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Massive Economic Neighborhood Development, Inc.

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Petra Allende Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 95
Abstract

Community activist and senior citizen advocate. This collection documents the history of various East Harlem/ El Barrio organizations specially those dealing with the concerns of senior citizens. Includes correspondence, articles, minutes, local newspapers, clippings, publications, programs, photographs and memorabilia.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1970-2001; 1926-2004
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Petra Allende Papers

East Harlem Council for Community Improvement Inc. Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 119
Abstract This small collection offers insight into the work of community leaders in East Harlem. Founded in 1979 by residents and community leaders in El Barrio, the East Harlem Council for Community Improvement focused on delivering 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. It consists primarily of news articles,...
Dates: 1965-1997
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / East Harlem Council for Community Improvement Inc. Records

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Brochures 1
By-laws 1
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
Community centers -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Community development -- New York (State) -- New York 1
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Community organization -- New York (State) -- New York 1
East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions 1
Loisaida 1
Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions 1
Photographs 1
Publications 1
South Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions 1
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About the Collections

Our collections consist of personal papers from prominent Puerto Rican artists, elected officials, social activists, writers, as well as the records of community-based organizations. Our largest collection, the Offices of the Government of Puerto Rico in the United States (OGPRUS) Records, measures approximately 2,900 cubic feet and contains an extraordinary amount of information regarding Puerto Rican migrants and the government institutions established to assist them. The collections date from the 1890s to the present, and document Puerto Rican communities in the Northeast, Midwest, Florida, California and Hawaii.

  • Centro Library & Archives
  • Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College
    2180 Third Avenue, Room 120
  • New York, NY 10035
  • centro.library@hunter.cuny.edu
  • 212-396-7874

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