Found 2 collections related to Puerto%20Ricans%20--%20New%20York%20(State)%20--%20New%20York

Collection consists of correspondence of the executive secretary, Manuel Cabranes, with Puerto Ricans applying for scholarship aid; letters of recommendation from high school teachers and others; completed applications; and transcripts of applicants' grades. Includes a few case records of Cabranes as consultant to the Commissioner of Welfare of New York City with letters in Spanish from Puerto Ricans requesting welfare assistance. less

Geoffrey Biddle is a photographer whose book Alphabet City (published 1992) documented the Puerto Rican community on New York City's Lower East Side in the late 1970s. This collection contains photographs taken in the Alphabet City neighborhood in the late 1970s and 1980s, including but not limited to those published in Alphabet City. The collection also contains sound recordings and partial transcripts of the interviews that Biddle conducted in 1988 and 1989 for use in the book, and correspondence and reference material related to the Lower East Side and the development and publication of the book. less