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Juan E. Hernández Cruz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 38

Scope and Contents

This collection documents the Independence group’s efforts to keep Puerto Rico on the United Nations' Committee agenda after the U.S. succeeded in removing it from its list of colonial territories in 1952. It demonstrates Hernández Cruz’s work behind the scenes urging UN delegates to vote in favor of discussing and reestablishing Puerto Rico on the agenda. The collection consists of 0.25 cubic feet of documents, such as agendas, memorandum, correspondence, bulletins, press releases, reports, speeches, clippings, notes and poems, as well as a political book, spanning the years from 1958 to 1982.

Dates

  • Creation: 1958-1982

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This colleciton is open to researchers without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright held by Centro.

Biographical / Historical

Juan Hernández Cruz was an activist and organizer of the Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño (PIP) chapter in New York City. He was one of the main spokepersons for the organization in the United Nations Decolonization Committee.

Extent

0.25 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Spanish; Castilian

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 1952. It demonstrates Hernández Cruz’s work behind the scenes urging UN delegates to vote in favor of discussing and reestablishing Puerto Rico on the agenda.

Arrangement

The collection is one series arranged in folders topically.

Processing Information

Physical arrangement updated June 2021. Original documents that had post-it notes with information from the donor were scanned and the post-its discarded.

Title
Juan E. Hernández Cruz Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Archive staff members under the supervision of Pedro Juan Hernández.
Date
October 2006
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • June 4, 2021: Folder titles and dates updated for clarity, and some folders were consolidated. Completed container list added.

Repository Details

Part of the Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora Repository

Contact:
Silberman Building, Hunter College
2180 Third Ave. Rm. 122
New York New York 10065




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.