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Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Elba Cabrera Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 109
Abstract Pioneering advocate for Puerto Rican and Latino arts and culture, affectionately known as “La Madrina de las Artes.” Sister of activist Evelina Antonetty and library administrator Lillian López. Collection chronicles career with organizations including the Association of Hispanic Arts (AHA), Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, Center for the Media Arts, Hostos Community College, Bronx Council on the Arts and Girl Scouts of the USA, as well as her relationships with Puerto Rican and Latino...
Dates: 1924-2015; Majority of material found within 1970-2014
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Elba Cabrera Papers

Jaime Haslip-Peña Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 55
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.

Dates: 1918-1951
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Jaime Haslip-Peña Family Collection

VISIONES Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 36
Abstract VISIONES: Latino Arts & Culture is the first PBS series to focus exclusively on Latino artistic expression in the U.S. It examined the nation's diverse Latino communities and how they have been able to keep their artistic expressions alive while creating new and unique visions that contribute to art in America. VISIONES looks at the origins of Latino art and culture through storytelling and vivid imagery, depicting the struggles and victories that the artists endured to continue their...
Dates: 1983-1991
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / VISIONES Records


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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