic feet worth of material in this collection spans 1930-1982 and includes statistical reports, newsletters and clippings documenting the economic development of Puerto Rico and, in part, the diaspora of workers that came from the island to the United States.

Labor Collection
This collection is comprised of materials documenting Hispanic labor organizations and labor leaders. It contains the papers of   Edwin López, former business agent for Local 3 of the IBEW;  José López, member of IBEW and founder of the Santiago Iglesias Educational Society; Efraín Díaz, member IBEW; the Santiago Iglesias Educational Society, one of the first Hispanic labor organizations established; labor organizers  Edgar De Jesús and José La Luz; and over thirty oral history interviews with labor leaders and organizers as well as photographs, newsletters, anniversary books, audio and video tapes of activities. [Labor and Occupation, Organizations and Leaders, Social Reform]

Labor Project
The Labor Project (Hispanic Labor Collection) was created from donations from individuals from a wide variety of labor organizations. The collection documents the organizational efforts of the Hispanic community to address the needs and concerns of its workers and communities in the United States. The Labor Project Collection consists of .5 cubic feet of documents and photographs, including union manuals, constitutions, newsletters, event flyers, meeting agendas, correspondence and memos, journal articles, research papers and reports, conference programs, voter registration campaigns, biographical/historical information and interview transcripts from organizations such as the Hispanic Labor Committee, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, New York State Department of Labor, United Federation of Teachers (Local 2), New York Health and Human Services Union (Local 1199), the International Ladies Garment Union (Local 62-32). The collection dates from 1920 to 2005. 

Latino Art Catalogs/Taína Caragol
Collections measures 0.5 cubic feet and includes exhibition catalogs and information on Puerto Rican artists living in New York and on the island. Materials span 1980-2006.

Literary Collection
The Literary Collection is comprised of .12 cubic literary works from five Puerto Rican writers; Jack Agüeros, Sandra Maria Esteves, Victor Hernández Cruz, Lou de Lemos, and Santos Pi, including plays, poetry and a book entitled Mainland by Victor Hernández Cruz.

Long Island Historical Society
The Long Island Historical Society was founded in 1863, during the period when Brooklyn was the commercial and cultural center of Long Island, and operated as a library during most of the twentieth century. In the 1980’s, the Society underwent changes in leadership, which led to its reestablishment as a museum and education center, as well as a name change to the Brooklyn Historical Society. The Long Island Historical Society collection is an oral history collection consisting of 74 copies of interviews and corresponding transcripts transcribed by Centro in collaboration with the Brooklyn Historical Society, of Puerto Rican pioneers from Brooklyn, including Ramon Colón, Sister Carmelita, and Lorenzo Homar. The original audio interviews remain at the Brooklyn Historical Society.