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Lourdes Vázquez Papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2006-012

Content Description

Writer and poet, Lourdes Vazquez was born in Puerto Rico in 1949. Her work has been published in many literary magazines in Latin America and Europe. The collection includes correspondence, writings, publications, flyers, press releases, event programs, information and writings by other Puerto Rican writers, clippings, artifacts, photographs and audiocassettes. Included as well are a number of chapbooks and other literary publications.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

Gift of Lourdes Vázquez.

Restrictions Apply

No

Access Restrictions

Open to researchers without restrictions

Use Restrictions

Copyright held by Lourdes Vázquez.

Dates

  • Creation: 1965-2005

Extent

3.5 Cubic Feet : Collection is 5.5 cubic feet total from 6 separate donations.

Inventory

Partial inventory of collection: ARTWORK - Acosta, Omar. Sample 1, Poetry by Lourdes Vazquez. (Hijo de Lourdes Vázquez) (7” X 10”). - Alonso, Luís. 51st Congreso Internacional del PEN Club, del 1ro al 4 de Diciembre. San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1987. (30” X 36”). [OS B1 11] - Anida. Rosa en gacho con exvotos, 1997. (22” X 30.5”). - Freytes, Teo. Configuraciones, poetry by Lourdes Vásquez (11”X 14”). - Gilday, Jane. Transexual, un poema de Lourdes Vázquez (areaguidebook.com). - Invitación. Tarjeta de navidad. Junta Directiva del PEN Club de PR, 1990. (8” X 10”). - Irizarry. Portrait of Lourdes Vasquez, 1971, NY.(8” X 10”) - Martorell, Antonio. Caligrafía, El Barrio, NY, 4 de Octubre, 1997. (8.5” X 11”). - Rivero, Vargelo. Old San Juan Photograph. Cuñado de Lourdes Vásquez. (lourdesvasquez.net). (8” X 10”). - Sobrino, Carmelo Ángel, Pintura en Óleo, 1998.(32” X 42”). [OS B1 11] POSTERS - Gotay, Consuelo “Festival Casals de Puerto Rico 2005.” - Martorell, Antonio “Historica.” - Pietri, Pedro “Viejo San Juan in Spanglish.” - Rodón, Francisco “El Universo de Juan Rulfo.” - Rodón, Francisco “Rodón, Epica y Magia.” - Sambolín, Nelson “7mo. Baquinoqio.” - Tufiño, Rafael “I.C.P. Concurso Tiples Cuatros.”




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.