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Concepción de Gracia, Gilberto, 1909-1968

 Person

Found in 3 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

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

Erasmo Vando Rodríguez Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 37
Abstract

Activist, writer, actor, producer, and journalist. The Erasmo Vando Papers are an important resource for studying the evolution of the Puerto Rican community in New York from 1919-1945. The Papers, consisting of correspondence, writings, flyers, programs, photographs, news clippings and publications, can support research on organizational development and cultural and socio-political activities.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1920-1979; 1917-1996
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Erasmo Vando Rodríguez 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.

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  • Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College
    2180 Third Avenue, Room 120
  • New York, NY 10035
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