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Johanna Fernández papers (Ms.2022.008)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Collection Overview

Title: Johanna Fernández papers
Date range: 1967–2022
Creator: Fernández, Johanna
Extent: 40.25 linear feet
(28 record center cartons, 9 3-size oversize boxes, 2 file boxes, and 1 half-file box)
Abstract: This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of Johanna Fernández, Dominican-American Brown University alumna, scholar of 20th Century US history and the history of social movements at Baruch College, City University of New York, author of the award-winning, The Young Lords: A Radical History (2020), and a social justice organizer, including as a notable student organizer for need blind admissions while as an undergraduate at Brown. Materials include photos, correspondence, syllabi, course readings, lecture notes, writing drafts and research, books, flyers, newspapers, and electronic records, dating from 1967 – 2022.
Repository: John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts
Collection number: Ms.2022.008