LaGuardia and Wagner Archives

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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 Council of the City of New York and a Queens Local History Collection.

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Dr. John Hope Franklin 
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Eminent historian, Dr. John Hope Franklin speaking about intercollegiate athletics and the misplaced value system in higher education. CUNY Graduate Center, December 5, 1989.

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La Guardia Radio Series 
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE LA GUARDIA RADIO PROGRAM SERIES: LA GUARDIA RADIO PROGRAMS: THE DREAMER AND THE DOER - THE LIFE AND WORK OF FIORELLO H. LA GUARDIA

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Sam Roberts on Labor History
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Sam Roberts of the New York Times speaks on labor history at the unveiling of the 2016 Working People calendar, outlining important labor milestone...

  • Added: May 02, 2016
  • Length: 07:07
Professor Richard K. Lieberman: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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At the launch party of CUNY's 2011 Health in America calendar, Professor Richard K. Lieberman, director of the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives, descr...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2016
  • Length: 06:49
Dr. June Jackson Christmas: Sydenham Hospital
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Dr. June Jackson Christmas, a psychiatrist, was the first African-American woman appointed Commissioner of the New York City Department Health and ...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2016
  • Length: 14:39
The Great Snow Storm of 1969
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Sid Davidoff was administrative assistant to Mayor John V. Lindsay for seven years. Jay Kriegel was Lindsay’s Chief of Staff and Special Counsel. ...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2016
  • Length: 13:11
Joey Adams
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Joey Adams was a New York comedian whose career spanned over 70 years. As a young boy, Adams met Fiorello LaGuardia and served as a gopher during ...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2015
  • Length: 04:00
AIDS Activism: Tom Kalin and Gran Fury
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Gran Fury was was an artists’ collective that emerged from ACT-UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) in 1988 and was devoted to AIDS activism throug...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 14:33
Sid Davidoff: the Lindsay Administration and the 1968 Columbia University Riots
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Sid Davidoff was administrative assistant to Mayor John V. Lindsay for seven years. He was widely considered one of the Mayor’s top personal aides....

  • Added: Nov 20, 2015
  • Length: 11:30
Alice and Bill Havlena: Health and Healthcare During the Great Depression
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Alice and Bill Havlena talk about their experiences with health, healthcare, and access to food during the Great Depression. This oral history was ...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 11:06
  • Purchases: 1
Professor Uri Treisman: Reinvigorating Science and Math Education
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On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union set a new trajectory for education in America. American education had been a local matter, focused on communi...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2015
  • Length: 36:38
La Guardia and Relief
From: LaGuardia and Wagner Archives
Series: La Guardia Radio Series
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In the 1920s, the United States enjoyed unprecedented prosperity, and many people assumed that poverty would be eliminated entirely. However, Mayor...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 28:41

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Marian Clarke (Admin)
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