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American Field Service Intercultural Programs, Inc
AFS was founded by American-born A. Piatt Andrew (1873-1936). In 1915, Andrew secured from the French Army an authorization for American volunteer ambulance units to serve with the French divisions at the front to rescue soldiers who were wounded in battle. AFS was the first organization to be granted this privilege. Andrew built up an organization that sent more than 2,500 volunteers to aid France prior to U.S. entry into the war. Under his leadership, AFS took part in every great battle in which French troops were engaged between 1915 and 1917, until the U.S. entered the war.
Stephen Galatti, an AFS ambulance driver, became Director General of the organization in 1936 and reactivated AFS in 1939, when the Second World War started. From 1940 until 1945, the AFS volunteer ambulance drivers served in France, North Africa, the Middle East, Italy, France, Germany and in India and Burma. Its 2,200 men carried more than 700,000 casualties. For many of the volunteers in both wars, it was their first experience with the wider world beyond the United States. These volunteers, all men, as the mores of the times dictated, represent an important part of American history and are an exemplary testimony to the value and spirit of volunteerism. The records document the history and gallant service of American volunteers during WWII and the post-war creation of the AFS exchange programs. The programs began by bringing the children of our former enemies to live with American families within a few years of the end of the war and later sent thousands of young Americans from all ranks of society abroad, thus inventing a new form of U.S. public diplomacy. The records are evidence of the U.S. post-war cultural shift that welcomed and engaged in public diplomacy and sharing of the societal and cultural norms of other countries and communities.
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http://www.afs.org/afs_or/home
Archivists Roundtable of Metropolitan New York
This site is most valuable for its information and links to the hundreds of archival resources available in NYC. Also includes photo exhibits, archival job postings, and upcoming events.
Category: Archives
Subject:
New York & the World
, Cultural Production
, Education
Time Period:
20th Century since WW2
, 20th Century to WW2
, 19th Century since Civil War
http://www.nycarchivists.org
Centro Archives of Hunter College
The Centro Archives were established to "identify, collect, preserve and make available primary sources that document the Puerto Rican community in NYC." Holdings include personal papers, photos, organizational records and oral histories, among other things. Bulk of documents are Puerto Rican-oriented but some records on Cubans, Dominicans, Mexicans too. 3,744 linear feet. Records are from 1898 to 1992.
Category: Archives
Subject:
Ethnicity & Immigration
, Cultural Production
, Education
Time Period:
20th Century since WW2
, 20th Century to WW2
, 20th Century to WW2
http://www.centropr.org/lib-arc/archives.html
Flushing (Quaker) Meetinghouse
Quaker Meetinghouse
Category: Archives
Subject:
Politics & Governance
, African-Americans
Time Period:
Dutch
, 19th Century to Civil War
http://www.geocities.com/michaeladamr/flushing.htm
Garment Industry in the United States Bibliography
This bibliography is primarily intended for use by business historians interested in pursuing scholarship focused on the United States garment industry during the period 1860-1975. The area is complex and fertile for research, bringing traditional business concerns such as manufacturing, retail, entrepreneurship and management together with such disparate topics as immigration, fashion, labor, and gender.
This project was sponsored by the Center for the Humanities at the Graduate Center CUNY and the Leon Levy Foundation Garment Center Initiative.
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http://www.gothamcenter.org/garment_bibliography.pdf
Gilder Lehrman Collection
Archival collections and public exhibits on Early Amrerican history and culture. See "Calendar of Events" for current exhibitions and programs.
Category: Archives
Subject:
General NYC History
, Cultural Production
, Politics & Governance
Time Period:
English to American Revolution
, 19th Century to Civil War
, 19th Century since Civil War
http://www.gilderlehrman.org
Institutional Archives of LaGuardia Community Coll
These archives purpose is mainly to preserve the institutional histories of CUNY and, in particular, LaGuardia Community College. Adverts, artifacts, correspondence, catalogs, meeting minutes, newsletters, photos, audio tapes, and more. Material dates to 1970.
Category: Archives
Subject:
Education
, Cultural Production
, New York & the World
Time Period:
20th Century to WW2
, 20th Century since WW2
, 20th Century to WW2
http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/library/archives
LaGuardia and Wagner Archives
The LaGuardia and Wagner Archives was established in 1982 to collect, preserve, and make available primary materials documenting the social and political history of New York City. The Archives serves a broad array of researchers, journalists, students, scholars, exhibit planners and policy makers examining the history of Greater New York. The Archives also produces public programs exploring that history. Located at Fiorello H. LaGuardia Community College/CUNY in Long Island City, Queens, the Archives holds the personal papers and official documents (on microfilm) of Mayors Fiorello H. LaGuardia, Robert F. Wagner, Abraham D. Beame and Edward I. Koch, the records of the New York City Housing Authority, the piano maker Steinway & Sons, The New York City Council and a Queens Local History Collection.
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http://www.laguardiawagnerarchive.lagcc.cuny.edu/defaultc.htm
Lesbian Herstory Archives
The Lesbian Herstory Archives is home to the world's largest collection of materials by and about lesbians and their communities. We are located at 484 14th St. in Park Slope, Brooklyn, between 8th Avenue and Prospect Park West.
Category: Archives
Subject:
Gender & Sexuality
Time Period:
All Time Periods
http://www.lesbianherstoryarchives.org/
Life of a City: Early Films of New York ,1898-1906
Part of the Library of Congress collection, Life of a City offers access to and bibliographical information for the films of the turn of the last century.
Category: Archives
Subject:
Cultural Production
, General NYC History
Time Period:
19th Century to Civil War
, 20th Century to WW2
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/papr/nychome.html
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