Founded in 1992 at The City College of New York, the Dominican Studies Institute of the City University of New York is the first and only university-based research institute in the United States devoted to the study of people of Dominican descent.

ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS

Members of the Dominican community have donated their personal and/or institutional documents to the Dominican Archives. These donors constitute a cross-section of a large segment of the Dominican population, especially in New York City. The archival materials donated include personal letters, institutional correspondence, personal papers, newspaper articles, minutes of organization and group meetings, magazines, photographs, press releases, newspaper clippings, videotapes, journals, bulletins, personal writings, drafts of literary pieces, certificates, medals, and proclamations. These documents are a valuable resource for the study and reconstruction history, experience and contributions of Dominicans as they established themselves in the United States.

The holdings of the Archives comprise 70 collections with approximately 600 cubic feet of archival materials relating to the experience and contributions of the Dominican population in the United States.

 

Major Collections

  1. Juan A. Paulino
    Prominent Civic Activist
    Founder, Club Cívico y Cultural Juan Pablo Duarte

    Dates of Collection: 1966-1992
    Description of the Collection

  2. Normandía Maldonado
    Pioneering Community Activist in the Arts
    Founder, Centro Cultural Ballet Quisqueya
    Dates of Collection: 1953-2000
    Description of the Collection

  3. Tito Enrique Cánepa
    Prominent Dominican Artist
    Dates of Collection: 1945-present
    Description of the Collection

  4. Zunilda Fondeur
    Distinguished Dominican Journalist
    Producer and Host, Realidades
    Description of the Collection

  5. Rafael Petitón Guzmán (1984-1983)
    Noted Dominican Composer, Band Leader, Songwriter, and Conductor
    Founded Orquesta Lira Dominicana
    Description of the Collection
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CUNY Dominican Studies Institute
The City College of New York
North Academic Center (NAC), 4/107
160 Convent Avenue at 138th Street
New York, NY 10031

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