This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Barnard and Rikers Island Exchange More Than Games
Barnard College and New York Correctional Institution for Women on Rikers Island run a wide exchange program begun last fall with a Book-In. Barnard has collected 1500 books on Black Studies Womens Studies and Spanish for Rikers inmates. The project trains officers and inmates in library techniques and plans poetry writing with NEH Youth Grant support.
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Barnard
The
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Barnard College
New York Correctional Institution For
Fakers Island
Robert Palmer
Rikers Island
Riker's Island
Tuna
Women Tree
Palmer
National Endowment For the Humanities
Essie Murph
Prson
Aear Jon
Warrens
Inmaes Sre Serily
Barnad
Rikes Island Knicks
Aret Barnard Riks
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van Rekers
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