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Guide to the Robert Garcia Congressional Papers Guide to the Robert Garcia Congressional Papers Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños Hunter College, CUNY 2180 Third Avenue @ 119th St., Rm. 120 New York, New York 10035 (212) 396-7877 www.centropr.hunter.cuny.edu Cover Photograph: Robert Garcia with the Crusade for the Restoration of Morals in Youth, Washington, D.C., 1979. Descriptive Summary Resumen Descriptivo Creator: Robert Garcia, 1933-2017 Creador: Robert García, 1933-2017 Title: The Robert Garcia Congressional Papers Título: The Robert Garcia Congressional Papers Inclusive Dates: 1976-1994 Años extremos: 1976-1994 Bulk Dates: 1978-1989 Período principal: 1978-1989 Volume: 60 cubic feet Volumen: 60 pies cúbicos Repository: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora, Repositorio: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora, Center for Puerto Rican Studies Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños Abstract: This collection documents Roberts Garcia’s Nota de resumen: Esta colección documenta la career as U.S. Representative of the South Bronx carrera de Robert García como congresista del Sur del (1978-1990), at the time, the poorest congressional Bronx, el distrito congresional más pobre del país en district in the country. The papers chronicle his work on ese momento (1978-1990). Los documentos presentan the Post Office and Civil Service Committee, the la crónica de su trabajo en el Post Office and Civil Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs Committee, the Service Committee (la Comisión de Oficinas de Foreign Affairs Committee, and his legislative work on Correos y de Servicio Civil), en el Banking, Finance, issues of interest, such as immigration reform, bilingual and Urban Affairs Committee (la Comisión de Banca, education, and teen pregnancy. The collection also Finanzas y Asuntos Urbanos), en el Foreign Affairs contains administrative and case files, personal and Committee (la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores) y su biographical information, records pertaining to his trabajo legislativo en temas de interés como la reforma reelection campaigns, public relations materials, and de inmigración, la educación bilingüe y el embarazo en subject files. Also included are photographs, artifacts, las adolescentes. La colección contiene además and audio and video recordings. archivos administrativos y de casos, información personal y biográfica, documentos concernientes a sus campañas de reelección, materiales de relaciones públicas y archivos temáticos. También incluye fotografías, artefactos, grabaciones de sonidos y de vídeos. 1 Administrative Information Información Administrativa Collection Number: 2004-005 Número de la colección: 2004-005 Provenance: Gift of Robert Garcia, October 2003 Origen: Donación de Robert García, octubre del 2003 Processing History: This project was made possible Historia del procesado: Este proyecto fue realizado, in part by a grant from the Documentary Heritage en parte gracias a una subvención del Documentary Program of the New York State Archives, a program of Heritage Program of the New York State Archives the State Education Department. (Programa de Patrimonio Documental de los Archivos Transfers: Books donated with collection transferred del Estado de Nueva York), una dependencia del to Centro Library. Departamento de Educación del Estado. Language Note: Collection materials are primarily in Documentación separada: Los libros donados con la English, with approximately ten percent in Spanish. colección fueron transferidos a Centro Library (la Copyright: Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, Biblioteca Central). Hunter College, CUNY. Información del idioma: Los materiales de la Restrictions: Open to researchers, with the exception colección están en su mayoría en inglés, con alrededor of several restricted files. Certain audiovisual formats del diez por ciento en español. are inaccessible at this time due to the lack of playback Derechos de autor: Centro de Estudios equipment. Puertorriqueños, Hunter College, CUNY. Preferred Citation: The Robert Garcia Congressional Restricciones a la consulta: La colección está Papers, Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora, Center disponible para los investigadores con la excepción de for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, CUNY. varios archivos restrictos. Algunos materiales Processing Archivists: Rebecca Machado, Cicely audiovisuales no están disponibles debido a la falta de Mulcare, Ruth Lizardi, Mario H. Ramirez, with equipos de reproducción. assistance from Jonathan Morales and Ana Rosa Ficha de referencia: The Robert Garcia Perez. Project Supervisor Pedro Juan Hernández Congressional Papers, Archivos de la Diáspora Date: July 2013 Puertorriqueña, Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, Hunter College, CUNY Procesado por el archivista: Rebecca Machado, Cicely Mulcare, Ruth Lizardi, Mario H. Ramírez, con la asistencia de Jonathan Morales y Ana Rosa Pérez. Pedro Juan Hernández, Supervisor del proyecto. Versión al español realizada por Sandra Josefa Adames, Programa de traducción, Hunter College, CUNY. Fecha: Julio del 2013 2 Robert A. Garcia (1933 - 2017) Biographical Note: Nota Biográfica: Robert A. Garcia (1933-2017) was a member of the Robert A. García (1933-2017) fue un miembro de la New York State Assembly (1965-1967), the New York Asamblea del Estado de Nueva York (1965-1967), del State Senate (1967-1978), and represented the South Senado del Estado de Nueva York (1967-1978) y Bronx in the U.S. House of Representatives (1978- representó al Sur del Bronx en la Cámara de 1990). He was the first New York-born Puerto Rican to Representantes de los EE.UU. (1978-1990). Fue el serve in the U.S. Congress. His political career exhibits primer puertorriqueño nacido en Nueva York en ocupar a commitment to civil rights, ethical foreign policy, un escaño en el Congreso de los EE.UU. Su carrera humane immigration reform, and bilingual education. política muestra un compromiso con los derechos Throughout his career, Garcia was an advocate for the civiles, con una política exterior moral, con una reforma needs of Hispanic and minority communities. de inmigración humana y con la educación bilingüe. A lo largo de su carrera, García fue un defensor de la satisfacción de las necesidades de los hispanos y de las comunidades minoritarias. Robert García nació el 9 de enero del 1993 en el Sur del Bronx, Nueva York. El y sus tres hermanos mayores, dos hermanos y una hermana, crecieron en Mott Haven, un barrio de descendientes de irlandeses en su mayoría. Sus padres nacieron en Puerto Rico e inmigraron a los EE.UU. en el 1924. Su padre, el Pastor Rafael García, fue un ministro pentecostal en la Iglesia Cristiana Tesalónica y su madre Ramona, fue un ama de casa. Su hermana, Aimee Cortese, fue la primera capellana en el Departamento de Correcciones del Estado de Nueva York. García asistió a escuelas elementales locales y se graduó en la escuela secundaria Hareen High School en 1950. Sirvió en el ejército de los EE.UU. desde 1950 al 1953 y fue galardonado con dos Estrellas de Bronce por su servicio en el Regimiento 15 del Equipo de Combate de la Tercera División de Infantería durante la Guerra de Corea. Después de la guerra asistió al City College de Nueva York y al Brooklyn Community College. En Robert Garcia was born on January 9, 1933 in the 1957 recibió entrenamiento como programador de South Bronx, New York. Garcia and his three older computadoras en el Instituto R.C.A. y trabajó como siblings, two sisters and one brother, grew up in Mott ingeniero de informática para IBM y Control Data. Su Haven, a predominantly Irish neighborhood in the primer matrimonio fue con Anita Teresa García, la Bronx. Both his parents were born in Puerto Rico and hermanastra del Representante ante la Asamblea por came to the U.S. in 1924. His father, Rev. Rafael el Bronx, Frank Torres. Roberto y Anita tuvieron dos Garcia, was a Pentecostal minister at the Thessalonica hijos, Robert William y Kenneth Ralph. En 1979, Jane Christian Church, and his mother, Ramona, was a Lee Matos, puertorriqueña de nacimiento, se mudó housewife. His sister, Aimee Cortese, became the first para Washington, D.C. y trabajó como Asistente female chaplain for the New York State Department of Administrativa del Congresista García. Su talento y Corrections. Garcia attended local grade schools and experiencia como consultora de relaciones públicas y graduated from Haaren High School in 1950. He en especial sus contribuciones al Congressional served in the U.S. Army from 1950 to 1953, and was Hispanic Caucus (Grupo Hispano del Congreso) dieron awarded two Bronze Stars for his service with the 15th origen a una fuerte relación entre ella y García. Jane Regimental Combat Team of the Third Infantry Division Lee se convirtió en su segunda esposa en 1980. during the Korean War. After the war, Garcia attended the City College of New York and Brooklyn Community García sirvió en la Asamblea del Estado de Nueva York College. In 1957 he trained as a computer programmer de 1965 a 1967 y en el Senado del Estado de at the R.C.A. Institute, and worked as a computer 3 engineer with IBM and Control Data. Garcia’s first Nueva York de 1967 a 1978. Fue el primer marriage was to Anita Teresa Garcia, the stepsister of descendiente de puertorriqueños en ser electo para el Bronx Assemblyman Frank Torres. Robert and Anita Senado del Estado de Nueva York. Desde 1975 y had two sons, Robert William and Kenneth Ralph. His hasta su elección al Congreso, se desempeñó como el second marriage was in 1980 to Jane Lee Matos, born Líder Adjunto de la Minoría del Senado. Como in Puerto Rico. She moved to Washington, D.C. in Senador, García sirvió en Education and Cities 1979, and served as Administrative Assistant to Committee (la Comisión de Educación y Ciudades) y Congressman Garcia. Jane’s talent and experience as en el Crime and Correction Committee (Comité de a public relations consultant led to a strong partnership Delitos y Corrección). A lo largo de su carrera como with Garcia, particularly in her contributions to the servidor público, fue un apasionado defensor de la Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
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