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Press releases

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Herman Badillo Public Relations Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 281
Abstract

The Herman Badillo Public Relations Records were collected by Jim Vlasto, who served as press secretary and spokesman for Badillo during various stages of his political career. These records include press releases, clippings, correspondence, election campaign materials and other historical documents highlighting his political career in Congress, accomplishments, and setbacks as a candidate for New York City mayor.

Dates: 1960s-1990s; Majority of material found within 1969-1977
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Herman Badillo Public Relations Records

Juan E. Hernández Cruz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 38
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...
Dates: 1958-1982
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Juan E. Hernández Cruz Collection

HITN Puerto Rican Plebiscite Records

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2016-008
Dates: 1972-1995; Majority of material found within 1986-1995
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora

Lourdes Vázquez Papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2006-012
Dates: 1965-2005
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora

Ana Gloria San Antonio Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 98
Abstract Ana Gloria San Antonio was Presidente of the Hispanic Parade in New York City and an active member in cultural organizations, specifically Círculo de Escritores y Poetas Iberoamericanos (CEPI) de Nueva York (CEPI) and Asociación Puertorriqueña de Escritores (APE). Her papers consist of newspaper articles and clippings, newsletters, memos, press releases pertaining to these groups; writings concerning East River North Renewal Inc.; Genoveva de Arteaga, and various artists, poets, and writers....
Dates: 1944-2001
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Ana Gloria San Antonio Papers

Según Lo Veo Radio Scripts Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 29
Abstract Según Lo Veo was a Spanish language public service radio program transmitted by the WHOM station in 1955 and later on broadcasted at WADO radio station in 1962. This program was hosted by Joseph Monserrat (National Director) and other staff members from the Migration Division, an agency of the government of Puerto Rico’s Labor Department, providing services to the Puerto Rican migrants living in New York City. The radio program was an informal conversation between a government official and...
Dates: 1955-1962
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Según Lo Veo Radio Scripts Collection

Lourdes Torres Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 34
Abstract

Community activist, educator and organizer. Resource for understanding the role of Puerto Rican activists in the decades of the 1980s and 1990s, for examining the struggles for civil rights of the Puerto Rican community in New York, the history of the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights and the Committee Against Fort Apache. Included are reports, flyers, letters and memoranda, press releases and news clippings, as well as photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1970s-1990s; 1967-2000
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Lourdes Torres 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
    2180 Third Avenue, Room 120
  • New York, NY 10035
  • centro.library@hunter.cuny.edu
  • 212-396-7874

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