Collections must relate to our mission, which is to document all aspects of Puerto Rican history and culture of particular significance to the experience primarily in New York but also throughout the U.S.The following guidelines help inform the collection development process: The Centro Library & Archives’ strengths are principally in the area of social history, although there are also important holdings in culture and the arts. Library and Archives staff provide individual assistance and group orientations about our collections and services in-person, via e-mail, and over the phone (212) 396-7874. Please be prepared to discuss your research interests and needs so that the archivist may best assist you. If you need to view an archival collection please contact Reference Services and ask to speak with one of archivists. Library & Archives Reference Services: 21 New Year’s Holidays (December 31, January 1) Thanksgiving Holidays (Fourth Thursday in November, Friday following) President’s Day (Third Monday in January) Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday (Third Monday in February) Hours: Monday – Friday from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Silberman School of Social WorkĢ180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, 1st Floor, Room 120 Highlights of the collection include Antonia Pantoja’s Presidential Medal of Freedom (1996) and Helen Rodríguez Trias’ Presidential Citizens Medal (2001). The collections date from the 1890s to the present, and document Puerto Rican communities in the Northeast, Midwest, Florida, California and Hawaii. 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. 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 holdings include over 300 collections of personal papers and organizational records, including approximately 100,000 photographs, 4,000 audio and video recordings, and 2,000 art posters. The Centro Library & Archives is the only archival repository nationwide exclusively devoted to documenting the Puerto Rican communities living in the United States. The library, although dedicated to the Puerto Rican experience, also acquires selected materials related to other Latino communities in the United States. Centro Library provides access to over 14,000 books, 2,550 dissertations and masters theses, over 500 titles of historical newspapers and periodicals on 3,700 reels of microfilm, 600 audio recordings, 514 videos and DVD’s containing information by and about Puerto Ricans, and 21.3 linear feet of Vertical Files encompassing a variety of subjects.Ī major strength of the Library collection is the history of Puerto Ricans in the United States, particularly in New York and the Northeast region, and also in all the areas of the humanities, the social sciences and the arts.
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