Kathy Andrade Papers
Scope and Contents
The Kathy Andrade Papers include: correspondence, photographs, event programs, invitations, flyers and pamphlets. It dates from 1959 to 1997 is concerned mainly with activities in the New York metropolitan area.
Dates
- 1959-1997
Creator
- Andrade, Kathy (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open to researchers without restriction.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is held by Centro.
Biographical / Historical
A lifelong activist and leader in the labor movement, Andrade first worked as an organizer in Miami and New York after arriving from El Salvador. She was the Director of the Department of Education for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) where she was responsible for worker education programs. She has been an active participant in Hispanic labor organizations and held various positions in the Hispanic Labor Committee and the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement.
Extent
8.2 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Spanish; Castilian
Chinese
Abstract
Andrade has been an active participant in Hispanic labor organizations and held various positions in the Hispanic Labor Committee and the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement. A life-long activist and leader in the labor movement, Andrade first worked as an organizer in Miami and New York after arriving from El Salvador. She was the director of the Department of Education for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), where she was responsible for worker education programs. The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, event programs, invitations, flyers and pamphlets. It dates from the 1959 to 1997 and is concerned mainly with activities in the New York metropolitan area. She has been an active participant in Hispanic labor organizations and held various positions in the Hispanic Labor Committee and the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement. Her collection is especially rich in photographs of women in union activities.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into two series: I. Photographs II. Subject Files
Custodial History
Gift of Kathy Andrade.
Processing Information
Cynthia Sanchez and Ana Rosa Perez, Archive staff members under the supervision of Pedro Juan Hernández.
- Chinese Americans -- Employment Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chinese Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fliers (printed matter) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Hispanic American women -- New York (State) -- New York Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
- Invitations Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
- Labor Day -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor union meetings -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor union members -- Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor unions -- Social aspects Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mazur, Jay
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Programs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Strikes and lockouts -- Textile workers -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women clothing workers -- New York (State) -- New York Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women labor union members -- New York (State) -- New York Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women textile workers -- New York (State) -- New York Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Kathy Andrade Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Cynthia Sanchez and Ana Rosa Perez, Archive staff members under the supervision of Pedro Juan Hernández
- Date
- 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora Repository
Silberman Building, Hunter College
2180 Third Ave. Rm. 122
New York New York 10065
centro.library@hunter.cuny.edu
