Municipal Library Notes - June 2022
LGBTQ+ Pride Month

Spotlight on: LGBTQ+ Pride Month

By Marcia Kirk, Research Associate, Municipal Library

During the month of June, we remember and celebrate the lives, sacrifices and triumphs of the LGBTQ+ community. The following are just some of the resources available on the Government Publications Portal (GPP).

The recently published 2022 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Gender Nonconforming Guide is an important resource for the LGBTQ+ community. The guide, published by the NYC Comptroller Brad Lander's office, is a "comprehensive citywide directory of resources for LGBTQ+ communities." It lists programs and services over a wide range of subjects, including the arts, healthcare, housing, youth services, and many others.

The Landmarks Preservation Commission has recognized places "associated with people and organizations that made significant contributions to the LGBT cultural and civil rights movements." The designation reports below provide a brief history of these locations:

• Stonewall Inn, 51-53 Christopher Street, Manhattan.
• Caffe Cino, 31 Cornelia Street, Manhattan.
• Gay Activists Alliance Firehouse, 99 Wooster Street, Manhattan.
• Women's Liberation Center, 243 West 20^th Street, Manhattan.
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, 208 West 13^th Street, Manhattan.
• James Baldwin Residence, 137 West 71^st Street, Manhattan.
• Audre Lorde Residence, 207 St. Paul's Avenue, Staten Island.

Municipal Reference Library Notes June 1922 Municipal Yearbooks

By Marcia Kirk, Research Associate, Municipal Library

Municipal Yearbooks were published by several municipalities to describe the organization of, and services provided by city governments to its citizens. They were considered an "essential service and important thing." The cities that published these yearbooks can be found in the Municipal Library Notes dated June 14, 1922, pictured below:

New York City published a Municipal Year Book starting in 1913 and discontinued it in 1916; similarly other cities ceased publication a few years later. The 1920 Report of Hon. John F. Hylan, Mayor of the City of New York, to the Board of Aldermen was considered an "adequate substitution" for the Year Book and can be found in the Municipal Reference Library (M45.01).

Join the Board of The New York Archival Society

By Pauline Toole, Commissioner, NYC Department of Records and Information Services

The New York Archival Society was founded in 1977 with the purpose of building a community of support for City government's historical records.

The Society promotes and assists the Municipal Archives and Library in several important ways, by: enhancing the financial position of the Archives through fundraising; serving as the fiscal agent for special project grants; publicizing the existence of the Archives and its collections; and, promoting the Library and Archives within city government and among other cultural and academic institutions.

As an entity entirely separate from city government, the Society can, and does, seek grant funds and donations from outside sources and channels it to the Archives for specific purposes such as purchasing special equipment, creating exhibitions, hiring consultants and the like.

One special program that the Society coordinates is “adopt a record.” In this program, people “adopt” an important record in disrepair and make a contribution that covers the cost of repairing it. Notable successes include drawings for the Brooklyn Bridge and Central Park, a 1686 land patent, and volumes from the Board of Alderman collection. Learn more: https://bit.ly/AdoptNYCPast.

If you are interested in joining this non-profit board, please email Gerald Rosero at grosero@records.nyc.gov.

Happy Pride Month from the Neighborhood Stories Project!

Are you a New Yorker from the LGBTQIA+ community? We want to hear your story. Record an oral history interview with the NYC Department of Records and Information Services and have it become part of the city's history. Follow this link to sign up: https://bit.ly/3uw7eOQ.

Hear stories on our YouTube channel: https://on.nyc.gov/3tuXOoV.

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