Jaime Haslip-Peña Family Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of biographical information via an interview on audiocassette and 150 photographs. It serves as a documentation of the lives of the steamship merchant marines.
Dates
- Creation: 1918-1951
Creator
- Haslip-Peña, Jaime (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The photographs are open to researchers without restrictions. The audiocassette tape is restricted due to format.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is held by Centro.
Biographical / Historical
Jaime Haslip-Peña was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to a Puerto Rican mother and Curaçaoan father. He migrated to New York City and worked on the steamship Borinquen from 1933 to 1941 and for the U.S. Customs Service from 1943 to 1985, during which time he wrote several reports and policy statements.
Extent
0.12 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Spanish; Castilian
Abstract
Jaime Haslip-Peña worked on the steamship Borinquen for the U.S. Customs Service. This collection serves as a documentation of the lives of the steamship merchant marines. It includes an audiotape and 150 photographs.
Cultural context
Topical
- Title
- Jaime Haslip-Peña Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Christopher R. Medina, Archive staff members under the supervision of Pedro Juan Hernandez.
- Date
- March 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2021: Guide was revised in May 2021 by Wendy Jiménez.
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora Repository
Silberman Building, Hunter College
2180 Third Ave. Rm. 122
New York New York 10065
centro.library@hunter.cuny.edu
