Teodoro Vidal Collection
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Vidal, Teodoro
- Dates:
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1592-1992
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4 Cubic feet (15 boxes, 10 oversized folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0712
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Maps, prints, posters, religious articles, publications and photographs, relating to the history and culture of Puerto Rico. Mr. Vidal's family and personal papers are also included.
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Archivo General de Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education
- Dates:
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1955-2005, undated
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1 Cubic foot (32 folders 378 posters)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0615
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of 378 posters documenting important public service issues including education, health and safety, and cultural programs. These posters were widely displayed throughout the island and reflect key trends in the social history of Puerto Rico for nearly fifty years.
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
Lange, Yvonne, 1918-2003 (Director Emerita, Museum of International Folk Art)
- Dates:
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1975
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0.66 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 4 volumes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0197
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
One copy in four volumes (872 pp.) of the typescript of Lange's dissertation "Santos: The Household Wooden Saints of Puerto Rico (1975)" by Yvonne Lange. The dissertation, written for the Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife at the University of Pennsylvania, attempts to analyse the phenomenon of the "santos" by describing its major features and to expla...
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Gardener, Helen H. (Helen Hamilton), 1853-1925 (collector and possible photographer)
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circa 1900-1910
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300 Negatives (circa, nitrate)
1,160 Lantern slides (circa)
14 Prints (silver gelatin)
15 Copy negatives (glass)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.98
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs collected and made by Helen Hamilton Gardener, probably during a world cruise following her husband's retirement from active duty in Puerto Rico in July 1902. The photographs document people, activities, cities, and tourist sites in Japan, China, Egypt, France, Puerto Rico, and elsewhere. Gardener's lecture notes and a clipping from t...
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Santos, René, 1954-1986
- Dates:
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1970-1987
- Size:
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0.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.santrene
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Puerto Rican born painter, photographer, and art history instructor René Santos measure 0.9 linear feet and date from 1970 to 1987. The papers document Santos's career through biographical records including one sound recording of Santos's memorial service, correspondence to Santos and sympathy letters upon Santos's death, writings and notes by Santos including one diary, printed material, and photographic material including slides of Santos with friends and his artwork.
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Cancel, Luis R.
- Dates:
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circa 1900-1998
bulk 1970-1996
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10.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.cancluis
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Puerto Rican arts administrator and artist Luis Cancel measure 10.1 linear feet and date from circa 1900 to 1998 with the bulk of the material dating from 1970 to 1996. The collection is comprised of biographical material, professional files, arts administration records documenting his directorship at the Bronx Museum of the Arts and as Commissioner for the Department of Cultural Affairs in New York, subject and artist's files, files for the exhibition Legacy / Legado, printed materials, photographs, and unidentified sound recordings.
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McLaughlin, Harris M.
- Dates:
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circa 1898-1941
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12 Mounted prints (albumen)
370 Prints (circa, silver gelatin (including photographic postcards))
1 Print (collotype)
5 Negative rolls (nitrate, 35 mm)
2 Positive rolls (nitrate, 35 mm)
8 Prints (photogravure)
12 Postcards (color halftone, halftone, and color collotype)
2 Color prints
1 Panoramic print (color halftone)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.2000-04
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made and collected by Harris M. McLaughlin during his travels in the American southwest and other parts of North and South America, as well as Asia and Europe. Photographs made in Texas include images of the 1928 American Legion National Convention, the dirigible "Los Angeles" floating over San Antonio, the first train in Rio Grande Cit...
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- Dates:
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circa 1885-1900
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275 Items (circa 275 engravings and drawings for engravings)
200 Copy prints (circa)
1 Print (silver gelatin)
1 Copy negative
380 Cyanotypes (circa)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.82
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
The majority of the collection documents Northwest Coast scenery, people, and settlements; these include photographs made by Franz Boas during US Fish Commission expeditions on the USS Albatross, as well as engravings made for publications on Northwest Coast Natives by Franz Boas and Albert Parker Niblack. Another large portion of the collection c...
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Murdock, George Peter, 1897-1985
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circa 1942-1948
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700 Copy prints (circa)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.4632
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs assembled circa 1942-1948, probably as part of the Strategic Index of Latin America, and relating to people and scenery in Latin America. They depict transportation, irrigation, agriculture and industry (including rubber production), cities and villages, and archeological finds. The prints are arranged geographically into the followin...
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Unanue, Prudencio
Goya Foods, Inc.
Unanue family
- Dates:
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undated
1856-2000
bulk 1960-2000
- Size:
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20 Cubic feet (62 boxes, 6 oversize folders)
8 Sound recordings
15 Video recordings
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0694
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Goya Foods, Inc., supported the cultural life of various communities in the United States and Puerto Rico. The company's current headquarters is in Secaucus, New Jersey. Photographs, calendars, sales promotional materials, cookbooks, packaging, and news clippings. Photographs depict primarily company sponsored events, but a few are family pictures.