The Special Collections Division of the Library (Room 230) contains such Lehman records as yearbooks, catalogs, newspapers, reports, photographs and memorabilia. Rare books and limited editions of books in various disciplines are also housed in the Division's temperature and humidity controlled environment.
The Jose Luis Ponce de Leon Collection contains some 350 books supplemented by journals and special issues on the Spanish Civil War and its writers in exile. Additionally, the Division holds the Bronx Institute Archives. These materials include taped oral history interviews, local history books, maps and atlases, newspapers, clippings, postcards, photographs, slides and documents. Notable archival collections include: Bronx Regional and Community History Oral Collection, Bronx African American History Project, Riverdale Neighborhood House Collection, Papers of Jill Jonnes (South Bronx), Fordham Manor Reformed Church Collection, Rev. Dr. William A. Tieck Collection (Riverdale, Kingsbridge and Spuyten Duyvil), Robert Loeb Collection (parks and forests), and Bronx Chamber of Commerce Collection.
Bronx Business for Everybody website at: http://www.lehman.edu/provost/library/BronxBusiness is based on the Chamber's collection. It contains digitized photographs and images of banks, bridges, buildings, businesses, colleges and universities, events, highways, housing, organizations, parks, recreation, schools and street scenes. It also includes Bronx website links, book recommendations, and suggested activities for children and youth.
Special Collections is open by appointment with Professor Janet Butler Munch, (718) 960-8603 or Janet.Munch@lehman.cuny.edu
