Research: Peoples, Groups, & Cultures: Guide to Historical Records Sources on Latinos
A Preliminary Guide to Historical Records Sources On Latinos In New York State
Repositories Outside New York State
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies
1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: (215) 732-6200
- City University of New York
Collection, 1972-9999
2 items
[This collection contains only two items, a tuition report and a journal advertisement]
Subjects: Hispanic Americans -- Education Universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- New York. New York (N.Y.) -- Schools.
- Leonard Covello (1887-1982) Papers, 1907-1974.
54 ft.
Covello was born in Avigliano, Basilicata, Italy, and immigrated to East Harlem, New York City, with his family in 1896. He was a teacher and administrator in the New York City public school system, author of The Social Background of the Italo-American School Child and other studies, and a leader in the intercultural education movement and in the Italian-American community. Covello's career as a teacher at DeWitt Clinton High School, principal of Benjamin Franklin High School (East Harlem) and educational consultant to the Migration Division of the Puerto Rican Department of Labor, as well as his research on Italian American immigrants and Puerto Ricans, especially in East Harlem, and his activities in the Italian American community. The collection includes correspondence, his files as an educator, extensive research and writing files, records from organizations in which he was active, and printed materials. In English. Register available. Gift of Francesco Cordasco.
- INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center (New York, N.Y.)
Collection, 1986-9999
See control file in library for list of specific items.
Subjects: Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (N.Y.) Hispanic American art -- New York (N.Y.) New York (N.Y.) -- Museums.
- Project Best
Collection, 1971-9999
See control file in library for list of specific items. [Only one item, a publication entitled Areyto, is relevant.]
Subjects: Hispanic Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Societies, etc. New York (N.Y.) -- Ethnic groups -- Societies, etc.
Hoover Institution Archives (Stanford University)
- Franco, Avenol
Papers, 1961-1992.
3 ms. boxes, 1 oversize box.
Cuban émigré in the United States; editor, El Amigo del Pueblo. Correspondence, writings, notes, pamphlets, leaflets, serial issues, other printed matter, printing plates, sound recordings, and photographs, relating to conditions in Cuba under Fidel Castro, anti-communist Cuban émigrés, publication in New York City of the anti-communist journal El Amigo del Pueblo for clandestine distribution in Cuba, and anti-communist radio broadcasting from Venezuela to Cuba.
Mainly in Spanish.
- Hoffman, Gerard H.
Puerto Ricans in New York: a language-related ethnographic summary (1968)
57 leaves ; 28 cm.
Caption title: "References": leaves 53-57. Typescript.
Subject: Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York.
Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Language
Fishman, Joshua A.
- New Democratic Coalition of New York, 1960-1978
49 cu. ft.
Constitutions, correspondence, minutes, financial, legislative, and membership records, issue, legal, and political files, committee reports, guidelines and procedures, campaign materials, ballots, press releases, clippings, photos, and other records. Persons represented include Bella Abzug, Joseph Addabbo, Herman Badillo, Birch Bayh, Abraham Beame, Peter A.A. Berle, Mario Biaggi, Jonathan B. Bingham, Frank Brasco, Earl Brydges, James L. Buckley, Clifford P. Case, Shirley Chisholm, Dick Clark, Ramsey Clark, Lawrence Cooke, John Conyers, Don Edwards, Arthur O. Eve, Allan Fagan, Robert Garcia, Robert M. Ginsberg, Harrison J. Goldin, Richard N. Gottfried, Stephen E. Gottlieb, Mike Gravel, Donald Halperin, Vance Hartke, Elizabeth Holtzman, Harold Hughes, Henry M. Jackson, Jacob K. Javits, Edward M. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Ed Koch, G. Oliver Koppell, John V. Lindsay, Allard K. Lowenstein, Thomas Mackell, Thomas Manton, Wilbur D. Mills, Edmund S. Muskie, Eugene H. Nickerson, Paul O'Dwyer, Antonio G. Olivieri, Richard L. Ottinger, Bertram L. Podell, William Proxmire, Burton B. Roberts, Benjamin S. Rosenthal, William J. Ryan, Edward L. Sadowsky, Howard J. Samuels, Don Shaffer, Brian Sharoff, Leonard M. Simon, I. Philip Sipser, Steve Solarz, Leonard P. Stavisky, Andrew J. Stein, Percy E. Sutton, Sidney A. von Luther, Robert F. Wagner, Jack B. Weinstein, and Arnold Weiss. Organized 1959 as New York Committee for Democratic Voters; affiliated in 1969 with New Democratic Coalition (formerly Coalition for a Democratic Alternative).
Smithsonian Archives of American Art
Archives of American Art
Smithsonian Institution
8th and F Sts. N.W., NMAA-PG Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20560
- Santos, René, 1954-1986.
René Santos papers
1.0 linear ft.
Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. storage facility.
Painter, photographer, and art history instructor; New York, N.Y.Full name Carlos René Santos. Born in Puerto Rico. Biographical information, correspondence, writings, printed material, photographs, and sound recordings.
Biographical information includes a resume, a birth certificate, passport, and high school yearbook; one folder of general correspondence, ca. 1979-1986, includes letters received from William Olander, Allen Memorial Art Museum, and Oberlin College; also, letters of condolence addressed to Brad Baker, 1986; diary, ca. 1979-1986; writings by Santos and others, 1984-1985 and undated; notes from Santos' art history courses possibly as a student or as a teacher, undated; exhibition announcements, catalogs, and reviews, 1981-1987; photographs and slides of artwork, ca. 1979-1986; slides of Santos' trips to Cape Cod, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Gray Gallery Dog Show, 1984 and 1986; a book, NADAR, by Nigel Gosling, with loose notes by Santos; and an audiocassette of Santos' memorial service and an audiocassette identified as "Rene's voice."
Diaries in Spanish. Donated by Brad Baker, 1994 and 1995.
Subjects: Hispanic American artists; Painters -- New York (State) -- New York . . . .
- Grooms, Red.
Red Grooms and Marisol interviews, [ca. 1965.]
32 p. transcript.
Patrons must use transcript. Access restricted; written permission required.
Marisol (b. 1930) is a wood sculptor and Grooms (b. 1937) is a painter in New York, N.Y. Interview of Red Grooms and Marisol conducted by an unidentified interviewer.
Donated by the Tibor De Nagy Gallery. Item is a transcript. Location of original tape unknown.
Subjects: Art, Modern -- 20th century.; Hispanic American artists. Interviews.; Painters -- New York (N.Y.) -- Interviews.; Sculptors -- New York (N.Y.) -- Interviews.
- Chavez, Edward Arcenio, 1917-
Edward Chavez interview, 1964 Nov. 5.
Sound recordings: 1 sound tape reel ; 5 in. Transcript: 5 p. (on one microfilm reel)
Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.
Painter, mural painter, sculptor; Woodstock, New York. An interview of Edward Chavez conducted by Joseph Trovato. Chavez speaks of the development of his interest in art; working for the Treasury Relief Art Project, and later the WPA Federal Art Project; murals he did for the WPA in high schools and post offices; his post-war paintings and the change in his style; and his feelings about federal support for the arts.
Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3418 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s. A list of interviews conducted for the New Deal and the Arts project is available at all Archives of American Art offices.
Subjects: . . . Hispanic American artists . . . .
- Chavez, Edward Arcenio, 1917-
Edward Arcenio Chavez papers, 1933-1982
1.0 linear ft.
Unmicrofilmed: use requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility.
Painter, sculptor; Woodstock, New York. Biographical information; business records, 1941 and 1951; letters received by Chavez, including many from Edward Rowan, Olin Dows, and Fletcher Martin; writings; a transcript of an interview with Chavez conducted by Joseph Trovato, 1964; photographs of Chavez and works of art; press releases; clippings; exhibition announcements and catalogs; art education brochures; 3 books containing references to Chavez; and miscellaneous printed materials.
Donated 1984 by George Arents Research Library, Syracuse University.
Subjects: Hispanic American artists.
- Ponce de Leon, Michael, 1922-
Michael Ponce de Leon papers, 1943-1979
1.0 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 2 reels)
Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility.Printmaker, cartoonist; New York, N.Y. Correspondence; sketchbooks; writings; photographs; drawings; exhibition catalogs and announcements; and clippings.
REELS N69-127 & N70-14: Correspondence relating to Ponce de Leon's service as a cartoonist with the U.S. Air Force during World War II, his trip, 1967-1968, to India, Pakistan and Southeast Asia sponsored by the U.S. State Department to encourage better relations through art, his teaching appointments and exhibits; journal notes and writings concerning his trips to India, Cambodia and Thailand, his own work, teaching, Norwegian graphics and the art process; sketches and cartoons; sketchbooks containing figure studies, still lifes and sketches of Indian life; clippings, exhibition catalogs and printed material; and photographs of Ponce de Leon and his works of art. Correspondents include Elmer Davis for the O.W.I., critic John Canaday, art historian Jacinto Quirarte, and others.
UNMICROFILMED: A congratulatory letter from David Goddard upon receiving a Guggenheim award, 1967; photos and slides of Ponce de Leon's work, a slide of him in a workshop, and photos showing his metal collage intaglio printing technique; exhibition catalogs and announcements, reprints, clippings, miscellaneous notes, three cartoon drawings, and an intaglio, "There's a Time."
35mm microfilm reels N69-127 & N70-14 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Material on reels N69-127 & N70-14 lent for microfilming 1969 and unmicrofilmed material donated 1977-1979 by Michael Ponce de Leon. Reels N69-127 & N70-14: Originals returned to Michael Ponce de Leon after microfilming.
Subjects: Prints -- Technique -- 20th century.; War in art.; World War, 1940-1945 -- Caricatures and cartoons.; Hispanic American artists.
- Galán, Natalio, 1917-
Natalio Galán Papers, 1931 1985
1664 items.
Biographical material, including personal and business correspondence, most of which pertains to the publication of Galán's works, school records, clippings by him as a music critic or about him as a musician, programs of performances of his works, and photos; works by Galán, such as ms. and published articles, musical scores, tapes, and a copy of his book, Una historia inusitada (1974); and research material, mostly for his book, Cuba y sus sones (1983), about the history and development of popular Cuban music and dance. Cuban musician, composer, teacher, and author; left Cuba in the 1940s to work and study in New York; returned to Cuba in the early days of the Revolution, only to leave again to spend his final years in Puerto Rico and the U.S.; d. 1985.
Subject: Publishers and publishing. Cubans -- United States. Music -- Cuba. Music -- United States. Cubans -- Music. Popular music -- Cuba. Dancing -- Cuba. New York (N.Y.) -- Population elements -- Cubans. Puerto Rico -- Population elements -- Cubans. Cuba - - Cultural affairs -- Music. Cuba - - Cultural affairs -- Dancing.
University of Oklahoma. Political Commercial Archive.
Dept. of Communication
University of Oklahoma
Burton Hall
Norman, OK 73019
- Badillo, Herman, 1929-
Herman Badillo Papers, 1973-1986
2 commercials (on 1 film reel) : sd., col. ; 16 mm. 3 commercials (on 1 videocassettes)(VHS)/(U-matic) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in. 8 commercials (on 1 sound tape reel) : analog, 7 1/2 ips. 1 commercial (on 1 videoreel) : sd., b&w ; 2 in.
Commercials used during Badillo's campaign for the 1973 mayoral election in New York, New York, Democratic party.
- Serrano, Jose E., 1945-
José E. Serrano Papers, 1970
1 commercial (on 1 film reel) : sd., col. ; 16 mm.
Commercials used during Serrano's campaign for the 1970 school board election in New York. Republican Party.
