LaGuardia & Wagner Archives

A Seat At The Table

An exhibit on LGBTQ elected officials in the New York City Council and State Legislature based in New York City from the 1990s to the present.

Shades of the Rainbow

Generation Z Reframes Gender Identity and Sexuality

Mayor Wagner

Investigate our Wagner collection

Mayor LaGuardia

Investigate our LaGuardia collection

Education Programs

Student Booklet. Discover District 26 - Long Island City, Sunnyside, Woodside, Astoria.

The Gardiner-Shenker Student Scholars wrote about and photographed local resources and organizations available to LaGuardia Students and District 26 community members.

Rights, Reform, Resistance!

2023 Calendar on Women in Politics and Social Movements in New York: Past and Present.

Making it here. Women in New York City Politics.

In honor of the first-ever female majority in the New York City Council, the Gardiner-Shenker Student Scholars researched women in local government in the Archives' City Council Collection. They interviewed female elected officials and created written and photographic essays about challenges facing New York City and the ways community members are addressing them.

Children Of The Rainbow Exhibit

Revisit the Children of the Rainbow Curriculum controversy in New York City in 1992, when supporters advocated multicultural education for First Graders, and opponents criticized references to families headed by same-sex couples.

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A Seat At The Table

Shades of the Rainbow

Mayor Wagner

Mayor LaGuardia

Student Booklet. Discover District 26 - Long Island City, Sunnyside, Woodside, Astoria.

Rights, Reform, Resistance!

Making it here. Women in New York City Politics.

Children Of The Rainbow Exhibit

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