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Children's stories, Puerto Rican

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Pura Belpré Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9
Abstract

The Pura Belpré Papers are an important source for the study of Puerto Rican children's literature and Puerto Rican folk tales and legends. They are valuable for examining relationships between the Puerto Rican community and a major institution such as the New York Public Library. The materials include personal documents, financial statements from publishers, correspondence, manuscripts, flyers, clippings, photographs, and illustrations. There are both Spanish and English documents.

Dates: Majority of material found within circa 1930s - 1985; 1897-1985
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Pura Belpré Papers

Lillian López Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 45
Abstract Library administrator, among the first Puerto Rican librarians in the New York Public Library system (NYPL) and a pioneer in providing services and creating programs for underserved communities. Collection contains information on the programs developed by NYPL to address the needs of its Puerto Rican and Latino constituents, her activist sister, Evelina Antonetty, and librarian and folklorist, Pura Belpré. Consists of letters, news clippings, photographs, audio and videocassettes,...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1970-1980; 1928-2005
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Lillian López Papers

Santos Pi Papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: SaPi_001]
Identifier: MSS 28
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one folder that contains nine original short stories written by Santos Pi. The stories are written in both English and Spanish.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Santos Pi Papers


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.

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  • Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College
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  • New York, NY 10035
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