Family and Community Life

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The Joffre-Sureda Family was a upper middle class family from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico that migrated to New York and New Jersey. The Joffre-Sureda Family Scrapbook is a collection consisting of a leather-bound album created by Theresa Joffre which includes family photographs, mostly of herself and her son, Pedro Antonio (a.k.a. Peter), clippings, flyers, invitation and greeting cards, correspondence and other mementos. The collection dates to the 1930s.

Abstract Reverend Manuel Tomas Sánchez was a Pentecostal Minister, Iglesia Antioquía, Brooklyn, NY. He founded his church in 1933 and became the pastor of the Antioquía Church from 1934 to 1989 with more than 200 followers. Sánchez officially became a licensed advocate in 1935 and a licensed preacher of the Pentecostal Church in 1939. He was honored as Pastor Emeritus from 1939 until the day he died on October 24, 1991. Sánchez was one of the founders and president of the Spanish Eastern District of...

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Activist and community organizer. A resource for research in grass-roots organizing, community activism, and the history of Puerto Ricans on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Documents the history of numerous organizations. Includes letters, autobiographical information, memoranda, publications, photographs, and programs.