Research: Peoples, Groups, & Cultures: Guide to Historical Records Sources on Latinos

A Preliminary Guide to Historical Records Sources On Latinos In New York State

Appendix A: Latino Records Arranged by Topic

Citations include "author" and title of collections. Where there was no author cited in the records, the repository name is used below, along with the collection title.

Agriculture

• City University of New York. Hunter College. Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños.
• Historical Archives of the Puerto Rican Migration (1930-1992)

Arts and Architecture

• Allen, J. C. Michael (Jay Cooke Michael), 1927- Papers, 1959-1970.
• INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center (New York, N.Y.) Collection, 1986 9999
• Chavez, Edward Arcenio, 1917- Edward Chavez interview, 1964 Nov. 5.
• Chavez, Edward Arcenio, 1917- Edward Arcenio Chavez papers, 1933-1982
• City University of New York. LaGuardia Community College. LaGuardia & Wagner Archives.
  Abraham D. Beame Collection
• City University of New York. Hunter College. Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños.
• Erasmo Vando Papers (1917-1988)
• Genoveva de Arteaga Papers (1913-1991)
• Graciany Miranda Archilla Papers (1911-1991)
• Galán, Natalio, 1917- Natalio Galán Papers, 1931 1985
• Grooms, Red.
  Red Grooms and Marisol interviews, [ca. 1965.]
• El Museo del Barrio collections
• New York Historical Society.
  Comic books from De Witt Clinton High School and related material, 1973-1990, bulk 1973-1976.
• New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Employment Cultural Council Foundation's Artist Project. Cultural Council Foundation's Artist Project 1977-1980
• Niagara Frontier Folklore Archives. Buffalo State College
• Ponce de Leon, Michael, 1922- Michael Ponce de Leon papers, 1943-1979
• Santos, René, 1954-1986. René Santos papers

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Business, commerce, industry, and manufacturing

• Witherbee, Sherman, and Company Records of former employees, 1910-1937
• Brooklyn Historical Society. Puerto Rican oral history collection, 1973-1975.
• City University of New York. Hunter College. Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños.
• Justo A. Martí Photographic Collection (1948-1985)
• Pura Belpré Papers (1897-1985)
• Federal Writers' Project. New York (N.Y.). SPANISH BOOK records, 1935-1939, (bulk 1938-1939).
• Hispanic apparel union officers oral history collection, 1983-1984

Communications

• Badillo, Herman, 1929- . Papers 1973-1986
• Binghamton University. Special Collections subject files.
• City University of New York. Hunter College. Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños.
• Erasmo Vando Papers (1917-1988)
• Graciany Miranda Archilla Papers (1911-1991)
• Pura Belpré Papers (1897-1985)
• Hostos Community College. Records, 1969-1985.
• Hunter College. Miscellaneous subject collection - departments, 1873-1982
• Marymount Manhattan College. Miscellaneous student records, [ca. 1949]-1985.
• Serrano, Jose E., 1945- José E. Serrano, 1970

Economic development and planning

• City University of New York. LaGuardia Community College. LaGuardia & Wagner Archives.
  Queens Local History Collection

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Education

• Balch Institute
• City University of New York. Collection, 1972-9999
• Leonard Covello Papers
• Binghamton University. Special Collections subject files.
• City University of New York. City College. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Dean's Office.Records, 1912-1975.
• City University of New York. Hunter College. Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños.United Bronx Parents, Inc. (1969-1983)
• Columbia University. University Archives and Columbiana Library. Subject files.
• Cornell University. Latino Studies Program.Latino Studies Program records, 1978-1993
• Fuerza Latina Records, 1979–96, .33 ft.
• Hostos Community College. Records, 1969-1985.
• Lurie, Ellen, 1930-1978. Papers, [ca. 1960-1970]
• New York (N.Y.). Board of Education.Commission on Integration Records, 1954-1960.
• New York (N.Y.). Board of Education. Advisory Committee on Human Relations. Advisory Committee on Human Relations Records, 1945-1950
• New York (N.Y.). Mayor (1978-1989 : Koch). Commission on Hispanic Affairs. Correspondence and subject files, 1984-1987.
• New York Historical Society. Comic books from De Witt Clinton High School and related material, 1973-1990, bulk 1973-1976.
• New York Puerto Rican Scholarship Fund. Records, 1952-1965
• New York State Archives
  • 16356-92 New York (State). Commissioner's Advisory Council on Bilingual Education.
    Correspondence, meeting minutes, and member's files, 1977-1990.
  • L0216 New York (State). Legislature. Assembly Standing Committee on Higher Education.
    Subject files, 1985-1995.
• New York University. University Archives.Student group records.
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Archives and Special Collections. Student Life Collection, 1866-1996.
• Skidmore University, Special Collections and Archives. Skidmore College Vertical Files
• State University of New York College at Fredonia. Folklore and Popular Culture of Ethnic Groups Western New York in Public School Education, 1978 1979.
• State University of New York/College at Old Westbury. Archives, 1965-1990.

Health

• Diocesan Administration, Social Services. Rrecords, 1849-1983
• Garcia, Robert. Papers, 1988-1993.
• Hispanic Federation surveys
• Historic Saranac Lake. Historical Collections, 1900-present (bulk after 1985)
• New York State Archives. 19452 Staten Island Developmental Center. Patient case files, 1950-1980.

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Labor

• Brooklyn Historical Society. Puerto Rican oral history collection, 1973-1975.
• City University of New York. Hunter College. Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños. Historical Archives of the Puerto Rican Migration (1930-1992)
• Federal Writers' Project. New York (N.Y.). SPANISH BOOK records, 1935-1939, (bulk 1938-1939).
• Hispanic apparel union officers oral history collection, 1983-1984
• International Association of Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental Iron Workers. Local 46 (New York, N.Y.) Records, 1907-1986, 1948-1986 (bulk)
• International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Local 105 (New York, N.Y.). Local 105 records, 1939-1970, 1950-1970 (bulk).
• International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Nassau-Suffolk County District Council (N.Y.). Records, papers, and minutes, 1976-1989.
• National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees. Leon Davis interviews, 1975-1981.
• National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees. 1199 vice-presidents interviews, 1975-1977.
• National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees. Ted Mitchell interviews, 1975-1976.
• National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees. Mount Sinai Hospital interviews, 1976-1977, bulk 1977.
• New York City Central Labor Council. Photographs, 1948-1986. 1959-1986 (bulk)
• Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen. District Council of New York. Records, 1868-1984, 1951-1984 (bulk)
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. Local 2947 (New York, N.Y.) Records and minutes of Local 2947 and personal papers of Dr. Charles Bois De Chesne, 1941-1986, 1968-1986 (bulk)
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Industrial Local 2819 (New York, N.Y.) Records, 1975-1984.
• United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Local 174 (New York, N.Y.). Records and minutes, 1903-1986, 1962-1986 (bulk)
• United Hatters, Cap, and Millinery Workers International Union. Headwear and Allied Workers Joint Board (New York, N.Y.). Records, 1926-1984. 1940-1960 (bulk)

Military

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Politics, government, and law

• Allen, J. C. Michael (Jay Cooke Michael), 1927-. Papers, 1959-1970.
• Badillo, Herman, 1929- . Papers, 1973-1986
• Badillo, Herman, 1929- .Reminiscences of Herman Badillo : oral history, 1976.
• Brooklyn Historical Society. Puerto Rican oral history collection, 1973-1975.
• City University of New York. Hunter College. Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños.
• Historical Archives of the Puerto Rican Migration (1930-1992)
• Jesús Colón, 1901-1974. Political materials, 1929-1963.
• Erasmo Vando Papers (1917-1988)
• Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Educational Fund (1972-1990)
• Ruth M. Reynolds Papers (1915-1990)
• United Bronx Parents, Inc. (1969-1983)
• City University of New York. LaGuardia Community College. LaGuardia & Wagner Archives.
• City Council Collection
• Queens Local History Collection
• David Allen Garcia, 1944-  .Papers , 1969-1986.
• Essex County. Records, 1799-1950
• Franco, Avenol. Papers, 1961-1992.
• New York (N.Y.). Board of Education. Commission on Integration Records, 1954-1960.
• New York (N.Y.). Board of Education. Advisory Committee on Human Relations. Advisory Committee on Human Relations Records, 1945-1950
• New York (N.Y.). Mayor (1978-1989 : Koch). Deputy Mayor for Policy. Herman Badillo's files, 1979.
• New York (N.Y.). Mayor (1978-1989 : Koch). Commission on Hispanic Affairs. Correspondence and subject files, 1984-1987.
• New York (N.Y.). Mayor (1978-1989 : Koch). Office of Hispanic Affairs. Correspondence and subject files, 1981-1985.
• New York (N.Y.). Mayor (1978-1989 : Koch). Special Advisor for Hispanic Affairs. Subject files, 1978-1982 (bulk 1980-1981).
• New York (N.Y.). Office of the Mayor (1978-1989 : Koch). Deputy Counsel. Correspondence and subject files, 1979-1989.
• New York (N.Y.). Office of the Mayor (1978-1989 : Koch). Special Advisor (Travis).Subject files, 1984-1989.
• New York State Archives
  • 16356-92 New York (State). Commissioner's Advisory Council on Bilingual Education. Correspondence, meeting minutes, and member's files, 1977-1990.
  • 16034 New York (State). Dept. of Social Services. Commissioner's Office. Commissioner's subject and correspondence files, 1947-1992.
  • L0103-87 New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing Committee on Governmental Operations. Sub-committee on Affirmative Action. Correspondence, reports, and testimony on work force composition and affirmative action in state and local government, 1981-1986, bulk 1983-1985.
  • 18687 New York (State). Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Commission. Meeting files, 1983-1993 (bulk 1990-1993).
  • B0546-84 New York (State). Merit System Affirmative Action Office. Subject, correspondence, and project files, 1977-1981.
  • L0216 New York (State). Legislature. Assembly Standing Committee on Higher Education. Subject files, 1985-1995.
  • 19452 Staten Island Developmental Center. Patient case files, 1950-1980.
• Rutgers University. New Democratic Coalition of New York, 1960 1978
• Serrano, Jose E., 1945-   . Papers, 1970
• Warren County. Public Records, 1813-1991
• Washington County. Records, 1773-present

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Population

All items in this survey deal concern this topic, so it will not be specifically cited.

Public Safety

• Correctional Association Of New York State. Records, 1844–1988, 11 reels of microfilm or 42 ft. (APAP-14)
• David Allen Garcia, 1944-  .Papers , 1969-1986.
• Hispanic Federation surveys
• New York (N.Y.). Mayor (1978-1989 : Koch). Commission on Hispanic Affairs. Correspondence and subject files, 1984-1987.

Recreation and leisure

• Tupper Lake Family Heritage Collection, 1960-present

Religion

• Allen, J. C. Michael (Jay Cooke Michael), 1927-  .Papers, 1959-1970.
• Community Documentation Workshop. St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.). Records, 1968-1981.
• David Allen Garcia, 1944-  .Papers , 1969-1986.
• Diocesan Administration, Social Services. Records, 1849-1983
• Niagara Frontier Folklore Archives. Buffalo State College

Science and Technology

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Archives and Special Collections. Student Life Collection, 1866-1996.

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Social organization and activity, social reform, and social welfare

• Allard K. Lowenstein Public Library (Long Beach, N.Y.). Local history collection, 1886-1991
• Allen, J. C. Michael (Jay Cooke Michael), 1927-  .Papers, 1959-1970.
• American Italian Historical Association. Records, 1916-1976
• Balch Institute Leonard Covello Papers
• Brooklyn Historical Society. Puerto Rican oral history collection, 1973-1975.
• Circulo Cubano (Port Chester, N.Y.) Records, 1968-1983
• City University of New York. Hunter College. Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños.
• Erasmo Vando Papers (1917-1988)
• Genoveva de Arteaga Papers (1913-1991)
• Historical Archives of the Puerto Rican Migration (1930-1992)
• Jesús Colón, 1901-1974. Political materials, 1929-1963.
• Justo A. Martí Photographic Collection (1948-1985)
• City University of New York. LaGuardia Community College. LaGuardia & Wagner Archives. Queens Local History Collection
• Club Cubano Inter-Americano.Records, 1946-1996
• Community Documentation Workshop. St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.). Records, 1968-1981.
• David Allen Garcia, 1944-  . Papers , 1969-1986.
• Federal Writers' Project. New York (N.Y.). SPANISH BOOK records, 1935-1939, (bulk 1938-1939).
• Franco, Avenol. Papers, 1961-1992.
• Fuerza Latina. Records, 1979–96, .33 ft.
• Garcia, Robert. Papers, 1988-1993.
• El Museo del Barrio collections
• Hispanic Federation annual surveys
• Hoffman, Gerard H. Puerto Ricans in New York: a language-related ethnographic summary (1968)
• International Association of Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental Iron Workers. Local 46 (New York, N.Y.)
  Records, 1907-1986, 1948-1986 (bulk)
• International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Nassau-Suffolk County District Council (N.Y.). Records, papers, and minutes, 1976-1989.
• National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees. Leon Davis interviews, 1975-1981.
• National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees. Ted Mitchell interviews, 1975-1976.
• National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees. Mount Sinai Hospital interviews, 1976-1977, bulk 1977.
• New York (N.Y.). Board of Education. Commission on Integration Records, 1954-1960.
• New York (N.Y.). Board of Education. Advisory Committee on Human Relations. Advisory Committee on Human Relations Records, 1945-1950
• New York (N.Y.). Mayor (1978-1989 : Koch). Office of Hispanic Affairs. Correspondence and subject files, 1981-1985.
• New York (N.Y.). Mayor (1978-1989 : Koch). Special Advisor for Hispanic Affairs. Subject files, 1978-1982 (bulk 1980-1981).
• New York (N.Y.). Office of the Mayor (1978-1989 : Koch). Deputy Counsel. Correspondence and subject files, 1979-1989.
• New York (N.Y.). Office of the Mayor (1978-1989 : Koch). Special Advisor (Travis).Subject files, 1984-1989.
• New York City Central Labor Council. Photographs, 1948-1986. 1959-1986 (bulk)
• New York State Archives
  • 16034 New York (State). Dept. of Social Services. Commissioner's Office. Commissioner's subject and correspondence files, 1947-1992.
  • L0103-87 New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing Committee on Governmental Operations. Sub-committee on Affirmative Action. Correspondence, reports, and testimony on work force composition and affirmative action in state and local government, 1981-1986, bulk 1983-1985.
  • B0546-84 New York (State). Merit System Affirmative Action Office. Subject, correspondence, and project files, 1977-1981.
  • 19452 Staten Island Developmental Center. Patient case files, 1950-1980.
• Niagara Frontier Folklore Archives. Buffalo State College
• Ossining Historical Society (Ossining, N.Y.) Ossining oral history project, 1977-1987
• Project Best Collection, 1971-9999
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Archives and Special Collections. Student Life Collection, 1866-1996.
• Skidmore University, Special Collections and Archives. Skidmore College Vertical Files
• State University of New York College at Fredonia. Folklore and Popular Culture of Ethnic Groups Western New York in Public School Education, 1978 1979.
• State University of New York/College at Old Westbury. Archives, 1965-1990.
• Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen. District Council of New York. Records, 1868-1984, 1951-1984 (bulk)
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. Local 2947 (New York, N.Y.). Records and minutes of Local 2947 and personal papers of Dr. Charles Bois De Chesne, 1941-1986, 1968-1986 (bulk)
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Industrial Local 2819 (New York, N.Y.). Records, 1975-1984.
• United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Local 174 (New York, N.Y.). Records and minutes, 1903-1986, 1962-1986 (bulk)
• Warren County. Public Records, 1813-1991
• Washington County. Records, 1773-present
• Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York.Historical collection, 1861-1971.

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