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

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

Index To New York State Repositories

Adirondack Center Museum Library. Essex County Historical Society.

  • Witherbee, Sherman, and Company Records of former employees, 1910-1937
  • Tupper Lake Family Heritage Collection, 1960-present

Allard K. Lowenstein Public Library

  • Allard K. Lowenstein Public Library (Long Beach, N.Y.) Local history collection, 1886-1991

Binghamton University. Special Collections.

Brooklyn Historical Society

  • Brooklyn Historical Society. Puerto Rican oral history collection, 1973-1975.

Brooklyn Public Library

  • Jesús Colón, 1901-1974. Political materials, 1929-1963.

Center for Migration Studies

  • American Italian Historical Association. American Italian Historical Association records, 1916-1976

Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños.
See City University of New York. Hunter College. Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños.

City University of New York. City College. Archives.

  • 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. Archives and Special Collections

  • Hunter College. Miscellaneous subject collection - departments, 1873-1982

City University of New York. Hunter College. Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños.

City University of New York. LaGuardia Community College. LaGuardia & Wagner Archives

  • Abraham D. Beame Collection
  • City Council Collection
  • New York City Housing Authority Collection
  • Queens Local History Collection

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Columbia University. Oral History Research Office.

  • Badillo, Herman, 1929- . Reminiscences of Herman Badillo : oral history, 1976.
  • Morales, Iris. Reminiscences of Iris Morales : oral history, 1984.

Columbia University. University Archives and Columbiana Library

  • Subject files:

Columbia University Teachers College. Milbank Memorial Library, Special Collections.

  • 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
  • Lurie, Ellen, 1930-1978. Papers, [ca. 1960-1970]

Cornell University. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.

  • Garcia, Robert. Robert Garcia papers, 1988-1993.
  • Cornell University. Latino Studies Program. Latino Studies Program records, 1978-1993

Cornell University. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives.

  • International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Local 105 (New York, N.Y.). Local 105 records, 1939-1970, 1950-1970 (bulk).
  • 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.

Essex County Government Center. Office of the Essex County Clerk. Archives and Records.

  • Essex County Records, 1799-1950

Hostos Community College Library. Bronx, NY.

  • Hostos Community College. Records, 1969-1985.

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Hunter College.
See City University of New York. Hunter College.

Marymount Manhattan College Archives

  • Marymount Manhattan College. Miscellaneous student records, [ca. 1949]-1985.

El Museo del Barrio

Hispanic Federation

Historic Saranac Lake, Inc.

  • Historic Saranac Lake Historical Collections, 1900-present (bulk after 1985)

New York City Municipal Archives

  • Federal Writers' Project. New York (N.Y.). SPANISH BOOK records, 1935-1939, (bulk 1938-1939).
  • New York (N.Y.). Mayor (1978-1989 : Koch). Commission on Hispanic Affairs. Correspondence and subject files, 1984-1987.
  • New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Employment Cultural Council Foundation's Artist Project. Cultural Council Foundation's Artist Project 1977-1980
  • 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). 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). Special Advisor (Travis). Subject files, 1984-1989.
  • New York (N.Y.). Office of the Mayor (1978-1989 : Koch). Deputy Counsel. Correspondence and subject files, 1979-1989.

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New York Historical Society

  • Comic books from De Witt Clinton High School and related material, 1973-1990, bulk 1973-1976.

New York Public Library

  • New York Puerto Rican Scholarship Fund. New York Puerto Rican Scholarship Fund records, 1952-1965

New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

  • Club Cubano Inter-Americano. Club Cubano Inter-Americano, Records, 1946-1996

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.

New York University. University Archives

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New York University. Tamiment Institute Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

  • Hispanic apparel union officers oral history collection, 1983-1984
  • New York City Central Labor Council Photographs, 1948-1986. 1959-1986 (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)
  • International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Nassau-Suffolk County District Council (N.Y.) Records, papers, and minutes, 1976-1989.
  • International Association of Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental Iron Workers. Local 46 (New York, N.Y.) Records, 1907-1986, 1948-1986 (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 Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Local 174 (New York, N.Y.) Records and minutes, 1903-1986, 1962-1986 (bulk)
  • Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen. District Council of New York. Records, 1868-1984, 1951-1984 (bulk)
  • United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Industrial Local 2819 (New York, N.Y.) Records, 1975-1984.

Niagara Frontier Folklore Archives. Buffalo State College

Ossining Historical Society, Ossining, NY

  • Ossining Historical Society (Ossining, N.Y.) Ossining oral history project, 1977-1987

Port Chester Public Library<

  • Circulo Cubano (Port Chester, N.Y.) Records, 1968-1983

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Archives and Special Collections

  • Student Life Collection, 1866-1996.

Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives (New York University)
See New York University. Tamiment Institute Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany Archives

  • Diocesan Administration, Social Services. Diocesan Administration, Social Services records, 1849-1983

Skidmore University, Special Collections and Archives

  • Skidmore College Vertical Files

State University of New York at Albany

  • University Archives
  • Archives of Public Affairs and Policy

State University of New York College at Fredonia

  • 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

  • State University of New York/College at Old Westbury. Archives, 1965-1990.

St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery Archives (New York, N.Y.).

  • Community Documentation Workshop. St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.). Records, 1968-1981.
  • David Allen Garcia, 1944- Papers , 1969-1986.
  • Allen, J. C. Michael (Jay Cooke Michael), 1927- Papers, 1959-1970.

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Warren County Municipal Center

  • Warren County Public Records, 1813-1991

Washington County Archives

  • Washington County Records, 1773-present

Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York. Archives, New York, NY.

  • Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York. Historical collection, 1861-1971.

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