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Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1946-10-20-

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Juanita Arocho Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 46
Abstract

Community activist and journalist. Collection contains correspondence, articles, photographs, and printed matter pertaining to the participation of Juanita Arocho in the Masons and the movement for the independence of Puerto Rico.

Dates: 1940 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1994
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Juanita Arocho Papers

Claridad Bilingüe Negatives Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 133
Abstract Claridad is a weekly newspaper of the Puerto Rican workers independence movement founded in San Juan on June 1, 1959. The paper was the official publication for the independence political movement (Pro Independencia, MPI) and later the Puerto Rican Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Puertorriqueno, PSP) in Puerto Rico. The Claridad USA (known as Claridad Bilingüe, the bilingual) edition became a source of information and a tool to disseminate news from the diaspora perspective in both...
Dates: 1967-1985
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Claridad Bilingüe Negatives Collection

Juan E. Hernández Cruz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 38
Abstract Juan Hernández Cruz was an activist and organizer of el Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño (the Puerto Rican Independence Party) chapter in New York City. He was one of the main spokespersons for the organization in the United Nations Decolonization Committee. This collection documents the Independence group’s efforts and Hernández Cruz’s work behind the scenes to keep Puerto Rico on the UN Committee agenda after the U.S. succeeded in removing it from its list of colonial territories in...
Dates: 1958-1982
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Juan E. Hernández Cruz Collection

Emelí Vélez de Vando Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 50
Abstract Political activist and community leader. Collection documents the history of the independence movement, especially the history of the Nationalist Party, the Partido Independentista de Puerto Rico and the Movimiento Pro Independencia. Provides insight on the role of women in the independence movement and women activists. Contains significant information about political repression and the persecution of political activists in Puerto Rico. Consists of letters, articles, photographs, police...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1940s-1970s; 1919-1999
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Emelí Vélez de Vando Papers


About the Collections

Our collections consist of personal papers from prominent Puerto Rican artists, elected officials, social activists, writers, as well as the records of community-based organizations. Our largest collection, the Offices of the Government of Puerto Rico in the United States (OGPRUS) Records, measures approximately 2,900 cubic feet and contains an extraordinary amount of information regarding Puerto Rican migrants and the government institutions established to assist them. The collections date from the 1890s to the present, and document Puerto Rican communities in the Northeast, Midwest, Florida, California and Hawaii.

  • Centro Library & Archives
  • Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College
    2180 Third Avenue, Room 120
  • New York, NY 10035
  • centro.library@hunter.cuny.edu
  • 212-396-7874

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