Research: Topics: Peoples, Groups, & Cultures: Guide to Historical Records Sources on Latinos
A Preliminary Guide to Historical Records Sources On Latinos In New York State
New York State Repositories
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office.
535 W. 114th Street, MC 1129
801 Butler Library, Box 20
New York, NY 10027
Phone: (212) 854-7083, Fax: (212) 854-5378
Email: oralhist@libraries.cul.columbia.edu
- Badillo, Herman, 1929- .
Reminiscences of Herman Badillo : oral history, 1976.
Transcript: 87 leaves. Tape: 2 reels.
Politician.Childhood in Puerto Rico and New York City; education, City College, Brooklyn Law School; New York City Commissioner, Department of Housing and Relocation, 1961; Bronx Borough President; United States Congressman, 1971-1977; observations on New York City politics in 1960s and 1970s.
Interviewed by Ed Edwin. Access: Closed. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Name index available.
Subjects: Badillo, Herman, 1929- United States. Congress.
- Morales, Iris.
Reminiscences of Iris Morales : oral history, 1984.
Transcript: 115 leaves. Tape: 3 cassettes.
Forms part of: Student movements of the 1960s project.
Student. Interviewed by Ronald J. Grele.
Access: Closed. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Name index available.
Subjects: Morales, Iris. Student movements. Students—Political activity.
Columbia University. University Archives and Columbiana Library
210 Low Library, Mail Code 4316
Columbia University
535 West 116th Street
New York, NY 10027
Phone: (212) 854-3786
E-mail: archives-columbiana@columbia.edu
Subject files:
- Latin American Students
- Casa Hispanica
- Latin America
- Latin American Dinner, March 1947
- Latin American Studies
Files contain newspaper clippings, press releases, notices, some correspondence, etc.
Columbia University Teachers College. Milbank Memorial Library, Special Collections.
Special Collections
Box 121, The Milbank Memorial Library
Teachers College, Columbia University
New York, NY 10027
Phone: (212) 678-4104, Fax: (212) 678-3092
- New York (N.Y.). Board of Education.
Commission on Integration Records, 1954-1960.
3 cubic ft.
The Commission on Integration was created by the Board of Education in response to discussions of the implications of the United States Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education. Consisting of the 9 members of the Board of Education, 5 school administrators, and 23 civic and educational leaders, its purpose was to develop policies and programs to promote racial integration in the city's schools. It was chaired by Board president Charles H. Silver. The records document the work of the Commission from its inception and include correspondence, reports of public hearings, agendas and minutes of meetings, press releases, and reports of the Commission and its subcommissions on Zoning, Teacher Assignment and Personnel, Educational Standards and Curriculum, Community Relations, Guidance, and Physical Plant and Maintenance. Also included are reports of its Committee on Implementation, concluding with its Progress Report of June 1960.
Commission on Integration Records, New York City Board of Education Archives, Series 261, Special Collections, Milbank Memorial Library, Teachers College, Columbia University
An unpublished inventory of the records is available in Special Collections, Milbank Memorial Library.
Subjects: …Puerto Ricans -- Education -- New York (N.Y.) School integration -- New York (N.Y.)
- New York (N.Y.). Board of Education. Advisory Committee on Human Relations
Advisory Committee on Human Relations Records, 1945-1950
2 inches
The Advisory Committee on Human Relations was formed to conduct studies and recommend objectives and policies for the schools in the area of human relations, including relations among children and communities of varying religious, racial, and national backgrounds. It was created in 1945 by Superintendent of Schools John E. Wade and chaired by William F. Russell, Dean of Teachers College, Columbia University. Mary L. Riley of the Catholic Teachers Association, Diocese of Brooklyn, served as secretary and Jacob Greenberg, Associate Superintendent of Schools, represented the school administration on the committee. Other members included representatives of educational and civil organizations and school officials. The records, which document the work of the Committee from its inception in 1945 to its conclusion in 1947 (and also some related activities in the schools through 1950), include correspondence, minutes, and reports of the committee and its subcommittees.
Advisory Committee on Human Relations Records, New York City Board of Education Archives, Series 562, Special Collections, Milbank Memorial Library, Teachers College, Columbia University
An unpublished inventory of the records is available in Special Collections, Milbank Memorial Library
Subjects include: Intercultural education -- New York (N.Y.); Multicultural education -- New York (N.Y.); Race relations -- New York (N.Y.); School integration -- New York (N.Y.); Segregation -- New York (N.Y.)
- Lurie, Ellen, 1930-1978.
Papers, [ca. 1960-1970]
ca. 85 cubic ft.
Community organizer. Lurie was the founder and first president of EQUAL, an organization devoted to improving and integrating the New York City public schools. She was the author of HOW TO CHANGE THE SCHOOLS, and was active in East Harlem and elsewhere in New York City.
Correspondence, reports, clippings, newsletters, lists, notes, press releases, flyers, circulars, financial documents, memoranda, and miscellaneous printed materials, 1960s. These document Lurie's work promoting decentralization, improvement, and integration of the New York City public schools as the training director of United Bronx Parents, as a member of the People's Board of Education, as a founder and president of EQUAL, and in other organizing work relating primarily to education.
English and Spanish.
Subjects include: School integration -- New York (N.Y.); Civil rights -- New York (N.Y.); Race relations -- New York (N.Y.); Afro-Americans -- New York (N.Y.); Hispanic Americans -- New York (N.Y.)