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Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

CHARAS/El Bohío Cultural and Community Center Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 233
Abstract

The CHARAS/El Bohío Cultural and Community Center Records are an important resource for studying Puerto Ricans and other Latino communities in the Lower East Side (known as Loisaida), New York from 1970 to 2010. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, photographs, flyers, clippings, posters, proposals, reports, financial statements, and artifacts.

Dates: 1965-2010; Majority of material found within 1970s-1990s
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / CHARAS/El Bohío Cultural and Community Center Records

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

Quality of Life/La Calidad de Vida in Loisaida Newsletter Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 134
Abstract Quality of Life in/ Calidad de Vida en Loisaida magazine was created and edited by Mary M. McCarthy after she moved to Loisaida (Lower East Side) in 1977. McCarthy wanted to create a neighborhood guide for residents. The bilingual and bimonthly magazine was distributed free of charge within the community. Most of the staff was made up of volunteers. The magazine published articles submitted by community residents regarding issues impacting Loisaida such as education, housing and jobs. Marlis...
Dates: 1978 - 1992
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Quality of Life/La Calidad de Vida in Loisaida Newsletter Collection

Petra Santiago Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 44
Abstract

Activist and community organizer. A resource for research in grass-roots organizing, community activism, and the history of Puerto Ricans on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Documents the history of numerous organizations. Includes letters, autobiographical information, memoranda, publications, photographs, and programs.

Dates: Majority of material found within circa 1970s-1980s; 1945-1994
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Petra Santiago 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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