Political prisoners -- Puerto Rico
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Robert García Congressional Papers
Collection — Box 62: [Barcode: RoGa_062]
Identifier: MSS 110
Abstract
This collection documents Roberts Garcia’s career as U.S. Representative of the South Bronx (1978-1990), at the time, the poorest congressional district in the country. The papers chronicle his work on the Post Office and Civil Service Committee, the Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs Committee, the Foreign Affairs Committee, and his legislative work on issues of interest, such as immigration reform, bilingual education, and teen pregnancy. The collection also contains administrative and...
Dates:
1976-1994; Majority of material found within 1978-1989
Richie Pérez Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 172
Abstract
The Richie Pérez Papers are an important resource for the study of political activism and grassroots organizing on the part of Puerto Ricans and their allies in New York City over the past forty years. In addition, they provide insightful documentation on anti-police brutality movements and on a number of community organizations. The materials in this collection consist of personal documents, clippings, articles, photographs, speeches, certificates, flyers, correspondence, audiocassettes,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1970-2004; 1918-2006
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
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