Public-access television
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
HoMoVISIONES Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 177
Abstract
HoMoVISIONES was a public access television program dedicated to Latine LGBTQ+ issues. The collection is made up of correspondence, topical and administrative files, clippings, flyers, posters, proposals, scripts, reports and multi-format video recordings. Dating from 1980-2002, the collected materials offer rich documentation on queer and Latine social and political movements, as well as their cultural counterparts. It mainly deals with activities in the New York metropolitan area in the...
Dates:
1980-2002
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
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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.