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Activism

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Joe Conzo Jr. Photographs Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 219
Abstract

Joe Conzo, Jr. is a photographer from the South Bronx, whose photographic work is influenced by the legacy of Puerto Rican activism and musical culture in New York City. The collection consists of photographs of the Committee Against Fort Apache in the 1980s and five photographs from the exhibit The Bronx: Mi Barrio, Mi Orgullo, Photography by Joe Conzo, the Centro Library in 2010.

Dates: 1979-2009
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Joe Conzo Jr. Photographs Collection

Dr. Antonia Pantoja Fellowship Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 267
Scope and Contents The Dr. Antonia Pantoja Fellowship Collection (DAPF) consists of institutional records including e-mail correspondences, board meeting minutes, financial records, strategic planning, and fundraising. The materials in this collection span from 1976 to 2012 with the bulk concentrating on the years 2005 to 2012.Researchers will be able to look through DAPF’s lifespan as a community-based, Latine led, education focused non-profit, in connection with ASPIRA and Dr. Antonia Pantoja’s...
Dates: 1976-2012; Majority of material found in 2005-2012
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Dr. Antonia Pantoja Fellowship Collection

Esperanza Martell Papers

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2015-003
Dates: 1930-2012; Majority of material found within 1970s-2000s
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora

Gloria Quiñones Papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2016-010
Dates: 1970s-2016; Majority of material found within 1995-2010
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora

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 His papers contain complete set of González’ columns, information on various organizations, unpublished manuscripts, correspondence and research material on a wide range of topics.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

Pedro Albizu Campos at Harvard University Collection

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1: [Barcode: PACa_001]
Identifier: 2022-008
Dates: 1913-1954
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora

Gloria Rodríguez Calero Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 116
Abstract Visual artist. Rodriguez Calero was born in Puerto Rico and raised in New York, and for 20 years worked and resided in New Jersey. Her career and services are active in El Barrio and the Lower East Side Communities. Collection includes correspondence from her mentor and fellow artist Lorenzo Homar, a number of books, exhibition catalogues and other ephemera. Included as well are a significant number of Puerto Rican silkscreen posters, clippings, maps and documents pertaining to her artistic...
Dates: 1920-2006
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Gloria Rodríguez Calero Papers

Rosalie Stutz New York City Schools Decentralization and Integration Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 218
Abstract The Rosalie Stutz New York City Schools Decentralization and Integration Collection covers a wide range of topics including school decentralization and integration, police brutality, and student’s rights, as well as documenting many public school activist organizations, including EQUAL, the Arthur A. Schomburg Complex, United Bronx Parents, and the West Harlem Liberation school. Other documents of interest include statements from staff members of the Education Division of the Migration...
Dates: 1960-1976; Majority of material found within 1966-1971
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Rosalie Stutz New York City Schools Decentralization and Integration Collection


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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