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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Raquel Z. Rivera Hip Hop/Reggaeton Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 135
Abstract

The Raquel Z. Rivera Hip Hop/Reggaeton Collection helps document Puerto Rican contributions to the creation and development of hip hop and reggaeton both in the United States and Puerto Rico. Highlights of the collection include an extensive audiocassette and compact disc collection, essays written by Rivera on hip hop and reggaeton and paper documentation on numerous artists.

Dates: 1977-2008; Majority of material found within 1995-2003
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora

Helen Rodríguez-Trias Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 87
Abstract The Helen Rodríguez-Trías Papers help chronicle the professional activities and contributions of a dedicated and well-respected public health advocate and practitioner. A Puerto Rican pediatrician, public health leader and women’s rights activist, she worked tirelessly throughout her career to expand the range of health care services available to women and children, especially those in underserved and marginalized communities in Puerto Rico and across the United States. The collection is...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1981-2001; 1929-2002
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora

José E Velázquez Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 140
Abstract The José E. Velázquez Papers offer a glimpse into the work of a Puerto Rican activist who devoted himself to advocating for Puerto Rican independence and the democratic rights of Puerto Ricans in the United States as well as racial and class liberation through his involvement with numerous revolutionary organizations active in the 1970s, namely the U.S. branch of the Partido Socialista Puertorriqueño. The collection includes correspondence, clippings, flyers, letters, memoranda, minutes,...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1970-1984; 1950-1999
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora


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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