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Albizu Campos, Pedro, 1891-1965

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1891-09-12 - 1965-04-21

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Rafael Anglada López Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 11
Abstract

Lawyer and civil rights activist. Collection documents leftist movements and radical politics in Puerto Rico and the United States and the role of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party in the United Nations. Also contains information on the decolonization of Puerto Rico as an issue before the UN, the Wells Fargo robbery in Hartford, and Puerto Rican political prisoners. Includes letters, memoranda, reports, flyers, pamphlets and newspaper clippings.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1970s-1989; 1936-2002
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Rafael Anglada López Papers

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

Pedro Albizu Campos at Harvard University Collection

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1: [Barcode: PACa_001]
Identifier: 2022-008
Dates: 1913-1954
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora

Ruth M. Reynolds Papers

 Collection — Box 50: [Barcode: RuRe_050]
Identifier: MSS 12
Abstract The Ruth M. Reynolds Papers can support research in important areas of Puerto Rican hHistory as well as in North American participation in international human rights. While they are exceedingly rich in insight and information about the development of the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico and its leader, Pedro Albizu Campos, they also contain materials on other pro-independence groups in Puerto Rico, on repression and political prisoners, and on the colonial relationship of the United States...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1944-1983; 1915-1989
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Ruth M. Reynolds Papers

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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