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| Howard Johnson, Nettie Mayersohn, Saul and Mark Weprin |
With the Mets’ season in full swing, the La Guardia and Wagner Archives
released a new video this week which features
former New York Council Member and State Assembly Member Mark Weprin recounting
the championship season of the 1986 New York Mets and his own participation in
the team’s Old-Timers Day on July 12, a celebration of the 25th
Anniversary of the Amazin’ Mets. The
video goes up just as our Archives YouTube channel reaches over 300,000 views.
This latest video oral history is just one treasure among many from the
Weprin family as the Archives has collaborated with the Special Collections and
Archives at Queens College to digitize a selection from the Saul Weprin
Collection, the entire print collection of which is housed in the Queens
College Special Collections and Archives.
The collection documents Saul Weprin’s tenure as both the 24th
District Assembly Member and as Speaker of the Assembly and his actions on
political, social and cultural issues that impacted the Queens neighborhoods
under his jurisdiction.
Two of the many particularly interesting documents include the
Bias-Related Violence Act in 1991—legislation that preceded federal hate crime
laws by three years, as well as his support of the 1993 Stalking Law.
The addition of this collection, especially in a conveniently accessible
digital form, adds another dimension to the study of New York City history and
politics for researchers and students.
As always, we invite you to engage with the wonderful wealth
of materials in our collections. Our website
offers user friendly finding aids and computerized indexes facilitate
rewarding research. A number of our
videos and images can be viewed at our YouTube Channel
and Flikr
page. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Or come and see our materials first hand here
at the Archives itself. We’re located at
LaGuardia Community College/CUNY, 31-10 Thomson Ave., Room E-238, Long Island
City, NY 11101. Hours for researchers
are generally Monday to Friday, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. Those interested in using
the collections should call or write the Archivist to
make an appointment. We look forward to your use of our materials.
