Papers, 1928-1998 ; bulk: 1970-1980.

New York Public Library. South Bronx Project.

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Koch, Ed, 1924-2013

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Edward Irving Koch (December 12, 1924 – February 1, 2013) was an American politician, lawyer, political commentator, film critic, and television personality. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and was mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. Koch was a lifelong Democrat who described himself as a "liberal with sanity". The author of an ambitious public housing renewal program in his later years as mayor, he began by cutting spending and taxes and cuttin...

Biaggi, Mario, 1917-

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Belpré, Pura

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Librarian, writer, and folklorist. Born in Cidra Puerto Rico in 1899, Belpré's career began in 1921 in the New York Public Library system. While working in the children's division she developed her gift for storytelling and in 1932 published her first book, (Pérez and Martina: A Portorican Folk Tale). She went on to become a well published writer, editor and translator of children's literature. Within NYPL she was an active advocate for the needs of the Spanish-speaking community. She died in ...

Cabrera, Elba.

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New York Public Library

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The New York Pubic Library purchased Arthur A. Schomburg's collection of books, pamphlets, prints and photographs in 1926 with funds from the Carnegie Corporation and housed at the 135th Street Branch Library of The New York Public Library. L. Hollingsworth Wood was appointed in 1925 by the Board of Trustees of The New York Public Library to purchase and provide guidelines for the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature. Members of the Advisory Committee of the Arthur A. Schomburg Collection, i...

Mohr, Nicholasa

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Nicholasa Mohr was born November 1, 1938, in New York, New York. She became a writer and illustrator. Many of her books draw upon her own Puerto Rican background in the barrios of New York City. For a full account see the autobiography feature in Something About the Author, vol. 113, p.124 ff. Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vols. 8, 97, 113 Something About the Author Autobiography Series, vol. 8 Children's Literature Review vol. 22 From the guide to the Nicholasa M...

López Antonetty, Evelina, 1922-1984.

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Lopez, Lillian

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Lillian López was among the first Puerto Rican librarians in the New Public Library System (NYPL) and a pioneer in her efforts to create library services and programs for Puerto Ricans and other Latinos. Born in Salinas, Puerto Rico in 1925, she moved to New York City in 1935 and settled in El Barrio (Spanish Harlem). In 1960, she joined the NYPL system where she remained for twenty-five years until her retirement in 1985. She become the first Puerto Rican to hold important administrative posit...

Silva de Cintrón, Josefina 1885-1986

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