Library Guides: Ethnic Studies Resources at CUNY: Multidisciplinary Ethnic Studies resources

Center for Urban Research

Center for Urban Research
The Center for Urban Research conducts and presents scholarship on the structures and forces that shape New York City and other large urban areas. A unit of the Graduate Center, the CUR regularly partners with nonprofits and public entities to conduct research in areas such as demographics, immigration, and equity in education. Researchers at the Center collect and analyze large amounts of data and contextualize their findings through visualization and geospatial analysis techniques. Several specialized research units fall under the Center’s umbrella: the New York City Labor Market Information Service (LMIS), the CUNY Mapping Service, and the CUNY Data Service.

Contact: Center for Urban Research

CUNY Academic Works
A collaborative endeavor between the CUNY Office of Library Services and individual CUNY entities, CUNY Academic Works is an institutional repository that stores, preserves, and makes accessible the scholarly and creative output of CUNY faculty, students, and staff. Content is public and discoverable via search engines and includes scholarly articles, presentations, student theses and dissertations, and archival materials in digital form. The service allows users to browse content by institution, discipline, and author, as well as conduct advanced searches. CUNY Academic Works is part of the Digital Commons Network, which brings together the contents of repositories from 655 institutions.
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Contact: CUNY Office of Library Services / CUNY Academic Works

Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center
The Kupferberg Holocaust Center is a “learning laboratory” that transcends the conventional function of a library, archive, or museum. The Center originally housed a library of 5,000 books, audiovisual oral history interviews of more than 300 Holocaust survivors, and other documents and artifacts; their collection has since grown and is now preserved in a dedicated building with exhibit space on the campus of Queensborough Community College.

Contact: Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center

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Shirley Chisholm Project on Brooklyn Women's Activism, 1945 to the Present
The Shirley Chisholm Project on Brooklyn Women’s Activism is a repository of archival materials that trace the work of women’s grassroots activism in Brooklyn since 1945, filtered through the lens of Shirley Chisholm’s experience as a trailblazing activist and politician. An initiative of the Women's and Gender Studies program at Brooklyn College, the project seeks to locate and amplify knowledge of the roles of women and activism during this period. The archive consists of approximately 300 photographs, correspondence documents, periodicals, and multimedia recordings. Additionally, a collection of oral histories compiles interviews with people who knew Chisholm.

Contact: Zinga A. Fraser, PhD, Director

Address: Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Ave, 3107b James Hall, Brooklyn, NY 11210
Email: chisholmproject@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Phone: 718-951-5000, ext. 1772

Access: The Shirley Chisholm Project is open to the public.

Queens Memory
Queens Memory is a community digital archive sponsored by Queens College and Queens Public Library. Their mission is to collect, preserve, and share the local history of Queens and its inhabitants through oral history interviews, photographs, and other born-digital and digitized documents. Deeply embedded within the community it serves, Queens Memory conceives of archiving as the co-creation of a shared narrative that demonstrates the diversity of Queens. The organization’s programming reflects the collaborative nature of their archive and provides Queens residents with the tools and knowledge to share their stories on their terms. At Queens College, Queens Memory works closely with faculty and students who wish to participate in and contribute to the project.

Contact: Queens Memory

Mailing address: Queens Central Library, Attn: Metadata Services, 89-11 Merrick Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11432
Email: queensmemory@queenslibrary.org
Phone (voicemail): 718-990-8532
Queens College contact: Lori Wallach, Queens Memory Outreach Coordinator, lori.wallach@qc.cuny.edu

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