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Occupation and Labor

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Albors Photographic Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 90
Abstract

The collection consists of 86 photos depicting different labor groups participating in the Puerto Rican Day Parade from 1963-1973.

Dates: 1964-1973
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Albors Photographic Collection

Jesús Colón Papers

 Collection — Reel 1-29: [Barcode: JeCo_m1-29]
Identifier: MSS 1
Abstract The Jesús Colón Papers are a significant contribution to the study of Puerto Rican history and especially to the reconstruction of Puerto Rican community history in New York. They support research on such topics as organizational development, political participation among Puerto Ricans in New York, employment, discrimination, and the labor movement. There are letters, notes, drafts of published and unpublished works, reports, clippings, and photographs with a majority of the papers...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1920-1970; 1901-1974
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Jesús Colón Papers

Joaquín Colón-López Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 48
Abstract Joaquín Colón-López was a Puerto Rican activist and writer, brother to writer Jesús Colón. He also co-founded Club Democrático de Brooklyn with J.V. Alonso. The Joaquín Colón-Lopez Papers consists of documents and 262 photographs dating from 1917 to 1947. Included among the documents are biographical information, articles, and a typewritten manuscript of Colón-Lopez’s book, Pioneros Puertorriqueños en Nueva York 1917-1947. This manuscript was submitted by Centro and published by Arte Público...
Dates: 1917-1947
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Joaquín Colón-López Papers

Edward "Eddie" González, Jr. Papers

 Unprocessed Material — 1: [Barcode: EdGo_001]
Identifier: 2007-038
Dates: 1960-2006
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora

Edwin López Papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2001-013
Dates: 1966-2000
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora

Oscar García Rivera Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 53
Abstract Politician, lawyer, community activist. First Puerto Rican elected to public office in the U.S. An important source for the study of early Puerto Rican political life and of the existent conditions of the East (Spanish) Harlem community in the first part of the twentieth century. In addition, it provides a viewfinder into labor politics and the political and social alliances created amongst emerging ethnic communities in New York City. Collection consists of correspondence, speeches,...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1937-1950s; 1912-1988
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Oscar García Rivera Papers

Juan González Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 100
Abstract

Juan González is a Puerto Rican social activist and journalist, as well as a community organizer and labor leader. His papers contain complete set of González’ columns, information on various organizations, unpublished manuscripts, correspondence and research material on a wide range of topics.

Dates: 1945-2012
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Juan González Papers

José La Luz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 19
Abstract José La Luz is a longtime social activist of the Hispanic community and a specialist in labor education programs for the Hispanic trade unionists at the School of Labor and Industrial Relations of Michigan State University. He was also the Socialist Party Chairman in Connecticut. The collection consists of documents, including writings by La Luz and his involvement in the trial of José Torres Cruz and José A. Torres Vega, as well as correspondence, newspaper articles and miscellaneous...
Dates: 1971-1991
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / José La Luz Collection

Lillian López Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 45
Abstract Library administrator, among the first Puerto Rican librarians in the New York Public Library system (NYPL) and a pioneer in providing services and creating programs for underserved communities. Collection contains information on the programs developed by NYPL to address the needs of its Puerto Rican and Latino constituents, her activist sister, Evelina Antonetty, and librarian and folklorist, Pura Belpré. Consists of letters, news clippings, photographs, audio and videocassettes,...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1970-1980; 1928-2005
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Lillian López Papers


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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