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Distinguished Puerto Ricans prints and posters collection

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2021-005

Content Description

Comprised of prints from Study Posters on Spanish Americans: Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Latin Americans (Continental Press, 1973) and Distinguished Puerto Ricans (first series) (1971). Illustrations and brief biographies of important Puerto Ricans from the 16th century to the 1970s, such as Juan Ponce de Leon, Piri Thomas, Jose Campeche, Salvador Brau, and Lola Rodriguez de Tio.

Acquisition Type

Transfer

Provenance

Deaccessioned from the New York Public Library and transferred to CENTRO.

Restrictions Apply

No

Access Restrictions

Open to researchers without restrictions.

Dates

  • 1971
  • 1973

Extent

0.3 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Spanish; Castilian




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.