January 24, 1972 Letter from the Committee on Puerto Rican Studies and Research to CUNY Chancellor Kibbee confirming a plan to create a Puerto Rican Research Center at CUNY
Item
Vepartment ot
Puerto Rican Studies
Brooklyn College
of The City University
of New York
Brooklyn, New York 11210
Telephone: (212) 780-5561-62
January 24, 1972
Chancello
City Uniy
535 East 80th Street
i New York, New York 10021
Yr Robert J. Kibbee
ersity of New York
poebear Chancellor Kibbee:
Since our last meeting with you in November, our committee has continued
Working on the development of a feasible plan for the creation of a
_ Puerto Rican Research Center at CUNY. As you recall, we agreed that it
would take us at least six weeks, until after the holidays, to finalize
our proposal.
careful to follow a process of involvement
cademic community--a process which we
to the development of a seccessful plan
to avoid the drawbacks of earlier
educators knowledgeable
erge with a plan that
Puerto Rican Studies
Brooklyn College
of The City University
of New York
Brooklyn, New York 11210
Telephone: (212) 780-5561-62
January 24, 1972
Chancello
City Uniy
535 East 80th Street
i New York, New York 10021
Yr Robert J. Kibbee
ersity of New York
poebear Chancellor Kibbee:
Since our last meeting with you in November, our committee has continued
Working on the development of a feasible plan for the creation of a
_ Puerto Rican Research Center at CUNY. As you recall, we agreed that it
would take us at least six weeks, until after the holidays, to finalize
our proposal.
careful to follow a process of involvement
cademic community--a process which we
to the development of a seccessful plan
to avoid the drawbacks of earlier
educators knowledgeable
erge with a plan that
Title
January 24, 1972 Letter from the Committee on Puerto Rican Studies and Research to CUNY Chancellor Kibbee confirming a plan to create a Puerto Rican Research Center at CUNY
Description
This January 24, 1974 letter to CUNY Chancellor Robert Kibbee, co-signed by Brooklyn College Department of Puerto Rican Studies Chairperson Josephine Nieves, confirmed a proposal to create a Puerto Rican Research Center at CUNY. The proposed research center eventually became the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, CUNY.
This item is part of the Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College (PRSBC) Collection, which covers the largely Puerto Rican-led student movement at Brooklyn College (CUNY) during the late 1960s and early 1970s that fought for the creation of the Puerto Rican Studies Department at the college. The collection includes oral history interviews with pioneering student activists, photographs of participants and their struggles, and other archival materials on the fight to create the Puerto Rican Studies Department drawn from the Archives and Special Collections library at Brooklyn College.
This item is part of the Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College (PRSBC) Collection, which covers the largely Puerto Rican-led student movement at Brooklyn College (CUNY) during the late 1960s and early 1970s that fought for the creation of the Puerto Rican Studies Department at the college. The collection includes oral history interviews with pioneering student activists, photographs of participants and their struggles, and other archival materials on the fight to create the Puerto Rican Studies Department drawn from the Archives and Special Collections library at Brooklyn College.
Contributor
Brooklyn College Library, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Nieves, Josephine
Date
January 24, 1972
Language
English
Relation
14052
Rights
Public Domain
Source
Brooklyn College Library, Archives and Special Collections
Original Format
Correspondence
Nieves, Josephine. Letter. “January 24, 1972 Letter from the Committee on Puerto Rican Studies and Research to CUNY Chancellor Kibbee Confirming a Plan to Create a Puerto Rican Research Center at CUNY”. 14052, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/2128