Compact discs

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Bartolo Alvarez was a well-known orchestra director. His collection includes: correspondence, song title sheets, music notes, writings, newspaper articles, concert programs, photographs, and music CDs of Alvarez’s, from the period between 1953 to 1971.

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William Millán is an arranger, guitarist and musical director for the salsa band Saoco. Collection measures 0.5 cubic feet and consists of event flyers, documents, albums, music CDs, audiocassettes, videocassettes pertaining to Puerto Rican artists and other promotional documents for Saoco,. It also includes documents on Puerto Rican poets, writers, theater, playwrights and Taino culture. The materials date from the 1970s through the 1990s.

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,...

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The Raquel Z. Rivera Hip Hop/Reggaeton Collection helps document Puerto Rican contributions to the creation and development of hip hop and reggaeton both in the United States and Puerto Rico. Highlights of the collection include an extensive audiocassette and compact disc collection, essays written by Rivera on hip hop and reggaeton and paper documentation on numerous artists.